Patents by Inventor Masaaki Kusano

Masaaki Kusano 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: 20240121793
    Abstract: Provided is a communication system capable of suppressing increase in the power consumption of a communication terminal device, degradation in the communication quality, and reduction in the use efficiency of radio resources. A base station device (gNB) notifies a communication terminal device (UE) of information on the next reception timing. The UE receives, for example, a downlink control signal in a subframe. The UE obtains, from the downlink control signal, information on a piece of user data in the subframe, and the information on the next reception timing. The UE transmits and receives the piece of user data to and from the gNB. The information on the next reception timing indicates a subframe as the next reception timing of the UE. The UE receives a downlink control signal in the subframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru MOCHIZUKI, Tadahiro SHIMODA, Noriyuki FUKUI, Masaaki KUSANO
  • Patent number: 11777589
    Abstract: A satellite receiver includes: demultiplexing units each demultiplexing, into subchannel signals of a predetermined band, a digital reception signal obtained by converting a calibration signal received by a corresponding one of receiving antenna elements into a digital signal; excitation coefficient multiplication units multiplying the subchannel signals by an excitation coefficient; a complex adder adding the subchannel signals multiplied by the excitation coefficient together for each subchannel signal of the same band; a correlation detection unit calculating, with the use of one demultiplexing unit as a reference demultiplexing unit, a cross-correlation value for each subchannel signal output from each demultiplexing unit different from the reference demultiplexing unit with respect to a subchannel signal of a same band output from the reference demultiplexing unit; and an excitation coefficient generation unit generating a corrected excitation coefficient based on a cross-correlation value and an excitat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Fujimura, Hitomi Ono, Yoshio Inasawa, Masaaki Kusano
  • Publication number: 20230022974
    Abstract: A satellite receiver includes: demultiplexing units each demultiplexing, into subchannel signals of a predetermined band, a digital reception signal obtained by converting a calibration signal received by a corresponding one of receiving antenna elements into a digital signal; excitation coefficient multiplication units multiplying the subchannel signals by an excitation coefficient; a complex adder adding the subchannel signals multiplied by the excitation coefficient together for each subchannel signal of the same band; a correlation detection unit calculating, with the use of one demultiplexing unit as a reference demultiplexing unit, a cross-correlation value for each subchannel signal output from each demultiplexing unit different from the reference demultiplexing unit with respect to a subchannel signal of a same band output from the reference demultiplexing unit; and an excitation coefficient generation unit generating a corrected excitation coefficient based on a cross-correlation value and an excitat
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori FUJIMURA, Hitomi ONO, Yoshio INASAWA, Masaaki KUSANO
  • Patent number: 11542679
    Abstract: A scraper vehicle is described that can contribute, with a relatively simple and low-cost configuration, to shortening of a construction period, reduction of construction cost, and the like without travel being disabled easily. The scraper vehicle includes an auxiliary drive system that supplies, in excavation by the scraper, a driving force to at least part of traveling wheels of the scraper vehicle. The driving force is supplied constantly or in accordance with a travel resistance of the scraper vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: JDC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Obata, Hidetoshi Morimoto, Yuu Sato, Tsukasa Baba, Takeo Asakura, Masaaki Kusano
  • Publication number: 20220186464
    Abstract: A scraper vehicle is described that can contribute, with a relatively simple and low-cost configuration, to shortening of a construction period, reduction of construction cost, and the like without travel being disabled easily. The scraper vehicle includes an auxiliary drive system that supplies, in excavation by the scraper, a driving force to at least part of traveling wheels of the scraper vehicle. The driving force is supplied constantly or in accordance with a travel resistance of the scraper vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi Obata, Hidetoshi Morimoto, Yuu Sato, Tsukasa Baba, Takeo Asakura, Masaaki Kusano
  • Publication number: 20220159704
    Abstract: Provided is a communication system capable of suppressing increase in the power consumption of a communication terminal device, degradation in the communication quality, and reduction in the use efficiency of radio resources. A base station device (gNB) notifies a communication terminal device (UE) of information on the next reception timing. The UE receives, for example, a downlink control signal in a subframe. The UE obtains, from the downlink control signal, information on a piece of user data in the subframe, and the information on the next reception timing. The UE transmits and receives the piece of user data to and from the gNB. The information on the next reception timing indicates a subframe as the next reception timing of the UE. The UE receives a downlink control signal in the subframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru MOCHIZUKI, Tadahiro SHIMODA, Noriyuki FUKUI, Masaaki KUSANO
  • Patent number: 10938461
    Abstract: A wireless control apparatus controls beamforming performed by a wireless base station apparatus that provides a communication service to a service area which includes a plurality of spots to be irradiated with a beam including a terminal search beam and a communication beam that are not used simultaneously for irradiation, and is irradiated with a plurality of the beams and is not simultaneously covered by the plurality of beams, and the apparatus includes: an arrival direction estimation unit that estimates an arrival direction of a wireless signal transmitted by a terminal communicating with a wireless base station; and a control unit that determines whether there is an active terminal in the spots on the basis of the arrival direction estimated by the arrival direction estimation unit, and, when it is determined that there is no active terminal, controls beamforming performed by the wireless base station apparatus to decrease a frequency of the terminal search beam with which one or more of the spots dete
