Patents by Inventor Hideo Namba

Hideo Namba 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: 20190075617
    Abstract: Provided are a control station apparatus, a communication method, and a communication system that enable a radio access network that is capable of flexibly adapting to various required conditions. A control station apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a function for communicating with a base station apparatus and a communication apparatus, a function for transferring data received from the communication apparatus to the base station apparatus, and a function for transferring data received from the base station apparatus to the communication apparatus, and the control station apparatus efficiently selects a communication method used in a case of communicating with the base station apparatus, and a communication method used in a case of communicating with the communication apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: HIROMICHI TOMEBA, HIDEO NAMBA, YASUHIRO HAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180359646
    Abstract: To provide a communication apparatus and a communication method capable of simultaneously directing main beams to reception stations and transmission stations the numbers of which exceed the number N of RF systems provided to the communication apparatus itself. The communication apparatus according to the present invention includes a transmission unit configured to generate non-orthogonal multiplexed signals including downlink signals addressed to multiple terminal apparatuses, an antenna capable of forming an antenna directivity pattern including multiple main beams, and a transmission beam control unit configured to generate a signal controlling the antenna directivity pattern, wherein the non-orthogonal multiplexed signals are simultaneously transmitted by use of the multiple main beams, and the number of main beams included in the antenna directivity pattern is more than the number of RF systems of the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: HIROMICHI TOMEBA, HIDEO NAMBA, YASUHIRO HAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180007311
    Abstract: Provided are an image data output device, an image data output method, an image display device, and an integrated circuit that are possible to eliminate stutter by selecting a frame rate from a plurality of frame rate candidates. The image data output device that switches a frame rate of a generated image for each frame and outputs the image to an image display device includes an image generation unit that, on a basis of image generation time required to generate the image, changes the frame rate to one of a plurality of frame rates which are predetermined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: KATSUYA KATO, HIDEO NAMBA
  • Publication number: 20170272289
    Abstract: A communication device receives a reception signal including at least a first reception signal and a second reception signal, where the first reception signal is a signal to be transmitted using a first set of subcarriers and the second reception signal is a signal to be transmitted using a second set of subcarriers which overlaps with at least one end of the first set of subcarriers in a time frame. The communication device also demodulates information indicating data included in the first reception signal after reducing the second reception signal transmitted by using one or more overlapping subcarriers of the second set of subcarriers from the reception signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shimpei TO, Minoru KUBOTA, Yasuhiro HAMAGUCHI, Hideo NAMBA, Kazunari YOKOMAKURA
  • Publication number: 20170245277
    Abstract: A communication device comprising at least a receiver and a demodulator. The receiver receives first receiving signals and second receiving signals, wherein the first receiving signals are allocated to a first set of subcarriers composed of two or more continuous subcarriers, the second receiving signals are allocated to a second set of subcarriers composed of two or more continuous subcarriers, and at least a portion of the second set of subcarriers overlaps a portion of the first set of subcarriers in a time frame. The demodulator configured to detect the second receiving signals transmitted using one or more subcarriers from receiving signals including the first receiving signals and the second receiving signals, wherein the one or more subcarriers are subcarriers such that the first set of subcarriers overlap the second set of subcarriers, and the demodulator being demodulates the first receiving signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazunari YOKOMAKURA, Yasuhiro HAMAGUCHI, Shimpei TO, Minoru KUBOTA, Hideo NAMBA, Seiichi SAMPEI, Shinichi MIYAMOTO, Shinsuke IBI
  • Patent number: 9680676
    Abstract: A communication device receives a reception signal including at least a first reception signal and a second reception signal, where the first reception signal is a signal to be transmitted using a first set of subcarriers and the second reception signal is a signal to be transmitted using a second set of subcarriers which overlaps with at least one end of the first set of subcarriers in a time frame. The communication device also demodulates information indicating data included in the first reception signal after reducing the second reception signal transmitted by using one or more overlapping subcarriers of the second set of subcarriers from the reception signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shimpei To, Minoru Kubota, Yasuhiro Hamaguchi, Hideo Namba, Kazunari Yokomakura
  • Patent number: 9629154
    Abstract: A communication device comprising at least a receiver and a demodulator. The receiver receives first receiving signals and second receiving signals, wherein the first receiving signals are allocated to a first set of subcarriers composed of two or more continuous subcarriers, the second receiving signals are allocated to a second set of subcarriers composed of two or more continuous subcarriers, and at least a portion of the second set of subcarriers overlaps a portion of the first set of subcarriers in a time frame. The demodulator configured to detect the second receiving signals transmitted using one or more subcarriers from receiving signals including the first receiving signals and the second receiving signals, wherein the one or more subcarriers are subcarriers such that the first set of subcarriers overlap the second set of subcarriers, and the demodulator being demodulates the first receiving signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazunari Yokomakura, Yasuhiro Hamaguchi, Shimpei To, Minoru Kubota, Hideo Namba, Seiichi Sampei, Shinichi Miyamoto, Shinsuke Ibi
