Patents by Inventor Makoto Ohtou

Makoto Ohtou 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: 9755748
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes: a data signal processor to add first data of a control signal to a data signal received, and transmit the data signal; a first signal output module to output second data of the control signal; an update controller to control an update of a function included in the first signal output module; and a second signal output module, when receiving a notice of an instruction for updating the function from the update controller, to output the first data that is the second data held therein when the notice thereof is received, wherein the second signal output module, when receiving a notice of a completion for updating the function from the update controller, outputs the first data that is the second data received from the first signal output module updated by the update controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Makoto Ohtou, Mitsuo Yoneda
  • Publication number: 20150043914
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes: a data signal processor to add first data of a control signal to a data signal received, and transmit the data signal; a first signal output module to output second data of the control signal; an update controller to control an update of a function included in the first signal output module; and a second signal output module, when receiving a notice of an instruction for updating the function from the update controller, to output the first data that is the second data held therein when the notice thereof is received, wherein the second signal output module, when receiving a notice of a completion for updating the function from the update controller, outputs the first data that is the second data received from the first signal output module updated by the update controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Makoto OHTOU, Mitsuo YONEDA
  • Patent number: 8903248
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes: a data signal processor to add first data of a control signal to a data signal received, and transmit the data signal; a first signal output module to output second data of the control signal; an update controller to control an update of a function included in the first signal output module; and a second signal output module, when receiving a notice of an instruction for updating the function from the update controller, to output the first data that is the second data held therein when the notice thereof is received, wherein the second signal output module, when receiving a notice of a completion for updating the function from the update controller, outputs the first data that is the second data received from the first signal output module updated by the update controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Makoto Ohtou
  • Patent number: 8666243
    Abstract: An optical transmission device that is installed at a node of a network and that performs transmission of an optical signal transmits the optical signal to an optical transmission device at the next node without amplifying the optical signal. The optical transmission device generates an adjustment optical signal used by a reception-side optical amplifier in the optical transmission device at the next node to adjust gain for a transmission loss of the optical signal. At the time of booting of the optical transmission device, the optical transmission device transmits the generated adjustment optical signal to the reception-side optical amplifier in the optical transmission device at the next node. Upon receiving a gain-adjustment-completion signal for notifying completion of gain adjustment using the adjustment optical signal from the reception-side optical amplifier, the optical transmission device controls the transmission of the adjustment optical signal to be stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Seiji Sugiyama, Akira Yamamoto, Makoto Ohtou, Koji Bato
  • Patent number: 8331787
    Abstract: Even during a protection period in which a state transition is not caused from an ALC state to an ALD state, when an output light level that is inputted is below a threshold for ALC transition read from a memory, a processor causes a transition by switching an internal state from an ALC state to an ALD state. Then, an ALD operation is started, outputting a control voltage to a VAT control unit so as to achieve a predetermined fixed attenuation amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Takeshi Noma, Haruki Tanaka, Yoshikazu Nakanishi, Makoto Ohtou, Hideaki Sugiya, Ichiro Nakajima, Toshihiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8195052
    Abstract: An optical wavelength multiplexing system includes transmission-side and reception-side optical wavelength multiplexers, and terminal devices, which are connected to each other by optical fiber cables. Optical wavelength converters in the transmission-side optical wavelength multiplexers are connected to ports respectively. The optical wavelength converter converts an input optical signal into an arbitrary preset wavelength to generate a converted optical signal. The port has a predetermined wavelength preset therein. Each optical power level of input converted optical signals is compared with each optical power level of optical signals of respective wavelengths set in the ports. When a difference is detected in the comparison result, it is determined that an optical wavelength converter is incorrectly connected to the port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Ohtou, Akira Yamamoto, Tatsuo Nagayoshi, Katsumi Sugawa, Hideaki Sugiya
  • Publication number: 20120051746
