Patents by Inventor Kengo Nagata

Kengo Nagata 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: 20240098783
    Abstract: A wireless apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes a reception unit configured to receive, on a frequency channel, a frame including first identification information for identifying the priority level of the frame, and a carrier sensing control unit configured to determine a threshold based on the first identification information, and determine a usage state of the frequency channel based on a comparison between received power of the frame and the determined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hanae OTANI, Akira KISHIDA, Kengo NAGATA, Yusuke ASAI, Yasuhiko INOUE, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20240098819
    Abstract: A transmitting station (TX) of an embodiment includes first and second radio signal processing units (STA1 and STA2) and a link management unit (LM). The link management unit establishes multi-link with a receiving station by using the first and second radio signal processing units, and manages communication using the multi-link. The link management unit distributes a plurality of data units to the first and second radio signal processing units. The first radio signal processing unit transmits a first data unit group among the plurality of data units to the receiving station, and transmits first information indicating the sequence number of the data unit included in the first data unit group to the receiving station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Akira KISHIDA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Kengo NAGATA, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Patent number: 11916164
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element includes providing the light-emitting element that includes a light-emitting layer with an emission wavelength of not more than 306 nm and a p-type layer including AlGaInN including Mg as an acceptor, and removing hydrogen in the p-type layer from the light-emitting element by irradiating the light-emitting element with ultraviolet light at a wavelength of not more than 306 nm from outside and treating the light-emitting element with heat in a state in which a reverse voltage, or a forward voltage lower than a threshold voltage of the light-emitting element, or no voltage is applied to the light-emitting element. The removing of hydrogen in the p-type layer from the light-emitting element is performed in a N2 atmosphere at not less than 650° C. or in a N2+O2 atmosphere at not less than 500° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., MEIJO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yoshiki Saito, Shinya Boyama, Shinichi Matsui, Hiroshi Miwa, Kengo Nagata, Tetsuya Takeuchi, Hisanori Ishiguro
  • Publication number: 20240064835
    Abstract: A transmitting station (TX) according to an embodiment includes first and second wireless signal processing units (STA1 and STA2) and a link management unit (LM). The first and second wireless signal processing units transmit wireless signals using first and second channels, respectively. The link management unit establishes multi-link with a receiving station. The link management unit manage communication in which the multi-link are used and store first information (TBM) indicating a sequence number of transmission target data. When second information (RBM) indicating the sequence number of the data received by the receiving station is received from the receiving station via the first or second wireless signal processing unit, the link management unit sets a bit corresponding to the sequence number indicated by the second information in the first information as a transmitted bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Akira KISHIDA, Kengo NAGATA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20240056884
    Abstract: A transmitting station (TX) of an embodiment includes first and second radio signal processing units (STA1 and STA2) and a link management unit (LM). The first and second radio signal processing units are configured to be able to transmit a radio signal using first and second channels, respectively, and store information indicating a sequence number of data to be transmitted. The link management unit establishes multi-link with the receiving station by using the first radio signal processing unit and the second radio signal processing unit, and manages communication using the multi-link. The link management unit distributes a plurality of data units to the first and second radio signal processing units. The first radio signal processing unit transmits a first data unit group input from the link management unit among the plurality of data units to the receiving station, and stores first information (TBM) indicating the sequence number of the data unit included in the first data unit group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuhiko INOUE, Kengo Nagata, Yusuke Asai, Yasushi TAKATORI, Akira KISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11855108
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging element which detects visible light and ultraviolet light in one pixel provides improved resolution. First and second photoelectric conversion elements each perform photoelectric conversion of incident light. A first accumulation part accumulates electric charges that are photoelectrically converted by the first photoelectric conversion element second accumulation part is disposed on one face of a substrate and accumulates electric charges that are photoelectrically converted by the second photoelectric conversion element. A connection part is connected to the second accumulation part and transfers the electric charges accumulated in the second accumulation part to another face of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoko Iida, Yoshiaki Kitano, Kengo Nagata, Toshiaki Ono, Tomohiko Asatsuma
  • Publication number: 20230413347
    Abstract: A transmitting station includes a first wireless signal processing unit, a second wireless signal processing unit, and a link management unit. The first and second wireless signal processing units are configured to transmit wireless signals using different channels. The link management unit manages link states of the first and second wireless signal processing units. The link management unit is configured to: generate, when first data input is of a specific type, second data that is a duplicate of the first data; attach, first identification information indicating that the first data is original data, to the first data and attach, second identification information indicating that the second data is replicated data, to the second data; and output the first data with the first identification information attached to the first wireless signal processing unit and output the second data with the second identification information attached to the second wireless signal processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira KISHIDA, Kengo NAGATA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20230379986
