Patents by Inventor Shohei Okano

Shohei Okano 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).

  • Publication number: 20240172279
    Abstract: A transmission node includes: a reception unit configured to receive a notification of a resource to be used for transmission; a control unit configured to execute an LBT (Listen before talk) to obtain a resource that is selected autonomously; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a desired signal with at least one of the resource of the notification and the resource obtained by the LBT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Masaya Okamura, Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Yuki Takahashi, Mayuko Okano
  • Publication number: 20240172211
    Abstract: A communication apparatus including: a reception unit configured to detect a preamble transmitted from a transmission node; and a control unit configured to determine a demodulation operation for a received signal according to whether information related to a destination is included in the preamble.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Mayuko Okano, Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Masaya Okamura, Yuki Takahashi, Yuki Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20240147429
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a receiving unit configured to receive a preamble in resources that are selected autonomously by another communication device; and a control unit configured to acquire, based on the preamble, information for receiving a control signal from the another communication device, and, in this communication device, the receiving unit receives the control signal from the another communication device based on the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Masaya Okamura, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240147388
    Abstract: A communication device has: a receiving unit configured to receive information from another communication device; a control unit configured to determine transmission power based on the information; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit a signal, by applying the transmission power to the signal, in autonomously selected resources, to the another communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Masaya Okamura, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240137157
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a reception unit configured to receive a plurality of data items in a resource autonomously selected by another communication device; a control unit configured to multiplex feedback information corresponding to each of the plurality of data items; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the multiplexed feedback information to the another communication device. The control unit determines which feedback information corresponding to each of the plurality of data items is to be multiplexed and multiplexes the feedback information corresponding to each of the plurality of data items, or the control unit multiplexes the feedback information corresponding to each of the plurality of data items, based on information related to multiplexing of the feedback information corresponding to each of the plurality of data items received by the reception unit from the another communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Shinya Kumagai, Yuki Takahashi, Mayuko Okano, Masaya Okamura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240137156
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a control unit configured to autonomously determine a first resource to be used for transmission; a transmission unit configured to transmit data to another communication device by using the first resource; and a reception unit configured to receive feedback information corresponding to the data by using a second resource that is autonomously or heteronomously determined by the another communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Shinya Kumagai, Yuki Takahashi, Mayuko Okano, Masaya Okamura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240137922
    Abstract: A communication device has: a control unit configured to autonomously select resources for use for transmission; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit a data signal in the selected resources, and information that indicates the selected resources, to another communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Masaya Okamura, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240137172
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a control unit configured to determine an antenna port to apply to a data signal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to another communication device, information that indicates the determined antenna port, and the data signal that is transmitted, in autonomously selected resources, by using the determined antenna port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Masaya Okamura, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240129065
    Abstract: A communication device has: a control unit configured to determine a coding-related parameter to apply to a data signal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the determined coding-related parameter, and the data signal to which the coding-related parameter is applied, in autonomously selected resources, to another communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Masaya Okamura, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240129777
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive, from another communication apparatus, a signal requesting a CSI (Channel State Information) report and a CSI reference signal, in a resource autonomously selected by the another communication apparatus; a control unit configured to perform measurement by using the CSI reference signal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the another communication apparatus, a CSI report based on a result of the measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Shinya Kumagai, Yuki Takahashi, Mayuko Okano, Masaya Okamura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240129088
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to another communication apparatus, a signal requesting transmission of SRS (Sounding reference signal) in a resource autonomously selected; a receiving unit configured to receive the SRS from the another communication apparatus; and a control unit configured to perform measurement by using the SRS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Shinya Kumagai, Yuki Takahashi, Mayuko Okano, Masaya Okamura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240121815
