Patents by Inventor Norio Murakami
Norio Murakami 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).
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Patent number: 10135998Abstract: A key telephone system includes a terminal and a primary device. The primary device transmits a command for transition into a power-saving state to the terminal, together with a power-saving duration time datum and/or a power-saving deactivating time datum, when the time reaches a power-saving state transition time. The terminal specifies the power-saving duration time and/or the power-saving deactivating time in the timekeeper means, and halts the communication means for communicating with the primary device at the time of receiving the command for transition into the power-saving state from the primary device, and activates the communication means being halted at a time when the timekeeper means has measured the lapse of the power-saving duration time and/or the power-saving deactivating time.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2014Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignees: NEC Platforms, Ltd., NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WEST CORPORATIONInventors: Hideo Maki, Norio Murakami, Shozo Shikenya, Tetsuya Takekawa, Daisuke Iwata
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Patent number: 10092472Abstract: In nurse call systems where communication between a plurality of slave units and a plurality of extension terminals is possible, a nurse call controller serving the slave units and a private branch exchange serving the mobile terminals have been connected to each other through a nurse call adaptor; thus, there is a need for one such nurse call system that does not require a nurse call adaptor. Provided is an interface unit which is connected to a nurse call controller through a plurality of ISND basic interfaces, connected to a private branch exchange through an ISDN primary rate interface, and performs interface conversion therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignees: NEC Platforms, Ltd., NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WEST CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Omi, Shigeru Maruyama, Kou Nogami, Rintarou Ashida, Ken Utsuki, Norio Murakami
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Patent number: 9787833Abstract: In nurse call systems that enable communication from a plurality of cordless handsets with a plurality of extension terminals carried by nurses belonging to a group, a nurse call conversion unit is provided between a nurse call control device and a private branch exchange. A call signal for a group representative call in which only an identification number for a group is given is transmitted by the nurse call conversion unit from the nurse call control device to the private branch exchange. From this call signal, the private branch exchange generates a call signal for extension terminals belonging to a group and calls the extension terminals.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignees: NEC Platforms, Ltd., NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WEST CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Omi, Shigeru Maruyama, Kou Nogami, Rintarou Ashida, Ken Utsuki, Norio Murakami
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Patent number: 9756516Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, a communication apparatus that relays a plurality of image frame data, each of which includes at least one packet, between a host apparatus and a terminal apparatus, the communication apparatus includes a memory and processor coupled to the memory and configured to receive the plurality of image frame data transmitted at a transmission intervals from the host apparatus, measures a reception interval between the plurality of image frame data, and estimate, based on a difference value between the reception interval and the transmission interval, a reception time range within which packet loss occurs in the received plurality of image frame data.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Shinichi Kawashima, Norio Murakami
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Publication number: 20170135889Abstract: In nurse call systems where communication between a plurality of slave units and a plurality of extension terminals is possible, a nurse call controller serving the slave units and a private branch exchange serving the mobile terminals have been connected to each other through a nurse call adaptor; thus, there is a need for one such nurse call system that does not require a nurse call adaptor. Provided is an interface unit which is connected to a nurse call controller through a plurality of ISND basic interfaces, connected to a private branch exchange through an ISDN primary rate interface, and performs interface conversion therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2005Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicants: NEC Platforms, Ltd., NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WEST CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya OMI, Shigeru MARUYAMA, Kou NOGAMI, Rintarou ASHIDA, Ken UTSUKI, Norio MURAKAMI
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Patent number: 9609476Abstract: A wireless device including: an antenna wirelessly coupled to a terminal, a network interface coupled to a baseband unit (BBU) that perform baseband processing, and a processor configured to: convert a wireless signal received from the terminal into a baseband signal to be transmitted to the BBU, convert a baseband signal received from the BBU into a wireless signal to be transmitted to the terminal, and determine, when failure occurs in the wireless device, whether the wireless device takes a measure against the failure or not based on a first index indicating a level of the failure and a second index relating to the number of users that are affected by the failure.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Reiko Mitsuze, Norio Murakami
