Patents by Inventor Megumi Ichikawa

Megumi Ichikawa 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: 20120051301
    Abstract: A radio transmitting apparatus wherein even if a preamble sequence transmitted via any one of the antennas of the radio transmitting apparatus is detected, the order of the space diversity can be determined with reliability and data signals can be normally decoded. In this apparatus, a deciding unit (101) decides preamble sequences the number of which is equal to the order of the space diversity and further decides transmission block intervals the number of which is equal to or greater than the order of the space diversity. An allocating unit (102) sequentially allocates the preamble sequences, the number of which is equal to the order of the space diversity, to the respective antennas, the number of which is equal to the order of the space diversity, within the respective transmission block intervals. The allocating unit (102) allocates different ones of the preamble sequences to the respective antennas at the respective same transmission timings that are within the respective transmission block intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiko Saito, Kenichi Miyoshi, Megumi Ichikawa, Daichi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20120028684
    Abstract: Provided is a radio communication device which can obtain an error ratio characteristic equivalent to the one obtained by using a tail bit, without using a tail bit in the error correction and encoding. The device includes: a blocking unit (106) which adds a bit indicating an error detection result in a CRC unit (105) to control data (a bit string) so as to constitute an encoded block and outputs the encoded block to an encoding unit (107); and the encoding unit (107) which corrects and encodes the encoded block. The blocking unit (106) forms an encoded block by a bit string of control data and a probability deviation existence bit added to the tail of the bit string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Miyoshi, Megumi Ichikawa, Daichi Imamura, Seigo Nakao, Yuichi Kobayakawa, Yoshiko Saito, Kenichi Kuri, Alexander Golitschek Edler Von Elbwart
  • Publication number: 20120026948
    Abstract: Disclosed are a wireless communication base station device and a division number determination method that improves the frequency diversity effect while maintaining channel estimation accuracy regardless of the number of divisions in the frequency domain of a transmission signal from a wireless communication terminal device. A determination unit (117) determines the number of divisions in the frequency domain of a transmission signal from a wireless communication terminal device. Here, the determination unit (117) increases the number of divisions in the frequency domain of the transmission signal from the wireless communication terminal device as the number of pilot blocks included in the transmission signal increases. In addition, a scheduling unit (118) schedules allocation to the frequency resources of the divided transmission signal according to the number of divisions determined by the determination unit (117).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ogawa, Selgo Nakao, Daichl Imamura, Akihiko Nishio, Masayuki Hoshino, Katsuhiko Hiramatsu, Kenichi Miyoshi, Yasuaki Yuda, Megumi Ichikawa, Sadaki Futagi, Takashi Iwai
  • Publication number: 20120021754
    Abstract: Disclosed is a radio communication device that, even when a terminal erroneously receives a retransmission grant or a response signal from a base station, can reduce the number of other terminals in which the terminal interferes at a retransmission. In this device, a determination unit (205) determines a bandwidth between the two ends of a transmission band allocated to a transmitted signal at the retransmission of the transmitted signal. An allocation unit (209) allocates the transmitted signal to a frequency resource based on the bandwidth that is input from the determination unit (205). The determination unit (205) increases at the retransmission the amount of decrease in the bandwidth from the previous transmission, as the consecutiveness of the transmitted signal in the frequency region decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ogawa, Sergio Nakao, Daichi Imamura, Katsuhiko Hiramatsu, Kenichi Miyoshi, Megumi Ichikawa, Sadaki Futagi, Yasuaki Yuda, Ayako Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20120014279
    Abstract: A wireless transmission apparatus able to reliably increase outage capacity according to the state of a propagation path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Miyoshi, Megumi Ichikawa, Yoshiko Saito, Shinsuke Takaoka, Daichi Imamura, Seigo Nakao, Fumiyuki Adachi
  • Publication number: 20120008532
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus enabling improved system throughput while limiting the amount of signaling for feedback information. In this apparatus, a setting unit (101) sets transmission power differently for each of a plurality of sub-packets obtained by dividing transmission data (transmission packet). Here, the setting unit (101) sets transmission power differently for each of the plurality of sub-packets so that the total transmission power for the plurality of sub-packets becomes the same as the transmission power that is allocated in advance to the transmission packet that constitutes the plurality of sub-packets. A dividing unit (102) divides the transmission data (transmission packet) into a plurality of sub-packets. Then, a transmitting wireless communication apparatus (100) transmits the plurality of sub-packets in order of sub-packets of higher transmission power (lower error rate).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Miyoshi, Megumi Ichikawa, Daichi Imamura, Seigo Nakao
