Patents Assigned to NTT Communications Corporation
  • Patent number: 12242236
    Abstract: A process control system 100 includes a plurality of controller devices 10 each of which performs process control on a plant, and an input-output device 20 that is connected to a target device of the process control. The input-output device 20 is installed in a different on-premise environment from the plurality of controller devices 10. Each of the controller devices 10 is connected to the input-output device 20 by a different closed network 40, and transmits and receives information on the process control on the plant to and from the input-output device 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION, NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuzou Hasegawa, Kazuyuki Ito, Masanori Shibayama
  • Patent number: 12242713
    Abstract: An information processing device that displays, on a screen, cards associated with a series of respective processes performed on data and that defines a flow of the series of processes by connecting the cards by first lines, the information processing device includes processing circuitry configured to receive an operation performed by a user, perform, when an operation for connecting the cards by second lines that represent synchronization of parameters is received, a setting for allowing the parameters of the respective processes associated with the plurality of cards connected by the second lines to be synchronized, and make, when a parameter of one of the cards is changed out of the plurality of cards in which the setting for allowing the parameters to be synchronized has been performed, a same change on the parameters of the respective processes associated with the plurality of cards connected by the second lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: NTT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Ito, Keisuke Kiritoshi
  • Publication number: 20250071114
    Abstract: When an information provider and an information user distribute target information across countries, an information distribution control apparatus according to an aspect of the invention manages first attribute information including an attribute of the information provider and an attribute of the target information, in which a unique condition of a belonging country is reflected, and condition information indicating a provision condition of the target information. Responding to a data provision request from the information user, the information distribution control apparatus collates second attribute information including an attribute of the information user and an attribute of the target information desired to be used, in which the unique condition of the belonging country is reflected, with the first attribute information and the condition information, and determines whether or not to permit distribution of the target information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Sakaino
  • Patent number: 12231781
    Abstract: A remote operation apparatus is configured to operate in response to a control signal transmitted via a network from a user apparatus connected to a display unit and includes a movable unit capable of changing a posture. The remote operation apparatus includes: a video data acquisition unit configured to acquire video data acquired from a camera disposed in the movable unit; a motion detection data acquisition unit configured to acquire, through a motion sensor, motion detection data representing a change in the posture of the movable unit; and a data transmission unit configured to transmit the acquired video data and the acquired motion detection data to the user apparatus via the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiya Nakakura
  • Publication number: 20250047602
    Abstract: CPE includes a wired communication unit, a wireless communication unit, a communication control unit, an acquisition unit, and a selection unit. The wired communication unit relays communication between a housed user device and a fixed communication network. The wireless communication unit relays communication between the user device and a mobile communication network. The acquisition unit acquires the degree of congestion of at least one of the fixed communication network and the mobile communication network. The selection unit selects one of the fixed communication network and the mobile communication network based on the degree of congestion. The communication control unit causes the user device to execute communication by using the communication network selected by the selection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori YASUI, Masami ISHII, Ryohei HORIGOMI, Yojiro OZAWA, Yuko SHIMURA
  • Patent number: 12218771
    Abstract: A conversation control device includes: a display information generator configured to generate display data necessary for displaying a conference room area image which is an image indicating a virtual conference room in which a conversation is held via a network and which is currently installed and an icon image indicating a user on a user terminal; a conference room controller configured to control participation of a user in the conference room in response to the user's operation; and a conversation controller configured to control a conversation between users participating in the same conference room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Oono, Kousuke Bannai, Yoshiki Mizushima, Touma Takeda
  • Publication number: 20250039201
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an upper network device being a device constituting an overlay network, and a lower network device being a device constituting an underlay network. The upper network device includes first processing circuitry configured to detect unauthorized communication, and notify the lower network device of information related to the unauthorized communication detected, and the lower network device includes second processing circuitry configured to acquire information related to communication of a terminal connected to the lower network device, determine an inconsistency level among a plurality of pieces of flow data in the underlay network having the same connection destination address as the information related to unauthorized communication notification of which is provided, and block the information related to unauthorized communication notification of which is provided as unauthorized communication in accordance with the inconsistency level determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi TAKATSU, Mitsuhiro HATADA
  • Publication number: 20250039211
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to acquire a security log including information regarding unauthorized communication stored in an upper network device being a device constituting an overlay network, an authentication log stored in a cloud server, and a communication log stored in a lower network device being a device constituting an underlay network, specify information such that, when the authentication log includes a connection source IP address that does not exist in the communication log acquired and the security log includes information regarding an access not permitted to be used from the connection source IP address, the processing circuitry specifies the information regarding the access as unauthorized communication, and give an instruction to block the unauthorized communication specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi TAKATSU, Mitsuhiro HATADA
  • Publication number: 20250039231
    Abstract: An information processing system is an information processing system including an upper network device being a device constituting an overlay network and a lower network device being a device constituting an underlay network. In this system, the upper network device includes first processing circuitry configured to block unauthorized communication notification of which is provided from the lower network device based on information regarding unauthorized communication and the lower network device includes second processing circuitry configured to acquire information related to communication of a terminal connected to the lower network device, detect unauthorized communication based on the acquired information related to communication of a terminal connected to the lower network device, and notify the upper network device of information regarding the detected unauthorized communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi TAKATSU, Mitsuhiro HATADA
  • Publication number: 20250039042