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daichi Uchino, Noriyuki Fukui, Masaaki Kusano, Kazuaki Ishioka, Keijiro Take
  • Publication number: 20200382186
    Abstract: A wireless control apparatus controls beamforming performed by a wireless base station apparatus that provides a communication service to a service area which includes a plurality of spots to be irradiated with a beam including a terminal search beam and a communication beam that are not used simultaneously for irradiation, and is irradiated with a plurality of the beams and is not simultaneously covered by the plurality of beams, and the apparatus includes: an arrival direction estimation unit that estimates an arrival direction of a wireless signal transmitted by a terminal communicating with a wireless base station; and a control unit that determines whether there is an active terminal in the spots on the basis of the arrival direction estimated by the arrival direction estimation unit, and, when it is determined that there is no active terminal, controls beamforming performed by the wireless base station apparatus to decrease a frequency of the terminal search beam with which one or more of the spots dete
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daichi UCHINO, Noriyuki FUKUI, Masaaki KUSANO, Kazuaki ISHIOKA, Keijiro TAKE
  • Publication number: 20200305075
    Abstract: A mobile terminal 3 judges whether or not the mobile terminal is able to make a transition to a DTX period during Active, and, when judging that the mobile terminal is able to make a transition to a DTX period during Active, notifies a base station 2 to that effect. If the base station 2 judges that the mobile terminal is able to make a transition to a DRX period during Active when triggered by the notification from the mobile terminal 3, the base station temporarily stops supply of electric power to the data transmission processing units and the data reception processing units of the mobile terminal 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Miho MAEDA, Mitsuru MOCHIZUKI, Yasushi IWANE, Tetsuya MISHUKU, Masaaki KUSANO, Ryoichi FUJIE, Shigenori TANI, Keiko TADA, Noriyuki FUKUI, Michiaki TAKANO
  • Patent number: 10763937
    Abstract: A base station that communicates with a mobile station that intermittently performs a receiving operation during a cyclic reception period includes: an assignor that assigns a preamble to the mobile station; a start request signal generator that generates a start request signal containing the preamble assigned to the mobile station and requesting the start of a synchronization process between the mobile station and the base station; and a beam controller that transmits start request signals in a plurality of directions within the reception period while switching directions of directional beams for transmitting start request signals, and determines the direction of the directional beam for communicating with the mobile station, in accordance with the direction of the directional beam at the time of reception of the preamble transmitted from the mobile station having received the start request signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Kusano, Noriyuki Fukui, Keijiro Take
  • Patent number: 10728857
    Abstract: A mobile terminal 3 judges whether or not the mobile terminal is able to make a transition to a DTX period during Active, and, when judging that the mobile terminal is able to make a transition to a DTX period during Active, notifies a base station 2 to that effect. If the base station 2 judges that the mobile terminal is able to make a transition to a DRX period during Active when triggered by the notification from the mobile terminal 3, the base station temporarily stops supply of electric power to the data transmission processing units and the data reception processing units of the mobile terminal 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miho Maeda, Mitsuru Mochizuki, Yasushi Iwane, Tetsuya Mishuku, Masaaki Kusano, Ryoichi Fujie, Shigenori Tani, Keiko Tada, Noriyuki Fukui, Michiaki Takano
  • Patent number: 10701639
    Abstract: A mobile terminal 3 judges whether or not the mobile terminal is able to make a transition to a DTX period during Active, and, when judging that the mobile terminal is able to make a transition to a DTX period during Active, notifies a base station 2 to that effect. If the base station 2 judges that the mobile terminal is able to make a transition to a DRX period during Active when triggered by the notification from the mobile terminal 3, the base station temporarily stops supply of electric power to the data transmission processing units and the data reception processing units of the mobile terminal 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Maeda, Mitsuru Mochizuki, Yasushi Iwane, Tetsuya Mishuku, Masaaki Kusano, Ryoichi Fujie, Shigenori Tani, Keiko Tada, Noriyuki Fukui, Michiaki Takano
  • Patent number: 10667196
    Abstract: A wireless communication unit transmits and receives signals to and from a base station and measures the received quality of downlink signals. A position information acquisition unit acquires position information on a mobile station. A measurement information management unit acquires the position information, received quality information, and received quality information that is measurement result of received quality of uplink signals from the mobile station, and stores measurement information which is received quality information on signals transmitted and received between the mobile station and the base station. A communication connection control unit acquires the position information from the position information acquisition unit, and performs a handover when a position of the mobile station is a handover position so as to switch base stations to be connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Kusano, Tetsuya Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20200045725
