Patents by Inventor Kenichi Higuchi
Kenichi Higuchi 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).
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Patent number: 10959237Abstract: The object is achieved by providing a base station apparatus for performing time and frequency scheduling in uplink packet access with: an interference amount measurement part configured to measure an uplink interference amount for each interference amount measurement unit which comprises a predetermined period and a predetermined number of frequency blocks; an interference amount determination part configured to determine whether the uplink interference amount satisfies a predetermined condition; and an overload indicator reporting part configured to report an overload indicator to a neighboring cell when the predetermined condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Motohiro Tanno, Yoshihisa Kishiyama, Kenichi Higuchi, Mamoru Sawahashi, Toshifumi Sato
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Patent number: 10530446Abstract: A user terminal includes a receiving section that receives a signal subjected to multiplexing in a power dimension in a given layer and that receives information about the multiplexing in the power dimension; and a signal processing section that demodulates a signal for the user terminal from the multiplexed signal based on the information about the multiplexing in the power dimension.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Anass Benjebbour, Yoshihisa Kishiyama, Kenichi Higuchi
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Patent number: 10256960Abstract: A base station apparatus is used in a mobile communication system in which at least a shared data channel is transmitted by an orthogonal modulation scheme using an I-channel and a Q-channel. The base station apparatus includes a providing unit providing Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information indicating whether retransmission of a signal received in uplink is required; a mapping unit mapping a number of multiplexed users of the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information to the I-channel or the Q-channel based on a predetermined mapping table; and a reporting unit reporting the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information to the respective users. The mapping table indicates that, when the number of the multiplexed users is equal to or less than a predetermined number, the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information is associated with the I-channel or the Q-channel, and otherwise, the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information is associated with the I-channel and the Q-channel.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Nobuhiko Miki, Mamoru Sawahashi, Kenichi Higuchi
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Patent number: 10251166Abstract: The present invention is designed to improve spectral efficiency in a radio communication system which can use non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA). Steps are provided in which a radio base station configures one of a plurality of transmission mode including a first transmission mode, which groups a plurality of transmission methods including a transmission method to employ non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and multiple-user multiple-input and multiple-output (MU-MIMO), and a second transmission mode, which groups a plurality of transmission methods including a transmission method to employ this NOMA and open-loop transmit diversity, and transmits a downlink signal for this user terminal based on the configured transmission mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2014Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Yoshihisa Kishiyama, Anass Benjebbour, Yuuya Saitou, Kenichi Higuchi
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Patent number: 10200940Abstract: A wireless base station transmits first information indicating an allocation policy that determines system performance and second information regarding an allocated bandwidth that is allocated to a wireless terminal in a case where the allocation policy is applied, receives, from each of a plurality of wireless terminals, third information regarding a serving base station candidate and throughput that is achieved in a case where the wireless terminal is connected to the serving base station candidate, and controls, on the basis of the third information, a connection to a wireless terminal having the greatest throughput.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Yasuaki Yuda, Masayuki Hoshino, Kenichi Higuchi
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Patent number: 10184224Abstract: An edge of a guide hole includes a first contact portion, a second contact portion, and a guide portion. The first contact portion is in contact with the second connecting pin while the second connecting pin is positioned in the lock actuation position. The second contact portion is in contact with the second connecting pin while the second connecting pin is positioned in the lock release position. The guide portion extends in a direction intersecting the movement direction of the second connecting pin between the first contact portion and the second contact portion. The guide portion is pressed by the second connecting pin that moves from the lock actuation position to the lock release position in order to resist the urging force of an urging member and cause the second lock member to move from the locked position to the unlocked position.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Daijiro Ito, Tsuyoshi Yoshida, Akira Hashimoto, Takuya Tsukada, Kenichi Higuchi
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Publication number: 20180160434Abstract: The object is achieved by providing a base station apparatus for performing time and frequency scheduling in uplink packet access with: an interference amount measurement part configured to measure an uplink interference amount for each interference amount measurement unit which comprises a predetermined period and a predetermined number of frequency blocks; an interference amount determination part configured to determine whether the uplink interference amount satisfies a predetermined condition; and an overload indicator reporting part configured to report an overload indicator to a neighboring cell when the predetermined condition is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Motohiro Tanno, Yoshihisa Kishiyama, Kenichi Higuchi, Mamoru Sawahashi, Toshifumi Sato