    Abstract: A wireless apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: first and second processing units configured to transmit and receive wireless signals using different channels; and a link management unit configured to manage a first link between the first processing unit and a terminal and a second link between the second processing unit and the terminal, in which the link management unit receives a request signal requesting data exchange relating to a first traffic identifier from the terminal, associates the first traffic identifier with the second link based on the request signal, and when a second traffic identifier different from the first traffic identifier is associated with the second link, changes the association of the second traffic identifier from the second link to the first link based on the request signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira KISHIDA, Kengo NAGATA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20230371099
    Abstract: A base station according to an embodiment includes first and second wireless signal processing units, and a link management unit. The link management unit establishes a multi-link with a terminal apparatus by using the first and second wireless signal processing units, and sets an anchor link to be used in transmission and reception of control information regarding an operation of the multi-link. The link management unit transmits a first wireless frame requesting change of the anchor link by using the first wireless signal processing unit set to the anchor link, and changes the anchor link from the first wireless signal processing unit to the second wireless signal processing unit if either the first wireless signal processing unit or the second wireless signal processing unit receives a positive response from the terminal apparatus after the first wireless frame is transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiko INOUE, Kengo NAGATA, Akira KISHIDA, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20230354186
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a base station includes first and second wireless signal processing units and a link management unit. The first and second wireless signal processing units transmit and receive a wireless signal using first and second channels, respectively. The link management unit sets a multi-link to a first or second state. In the first state, a first link in which the first wireless signal processing unit is used and a second link in which the second wireless signal processing unit is used are each in an active mode in which communication is possible. In the second state, the first link is in the active mode or an intermittent operation mode in which an operation is intermittent, and the second link is an operation pause mode in which power consumption is less than in the intermittent operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira KISHIDA, Kengo NAGATA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20230328816
    Abstract: A base station (10) according to one aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of radio signal processing units (130, 140, and 150), a carrier sense control unit (160), and a management unit (120). The plurality of radio signal processing units (130, 140, and 150) transmit and receive radio signals of different channels. The carrier sense control unit (160) executes collective carrier sensing on a channel of each of the plurality of radio signal processing units (130, 140, and 150) using an access parameter common to the plurality of radio signal processing units (130, 140, and 150) and determines whether the channel is in an idle state or busy state. The management unit (120) performs processing for transmitting radio signals by a multi-link wirelessly connected through a plurality of types of channels when there are a plurality of links formed between a radio signal processing unit having the channel determined to be in an idle state and a terminal (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiko INOUE, Kengo NAGATA, Akira KISHIDA, Yasushi TAKATORI, Yusuke ASAI
  • Publication number: 20230319876
    Abstract: A base station according to an aspect of the present invention operates as a first base station (121) in a base station system (12) including the first base station (121) and a plurality of second base stations (122), the base station including a carrier sensing control unit (66) that determines whether a channel of each of the plurality of second base stations (122) is in an idle state or a busy state by using an access parameter common to the plurality of second base stations (122), and a processing unit (63) that transmits a first signal to be transmitted to a first wireless terminal (14) and a second signal to be transmitted to a second wireless terminal (14) using multi-user MIMO which uses the two or more second base stations (122) whose channels have been determined to be in the idle state in a coordinated manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiko INOUE, Kengo NAGATA, Akira KISHIDA, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20230299814
    Abstract: A base station (10-1) includes a radio signal processing unit (102) capable of using a first channel (CH4), a second channel (CH3), and a third channel (CH2). The radio signal processing unit is configured to perform signaling with a second other base station (10-3) using the second channel while performing signaling with a first other base station (10-4) using the first channel when the radio signal processing unit acquires transmission rights of the first channel, the second channel, and the third channel, and execute cooperative processing with at least one of the first other base station and the second other base station on the basis of a result of the signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira KISHIDA, Kengo NAGATA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20230292385
