Patents by Inventor Kentaro Taniguchi

Kentaro Taniguchi 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: 10595211
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device, includes a receiver configured to receive a first field, receive at least one of a plurality of second fields having been multiplexed and transmitted, and decode the one of the second fields to obtain a frame in a case where first information identifying the wireless communication device is not set in the first field, and a controller configured to suppress access to a wireless medium during a period indicated by a value set in the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoko Adachi, Ryoko Matsuo, Tomoya Tandai, Hiroki Mori, Kentaro Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20200076241
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a power transmitter, detect circuitry and control circuitry. The power transmitter is configured to transmit a power by an electromagnetic wave of a power transmission frequency band according to a power transmission period. The detect circuitry is configured to detect a power in a frequency band different from the power transmission frequency band. The control circuitry is configured to determine the power transmission period based on a first threshold value, a second threshold value, a third threshold value and a fourth threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoya TANDAI, Kentaro TANIGUCHI, Toshiya MITOMO
  • Publication number: 20200076239
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a signal detector and processor circuitry. The signal detector is configured to detect communication information based on a wireless signal. The processor circuitry is configured to determine at least one of (1) a first period to wait from a timing of when power transmission is ended to a timing of when power transmission is started, (2) a second period to wait from a timing of when the wireless signal is not detected to a timing of when power transmission is started, and (3) a third period for continuously performing power transmission. The processor circuitry is configured to transmit a power with electromagnetic wave according to at least one of the first period, the second period, and the third period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kentaro TANIGUCHI, Tomoko ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20200057474
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus communicable with a measurement apparatus includes a power supplier and control circuitry. The power supplier is configured to supply power by an electromagnetic wave. The control circuitry is configured to receive first information on a wireless signal measured by the measurement apparatus and control the electromagnetic wave for power supply based on both the first information and a position of the measurement apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Gurusanthosh PABBISETTY, Kentaro TANIGUCHI, Tomoya TANDAI
  • Publication number: 20200044492
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a power transmitter, a receiver and control circuitry. The power transmitter is configured to transmit power to a first electronic apparatus by an electromagnetic waves. The receiver is configured to receive a communication signal wirelessly from a second electronic apparatus. The control circuitry is configured to control power transmitted by the power transmitter, based on at least detection sensitivity of the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Kentaro TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10523398
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes controller circuitry, transmitter circuitry, and receiver circuitry. The controller circuitry is configured to judge whether a payload for a first packet comprises retransmission data; set a first PHY header for the first packet, when the payload does not comprise the retransmission data; set a second PHY header for the first packet, when the payload includes the retransmission data, wherein the second PHY header comprises an amount of information larger than an amount of information of the first PHY header; and generate the first packet comprising the payload and either one of the first PHY header or the second PHY header set for the first packet. The transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit the first packet. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive an ACK signal or a NACK signal for the first packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kentaro Taniguchi, Toshihisa Nabetani, Ryota Sekiya
  • Publication number: 20190280532
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first transmitter configured to transmit a first wireless signal of power feeding, to a first terminal; a second transmitter configured to transmit a second wireless signal of power feeding, to the first terminal and controlling circuitry configured to control both the first transmitter and the second transmitter to transmit simultaneously at least a part of the first wireless signal from the first transmitter to the first terminal and the second wireless signal from the second transmitter to the first terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Ryoko MATSUO, Kentaro TANIGUCHI, Toshiyuki OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190281577
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes communication circuitry and processing circuitry. The communication circuitry receives first and second wireless signals from a first terminal when the electronic apparatus reaches first and second measurement points. The communication circuitry receives third and fourth wireless signals from a second terminal when the electronic apparatus reaches third and fourth measurement points. The processing circuitry estimates one or more first candidates of a position of the first terminal and one or more second candidates of a position of the second terminal. The processing circuitry specifies the position of the first terminal and the position of the second terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Kentaro TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190252919
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus, includes: transmission circuitry configured to transmit a first request of power feeding; power reception circuitry configured to receive a first wireless signal in response to the first request of power feeding, and charge a rechargeable battery with a power from the first wireless signal; and controlling circuitry configured to determine a transmission timing of a second request of power feeding, based on a reception history of the power reception circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshiyuki OGAWA, Ryoko MATSUO, Kentaro TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10340748
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a transmitter circuitry, receiver circuitry, and controller circuitry. The transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit a first wireless signal for a wireless communication to a first terminal via a first frequency. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive a second wireless signal for the wireless communication from the first terminal via the first frequency. The controller circuitry is configured to detect position information of the first terminal based on the second wireless signal and form a beam pattern of radio waves of a second frequency different from the first frequency based on the position information, the beam pattern having directivity to the first terminal. And the transmitter circuitry is further configured to wirelessly supply power to the first terminal via the second frequency during the wireless communication with the first terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kentaro Taniguchi, Ryoko Matsuo, Toshiyuki Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20190162815