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Patent number: 9924524Abstract: The object is achieved by providing a base station apparatus for performing time and frequency scheduling in uplink packet access with: an interference amount measurement part configured to measure an uplink interference amount for each interference amount measurement unit which comprises a predetermined period and a predetermined number of frequency blocks; an interference amount determination part configured to determine whether the uplink interference amount satisfies a predetermined condition; and an overload indicator reporting part configured to report an overload indicator to a neighboring cell when the predetermined condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Motohiro Tanno, Yoshihisa Kishiyama, Kenichi Higuchi, Mamoru Sawahashi, Toshifumi Sato
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Patent number: 9903091Abstract: A quick coupler includes a coupler body having a first hook, a lock member, a slidable second hook, a hydraulic cylinder, and a connecting pin connecting the cylinder and coupler body. The lock member is movable between locking and unlocking positions in which the lock member protrudes into and retracts from an opening of the first hook. The cylinder includes first and second end portions connected to the coupler body and the second hook, respectively. The cylinder extends and contracts to cause the second hook to slide away from and towards the first hook, respectively. The coupler body includes a support hole moveably supporting the connecting pin in an extension and contraction direction of the cylinder. The first end portion of the cylinder moves away from the second end portion within a movability range of the connecting pin to move the lock member from the unlocking to locking position.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Takuya Tsukada, Kenichi Higuchi, Akira Hashimoto, Hisao Asada, Tsuyoshi Yoshida, Daijiro Ito
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Publication number: 20170367038Abstract: A wireless base station transmits first information indicating an allocation policy that determines system performance and second information regarding an allocated bandwidth that is allocated to a wireless terminal in a case where the allocation policy is applied, receives, from each of a plurality of wireless terminals, third information regarding a serving base station candidate and throughput that is achieved in a case where the wireless terminal is connected to the serving base station candidate, and controls, on the basis of the third information, a connection to a wireless terminal having the greatest throughput.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: YASUAKI YUDA, MASAYUKI HOSHINO, KENICHI HIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20170272139Abstract: A user terminal includes a receiving section that receives a signal subjected to multiplexing in a power dimension in a given layer and that receives information about the multiplexing in the power dimension; and a signal processing section that demodulates a signal for the user terminal from the multiplexed signal based on the information about the multiplexing in the power dimension.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Anass Benjebbour, Yoshihisa Kishiyama, Kenichi Higuchi
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Publication number: 20170107687Abstract: An edge of a guide hole includes a first contact portion, a second contact portion, and a guide portion. The first contact portion is in contact with the second connecting pin while the second connecting pin is positioned in the lock actuation position. The second contact portion is in contact with the second connecting pin while the second connecting pin is positioned in the lock release position. The guide portion extends in a direction intersecting the movement direction of the second connecting pin between the first contact portion and the second contact portion. The guide portion is pressed by the second connecting pin that moves from the lock actuation position to the lock release position in order to resist the urging force of an urging member and cause the second lock member to move from the locked position to the unlocked position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Daijiro ITO, Tsuyoshi YOSHIDA, Akira HASHIMOTO, Takuya TSUKADA, Kenichi HIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20170067223Abstract: A quick coupler includes a coupler body having a first hook, a lock member, a slidable second hook, a hydraulic cylinder, and a connecting pin connecting the cylinder and coupler body. The lock member is movable between locking and unlocking positions in which the lock member protrudes into and retracts from an opening of the first hook. The cylinder includes first and second end portions connected to the coupler body and the second hook, respectively. The cylinder extends and contracts to cause the second hook to slide away from and towards the first hook, respectively. The coupler body includes a support hole moveably supporting the connecting pin in an extension and contraction direction of the cylinder. The first end portion of the cylinder moves away from the second end portion within a movability range of the connecting pin to move the lock member from the unlocking to locking position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2015Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Takuya TSUKADA, Kenichi HIGUCHI, Akira HASHIMOTO, Hisao ASADA, Tsuyoshi YOSHIDA, Daijiro ITO