    Abstract: Provided is a communication system capable of suppressing increase in the power consumption of a communication terminal device, degradation in the communication quality, and reduction in the use efficiency of radio resources. A base station device (gNB) notifies a communication terminal device (UE) of information on the next reception timing. The UE receives, for example, a downlink control signal (902) in a subframe (901). The UE obtains, from the downlink control signal (902), information on a piece of user data (903) in the subframe (901), and the information (904) on the next reception timing. The UE transmits and receives the piece of user data (903) to and from the gNB. The information (904) on the next reception timing indicates a subframe (905) as the next reception timing of the UE. The UE receives a downlink control signal (906) in the subframe (905).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru MOCHIZUKI, Tadahiro SHIMODA, Noriyuki FUKUI, Masaaki KUSANO
  • Publication number: 20190334604
    Abstract: A base station that communicates with a mobile station that intermittently performs a receiving operation during a cyclic reception period includes: an assignor that assigns a preamble to the mobile station; a start request signal generator that generates a start request signal containing the preamble assigned to the mobile station and requesting the start of a synchronization process between the mobile station and the base station; and a beam controller that transmits start request signals in a plurality of directions within the reception period while switching directions of directional beams for transmitting start request signals, and determines the direction of the directional beam for communicating with the mobile station, in accordance with the direction of the directional beam at the time of reception of the preamble transmitted from the mobile station having received the start request signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki KUSANO, Noriyuki FUKUI, Keijiro TAKE
  • Patent number: 10305397
    Abstract: A vibration actuator unit includes: an electromechanical converting element that converts an electric vibration of an applied actuating voltage into a mechanical vibration; and a contact portion that contacts an actuated surface of an actuating subject and a transmits a mechanical vibration of the electromechanical converting element to the actuated surface as an actuating force, wherein the electromechanical converting element periodically bends within a first vibration plane crossing the actuated surface to vibrate the contact portion within the first vibration plane, and periodically bends within a second vibration plane crossing the first vibration plane to vibrate the contact portion within the second vibration plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Matsukawa, Masaaki Kusano
  • Publication number: 20190109663
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a small cell base station covering a small cell located within a macrocell including a cell search unit that performs cell search to detect timing of reception of a downlink signal sent from a macrocell base station, being a base station covering the macrocell; and an L2 function unit that communicates with the macrocell base station using random access to acquire transmission timing information, which is information on timing of sending of an uplink signal to the macrocell base station. The small cell base station send a downlink signal for a mobile station in synchronization with the timing of reception of the downlink signal, and receives an uplink signal from a mobile station at timing based on the transmission timing information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Masaaki KUSANO
  • Publication number: 20180124675
    Abstract: A wireless communication unit transmits and receives signals to and from a base station and measures the received quality of downlink signals. A position information acquisition unit acquires position information on a mobile station. A measurement information management unit acquires the position information, received quality information, and received quality information that is measurement result of received quality of uplink signals from the mobile station, and stores measurement information which is received quality information on signals transmitted and received between the mobile station and the base station. A communication connection control unit acquires the position information from the position information acquisition unit, and performs a handover when a position of the mobile station is a handover position so as to switch base stations to be connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki KUSANO, Tetsuya AOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170351055
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes: a first cylindrical member that extends in a prescribed axial direction; a second cylindrical member that slides in the prescribed axial direction along an inner circumferential surface of the first cylindrical member; an axis member that slides in the prescribed axial direction along an inner circumferential surface of the second cylindrical member; and a first holding member that is fixed to the axis member, is guided in the prescribed axial direction by the slide of the axis member against the second cylindrical member, and holds a first optical member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiro FUKINO, Masaaki KUSANO
  • Patent number: 9787439
    Abstract: A data transmitting method applied with HARQ for transmitting data from a data transmission side to a data reception side. The data transmission side allocates a process, which is a transmission unit of the same data, to new transmission data and transmits the new transmission data, cyclically continues to transmit the same data of the new transmission data or an error correction code of the same data in a process same as the process until generation of another new transmission data, and allocates, when another new transmission data is generated, the process of the cyclically continued transmission to the other new transmission data and cyclically transmits the other new transmission data. The data reception side performs data combination by the HARQ using the received data to normally receive data and detect a data error or data non-reception and monitors a communication connection state with the data transmission side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Masaaki Kusano