Patents by Inventor Shohei Yamada

Shohei Yamada 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: 20230338238
    Abstract: An internal substance supplier includes a conveying mechanism including a conveying member configured to capture and convey an internal substance, and a supply mechanism including a scraping member disposed to cross a conveyance route of the substance by the conveying member in the conveying mechanism and configured to collide with the substance conveyed by the conveying member, a gliding member including a recessed groove configured to guide the substance colliding with the scraping member and scraped from the conveying member, to be adjacent to a position vertically above a die bore in a table in a compression-molding machine, and a push transfer member including a projection configured to come into contact with the substance, push the substance to a start edge of the recessed groove in the gliding member, and move along the recessed groove to transfer the substance to an end edge of the recessed groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Yuji TSUJIURA, Tomohiro KAKITANI, Shohei YAMADA, Akihiro SAWADA, Shinshu UNIDA
  • Publication number: 20230345312
    Abstract: A base station (BS), a User Equipment (UE), and a method performed by a BS and/or a UE are provided. The method includes transmitting, by the BS, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to a User Equipment (UE), the RRC message indicating whether at least one of a Radio Link Control (RLC) entity and a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity is to be reestablished, wherein the RRC message configures the UE to reestablish the RLC entity in a case that the RRC message indicates that the RLC entity is to be reestablished, and the RRC message configures the UE to reestablish the PDCP entity in a case that the RRC message indicates that the PDCP entity is to be reestablished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: NINGJUAN CHANG, SHOHEI YAMADA
  • Patent number: 11799589
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) includes reception circuitry configured to receive, from a base station, first information indicating a slot format and second information indicating a maximum number of PDCCH repetition, and to monitor, based on the second information, PDCCH repetitions for a first search space set in a first CORESET, and processing circuitry configured to determine, based on the first information, whether to omit monitoring a PDCCH repetition for each PDCCH repetition among the PDCCH repetitions, wherein Downlink Control Information (DCI) is carried by the PDCCH repetition, the DCI schedules a PDSCH, and the DCI includes third information indicating a first number and forth information indicating timing of the PDSCH, and to determine, based on the third information, a first slot in which the last one PDCCH repetition of the PDCCH repetitions with the first number is located, and to determine a starting slot of a PDSCH transmission based on the forth information and the first slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Liqing Liu, Shohei Yamada, Hiroki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230328817
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus receives a first configuration and a second configuration that are applied to a second cell group and first information. The terminal apparatus performs reconfiguration using the first configuration in a case of receiving a first value as the first information. The terminal apparatus performs reconfiguration using the second configuration in a case of receiving a second value as the first information. The terminal apparatus does not reset MAC and reestablishes RLC in the second cell group in a case of performing reconfiguration based on the first information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: HIDEKAZU TSUBOI, SHOHEI YAMADA, Takako HORI
  • Publication number: 20230319834
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus that communicates with a base station apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive a configuration of an initial uplink (UL) bandwidth part (BWP) and a configuration of an additional UL BWP via a radio resource control (RRC) message and receive a random access response (RAR) message including an RAR UL grant; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in an active UL BWP, wherein one of the initial UL BWP and the additional UL BWP is activated as the active UL BWP, the PUSCH is scheduled by using the RAR UL grant, a first field included in the RAR UL grant is used to indicate frequency resource allocation of the PUSCH, and whether the first field is to be truncated or whether a bit is to be inserted into the first field is determined based on a bandwidth of the initial UL BWP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: LIQING LIU, SHOHEI YAMADA, HIROKI TAKAHASHI, MASAYUKI HOSHINO, HIDEKAZU TSUBOI
  • Patent number: 11772633
    Abstract: A vehicle control method is applied to a vehicle 1 in which a front wheel 2 is driven by an engine 4, and the method includes a basic torque setting step of setting basic torque to be generated by the engine 4, based on an operational state of the vehicle 1; an acceleration torque setting step of setting acceleration torque, based on a reduction in steering angle of a steering apparatus 5 mounted on the vehicle 1; a torque generation step of controlling the engine 4 so that torque based on the basic torque and the acceleration torque is generated; and an acceleration torque changing step of changing the acceleration torque, based on a vehicle-width-direction mounting position of a steering wheel 6 and an operation direction of the steering wheel 6 when the steering angle is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, IKUTOKU GAKUEN
