Patents by Inventor Atsushi Nakata
Atsushi Nakata 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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Patent number: 10576916Abstract: A vehicular circuit body includes a trunk line that includes a power source line having a predetermined current capacity and a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity, and that is routed in a vehicle body, a branch line that is directly or indirectly connected to an accessory, and a plurality of control boxes that are disposed in a distribution manner along the trunk line, each having a control unit that distributes at least one of power from the power source line, supplied to the trunk line, and a signal from the communication line, to the branch line connected to the trunk line. The trunk line is formed of a routing material having at least one kind of conductor among a flat conductor, a round bar conductor, and a stranded wire. The communication line of the trunk line is routed so that the plurality of control boxes are connected in a ring form.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
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Publication number: 20200033889Abstract: In order to solve the problem in which a flight vehicle flies only in locations having poor communication quality and retained data cannot necessarily reach the ground, this device communicates with a flight vehicle, wherein the device is provided with: a storage means that associates and stores first position information and a first communication rate at which it is possible to communicate at the position of the first position information; an extraction means that, upon receiving information that corresponds to a prescribed second communication rate at which the flight vehicle transmits data, extracts the first position information corresponding to the first communication rate equal to or greater than the second communication rate from the storage means; and an output means that outputs the first position information extracted by the extraction means to the flight vehicle, or outputs the inputted first position information to an instrument that notifies the flight vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Atsushi NAKATA
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Patent number: 10381793Abstract: A ground connection structure is a structure for collectively connecting, to a body of a vehicle, a plurality of grounding wires which are connected to respective electrical components installed in the vehicle. The ground connection structure includes: a connection box to which the plurality of grounding wires are connected; a grounding terminal part connected to the vehicle in an electrically conducting state; and an electrically conducting connection part having one end connected to the connection box and the other end connected to the grounding terminal part, the electrically conducting connection part connecting the connection box and the grounding terminal part in an electrically conducting manner. The electrically conducting connection part is made of a low-inductance material having low inductance.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2014Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Yukinari Naganishi, Akira Baba, Takashi Odajima, Hirohito Habara, Hideaki Saitoh, Takao Ota, Akihiro Koyama, Atsushi Nakata
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Publication number: 20190126864Abstract: A vehicular circuit body includes a trunk line that includes a power source line having a predetermined current capacity and a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity, and that is routed in a vehicle body, a branch line that is directly or indirectly connected to an accessory, and a plurality of control boxes that are disposed in a distribution manner along the trunk line, each having a control unit that distributes at least one of power from the power source line, supplied to the trunk line, and a signal from the communication line, to the branch line connected to the trunk line. The trunk line is formed of a routing material having at least one kind of conductor among a flat conductor, a round bar conductor, and a stranded wire. The communication line of the trunk line is routed so that the plurality of control boxes are connected in a ring form.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
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Publication number: 20190126865Abstract: A vehicular circuit body includes a trunk line that includes a power source line and a communication line and is routed in a vehicle body, and a plurality of control boxes that are disposed in a distribution manner along the trunk line. In a vehicle, a first power source supplies power to an accessory mounted on the vehicle and a second power source supplies power which is higher in voltage than the power of the first power source to a drive source of the vehicle. The vehicular circuit body further includes a voltage drop unit that reduces the voltage of the power supplied from the second power source, to the voltage of the power of the first power source. To the power source line of the trunk line, the power from the first power source is supplied, and the power from the second power source is supplied through the voltage drop unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
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Publication number: 20190118739Abstract: A vehicular circuit body provided in a vehicle includes a trunk line that extends in at least a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle and a plurality of control boxes that are provided in the trunk line. The trunk line includes a power source line having a predetermined current capacity and a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity. The communication line is routed so that at least a part of the plurality of control boxes are connected in a ring form.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
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Publication number: 20190118743Abstract: A vehicular circuit body includes a trunk line that includes a power source line and a communication line, and that is routed in a vehicle body; and a plurality of control boxes that are disposed in a distribution manner along the trunk line. The trunk line includes a first trunk line portion extending in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle body and a second trunk line portion extending in a leftward-and-rightward direction of the vehicle body. The plurality of control boxes include a branch control box that connects the first trunk line portion and the second trunk line portion, and distributes power from one of the first trunk line portion and the second trunk line portion to the other one.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
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Publication number: 20190118744Abstract: A vehicular circuit body provided in a vehicle includes: a trunk line that extends in at least a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle; and a plurality of control boxes that are provided in the trunk line, wherein each of the plurality of control boxes is able to connect with a branch line that is directly or indirectly connected to an accessory, and the trunk line includes a power source line and a communication line.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda
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Publication number: 20190123472Abstract: A vehicular circuit body includes a plurality of control boxes, a trunk line that connects the plurality of control boxes to each other, and a branch line that directly or indirectly connects the control box to an accessory. The trunk line and the branch line each includes a power source line having a predetermined current capacity and a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity. Each of the plurality of control boxes includes a plurality of branch line connection portions to and from which the communication line of the branch line is attachable and detachable. Each of the plurality of branch line connection portions is provided with a lock function portion that is physically or electrically brought into a lock state in a case where the branch line is not connected thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
