Patents by Inventor Akira Kamei
Akira Kamei 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).
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Publication number: 20210051447Abstract: A multicast control device capable of reducing the distribution time of multicast data is provided. A multicast control device (10) according to the present disclosure includes a determination unit (11) configured to determine whether the number of communication terminals joining a multicast service exceeds a predetermined threshold, and a session control unit (12) configured to start a multicast session for a plurality of communication terminals joining the multicast service when it is determined that the number of communication terminals joining the multicast service exceeds the predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Akira KAMEI, Torn YAMADA, Kyoji HIRATA, Masahiro SERIZAWA, Satoshi HASEGAWA, Masashi SHIMOMA
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Publication number: 20210021967Abstract: A multicast control device capable of reducing the distribution time of multicast data is provided. A multicast control device (10) according to the present disclosure includes a determination unit (11) configured to determine whether the number of communication terminals joining a multicast service exceeds a predetermined threshold, and a session control unit (12) configured to start a multicast session for a plurality of communication terminals joining the multicast service when it is determined that the number of communication terminals joining the multicast service exceeds the predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Akira KAMEI, Toru YAMADA, Kyoji HIRATA, Masahiro SERIZAWA, Satoshi HASEGAWA, Masashi SHIMOMA
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Publication number: 20200413229Abstract: A multicast control device capable of reducing the processing load of a core network device that occurs when a large number of communication devices use a multicast service is provided. A multicast control device (10) according to the present disclosure includes a communication unit (13) configured to receive a joining request message from a communication terminal to join a multicast service, a determination unit (11) configured to determine whether the number of communication terminals already joining the multicast service reaches a predetermined threshold, and a management unit (12) configured to reject joining of the communication terminal having sent the joining request message to the multicast service when it is determined that the number of communication terminals already joining the multicast service reaches the predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Akira KAMEI, Torn YAMADA, Kyoji HIRATA, Masahiro SERIZAWA, Satoshi HASEGAWA, Masashi SHIMOMA
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Patent number: 10873890Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a base station, a radio relay station, a communication method, and a program capable of preventing communication from being unavailable when the base station is brought into a high load condition. A base station (10) configured to communicate with a communication terminal (30) through a radio relay station (20), the base station (10) including: a control unit (11) configured to detect whether the own apparatus is in an overload condition exceeding a predetermined load; and a communication unit (12) configured to transmit, in order to cause the radio relay station (20) to connect to another base station that is not in an overload condition, information about the other base station to the radio relay station (20) when the control unit (11) detects that the own apparatus is in an overload condition.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2018Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Kamei, Toru Yamada, Masahiro Serizawa, Kyoji Hirata, Yumiko Okuyama, Masashi Shimoma, Satoshi Hasegawa
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Patent number: 10873874Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a base station, a radio relay station, a communication method, and a program capable of preventing communication from being unavailable when the base station is brought into a high load condition. A base station (10) configured to communicate with a communication terminal (30) through a radio relay station (20), the base station (10) including: a control unit (11) configured to detect whether the own apparatus is in an overload condition exceeding a predetermined load; and a communication unit (12) configured to transmit, in order to cause the radio relay station (20) to connect to another base station that is not in an overload condition, information about the other base station to the radio relay station (20) when the control unit (11) detects that the own apparatus is in an overload condition.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Kamei, Toru Yamada, Kyoji Hirata, Masahiro Serizawa, Yumiko Okuyama, Masashi Shimoma, Satoshi Hasegawa
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Patent number: 10865500Abstract: A SiC epitaxial wafer having a SiC epitaxial layer formed on a SiC single crystal substrate having an offset angle of 4 degrees or less in a<11-20>direction from a (0001) plane. A trapezoidal defect included in the SiC epitaxial wafer includes an inverted trapezoidal defect in which a length of a lower base on a downstream side of a step flow is equal to or less than a length of an upper base on an upstream side of the step flow. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing the SiC epitaxial wafer.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Jun Norimatsu, Akira Miyasaka, Yoshiaki Kageshima, Koji Kamei, Daisuke Muto
