Patents by Inventor Hideki TOSHINAGA

Hideki TOSHINAGA 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: 11974312
    Abstract: An allocation method for allocating individual downlink data signals to positions on a time axis when a base station transmits the individual downlink data signals to a plurality of terminal stations. The allocation method includes provisionally allocating individual downlink data signals of the individual downlink data signals for terminal stations having long propagation delay times to positions of relatively early timings and provisionally allocating individual downlink data signals of the individual downlink data signal for terminal stations having short propagation delay times to positions of relatively late timings, changing the positions such that, when it is estimated that a collision will occur when receiving response signals transmitted from the terminal stations, it is estimated that a collision will not occur, in the provisionally allocating, and fixing, as the positions of the individual downlink data signals on the time axis, the positions changed in the changing of the positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuto Goto, Hideki Toshinaga, Yushi Shirato, Mizuki Suga, Kota Ito, Naoki Kita
  • Patent number: 11956643
    Abstract: A station placement design method includes: extracting candidates for an installation location of a wireless base station from point group data in accordance with designated conditions for an installation location of a wireless base station; determining presence/absence of visibility between a plurality of designated wireless terminal stations and the candidates for an installation location of a wireless base station based on the point group data and generating a first list including information in which the candidates for an installation location of a wireless base station and wireless terminal stations determined to have presence of visibility for the candidates for an installation location of a wireless base station are associated with each other; generating a second list including information representing combinations of the candidates for an installation location of a wireless base station that enable all of the plurality of designated wireless terminal stations to be accommodated based on the first list
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Toshinaga, Naoki Kita, Yushi Shirato, Hideyuki Tsuboi, Kazuto Goto
  • Patent number: 11916610
    Abstract: An interference evaluation method for evaluating, over an area, radio-wave interference that occurs between a first radio station and a second radio station includes: a distinguishing step of acquiring information indicating topographic cross-sections of respective azimuths centered about the first radio station, and distinguishing the topographic cross-section into a segment in which there is visibility from the position of the first radio station and a segment in which there is no visibility from the position of the first radio station; and a specification step of specifying a position at which a desired interference amount is reached based on a distance between the first radio station and the second radio station in a segment distinguished as having visibility from the position of the first radio station, and specifying a position at which the desired interference amount is reached by evaluating the radio-wave interference for each square of an evaluation target region segmented into squares in a segment d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Tsuboi, Hideki Toshinaga, Kazuto Goto, Yushi Shirato, Naoki Kita
  • Patent number: 11902799
    Abstract: Point cloud data between a base station device and a terminal station device is acquired as a point cloud data group. A radius of a first Fresnel zone defined by the base station device and the terminal station device at each position where the point cloud data group is acquired is calculated. A region specified by the radius at each position where the point cloud data group is acquired is scanned to detect the point cloud data, and a non-line-of-sight region is extracted. A ratio of a total area of all the extracted non-line-of-sight regions to an area of a region constructed by the first Fresnel zone is calculated. A received power is estimated based on the calculated ratio between the areas. Whether or not there is a line of sight between the base station device and the terminal station device is determined based on the received power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuto Goto, Hideki Toshinaga, Hideyuki Tsuboi, Yushi Shirato, Naoki Kita
  • Patent number: 11770720
    Abstract: In two-dimensional map information showing communication equipment installation structures on which communication equipment is installed, roads, and buildings, a narrow region between the buildings is detected based on a distance of an interval of the buildings adjacent to each other and a predetermined length and a connection line connecting the buildings is imparted to an opened portion of the detected narrow region, a line-of-sight detection line is extended with any one of the communication equipment installation structures set as a start point and the line-of-sight detection line is rotated around the start point, intersections of the line-of-sight detection line and a contour line of the building or the connection line is detected and the intersection at a shortest distance from the start point among the detected intersections is detected as a line-of-sight intersection, and, when the line-of-sight intersection and another line-of-sight intersection belong to the same building, a line-of-sight range lin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Tsuboi, Hideki Toshinaga, Kazuto Goto, Yushi Shirato, Naoki Kita, Takeshi Onizawa
  • Publication number: 20230280443
    Abstract: A position measurement method includes a point group data generation step of generating point group data indicating a position of an object around a predetermined route measured by a measurement unit moving along the route, an acquisition step of acquiring a plurality of pieces of point group data generated by being measured at different timings with respect to the same route, and a position identification step of identifying a detection target position indicating a position of a predetermined object present around the route on the basis of a difference in the position for each of the plurality of pieces of point group data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki TSUBOI, Kazuto GOTO, Hideki TOSHINAGA, Naoki KITA, Takeshi ONIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230273356
