Patents by Inventor Akinori Taira

Akinori Taira 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: 20240098684
    Abstract: A master device that is a fixed device belongs to any of a plurality of areas, and includes: a notification information generation unit that generates notification information including position information of a plurality of fixed devices installed in the area to which the fixed device belongs; and a communication unit that transmits a notification signal including the notification information to a mobile device at a timing different from a timing of transmission of the notification signal from another area, the mobile device being configured to estimate a position based on the notification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku UMEDA, Akinori TAIRA, Hiroyasu SANO, Mari OCHIAI
  • Patent number: 11895044
    Abstract: A base station includes: a control unit that allocates one or more layers per terminal for transmission to one or more terminals, and configures positions in a frequency domain and a time domain of reference signals of each of the layers on the basis of at least one of information indicating a position of each of the terminals and information indicating condition of each of channel between the transmission device and the one or more terminals; a processing unit that arranges the reference signals of each of the layers in the frequency domain and the time domain on the basis of the positions in the frequency domain and the time domain configured by the control unit; and a precoding unit and a transmitting unit that perform space-division multiplexing on signals of one or more layers arranged by the processing unit, and transmit the multiplexed signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Fumihiro Hasegawa, Akinori Taira, Shigeru Uchida, Noriyuki Fukui, Akihiro Okazaki, Hiroki Iura
  • Patent number: 11888671
    Abstract: A transmitting apparatus includes a first signal generating unit that generates, on the basis of data a first signal transmitted by single carrier block transmission; a second signal generating unit that generates, on the basis of an RS, a second signal transmitted by orthogonal frequency division multiplex transmission; a switching operator that selects and outputs the second signal in a first transmission period and selects and outputs the first signal in a second transmission period; an antenna that transmits the signal output from the switching operator; and a control-signal generating unit that controls the second signal generating unit such that, in the first transmission period, the RS is arranged in a frequency band allocated for transmission of the RS from the transmitting apparatus among frequency bands usable in OFDM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Fumihiro Hasegawa, Akinori Taira
  • Patent number: 11856482
    Abstract: A mobile apparatus according to the disclosure includes: a sensor unit to calculate a moving distance and a moving direction; a positioning unit to calculate a first current position by using positioning information for positioning provided in a calibration area that is among areas in which the positioning information is provided, the calibration area being the area in which first reliability representing accuracy of the positioning information is equal to or higher than a first threshold; a current position calculation unit to estimate a second current position by using the moving distance and the moving direction calculated by the sensor unit; and a calibration unit to calibrate a parameter to be used to estimate the second current position in the current position calculation unit, by using the first current position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Taira, Seiji Kozaki
  • Publication number: 20230388867
    Abstract: An application server delivers dynamic map information to a mobile object that receives the dynamic map information, the dynamic map information being information of a dynamic map that is used for execution of fully automated driving under a specific condition. When the mobile object executes a handover from a base station capable of transmitting the dynamic map information in a first area to a base station capable of transmitting the dynamic map information in a second area, in a case where the mobile object is in fallback operation in which simultaneous communication with the base stations is unavailable, the application server delivers the dynamic map information to the mobile object via the base station and a mobile object capable of receiving the dynamic map information from the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shusaku UMEDA, Akinori TAIRA, Mari OCHIAI, Takeshi SUEHIRO, Teruko FUJII, Takashi ASAHARA, Masaaki TAKEYASU
  • Publication number: 20230358875
    Abstract: An object scanning device generates an image of a radio wave scatterer that is a measurement subject disposed in a measurement area based on reflected waves of radio waves including a plurality of frequencies radiated to the radio wave scatterer, and includes a phase composite image generation unit that generates a phase composite image into which a plurality of images obtained through imaging based on the reflected waves are composed by performing complex addition for each pixel of the plurality of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Michiya HAYAMA, Akinori TAIRA, Kazuaki ISHIOKA
  • Patent number: 11812283