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Patent number: 10841785Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a core node capable of reducing the number of messages or an amount of data to be transmitted to the core node. A core node (10) according to the present disclosure includes: a congestion state detector (11) configured to detect a congestion state of an own apparatus; a communication unit (13) configured to receive a NAS request message that has specified an APN from a radio terminal (20); and a controller (12) configured to determine that processing regarding the NAS request message will not be executed while the congestion state of the own apparatus is being detected. The communication unit (13) transmits a reject message including a plurality of APNs that can be specified by the radio terminal (20) to the radio terminal (20) when it is determined in the controller (12) that the processing regarding the NAS request message will not be executed.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Toru Yamada, Yumiko Okuyama, Masashi Shimoma, Akira Kamei, Masahiro Serizawa, Kyoji Hirata, Satoshi Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20200334399Abstract: A design support system for verifying 3D-CAD data includes a common module database storing a plurality of common modules for processing the 3D-CAD data, a rule file database which stores a plurality of rule files for defining a procedure for obtaining a verification feature amount from the 3D-CAD data, and violation information based on the verification feature amount using the common module, and a design support apparatus. The design support apparatus calls a common module according to the procedure defined in the rule file and executes the common module on the 3D-CAD data, and determines whether the design requirement is violated on the basis of the violation information defined in the rule file and the verification feature amount obtained according to the procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Hiroki KAWAMOTO, Makoto ONODERA, Masaki SHINTANI, Chikara KONGOU, Takeshi ABE, Akira KAMEI, Takeshi KURATA
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Publication number: 20200305021Abstract: An object is to provide a policy control system that can easily change a policy. A policy control system according to the present invention includes a PCRF entity (10) including a policy control unit (11) for determining a policy to be applied to a group including a plurality of wireless terminals according to environmental information changed at a specified timing and a PCEF entity (20) including a policy control execution unit (21) for applying the policy determined by the policy control unit (11) to communication related to the plurality of wireless terminals included in the group.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Kyoji HIRATA, Toru YAMADA, Masahiro SERIZAWA, Akira KAMEI, Yumiko OKUYAMA, Masashi SHIMOMA, Satoshi HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20200288350Abstract: A service control apparatus (20) according to the present disclosure includes: a communication unit (21) configured to receive, from each of service providing apparatuses (30, 32, 34), a communication pattern that defines a timing of communication between each of the service providing apparatuses and a communication terminal (10); and a controller (22) configured to predict a load of a network that performs data transmission between the communication terminal (10) and each of the service providing apparatuses based on the plurality of communication patterns. When it is predicted in the controller (22) that the load of the network will become higher than a predetermined threshold, the communication unit (21) transmits a message for prompting the communication pattern to change to at least one of the plurality of service providing apparatuses.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2018Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Toru YAMADA, Akira KAMEI, Yumiko OKUYAMA, Kyoji HIRATA, Masahiro SERIZAWA, Satoshi HASEGAWA, Masashi SHIMOMA
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Publication number: 20200275374Abstract: A service control apparatus (20) according to the present disclosure includes: a communication unit (21) configured to receive, from a service providing apparatus (30), downlink data destined for a communication terminal (10), and information about a maximum allowable delay time of the downlink data; and a control unit (22) configured to determine whether the maximum allowable delay time expires by a communication enabled timing at which the communication terminal (10) in a power saving state can next perform communication, in which when the maximum allowable delay time expires by the communication enabled timing, the communication unit (21) transmits, to the service providing apparatus (30), information indicating that the downlink data cannot be transmitted to the communication terminal (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2018Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Akira KAMEI, Toru YAMADA, Yumiko OKUYAMA, Kyoji HIRATA, Masahiro SERIZAWA, Satoshi HASEGAWA, Masashi SHIMOMA
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Patent number: 10757603Abstract: To avoid congestion and an overload at the time of data transmission from an IoT device to a wireless network, at least one gateway apparatus is controlled to execute a gateway function at a first timing at a first position, collect data from a plurality of devices present near the first position, and transmit aggregated data to a base station, and to execute the gateway function at a second timing different from the first timing at a second position different from the first position, collect data from a plurality of devices present near the second position, and transmit aggregated data to the base station.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Akira Kamei, Toru Yamada, Masahiro Serizawa, Kyoji Hirata, Yumiko Okuyama, Satoshi Hasegawa, Masashi Shimoma
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Patent number: 10743209Abstract: The present invention addresses the issue of responding to a state in which operation has stopped as a result of high frequency triggering of a specified application either intentionally or as a result of a malfunction, etc. The present invention relates to communication system including: a monitoring unit that monitors the occurrence state of triggering messages on the basis of port number information identifying port numbers included in triggering messages that trigger a terminal; and a control unit that controls transmission of the triggering messages to the terminal, on the basis of the occurrence state.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Toru Yamada, Kyoji Hirata, Akira Kamei, Masahiro Serizawa, Hotaka Sugano, Satoshi Hasegawa, Masashi Shimoma