    Abstract: A shielding object identifying unit identifies a partial point cloud representing a shielding object existing in a Fresnel zone on a basis of point cloud data indicating a position of the shielding object in the Fresnel zone between two wireless stations. A criterion decision unit decides an evaluation criterion of propagation loss by the shielding object on a basis of distribution of the partial point cloud. A determination unit makes determination related to communication between the two wireless stations on a basis of the evaluation criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki TOSHINAGA, Kazuto GOTO, Hideyuki TSUBOI, Naoki KITA
  • Publication number: 20230171609
    Abstract: A method includes generating, based on data indicating the travel trajectory of a mobile object, which acquires point group data indicating the position of an object present in a three-dimensional space within a predetermined measurable distance, the measurable distance, candidate base station position data indicating a candidate position for installing a base station apparatus, and candidate terminal station position data indicating a candidate position for installing a terminal station apparatus, data indicating the positional relationship between the travel trajectory and a candidate base station position, and data indicating the positional relationship between the travel trajectory and a candidate terminal station position; generating data indicating a measurable range based on the travel trajectory data and the measurable distance; generating data indicating a connecting line segment connecting the candidate base station position and the candidate terminal station position based on the candidate base sta
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki TSUBOI, Kazuto GOTO, Hideki TOSHINAGA, Tatsuhiko IWAKUNI, Shuki WAI, Daisei UCHIDA, Yushi SHIRATO, Naoki KITA, Takeshi ONIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230156483
    Abstract: A station deployment support method includes a positional relationship identification step of, based on travel trajectory data of a mobile object that measures an object present in a three-dimensional space within a predetermined measurable distance and acquires point group data on the measured object, the measurable distance, candidate base station position data, and candidate terminal station position data, generating base station positional relationship identification data and terminal station positional relationship identification data; a measurable range identification step of generating measurable range data based on the travel trajectory data and the measurable distance; and a travel trajectory selection step of selecting at least one piece of travel trajectory data so that the proportion of the measurable range in a predetermined evaluation area satisfies a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki TSUBOI, Hideki TOSHINAGA, Kazuto GOTO, Tatsuhiko IWAKUNI, Shuki WAI, Daisei UCHIDA, Yushi SHIRATO, Naoki KITA, Takeshi ONIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230022178
    Abstract: The present invention performs: generating base station positional relationship specification data indicating a positional relationship between travel trajectory and a base station candidate position, and terminal station positional relationship specification data indicating a positional relationship between the travel trajectory and a terminal station candidate position, based on travel trajectory data indicating the travel trajectory of a moving body for measuring an object present in a three-dimensional space within a measurable distance predetermined and acquiring point cloud data indicating a position of the object measured in the three-dimensional space, the measurable distance, base station candidate position data indicating a candidate position for installing a base station apparatus, and terminal station candidate position data indicating a candidate position for installing a terminal station apparatus; and specifying a reliability coefficient indicating a degree of reliability of a processing result
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki TSUBOI, Kazuto GOTO, Hideki TOSHINAGA, Shuki WAI, Tatsuhiko IWAKUNI, Daisei UCHIDA, Naoki KITA
  • Publication number: 20230020465
    Abstract: A line-of-sight determination method includes: a point cloud data acquisition step of acquiring point cloud data including a first position indicating a position of a first wireless station and a plurality of second positions indicating positions on a structure serving as a candidate in which a second wireless station opposing the first wireless station is to be installed; and a line-of-sight determination step of determining whether or not there is a line of sight between the first position and at least one of the second positions, and determining whether or not there is a line of sight between the first wireless station and the structure based on the determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuki WAI, Tatsuhiko IWAKUNI, Hideyuki TSUBOI, Daisei UCHIDA, Hideki TOSHINAGA, Kazuto GOTO, Naoki KITA
  • Publication number: 20220326387
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides a shield factor calculation apparatus including: a point cloud data selection unit that selects point cloud data that satisfies a condition from point cloud data acquired in a multiple-passing area that is a region through which a mobile body that acquires the point cloud data indicating a shielding object in a space between a transmitting station and a receiving station has passed a predetermined number of times or more from among areas through which the mobile body has passed; a voxel splitting unit that splits a Fresnel zone into a plurality of voxels with sizes in accordance with positions in the Fresnel zone, based on information indicating an acquisition condition when the point cloud data selected by the point cloud data selection unit is acquired and information indicating an acquisition condition when the point cloud data is acquired in an area other than the multiple-passing area; a calculation unit that calculates a shield factor of a radio wave based on
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuto GOTO, Hideki TOSHINAGA, Hideyuki TSUBOI, Yushi SHIRATO, Naoki KITA
  • Publication number: 20220312223
    Abstract: In two-dimensional map data showing buildings to be candidates in which terminal station devices are to be installed, a position of a base station installation structure to be a candidate in which a base station device is to be installed is set as a base station candidate position, an unobstructed view for each of the buildings from the base station candidate position is determined based on the map data while excluding a region blocked by the building having an unobstructed view from the base station candidate position, and a range of a contour line having an unobstructed view of the building determined as having the unobstructed view is detected as an unobstructed view range. A candidate of, among wall surfaces of the building corresponding to the detected unobstructed view range, the wall surface on which the terminal station device can be installed is extracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki TSUBOI, Hideki TOSHINAGA, Kazuto GOTO, Shuki WAI, Yushi SHIRATO, Naoki KITA