  • Publication number: 20160165603
    Abstract: A communication device comprising at least a receiver and a demodulator. The receiver receives first receiving signals and second receiving signals, wherein the first receiving signals are allocated to a first set of subcarriers composed of two or more continuous subcarriers, the second receiving signals are allocated to a second set of subcarriers composed of two or more continuous subcarriers, and at least a portion of the second set of subcarriers overlaps a portion of the first set of subcarriers in a time frame. The demodulator configured to detect the second receiving signals transmitted using one or more subcarriers from receiving signals including the first receiving signals and the second receiving signals, wherein the one or more subcarriers are subcarriers such that the first set of subcarriers overlap the second set of subcarriers, and the demodulator being demodulates the first receiving signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazunari YOKOMAKURA, Yasuhiro HAMAGUCHI, Shimpei TO, Minoru KUBOTA, Hideo NAMBA, Seiichi SAMPEI, Shinichi MIYAMOTO, Shinsuke IBI
  • Patent number: 9301298
    Abstract: A communication device comprising a transmission unit and a reception unit. The transmission unit is configured to transmit, to a first communication device, first information indicating a first set of subcarriers comprising of a plurality of subcarriers, and to a second communication device, second information indicating a second set of subcarriers comprising of a plurality of subcarriers. The reception unit is configured to receive a first Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM) signal from the first communication device using the first information and a second Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM) signal from the second communication device using the second information. Also, in the communication device, a portion of the second set of subcarriers can overlap with at least a portion of the first set of subcarriers in a time frame of a plurality of time frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazunari Yokomakura, Yasuhiro Hamaguchi, Shimpei To, Minoru Kubota, Hideo Namba, Seiichi Sampei, Shinichi Miyamoto, Shinsuke Ibi
  • Publication number: 20160029377
    Abstract: Demodulation is effectivley performed that uses an MMSE adaptive array which uses a guard section of a signal that uses a cyclic prefix. According the present invention, there is provided a wireless terminal station that is applied to a wireless communication system which is made up of multiple wireless terminal stations and a base station, the wireless terminal station including: a delay time setting module 123 that sets a delay time based on a transmission timing identification number; and a transmission module 108 that, in a case where any other wireless terminal station starts transmission within a predetermined time after all communication within the wireless communication system is ended, starts transmission after the delay time has elapsed from a point in time at which the transmission has started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoko MASUDA, Hideo NAMBA, Minoru KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 9244247
    Abstract: An auto-focus device includes: a light projection lens unit that projects light emitted from a light source unit, on a projection target surface; a light receiving unit that receives a diffusely-reflected light from the projection target surface; a light receiving lens unit that guides the diffusely-reflected light to the light receiving unit; a calculating unit that calculates a focal distance to the projection target surface from the diffusely-reflected light; a first holding unit that holds the light source unit, the light projection lens unit, and the light receiving lens unit; a second holding unit that holds the light receiving unit, and is mounted on the first holding unit; and a pressing unit that presses the second holding unit against the first holding unit. The second holding unit is configured to be displaceable on a surface of the first holding unit along a groove portion formed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Tsuchiya, Masamichi Yamada, Yasunari Mikutsu, Hideo Namba, Hideo Kanai, Naoyuki Ishikawa, Motohisa Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9220108
    Abstract: A communication terminal performing Fourier transform to convert a first time-domain signal into frequency-domain signals, allocating the frequency-domain signals to one or more first block is composed of two or more contiguous subcarriers as a first allocation unit, performing inverse Fourier transform to convert the allocated frequency-domain signals into a second time-domain signal, and transmitting, to a BS, the second time-domain signal simultaneously with another communication terminal, in case that the other communication apparatus performs communication with the BS using one or more second block composed of two or more contiguous subcarriers as a second allocation unit wherein the second block, wherein the number of subcarriers of the second block is equal to a value of x multiplied by the number of subcarriers of the first block, and x is equal to a value of 2 or a value greater than 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shimpei To, Yasuhiro Hamaguchi, Hideo Namba, Minoru Kubota
  • Publication number: 20150289245
    Abstract: There is provided a first wireless communication apparatus that is used in a wireless communication system in which plural wireless communication apparatuses simultaneously transmit data to a wireless base station apparatus, the first wireless communication apparatus including a transmission timing control unit that performs control such that a channel estimation signal is not transmitted in a case where a second wireless communication apparatus transmits the channel estimation signal. This enables reduction in errors in channel state information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Namba, Minoru Kubota
  • Patent number: 9128359