  • Publication number: 20110286502
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless transmitter that can prevent deterioration of the error rate characteristic without reducing the data rate during mobile communications also utilizing THP for FDE. In the device, an equivalent channel matrix computation unit (118) computes weights to be used for FDE of a transmission block and an equivalent channel matrix indicating equivalent channels that are generated from channel impulse responses, and a decomposition unit (119) obtains a lower triangular matrix (L), that consists of a diagonal element that includes a high channel quality at the front of the transmitting block and a low channel quality at the rear, so as to indicate the channel quality of the transmission block, and an element indicating interference with the transmission block, and a unitary matrix (Q) by means of LQ decomposition of the equivalent channel matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Adachi, Kazuki Takeda, Shinsuke Takaoka, Kenichi Miyoshi, Megumi Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20110280284
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless communication terminal device that is capable of preventing inter-coding interference upon each of a plurality of base stations, even when the timing changes for a transmission of a control signal that is CoMP received by the plurality of base stations. Upon the device, a diffusion unit (214) employs any of a plurality of ZAC series that are reciprocally splittable with a reciprocally variable cyclical shift quantity to diffuse a response signal, according to an instruction from a control unit (209), and the control unit (209) controls, according to a difference between a timing of a transmission of a response signal at a first time and a timing of a transmission of a response signal at a second time that is later than the first time, the cyclical shift quantity of the ZAC series that is employed by the diffusion unit (214) at the second time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Seigo Nakao, Daichi Imamura, Akihiko Nishio, Kenichi Miyoshi, Megumi Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20110197725
    Abstract: There is provided a punching unit having a structure permitting to reduce a force required for punching, permitting to lessen parts and permitting to punch holes through a member to be perforated at arbitrary positions thereof. The punching unit has a holder that holds one or plurality of sets of punches and dies. The holder is movable in an array direction in which a plurality of holes to be perforated through the member is arrayed. An eccentric cam is disposed above the holder in parallel with the array direction. The punches within the holder are driven toward the dies by rotating the eccentric cam regardless of moving positions of the holder. Thus, the punching unit can perforate a number of holes greater than the number of punches held within the holder by sequentially moving the holder and by rotating the eccentric cam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: DAIDO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo NISHIMURA, Toshiyuki Majima, Megumi Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20110138980
    Abstract: The invention provides a rotary-type punching unit that solves a problem of a prior art rotary-type punching unit that its punching torque is highly peaked in beginning and ending punching, thus disabling to punch a heavy paper or the like and degrading the quality level of punch holes. A blade surface of a punch of the invention is formed as an inclined surface inclined with respect to the outer peripheral surface of a punch shaft or of a die shaft such that a leading edge thereof is higher than a trailing edge with an inclination angle within a range of 5° to 15° (preferably 10°). A die surface of the die is formed into a surface of a circular arc centering on a rotational axis of the shafts. Thereby, the peaks of the punching torque are reduced and the quality level of the punch hole is kept high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicants: DAIDO KOGYO CO., LTD., SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo NISHIMURA, Toshiyuki Majima, Megumi Ichikawa, Susumu Ishii
  • Publication number: 20100275754
    Abstract: There is provided a punching unit that is readily adjusted, is capable of always punching high quality holes through sheets and is steadily capable of discharging punch chips. A punch shaft and a die shaft are disposed vertically in parallel between side plates and these very punch shaft and the die shaft compose structural members (reinforcing members) of the punching unit. The die shaft has a die shaft body formed into a hollow cylinder and is provided with dies that correspond to the punches of the punch shaft at an outer peripheral surface thereof while fitting into die holes penetrating to the hollow section. A chip discharging screw plate fixed to the right side plate is disposed in the hollow section of the die shaft. Punch chips are transported along slopes of the chip discharging screw plate and discharged out of an opening when the die shaft rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Daido Kogyo Co Ltd
    Inventors: Kazuo Nishimura, Toshiyuki Majima, Megumi Ichikawa, Susumu Ishii