    Abstract: A transmission device according to the present invention includes a reference-signal information management unit as an identifier to identify an interfering terminal that is a possible terminal to perform communication interfering with communication with a target terminal that is a destination terminal of a data signal, and a transmitter to set a group ID for reference signal generation to a group formed by the interfering terminal and the target terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiro Hasegawa, Akinori Taira
  • Publication number: 20230319777
    Abstract: A positioning system includes: an approximate position calculation unit that calculates an approximate position of a mobile station; a database that stores information indicating a zone in which the mobile station is able to be present, information indicating an anchor to be used in each zone, and information on a communication parameter; a zone judgement unit that judges a zone to which the mobile station belongs based on the approximate position and information in the database; an anchor-to-be-used determination unit that determines an anchor to be used by the mobile station based on the zone and information in the database; a positioning information acquisition unit that acquires positioning information indicating a positional relationship between the determined anchor and the mobile station; and a position calculation unit that calculates a position of the mobile station based on the positioning information and information in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Akinori TAIRA
  • Publication number: 20230088622
    Abstract: A communication system includes a communication terminal, and a plurality of networks configured to perform radio communication with the communication terminal. A priority of at least one of a paging timing and a paging type is assigned to a paging to be transmitted from each of the plurality of networks. The communication terminal selects a corresponding one of the pagings to be received, based on the priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tadahiro SHIMODA, Mitsuru MOCHIZUKI, Masayuki NAKAZAWA, Akinori TAIRA, Fumihiro HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 11606174
    Abstract: When arranging a reference signal generated by a pseudorandom number on specified time and frequency, an information processing unit (101) determines whether or not to arrange a 1 OFDM symbol or 2 OFDM symbols including a reference signal at a position determined in each slot, and determines whether or not to additionally arrange an OFDM symbol including a reference signal in the same slot. A multiplexing unit (108) performs multiplexing of a reference signal in accordance with the determination by the information processing unit (101).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiro Hasegawa, Akinori Taira
  • Publication number: 20220342064
    Abstract: A wireless ranging system includes a ranging terminal that transmits a wireless signal including a ranging signal and a communication signal indicating an order of ranging with respect to a first ranging target terminal and a second ranging target terminal, and a first ranging target terminal and a second ranging target terminal that, when receiving the wireless signal, respectively transmits a first response signals and a second response signals consecutively a plurality of times to the ranging terminal. For each time the ranging terminal receives each of the plurality of response signals, the ranging terminal measures an elapsed time from transmission of the wireless signal, and calculates a relative distance between the ranging terminal and the ranging target terminals from a propagation time of each of the plurality of response signals calculated using the elapsed time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shusaku UMEDA, Akinori TAIRA, Hiroyasu SANO
  • Publication number: 20220194317
    Abstract: An on-board device in a control system in which frequencies used for transmitting and receiving a signal between the on-board device and an electronic key are known, and the electronic key transmits a response signal to a desired signal within a specified period when completing reception of the desired signal from the on-board device, the on-board device transmits the desired signal on a first frequency included in a specified frequency band; transmits a dummy signal on a second frequency included in the specified frequency band and different from the first frequency; receives the response signal to the desired signal from the electronic key; and controls to transmit the dummy signal in a period from before stopping transmitting the desired signal to after starting reception of the response signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Akinori TAIRA
  • Publication number: 20220131732
    Abstract: A transmitting apparatus includes a first signal generating unit that generates, on the basis of data a first signal transmitted by single carrier block transmission; a second signal generating unit that generates, on the basis of an RS, a second signal transmitted by orthogonal frequency division multiplex transmission; a switching operator that selects and outputs the second signal in a first transmission period and selects and outputs the first signal in a second transmission period; an antenna that transmits the signal output from the switching operator; and a control-signal generating unit that controls the second signal generating unit such that, in the first transmission period, the RS is arranged in a frequency band allocated for transmission of the RS from the transmitting apparatus among frequency bands usable in OFDM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Fumihiro HASEGAWA, Akinori Taira