  • Publication number: 20220290990
    Abstract: A measurement method includes: a data acquisition step of acquiring position data output from a measurement device configured to move round-trip on a movement route and measure a position of an object in a periphery of the movement route, the measurement device using a plane having a depression angle or an elevation angle with respect to a plane that is orthogonal to a forward direction as a measurement target; and a point group data generation step of generating point group data for an object in the periphery of the movement path using the position data obtained during movement of the measurement device on an outbound trip and position data obtained during movement of the measurement device on a return trip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki TSUBOI, Hideki TOSHINAGA, Kazuto GOTO, Satoshi KUROSAKI, Mizuki SUGA, Kota ITO, Naoki KITA
  • Publication number: 20220295293
    Abstract: On two-dimensional map data indicating buildings serving as candidates for installing terminal station devices, locations of base station installation structures serving as candidates for installing base station devices are set as base station candidate locations, and for each of the base station candidate locations, buildings that have other buildings between themselves and the base station candidate location are selected as visibility detection subject buildings. The heights of the buildings are set at an identical length, a higher position than the buildings is set as an installation altitude of the base station devices, and for each selected visibility detection subject building, a visibility range of the visibility detection subject building from the installation altitude of the base station device in the base station candidate location is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki TSUBOI, Hideki TOSHINAGA, Kazuto GOTO, Shuki WAI, Yushi SHIRATO, Naoki KITA, Takeshi ONIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220260719
    Abstract: A measurement device configured to move along a movement path and measure the position of an object in surroundings of the movement path includes: a measurement unit configured to measure the position of the object with a plurality of surfaces as measurement targets, the plurality of surfaces facing in directions different from each other; and a point group data generation unit configured to generate point group data of the object in surroundings of the movement path by using positional data representing the position of the object measured by the measurement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki TSUBOI, Hideki TOSHINAGA, Kazuto GOTO, Satoshi KUROSAKI, Kota ITO, Mizuki SUGA, Naoki KITA
  • Publication number: 20220256374
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a shielding rate calculation device including a voxel division unit for dividing a Fresnel zone into a plurality of voxels each having a size corresponding to acquisition conditions at the time of acquiring point group data indicating a shielding object in an inter-wireless-station space between a transmission station and a reception station, and a calculation unit for calculating a shielding rate against a radio wave traveling from the transmission station toward the reception station on the basis of a position, a shape, and a size of a shielding voxel, which is a voxel at a position indicated by the point group data, among the plurality of voxels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki TOSHINAGA, Hideyuki TSUBOI, Kazuto GOTO, Naoki KITA
  • Publication number: 20220166527
    Abstract: An interference evaluation method for evaluating, over an area, radio-wave interference that occurs between a first radio station and a second radio station includes: a distinguishing step of acquiring information indicating topographic cross-sections of respective azimuths centered about the first radio station, and distinguishing the topographic cross-section into a segment in which there is visibility from the position of the first radio station and a segment in which there is no visibility from the position of the first radio station; and a specification step of specifying a position at which a desired interference amount is reached based on a distance between the first radio station and the second radio station in a segment distinguished as having visibility from the position of the first radio station, and specifying a position at which the desired interference amount is reached by evaluating the radio-wave interference for each square of an evaluation target region segmented into squares in a segment d
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki TSUBOI, Hideki TOSHINAGA, Kazuto GOTO, Yushi SHIRATO, Naoki KITA
  • Publication number: 20220141838
    Abstract: There is provided an allocation method for allocating individual downlink data signals to positions on a time axis when a base station transmits the individual downlink data signals to a plurality of terminal stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuto GOTO, Hideki TOSHINAGA, Yushi SHIRATO, Mizuki SUGA, Kota ITO, Naoki KITA
  • Publication number: 20220132324
    Abstract: In two-dimensional map information showing communication equipment installation structures on which communication equipment is installed, roads, and buildings, a narrow region between the buildings is detected based on a distance of an interval of the buildings adjacent to each other and a predetermined length and a connection line connecting the buildings is imparted to an opened portion of the detected narrow region, a line-of-sight detection line is extended with any one of the communication equipment installation structures set as a start point and the line-of-sight detection line is rotated around the start point, intersections of the line-of-sight detection line and a contour line of the building or the connection line is detected and the intersection at a shortest distance from the start point among the detected intersections is detected as a line-of-sight intersection, and, when the line-of-sight intersection and another line-of-sight intersection belong to the same building, a line-of-sight range lin
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki TSUBOI, Hideki TOSHINAGA, Kazuto GOTO, Yushi SHIRATO, Naoki KITA, Takeshi ONIZAWA