Patents by Inventor Noriaki Mizuguchi
Noriaki Mizuguchi 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).
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Patent number: 10044463Abstract: An optical transceiving apparatus includes an optical transmitting device performing polarization multiplexing on and transmitting as polarization multiplexed signal light, a first signal light of a predetermined polarization direction and a second signal light of a polarization direction different from the predetermined polarization direction; an optical receiving device receiving the signal light transmitted from the optical transmitting device through an optical transmission path; an acquiring unit acquiring information indicative of magnitude relation of intensity between the first signal light and the second signal light included in the signal light received by the optical receiving device; and a control unit controlling the magnitude relation of intensity between the first signal light and the second signal light included in the signal light output from the optical transmitting device, to be opposite to the magnitude relation indicated by the information acquired by the acquiring unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Noriaki Mizuguchi, Hiroaki Tomofuji
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Publication number: 20170264371Abstract: There is provided a transmission apparatus including: generators to generate optical signals having wavelengths included in a predetermined band, the wavelengths being variable; a transmitter to multiplex the optical signals and transmit the optical signals to another transmission apparatus; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor to: monitor reception quality of an optical signal for monitoring received by the another transmission apparatus while changing a wavelength of the optical signal for monitoring which is generated by the generators, determine a first wavelength of a first optical signal having a longest wavelength and a second wavelength of a second optical signal having a shortest wavelength, based on the reception quality monitored, determine a wavelength of an optical signal except for the first and second optical signals, based on the first second wavelengths, and control the wavelength generated by the generators, based on the wavelength determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Shinsuke FUKUI, Noriaki Mizuguchi, Miki Onaka
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Patent number: 9667342Abstract: An apparatus includes: a first measurer configured to measure first phase data indicating a temporal variation in a phase of a non-transferred signal that is an optical signal modulated by an optical phase modulation scheme and output from a transmitting device to an optical transmission path as the non-transferred signal; a second measurer configured to second phase data indicating a temporal variation in the phase of the optical signal transferred by the optical transmission path as a transferred signal on a side of a receiving device; a generator configured to generate differential data indicating a difference between the first phase data and the second phase data; and an extractor configured to use the differential data to extract, from the optical signal on the side of the receiving device, optical phase noise generated due to the optical transmission path.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2015Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Noriaki Mizuguchi, Takahiro Makimoto
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Patent number: 9608734Abstract: An optical transmission system includes: a reception apparatus configured to receive signal light separated from wavelength division multiplexing light; and a management apparatus configured to manage a plurality of optical transmission apparatuses that transmit the wavelength division multiplexing light, wherein the reception apparatus further comprises: an amplification section configured to amplify each power of electric signals for demodulating the signal light within a predetermined tolerance level, the electric signals being converted from mixed light of local light and the signal light input into the reception apparatus; an adjustment section configured to adjust power of the signal light input into the reception apparatus or power of the local light; and a controller configured to control the adjustment section based on an adjustment amount notified by the management apparatus, the management apparatus includes a computer.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Makoto Murakami, Noriaki Mizuguchi
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Patent number: 9577747Abstract: The light reception unit is disposed behind each of a plurality of light sources that emits signal lights having mutually different wavelengths in a forward direction and receives a backlight emitted backward from each of the light sources. The synchronizing signal generation unit generates a synchronizing signal serving as an electric signal synchronized in phase with a drive signal for driving each of the light sources. The multiplication unit multiplies the synchronizing signal and a light reception signal serving as an electric signal obtained by receiving the backlight by the light reception unit. The light power detection unit detects power of the signal light by multiplying an integrated value of a multiplication signal obtained by multiplying the synchronizing signal and the light reception signal by the multiplication unit and a power ratio of the signal light to the backlight stored in a predetermined storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Naoki Yamamoto, Noriaki Mizuguchi
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Publication number: 20170005748Abstract: An optical transceiving apparatus includes an optical transmitting device performing polarization multiplexing on and transmitting as polarization multiplexed signal light, a first signal light of a predetermined polarization direction and a second signal light of a polarization direction different from the predetermined polarization direction; an optical receiving device receiving the signal light transmitted from the optical transmitting device through an optical transmission path; an acquiring unit acquiring information indicative of magnitude relation of intensity between the first signal light and the second signal light included in the signal light received by the optical receiving device; and a control unit controlling the magnitude relation of intensity between the first signal light and the second signal light included in the signal light output from the optical transmitting device, to be opposite to the magnitude relation indicated by the information acquired by the acquiring unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Noriaki MIZUGUCHI, Hiroaki TOMOFUJI