    Inventors: Takatoshi Tsukano, Shohei Yamada, Daisuke Umetsu, Fuminori Kato, Osamu Sunahara, Masato Abe, Makoto Yamakado, Yoshio Kano, Kazuki Sato
  • Patent number: 11778535
    Abstract: Provided by the present disclosure are an access control method in a user equipment and the user equipment, which may flexibly control the activation and deactivation of PDCP duplication and the activation and deactivation of a serving cell restriction. The access control method comprises: receiving configuration information related to a data radio bearer (DRB); receiving a media access control element (MAC CE) indicating the activation/deactivation of a packet data convergence protocol layer (PDCP) duplication function of the DRB; when the MAC CE indicates the deactivation of the PDCP duplication function, determining whether the configuration information comprises indication information, the indication information indicating a restriction relationship between a logical channel associated with the DRB and a serving cell which is allowed to be used; and determining a serving cell used for the logical channel according to the result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Chongming Zhang, Renmao Liu, Shohei Yamada
  • Patent number: 11778603
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus and a base station apparatus efficiently communicate. A terminal apparatus including a receiver configured to receive an RRC message including first configuration information and to receive DCI on a PDCCH, a determination unit configured to determine a time parameter for transmitting a PUSCH, based on a bit sequence indicated by a first field of the DCI, and a transmitter configured to transmit the PUSCH, based on the time parameter. A relationship between the bit sequence and the time parameter is defined by a first parameter group in a case that a first condition is satisfied and that the first configuration information includes the first parameter group and the relationship between the bit sequence and defined by a second parameter group in a case that a second condition is satisfied and that the first configuration information includes the second parameter group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Takahashi, Shohei Yamada, Masayuki Hoshino, Hidekazu Tsuboi, Liqing Liu
  • Publication number: 20230309185
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal apparatus configured to release, based on receiving, via a DCCH from the base station apparatus, an RRC message including a part of session information of an MBS session, an MBS radio bearer used to receive the MBS session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Takako HORI, SHOHEI YAMADA, HIDEKAZU TSUBOI
  • Publication number: 20230292390
    Abstract: A control method for User Equipment (UE) comprising: performing communication with a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG); detecting whether a failure occurred in the MCG transmission; if it is detected that the failure has occurred in the MCG transmission, executing an MCG failure processing operation; and sending a message to a base station, the message indicating information related to the failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: CHONGMING ZHANG, RENMAO LIU, SHOHEI YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230287536
    Abstract: The present invention provides a preventive maintenance method for a steel bridge capable of significantly shortening a construction period, significantly cutting cost, and accurately determining whether peening has appropriately been performed. The preventive maintenance method includes: an abrasive blast-cleaning step of performing abrasive blast-cleaning; a peening step of performing shot peening: a fluorescent coating material application step of applying a fluorescent coating material before the peening step; and a coverage determination step of irradiating a portion applied with the fluorescent coating material with an ultraviolet ray after the peening step, so as to calculate coverage on the basis of a residual fluorescent coating material that fluoresces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Hirofumi YAMADA, Shohei YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230292316
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes control circuitry configured to determine a maximum number of PDCCH candidates per multiple slots, and to allocate PDCCH candidates to be monitored per multiple slots based on the maximum number of PDCCH candidates; and receiving circuitry configured to monitor PDCCH candidates on a serving cell with the maximum number of PDCCH candidates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Meng CHENG, LIQING LIU, SHOHEI YAMADA, HIROKI TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230292392
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus determines whether information (first information) indicating whether a state of a secondary cell group is to be changed based on scg-State is included in the RRC signaling, in a case that the first information is not included in the RRC signaling, the state of the secondary cell group is changed based on whether the scg-State is included in the RRC signaling, and in a case that the first information is included in the RRC signaling, the state of the secondary cell group is not changed based on whether the scg-State is included in the RRC signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: HIDEKAZU TSUBOI, SHOHEI YAMADA, Kyosuke INOUE, Takuma KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20230292343
