Patents by Inventor Tomoya Tandai

Tomoya Tandai 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: 20180220382
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus supports at least a second wireless communication scheme between a first wireless communication scheme and the second wireless communication scheme. The first wireless communication scheme requires that a wireless medium is determined to be busy when a reception level is equal to or greater than a minimum reception sensitivity level of a physical scheme. The apparatus includes first and second processing units. The first processing unit is configured to set a value lower than a maximum transmission power of the first wireless communication scheme, for a maximum transmission power of the second wireless communication scheme and set a value greater than the minimum reception sensitivity level of the physical scheme, for a carrier sense level, when the second wireless communication scheme is used. The second processing unit is configured to carry out carrier sense using the carrier sense level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoko ADACHI, Koichiro BAN, Tomoya TANDAI, Hideo KASAMI
  • Publication number: 20180176821
    Abstract: A radio communication method stores a plurality MAC frames for each of a plurality of destinations. The method decides the longest transmission time of transmission times needed to transmit the plurality of MAC frames to each of the plurality of destinations within a fixed period. The method generates a plurality of physical frames for the plurality of destinations to transmit them at the same time by connecting the plurality of MAC frames and adding additional information to each connected MAC frame so as to be a frame length equivalent to a transmission time equal to the longest transmission time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tetsu Nakajima, Tomoko Adachi, Yoriko Utsunomiya, Tomoya Tandai, Masahiro Takagi
  • Patent number: 10002532
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication device is provided in a movable body and is wirelessly communicable with a transceiver unit and another movable body. The communication device includes a transmitter, a receiver, a synchronization unit, a registration unit, and a stop control unit. The transmitter transmits movable body information on the movable body to a predetermined channel. The receiver receives transceiver unit information that the transceiver unit has transmitted to the predetermined channel. The synchronization unit performs synchronization of reception timing when the transceiver unit information can be received. The registration unit registers a communication area of the transceiver unit calculated based on a position where the other movable body receives the transceiver unit information in storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoya Tandai, Daisuke Uchida, Tsuyoshi Kogawa, Tomoko Adachi
  • Patent number: 9955439
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus supports at least a second wireless communication scheme between a first wireless communication scheme and the second wireless communication scheme. The first wireless communication scheme requires that a wireless medium is determined to be busy when a reception level is equal to or greater than a minimum reception sensitivity level of a physical scheme. The apparatus includes a first processing unit and a second processing unit. The first processing unit is configured to set a value lower than a maximum transmission power of the first wireless communication scheme, for a maximum transmission power of the second wireless communication scheme and set a value greater than the minimum reception sensitivity level of the physical scheme, for a carrier sense level, when the second wireless communication scheme is used. The second processing unit is configured to carry out carrier sense using the carrier sense level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoko Adachi, Koichiro Ban, Tomoya Tandai, Hideo Kasami
  • Patent number: 9941914
    Abstract: A receiving device of an embodiment has a receiver, a demultiplexer, and an interference detector. The receiver receives a multiplexed signal. The demultiplexer demultiplexes the multiplexed signal into a plurality of signals. The interference detector, with referring to bit transitions of the plurality of signals in a predetermined time period, detects interference in the multiplexed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kogawa, Tomoya Tandai
  • Patent number: 9930572
    Abstract: A radio communication method stores a plurality MAC frames for each of a plurality of destinations. The method decides the longest transmission time of transmission times needed to transmit the plurality of MAC frames to each of the plurality of destinations within a fixed period. The method generates a plurality of physical frames for the plurality of destinations to transmit them at the same time by connecting the plurality of MAC frames and adding additional information to each connected MAC frame so as to be a frame length equivalent to a transmission time equal to the longest transmission time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tetsu Nakajima, Tomoko Adachi, Yoriko Utsunomiya, Tomoya Tandai, Masahiro Takagi
  • Publication number: 20180084555
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes: a memory configured to store a plurality of radiation pattern selection policies on an antenna capable of changing a radiation pattern; and processing circuitry configured to detect an interference signal of a first channel by analyzing a signal received via the antenna; and select the radiation pattern selection policy from among the plurality of radiation pattern selection policies based on the interference signal of the first channel and change the radiation pattern of the antenna in accordance with the selected radiation pattern selection policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroki MORI, Seiya KISHIMOTO, Tomoya TANDAI
  • Publication number: 20180084406
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes: a first transmitter configured to transmit a first frame to instruct transmission prohibition to a first wireless communication device, and to transmit a signal to a second wireless communication device during a period in which the transmission is prohibited; and a first receiver configured to receive power reception amount information corresponding to the signal after the signal is transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoya TANDAI, Tsuguhide AOKI, Kohei ONIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20180084583
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes: controlling circuitry configured to set at least one of: a first transmission prohibition period for a first network to which the wireless communication device belongs; or a second transmission prohibition period for a second network, and to determine, when a first frame addressed to another device is received in a case that the first transmission prohibition period is not set and the second transmission prohibition period is set, a state of a wireless medium based on comparing a reception level of the first frame with a threshold defined corresponding to one of the first network and the second network, to which a sender of the first frame belongs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Ryoko MATSUO, Tomoya TANDAI, Toshihisa NABETANI
  • Publication number: 20180007701
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a transmitter configured to transmit a first field containing information to identify a plurality of wireless communication terminals, and configured to multiplex and transmit a plurality of second fields in each of which a first frame containing an address of any of the wireless communication terminals is set; and a controller configured to determine, for the first frames, values pertaining to lengths of durations to suppress access to a wireless medium to the wireless communication terminal having an address different from the address contained in each of the first frames. The transmitter is configured to set the values in the first frames, the second fields, or the first field. The controller is configured to determine the values so that the durations have an end at an identical time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoko ADACHI, Ryoko MATSUO, Tomoya TANDAI, Hiroki MORI, Kentaro TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180007561