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a control unit configured to determine a priority to apply to a data signal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit information that indicates the determined priority, and the data signal to which the determined priority is applied, in autonomously selected resources, to another communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Masaya Okamura, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240121818
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a control unit configured to autonomously determine a resource to be used for transmission; a reception unit configured to execute an LBT (Listen before talk) before transmitting a signal by using the resource; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the signal to another communication device by using the resource in a case where the reception unit succeeds in the LBT, wherein the transmission unit determines transmission beamforming to be applied upon transmitting the signal, based on reception beamforming applied to the LBT by the reception unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Kumagai, Mayuko Okano, Yuki Takahashi, Masaya Okamura, Shohei Yoshioka, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240113801
    Abstract: A communication device has: a receiving unit configured to receive information from another communication device; a control unit configured to determine an MCS (Modulation and Coding Scheme) based on the information; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit a signal, to which the MCS is applied, in autonomously selected resources, to the another communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Shinya Kumagai, Shohei Yoshioka, Masaya Okamura, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240092130
    Abstract: A front suspension device comprises a suspension arm, one end of which has a front-wheel support portion to support a front wheel of a vehicle and the other end of which is positioned on an inward side, in a vehicle width direction, of the front-wheel support portion and has a vehicle-body attachment portion to be attached to a vehicle-body member of the vehicle and a damper supported at a damper support portion which is provided at a portion of the suspension arm which is positioned in the vicinity of the front-wheel support portion at a lower portion thereof and connected to the vehicle-body member at an upper portion thereof. The damper support portion of the suspension arm has a breakage ease portion to cause breakage of the suspension arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shohei YOSHIDA, Koshi TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Kota OKANO, Yosuke SAWADA, Hiromasa HONJI, Kosuke MUKAIGAWA, Ichiro TANABE, Ryota HANATE
  • Publication number: 20240098787
    Abstract: A transmission node includes: a reception unit configured to execute an LBT (Listen before talk) in a time interval immediately before transmitting a signal; a transmission unit configured to transmit a signal in a case where reception power is less than a threshold value in the time interval; and a control unit configured to, in a case where multiple signals are to be transmitted, change control related to the LBT for a signal to be transmitted for a first time and change control related to the LBT for a signal to be transmitted other than for the first time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Kumagai, Masaya Okamura, Mayuko Okano, Yuki Takahashi, Shohei Yoshioka, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240073866
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive, from another communication apparatus, a plurality of requests to transmit a signal in a resource autonomously selected by the another communication apparatus; a control unit configured to control the transmitting of a plurality of the signals respectively corresponding to the plurality of the requests, based on a condition; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the another communication apparatus, at least a predetermined number of signals among the plurality of signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Shinya Kumagai, Yuki Takahashi, Mayuko Okano, Masaya Okamura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 5094993
    Abstract: Disclosed is a catalyst suitable for hydrotreating hydrocarbonaceous oils which catalyst is comprised of at least one hydrogenative-active metal component supported on a carrier material comprised of about 20 to 60 weight percent of amorphous silica-alumina and about 80 to 40 weight percent of crystalline alumina having an average crystallite size of 35 .ANG., or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Assignee: Tonen Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Miura, Ikuo Akizuki, Hiroshi Kaya, Shohei Okano, Takuji Itoh
  • Patent number: 4837193
    Abstract: Hydrotreating catalyst comprising silica/alumina or silica/alumina-containing carrier comprising 2 to 35 wt. % silica and Group VIII and/or Group VIB metals as hydrogenation active components is prepared by first step impregnation with at least one Group VIII metal and a second step impregnation with at least one Group VIB metal. Preferably the impregnation is via ion exchange using a complex salt, preferably an ammine or amine salt, of the metal. The carrier is characterized by a maximum of pores in 30 to 100 .ANG. range and a minimum of pores in 0 to 30 .ANG. and in 300 .ANG.+.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Toa Nenryo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ikuo Akizuki, Hiroshi Kaya, Shohei Okano, Nobuo Otake, Keiji Kumagai, Yoshihito Kaneko
  • Patent number: 4186078
    Abstract: A catalyst and process are described for hydrofining petroleum wax comprising contacting the wax with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising at least one metal hydrogenating component on a porous alumina/silica carrier containing from about 0.2 to 5 wt.% of an alkali metal component, the catalyst having a specific surface area of about 200 to 300 m.sup.2 /g and being further characterized in that (a) the volume of pores having a diameter in the range of 60 to 150 A is greater than 80% of the volume of pores having a diameter in the range of 0 to 150 A and (b) the volume of pores having a diameter in the range of 0 to 600 A is in the range of about 0.45 to 0.60 ml/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1980
    Assignee: Toa Nenryo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuji Itoh, Satoshi Sakurada, Shohei Okano, Takashi Obayashi, Takeo Toyoizumi, Osami Iwata