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Patent number: 9537570Abstract: An optical transceiving apparatus includes an optical transmitting device performing polarization multiplexing on and transmitting as polarization multiplexed signal light, a first signal light of a predetermined polarization direction and a second signal light of a polarization direction different from the predetermined polarization direction; an optical receiving device receiving the signal light transmitted from the optical transmitting device through an optical transmission path; an acquiring unit acquiring information indicative of magnitude relation of intensity between the first signal light and the second signal light included in the signal light received by the optical receiving device; and a control unit controlling the magnitude relation of intensity between the first signal light and the second signal light included in the signal light output from the optical transmitting device, to be opposite to the magnitude relation indicated by the information acquired by the acquiring unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Noriaki Mizuguchi, Hiroaki Tomofuji
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Publication number: 20160142132Abstract: An apparatus includes: a first measurer configured to measure first phase data indicating a temporal variation in a phase of a non-transferred signal that is an optical signal modulated by an optical phase modulation scheme and output from a transmitting device to an optical transmission path as the non-transferred signal; a second measurer configured to second phase data indicating a temporal variation in the phase of the optical signal transferred by the optical transmission path as a transferred signal on a side of a receiving device; a generator configured to generate differential data indicating a difference between the first phase data and the second phase data; and an extractor configured to use the differential data to extract, from the optical signal on the side of the receiving device, optical phase noise generated due to the optical transmission path.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2015Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Noriaki Mizuguchi, Takahiro Makimoto
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Publication number: 20160142152Abstract: An optical transmission system includes: a reception apparatus configured to receive signal light separated from wavelength division multiplexing light; and a management apparatus configured to manage a plurality of optical transmission apparatuses that transmit the wavelength division multiplexing light, wherein the reception apparatus further comprises: an amplification section configured to amplify each power of electric signals for demodulating the signal light within a predetermined tolerance level, the electric signals being converted from mixed light of local light and the signal light input into the reception apparatus; an adjustment section configured to adjust power of the signal light input into the reception apparatus or power of the local light; and a controller configured to control the adjustment section based on an adjustment amount notified by the management apparatus, the management apparatus includes a computer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2015Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Makoto MURAKAMI, Noriaki MIZUGUCHI
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Patent number: 9325424Abstract: An optical phase compensation device included in an optical receiver employing an intradyne detection method, includes a first optical phase error calculator configured to calculate a first optical phase error by averaging signal symbols of a first number of input main signals, a second optical phase error calculator configured to calculate a second optical phase error by averaging signal symbols of a second number of the main signals, wherein the second number is smaller than the first number, and a subtractor configured to subtract, from optical phase components of the main signals, one of a difference between the first optical phase error and the second optical phase error and a value obtained by multiplying the difference by a gain relative to the difference.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Noriaki Mizuguchi
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Publication number: 20150086197Abstract: The light reception unit is disposed behind each of a plurality of light sources that emits signal lights having mutually different wavelengths in a forward direction and receives a backlight emitted backward from each of the light sources. The synchronizing signal generation unit generates a synchronizing signal serving as an electric signal synchronized in phase with a drive signal for driving each of the light sources. The multiplication unit multiplies the synchronizing signal and a light reception signal serving as an electric signal obtained by receiving the backlight by the light reception unit. The light power detection unit detects power of the signal light by multiplying an integrated value of a multiplication signal obtained by multiplying the synchronizing signal and the light reception signal by the multiplication unit and a power ratio of the signal light to the backlight stored in a predetermined storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Naoki Yamamoto, Noriaki Mizuguchi
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Publication number: 20140363176Abstract: An optical phase compensation device included in an optical receiver employing an intradyne detection method, includes a first optical phase error calculator configured to calculate a first optical phase error by averaging signal symbols of a first number of input main signals, a second optical phase error calculator configured to calculate a second optical phase error by averaging signal symbols of a second number of the main signals, wherein the second number is smaller than the first number, and a subtractor configured to subtract, from optical phase components of the main signals, one of a difference between the first optical phase error and the second optical phase error and a value obtained by multiplying the difference by a gain relative to the difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Noriaki MIZUGUCHI
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Patent number: 8731409Abstract: An optical signal transmitter includes: first outer modulator to generate first modulated optical signal, the first outer modulator including a pair of optical paths and a first phase shifter to give phase difference to the pair of optical paths; second outer modulator to generate second modulated optical signal, the second outer modulator including a pair of optical paths and a second phase shifter to give phase difference to the pair of optical paths; combiner to generate polarization multiplexed optical signal by combining the first and second modulated optical signals; phase controller to control the phase difference by the first phase shifter to A??? and control the phase difference by the second phase shifter to A+??; and power controller to control at least one of the first and second outer modulators based on AC component of the polarization multiplexed optical signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Inventors: Yuichi Akiyama, Noriaki Mizuguchi