    Abstract: An information providing device includes processing circuitry configured to generate setting information for making a setting for a communication control device installed in a site of a user in accordance with a notification from the communication control device, and transmit the setting information to the communication control device via a first communication network, and, when transmission of the setting information via the first communication network fails, transmit the setting information to the communication control device via a second communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Ryohei HORIGOMI, Yojiro OZAWA, Yuko SHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20250039069
    Abstract: An information providing device includes processing circuitry configured to monitor occurrence of a failure on a network, and display a screen that visualizes topology indicating connection relations among an Internet service provider (ISP) network included in the network, a fixed communication network and a mobile communication network connected to the Internet service provider network, and a closed network, a situation of connection from a site of a user to the fixed communication network and the mobile communication network, and a monitoring result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiya ITO, Fukumasa MORIFUJI
  • Publication number: 20250039232
    Abstract: The information processing system is an information processing system includes an upper network device being a device constituting an overlay network and a lower network device being a device constituting an underlay network. In this system, the upper network device includes first processing circuitry configured to detect unauthorized communication, specify at least one of a communication destination and a communication source of the unauthorized communication using information regarding the unauthorized communication detected, notify the lower network device of at least one of the communication destination and the communication source of the specified unauthorized communication. The lower network device includes second processing circuitry configured to acquire information related to communication of a terminal connected to the lower network device, and block unauthorized communication based on the information regarding the unauthorized communication notification of which is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi TAKATSU, Mitsuhiro HATADA
  • Publication number: 20250029690
    Abstract: A patient reported outcome collection support apparatus according to one aspect of this invention acquires clinical trial protocol information including a plurality of survey items defined for each clinical trial in advance from an information processing apparatus used by a clinical trial operator of a medicine via a network, generates survey form information used to survey a prognosis of the patient by converting the plurality of survey items included in the acquired clinical trial protocol information based on a conversion rule stored in advance, distributes the generated survey form information to the terminal apparatus of the patient via the network, receives patient reported outcome information indicating an answer result of the patient to the survey form information from the terminal apparatus via the network, and transfers the received patient reported outcome information to the information processing apparatus of the clinical trial operator via the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi TSUNEKAWA, Yoichi SAKURAI, Takahito KONAGAYA, Ryuta KOKUBO
  • Publication number: 20250023718
    Abstract: An information providing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to identify a type of a distribution of original data that have been stored in plural servers in a state of being divided and shared by secret sharing, generate pseudo data according to the type of the distribution identified, and provide the pseudo data generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi TANAKA, Yoichi SAKURAI, Masashi SAWADA, Takuma AIZU
  • Patent number: 12197600
    Abstract: A technique for readily concealing confidential information contained in document data can be offered. An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a document data acquisition part configured to acquire first document data including sentences that contain character information; a sentence separation part configured to separate the first document data into sentences; a concealment target determination part configured to determine whether or not each of the sentences included in the first document data is a concealment target, in accordance with a preset rule; a concealment processing part configured to execute a concealment process upon the sentence when the sentence is determined to be a concealment target; and an output part configured to output second document data including a sentence obtained by executing the concealment process by the concealment processing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Keiko Ojima, Hironari Takahashi, Hiromi Kaneko, Hiroaki Sadata
  • Publication number: 20250016186
    Abstract: A processing device includes processing circuitry configured to collect communication data of an Operational Technology network, acquire information presenting a business type and a scale of a business facility in which the Operational Technology network is built, specify a communication environment of the Operational Technology network based on the communication data, make an evaluation on the communication environment of the Operational Technology network based on a reference value that is set according to the business type and the scale of the business facility, and generate a report presenting a result of the evaluation made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Toru MINAKUCHI, Keisuke MATSUSHIMA, Junichi KAJITANI
  • Patent number: 12183000
    Abstract: An estimating device includes processing circuitry configured to acquire image data lacking part of a body of a person, restore a defective part of the body of the person in the image data by using the image data acquired as an input, and using a whole body restoration model for restoring the defective part of the body of the person in the image data, and estimate skeleton data by using the image data restored as an input, and using a skeleton estimation model for estimating the skeleton data related to a skeleton of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: NTT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Tanno, Syuhei Asano
  • Patent number: 12170620
    Abstract: A policy determination apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an evaluation unit and a policy determination unit. The evaluation unit evaluates candidates of routing destinations to which a routing control apparatus routes requests, based on time-series data of types of metrics and priorities assigned to the types of metrics to generate routing destination evaluation data, where the types of metrics is generated based on monitoring data relating to the states of facilities on a network and are associated with the candidates. The policy determination unit determines a policy that the routing control apparatus uses for control of the routing destinations after the routing destination evaluation data is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Mahoko Tamura, Shintaro Ono, Yoshiko Kisa, Takayuki Kamei
  • Patent number: 12148155
    Abstract: An estimating device includes processing circuitry configured to acquire image data lacking part of a body of a person, restore a defective part of the body of the person in the image data by using the image data acquired as an input, and using a whole body restoration model for restoring the defective part of the body of the person in the image data, and estimate skeleton data by using the image data restored as an input, and using a skeleton estimation model for estimating the skeleton data related to a skeleton of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: NTT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Tanno, Syuhei Asano
  • Patent number: 12136248
    Abstract: In a robot (3) in a remote location, an action scene of the robot (3) is determined based on a feature amount derived from its position and motion detection data and video data, and a video parameter or an imaging mode corresponding to the determined action scene is selected. Then, a process of adjusting the selected video parameter for the video data or a process of setting the selected imaging mode to the camera is performed, and the processed video data is transmitted to the information processing apparatus (2) on the user side via the network (4) and displayed on the HMD (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiya Nakakura