Patents by Inventor Kenji WAKAFUJI

Kenji WAKAFUJI 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: 20240088569
    Abstract: To provide an antenna capable of accelerating beamforming. The antenna includes a metasurface with an opening part that receives electromagnetic waves and a MEMS mechanism configured to change a shape of the opening part by operating a moveable member with respect to the opening part of the metasurface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Koya TAKATA, Kenji WAKAFUJI, Fujio OKUMURA
  • Patent number: 10779132
    Abstract: A processor (103) in a wireless terminal (10) executes a communication service application to thereby perform an operation as a client for using a communication service. Further, in an abnormal situation where the wireless terminal (10) cannot access a server system (50) of an operator of the communication service, the processor (103) executes a predetermined activation procedure in the wireless terminal (10) without passing through the server system (50) to thereby activate a special account in the wireless terminal (10). This makes it possible, for example, to perform communication by the special account using an online service application installed in the wireless terminal during an abnormal situation where the wireless terminal cannot access the online service server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Watanabe, Shigeru Asai, Hideto Shibouta, Kenji Wakafuji, Masakazu Ono, Masato Kudou
  • Patent number: 10708820
    Abstract: A node in a DTN includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute data transfer processing for the DTN, wherein the data transfer processing including: receiving a plurality of bundles to be transferred to a same destination node on the DTN, each of the plurality of bundles including any one of a plurality of data segments acquired by dividing data of a content; deleting a part of the bundles from among the plurality of bundles without transferring to any other node or compressing a data size of a payload of the part of the bundles in accordance with a communication status of the DTN; and transmitting either a rest of the bundles excluding the deleted part of the bundles or the plurality of bundles including the part of the bundles having the compressed payloads to the DTN for transmitting to the destination node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Ono, Shigeru Asai, Kenji Wakafuji, Hideto Shibohta, Shingo Watanabe, Masato Kudou
  • Patent number: 10375605
    Abstract: A node in a DTN includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute data transfer processing for the DTN, wherein the data transfer processing including: receiving a plurality of bundles to be transferred to a same destination node on the DTN, each of the plurality of bundles including any one of a plurality of data segments acquired by dividing data of a content; deleting a part of the bundles from among the plurality of bundles without transferring to any other node or compressing a data size of a payload of the part of the bundles in accordance with a communication status of the DTN; and transmitting either a rest of the bundles excluding the deleted part of the bundles or the plurality of bundles including the part of the bundles having the compressed payloads to the DTN for transmitting to the destination node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Ono, Shigeru Asai, Kenji Wakafuji, Hideto Shibohta, Shingo Watanabe, Masato Kudou
  • Publication number: 20190116523
    Abstract: A node in a DTN includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute data transfer processing for the DTN, wherein the data transfer processing including: receiving a plurality of bundles to be transferred to a same destination node on the DTN, each of the plurality of bundles including any one of a plurality of data segments acquired by dividing data of a content; deleting a part of the bundles from among the plurality of bundles without transferring to any other node or compressing a data size of a payload of the part of the bundles in accordance with a communication status of the DTN; and transmitting either a rest of the bundles excluding the deleted part of the bundles or the plurality of bundles including the part of the bundles having the compressed payloads to the DTN for transmitting to the destination node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu ONO, Shigeru ASAI, Kenji WAKAFUJI, Hideto SHIBOHTA, Shingo WATANABE, Masato KUDOU
  • Patent number: 10230449
    Abstract: A processor (102) implemented in a wireless terminal (1) is configured to perform gateway processing by executing a first application program (34) stored in a memory (19). The gateway processing includes: (a) receiving transmission data of other application programs (31-33); (b) selecting, from a plurality of communication interfaces (51-55), at least one communication interface to which the transmission data is to be transmitted; and (c) sending the transmission data to the selected at least one communication interface. This contributes, for example, to allowing an application program to easily communicate via a communication interface (i.e., communication path) conforming to a communication protocol that is additionally installed on a wireless terminal (e.g., smartphone).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Wakafuji, Shigeru Asai, Hideto Shibouta, Masakazu Ono, Shingo Watanabe, Masato Kudou