  • Patent number: 11303489
    Abstract: A transmitting apparatus includes a first signal generating unit that generates, on the basis of data a first signal transmitted by single carrier block transmission; a second signal generating unit that generates, on the basis of an RS, a second signal transmitted by orthogonal frequency division multiplex transmission; a switching operator that selects and outputs the second signal in a first transmission period and selects and outputs the first signal in a second transmission period; an antenna that transmits the signal output from the switching operator; and a control-signal generating unit that controls the second signal generating unit such that, in the first transmission period, the RS is arranged in a frequency band allocated for transmission of the RS from the transmitting apparatus among frequency bands usable in OFDM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Fumihiro Hasegawa, Akinori Taira
  • Patent number: 11303406
    Abstract: The base station allocates, to one terminal, at least one transmission layer and allocates at least one resource block that is a minimum allocation unit of a communication resource in each transmission layer, to transmit a signal to the terminal, and includes processing units each associated with one of the transmission layers, the processing units being equal in number to the transmission layers. Each processing unit includes a reference signal generation unit to generate a reference signal to be used by the terminal in demodulation processing on a received signal, and an information processing unit to determine an arrangement of the resource block in which to transmit the reference signal to the terminal, based on at least one of a state of a channel between the base station and the terminal or information on the resource block to be used in transmission of the reference signal in an adjacent cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiro Hasegawa, Akinori Taira, Hiroki Iura, Shigeru Uchida, Mitsuru Mochizuki, Tadahiro Shimoda
  • Patent number: 11271786
    Abstract: When arranging a reference signal generated by a pseudorandom number on specified time and frequency, an information processing unit (101) determines whether or not to arrange a 1 OFDM symbol or 2 OFDM symbols including a reference signal at a position determined in each slot, and determines whether or not to additionally arrange an OFDM symbol including a reference signal in the same slot. A multiplexing unit (108) performs multiplexing of a reference signal in accordance with the determination by the information processing unit (101).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiro Hasegawa, Akinori Taira
  • Publication number: 20220026517
    Abstract: A base station includes a reception processing unit that receives a signal for use in positioning transmitted from a terminal device, and a positioning processing unit that computes the location of the terminal device using the signal for use in positioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Fumihiro HASEGAWA, Akinori TAIRA, Mitsuru MOCHIZUKI, Tadahiro SHIMODA
  • Publication number: 20220029869
    Abstract: When arranging a reference signal generated by a pseudorandom number on specified time and frequency, an information processing unit (101) determines whether or not to arrange a 1 OFDM symbol or 2 OFDM symbols including a reference signal at a position determined in each slot, and determines whether or not to additionally arrange an OFDM symbol including a reference signal in the same slot. A multiplexing unit (108) performs multiplexing of a reference signal in accordance with the determination by the information processing unit (101).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Fumihiro HASEGAWA, Akinori TAIRA
  • Patent number: 11184137
    Abstract: A lower base station according to the present invention includes: a CSI acquisition unit that acquires channel information indicating a channel state between the lower base station and one or more mobile terminals; a lower scheduler unit that transmits the channel information to a higher base station, and determines the number of signal streams and a modulation and coding scheme for a destination terminal that is a mobile terminal selected from among the one or more mobile terminals, based on the destination terminal and a data transmission rate for the destination terminal, sent for notification by the higher base station; and an MU-MIMO signal processing unit that performs Multi User-Multiple Input Multiple Output precoding for the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nishimoto, Akinori Taira, Shigeru Uchida
  • Publication number: 20210314791
    Abstract: A transmission device according to the present invention includes a reference-signal information management unit as an identifier to identify an interfering terminal that is a possible terminal to perform communication interfering with communication with a target terminal that is a destination terminal of a data signal, and a transmitter to set a group ID for reference signal generation to a group formed by the interfering terminal and the target terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiro Hasegawa, Akinori Taira