Patents by Inventor Koji Akita
Koji Akita 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: 20200334933Abstract: According to one embodiment, when a control unit is notified of information in at least one second signal received by one of first and second wireless communication units after the control unit provides the second wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a first signal containing first address information and before a waiting time elapses and when the at least one second signal contains second address information assigned to an authentication apparatus having received the first signal, then the control unit provides the first wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a third signal for a connection request with the second address information set in a destination address.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko ADACHI, Seiichiro HORIKAWA, Koji AKITA, Ryoko MATSUO
-
Publication number: 20200334934Abstract: According to one embodiment, when a control unit is notified of information in at least one second signal received by one of first and second wireless communication units after the control unit provides the second wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a first signal containing first address information and before a waiting time elapses and when the at least one second signal contains second address information assigned to an authentication apparatus having received the first signal, then the control unit provides the first wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a third signal for a connection request with the second address information set in a destination address.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko ADACHI, Seiichiro HORIKAWA, Koji AKITA, Ryoko MATSUO
-
Patent number: 10771446Abstract: According to one embodiment, when a control unit is notified of information in at least one second signal received by one of first and second wireless communication units after the control unit provides the second wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a first signal containing first address information and before a waiting time elapses and when the at least one second signal contains second address information assigned to an authentication apparatus having received the first signal, then the control unit provides the first wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a third signal for a connection request with the second address information set in a destination address.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko Adachi, Seiichiro Horikawa, Koji Akita, Ryoko Matsuo
-
Publication number: 20200229108Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes receiver circuitry, transmitter circuitry, and processor circuitry. The receiver circuitry receives a first signal including first data via a first frequency band. The transmitter circuitry starts transmission of a second signal via at least a part of the first frequency band. The processor circuitry reduces interference caused by the second signal to receive the first signal. The processor circuitry increases a power of the second signal until reducing the interference becomes stable for the first time since the transmitter circuitry has started transmission of the second signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Daiki YODA, Koji AKITA, Daisuke UCHIDA, Tamio KAWAGUCHI
-
Patent number: 10698047Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a radio frequency coil and a control signal transmitting unit. The radio frequency coil is that receives a magnetic resonance signal emitted from a patient as a result of an application of a radio frequency magnetic field thereto and to transmit the received magnetic resonance signal via a wireless communication. The control signal transmitting unit that transmits control information that collectively defines operations to be performed by the radio frequency coil during a predetermined repetition time period, to the radio frequency coil via a wireless communication, prior to the start of the operations performed during the predetermined repetition time period. Further, the radio frequency coil that receives the control information via a wireless communication and to perform the operations on the basis of the received control information.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2015Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Sadanori Tomiha, Koji Akita, Hideo Kasami, Kazuya Okamoto
-
Patent number: 10684334Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry calculates inverse characteristics of a B1 sensitivity map in an imaging area of a subject. The processing circuitry fits a multi-degree polynomial function to the inverse characteristics of the B1 sensitivity map. The processing circuitry calculates positions in k-space, amplitudes and phases of a plurality of RF pulses by associating the polynomial function fit to the inverse characteristics with a relational expression between the RF pulses and k-space. The processing circuitry controls application of the RF pulses in accordance with the positions, the amplitudes and the phases. The polynomial function and the relational expression have equal degrees.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Daisuke Uchida, Koji Akita
-
Patent number: 10530058Abstract: A wireless device according to one aspect of the present invention includes an antenna, a focuser, and an absorber. The focuser includes a first and a second region. One of the regions transmits radio waves, and the other blocks them or changes their phase. In a plan view from the antenna, the shape of the first region is a circle and the shape of the second region is an annular ring with an inner diameter equal to the diameter of the first region. The antenna is on the center axis of the circle. A part of the absorber is present between a first plane where the antenna is present and a second plane on which the second region is present. The absorber is present at a position away from the antenna by the outer circumference of the annular ring or longer in a direction perpendicular to the axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yukako Tsutsumi, Koji Akita
-
Publication number: 20190297068Abstract: According to one embodiment, when a control unit is notified of information in at least one second signal received by one of first and second wireless communication units after the control unit provides the second wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a first signal containing first address information and before a waiting time elapses and when the at least one second signal contains second address information assigned to an authentication apparatus having received the first signal, then the control unit provides the first wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a third signal for a connection request with the second address information set in a destination address.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko ADACHI, Seiichiro HORIKAWA, Koji AKITA, Ryoko MATSUO
-
Patent number: 10362017Abstract: According to one embodiment, when a control unit is notified of information in at least one second signal received by one of first and second wireless communication units after the control unit provides the second wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a first signal containing first address information and before a waiting time elapses and when the at least one second signal contains second address information assigned to an authentication apparatus having received the first signal, then the control unit provides the first wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a third signal for a connection request with the second address information set in a destination address.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko Adachi, Seiichiro Horikawa, Koji Akita, Ryoko Matsuo
-
Publication number: 20190170839Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a wireless communication unit, a radio frequency (RF) coil, and a specifying unit. The wireless communication unit includes an antenna and that transmits and receives a wireless signal through the antenna. The RF coil includes one or more antennas and that receives the wireless signal and to respond to the received wireless signal through the one or more antennas. The specifying unit that specifies the position and the orientation of the RF coil on the basis of a response result indicated by the response from the RF coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Sadanori TOMIHA, Koji AKITA, Hideo KASAMI, Kazuya OKAMOTO