    Abstract: Provided in the present invention are a method performed by user equipment, and user equipment. The method performed by user equipment (UE) includes: when a periodically started timer T-active is running, the UE monitoring a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and receiving sidelink control information (SCI); if the received SCI information indicates that HARQ feedback is to be performed, starting a timer T1-retx; if the received SCI information indicates that HARQ feedback is not to be performed, starting a timer T2-retx; and when the timer T1-retx and the timer T2-retx are running, the UE monitoring the PSCCH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Chongming ZHANG, Renmao LIU, Shohei YAMADA
  • Patent number: 11751254
    Abstract: A method for providing System Information (SI), the method including transmitting information about first associations between a plurality of preamble sequences and a plurality of pieces of SI, and about second associations between the pieces of SI and a plurality of system information blocks (SIBs); receiving a preamble from a user equipment (UE), the preamble including one of the preamble sequences; identifying one of the SIBs based on the one of the preamble sequences, the first associations, and the second associations, the one of the SIBs including one of the pieces of SI associated with the one of the preamble sequences; and transmitting the one of the SIBs to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chongming Zhang, Shohei Yamada, Renmao Liu
  • Publication number: 20230276284
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus configured with a first cell group and a second cell group includes a detector configured to detect a radio link failure of the first cell group, and a controller configured to initiate a first procedure for reporting the radio link failure of the first cell group. The first procedure is initiated based on transmission in the first cell group and the second cell group not being suspended, the second cell group not being in a first state, and the radio link failure of the first cell group being detected. The first state is a state in which a first BWP is activated in an SpCell of a corresponding cell group, a PDCCH is not monitored in the first BWP, and measurement of channel state information (CSI) for the first BWP is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: HIDEKAZU TSUBOI, SHOHEI YAMADA, Takako HORI
  • Patent number: 11736987
    Abstract: The present application provides a method performed by user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, from a base station, a first radio resource control (RRC) message including a handover command; determining whether a first condition included in the first RRC message is met; and if the first condition is met, sending a handover indication to the base station, the handover indication being used to inform the base station that the UE is about to start performing a handover. The present application further provides UE and a corresponding base station. By means of the technical solution of the present application, the data transmission interruption time in the handover procedure in the NR can be further reduced, and an unnecessary incorrect handover is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ningjuan Chang, Shohei Yamada
  • Patent number: 11729795
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive an MIB that configures a first CORESET, receive an SIB1 that configures a second CORESET, receive first information that configures an initial UL BWP and second information that configures an additional UL BWP, and receive a first DCI format that schedules a PUSCH in a common search space; and a transmission unit configured to specify a set of allocated resource blocks based on a first field included in a first DCI format and transmit a PUSCH in an active UL BWP, the active UL BWP being either the initial UL BWP or the additional UL BWP, the first value indicated by a first field is provided based on the size of the initial UL BWP, a first start position that is a start position of a set of allocated resource blocks, and the number of first resource blocks continuously allocated, and the common search space is used for a random access procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Liqing Liu, Shohei Yamada, Hiroki Takahashi, Masayuki Hoshino, Hidekazu Tsuboi
  • Publication number: 20230254828
    Abstract: A method by a user equipment (UE) is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: LIQING LIU, SHOHEI YAMADA, HIROKI TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230247533
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus determines whether a candidate special cell (SpCell) associated with a conditional reconfiguration information element of an entry included in an entry list is identical to a special cell (SpCell) currently configured for the terminal apparatus, and does not cause an execution condition to be evaluated, the execution condition being included in the entry including the conditional reconfiguration information element of which the associated candidate SpCell is identical to the SpCell currently configured for the terminal apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Takuma KAWANO, SHOHEI YAMADA, HIDEKAZU TSUBOI, Kyosuke INOUE