Patents by Inventor Masahiro Ofuji

Masahiro Ofuji has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11936441
    Abstract: A FrontHaul Multiplexer (FHM) for relaying communications between a signal processing device and a plurality of radio devices includes a storage unit that stores a table in which device identification information of each of the plurality of radio devices is associated with beam identification information assigned to the radio device; a scheduling information reception unit that receives, from the signal processing device, scheduling information of a user terminal performing radio communications with the plurality of radio devices; a determination unit that acquires from the table the device identification information associated with the beam identification information of uplink included in the scheduling information and then determines from the acquired device identification information the radio device in charge of the user terminal; and a transmission unit that transmits to the signal processing device an uplink signal transmitted from the determined radio device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Kosugi, Tatsuro Yajima, Takuto Arai, Yuta Sagae, Akihito Hanaki, Hidekazu Shimodaira, Masahiro Fujii, Yoshiaki Ofuji
  • Patent number: 6960841
    Abstract: A passenger detection system is presented so that the master control circuit in the system instructs the passenger airbag control circuit controlling the operation of the airbag designated for the passenger seat to be in the deployable state or not-deployable state, depending on the seating conditions of a passenger sitting on the passenger seat, for example whether the passenger is an adult or a child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Elesys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Saitou, Masahiro Ofuji, Yoshitaka Oka, Kazunori Jinno
  • Publication number: 20030151240
    Abstract: A passenger detection system is presented so that the master control circuit in the system instructs the passenger airbag control circuit controlling the operation of the airbag designated for the passenger seat to be in the deployable state or not-deployable state, depending on the seating conditions of a passenger sitting on the passenger seat, for example whether the passenger is an adult or a child.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Takashi Saitou, Masahiro Ofuji, Yoshitaka Oka, Kazunori Jinno
  • Patent number: 6559555
    Abstract: A passenger detection system is presented so that the master control circuit in the system instructs the passenger airbag control circuit controlling the operation of the airbag designated for the passenger seat to be in the deployable state or not-deployable state, depending on the seating conditions of a passenger sitting on the passenger seat, for example whether the passenger is an adult or a child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Saitou, Masahiro Ofuji, Yoshitaka Oka, Kazunori Jinno
  • Patent number: 6404074
    Abstract: A passenger detecting system includes a plurality of antenna electrodes provided in a seat, a signal generating section, a detecting section, a switching circuit and a control unit. The signal generating section generates an electrode signal. The switching circuit sequentially supplies the electrode signal to the plurality of antenna electrodes one by one in response to a switching control signal. The detecting section detects change of the electrode signal to generate a detection signal when the electrode signal is supplied to each of the plurality of antenna electrodes. The control unit outputs the switching control signal to the switching circuit and generates a passenger data associated with a passenger on the seat based on the detection signal for each of the plurality of antenna electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Saito, Kenji Kumagai, Kazunori Jinno, Satoshi Baba, Masahiro Ofuji, Tsutomu Fukui, Nobuhiro Koyota, Takashi Inou, Kazutomo Isonaga, Makoto Nagai
  • Publication number: 20020000754
    Abstract: A passenger detecting system includes a plurality of antenna electrodes provided in a seat, a signal generating section, a detecting section, a switching circuit and a control unit. The signal generating section generates an electrode signal. The switching circuit sequentially supplies the electrode signal to the plurality of antenna electrodes one by one in response to a switching control signal. The detecting section detects change of the electrode signal to generate a detection signal when the electrode signal is supplied to each of the plurality of antenna electrodes. The control unit outputs the switching control signal to the switching circuit and generates a passenger data associated with a passenger on the seat based on the detection signal for each of the plurality of antenna electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Takashi Saito, Kenji Kumagai, Kazunori Jinno, Satoshi Baba, Masahiro Ofuji, Tsutomu Fukui, Nobuhiro Koyota, Takashi Inou, Kazutomo Isonaga, Makoto Nagai
  • Patent number: 6325413
    Abstract: A passenger detection system comprises an antenna electrode which is provided to the dashboard of a car, an oscillation circuit for generating a high frequency low voltage oscillation signal in order to generate a weak alternating electric field around the antenna electrode, a current detection section for detecting a transmission current which passes between the oscillation circuit and the antenna electrode depending on the weak alternating electric field which is generated around the antenna electrode, a phase difference detection section for detecting the phase difference between the oscillation signal supplied from the oscillation circuit and an output signal which is supplied to the antenna electrode, and a control circuit for judging the presence or absence of a passenger seated on the seat based on the detected phase difference and judging the distance between the passenger and the dashboard based on the detected transmission current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Saito, Masahiro Ofuji
