Patents by Inventor A. Nagata

A. Nagata 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: 20240184061
    Abstract: An optical coupler that includes: a first optical member including one or more condensing lenses that concentrate light traveling in a positive direction of an X-axis; a fixing unit that fixes one or more optical fibers; and a support member having a first portion extending in the X-axis direction, a second portion extending in the X-axis direction, and a third portion extending in a Y-axis direction orthogonal to the X-axis direction. The third portion, the first optical member, and the fixing unit are arranged at intervals in this order in a positive direction of an X-axis. The third portion, the first optical member, and the fixing unit are positioned between the first portion and the second portion as viewed in the Z-axis direction. The third portion, the first optical member, and the fixing unit are fixed to the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuho SHIMADA, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Masaki NAGATA, Naoya MORI
  • Publication number: 20240184285
    Abstract: A remote control support apparatus according to the present disclosure is a remote control support apparatus for autonomous vehicles and includes a controller configured to acquire a plurality of driving plans, each driving plan being for a different autonomous vehicle, acquire history information on past remote support requests from autonomous vehicles, predict an occurrence of a remote support request in each driving plan in the plurality of driving plans based on the history information, and in a case in which the occurrence of a predetermined remote support request is predicted in two or more driving plans within an identical time frame, change at least one of the two or more driving plans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu NAGATA, Ibuki SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20240184256
    Abstract: A control system includes: a processing unit configured to determine processing for a control device or a device connected to the control device in accordance with an access request; a providing unit configured to transmit data acquired by performing the determined processing to a transmission source of the access request; a storage unit configured to store a character string definition including at least one combination of a first character string and a second character string longer than the first character string; and an interpretation unit configured to replace the first character string included in the access request with a second character string associated with the first character string by referring to the character string definition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka TAHARA, Yuta NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20240184280
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first information indicating a state of a control system including a control device in response to an occurrence of a request or an event related to an abnormality that has occurred in the control system, an abnormality detail determination unit configured to determine details of the abnormality that has occurred on the basis of the first information, a second acquisition unit configured to request, in accordance with the details of the abnormality, a user to provide second information and acquire the second information from the user, a cause conjecture unit configured to conjecture a cause of the abnormality that has occurred on the basis of the first information and the second information, and a notification means configured to notify the user of the conjectured cause of the abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya UEKI, Kenta TSUGE, Chieko TESHIMA, Takafumi OKURA, Taiki DATE, Yuta NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20240187178
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives a list of a plurality of serving cells or a plurality of bandwidth parts and receives configuration information of a plurality of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states applicable to a plurality of types of channels; and a control section that determines a reference signal of a first quasi-co-location (QCL) type and a reference signal of a second QCL type to be applied to the plurality of serving cells or the plurality of bandwidth parts, based on a restriction related to the reference signal of the first QCL type and the reference signal of the second QCL type for a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) and the configuration information. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately perform TCI state indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240187186
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), and a control section that performs, by using a machine learning model trained based on first configuration of the CSI-RS, control of performing prediction based on second configuration of the CSI-RS. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, high-accuracy channel estimation, high-efficiency use of resources, and the like can be implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Haruhi Echigo, Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Yuki Matsumura, Naoya Shibaike, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240187179
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives information related to a time window over a plurality of slots; and a control section that controls transmission of a plurality of demodulation reference signals in the plurality of slots. Amplitudes and phases of the plurality of demodulation reference signals have continuity. The time window includes a first time resource being not for uplink. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, channel estimation accuracy can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Shinya Kumagai, Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata, Tomoya Ohara, Takuma Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240187272
    Abstract: A terminal receives a downlink data channel common to a group of terminals in data distribution for multiple terminals. The terminal assumes that a process number of an automatic retransmission request in the downlink data channel is different from a process number of an automatic retransmission request in a terminal-specific downlink channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka, Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240185391
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a learning device includes a data input unit, a feature extraction unit, and a relighted image generation unit. The data input unit acquires an input image and a lighting environment desired to be reflected as a lighting environment of a relighted image. The feature extraction unit extracts a feature quantity of an image structure of the input image from the input image. The relighted image generation unit generates a relighted image, based on pre-learning of a large-scale data set of an image and a lighting environment, from the extracted feature quantity of the image structure of the input image and the acquired lighting environment desired to be reflected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota YAMADA, Hirokazu KAKINUMA, Hidenobu NAGATA
  • Patent number: 12001134
