Patents Assigned to National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
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Patent number: 11838934Abstract: A communications network system includes a control unit, one or more wireless systems, and application equipment. The control unit acquires information about data that the application equipment communicates via the wireless systems, and acquires information about a wireless environment that has an impact on communications by the wireless systems. The control unit generates a plurality of communications policies that are delivered to the wireless systems, and manages the communications policies that are executed on the wireless systems. The wireless systems store the plurality of communications policies delivered from the control unit, and detect the status of communications, change the communications policies based on the detection result, and control information about data that the application equipment communicates via the wireless systems.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYInventors: Kenichi Maruhashi, Satoko Itaya, Fumihide Kojima
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Publication number: 20230367084Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical control element having an optical waveguide formed of an electro-optic material, and methods of use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYInventors: Akira OTOMO, Kouichi TANAKA, Toshiki YAMADA, Chiyumi YAMADA, Shun KAMADA, Rieko UEDA
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Patent number: 11816444Abstract: Provided are a model training method for neural machine translation that enhances an encoder using a monolingual corpus of a target language and improves the accuracy of the entire translator, and a machine translation system for performing the model training method. The machine translation system 1000 uses a monolingual corpus of the target language to obtain multiple pieces of pseudo source language data, thus allowing for obtaining a large amount of pseudo parallel corpus data having diversity. Further, the machine translation system 1000 uses both the pseudo parallel corpus data having diversity, which has been obtained in large quantities, and the base parallel corpus data in a small quantity but with high accuracy, with the applied learning rates changed accordingly, to perform the learning process (training process) for the machine translation model. This allows the machine translation system 1000 to obtain a learned model (machine translation model) with very high accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYInventors: Kenji Imamura, Atsushi Fujita, Eiichiro Sumita
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Publication number: 20230330955Abstract: A method of producing a nonlinear optical device is provided. In a surface of a semiconductor substrate, a recessed part is formed. In an environment under reduced pressure, the first liquid material is filled into the recessed part. A second liquid material is brought into contact with a first liquid material filled in the recessed part, and thereby a third liquid material is prepared. The third liquid material is solidified, and thereby an embedded portion is formed. The first liquid material includes a first solute and a first solvent, or the first liquid material consists of the first solvent. The second liquid material includes a second solute and a second solvent. The second solute includes a nonlinear optical polymer. The concentration of the second solute in the second liquid material is higher than the concentration of the first solute in the first liquid material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hidehisa TAZAWA, Yasunori MURAKAMI, Akira OTOMO, Toshiki YAMADA, Hideo YOKOHAMA, Rieko UEDA
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Publication number: 20230333300Abstract: An AR optical element having high image quality, high efficiency of light utilization, and small-size is provided. The AR optical element has periodic structures of refractive index multiplexed with a predetermined interval and predetermined multiplicity, wherein each of the periodic structures of refractive index has an optical normal in a different direction from a physical normal orthogonal to a plane of a micro-region that reflects incident light.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: National Institute of Information and Communications TechnologyInventors: Koki WAKUNAMI, Yasuyuki ICHIHASHI, Shunsuke YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 11791905Abstract: A system for estimating an imbalance between electrical-optical responses of an in-phase (I) channel and a quadrature (Q) channel in an optical amplitude and phase modulator (optical IQ modulator) includes an optical detector (PD), an analog-digital converter (ADC), and an imbalance operation unit that estimates an imbalance between electrical-optical responses of an I channel and a Q channel in the optical IQ modulator, wherein the imbalance operation unit includes an input signal information receiving unit that receives information regarding a first modulation signal, and an intensity information receiving unit that receives intensity information of the digitalized output signal from the ADC, and the imbalance operation unit estimates an imbalance between electrical-optical responses of an I channel and a Q channel in the optical IQ modulator using information regarding a first modulation signal and intensity information of the digitalized output signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYInventors: Yuki Yoshida, Naokatsu Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11779278Abstract: An internal device (1) is implanted in a living body (300). A control section (6) causes a communication section (5) to wirelessly transmit data corresponding to electroencephalogram signals of the living body (300) which are detected through a group of N (N is 2 or more) electrodes, to an external device (200). When the communication section (5) receives a designation signal designating a group of M electrode(s) (2a), M being smaller than N, the communication section (5) is caused to transmit data corresponding to electroencephalogram signals of the living body (300) which are detected through the group of M electrode(s) (2a), to the external device (200) in real time.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignees: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, OSAKA UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, SPChange, LLC.Inventors: Kaoru Imajo, Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Masayuki Hirata, Seiji Kameda, Takafumi Suzuki, Hiroshi Ando, Takatsugu Kamata
