Patents by Inventor Jin Hoshino

Jin Hoshino 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: 8285304
    Abstract: A radio communication system includes a delay time acquiring unit configured to acquire a delay time of a signal transmitted between the mobile terminal 10 and the base station 20; a position information acquiring unit configured to acquire a position of the base station 20; a calculating unit configured to calculate a position of the mobile terminal 10 on the basis of the delay time acquired by the delay time acquiring unit, and the position of the base station 20 acquired by the position information acquiring unit; and a providing unit configured to provide mobile station position information indicating the position of the mobile terminal 10. When a predetermined exception condition is not satisfied, the providing unit provides, as the mobile station position information, the position of the mobile terminal 10 calculated by the calculating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Hoshino, Susumu Ogata, Masatoshi Kimoto
  • Patent number: 8121621
    Abstract: A position of a mobile communication terminal in an environment where the terminal cannot communicate with a GPS is defined more narrowly than a sector area of a base station in which the mobile communication terminal is located so that the position of the mobile communication terminal can be estimated more accurately. Even if a mobile communication terminal is in an environment where the terminal cannot communicate with a GPS, the latitude and longitude of the center of a sector of the wireless base station in which the mobile communication terminal is located is obtained according to a predetermined calculation by a base station database device, and the obtained latitude and longitude is sent back as an estimated latitude and longitude of the mobile communication terminal to the mobile communication terminal via the wireless base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Hoshino, Susumu Ogata, Masatoshi Kimoto
  • Patent number: 7880673
    Abstract: A position determination system includes a mobile terminal configured to receive GPS information from a GPS; a base station device configured to measure a round trip time (RTT) from the mobile terminal; a base-station position table unit configured to store position information on the base station device; a cable-length table unit configured to store a cable length between the base station device and an antenna assembly provided to the base station device, the antenna assembly communicates with the mobile terminal; and a position determination device configured to determine the position of the mobile terminal on the basis of the round trip time measured by the base station device, the cable length obtained from the cable-length table unit, the position information on the base station obtained from the base-station position table unit, and the GPS information received from the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Hoshino, Susumu Ogata, Masatoshi Kimoto
  • Publication number: 20100210283
    Abstract: A radio communication system includes a delay time acquiring unit configured to acquire a delay time of a signal transmitted between the mobile terminal 10 and the base station 20; a position information acquiring unit configured to acquire a position of the base station 20; a calculating unit configured to calculate a position of the mobile terminal 10 on the basis of the delay time acquired by the delay time acquiring unit, and the position of the base station 20 acquired by the position information acquiring unit; and a providing unit configured to provide mobile station position information indicating the position of the mobile terminal 10. When a predetermined exception condition is not satisfied, the providing unit provides, as the mobile station position information, the position of the mobile terminal 10 calculated by the calculating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Jin Hoshino, Susumu Ogata, Masatoshi Kimoto
  • Publication number: 20090005083
    Abstract: A position of a mobile communication terminal in an environment where the terminal cannot communicate with a GPS is defined more narrowly than a sector area of a base station in which the mobile communication terminal is located so that the position of the mobile communication terminal can be estimated more accurately. Even if a mobile communication terminal is in an environment where the terminal cannot communicate with a GPS, the latitude and longitude of the center of a sector of the wireless base station in which the mobile communication terminal is located is obtained according to a predetermined calculation by a base station database device, and the obtained latitude and longitude is sent back as an estimated latitude and longitude of the mobile communication terminal to the mobile communication terminal via the wireless base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin HOSHINO, Susumu Ogata, Masatoshi Kimoto
  • Publication number: 20080122689
    Abstract: A position determination system includes a mobile terminal configured to receive GPS information from a GPS; a base station device configured to measure a round trip time (RTT) from the mobile terminal; a base-station position table unit configured to store position information on the base station device; a cable-length table unit configured to store a cable length between the base station device and an antenna assembly provided to the base station device, the antenna assembly communicates with the mobile terminal; and a position determination device configured to determine the position of the mobile terminal on the basis of the round trip time measured by the base station device, the cable length obtained from the cable-length table unit, the position information on the base station obtained from the base-station position table unit, and the GPS information received from the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Hoshino, Susumu Ogata, Masatoshi Kimoto