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Publication number: 20200247270Abstract: A vehicle seat includes an internal support member for supporting a seat occupant. The internal support member includes a main body in plate or sheet form positioned within a seat cushion frame, a pair of inclined portions extending laterally from a part of either lateral side of the main body with an upward slant, and front and rear mounting portions engaged by front and rear cross members of the seat cushion frame. A pressure sensor is mounted on a part of an upper surface of the internal support member located ahead of the inclined portions. The main body of the internal support member is provided with a pair of openings located on either side of the pressure sensor, and a connecting portion connecting the pressure sensor with a part of the front mounting portion. The pressure sensor and the openings are spaced from the front edge of the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Koji ONUMA, Soichiro KAMEI, Masaki SHIMAZU, Akira NAKAJIMA, Hiromitsu NAGATOMO, Yuki FUKUDA, Toshimitsu MIZUKOSHI, Taiji MISONO
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Publication number: 20200247292Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a frame provided in at least one of a seat cushion and a seat back; an internal support member for supporting an occupant, the internal support member including a main body in plate or sheet form positioned within the frame and extending substantially in parallel with the frame, and a pair of inclined portions extending laterally outward from at least a part of either lateral side of the main body with a slant away from the frame; a pad placed on a front side of the frame and the internal support member; a skin member covering the pad; and a clip securing another member to one of the inclined portions. The one inclined portion is formed with a tubular portion projecting from a back side thereof orthogonally to the main body, the tubular portion internally defining a mounting hole receiving the clip therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Koji ONUMA, Soichiro KAMEI, Masaki SHIMAZU, Akira NAKAJIMA, Hiromitsu NAGATOMO, Yuki FUKUDA, Toshimitsu MIZUKOSHI, Taiji MISONO, Kota YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20200236621Abstract: A service control apparatus (20) according to the present disclosure includes: a communication unit (21) configured to receive a first communication pattern that defines a timing of communication between a service providing apparatus (30) and a communication terminal (10) from the service providing apparatus (30) and a second communication pattern that defines a timing of communication between a service providing apparatus (32) and the communication terminal (10) from the service providing apparatus (32); and a controller (22) configured to determine whether the first communication pattern and the second communication pattern indicate communication timings different from each other. When the first communication pattern and the second communication pattern indicate communication timings different from each other, the communication unit (21) transmits a message to the second service providing apparatus (32) requesting it to change its communication pattern to the first communication pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2018Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Toru YAMADA, Akira KAMEI, Yumiko OKUYAMA, Kyoji HIRATA, Masahiro SERIZAWA, Satoshi HASEGAWA, Masashi SHIMOMA
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Publication number: 20200175838Abstract: There is provided an eyeglasses-type wearable terminal that causes a user to more reliably recognize the position of a predetermined object, which includes an image capturing unit that captures the periphery of the user. The eyeglasses-type wearable terminal also includes a determiner that determines whether a predetermined target object is included in a video acquired by image capturing using the image capturing unit. The eyeglasses-type wearable terminal further includes a display unit that displays the position of the predetermined target object in a case in which the determiner determines that the predetermined target object is included.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Masato KITADA, Akira KAMEI
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Publication number: 20200146484Abstract: A bottle storage includes: a container that contains a bottle; a cooling-warming apparatus surrounding a position where the bottle is contained in the container; a device having a cooling surface facing the bottle and a heat generating surface facing away from the bottle; and a coolant that cools the heat generating surface of the device. The cooling on the cooling surface is performed by current flowing to the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro YUKI, Masahiro Ishii, Akira Kataoka, Rinako Kamei, Toyoshi Kamisako, Masanori Fukata
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Patent number: 10638360Abstract: A system of this invention is directed to a communication processing system that copes with a failure while avoiding network congestion or overload by reducing signaling even if a device cannot receive a group message. This communication processing system forms VPLMN (Visited Public Land Mobile Network), and includes a group messaging request acquirer that acquires, from an application, a group messaging request to be distributed to a plurality of devices, a group messaging request distributer that distributes the group messaging request to the plurality of devices, and a redistribution instructor that instructs, when receiving no response to the group messaging request from any one device in the plurality of devices within a predetermined time, the group messaging request distributer to redistribute the group messaging request to a service area including the any one device based on error information of the service area.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Toru Yamada, Kyoji Hirata, Akira Kamei, Hotaka Sugano, Masahiro Serizawa, Satoshi Hasegawa, Masashi Shimoma, Yumiko Okuyama
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Patent number: 10623919Abstract: An IoT device for properly performing charging even when data from an IoT device is relayed and transmitted to a base station includes a first transmitter that directly transmits acquired data to the base station, a second transmitter that transmits the data to a neighboring device by near-field communication to relay the data by the neighboring device and transmit the data to the base station, and a third transmitter that transmits, to the base station, communication cost bearer information representing that the user of the IoT device bears the communication cost of the data relayed by the neighboring device and transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Toru Yamada, Akira Kamei, Masahiro Serizawa, Kyoji Hirata, Yumiko Okuyama, Satoshi Hasegawa, Masashi Shimoma