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Publication number: 20170034836Abstract: The object is achieved by providing a base station apparatus for performing time and frequency scheduling in uplink packet access with: an interference amount measurement part configured to measure an uplink interference amount for each interference amount measurement unit which comprises a predetermined period and a predetermined number of frequency blocks; an interference amount determination part configured to determine whether the uplink interference amount satisfies a predetermined condition; and an overload indicator reporting part configured to report an overload indicator to a neighboring cell when the predetermined condition is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Motohiro TANNO, Yoshihisa KISHIYAMA, Kenichi HIGUCHI, Mamoru SAWAHASHI, Toshifumi SATO
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Patent number: 9525528Abstract: A transmission apparatus is provided with radio resource assignment means that assigns radio resources to each physical channel according to a type of the physical channel; and transmission means that transmits information to be transmitted by each physical channel using the assigned radio resources.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2014Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Nobuhiko Miki, Motohiro Tanno, Kenichi Higuchi, Mamoru Sawahashi, Hiroyuki Atarashi
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Patent number: 9479313Abstract: A base station apparatus is used in a mobile communication system in which at least a shared data channel is transmitted by an orthogonal modulation scheme using an I-channel and a Q-channel. The base station apparatus includes a providing unit providing Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information indicating whether retransmission of a signal received in uplink is required; a mapping unit mapping a number of multiplexed users of the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information to the I-channel or the Q-channel based on a predetermined mapping table; and a reporting unit reporting the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information to the respective users. The mapping table indicates that, when the number of the multiplexed users is equal to or less than a predetermined number, the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information is associated with the I-channel or the Q-channel, and otherwise, the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information is associated with the I-channel and the Q-channel.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Nobuhiko Miki, Mamoru Sawahashi, Kenichi Higuchi
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Patent number: 9474079Abstract: The object is achieved by providing a base station apparatus for performing time and frequency scheduling in uplink packet access with: an interference amount measurement part configured to measure an uplink interference amount for each interference amount measurement unit which comprises a predetermined period and a predetermined number of frequency blocks; an interference amount determination part configured to determine whether the uplink interference amount satisfies a predetermined condition; and an overload indicator reporting part configured to report an overload indicator to a neighboring cell when the predetermined condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Motohiro Tanno, Yoshihisa Kishiyama, Kenichi Higuchi, Mamoru Sawahashi, Toshifumi Sato
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Patent number: 9420471Abstract: One of sequence groups each specifying reference signal sequences for respective radio resource bandwidths is assigned to a base station and a different one of the sequence groups is assigned to a neighboring cell. The base station includes a scheduler configured to allocate radio resources; a reporting unit configured to report the allocated radio resources and a cyclic shift amount to a mobile station; and a demodulating unit configured to demodulate a signal received from the mobile station based on one of the reference signal sequences corresponding to one of the radio resource bandwidths and the cyclic shift amount. Cell reuse is applied to the reference signal sequences to be transmitted using one resource unit, and sequence hopping where different ones of the reference signal sequences are assigned to consecutive subframes is applied to the reference signal sequences to be transmitted using a bandwidth greater than one resource unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2012Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, Inc.Inventor: Kenichi Higuchi
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Patent number: 9413499Abstract: To obtain a high frequency diversity effect while suppressing inter-code interference in code multiplexing transmission in an OFDM-based radio access scheme, a transmission apparatus is provided with an orthogonal spreading code generating section (10) that generates different spreading codes based on orthogonal code sequences, a phase rotation giving section (11) and spreading modulation section (12) which provide the information symbols or spreading codes with different phase rotation for each symbol sequence and then, spreads the information symbols with the spreading codes for each symbol sequence, and a multiplexing section (13) that multiplexes spread symbols of different symbol sequences, where the information symbols or the spreading codes are rotated by a phase rotation amount such that overlaps in a signal constellation in polar coordinates of spread symbols for transmitting different information symbols are controlled to within a required range.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2010Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Kenichi Higuchi, Yoshihisa Kishiyama
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Patent number: 9391750Abstract: A transmission apparatus is provided with radio resource assignment means that assigns radio resources to each physical channel according to a type of the physical channel; and transmission means that transmits information to be transmitted by each physical channel using the assigned radio resources.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2006Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Nobuhiko Miki, Motohiro Tanno, Kenichi Higuchi, Mamoru Sawahashi, Hiroyuki Atarashi