Patents by Inventor Koichi Asano

Koichi Asano 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: 20250062256
    Abstract: A signal transmission device having a capacitor coupler includes: a semiconductor substrate; a first insulating film disposed above the semiconductor substrate; a lower electrode disposed above the semiconductor substrate across a portion of the first insulating film; an upper electrode disposed opposite the lower electrode across the first insulating film, forming a capacitor together with the lower electrode, and configured to be applied with a voltage higher than a voltage applied to the lower electrode; a second insulating film disposed above the first insulating film and covering at least a portion in an outer peripheral portion of the upper electrode that is in contact with the first insulating film; and a third insulating film disposed above the second insulating film and made of an insulating organic material. The second insulating film is made of a material having a higher insulation breakdown voltage than the third insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Shuji ASANO, Koichi YAKO
  • Patent number: 11507181
    Abstract: An input apparatus is provided that includes a determiner that determines a reference plane, which has a plurality of virtual keys, based on fingertip positions of at least three fingers from among fingertip positions of a plurality of fingers in an initial state; a virtual key setter that sets on the reference plane, a plurality of detection ranges that respectively correspond to the plurality of virtual keys and that each detect a pressing of a corresponding virtual key based on a fingertip position of a specific finger from among the fingertip positions; and a pressed key specifier that specifies a virtual key that is pressed, from among the plurality of virtual keys, according to a positional relationship between the fingertip positions of the plurality of fingers in an input operation, and the plurality of detection ranges set on the reference plane for each of the plurality of virtual keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeru Akamatsu, Koichi Asano
  • Patent number: 11449135
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes: an image capture device that captures an image of a direction that a user faces; a display controller configured to synthesize an image of a pointer captured by the image capture device with an image of a virtual or real space, to display the synthesized image on a display device; a first determiner that determines whether the pointer in the space displayed on the display device at a first time point satisfies an initial condition; an operation controller that stores reference size information relating to a size of the pointer in association with a reference distance in a storage device, with the size of the pointer being as in a case in which it is determined that the initial condition is satisfied; and a second determiner that compares a size of the pointer in the space at a second time point after the initial condition is satisfied with the size indicated by the reference size information, to determine whether the pointer is at a position that is closer than a point at the re
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeru Akamatsu, Koichi Asano
  • Publication number: 20220113791
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus has a first determiner that determines whether a specific object with a two-dimensional manipulation plane has appeared inside a viewing frame of a virtual space provided to a user; a second determiner that, in a case in which it is determined that the specific object has appeared inside the viewing frame, determines whether the specific object overlaps a specific point inside the viewing frame; and a display controller that: in a case in which it is determined that the specific object overlaps the specific point, control the display device to display in the viewing frame a two-dimensional pointer movable relative to the two-dimensional manipulation plane, and in a case in which it is determined that the specific object does not appear inside the viewing frame, control the display device to display in the viewing frame a three-dimensional pointer that moves within the virtual space three dimensionally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeru AKAMATSU, Koichi ASANO
  • Publication number: 20210303061
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes: an image capture device that captures an image of a direction that a user faces; a display controller configured to synthesize an image of a pointer captured by the image capture device with an image of a virtual or real space, to display the synthesized image on a display device; a first determiner that determines whether the pointer in the space displayed on the display device at a first time point satisfies an initial condition; an operation controller that stores reference size information relating to a size of the pointer in association with a reference distance in a storage device, with the size of the pointer being as in a case in which it is determined that the initial condition is satisfied; and a second determiner that compares a size of the pointer in the space at a second time point after the initial condition is satisfied with the size indicated by the reference size information, to determine whether the pointer is at a position that is closer than a point at the re
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeru AKAMATSU, Koichi ASANO
  • Publication number: 20210173473
    Abstract: An input apparatus 10 has: a determiner 33 configured to determine a reference plane, on which a plurality of virtual keys are arranged, based on fingertip positions of at least three fingers from among fingertip positions of a plurality of fingers in an initial state; a virtual key setter 34 configured to set, on the reference plane, a plurality of detection ranges that correspond to respective ones of the plurality of virtual keys and that each detect a pressing of a corresponding virtual key based on a fingertip position of a specific finger from among the fingertip positions of the at least three fingers in the initial state; and a pressed key specifier 35 configured to specify a virtual key that is pressed, from among the plurality of virtual keys, according to a positional relationship between the fingertip positions of the plurality of fingers in an input operation, and the plurality of detection ranges set on the reference plane for each of the plurality of virtual keys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeru AKAMATSU, Koichi ASANO
  • Publication number: 20200293434
