Patents by Inventor Atsushi Yoshizawa

Atsushi Yoshizawa 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: 20180227903
    Abstract: [Object] To enable radio resources to be used more efficiently in non-orthogonal multiple access. [Solution] There is provided a device including: a grouping unit configured to perform grouping of a plurality of terminal devices that support non-orthogonal multiple access on the basis of a size of transmission data of each of the plurality of terminal devices; and an allocation unit configured to allocate the same radio resources to each of groups obtained as a result of the grouping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromasa UCHIYAMA, Atsushi YOSHIZAWA, Ryota KIMURA, Hiroaki TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20180123855
    Abstract: To enable a base station to select a more preferable codebook. A device includes: a communication unit configured to perform radio communication; and a control unit configured to perform control such that information regarding a codebook for multi-dimensionally modulating input data into a code or is transmitted from the communication unit to a base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20180110031
    Abstract: To enable low latency uplink to be used in a more preferable mode can be provided. A device includes: a communication unit configured to perform radio communication; and a control unit configured to perform control such that control information is transmitted from the communication unit to a terminal, the control information indicating that a communication scheme in which data non-orthogonally multiplexed for a plurality of layers is demodulated through cancellation of interference between the layers and in which the data is transmitted from the terminal to a base station through a predetermined uplink resource, is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20180084523
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a wireless communication device which enables paging to be effectively performed with respect to a terminal device that is a target of paging in a system in which another terminal device acts like a cell. [Solution] Provided is a terminal device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a paging message from a base station; and a control unit configured to execute paging with respect to one or more other terminal devices that perform wireless communication with the base station via the terminal device on the basis of the paging message acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromasa UCHIYAMA, Hiroaki TAKANO, Atsushi YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20180011412
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising: a conductive support; and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive support, wherein the photosensitive layer includes a polyester resin containing a dihydric phenol residue and a dicarboxylic acid residue, and the dihydric phenol residue includes at least one dihydric phenol residue selected from the group of the specific dihydric phenol residues, and the other specific dihydric phenol residue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi YOSHIZAWA, Mitsuo Wada
  • Patent number: 9854561
    Abstract: [Object] To achieve more flexible DRX. [Solution] Provided is a communication control apparatus including: a selection unit configured to select a paging segment from a plurality of paging segments that are repeatedly present during a period having a length of a first discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle for a terminal apparatus; and a control unit configured to perform paging for the terminal apparatus during the selected paging segment if performing the paging. The length of the first DRX cycle is not divisible by a length of each of the plurality of paging segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20170331582
    Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to perform communication more favorably when non-orthogonal multiplexing using a codebook is used. [Solution] Provided is a device which includes a generation unit configured to generate, for each of a plurality of layers that are subject to non-orthogonal multiplexing using a codebook, a codeword of a layer from data of the layer on the basis of a codebook for a layer, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust a radio resource to be used in transmission of a signal element included in a multiplexed codeword obtained by multiplexing of codewords of the plurality of layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventor: ATSUSHI YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170325238
    Abstract: [Object] To enable a terminal device to ascertain a layer allocated to the terminal device when non-orthogonal multiplexing using a codebook is used. [Solution] Provided is a device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a layer allocated to a terminal device among a plurality of layers that are subject to non-orthogonal multiplexing using a codebook; and a reporting unit configured to report the layer to the terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: ATSUSHI YOSHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 9807665
    Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to suppress deterioration in communication quality of radio communication in a small cell while power consumption of a base station of the small cell is reduced. [Solution] Provided is a communication control device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a result of measurement performed by a terminal device with regard to one or more small cells which are partly or entirely overlapped by a macrocell; and a selection unit configured to select a base station which is not to be set in an idle state from base stations of the one or more small cells based on the result of the measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20170303156
    Abstract: [Object] To enable measurement or measurement to be performed in consideration of interference cancellation. [Solution] There is provided a device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a parameter for a user relating to interference cancellation; and a control unit configured to perform measurement or measurement reporting with respect to a cell in accordance with the parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota KIMURA, Atsushi YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170285498
