Patents by Inventor Hiroki Harada

Hiroki Harada 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: 20240154774
    Abstract: A terminal comprises a control unit that applies a target subcarrier spacing lower than a specific subcarrier spacing in a target frequency band, the target frequency band includes at least a prat of a specific frequency range defined with the specific subcarrier spacing as a minimum subcarrier spacing or a frequency band lower than the specific frequency range, wherein the control unit applies a method different from an initial access method related to the specific subcarrier spacing, for at least a part of an initial access method related to the target subcarrier spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Shinya Kumagai, Naoya Shibaike, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240155578
    Abstract: A terminal comprises: a control unit that performs, when a base station configures a broader carrier bandwidth wider than a maximum carrier bandwidth supported by the terminal, a communication capable of using a second number of frequency resource larger than a first number of frequency resource, the first number of frequency resource is available by the base station on an assumption that the terminal uses the broader carrier bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Shinya Kumagai, Naoya Shibaike, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240146593
    Abstract: A terminal comprising: a control unit that applies a target subcarrier spacing lower than a specified subcarrier spacing, in a target frequency band that includes at least a portion of a specified frequency range in which the specified subcarrier spacing is defined as a minimum subcarrier spacing or a frequency band lower than the specified frequency range, wherein a frequency use efficiency of the target subcarrier spacing is higher than the frequency use efficiency of the specified subcarrier spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Shinya Kumagai, Naoya Shibaike, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 11973716
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed that includes a processor that, in case where frequency division duplex (FDD) is applied, controls a transmission of an uplink (UL) signal, in FDD, at a same timing as a UL transmission timing that is applied in time division duplex (TDD). The terminal also includes a receiver that receives a downlink control information (DCI), and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by the DCI. The terminal also includes a transmitter that transmits a HARQ-ACK in response to the PDSCH. The reception of the DCI and the transmission of the HARQ-ACK are allowed within one slot. In other aspects, a radio communication method, a base station, and a system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20240136873
    Abstract: A rotor includes a first resin portion formed the periphery of a main shaft; a first core disposed the outer circumferential portion of the first resin portion; a magnet attached to the radial outside of the first core; and a second core disposed the radially outside end face of the magnet, wherein a plurality of structures in each of which the magnet is sandwiched between the first and second cores are disposed circumferentially around the main shaft, and a second resin portion is formed between the circumferential end faces of adjacent second cores and between the circumferential end faces of adjacent magnets, wherein the first core has a division surface on which the circumferential end faces of itself and an adjacent first core are in surface contact with each other, and wherein the second core is not in contact with an adjacent second core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Taichi TOKUHISA, Ryo NABIKA, Takeshi YAGI, Hiroki ASO, Takanori WATANABE, Akiko TATEBE, Kazuya HARADA
  • Publication number: 20240137114
    Abstract: A transmission power controller includes: a control unit that outputs, within a range not exceeding a TPC set point, a TPC controlled variable that increases transmission power of a transmission system device more in a case of a larger attenuation of a reception signal received from a communication satellite; a data accumulation unit that accumulates the TPC controlled variable; an appropriate value extraction unit that extracts, as a TPC appropriate set point, the largest TPC controlled variable among the accumulated TPC controlled variables except a top predetermined proportion; and an updating unit that outputs, to the transmission system device, a reference transmission power increase signal that increases the reference transmission power more in a case of a larger difference between the TPC set point and the TPC appropriate set point and updates the TPC set point with the TPC appropriate set point. Thereby, efficient use of a transmitter is enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi HARADA, Fumihiro YAMASHITA, Hiroki SHIBAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11968545
    Abstract: A user equipment includes a receiving unit that receives a reference signal from a secondary cell; a transmitting unit that transmits a result of a measurement of the reference signal; and a control unit that selects, when the secondary cell is deactivated after the transmitting unit transmits the result of the measurement and the secondary cell is reactivated, and when a time interval from a timing at which the transmitting unit transmits the result of the measurement until a timing at which the secondary cell is reactivated is within a predetermined time interval, a receiving beam that is applied to the secondary cell upon transmitting the result of the measurement by the transmitting unit, as a receiving beam to be applied to the reactivated secondary cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Takuma Takada, Hiroki Harada, Naoki Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20240121637
    Abstract: A wireless communication monitoring system for monitoring a hardware failure of a wireless communication unit of a wireless communication device using a remote monitoring control device, in which the wireless communication device transmits or receives a predetermined radio signal to or from a monitoring device added or attached to the host device to perform a life and death check for checking an operation, and the remote monitoring control device detects a hardware failure of the wireless communication unit of the wireless communication device on the basis of a result of the life and death check received from the wireless communication device. This makes it possible to detect a failure that cannot be detected from information obtained from a device state request to a wireless communication device of the related art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira MATSUSHITA, Mitsuru NISHINO, Munehiro MATSUI, Masaki SHIMA, Koichi HARADA, Hiroki SHIBAYAMA, Fumihiro YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20240121037
    Abstract: A radio communication node is disclosed including an upper node connecting unit that is used for connecting with an upper node; a lower node connecting unit that is used for connecting with a lower node; and a control unit that notifies the upper node or a network whether or not the upper node connecting unit and the lower node connecting unit are compatible with at least one of a space division multiplexing and a frequency division multiplexing. In another aspect, a radio communication method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada, Jing Wang, Xiaolin Hou