    Abstract: A reflective mask blank includes a substrate; a multilayer reflective film that reflects EUV light; a protection film that protects the multilayer reflective film; and a phase shift film that shifts a phase of the EUV light. The phase shift film contains it as a main component. A ratio of a maximum value of an intensity of a peak of diffracted light from the phase shift film in a 2?range of 35° to 45° to an average value of an intensity of the diffracted light in a 28 range of 55° to 60° measured using an XRD method with a CuK? ray, upon being irradiated with the EUV light with an incident angle of ?, is 1.0 or more and 30 or less. A refractive index and an extinction coefficient of the phase shift film to the EUV light are 0.925 or less, and 0.030 or more, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yuya Nagata, Daijiro Akagi, Kenichi Sasaki, Hiroaki Iwaoka
  • Patent number: 12004085
    Abstract: A user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a control section that determines transmit power in a transmission occasion in a period of uplink transmission over a plurality of slots, the transmission occasion being a period of a whole of the uplink transmission or a period of transmission in one slot in the uplink transmission; and a transmitting section that uses the transmit power in the transmission occasion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang
  • Patent number: 12004172
    Abstract: To appropriately control half-duplex communication in a future radio communication system, one aspect of a user terminal according to the present disclosure includes: a reception section that receives slot format information that indicates a slot format of a cell; and a control section, when transmission and reception in transmission directions are instructed, performs control to perform transmission and reception in a given cell and to not perform transmission and reception in another cell based on a method for instructing transmission and reception in each cell, the transmission directions being different between a plurality of cells for which slot formats are configured to flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang, Shaozhen Guo
  • Patent number: 12003324
    Abstract: To appropriately perform communications even when a random access procedure with less steps than existing steps is performed, an aspect of a user terminal according to the present disclosure includes a transmitting section that transmits a UL signal including a random access preamble and a certain message, a receiving section that receives a DL signal transmitted in response to the UL signal, and a control section that determines whether to retransmit the UL signal, based on at least one of a period since reception of the DL signal, an indication content of the DL signal, and a content of a bit field configured for a downlink control channel included in the DL signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Satoshi Nagata, Lihui Wang
  • Patent number: 11998973
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a gear includes rotating a workpiece around a first axis, and rotating a plurality of cutting blades arranged annularly around a second axis skew to the first axis around the second axis. The method further includes, while causing the workpiece and the cutting blades to perform relative movement in a direction parallel to the first axis at a speed synchronized with a rotational speed of the workpiece, forming a helical tooth groove in an outer peripheral surface of the workpiece by the cutting blades. In a cross section perpendicular to the first axis, a diameter of a rolling circle in which an outline of the cutting blades and a target online of the gear make rolling contact with each other is larger than a diameter of a tooth depth center circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiri Nagata, Tomokazu Tachikawa, Teruki Shibayama
  • Publication number: 20240175991
    Abstract: A control unit determines whether or not a plurality of spots to be emitted by a scanning unit satisfy a predetermined condition. The control unit controls a density distribution of the plurality of spots to be emitted by the scanning unit until the plurality of spots to be emitted by the scanning unit satisfy the predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAGATA, Ryo IZUTA
  • Publication number: 20240179770
    Abstract: A radio communication node includes a connection unit capable of connecting with multiple radio communication nodes having a same or different function or role, and controls connection performed by the connection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Haruhi Echigo, Shohei Yoshioka, Shinya Kumagai, Yuki Takahashi, Yuki Hokazono, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240173625
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute: updating predetermined information in accordance with a game status; and setting an upper limit of a parameter of a game medium based on the predetermined information, wherein, on setting the upper limit, when the predetermined information is updated with a preset special condition being not satisfied, the upper limit can be set to a reference value corresponding to the updated predetermined information, when the special condition is satisfied, the upper limit can be set to a value exceeding the reference value corresponding to the predetermined information at that time by a predetermined value, and when the predetermined information is updated with the special condition being satisfied, the upper limit can be set to a value exceeding the reference value corresponding to the updated predetermined information by the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: CYGAMES, INC.
    Inventors: Gen Takubo, Yusuke Sasano, Masayuki Nagata, Masaya Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20240176969
    Abstract: Recommended installation position and posture of a stationary code reader can be proposed to a user to facilitate installation work of the code reader by the user. An installation support device for the stationary code reader acquires camera information including a camera parameter of the code reader, code information to be read, and environment information including a conveying speed of a line, determines required field of view and depth of the code reader required to read a code under an environment specified by the environment information, and determines an installation pattern which is recommended installation position and posture of the code reader that can satisfy the required field of view and depth based on the camera information and the code information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Keyence Corporation
    Inventors: Hidezumi NAGATA, Taichi TAJIKA, Takashi HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20240176054
    Abstract: An optical filter, includes: a near infrared ray absorbing glass, dielectric multilayer films laid on or above both major surfaces of the near infrared ray absorbing glass, and an absorption layer laid on or above a surface of at least one of the dielectric multilayer films and having a maximum absorption wavelength in a near infrared light region, in which the optical filter satisfies all of spectral characteristics (i-1) to (i-5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Motoshi NAKAYAMA, Takashi NAGATA, Kazuhiko SHIONO, Takeru WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240178982
    Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives indication information about switching of a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state for a plurality of serving cells, and a control section that determines delay time for application of a TCI state in TCI state switching based on information related to a quasi-co-location (QCL) source reference signal (RS) in the TCI state in each serving cell of the plurality of serving cells and the indication information. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to perform TCI state indication appropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsumura, Satoshi Nagata, Jing Wang, Weiqi Sun