Patents Assigned to NEC Corporation
  • Publication number: 20180240046
    Abstract: Provided is a display system for displaying analytical information that allows a person to easily analyze which term in the estimation equation causes the estimation failure, when the measured value largely deviates from the estimated value. A calculation means (3) uses values of two or more types of attributes used in calculation of an estimated value, and a coefficient of an explanatory variable in an estimation equation used in calculation of the estimated value, to calculate a product of a value of the explanatory variable specified from each of the values of the attributes and the coefficient corresponding to the explanatory variable, for each estimated value. A display means (4) displays a stacked bar graph in which each product calculated by the calculation means (3) and a constant term in the estimation equation are stacked, for each estimated value, and respectively displays a change in the estimated value and a change in a measured value corresponding to the estimated value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Keisuke UMEZU
  • Publication number: 20180242201
    Abstract: A radio terminal (1) communicates with a controlling entity (9) through a first cell (32S) managed by a first radio access network entity (31S) located in a radio access network (RAN) (3) and also through a core network connected to the RAN (3) in order to establish ProSe communication with a second radio terminal (2), and then starts the ProSe communication (103) with the second radio terminal (2) in the first cell (32S). The radio terminal (1) transmits or receives, to or from the controlling entity (9), first control information about a handover of the first and second radio terminals (1, 2) from the first cell (32S) to a second cell (32T) managed by a second radio access network entity (31T) located in the RAN (3). This contributes to improvement in an inter-base station handover of a radio terminal that is performing inter-terminal direct communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki AMINAKA
  • Publication number: 20180242357
    Abstract: A communication system is disclosed in which a communication device communicates with communication apparatus that operates a cell within which the communication device is located. The cell is operated as a licensed assisted access (LAA) cell and has an associated physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). The communication device has a controller that is adapted to: generate a control signal for transmitting to said communication apparatus; perform a clear channel assessment (CCA) on said PUCCH before the control signal is transmitted; and block transmission of the control signal on said PUCCH when said CCA indicates that said channel is not clear. The communication device is further adapted, when said controller has not blocked said transmission of the control signal, to transmit the control signal to said communication apparatus in said PUCCH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chadi KHIRALLAH, Vivek SHARMA, Yassin Aden AWAD, Robert ARNOTT
  • Publication number: 20180242197
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a communication control device capable of reducing the effect on throughput of U-Plane data when the communication amount of C-Plane data increases. A communication control device (30) according to the present invention includes: an information acquisition unit (31) configured to acquire ratio information indicating a ratio between a communication amount of control data and a communication amount of user data from a base station (20) configured to allocate a radio resource for transmitting and receiving the control data and the user data between the base station and a mobile station (10); and a parameter control unit (21) configured to change a parameter associated with the mobile station (10) so as to reduce the control data to be transmitted and received between the mobile station (10) and the base station (20) when the ratio of the communication amount of the control data is larger than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori IWAI, Hisashi FUTAKI
  • Publication number: 20180239638
    Abstract: To estimate the relation between virtual machine performance and scheduling parameters which are set in a scheduler which allocates CPU time to a virtual machine, provided is a performance prediction device, comprising a measuring unit and an estimation unit. The measuring unit sets the scheduling parameters to sample values, operates a virtual computer system, and measures CPU allocation delay time from when the virtual machine requests an allocation of the CPU to when the CPU is allocated to the virtual machine and turnaround time (TAT) of the virtual machine. Based on the results of the measurements, the estimation unit generates an estimation formula with the scheduling parameters and the CPU allocation delay time as explanatory variables and an estimated TAT as the response variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji INAMI
  • Publication number: 20180239646
    Abstract: In a distributed processing system it is difficult to use resources efficiently without underutilization of resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Satoshi YAMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180239838
    Abstract: A display processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit (101) and an output processing unit (102). The acquisition unit (101) acquires, for each of a plurality of pieces of similarity data extracted by similarity search based on query data, a similarity degree value indicating a similarity with the query data. The output processing unit (102) outputs a display including a region indicating the query data positioned at one end and a plurality of regions indicating respective ones of the plurality of pieces of similarity data positioned at respective positions corresponding to the respective similarity degree values of the respective pieces of similarity data on a line extending from the one end in a predetermined shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jianquan LIU
  • Publication number: 20180239944
    Abstract: A living body is accurately determined while minimizing increases in the size of a device and increases in the number of components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji OHNO, Masahiro KUBO, Katsumi ABE, Kimiyasu TAKOH, Ersin ALTINTAS, Takeshi AKAGAWA, Tetsuri ARIYAMA, Ichiro ISHIMARU
  • Publication number: 20180239954
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus that allows an operator to grasp a factor leading a face recognition result at a glance and to confirm or modify the face recognition result on the spot. The display control apparatus comprises a similarity acquirer that acquires a similarity between each pair of partial regions of face images by performing collation processing between the each pair of partial regions of the face images, and a display controller that controls to overlay, on the face images, at least one of a first region the similarity of which exceeds a threshold and a second region the similarity of which does not exceed the threshold, and display the overlaid face images. The display controller controls to overlay and display the first region and the second region in contrast with each other on the face images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasushi HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20180242181
    Abstract: To enable more efficient collection of information for optimal area design of a downlink only cell. An apparatus of the present invention includes: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire target cell information indicating a target cell of minimization of drive tests (MDT) measurements in an idle mode of a terminal apparatus; and a communication processing unit configured to transmit the target cell information to the terminal apparatus. The target cell includes a downlink only cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro TSUTSUI
  • Publication number: 20180239619