  • Patent number: 10128976
    Abstract: A radio wave jamming system (1) comprises a plurality of radio transmitters (10) that are adapted to transmit respective jamming signals (11) including substantially the same frequency. The plurality of radio transmitters (10) are further adapted to temporally change at least one of the transmission phases of the jamming signals (11), which are to be transmitted from the plurality of radio transmitters (10), so as to temporally change the phase differences among the jamming signals (11) when the jamming signals (11) transmitted from the plurality of radio transmitters (10) arrive at a particular site (50). Thus, for example, a radio wave jamming system that can be constituted by small-output radio devices can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideto Shibohta, Shigeru Asai, Kenji Wakafuji, Masakazu Ono, Shingo Watanabe, Masato Kudou
  • Publication number: 20170332216
    Abstract: A processor (103) in a wireless terminal (10) executes a communication service application to thereby perform an operation as a client for using a communication service. Further, in an abnormal situation where the wireless terminal (10) cannot access a server system (50) of an operator of the communication service, the processor (103) executes a predetermined activation procedure in the wireless terminal (10) without passing through the server system (50) to thereby activate a special account in the wireless terminal (10). This makes it possible, for example, to perform communication by the special account using an online service application installed in the wireless terminal during an abnormal situation where the wireless terminal cannot access the online service server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo WATANABE, Shigeru ASAI, Hideto SHIBOUTA, Kenji WAKAFUJI, Masakazu ONO, Masato KUDOU
  • Publication number: 20170317736
    Abstract: A processor (102) implemented in a wireless terminal (1) is configured to perform gateway processing by executing a first application program (34) stored in a memory (19). The gateway processing includes: (a) receiving transmission data of other application programs (31-33); (b) selecting, from a plurality of communication interfaces (51-55), at least one communication interface to which the transmission data is to be transmitted; and (c) sending the transmission data to the selected at least one communication interface. This contributes, for example, to allowing an application program to easily communicate via a communication interface (i.e., communication path) conforming to a communication protocol that is additionally installed on a wireless terminal (e.g., smartphone).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji WAKAFUJI, Shigeru ASAI, Hideto SHIBOUTA, Masakazu ONO, Shingo WATANABE, Masato KUDOU
  • Publication number: 20170208503
    Abstract: A node in a DTN includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute data transfer processing for the DTN, wherein the data transfer processing including: receiving a plurality of bundles to be transferred to a same destination node on the DTN, each of the plurality of bundles including any one of a plurality of data segments acquired by dividing data of a content; deleting a part of the bundles from among the plurality of bundles without transferring to any other node or compressing a data size of a payload of the part of the bundles in accordance with a communication status of the DTN; and transmitting either a rest of the bundles excluding the deleted part of the bundles or the plurality of bundles including the part of the bundles having the compressed payloads to the DTN for transmitting to the destination node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu ONO, Shigeru ASAI, Kenji WAKAFUJI, Hideto SHIBOHTA, Shingo WATANABE, Masato KUDOU
  • Publication number: 20170163372
    Abstract: A radio wave jamming system (1) comprises a plurality of radio transmitters (10) that are adapted to transmit respective jamming signals (11) including substantially the same frequency. The plurality of radio transmitters (10) are further adapted to temporally change at least one of the transmission phases of the jamming signals (11), which are to be transmitted from the plurality of radio transmitters (10), so as to temporally change the phase differences among the jamming signals (11) when the jamming signals (11) transmitted from the plurality of radio transmitters (10) arrive at a particular site (50). Thus, for example, a radio wave jamming system that can be constituted by small-output radio devices can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hideto SHIBOHTA, Shigeru ASAI, Kenji WAKAFUJI, Masakazu ONO, Shingo WATANABE, Masato KUDOU