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Publication number: 20230319746Abstract: A time synchronization network able to efficiently maintain time synchronization according to standard time is described. A communication device includes a time information output unit and a time synchronization unit. The time information output unit is configured to output time information with an internal clock that is stable. The time synchronization unit is configured to correct the time information of the time information output unit based on information on a time difference between the communication device and another communication device adjacent to the communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: National Institute of Information and Communications TechnologyInventors: Motoaki HARA, Yuichiro YANO, Tetsuya IDO
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Patent number: 11774288Abstract: An interference imaging device includes a light interference generator that includes: a light wave splitter configured to reflect a part of incident light and to allow a remaining part of the incident light to pass through; a phase modulator configured to modulate a phase of incident light that has passed through the light wave splitter; and a reflector configured to reflect the phase-modulated incident light from the phase modulator so that the reflected, phase-modulated incident light overlaps with incident light that has been reflected by the light wave splitter.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: National Institute of Information and Communications TechnologyInventor: Tatsuki Tahara
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Publication number: 20230281922Abstract: An optical aberration correction program causing a computer (3) to execute: obtaining phases of a plurality of provisional optical transfer functions of an optical system (10) corresponding to a plurality of provisional optical aberration amounts of the optical system; generating a plurality of three-dimensional phase-modulated images by deconvolving a three-dimensional original image of a sample (12) including an optical aberration of the optical system (10) with each of the phases of the plurality of provisional optical transfer functions; obtaining an optimal theoretical three-dimensional point spread function based on indices of luminance values of the plurality of three-dimensional phase-modulated images; and calculating a three-dimensional correction image by deconvolving the three-dimensional original image or another three-dimensional original image that includes the optical aberration of the optical system (10) and is different from the three-dimensional original image with an optimal optical transfeType: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2021Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYInventor: Atsushi MATSUDA
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Patent number: 11750204Abstract: This atomic resonator for causing a resonance frequency by CPT resonance includes: a gas cell having alkali metal atoms enclosed; a photodetector configured to detect light having passed through the gas cell and convert the light to an electric signal; a high-frequency oscillator configured to receive the electric signal and output the signal after a frequency thereof is divided by two; and a laser light source configured to modulate and introduce, into the gas cell, light based on the signal output from the high-frequency oscillator. The high-frequency oscillator has an injection-locked frequency divider circuit including an acoustic resonator as an oscillation element.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignees: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo Institute of TechnologyInventors: Motoaki Hara, Yuichiro Yano, Masatoshi Kajita, Tetsuya Ido, Hiroyuki Ito
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Patent number: 11722206Abstract: A wireless communication method collects data generated from a plurality of moving entities. The wireless communication method includes performing first communication in which a control device controls a condition of data forwarding in the plurality of moving entities, via long-distance wireless communication; performing second communication that includes carrying out communication between one of the moving entities and a relay, or communication among the plurality of moving entities, via short-distance wireless communication, by using a DTN (Delay Tolerant Network), which employs a store-carry-and-forward process; and performing third communication that includes carrying out communication between the control device and the relay, or communication between the control device and one of the moving entities, via wired communication or the long-distance wireless communication.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYInventors: Yuuichi Teranishi, Takashi Kimata, Eiji Kawai, Hiroaki Harai
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Publication number: 20230195161Abstract: It is provided a synchronization system capable of managing execution of synchronization for clocks to be mounted on various devices. A synchronization system of clocks comprising: a leader device; a follower device capable of establishing communication connection with the leader device; and a server apparatus capable of establishing communication connection with the leader device and/or the follower device, the system further comprising: a time deviation calculator configured to calculate a time deviation between the leader device and the follower device; and a time corrector configured to correct a time in the follower device based on the calculated time deviation, wherein the synchronization system executes the time deviation calculator and/or the time corrector when the server apparatus generates, transmits, and/or receives predetermined information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYInventors: Nobuyasu SHIGA, Satoshi YASUDA
