Patents by Inventor Kyo MINOGUCHI

Kyo MINOGUCHI 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: 12283990
    Abstract: An optical communication system includes a first optical communication device; a plurality of second optical communication devices configured to perform communication with the first optical communication device; a chromatic dispersion compensation device connected to the first optical communication device; and an optical transmission line connected to the chromatic dispersion compensation device, a path of the optical transmission line connected to the chromatic dispersion compensation device being split into a plurality of paths at a branch point, the resulting paths being respectively connected to the plurality of second optical communication devices, and the optical transmission line being configured to transmit optical signals through the paths, in which the chromatic dispersion compensation device includes a chromatic dispersion compensator configured to perform chromatic dispersion compensation corresponding to amounts of chromatic dispersion generated in optical signals propagated through respective pa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyo Minoguchi, Toshiaki Shitaba, Tomoaki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20250055573
    Abstract: A gain adjustment method in an optical transmission system that performs communication by a digital coherent system including an optical transmission device and an optical reception device includes converting an optical signal transmitted from the optical transmission device into an electrical signal, converting the electrical signal from an analog signal to a digital signal, performing first signal processing on the digital signal, performing adaptive equalization processing on the digital signal subjected to the first signal processing using a digital filter, correcting an amplitude of an output signal of the digital filter based on information of the amplitude and a phase of the output signal of the digital filter and the amplitude of a known transmission signal, and performing second signal processing on the output signal of the digital filter whose amplitude has been corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyo MINOGUCHI, Etsushi YAMAZAKI, Yoshiaki KISAKA, Kengo HORIKOSHI, Seiji OKAMOTO, Masanori NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20250038860
    Abstract: An estimation method in an optical transmission system that performs communication by a digital coherent system including an optical transmission device and an optical reception device, the estimation method including calculating a ratio of a linearly transformed amount after converting a tap coefficient of a digital filter included in the optical reception device into a frequency domain signal by digital Fourier transform, and estimating a physical quantity related to at least a response between the optical transmission device and the optical reception device based on amplitude and phase information of the ratio of the calculated linearly transformed amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyo MINOGUCHI, Masanori NAKAMURA, Seiji OKAMOTO, Yoshiaki KISAKA
  • Patent number: 12199671
    Abstract: An optical transmission system includes a first optical communication device configured to output an optical signal, a first FBG-DCM configured to perform wavelength dispersion compensation on the optical signal output by the first optical communication device, and a second optical communication device configured to receive the optical signal wavelength-dispersion compensated by the first FBG-DCM through at first optical transmission path of an optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kyo Minoguchi, Toshiaki Shitaba, Tomoaki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11949460
    Abstract: An optical communication system includes an optical line terminal and a plurality of optical network units connected by optical transfer paths. The optical line terminal includes a light transmitting/receiving unit and a control unit. The light transmitting/receiving unit transmits/receives an optical signal to/from the plurality of optical network units via the optical transfer paths. The control unit performs control to change a launch power of an optical signal transmitted from the light transmitting/receiving unit, such that, when, regarding at least one optical network unit, a monitoring value has changed to a value indicating deterioration, a receive power of an optical signal in each of the plurality of optical network units is lower than or equal to an upper limit value and a receive power of an optical signal in the optical network unit in which the monitoring value has changed is higher than or equal to a lower limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kyo Minoguchi, Tomoaki Yoshida, Toshiaki Shitaba
  • Publication number: 20230344525
    Abstract: A light receiving portion of a photodiode is connected to an external light source via an optical transmission line. A power storage unit stores electrical energy generated by the photodiode. A bias circuit takes out electrical energy corresponding to the amount of stored power from the power storage unit, and applies a voltage to the cathode of the photodiode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyo MINOGUCHI, Hiroaki KATSURAI, Yoichi FUKADA, Tomoaki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230246712
    Abstract: An optical transmission system includes a first optical communication device configured to output an optical signal, a first FBG-DCM configured to perform wavelength dispersion compensation on the optical signal output by the first optical communication device, and a second optical communication device configured to receive the optical signal wavelength-dispersion compensated by the first FBG-DCM through at first optical transmission path of an optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Kyo MINOGUCHI, Toshiaki SHITABA, Tomoaki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230216586