    Abstract: An OS difference information acquisition unit 11 acquires difference information indicating information of a changed program in programs of an OS. A difference correspondence part identification unit 16 identifies a part corresponding to the difference information in an application program. A test selection unit 18 acquires test item information including a part which is executed in the application program in each test and selects a test in which the part of the application program included in the acquired test item information corresponds to the part identified by the difference correspondence part identification unit 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya MASUDA, Takashi YOSHIKAWA, Koichi ASANO
  • Patent number: 10455545
    Abstract: An information communication terminal includes; a reception unit configured to receive setting values of notification setting for plural connected peripheral devices; a peripheral device setting storage unit configured to store the received setting values of notification setting for the plural peripheral devices; a service application setting storage unit configured to store setting values of notification setting from a service application to the plural connected peripheral devices by using the setting values stored in the peripheral device setting storage unit as initial values; a control unit configured to assign a setting value of notification setting to transmission data on the basis of a setting value stored in the service application setting storage unit when the transmission data are received from the service application; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission data to which the setting value of notification setting is assigned to at least one peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Ryuji Nishi, Sadaatsu Kato, Yoshinori Matsushima, Koichi Asano, Hironori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10073762
    Abstract: A debug device to more accurately compute current consumption or a current consumption quantity from a computer program to be executed in a mobile terminal when a computer program is debugged. The mobile terminal includes a terminal log information acquisition unit configured to acquire terminal log information indicating an operating state of hardware constituting the mobile terminal during debug execution and a current consumption computation unit configured to compute the current consumption or the current consumption quantity of the mobile terminal during debug execution on the basis of the terminal log information and computation information for computing the unique current consumption or the unique current consumption quantity from the operating state of the hardware which is pre-stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ota, Sadaatsu Kato, Takeshi Kamiyama, Takayuki Nakanishi, Koichi Asano
  • Publication number: 20170339666
    Abstract: An information communication terminal includes; a reception unit configured to receive setting values of notification setting for plural connected peripheral devices; a peripheral device setting storage unit configured to store the received setting values of notification setting for the plural peripheral devices; a service application setting storage unit configured to store setting values of notification setting from a service application to the plural connected peripheral devices by using the setting values stored in the peripheral device setting storage unit as initial values; a control unit configured to assign a setting value of notification setting to transmission data on the basis of a setting value stored in the service application setting storage unit when the transmission data are received from the service application; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission data to which the setting value of notification setting is assigned to at least one peripheral device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Ryuji NISHI, Sadaatsu KATO, Yoshinori MATSUSHIMA, Koichi ASANO, Hironori ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160217059
    Abstract: A debug device to more accurately compute current consumption or a current consumption quantity from a computer program to be executed in a mobile terminal when a computer program is debugged. The mobile terminal includes a terminal log information acquisition unit configured to acquire terminal log information indicating an operating state of hardware constituting the mobile terminal during debug execution and a current consumption computation unit configured to compute the current consumption or the current consumption quantity of the mobile terminal during debug execution on the basis of the terminal log information and computation information for computing the unique current consumption or the unique current consumption quantity from the operating state of the hardware which is pre-stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tomohiro OTA, Sadaatsu KATO, Takeshi KAMIYAMA, Takayuki NAKANISHI, Koichi ASANO
  • Patent number: 9298594
    Abstract: A testing apparatus for evaluating operations by software installed in a mobile terminal includes a scenario setting unit for setting a scenario including operation information for executing functions that are performed by the mobile terminal, an operation determining unit for determining whether an operation indicated by the operation information included in the scenario is influenced by a device installed in the mobile terminal, an operation target converting unit for converting the operation determined to be influenced by the device installed in the mobile terminal according to the device installed in the mobile terminal, a scenario executing unit for executing the scenario set by the scenario setting unit according to the operation converted by the operation target converting unit, and a scenario execution result determining unit for determining whether an execution result of the scenario executed by the scenario execution unit is the same as a result assumed in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Yazaki, Koichi Asano, Takehisa Takahashi, Tami Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 9280451
    Abstract: A testing device for evaluating operations of software installed in a mobile terminal includes a scenario selecting unit configured to select a scenario that includes information for causing the mobile terminal to execute a function that should be operated by the mobile terminal, a scenario execution determining unit configured to determine whether the scenario selected by the scenario selecting unit is executable, a scenario execution unit configured to execute the scenario determined to be executable by the scenario execution determining unit, and a scenario execution result determining unit configured to determine whether an execution result of the scenario executed by the scenario execution unit is the same as a result expected beforehand. The scenario execution determining unit determines whether the scenario selected by the scenario selecting unit is executable based on the execution result of the scenario executed by the scenario execution unit in the past.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Koichi Asano, Hiroyuki Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20140325281