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes receiver circuitry and controller circuitry. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive a radio signal from a target apparatus. The controller circuitry is configured to estimate first position information of the target apparatus based on a captured image; and estimate second position information of the target apparatus based on both the first position information and information of the radio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Kentaro Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20190157912
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a transmitter circuitry, receiver circuitry, and controller circuitry. The transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit a first wireless signal for a wireless communication to a first terminal via a first frequency. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive a second wireless signal for the wireless communication from the first terminal via the first frequency. The controller circuitry is configured to detect position information of the first terminal based on the second wireless signal and form a beam pattern of radio waves of a second frequency different from the first frequency based on the position information, the beam pattern having directivity to the first terminal. And the transmitter circuitry is further configured to wirelessly supply power to the first terminal via the second frequency during the wireless communication with the first terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kentaro TANIGUCHI, Ryoko MATSUO, Toshiyuki OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190068324
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus includes controlling circuitry and transmitter circuitry. The controlling circuitry is configured to divide data into bit strings by a unit of a first number of bits; add at least one padding bit to one of the bit strings according to a difference between a number of bits of the one of the bit strings and the first number of bits, when the one of the bit strings has a number of bits less than the first number of bits; add error correction codes to the bit strings to generate encoded blocks, wherein each of the error correction codes has a second number of bits; combine the encoded blocks to generate encoded frames; and aggregate the encoded frames to generate a transmission packet. The transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit the transmission packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kentaro TANIGUCHI, Toshihisa NABETANI, Ryota SEKIYA
  • Publication number: 20190058568
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes controller circuitry, transmitter circuitry, and receiver circuitry. The controller circuitry is configured to judge whether a payload for a first packet comprises retransmission data; set a first PHY header for the first packet, when the payload does not comprise the retransmission data; set a second PHY header for the first packet, when the payload includes the retransmission data, wherein the second PHY header comprises an amount of information larger than an amount of information of the first PHY header; and generate the first packet comprising the payload and either one of the first PHY header or the second PHY header set for the first packet. The transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit the first packet. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive an ACK signal or a NACK signal for the first packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kentaro TANIGUCHI, Toshihisa NABETANI, Ryota SEKIYA
  • Patent number: 10187182
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an integrated circuit receives first packet scrambled with a first scrambling seed and second packet scrambled with a second scrambling seed, generates inversion data, generate third likelihood information by inverting signs of the first likelihood information or the second likelihood information based on the inversion data, and generates fourth likelihood information based on the third likelihood information and the second or first likelihood information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kentaro Taniguchi, Tsuguhide Aoki
  • Patent number: 9954567
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a baseband integrated circuit is configured to: perform division between a first component of a baseband signal modulated by a minimum shift keying scheme and the first component of a predetermined first synchronization word signal; select the division result corresponding to a frequency offset from among a plurality of division results; interpolate the selected division result; and approximate the interpolated division result by a sine wave, and estimate the frequency offset based on an approximated sine wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Kentaro Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20180076992
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives N pieces of first data transmitted by N terminals in a multiplexed manner; generates combined data by combining a piece of second data with one of the N pieces of first data; decodes the N pieces of first data by using N decode processors selected from among M decode processors where M is an integer larger than N; and decodes the combined data by using a first decode processor, among the M decode processors, other than the N decode processors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshihisa NABETANI, Kentaro TANIGUCHI, Ryoko MATSUO, Tsuguhide AOKI
  • Publication number: 20180007561
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device, includes a receiver configured to receive a first field, receive at least one of a plurality of second fields having been multiplexed and transmitted, and decode the one of the second fields to obtain a frame in a case where first information identifying the wireless communication device is not set in the first field, and a controller configured to suppress access to a wireless medium during a period indicated by a value set in the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoko ADACHI, Ryoko MATSUO, Tomoya TANDAI, Hiroki MORI, Kentaro TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180007701
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a transmitter configured to transmit a first field containing information to identify a plurality of wireless communication terminals, and configured to multiplex and transmit a plurality of second fields in each of which a first frame containing an address of any of the wireless communication terminals is set; and a controller configured to determine, for the first frames, values pertaining to lengths of durations to suppress access to a wireless medium to the wireless communication terminal having an address different from the address contained in each of the first frames. The transmitter is configured to set the values in the first frames, the second fields, or the first field. The controller is configured to determine the values so that the durations have an end at an identical time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoko ADACHI, Ryoko MATSUO, Tomoya TANDAI, Hiroki MORI, Kentaro TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170257188
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an integrated circuit receives first packet scrambled with a first scrambling seed and second packet scrambled with a second scrambling seed, generates inversion data, generate third likelihood information by inverting signs of the first likelihood information or the second likelihood information based on the inversion data, and generates fourth likelihood information based on the third likelihood information and the second or first likelihood information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kentaro TANIGUCHI, Tsuguhide AOKI