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes: a data signal processor to add first data of a control signal to a data signal received, and transmit the data signal; a first signal output module to output second data of the control signal; an update controller to control an update of a function included in the first signal output module; and a second signal output module, when receiving a notice of an instruction for updating the function from the update controller, to output the first data that is the second data held therein when the notice thereof is received, wherein the second signal output module, when receiving a notice of a completion for updating the function from the update controller, outputs the first data that is the second data received from the first signal output module updated by the update controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Makoto OHTOU, Mitsuo Yoneda
  • Patent number: 7733467
    Abstract: An identification apparatus for identifying an optical passive device product. The apparatus includes an optical input output monitor section for monitoring an optical input and an optical output of the optical passive device product respectively; a loss calculation section for calculating a loss in the optical passive device product based on a monitoring result of the optical input output monitor section; and a product identification section in which product information indicating a correspondence between a loss characteristic and a product has been stored in advance, and which identifies the optical passive device product by comparing the stored product information and the loss calculated by the loss calculation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Tatsuo Nagayoshi, Akira Yamamoto, Katsumi Sugawa, Makoto Ohtou, Takuji Maeda
  • Publication number: 20090310969
    Abstract: Even during a protection period in which a state transition is not caused from an ALC state to an ALD state, when an output light level that is inputted is below a threshold for ALC transition read from a memory, a processor causes a transition by switching an internal state from an ALC state to an ALD state. Then, an ALD operation is started, outputting a control voltage to a VAT control unit so as to achieve a predetermined fixed attenuation amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Takeshi NOMA, Haruki TANAKA, Yoshikazu NAKANISHI, Makoto OHTOU, Hideaki SUGIYA, Ichiro NAKAJIMA, Toshihiro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20090116834
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises an optical level controller for autonomously controlling an optical device such that an optical level of the supplied optical signal becomes an objective level, and a controlled variable storer for storing a controlled variable in storage if a restart is required, the optical level controller providing the controlled variable to control the optical signal, wherein the optical level controller starts the control of optical device after the restart while the controlled variable stored in the storage by the controlled variable storer is set at an initial value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Katsumi Sugawa, Makoto Ohtou, Akira Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20080292318
    Abstract: An optical transmission device that is installed at a node of a network and that performs transmission of an optical signal transmits the optical signal to an optical transmission device at the next node without amplifying the optical signal. The optical transmission device generates an adjustment optical signal used by a reception-side optical amplifier in the optical transmission device at the next node to adjust gain for a transmission loss of the optical signal. At the time of booting of the optical transmission device, the optical transmission device transmits the generated adjustment optical signal to the reception-side optical amplifier in the optical transmission device at the next node. Upon receiving a gain-adjustment-completion signal for notifying completion of gain adjustment using the adjustment optical signal from the reception-side optical amplifier, the optical transmission device controls the transmission of the adjustment optical signal to be stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Seiji Sugiyama, Akira Yamamoto, Makoto Ohtou, Koji Bato
  • Publication number: 20080231843
    Abstract: An identification apparatus for identifying an optical passive device product. The apparatus includes an optical input output monitor section for monitoring an optical input and an optical output of the optical passive device product respectively; a loss calculation section for calculating a loss in the optical passive device product based on a monitoring result of the optical input output monitor section; and a product identification section in which product information indicating a correspondence between a loss characteristic and a product has been stored in advance, and which identifies the optical passive device product by comparing the stored product information and the loss calculated by the loss calculation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Tatsuo NAGAYOSHI, Akira YAMAMOTO, Katsumi SUGAWA, Makoto OHTOU, Takuji MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20080138074
    Abstract: An optical wavelength multiplexing system includes transmission-side and reception-side optical wavelength multiplexers, and terminal devices, which are connected to each other by optical fiber cables. Optical wavelength converters in the transmission-side optical wavelength multiplexers are connected to ports respectively. The optical wavelength converter converts an input optical signal into an arbitrary preset wavelength to generate a converted optical signal. The port has a predetermined wavelength preset therein. Each optical power level of input converted optical signals is compared with each optical power level of optical signals of respective wavelengths set in the ports. When a difference is detected in the comparison result, it is determined that an optical wavelength converter is incorrectly connected to the port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Makoto Ohtou, Akira Yamamoto, Tatsuo Nagayoshi, Katsumi Sugawa, Hideaki Sugiya