Patents by Inventor Baku Kikuchi

Baku Kikuchi 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).

  • Patent number: 8989574
    Abstract: A WDM signal light monitoring device includes a first monitor for monitoring input-side WDM main signal light and output-side WDM main signal light for each wavelength; and a second monitor for monitoring the first monitor by comparing a monitoring result received from an upstream WDM transmission device with a monitoring result of the first monitor, wherein the monitoring result of the first monitor is transmitted to a downstream WDM transmission device in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Baku Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8831430
    Abstract: An optical signal correction apparatus includes a power information generation unit that generates power information indicating power of optical main signal in wavelength band according to optical wavelength multiplexed signal, a power information adjusting unit that generates adjusted power information obtained by adjusting the power information according to the number of the optical main signal included in the wavelength band based on optical signal identifying information which identifies the number of the optical main signal in the wavelength band, a correction amount calculation unit that calculates a tilt amount of the optical wavelength multiplexed signal according to the adjusted power information, and a correction amount for correcting a tilt of the optical wavelength multiplexed signal according to a difference between the calculated tilt amount and a target tilt amount, and an optical signal correction unit that corrects the tilt of the optical wavelength multiplexed signal according to the correct
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Baku Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20120008942
    Abstract: An optical signal correction apparatus includes a power information generation unit that generates power information indicating power of optical main signal in wavelength band according to optical wavelength multiplexed signal, a power information adjusting unit that generates adjusted power information obtained by adjusting the power information according to the number of the optical main signal included in the wavelength band based on optical signal identifying information which identifies the number of the optical main signal in the wavelength band, a correction amount calculation unit that calculates a tilt amount of the optical wavelength multiplexed signal according to the adjusted power information, and a correction amount for correcting a tilt of the optical wavelength multiplexed signal according to a difference between the calculated tilt amount and a target tilt amount, and an optical signal correction unit that corrects the tilt of the optical wavelength multiplexed signal according to the correct
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventor: BAKU KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 8064765
    Abstract: An optical signal monitoring system includes a bit rate information collecting unit and a monitoring unit. The bit rate information collecting unit gets bit rate information indicating a bit rate of an optical signal passing through an optical communication path. The monitoring unit extracts a monitoring optical signal from the optical communication path. When the bit rate information is not able to get, the monitoring optical signal is judged to be a noise. This system can make a sharp distinction between a broad optical signal whose bit rate is over 40 Gbit/sec and the ASE noise. Further, this system can correct optical signals dependently to those bit rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Baku Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20110085798
    Abstract: A WDM signal light monitoring device includes a first monitor for monitoring input-side WDM main signal light and output-side WDM main signal light for each wavelength; and a second monitor for monitoring the first monitor by comparing a monitoring result received from an upstream WDM transmission device with a monitoring result of the first monitor, wherein the monitoring result of the first monitor is transmitted to a downstream WDM transmission device in the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventor: Baku Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20080232796
    Abstract: An optical signal monitoring system includes a bit rate information collecting unit and a monitoring unit. The bit rate information collecting unit gets bit rate information indicating a bit rate of an optical signal passing through an optical communication path. The monitoring unit extracts a monitoring optical signal from the optical communication path. When the bit rate information is not able to get, the monitoring optical signal is judged to be a noise. This system can make a sharp distinction between a broad optical signal whose bit rate is over 40 Gbit/sec and the ASE noise. Further, this system can correct optical signals dependently to those bit rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: BAKU KIKUCHI