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device, includes a receiver configured to receive a first field, receive at least one of a plurality of second fields having been multiplexed and transmitted, and decode the one of the second fields to obtain a frame in a case where first information identifying the wireless communication device is not set in the first field, and a controller configured to suppress access to a wireless medium during a period indicated by a value set in the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoko ADACHI, Ryoko MATSUO, Tomoya TANDAI, Hiroki MORI, Kentaro TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170347367
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication device is provided in a movable body and is wirelessly communicable with a transceiver unit and another movable body. A receiver of the device receives transceiver unit information including traffic-light information that the transceiver unit has transmitted to a predetermined channel. An processing circuitry extracts the traffic-light information corresponding to a running direction of the movable body from the transceiver unit information. A transmitter transmits movable body information of the movable body to the predetermined channel. A processing circuitry controls a transmission timing of the movable body information such that a transmission control period becomes a preset first time. A processing circuitry changes the transmission control period to a second time longer than the first time, when the traffic-light information with respect to the running direction indicates a stopping command, and a speed of the movable body is a preset speed or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoya TANDAI, Daisuke UCHIDA, Tsuyoshi KOGAWA, Tomoko ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20170345298
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication device is provided in a movable body and is wirelessly communicable with a transceiver unit and another movable body. The communication device includes a transmitter, a receiver, a synchronization unit, a registration unit, and a stop control unit. The transmitter transmits movable body information on the movable body to a predetermined channel. The receiver receives transceiver unit information that the transceiver unit has transmitted to the predetermined channel. The synchronization unit performs synchronization of reception timing when the transceiver unit information can be received. The registration unit registers a communication area of the transceiver unit calculated based on a position where the other movable body receives the transceiver unit information in storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoya TANDAI, Daisuke Uchida, Tsuyoshi Kogawa, Tomoko Adachi
  • Publication number: 20170272183
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes controlling circuitry configured to adjust a directivity of each of a plurality antennas based on a received power of a first frame for each of the plurality of antennas; and a transmitter configured to transmit a second frame for responding to the first frame after the directivity is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Ryoko MATSUO, Tomoya TANDAI
  • Patent number: 9717049
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus includes a first processor, a second processor and a controller. The first processor generates one or more first frames and one or more second frames. The second processor transmits the first frames and the second frames, and receives a first acknowledgement and a second acknowledgement. The controller retains a first interval relating to a time interval between the first transmission request and the second transmission request and a second interval relating to a time interval between a first and a second time points, and controls transmission of frames to be transmitted based on the first and the second intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoko Adachi, Tomoya Tandai, Takeshi Tomizawa, Ryoko Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20170180088
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a receiver configured to receive first information to designate a first bandwidth narrower than a maximum available bandwidth extended based on a predetermined channel, and to receive second information to designate a plurality of channels including at least one channel different from a channel in the first bandwidth among a plurality of channels in the maximum bandwidth; and controlling circuitry configured to specify a plurality of channels for use in communication based on at least the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoko ADACHI, Ryoko MATSUO, Tomoya TANDAI
  • Publication number: 20170181164
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device, includes: a receiver configured to receive a first frame that requests permission of transmission; and controlling circuitry configured to perform control to prevent transmission in a case where the first frame is not addressed for the own device, wherein the controlling circuitry is configured to keep prevention of the transmission even when a second frame notifying the permission of transmission is not received after a lapse of a first time period following receipt of the first frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoya TANDAI, Tomoko ADACHI, Ryoko MATSUO
  • Publication number: 20170181039
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a transmitter configured to transmit first information to designate a first bandwidth narrower than a maximum available bandwidth extended based on a predetermined channel, and transmit second information to designate a plurality of channels including at least one channel different from a channel used in the first bandwidth among a plurality of channels in the maximum bandwidth: and controlling circuitry configured to control the transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoko ADACHI, Ryoko MATSUO, Tomoya TANDAI
  • Publication number: 20170171862
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes: a receiver configured to receive a first frame notifying a start of resource unit-based OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) communication via a first channel; and controlling circuitry configured to control, when the first frame is received, the receiver to perform standby operation at least in a first resource unit in a second channel different from the first channel, wherein the first resource unit includes one or more subcarriers among a plurality of subcarriers disposed in the second channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Ryoko MATSUO, Tomoko ADACHI, Tomoya TANDAI
  • Publication number: 20170163514
    Abstract: A radio communication method stores a plurality MAC frames for each of a plurality of destinations. The method decides the longest transmission time of transmission times needed to transmit the plurality of MAC frames to each of the plurality of destinations within a fixed period. The method generates a plurality of physical frames for the plurality of destinations to transmit them at the same time by connecting the plurality of MAC frames and adding additional information to each connected MAC frame so as to be a frame length equivalent to a transmission time equal to the longest transmission time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tetsu NAKAJIMA, Tomoko Adachi, Yoriko Utsunomiya, Tomoya Tandai, Masahiro Takagi