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Publication number: 20170048389Abstract: In nurse call systems that enable communication from a plurality of cordless handsets with a plurality of extension terminals carried by nurses belonging to a group, a nurse call conversion unit is provided between a nurse call control device and a private branch exchange. A call signal for a group representative call in which only an identification number for a group is given is transmitted by the nurse call conversion unit from the nurse call control device to the private branch exchange. From this call signal, the private branch exchange generates a call signal for extension terminals belonging to a group and calls the extension terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicants: NEC Platforms, Ltd., NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WEST CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya OMI, Shigeru MARUYAMA, Kou NOGAMI, Rintarou ASHIDA, Ken UTSUKI, Norio MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20170026983Abstract: A base station apparatus that performs radio communication with a terminal apparatus, the base station apparatus including: a receiver configured to receive information from the terminal apparatus; and a processor configured to perform radio communication in cooperation with another base station apparatus based on the information, for a region in which the terminal apparatus is located.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Norio MURAKAMI, Yoshio MASUDA
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Patent number: 9532240Abstract: A mobile communication system includes: a content server configured to accumulate a content; a wireless base station device configured to receive the content sent from the content server; a terminal device configured to receive the content wirelessly sent from the wireless base station device; and a monitoring control device configured to: control delivery of the content to the terminal device over the content server, and send to the terminal device, when a quality of experience (QoE) for a user utilizing the terminal device due to delivery of the content, the QoE being predicted in accordance with sending of a first delivery request for the content from the terminal device, does not meet a given condition, information on a clock time or a place in which a new predicted QoE meets the given condition.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Yoshio Masuda, Norio Murakami, Huan Ho, Mitsuru Nakatsuji
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Patent number: 9532250Abstract: A communication monitoring system including: a first base station device having a first service area, a second base station device having a second service area being included in the first service area and smaller than the first service area, a terminal device configured to perform a first radio communication with the first base station device when the terminal device is located in the first service area, and a second radio communication with the second base station device when the terminal device is located in the second service area, and a monitoring device configured to: receive first observation data acquired from the first radio communication, receive second observation data acquired from the second radio communication, and estimate a cause for the first observation data and the second observation data being obtained, based on the first observation data and the second observation data.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Yukiko Yokosawa, Rie Nagatsu, Norio Murakami
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Publication number: 20160255524Abstract: A communication monitoring system including: a first base station device having a first service area, a second base station device having a second service area being included in the first service area and smaller than the first service area, a terminal device configured to perform a first radio communication with the first base station device when the terminal device is located in the first service area, and a second radio communication with the second base station device when the terminal device is located in the second service area, and a monitoring device configured to: receive first observation data acquired from the first radio communication, receive second observation data acquired from the second radio communication, and estimate a cause for the first observation data and the second observation data being obtained, based on the first observation data and the second observation data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: Yukiko YOKOSAWA, Rie NAGATSU, Norio MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20160242116Abstract: A radio access system including: a terminal apparatus, and a base station apparatus, wherein a first and second communicable areas of different size are located in hierarchy, the terminal apparatus and the base station apparatus perform radio communication, the base station apparatus includes: a control unit configured to change a time to maintain connection with the base station apparatus in the terminal apparatus and maintain a first state confirming connection to the base station apparatus at predetermined time interval without performing data transmission and reception, to a time longer than a reference time, according to an attribute of the first or second communicable area in which the terminal apparatus locates; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the changed time to the terminal apparatus, and the terminal apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive the changed time.