    Abstract: A system change assistance system includes value redefinition means 501 configured to compare two vectors, one of which is set to a first comparison subject vector and the other is set to a second comparison subject vector, each configured from a set of a value of a first item having a discrete value in which the number of possible values is finite or less than a predetermined value, and a value of a second item having a continuous value or a discrete value in which the number of possible values is equal to or larger than a predetermined value, and to change the value of the first item of the first comparison subject vector in a case where the value of the first item of each vector is matched and the value of the second item of each vector is different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi KITANO, Takayuki KURODA, Manabu NAKANOYA
  • Publication number: 20180241516
    Abstract: To enable delivery confirmation for data transmitted from a base station to a terminal apparatus via the access point. An apparatus according to an example aspect of the present invention includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire a data unit from a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer of a base station, and a communication processing unit configured to transmit the data unit to a terminal apparatus via an access point of a wireless local area network using a protocol enabling delivery confirmation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Sadafuku HAYASHI, Daisuke OGURA, Hisashi FUTAKI
  • Patent number: 10054645
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to accurately perform deterioration determination of a lithium ion secondary battery. In order to attain the object, in a deterioration determination method of the present invention, first, measurement processing of charging a deterioration determination target which is a battery cell or a battery module connecting a plurality of battery cells with each other up to a predetermined voltage value, discharging, and measuring a charge voltage value (a charge voltage value after the start of the discharge) within a predetermined period of time from the start of the discharge is repeated a plurality of times. Then, a deterioration state of the deterioration determination target is determined in consideration of a change mode of the charge voltage value after the start of the discharge due to the repetition of the charge and discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10056586
    Abstract: A battery containing body having a flat shape that can be inserted to and removed from a power storage device, wherein a handle is provided at an end portion on a front side in a direction of insertion, and at least at a lower end portion from among the lower end portion and an upper end portion when the battery containing body is inserted upright, a recess portion for supporting the lower end portion is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignees: NEC Corporation, NEC Platforms, Ltd., NEC Energy Devices, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kawaguchi, Akira Iida, Toru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10056674
    Abstract: An antenna orientation adjustment assistance device that allows any worker to quickly and accurately install an antenna device is provided. An antenna device (100) is temporarily installed. Further, a camera (200) is mounted on the antenna device (100). Then, the antenna orientation adjustment assistance device includes a reception strength detection unit (420) that detects a reception strength of radio waves received by an antenna unit (110), a position calculation unit (414) that calculates a relative angle position of the antenna unit (110) by using an image taken by a camera (200) fixed relative to the antenna unit (110), and a reception strength recording unit (430) that records the relative angle position of the antenna unit (110) and the reception strength at the relative angle position in association with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Masashi Hirabe
  • Patent number: 10056976
    Abstract: An optical signal monitor, including: a storage that holds a threshold value set for each of determination areas having a bandwidth set in accordance with an average grid of dummy light; a measurement section that sequentially measures an optical intensity of an inputted wavelength-multiplexed optical signal with respect to each of measurement areas obtained by dividing the determination area into areas with a bandwidth sufficiently smaller than a grid width of a monitoring-target optical signal composing the wavelength-multiplexed optical signal, and output measured values; and a section that determines that dummy light corresponding to the determination area needs introducing if each of measured values in the determination area is smaller than a threshold value, and, determines that dummy light corresponding to the determination area does not need introducing if at least one of the measured values in the determination area is equal to or larger than the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshirou Satou
  • Patent number: 10056947
    Abstract: In a wireless communications system including a first base station and a second base station, a wireless communications method implemented in the first base station supporting coordinated multi-point transmission and reception (CoMP) is disclosed. The wireless communications method comprises, for a given user equipment (UE) identification (ID) and a given channel state information (CSI) process, receiving from the second base station a plurality of CSI reports each of which comprises a rank indication (RI) and a channel quality indicator (CQI), wherein the second base station receives from one or more user equipments (UEs) RI and CQI information. Other methods, systems, and apparatuses also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Narayan Prasad, Mohammad Khojastepour, Sampath Rangarajan
  • Patent number: 10057355
    Abstract: An object is to provide a communication system capable of preventing a number of control signals, which could occur in a mobile communication network, from occurring when a VM is deleted in a node device without suspending a service. A communication system according to the present invention includes a communication device 1, and a communication device 2 configured to control a plurality of sessions set between the communication devices 1 and 2 by using a plurality of VMs, in which the communication device 2 notifies, by using a determination that a plurality of sessions that are controlled between the communication device 1 and a VM 3 should be controlled in a VM 4 different from the VM 3 as a trigger, the communication device 1 of identification information used in the VM 4 and updates the sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Tamura
  • Patent number: 10057236
    Abstract: A method for providing a guarantee of a network property includes receiving, from a network user, a signature and a request for the network property, wherein the request for the network property includes a public key of the network user; verifying that the signature received from the network user matches the public key of the network user; demonstrating the capability of providing the network property by determining policies to be installed on nodes of the network so as to enable the network property to be provided; generating, in response to the demonstrating the capability of providing the network property, a secure certificate that contains a secure acknowledgment (ACK) of a commitment to provide the network property; and providing the secure certificate to the network user as a guarantee of the network property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roberto Bifulco, Ghassan Karame
  • Patent number: 10055106
    Abstract: To identify a time period having an increased object editing amount in an editing image shared by multiple users and to extract the editing image in a desired state on the basis of the identified time period, an information display processing system includes: a display unit which displays information acquired in response to a predetermined request issued by at least one of multiple users; a data storing unit which stores data including user data identifying a user, editing-image data identifying an editing image, and object data identifying an object; and a processing unit which identifies, in response to the predetermined request, a time period having an object editing amount exceeding a predetermined threshold value as an editing-amount increasing time period by use of the data stored in the data storing unit and extracts an object edited in the identified editing-amount increasing time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsuyoshi Ueno