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Patent number: 8670665Abstract: An optical apparatus comprising, converting units converting electrical signals into signal lights with different wavelength, polarization control units controlling polarizing states of the signal lights into polarization controlled lights respectively, an optical multiplexer multiplexing the polarization controlled lights into a multiplexed light, an optical branching unit branching the multiplexed light and outputting a branched light, a polarizing unit extracting only signal lights of the specified polarizing state from the branched light into an extracted light, and a control unit detecting intensity of the extracted light. Pilot signals are applied to modulate the electrical signals or the polarization controls. The polarization control units controls the polarizing states of the signal lights based on the pilot signal frequencies of the detection result by the control unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2007Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Takashi Toyomaki, Noriaki Mizuguchi, Yoichi Oikawa
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Patent number: 8655170Abstract: An OSNR monitor device includes an optical receiver including a delay interferometer which inputs an optical signal in accordance with a given bandwidth and outputs two optical signals and causes the optical signals to interfere with each other and optical detectors which outputs currents in accordance with optical powers of the optical signals output from the interferometer, an optical power monitor configured to obtain the optical powers of the optical signals received by the optical detectors included in the optical receiver, and an OSNR calculator configured to calculate an optical signal-to-noise ratio in accordance with the optical powers obtained from the optical power monitor and the reception bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Norifumi Shukunami, Kentaro Nakamura, Noriaki Mizuguchi
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Publication number: 20130279913Abstract: An optical signal transmitter includes: first outer modulator to generate first modulated optical signal, the first outer modulator including a pair of optical paths and a first phase shifter to give phase difference to the pair of optical paths; second outer modulator to generate second modulated optical signal, the second outer modulator including a pair of optical paths and a second phase shifter to give phase difference to the pair of optical paths; combiner to generate polarization multiplexed optical signal by combining the first and second modulated optical signals; phase controller to control the phase difference by the first phase shifter to A??? and control the phase difference by the second phase shifter to A+??; and power controller to control at least one of the first and second outer modulators based on AC component of the polarization multiplexed optical signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: Yuichi AKIYAMA, Noriaki MIZUGUCHI
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Publication number: 20130259479Abstract: An optical transceiving apparatus includes an optical transmitting device performing polarization multiplexing on and transmitting as polarization multiplexed signal light, a first signal light of a predetermined polarization direction and a second signal light of a polarization direction different from the predetermined polarization direction; an optical receiving device receiving the signal light transmitted from the optical transmitting device through an optical transmission path; an acquiring unit acquiring information indicative of magnitude relation of intensity between the first signal light and the second signal light included in the signal light received by the optical receiving device; and a control unit controlling the magnitude relation of intensity between the first signal light and the second signal light included in the signal light output from the optical transmitting device, to be opposite to the magnitude relation indicated by the information acquired by the acquiring unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Noriaki MIZUGUCHI, Hiroaki Tomofuji
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Patent number: 8538265Abstract: An optical communication device comprises a variable dispersion compensator, a photoelectric converter, and a processor. The variable dispersion compensator compensates an amount of wavelength dispersion of an optical signal received from an optical transmission line. The photoelectric converter converts the compensated optical signal into an electrical signal. The processor is operative to extract a frequency of the converted electrical signal, and to discriminate bit information of the electrical signal based on the frequency extracted using a decision phase and a decision threshold. The processor is operative to detect bit error information that is information related to an error of the discriminated bit information, and to control the amount of wavelength dispersion based on the detected bit error information.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Kenichi Kaburagi, Noriaki Mizuguchi
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Patent number: 8472810Abstract: An optical signal transmitter includes: first outer modulator to generate first modulated optical signal, the first outer modulator including a pair of optical paths and a first phase shifter to give phase difference to the pair of optical paths; second outer modulator to generate second modulated optical signal, the second outer modulator including a pair of optical paths and a second phase shifter to give phase difference to the pair of optical paths; combiner to generate polarization multiplexed optical signal by combining the first and second modulated optical signals; phase controller to control the phase difference by the first phase shifter to A??? and control the phase difference by the second phase shifter to A+??; and power controller to control at least one of the first and second outer modulators based on AC component of the polarization multiplexed optical signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2010Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Yuichi Akiyama, Noriaki Mizuguchi
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Patent number: 8364038Abstract: A polarization multiplexed optical transmitter includes first and second modulation units, combiner, phase controller, and signal controller. The first and second modulation units generate first and second modulated optical signals, respectively. The first and second modulation units include first and second phase shifter to give phase difference between optical paths of corresponding Mach-Zehnder interferometer, respectively. The combiner generates polarization multiplexed optical signal from the first and second modulated optical signals. The phase controller controls the phase difference by the first phase shifter to a target value and the phase difference by the second phase shifter to a value shifted by ? from the target value. The signal controller controls operation state of at least one of the first and second modulation units based on optical intensity waveform of the polarization multiplexed optical signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2010Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Noriaki Mizuguchi, Yuichi Akiyama