    Abstract: A base station of an embodiment includes first and second wireless signal processing units and a link management unit. The link management unit establishes a multi-link with a terminal apparatus by using the first and second wireless signal processing units, and sets a primary link used as a main and a secondary link used as an auxiliary during the multi-link. The link management unit transmits a first wireless frame requesting a change of the primary link to the terminal apparatus by using the first wireless signal processing unit set to the primary link, and the link management unit changes the primary link from the first wireless signal processing unit to the second wireless signal processing unit if either the first or second wireless signal processor receives the affirmative response from the terminal apparatus after the first wireless frame is transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira KISHIDA, Kengo NAGATA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20230282318
    Abstract: A user information management device of an embodiment includes an identifier issuance unit that issues a sample identifier for identifying a sample and a user registration identifier for identifying a user who has provided the sample, a storage unit that stores a sample identifier and a user registration identifier issued by the identifier issuance unit in association with each other, and a user information management unit that associates user information related to a user who has provided a sample identified by the sample identifier with the sample identifier in a case where the user information is provided together with the sample identifier, and associates a user identifier that is identification information of the user and is different from the user registration identifier with user information by associating the user identifier with the user registration identifier in a case where the user identifier is provided together with the user registration identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takefumi MOGAKI, Kengo NAGATA, Hitoshi ITO
  • Publication number: 20230269683
    Abstract: A base station of an embodiment includes first and second wireless signal processing units, and a link management unit. The first wireless signal processing unit is configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal using a first channel. The second wireless signal processing unit is configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal using a second channel that is different from the first channel. The link management unit stores shared time information synchronizing multi-links. The link management unit establishes a multi-link with a terminal apparatus using the first and second wireless signal processing units, and causes each of the first and second wireless signal processing units to transmit a beacon signal including the shared time information while the multi-link is established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira KISHIDA, Kengo NAGATA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20230269804
    Abstract: A base station of the embodiment includes first and second wireless signal processing units and a link management unit. The first and second wireless signal processing units are configured to transmit and receive wireless signals using first and second channels, respectively. The link management unit establishes a multi-link with a terminal apparatus using the first and second wireless signal processing units, sets the first wireless signal processing unit as a primary link, and sets the second wireless signal processing unit to a secondary link. When the secondary link is in an active mode and a first condition is satisfied, the link management unit sets the secondary link to the operation pause mode. When the secondary link is in an operation pause mode and a second condition is satisfied, the link management unit sets the secondary link to the active mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira KISHIDA, Kengo NAGATA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20230215889
    Abstract: An imaging element is disclosed that includes: a semiconductor substrate; a multilayer wiring layer; a plurality of structures; and a light reflecting layer. The semiconductor substrate has a first surface as a light incidence surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A light receiving section of the semiconductor substrate generates electric charge through photoelectric conversion. The multilayer wiring layer has a plurality of wiring layers and is on the second surface side of the semiconductor substrate. The plurality of structures is in the multilayer wiring layer. The light reflecting layer is in the multilayer wiring layer, and forms a reflective region or a non-reflective region in a region with the interlayer insulating layer interposed in between. The region has none of the structures formed therein. The reflective region and the non-reflective region are substantially symmetrical with respect to the optical center of the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoto YOSHITA, Yoshimichi KUMAGAI, Naoyuki OSAWA, Kengo NAGATA, Masashi BANDO
  • Publication number: 20230180318
    Abstract: A base station (10) of an embodiment includes a first wireless signal processing unit, a second wireless signal processing unit, and a link management unit (120). The first wireless signal processing unit is configured to be able to transmit and receive wireless signals using the first band. The second wireless signal processing unit is configured to be able to transmit and receive wireless signals using a second band that is different from the first band. The link management unit manages a link state of the first wireless signal processing unit and a link state of the second wireless signal processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuhiko INOUE, Akira KISHIDA, Kengo Nagata, Yusuke Asai, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20230141732
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides an information providing apparatus including: a communication unit that communicates with another device via a network; and a control unit that, based on information indicating a medicine requiring caution in use for a user, the information being obtained based on information relating to a gene of the user, and information indicating a medicine prescribed for the user, determines a medicine requiring caution in use for the user, the medicine requiring caution in use being of the medicine prescribed for the user, and provides information indicating a result of the determination to the other device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takefumi MOGAKI, Kengo NAGATA, Rena NAKATSUJI, Yosuke NAGAI