-
Publication number: 20190173566Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a first receiver; a second transmitter; a controller; and a pre-equalizer. The controller switches a reception frequency of the first receiver from a first frequency to a second frequency and a transmission frequency of the first transmitter from the second frequency to the first frequency, at a first timing. The pre-equalizer pre-equalizes a second signal, based on channel state information of a first signal received in the first receiver before the first timing. The first transmitter transmits the pre-equalized second signal, after the first timing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoya TANDAI, Daiki YODA, Daisuke UCHIDA, Koji AKITA
-
Patent number: 10288714Abstract: In a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, a transmission RF coil is configured to emit an RF pulse generated by using a first clock. In addition to an echo signal emitted from a patient, a reception RF coil is configured to further receive the RF pulse emitted by the transmission RF coil and configured to transmit, via a wireless communication, a multiplexed signal in which the echo signal digitalized by using a second clock, the RF pulse, and the second clock are multiplexed together. Wireless receiving circuitry is configured to receive the multiplexed signal via a wireless communication. Correcting circuitry is configured to correct the phase of the echo signal on the basis of the RF pulse and the second clock restored from the multiplexed signal received via the wireless communication. Reconstructing circuitry is configured to reconstruct an image by using the corrected echo signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Sadanori Tomiha, Koji Akita
-
Publication number: 20190128979Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a B1 sensitivity map of an imaging region that includes a subject. The processing circuitry sets a reference value in the B1 sensitivity map. The processing circuitry estimates an error generated when calculating a B1 map setting value based on the B1 sensitivity map, by using the reference value and the B1 sensitivity map. The processing circuitry calculates an amplitude and a phase of an RF pulse based on the error.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Koji AKITA, Daisuke UCHIDA
-
Patent number: 10257795Abstract: According to an embodiment, a signal conversion apparatus includes a control information generator and a selector. The control information generator generates first control information based on rate information indicating transmission rates of original signals. The first control information designates a first timing at which each of the original signals is sampled. The selector selects each of the sampled signals at a timing based on the first timing. The original signal group includes a first original signal at a first transmission rate and a second original signal at a second transmission rate. The first transmission rate is higher than the second transmission rate. The frequency of allocating the first timing to the first original signal is higher than a frequency of allocating the first timing to the second original signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Koji Akita, Yukako Tsutsumi, Hidenori Okuni
-
Patent number: 10241166Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a wireless communication unit, a radio frequency (RF) coil, and a specifying unit. The wireless communication unit includes an antenna and that transmits and receives a wireless signal through the antenna. The RF coil includes one or more antennas and that receives the wireless signal and to respond to the received wireless signal through the one or more antennas. The specifying unit that specifies the position and the orientation of the RF coil on the basis of a response result indicated by the response from the RF coil.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Sadanori Tomiha, Koji Akita, Hideo Kasami, Kazuya Okamoto
-
Publication number: 20190025399Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging system includes a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and a receiving coil unit. The apparatus includes first circuitry which transmits an RF pulse based on a first clock. The coil unit includes clock generating circuitry, a receiving coil and first conversion circuitry. The clock generating circuitry generates a second clock. The first conversion circuitry samples a magnetic resonance signal in accordance with the second clock. The coil unit further includes generation circuitry which generates shift information regarding a difference between the first clock and the second clock, and shift correction circuitry which corrects the sampled magnetic resonance signal by using the shift information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Daisuke UCHIDA, Koji Akita
-
Publication number: 20180376478Abstract: A wireless communication device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a signal processor. The transmitter transmits a first signal. The receiver receives a second signal which includes information indicating a transmission channel characteristic at the time of transmission of the first signal. The signal processor acquires the transmission channel characteristic at the time of transmission of the first signal from the second signal, estimates a reception channel characteristic at the time of reception of the second signal from the second signal, and estimates a transmission channel characteristic at a time later than a time associated with the acquired transmission channel characteristic on the basis of the acquired transmission channel characteristic and the estimated reception channel characteristic. The transmitter transmits a third signal on the basis of the estimated transmission channel characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Daiki YODA, Daisuke UCHIDA, Koji AKITA, Tomoya TANDAI
-
Publication number: 20180367359Abstract: A wireless communication device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a signal processor. The transmitter transmits a first OFDM signal. The receiver receives a second OFDM signal. The signal processor detects a first timing that is a symbol timing for the first OFDM signal, detects a second timing that is a symbol timing for the second OFDM signal, determines a setup value for a symbol length of a new first OFDM signal on the basis of the first timing and the second timing, and generates the new first OFDM signal, the symbol length of which is adjusted to the setup value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Koji AKITA, Tomoya TANDAI, Daisuke UCHIDA, Daiki YODA
-
Publication number: 20180351606Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna arrangement determination device includes a candidate value generator, a calculator and an antenna arrangement determiner. The candidate value generator generates candidate values of a distance between a plurality of antennas, at an interval according to an installation height of an arbitrary one of the antennas, the distance between the antennas being adjustable. The calculator calculates communication quality in a case of setting the distance between the antennas at the candidate values. The antenna arrangement determiner determines a setting value of the distance between the antennas from the candidate values based on the communication quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Daisuke UCHIDA, Daiki YODA, Koji AKITA, Tomoya TANDAI
-
Publication number: 20180313916Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry calculates inverse characteristics of a B1 sensitivity map in an imaging area of a subject. The processing circuitry fits a multi-degree polynomial function to the inverse characteristics of the B1 sensitivity map. The processing circuitry calculates positions in k-space, amplitudes and phases of a plurality of RF pulses by associating the polynomial function fit to the inverse characteristics with a relational expression between the RF pulses and k-space. The processing circuitry controls application of the RF pulses in accordance with the positions, the amplitudes and the phases. The polynomial function and the relational expression have equal degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Daisuke UCHIDA, Koji Akita