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).
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Publication number: 20240103169Abstract: an LEO satellite includes a light projecting element that emits emission light to another LEO satellite, an optical telescope, an optical phased array, a light receiving element that receives incident light from the other LEO satellite, a distance measurement unit that measures a distance to the other LEO satellite based on at least one of the emission light and the incident light, and a control unit. The control unit captures the other LEO satellites by scanning emission light using the optical telescope and receives incident light from the other LEO satellites for the other LEO satellites on the same orbital plane, and captures the other LEO satellites by scanning emission light using the optical phased array and receives incident light from the other LEO satellites for the other LEO satellites on different orbital planes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Koya TAKATA, Masahiro KAIDEN, Kenji WAKAFUJI
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Publication number: 20240088981Abstract: A ground base station (10) and a high-altitude base station (20) perform transmission beam sweeping in an orientation of a terminal (30). The terminal (30) performs reception beam sweeping in an orientation of the ground base station (10) only for a time determined in advance and, when the terminal (30) is able to find the ground base station (10), the terminal (30) connects to the ground base station (10). When the terminal (30) is unable to find the ground base station (10), the terminal (30) starts reception beam sweeping in an orientation of the high-altitude base station (20) and, when the terminal (30) is able to find the high-altitude base station (20), the terminal (30) connects to the high-altitude base station (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventor: Kenji Wakafuji
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Publication number: 20240088569Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Koya TAKATA, Kenji WAKAFUJI, Fujio OKUMURA
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Patent number: 10779132Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Shingo Watanabe, Shigeru Asai, Hideto Shibouta, Kenji Wakafuji, Masakazu Ono, Masato Kudou
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Patent number: 10708820Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Masakazu Ono, Shigeru Asai, Kenji Wakafuji, Hideto Shibohta, Shingo Watanabe, Masato Kudou
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Patent number: 10375605Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Masakazu Ono, Shigeru Asai, Kenji Wakafuji, Hideto Shibohta, Shingo Watanabe, Masato Kudou
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Publication number: 20190116523Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Masakazu ONO, Shigeru ASAI, Kenji WAKAFUJI, Hideto SHIBOHTA, Shingo WATANABE, Masato KUDOU
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Patent number: 10230449Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Wakafuji, Shigeru Asai, Hideto Shibouta, Masakazu Ono, Shingo Watanabe, Masato Kudou
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Patent number: 10128976Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Hideto Shibohta, Shigeru Asai, Kenji Wakafuji, Masakazu Ono, Shingo Watanabe, Masato Kudou
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Publication number: 20170332216Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Shingo WATANABE, Shigeru ASAI, Hideto SHIBOUTA, Kenji WAKAFUJI, Masakazu ONO, Masato KUDOU
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Publication number: 20170317736Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Kenji WAKAFUJI, Shigeru ASAI, Hideto SHIBOUTA, Masakazu ONO, Shingo WATANABE, Masato KUDOU
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Publication number: 20170208503Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2015Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Masakazu ONO, Shigeru ASAI, Kenji WAKAFUJI, Hideto SHIBOHTA, Shingo WATANABE, Masato KUDOU
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Publication number: 20170163372Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Hideto SHIBOHTA, Shigeru ASAI, Kenji WAKAFUJI, Masakazu ONO, Shingo WATANABE, Masato KUDOU