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Publication number: 20230171726Abstract: In performing wireless communication between terminals to perform time difference measurement and propagation time measurement, first and second terminals that transmit a signal at least once in attempting space-time synchronization are included. The first terminal measures a reception phase of a locally transmitted signal, and a reception phase of a signal transmitted by the second terminal, adds a positive or negative phase to the measured reception phase, and makes a report to the second terminal. The second terminal measures a reception phase of a locally transmitted signal, and a reception phase of a signal transmitted by the first terminal, and makes a report to the first terminal. The first and second terminals obtain a time difference or propagation time according to a reception phase measured by a local device and reported from a counterpart, and obtain additional information based on a phase reflected in the time difference or propagation time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYInventors: Maki YOSHIDA, Nobuyasu SHIGA, Satoshi YASUDA, Kenichi TAKIZAWA
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Patent number: 11656122Abstract: A photon detection device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a superconducting photon detector array in which a plurality of superconducting photon detectors (SPDs) are arranged; a plurality of first transmission lines connected to the plurality of SPDs and configured to transmit a detection current output from each of the plurality of SPDs; an address information generation circuit connected to the plurality of first transmission lines and configured to generate, based on the detection current, an address information signal that specifies a superconducting photon detector from which the detection current is output; a second transmission line magnetically coupled to all of the plurality of first transmission lines; and a time information generation circuit connected to the second transmission line and configured to generate, based on the detection current, a time information signal indicating a time at which a photon is incident on the plurality of superconductive photon detection SPDs.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYInventors: Naoki Takeuchi, Shigehito Miki, Hirotaka Terai
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Publication number: 20230120581Abstract: A system for estimating an imbalance between electrical-optical responses of an in-phase (I) channel and a quadrature (Q) channel in an optical amplitude and phase modulator (optical IQ modulator) includes an optical detector (PD), an analog-digital converter (ADC), and an imbalance operation unit that estimates an imbalance between electrical-optical responses of an I channel and a Q channel in the optical IQ modulator, wherein the imbalance operation unit includes an input signal information receiving unit that receives information regarding a first modulation signal, and an intensity information receiving unit that receives intensity information of the digitalized output signal from the ADC, and the imbalance operation unit estimates an imbalance between electrical-optical responses of an I channel and a Q channel in the optical IQ modulator using information regarding a first modulation signal and intensity information of the digitalized output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYInventors: Yuki YOSHIDA, Naokatsu YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20230022825Abstract: A secret key sharing system includes a transceiver in a first layer, a plurality of transceivers in a second layer, and a plurality of transceivers in a third layer. The transceivers in the second layer receive a first random number from the transceiver in the first layer via a directional carrier wave. The transceivers in the third layer receive a second random number from one of the transceivers in the second layer via the carrier wave. The transceiver in the first layer and the transceivers in the second layer share a first secret key based on the first random number, and the one of the transceivers in the second layer and the plurality of transceivers in the third layer share a second secret key based on the second random number.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYInventors: Hiroyuki ENDO, Masahide SASAKI
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Patent number: 11563092Abstract: A Ga2O3-based semiconductor device includes a Ga2O3-based crystal layer including a donor, and an N-doped region formed in at least a part of the Ga2O3-based crystal layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignees: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tamura Corporation, Novel Crystal Technology, IncInventors: Masataka Higashiwaki, Yoshiaki Nakata, Takafumi Kamimura, Man Hoi Wong, Kohei Sasaki, Daiki Wakimoto
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Publication number: 20230012453Abstract: Provided is a variable-wavelength surface emission laser having a wide wavelength variation range. A partial region of a thin-plate substrate (22) and a movable mirror (20), the partial region being positioned between an air gap (G1) and a movable gap (G2), can move toward the air gap (G1) side or the movable gap (G2) side.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2020Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: National Institute of Information and Communications TechnologyInventors: Motoaki HARA, Yuichiro YANO, Masatoshi KAJITA, Tetsuya IDO, Satoshi SHINADA, Takahito ONO, Masaya TODA
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Patent number: 11502831Abstract: A quantum key distribution device is provided with an encoding unit which encodes an optical pulse train; an intensity modulating unit which subjects the encoded optical pulse train to N (where N is an integer at least equal to 3) types of intensity modulation having mutually different intensities, with different timings; and a first key distillation processing unit which generates an encryption key on the basis of a data sequence obtained by removing data obtained from an optical pulse having a specific modulation pattern from a data sequence used by the encoding unit and the intensity modulating unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignees: NEC CORPORATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, National University Corporation Hokkaido UniversityInventors: Ken-ichiro Yoshino, Mikio Fujiwara, Masahide Sasaki, Akihisa Tomita