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a speaker; a speaker holder that holds the speaker; a main unit on which the speaker holder is mounted; a first mounting part formed on the speaker; a second mounting part formed on the speaker holder; a first elastic part that engages with both the first and second mounting parts; a third mounting part formed on the speaker holder; a fourth mounting part formed on the main unit; and a second elastic part that engages with both the third and fourth mounting parts. The speaker and the main unit are provided in such a manner as not to come into contact with each other under the condition that the first and second mounting parts engage with the first elastic part, and the third and fourth mounting parts engage with the second elastic part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masamichi Yamada, Hideo Namba, Satoshi Tsuchiya, Yasunari Mikutsu, Hideo Kanai, Naoyuki Ishikawa, Motohisa Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9110360
    Abstract: An image projection apparatus includes a housing unit; a light source unit provided on the housing unit; an outer cover mounted on the housing unit; a second cover provided nearer to the light source unit than the outer cover; a first mounting member formed on the housing unit; a second mounting member formed on the outer cover and fixing the outer cover to the housing unit when mounted on the first mounting member; a displacement member movable to both a position where mounting of the second mounting member to the first mounting member is inhibited and a position where mounting of the second mounting member to the first mounting member is permitted; and a displacement control member that moves the displacement member to the position where the mounting of the second mounting member to the first mounting member is permitted when the second cover is correctly mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasunari Mikutsu, Hideo Namba, Satoshi Tsuchiya, Naoyuki Ishikawa, Hideo Kanai, Motohisa Ikeda, Masamichi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20150139106
    Abstract: MU-MIMO is implemented with little changes in the mechanism of the DCF. There is provided a wireless terminal station apparatus that is used in a wireless communication system formed of one wireless base station apparatus and a plurality of wireless terminal station apparatus, in which grouping is performed on the wireless terminal station apparatus in such a way that the wireless terminal station apparatus belongs to any one of a plurality of groups, and the wireless terminal station apparatus includes a backoff controlling portion that performs control such that a backoff value at the time of random backoff, the backoff value of the wireless terminal station apparatus belonging to at least one group, is selected from a set of candidates for a backoff value which is a set of values formed of predetermined limited numbers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Yoko Masuda, Hideo Namba, Takashi Onodera, Hiromichi Tomeba, Minoru Kubota
  • Publication number: 20150124723
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus is used in a wireless communication system in which carrier sensing, and an exchange of a transmission request signal and a transmission permission signal are performed in order to perform wireless communication. The wireless communication apparatus includes: a reception unit that is capable of receiving multiple signals simultaneously; and a control unit that generates an acknowledgement response to a data signal on a priority basis in a case where the data signal and a transmission request signal are included in signals received by the reception unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Hideo Namba
  • Publication number: 20140314020
    Abstract: A communication means which allocates a terminal identifier to a destination communication apparatus and carries out communication with the destination communication apparatus by use of a plurality of functions including an identifier generation section 152 for generating different terminal identifiers corresponding to a function used and an identifier allocation section 114 having an identifier selecting section 104 for allocation to the destination communication apparatus. Using a plurality of different terminal identifiers (terminal function identifiers), a function to be used between the destination can be specified. Moreover, it is possible to optimize the size of a memory for storing information required for adaptive modulation control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Hideo NAMBA, Shimpei TO, Yasuhiro Hamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20140293926
    Abstract: A communication terminal performing Fourier transform to convert a first time-domain signal into frequency-domain signals, allocating the frequency-domain signals to one or more first block is composed of two or more contiguous subcarriers as a first allocation unit, performing inverse Fourier transform to convert the allocated frequency-domain signals into a second time-domain signal, and transmitting, to a BS, the second time-domain signal simultaneously with another communication terminal, in case that the other communication apparatus performs communication with the BS using one or more second block composed of two or more contiguous subcarriers as a second allocation unit wherein the second block, wherein the number of subcarriers of the second block is equal to a value of x multiplied by the number of subcarriers of the first block, and x is equal to a value of 2 or a value greater than 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Shimpei TO, Yasuhiro HAMAGUCHI, Hideo NAMBA, Minoru KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20140286461
    Abstract: A communication device receives a reception signal including at least a first reception signal and a second reception signal, where the first reception signal is a signal to be transmitted using a first set of subcarriers and the second reception signal is a signal to be transmitted using a second set of subcarriers which overlaps with at least one end of the first set of subcarriers in a time frame. The communication device also demodulates information indicating data included in the first reception signal after reducing the second reception signal transmitted by using one or more overlapping subcarriers of the second set of subcarriers from the reception signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Shimpei TO, Minoru KUBOTA, Yasuhiro HAMAGUCHI, Hideo NAMBA, Kazunari YOKOMAKURA