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising: a conductive support; and a photosensitive layer on the conductive support, wherein the photosensitive layer contains a charge transport substance, a binder resin, and a compound which has a molecular weight of equal to or less than 350, and is represented by General Formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi YOSHIZAWA, Wataru MIYASHITA, Mitsuo WADA, Akiteru FUJII, Takayuki SHOUDA
  • Publication number: 20170265249
    Abstract: Provided is a communication terminal including a timing detection unit that detects arrival of timing according to a configured cycle, a condition determination unit that determines whether or not a shared condition shared with a base station is satisfied, and a communication controller that controls reception of paging when the timing detection unit detects the arrival of timing and the condition determination unit determines that the shared condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventor: ATSUSHI YOSHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 9735901
    Abstract: Provided is a communication control device including a wireless communication unit configured to communicate wirelessly with a terminal in a macrocell that is allowed to communicate wirelessly in FDD mode using a frequency band, the macrocell being overlapped in part or in whole with a small cell that is allowed to communicate wirelessly in TDD mode using the frequency band, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a measurement result during handover of a terminal, the handover allowing the terminal to communicate wirelessly in the small cell, the measurement result being obtained by measuring a degree of interference between the terminal and one or more other terminals that communicate wirelessly in the macrocell, and a controller configured to control the handover based on the measurement result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 9706597
    Abstract: Provided is a communication terminal including a timing detection unit that detects arrival of timing according to a configured cycle, a condition determination unit that determines whether or not a shared condition shared with a base station is satisfied, and a communication controller that controls reception of paging when the timing detection unit detects the arrival of timing and the condition determination unit determines that the shared condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20170196035
    Abstract: There is provided a communication control device including a decision unit configured to decide radio resources available for inter-device communication within a cell, and a notification unit configured to notify a terminal device located within the cell of the radio resources. When the radio resources are modified, the notification unit gives notification of modification of the radio resources through paging. When the radio resources are modified, the radio resources before the modification refrain from being used for the inter-device communication after a predetermined timing and the radio resources after the modification are used for the inter-device communication after the predetermined timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi YOSHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 9661613
    Abstract: There is provided a communication control device including a decision unit configured to decide radio resources available for inter-device communication within a cell, and a notification unit configured to notify a terminal device located within the cell of the radio resources. When the radio resources are modified, the notification unit gives notification of modification of the radio resources through paging. When the radio resources are modified, the radio resources before the modification refrain from being used for the inter-device communication after a predetermined timing and the radio resources after the modification are used for the inter-device communication after the predetermined timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 9661124
    Abstract: There is provided a communication device including a display control unit configured to, in a case where information on a plurality of parameters is provided, use the provided information and control display of a screen for deciding values of the plurality of parameters, the plurality of parameters each indicating user's request with respect to a radio communication service and depending on each other, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire the decided values of the plurality of parameters. The acquired values of the plurality of parameters are used for changing control of the radio communication service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20170078931
    Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to further reduce consumption of radio resources of a macrocell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventor: ATSUSHI YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170070901
    Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to suppress a decrease in occasions on which a frequency band shared between a cellular system and a wireless LAN can be used in the wireless LAN. [Solution] There is provided a device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire measurement information of a frequency band shared between a cellular system and a wireless local area network (LAN), the measurement information being provided by an access point of the wireless LAN, and a control unit configured to decide a time for which the frequency band is occupied for the cellular system based on the measurement information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi YOSHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 9591672
    Abstract: There is provided a wireless communication device including a receiving unit for receiving a wireless signal from a base station; a transmitting unit for transmitting an initial signal for connecting to the base station; a random number generator for generating a random number; and a controller for, after a synchronization process based on the wireless signal received from the base station, controlling a timing when the transmitting unit transmits the initial signal in accordance with a delay time corresponding to the random number generated by the random number generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Yoshizawa, Hiroaki Takano