  • Patent number: 6310407
    Abstract: A passenger detecting system includes a plurality of antenna electrodes provided in a seat, a signal generating section, a detecting section, a switching circuit and a control unit. The signal generating section generates an electrode signal. The switching circuit sequentially supplies the electrode signal to the plurality of antenna electrodes one by one in response to a switching control signal. The detecting section detects change of the electrode signal to generate a detection signal when the electrode signal is supplied to each of the plurality of antenna electrodes. The control unit outputs the switching control signal to the switching circuit and generates a passenger data associated with a passenger on the seat based on the detection signal for each of the plurality of antenna electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignees: NEC Corporation, Hon-da Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Saito, Kenji Kumagai, Kazunori Jinno, Satoshi Baba, Masahiro Ofuji, Tsutomu Fukui, Nobuhiro Koyota, Takashi Inou, Kazutomo Isonaga, Makoto Nagai
  • Publication number: 20010013697
    Abstract: A passenger detection system comprises an antenna electrode which is provided to the dashboard of a car, an oscillation circuit for generating a high frequency low voltage oscillation signal in order to generate a weak alternating electric field around the antenna electrode, a current detection section for detecting a transmission current which passes between the oscillation circuit and the antenna electrode depending on the weak alternating electric field which is generated around the antenna electrode, a phase difference detection section for detecting the phase difference between the oscillation signal supplied from the oscillation circuit and an output signal which is supplied to the antenna electrode, and a control circuit for judging the presence or absence of a passenger seated on the seat based on the detected phase difference and judging the distance between the passenger and the dashboard based on the detected transmission current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 1998
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: TAKASHI SAITO, MASAHIRO OFUJI
  • Patent number: 6208249
    Abstract: A passenger detection system comprises an antenna electrode, an oscillation circuit, a current detection circuit, a phase difference detection circuit, and a control circuit. The antenna electrode is placed on the upper side of a seat. The oscillation circuit generates a high frequency low voltage oscillation signal in order to generate a weak alternating electric field around the antenna electrode. The current detection circuit detects a transmission current which passes between the oscillation circuit and the antenna electrode according to the weak alternating electric field which is generated around the antenna electrode. The phase difference detection circuit detects the phase difference between the oscillation signal supplied from the oscillation circuit and an output signal which is supplied to the antenna electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Saito, Masahiro Ofuji, Kazunori Jinno
  • Patent number: 6161070
    Abstract: A passenger detection system including a single antenna electrode mounted on a surface of a passenger seat in an automobile. An oscillator generates an AC current having a predetermined voltage amplitude that is transmitted to the antenna electrode to produce a minute electric field around the antenna electrode. An amplitude control circuit is used to control the voltage amplitude of the output signal from the oscillator. The electrical characteristics of an object on the passenger seat alter the current and phase of the signal in the antenna electrode. A current detection circuit detects the amount of current flowing from the oscillator to the antenna electrode. In addition, a phase differential detection circuit detects a phase differential between the output signal from the oscillator and the signal on the antenna electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: NEC Home Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunori Jinno, Masahiro Ofuji
  • Patent number: 6043743
    Abstract: A passenger detecting system is disclosed, that comprises a seat, a plurality of electrodes disposed at predetermined intervals on at least the front surface of the seat, an oscillating circuit for generating a weak electric field between at least one particular electrode (referred to as a first type electrode) of the electrodes and the other electrodes (referred to as second type electrodes), a current/voltage converting circuit for detecting displacement currents that flow corresponding to the weak electric field and for converting the displacement currents into respective voltages, a controlling circuit for detecting a seating pattern of an passenger or the like on the seat corresponding to output signals of the current/voltage converting circuit, and an air bag device for inflating an air bag in case of a collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Saito, Masahiro Ofuji, Kazunori Jinno, Masanori Sugino