    Abstract: A testing apparatus for evaluating operations by software installed in a mobile terminal includes a scenario setting unit for setting a scenario including operation information for executing functions that are performed by the mobile terminal, an operation determining unit for determining whether an operation indicated by the operation information included in the scenario is influenced by a device installed in the mobile terminal, an operation target converting unit for converting the operation determined to be influenced by the device installed in the mobile terminal according to the device installed in the mobile terminal, a scenario executing unit for executing the scenario set by the scenario setting unit according to the operation converted by the operation target converting unit, and a scenario execution result determining unit for determining whether an execution result of the scenario executed by the scenario execution unit is the same as a result assumed in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Yazaki, Koichi Asano, Takehisa Takahashi, Tami Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 8607344
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for initiating a security action at an intermediate layer coupled between a library and an application. In use, a library of data is stored. Additionally, system calls intended for operating on the data are produced, utilizing an application. Furthermore, the system calls are intercepted and a security action is initiated on the data in response to the interception, utilizing an intermediate layer between the library and the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignees: McAfee, Inc., NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Davide Libenzi, Katsuaki Yoshizawa, Akira Ogata, Victor Kouznetsov, Michael C. Pak, Koichi Asano, Kensaku Mori
  • Publication number: 20130283100
    Abstract: A testing device for evaluating operations of software installed in a mobile terminal includes a scenario selecting unit configured to select a scenario that includes information for causing the mobile terminal to execute a function that should be operated by the mobile terminal, a scenario execution determining unit configured to determine whether the scenario selected by the scenario selecting unit is executable, a scenario execution unit configured to execute the scenario determined to be executable by the scenario execution determining unit, and a scenario execution result determining unit configured to determine whether an execution result of the scenario executed by the scenario execution unit is the same as a result expected beforehand. The scenario execution determining unit determines whether the scenario selected by the scenario selecting unit is executable based on the execution result of the scenario executed by the scenario execution unit in the past.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Koichi Asano, Hiroyuki Tsuji
  • Patent number: 7886189
    Abstract: To provide a mobile terminal apparatus with the lower communication cost in sending a log at the occurrence of a malfunction, abnormality or fault in the mobile terminal apparatus to a network. A diagnostic process for the malfunction is performed in accordance with a diagnostic policy acquired from the outside. An error code corresponding to the diagnostic result is generated. The generated error code is outputted. With an automatic fault diagnostic function of automatically analyzing the fault in the mobile terminal apparatus without directly sending the log collected in the mobile terminal apparatus to an analytic server, the communication cost can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Kensaku Mori, Koichi Asano, Akihiro Ichinose, Yoshimasa Nishimura
  • Patent number: 7881700
    Abstract: A cell phone 1 is characterized by having a problem determination storage 3 for storing problem finding information for determining whether there is a problem in received data received by a radio communicator 2, in correspondence to a fixed message, and for storing an arbitrary message available for arbitrary correspondence to the problem finding information; an arbitrary message determination processor 5 for determining whether an arbitrary message is stored in correspondence to the problem finding information in the problem determination storage 3, when it is determined that there is a problem in the received data; and an operation controller 6 for displaying the arbitrary message when the arbitrary message determination processor 5 determines that the arbitrary message is stored, and for displaying the fixed message stored in the problem determination storage 3, when it is determined that no arbitrary message is stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Nishimura, Koichi Asano, Hyunsuk Seung, Akihiro Ichinose, Ai Nagai
  • Publication number: 20100119666
    Abstract: To develop a frozen packaged sushi which can be spontaneously thawed and a method of thawing a frozen packaged sushi. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] (1) A frozen packaged sushi having been packaged in a plastic film and sealed, characterized in that the sugar content of cooked rice constituting the sushi is from 7.0 to 12.0%, and use is made of cooked rice prepared preferably by heating rice from room temperature to 98° C. within 10±2 minutes and then maintaining at 98 to 100° C. for 20 to 40 minutes; and (2) a method of thawing a frozen packaged sushi characterized by comprising thawing the frozen packaged sushi as described in the above (1) by allowing to stand in an atmosphere at 5 to 30° C. for 2 to 10 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventor: Koichi Asano
  • Publication number: 20090280778
    Abstract: A cell phone 1 is characterized by having a problem determination storage 3 for storing problem finding information for determining whether there is a problem in received data received by a radio communicator 2, in correspondence to a fixed message, and for storing an arbitrary message available for arbitrary correspondence to the problem finding information; an arbitrary message determination processor 5 for determining whether an arbitrary message is stored in correspondence to the problem finding information in the problem determination storage 3, when it is determined that there is a problem in the received data; and an operation controller 6 for displaying the arbitrary message when the arbitrary message determination processor 5 determines that the arbitrary message is stored, and for displaying the fixed message stored in the problem determination storage 3, when it is determined that no arbitrary message is stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Nishimura, Koichi Asano, Hyunsuk Seung, Akihiro Ichinose, Ai Nagai