Patents by Inventor Hirotoshi SAKAI

Hirotoshi SAKAI 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: 20230360510
    Abstract: In order to more accurately ascertain the number of evacuees, a calculation device according to the present invention comprises: a communication means which transmits a response request to terminals in an evacuation shelter and which receives, from the terminals that have responded to the response request, signals in accordance with operations by users of the terminals; and a calculation means which calculates, as the number of evacuees in the evacuation shelter, the number of the terminals which have transmitted the signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hirotoshi Sakai
  • Publication number: 20220312308
    Abstract: To provide a communication terminal that improves convenience of a user who uses a communication terminal adapted to a plurality of communication schemes. A communication terminal (1) includes a first communication unit (2) configured to perform communication according to a first communication scheme, a second communication unit (3) configured to perform communication according to a second communication scheme, and a control unit (4) configured to, when a first period in which the first communication unit (2) performs discontinuous reception and a second period in which the second communication unit (3) performs the discontinuous reception overlap, transition the first communication unit (2) to a sleep state in a third period in which the first period and the second period overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hirotoshi SAKAI