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Publication number: 20190123937Abstract: A vehicular circuit body includes a trunk line that extends in a front-and-rear direction of a vehicle, a plurality of control boxes that are provided on the trunk line, and a branch line that connects the control box to an accessory. The trunk line and the branch line each includes a power line having a predetermined current capacity and a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity. The vehicle is divided into a plurality of regions. At least two control boxes are disposed in the regions which are different from each other, each of which includes a gateway conversing communication methods for the communication line of the branch line and the communication line of the trunk line. A plurality of the gateways are able to communicate with each other via the communication line of the trunk line.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
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Publication number: 20190118742Abstract: A vehicular circuit body provided in a vehicle, includes: a trunk line that extends in at least a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle; and a plurality of control boxes that are provided in the trunk line, in which the trunk line includes power source lines of two systems and a communication line.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
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Publication number: 20190123920Abstract: A vehicular circuit body provided in a vehicle includes a trunk line that extends in at least a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle, a plurality of control boxes that are provided in the trunk line, and a branch line that directly or indirectly connects a control box to an accessory. The trunk line includes a power source line having a predetermined current capacity and a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity. The branch line includes a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity. The communication line of the trunk line has a transmission path for an optical signal. The communication line of the branch line has a transmission path for an electric signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
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Publication number: 20190123480Abstract: A vehicular circuit body includes a trunk line that extends in at least a front-and-rear direction of a vehicle, a plurality of control boxes that are provided on the trunk line, and a branch line that connects the control box to an accessory. The trunk line and the branch line each includes a power source line having a predetermined current capacity and a communication line having a predetermined communication capacity. The control box includes a branch line connection portion to which the branch line is connected, and a branch line control unit that distributes power from the trunk line to the branch line by controlling the branch line connection portion according to a control program. The control program can be externally changed based on the accessory connected to the branch line.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Koichi Uezono, Kousuke Kinoshita, Atsushi Nakata, Yasuyuki Saito, Kazuyuki Oiwa, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Taku Furuta, Noriaki Sasaki, Yukinari Naganishi, Sadaharu Okuda, Kunihiko Yamada
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Patent number: 10051553Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a first NodeB that forms a cell; and a relay apparatus to which the first NodeB connects and which relays data transmitted and received between the first NodeB and a core network. The first NodeB broadcasts identification information on the relay apparatus to which the first NodeB connects.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Nakata, Yoshio Ueda
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Patent number: 10051528Abstract: A communication apparatus according to the present invention is applied to a communication apparatus in a wireless communication system including a terminal, a first base station forming a first cell, and a second base station forming a second cell adjacent to the first cell. The communication apparatus includes: a communication status acquisition unit that acquires a communication status in the second base station; and a control unit that eliminates cell identifier duplication between a cell identifier of the second cell and a cell identifier of another cell based on the number of times that the second base station has received, from the terminal, a first message requesting for re-establishment of an RRC connection.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Atsushi Nakata, Yoshinori Watanabe
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Wireless base station, traffic load-balancing method, and storage medium with program stored thereon
Patent number: 10045268Abstract: [Problem] To provide a wireless base station, a traffic load-balancing method, and a traffic load-balancing program that make it possible to more reliably avoid backhaul congestion and decreases in wireless-terminal throughput. [Solution] This wireless base station includes the following: a setting unit (14) that sets network load information that indicates the traffic load on a backhaul between the wireless base station and a core network; and an execution unit (15) that, on the basis of the network load information set by the setting unit and network load information received from a neighboring wireless base station, executes a process that balances the traffic load between the wireless base stations.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Watanabe, Yasuhiko Matsunaga, Atsushi Nakata -
Publication number: 20180049105Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a first NodeB that forms a cell; and a relay apparatus to which the first NodeB connects and which relays data transmitted and received between the first NodeB and a core network. The first NodeB broadcasts identification information on the relay apparatus to which the first NodeB connects.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Atsushi NAKATA, Yoshio UEDA
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Patent number: 9883448Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a first NodeB that forms a cell; and a relay apparatus to which the first NodeB connects and which relays data transmitted and received between the first NodeB and a core network. The first NodeB broadcasts identification information on the relay apparatus to which the first NodeB connects.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2010Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Nakata, Yoshio Ueda
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Patent number: 9859864Abstract: A noise filter includes a filter device and a filter retainer. The filter device includes a device unit having at least one capacitor provided therein, an input side lead wire extending from the device unit, an output side lead wire extending from the device unit, and a ground connection portion provided on the device unit. The filter device forms the noise filter that uses a mutual inductance between the input side lead wire and the output side lead wire. The filter retainer has a holding structure configured to maintain an arrangement of the input side lead wire and the output side lead wire. The arrangement forms an overlapping section in which the lead wires are closely opposed to each other. The noise filter may be attached to a harness.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Hideaki Saitou, Atsushi Nakata
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Publication number: 20170289865Abstract: A communication apparatus according to the present invention is applied to a communication apparatus in a wireless communication system including a terminal, a first base station forming a first cell, and a second base station forming a second cell adjacent to the first cell. The communication apparatus includes: a communication status acquisition unit that acquires a communication status in the second base station; and a control unit that eliminates cell identifier duplication between a cell identifier of the second cell and a cell identifier of another cell based on the number of times that the second base station has received, from the terminal, a first message requesting for re-establishment of an RRC connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2015Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Atsushi NAKATA, Yoshinori WATANABE