    Abstract: An optical communication system includes a first optical communication device; a plurality of second optical communication devices configured to perform communication with the first optical communication device; a chromatic dispersion compensation device connected to the first optical communication device; and an optical transmission line connected to the chromatic dispersion compensation device, a path of the optical transmission line connected to the chromatic dispersion compensation device being split into a plurality of paths at a branch point, the resulting paths being respectively connected to the plurality of second optical communication devices, and the optical transmission line being configured to transmit optical signals through the paths, in which the chromatic dispersion compensation device includes a chromatic dispersion compensator configured to perform chromatic dispersion compensation corresponding to amounts of chromatic dispersion generated in optical signals propagated through respective pa
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyo MINOGUCHI, Toshiaki SHITABA, Tomoaki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220399942
    Abstract: An optical communication system includes an optical line terminal and a plurality of optical network unit connected by optical transfer paths. The optical line terminal includes a light transmitting/receiving unit and a control unit. The light transmitting/receiving unit transmits/receives an optical signal to/from the plurality of optical network units via the optical transfer paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Kyo MINOGUCHI, Tomoaki YOSHIDA, Toshiaki SHITABA
  • Patent number: 11316588
    Abstract: Provided is a chromatic dispersion compensation method including: dividing a reception signal obtained by receiving an optical signal using a coherent detection scheme into a plurality of frequency bands; adjusting a timing on a time axis of the reception signal for each of the divided frequency bands; performing combination processing for combining the reception signals included in the plurality of frequency bands; performing chromatic dispersion compensation on the reception signal at any timing before or after the combination processing; selecting, before the combination processing, sections in which overlapping parts determined based on lengths of overlap parts are generated; outputting the reception signal for each of the selected sections as a division processing block; and removing the overlap parts from both ends of a processing block generated by combination of the division processing blocks in the combination processing so as to be continuous on a frequency axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyo Minoguchi, Etsushi Yamazaki, Seiji Okamoto, Yoshiaki Kisaka
  • Patent number: 11245487
    Abstract: An optical transmission system includes an optical transmitter, an optical receiver, and a control apparatus. The control apparatus repeatedly performs an adjustment process for adjusting power of an optical signal of a frequency band to be adjusted while switching the frequency band to be adjusted between at least two frequency bands including at least a frequency band where stimulated Raman scattering occurs among frequency bands that are multiplexed in a multiplexed optical signal transmitted by the optical transmission system. In the adjustment process, when power of an optical signal of the frequency band to be adjusted transmitted from the optical transmitter has been changed, the control apparatus determines the power of the optical signal of the frequency band to be adjusted on the basis of a signal quality measured by the optical receiver that has received the optical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fukutaro Hamaoka, Kyo Minoguchi, Seiji Okamoto, Yoshiaki Kisaka
  • Publication number: 20220038180
    Abstract: Provided is a chromatic dispersion compensation method including: dividing a reception signal obtained by receiving an optical signal using a coherent detection scheme into a plurality of frequency bands; adjusting a timing on a time axis of the reception signal for each of the divided frequency bands; performing combination processing for combining the reception signals included in the plurality of frequency bands; performing chromatic dispersion compensation on the reception signal at any timing before or after the combination processing; selecting, before the combination processing, sections in which overlapping parts determined based on lengths of overlap parts are generated; outputting the reception signal for each of the selected sections as a division processing block; and removing the overlap parts from both ends of a processing block generated by combination of the division processing blocks in the combination processing so as to be continuous on a frequency axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyo MINOGUCHI, Etsushi YAMAZAKI, Seiji OKAMOTO, Yoshiaki KISAKA
  • Publication number: 20210211218
    Abstract: An optical transmission system includes an optical transmitter, an optical receiver, and a control apparatus. The control apparatus repeatedly performs an adjustment process for adjusting power of an optical signal of a frequency band to be adjusted while switching the frequency band to be adjusted between at least two frequency bands including at least a frequency band where stimulated Raman scattering occurs among frequency bands that are multiplexed in a multiplexed optical signal transmitted by the optical transmission system. In the adjustment process, when power of an optical signal of the frequency band to be adjusted transmitted from the optical transmitter has been changed, the control apparatus determines the power of the optical signal of the frequency band to be adjusted on the basis of a signal quality measured by the optical receiver that has received the optical signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fukutaro HAMAOKA, Kyo MINOGUCHI, Seiji OKAMOTO, Yoshiaki KISAKA