Patents by Inventor Kaichiro Saito

Kaichiro Saito 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: 11838441
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a user signal transmission unit that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication; a manager function implementing unit that implements a function provided to a manager of the present apparatus; a license monitoring unit that monitors a license of the present apparatus, and outputs a function limitation signal when the license has expired; and a function limitation unit that limits the function implemented by the manager function implementing unit when receiving the function limitation signal. In a communication apparatus that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication, a function of the apparatus is limited when a relevant license has expired, while preventing an influence of the limitation upon the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kaichiro Saito
  • Patent number: 11800009
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a user signal transmission unit that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication; a manager function implementing unit that implements a function provided to a manager of the present apparatus; a license monitoring unit that monitors a license of the present apparatus, and outputs a function limitation signal when the license has expired; and a function limitation unit that limits the function implemented by the manager function implementing unit when receiving the function limitation signal. In a communication apparatus that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication, a function of the apparatus is limited when a relevant license has expired, while preventing an influence of the limitation upon the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kaichiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20220166875
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a user signal transmission unit that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication; a manager function implementing unit that implements a function provided to a manager of the present apparatus; a license monitoring unit that monitors a license of the present apparatus, and outputs a function limitation signal when the license has expired; and a function limitation unit that limits the function implemented by the manager function implementing unit when receiving the function limitation signal. In a communication apparatus that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication, a function of the apparatus is limited when a relevant license has expired, while preventing an influence of the limitation upon the end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kaichiro SAITO
  • Patent number: 11265418
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a user signal transmission unit that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication; a manager function implementing unit that implements a function provided to a manager of the present apparatus; a license monitoring unit that monitors a license of the present apparatus, and outputs a function limitation signal when the license has expired; and a function limitation unit that limits the function implemented by the manager function implementing unit when receiving the function limitation signal. In a communication apparatus that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication, a function of the apparatus is limited when a relevant license has expired, while preventing an influence of the limitation upon the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kaichiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20210234958
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a user signal transmission unit that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication; a manager function implementing unit that implements a function provided to a manager of the present apparatus; a license monitoring unit that monitors a license of the present apparatus, and outputs a function limitation signal when the license has expired; and a function limitation unit that limits the function implemented by the manager function implementing unit when receiving the function limitation signal. In a communication apparatus that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication, a function of the apparatus is limited when a relevant license has expired, while preventing an influence of the limitation upon the end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kaichiro SAITO
  • Patent number: 11032414
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a user signal transmission unit that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication; a manager function implementing unit that implements a function provided to a manager of the present apparatus; a license monitoring unit that monitors a license of the present apparatus, and outputs a function limitation signal when the license has expired; and a function limitation unit that limits the function implemented by the manager function implementing unit when receiving the function limitation signal. In a communication apparatus that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication, a function of the apparatus is limited when a relevant license has expired, while preventing an influence of the limitation upon the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kaichiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20200259953
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a user signal transmission unit that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication; a manager function implementing unit that implements a function provided to a manager of the present apparatus; a license monitoring unit that monitors a license of the present apparatus, and outputs a function limitation signal when the license has expired; and a function limitation unit that limits the function implemented by the manager function implementing unit when receiving the function limitation signal. In a communication apparatus that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication, a function of the apparatus is limited when a relevant license has expired, while preventing an influence of the limitation upon the end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kaichiro SAITO
  • Patent number: 10659603
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a user signal transmission unit that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication; a manager function implementing unit that implements a function provided to a manager of the present apparatus; a license monitoring unit that monitors a license of the present apparatus, and outputs a function limitation signal when the license has expired; and a function limitation unit that limits the function implemented by the manager function implementing unit when receiving the function limitation signal. In a communication apparatus that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication, a function of the apparatus is limited when a relevant license has expired, while preventing an influence of the limitation upon the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kaichiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20190199854
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a user signal transmission unit that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication; a manager function implementing unit that implements a function provided to a manager of the present apparatus; a license monitoring unit that monitors a license of the present apparatus, and outputs a function limitation signal when the license has expired; and a function limitation unit that limits the function implemented by the manager function implementing unit when receiving the function limitation signal. In a communication apparatus that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication, a function of the apparatus is limited when a relevant license has expired, while preventing an influence of the limitation upon the end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kaichiro SAITO
  • Publication number: 20180332166
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a user signal transmission unit that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication; a manager function implementing unit that implements a function provided to a manager of the present apparatus; a license monitoring unit that monitors a license of the present apparatus, and outputs a function limitation signal when the license has expired; and a function limitation unit that limits the function implemented by the manager function implementing unit when receiving the function limitation signal. In a communication apparatus that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication, a function of the apparatus is limited when a relevant license has expired, while preventing an influence of the limitation upon the end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kaichiro SAITO
  • Patent number: 9998591
