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: 20170041821
    Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to perform measurement reporting suitable for an environment in which the on/off state of a cell is switched. [Solution] There is provided a device including: an acquiring unit configured to acquire information indicating that a serving cell is scheduled to be in an off state; and a control unit configured to perform measurement reporting before the serving cell is in the off state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromasa UCHIYAMA, Hiroaki TAKANO, Atsushi YOSHIZAWA, Shinichiro TSUDA, Sho FURUICHI
  • Patent number: 9538553
    Abstract: There is provided a communication apparatus including a signature selection unit that selects one signature from a plurality of signatures, and a preamble generation unit that generates a signature in random access using the preamble selected by the signature selection unit. The signature selection unit selects the signature corresponding to a value of transmission data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20160366661
    Abstract: There is provided a communication control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a reception timing at which a second radio communication device receives a downlink signal from a base station performing radio communication with a first radio communication device or the second radio communication device, and a decision unit configured to decide a transmission timing at which the second radio communication device transmits a signal to the first radio communication device through inter-device communication based on the reception timing. The decided transmission timing is a timing later than a timing at which the second radio communication device transmits an uplink signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi YOSHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 9521660
    Abstract: There is provided a base station including a receiving section that receives information on a plurality of wireless terminals from a representative wireless terminal representing the plurality of wireless terminals, a control information setting section that sets control information for controlling random access by the plurality of wireless terminals based on the information on the plurality of wireless terminals received by the receiving section, and a transmitting section that transmits the control information set by the control information setting section to the plurality of wireless terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Yoshizawa, Hiroaki Takano
  • Patent number: 9509457
    Abstract: A method of communicating data in a wireless telecommunications system between plural base stations and plural terminal devices using plural Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex, OFDM, sub-carriers spanning a first frequency bandwidth. The method includes: communicating data between a first base station and a first terminal device using a first OFDM sub-carrier group distributed across the first frequency bandwidth, communicating data between a second base station, geographically separated from the first base station, and a second terminal device using a second OFDM sub-carrier group distributed across a second frequency bandwidth, the second frequency bandwidth being smaller than and within the first frequency bandwidth; and communicating control-plane data between the first base station and the first terminal device using a combination of the first and second groups of the OFDM sub-carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: SCA IPLA HOLDINGS INC
    Inventors: Martin Beale, Peter Darwood, Darren McNamara, Yuichi Morioka, Atsushi Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 9461899
    Abstract: There is provided a communication control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a reception timing at which a second radio communication device receives a downlink signal from a base station performing radio communication with a first radio communication device or the second radio communication device, and a decision unit configured to decide a transmission timing at which the second radio communication device transmits a signal to the first radio communication device through inter-device communication based on the reception timing. The decided transmission timing is a timing later than a timing at which the second radio communication device transmits an uplink signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 9432160
    Abstract: A method of communicating data in a wireless telecommunications system between plural base stations and plural terminal devices using plural Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex, OFDM, sub-carriers spanning a first frequency bandwidth. The method includes: communicating data between a first base station and a first terminal device using a first group of the OFDM sub-carriers distributed across the first frequency bandwidth, communicating data between a second base station, geographically separated from the first base station, and a second terminal device using a second group of the OFDM sub-carriers distributed across a second frequency bandwidth, and communicating control-plane data between the first base station and the first terminal device using a combination of the first and second groups of the OFDM sub-carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: SCA IPLA HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventors: Peter Darwood, Martin Beale, Darren McNamara, Atsushi Yoshizawa, Yuichi Morioka
  • Publication number: 20160205623
    Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to perform on/off control suitable for individual base stations with a lighter load. [Solution] There is provided a communication control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a sleep mode selected for a target base station from a plurality of sleep modes for setting a base station in a sleep state, and an application unit configured to apply the sleep mode selected for the target base station to the target base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Hiromasa Uchiyama, Hiroaki Takano, Nishiki Mizusawa, Atsushi Yoshizawa, Ryo Sawai
  • Publication number: 20160183152
    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: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20160174189
    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: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Atsushi Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20160124327
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor comprises a conductive support and, at least a photosensitive layer on the conductive support, wherein the photosensitive layer includes a polyarylate resin and the polyarylate resin has a repeating structure represented by formula (1), and the amount of bisphenol residues represented by formula (3) after the polyarylate resin is hydrolyzed, is 0.2% to 1%, in terms of intensity ratio, based on the total amount of bisphenol residues represented by formula (2) and formula (3) after the polyarylate resin is hydrolyzed, the bisphenol residues being detected with a gas chromatograph employing a hydrogen flame ionization detector (FID).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Akiteru FUJII, Rui ZHAO, Yuka NAGAO, Atsushi YOSHIZAWA, Yuuta KUMANO
  • Patent number: 9326048
    Abstract: There is provided a radio communication apparatus including a duplexer including a first terminal for inputting and outputting a signal in a first frequency band, a second terminal for inputting and outputting a signal in a second frequency band, and a third terminal connected to an antenna, a reception system circuit which processes a reception signal, a transmission system circuit which generates a transmission signal, and a switch which, in a first mode, connects one of the first terminal and the second terminal to the reception system circuit and connects the other one of the first terminal and the second terminal to the transmission system circuit and which, in a second mode, connects the one of the first terminal and the second terminal to the reception system circuit and the transmission system circuit alternately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 9241336
    Abstract: The present technique relates to a communication terminal device and method, a base station device, and a communication system that enable efficient communications. A first communication unit that performs a first communication with a first other device transmits information indicating the margin in which the first communication is not disturbed by a second communication with a second other device, to the first other device. The communication terminal device and the communication system of the present technique can be used to perform efficient communications between a personal computer and a communication system utilizing the personal computer, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 9198057
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication device including a receiving unit for receiving information based on measurement of radio conditions transmitted from a base station in association with identification information; and a control unit for controlling communication by using the information received by the receiving unit when the wireless communication device corresponds to the identification information received by the receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takano, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Atsushi Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20150333852
    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: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20150256429
    Abstract: There is provided a communication control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a reception timing at which a second radio communication device receives a downlink signal from a base station performing radio communication with a first radio communication device or the second radio communication device, and a decision unit configured to decide a transmission timing at which the second radio communication device transmits a signal to the first radio communication device through inter-device communication based on the reception timing. The decided transmission timing is a timing later than a timing at which the second radio communication device transmits an uplink signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20150229753
    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: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20150230226
    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: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 9088914
    Abstract: There is provided a wireless terminal including a storage section that stores information on a plurality of wireless terminals forming a group in which the wireless terminal operates as a representative wireless terminal, a communication control section that controls random access to a base station before another wireless terminal in the group, and a transmitting section that transmits the information on the plurality of wireless terminals stored in the storage section to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Yoshizawa, Hiroaki Takano
  • Patent number: 8934367
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal apparatus including a first communication unit that performs communication according to a first wireless communication scheme using frequency division duplex; a second communication unit that performs communication according to a second wireless communication scheme different from the first wireless communication scheme; a detecting unit that detects deterioration of reception quality of the first communication unit due to generation of the communication by the first communication unit and the communication by the second communication unit at the same timing; and a reporting unit that reports the deterioration of the reception quality to a communication control apparatus scheduling the communication by the first communication unit, when the deterioration of the reception quality is detected by the detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nishiki Mizusawa, Atsushi Yoshizawa