  • Publication number: 20240098506
    Abstract: UE 200 receives gap information indicating a gap between channel occasions for an initial access applied when using a second frequency band different from a first frequency band allocated for mobile communication. The UE 200 executes an initial access on a network in the second frequency band based on the gap information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada, Shinya Kumagai
  • Publication number: 20240092400
    Abstract: A vehicle front recognition apparatus includes an imager that captures an image of an environment ahead of a vehicle on the road, an image analyzer that analyzes the image of the environment with artificial intelligence to segment the image areas of the image by classes to which objects captured in the image belong, and a road information acquirer that acquires high-precision map information ahead of the vehicle. The vehicle front recognition apparatus acquires dynamic information that is not included in the high-precision map information from the classes. The image analyzer includes a feeling-of-strangeness area extractor extracting a feeling-of-strangeness area using the classes from the image areas. The vehicle front recognition apparatus further includes a feeling-of-strangeness area verifier that verifies whether the vehicle can pass through the feeling-of-strangeness area and a notifier that notifies a driver when the vehicle cannot pass through the feeling-of-strangeness area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki MANIWA, Reo HARADA, Hiroaki KURAMOCHI, Seiya SATO, Shigeki MUKAI, Kazuyuki TAKAHASHI, Wataru MUNEMURA
  • Publication number: 20240097344
    Abstract: A reflector antenna includes: a radiator that radiates a radio wave; a main reflector that reflects the radio wave radiated from the radiator in a communication direction; an expansion panel that is attached to at least a part of the main reflector to increase an area of the main reflector; and a first adjustment unit that changes a position of the radiator, or a second adjustment unit that replaces the radiator with a radiator having a different radiation angle. This configuration makes it possible to implement a large-aperture antenna having excellent transportability and operability without preparing another antenna having a large aperture and replacing a standard antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi HARADA, Masaki SHIMA, Hiroki SHIBAYAMA, Fumihiro YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20240083416
    Abstract: A vehicle drive assist apparatus is to be applied to a vehicle. The apparatus includes an object recognizer, a risk area setter, a risk level setter, a route candidate setter, a route evaluation value calculator, and a vehicle travel route setter. The object recognizer recognizes an object in front of the vehicle. The risk area setter sets, when small objects are around the object, a risk area including the small objects. The risk level setter sets a risk level for the risk area based on a distribution state of the small objects within the risk area. The route candidate setter sets patterns of route candidates for avoiding a risk resulting from the risk area. The route evaluation value calculator calculates a route evaluation value for each of the route candidates. The vehicle travel route setter sets, as a vehicle travel route, the route candidate having an optimum route evaluation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reo HARADA, Seiya SATO, Hiroaki KURAMOCHI, Hiroki MANIWA, Wataru MUNEMURA, Shigeki MUKAI, Kazuyuki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240083422
    Abstract: A vehicle drive assist apparatus is to be applied to a vehicle. The vehicle drive assist apparatus includes an object recognizer, a risk area setter, and a risk level setter. The object recognizer is configured to recognize an object in front of the vehicle. The risk area setter is configured to, when small objects are around the object, set a risk area including the small objects. The risk level setter is configured to set a risk level for the risk area with respect to the vehicle based on distribution of height information items within the risk area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiya SATO, Reo HARADA, Hiroaki KURAMOCHI, Hiroki MANIWA, Wataru MUNEMURA, Kazuyuki TAKAHASHI, Shigeki MUKAI
  • Publication number: 20240083423
    Abstract: A vehicle drive assist apparatus is to be applied to a vehicle. The vehicle drive assist apparatus includes an object recognizer, a dispersion area extractor, and a risk area setter. The object recognizer is configured to recognize an object in front of the vehicle. The dispersion area extractor is configured to extract a dispersion area where luminance values are dispersed around the recognized object. The risk area setter is configured to set, as a risk area where small objects are distributed, an area including the dispersion area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reo HARADA, Seiya SATO, Hiroaki KURAMOCHI, Hiroki MANIWA, Wataru MUNEMURA, Shigeki MUKAI, Kazuyuki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240090012
    Abstract: A terminal comprises: a reception unit that receives a reference signal used for a purpose other than a measurement related to a radio resource management; and a control unit that performs the measurement related to the radio resource management using the reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20240089775
    Abstract: A terminal including: a reception unit that receives a reference signal periodically transmitted from a network; a transmission unit that transmits a measurement result of the reference signal; and a control unit that determines whether or not to assume a reception of at least a part of the reference signal based on whether or not a specific condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20240089762
    Abstract: A terminal comprises: a reception unit that receives a reference signal used for a purpose other than a measurement related to a radio link management; and a control unit that performs the measurement related to the radio link management using the reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20240089764
    Abstract: A terminal comprises: a transmission unit that transmits a reference signal used for a purpose other than a measurement related to a reception quality in a physical layer; and a control unit that assumes the measurement related to the reception quality in the physical layer is performed using the reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara
  • Patent number: 11930501
    Abstract: The present invention is designed to realize appropriate communication in next generation communication systems. a control section that controls communication by using a radio frame that includes a plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs), in which the downlink and the uplink can be switched, and a given TTI, which is for DL transmission and which is configured in a given cycle, and a receiving section that receives a synchronization signal and a broadcast signal in the given TTI are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Kazuki Takeda, Yoshihisa Kishiyama, Satoshi Nagata