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a user signal transmission unit that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication; a manager function implementing unit that implements a function provided to a manager of the present apparatus; a license monitoring unit that monitors a license of the present apparatus, and outputs a function limitation signal when the license has expired; and a function limitation unit that limits the function implemented by the manager function implementing unit when receiving the function limitation signal. In a communication apparatus that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication, a function of the apparatus is limited when a relevant license has expired, while preventing an influence of the limitation upon the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kaichiro Saito
  • Patent number: 9571237
    Abstract: A wireless transfer device (100) is provided with: a transfer band control unit (13) for deciding upon a transfer band, on the basis of the result of a comparison of communication quality information pertaining to wireless communication, and a predetermined band control threshold value; a modulation scheme control unit (14) for deciding on a modulation scheme, on the basis of the result of a comparison of communication quality information and a predetermined modulation control threshold value; a transmission process unit (11) for controlling the transfer band for packet signals on the basis of the transfer band decided upon by the transfer band control unit (13), and outputting packet signals; and a wireless transceiver unit (12), for performing a modulation process on the packet signals output by the transmission process unit (11), doing so on the basis of the modulation scheme decided upon by the modulation scheme control unit (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kaichiro Saito
  • Patent number: 9357481
    Abstract: In a wireless transmission device provided with an adaptive modulation circuit and a control method for the adaptive modulation circuit, an Ethernet signal received from a wired transmission path is transmitted to an opposite station one-to-one via a wireless transmission path and the Ethernet signal in the opposite station is again output to the wired transmission path. A traffic-statistics circuit which accumulates a traffic volume of a time zone-specific Ethernet signal as statistical data is provided. A wireless transmission capacity can be reduced by decreasing a multi-level number of a modulation scheme in a time zone in which the traffic volume is small based on the accumulated statistical data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kaichiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20150172008
    Abstract: A wireless transfer device (100) is provided with: a transfer band control unit (13) for deciding upon a transfer band, on the basis of the result of a comparison of communication quality information pertaining to wireless communication, and a predetermined band control threshold value; a modulation scheme control unit (14) for deciding on a modulation scheme, on the basis of the result of a comparison of communication quality information and a predetermined modulation control threshold value; a transmission process unit (11) for controlling the transfer band for packet signals on the basis of the transfer band decided upon by the transfer band control unit (13), and outputting packet signals; and a wireless transceiver unit (12), for performing a modulation process on the packet signals output by the transmission process unit (11), doing so on the basis of the modulation scheme decided upon by the modulation scheme control unit (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventor: Kaichiro Saito
  • Patent number: 9032242
    Abstract: A link failure information transmission unit 130 of a transmission device 100 transmits link failure information indicating a fault in a link group to an opposing transmission device, upon detection of a fault in one or more of wired transmission lines belonging to any of link groups of the transmission device 100. Upon receiving the link failure information from the opposing transmission device, a link control unit 140 disconnects wired transmission lines included in a link group in the transmission device 100 corresponding to the link group in the opposing transmission device indicated by the received link failure information among the link groups of the transmission device 100. When the occurrence of a fault is notified in a system where transmission devices connected through an inter-transmission-device transmission line transmit signals of multiple wired transmission lines connected to the transmission devices, deterioration in communication efficiency of the entire system is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Motohiro Mukouyama, Kaichiro Saito
  • Patent number: 8761693
    Abstract: A traffic amount calculation portion calculates a traffic amount caused by transmission signals received by a transmission signal reception portion. An average traffic amount calculation portion calculates an average traffic amount that is an average of the traffic amount in a nearest predetermined interval. Further, a modulation method setting portion changes a modulation method used by a modulation portion based on the calculated average traffic amount. In addition, a transmission portion transmits transmission signals by using a transmission power amount corresponding to the modulation method used by the modulation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Inventor: Kaichiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20140112181
    Abstract: In a wireless transmission device provided with an adaptive modulation circuit and a control method for the adaptive modulation circuit, an Ethernet signal received from a wired transmission path is transmitted to an opposite station one-to-one via a wireless transmission path and the Ethernet signal in the opposite station is again output to the wired transmission path. A traffic-statistics circuit which accumulates a traffic volume of a time zone-specific Ethernet signal as statistical data is provided. A wireless transmission capacity can be reduced by decreasing a multi-level number of a modulation scheme in a time zone in which the traffic volume is small based on the accumulated statistical data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventor: Kaichiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20130173969
    Abstract: A link failure information transmission unit 130 of a transmission device 100 transmits link failure information indicating a fault in a link group to an opposing transmission device, upon detection of a fault in one or more of wired transmission lines belonging to any of link groups of the transmission device 100. Upon receiving the link failure information from the opposing transmission device, a link control unit 140 disconnects wired transmission lines included in a link group in the transmission device 100 corresponding to the link group in the opposing transmission device indicated by the received link failure information among the link groups of the transmission device 100. When the occurrence of a fault is notified in a system where transmission devices connected through an inter-transmission-device transmission line transmit signals of multiple wired transmission lines connected to the transmission devices, deterioration in communication efficiency of the entire system is avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motohiro Mukouyama, Kaichiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20120184227
    Abstract: A traffic amount calculation portion calculates a traffic amount caused by transmission signals received by a transmission signal reception portion. An average traffic amount calculation portion calculates an average traffic amount that is an average of the traffic amount in a nearest predetermined interval. Further, a modulation method setting portion changes a modulation method used by a modulation portion based on the calculated average traffic amount. In addition, a transmission portion transmits transmission signals by using a transmission power amount corresponding to the modulation method used by the modulation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kaichiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20120060227
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a user signal transmission unit that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication; a manager function implementing unit that implements a function provided to a manager of the present apparatus; a license monitoring unit that monitors a license of the present apparatus, and outputs a function limitation signal when the license has expired; and a function limitation unit that limits the function implemented by the manager function implementing unit when receiving the function limitation signal. In a communication apparatus that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication, a function of the apparatus is limited when a relevant license has expired, while preventing an influence of the limitation upon the end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventor: Kaichiro Saito