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Yoshio Masuda, NORIO MURAKAMI, Satoshi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20160198293Abstract: A wireless device including: an antenna wirelessly coupled to a terminal, a network interface coupled to a baseband unit (BBU) that perform baseband processing, and a processor configured to: convert a wireless signal received from the terminal into a baseband signal to be transmitted to the BBU, convert a baseband signal received from the BBU into a wireless signal to be transmitted to the terminal, and determine, when failure occurs in the wireless device, whether the wireless device takes a measure against the failure or not based on a first index indicating a level of the failure and a second index relating to the number of users that are affected by the failure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: July 7, 2016Inventors: Reiko MITSUZE, Norio MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20160165648Abstract: A mobile communication system including: a base station apparatus; and a first and second terminal apparatuses configured to perform radio communication with the base station apparatus, wherein the first terminal apparatus includes: a first inter-terminal communication control unit configured to transmit and receive a data to and from the second terminal apparatus, and the second terminal apparatus includes: a memory; a second inter-terminal communication control unit configured to receive the data transmitted from the first terminal apparatus and store the data in the memory, and transmit a data transmitted from the base station apparatus to the first terminal apparatus; and a control unit configured to transmit to the base station apparatus the data transmitted from the first terminal apparatus and a data generated by the second terminal apparatus, and to receive the data transmitted from the base station apparatus and store in the memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Shinichi KAWASHIMA, Norio MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20160156534Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, a communication apparatus that relays a plurality of image frame data, each of which includes at least one packet, between a host apparatus and a terminal apparatus, the communication apparatus includes a memory and processor coupled to the memory and configured to receive the plurality of image frame data transmitted at a transmission intervals from the host apparatus, measures a reception interval between the plurality of image frame data, and estimate, based on a difference value between the reception interval and the transmission interval, a reception time range within which packet loss occurs in the received plurality of image frame data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2015Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: Shinichi KAWASHIMA, Norio MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20160080580Abstract: A key telephone system includes a terminal and a primary device. The primary device transmits a command for transition into a power-saving state to the terminal, together with a power-saving duration time datum and/or a power-saving deactivating time datum, when the time reaches a power-saving state transition time. The terminal specifies the power-saving duration time and/or the power-saving deactivating time in the timekeeper means, and halts the communication means for communicating with the primary device at the time of receiving the command for transition into the power-saving state from the primary device, and activates the communication means being halted at a time when the timekeeper means has measured the lapse of the power-saving duration time and/or the power-saving deactivating time.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2014Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicants: NEC PLATFORMS, LTD., NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WEST CORPORATION, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATIONInventors: Hideo MAKI, Norio MURAKAMI, Shozo SHIKENYA, Tetsuya TAKEKAWA, Daisuke IWATA
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Publication number: 20150327259Abstract: A mobile communication system including: a first and second radio base stations apparatuses; and a terminal apparatus, wherein radio communication is performed between the first and second base station apparatuses and the terminal apparatus, and the first radio base station apparatus includes: a first control unit configured to control whether or not operation of the first radio base station apparatus is caused to be dormant based on a message exchanged between the second radio base station apparatus adjacent to the first radio base station apparatus and the first radio base station apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: NORIO MURAKAMI, MITSURU NAKATSUJI
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Patent number: 9100864Abstract: An operation monitoring apparatus for estimating a cause by which a first and second observation data observed by a monitored apparatus are obtained, the operation monitoring apparatus including: an observation event receiving process unit which receives the first and second observation data transmitted from the monitored apparatus; an observation event extracting unit which extracts the first observation data, out of the first and second observation data, based on a probability that the cause occurs with respect to the first and second observation data; a cause event determining process unit which estimates the cause based on the extracted first observation data; and a cause notifying process unit which outputs data indicating the estimated cause.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Norio Murakami
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Publication number: 20140373038Abstract: A quality evaluation apparatus for evaluating quality of a picture transmitted from a radio base station apparatus to a terminal apparatus, the apparatus including: a perception quality estimation processing unit configured to estimate the quality of picture viewed at the terminal apparatus based on quality of a radio section between the radio base station apparatus and the terminal apparatus; and a quality evaluation processing unit configured to output an evaluation result evaluated the estimated quality of picture.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Kazutomo Tsuji, Norio Murakami
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Publication number: 20140287730Abstract: A mobile communication system includes: a content server configured to accumulate a content; a wireless base station device configured to receive the content sent from the content server; a terminal device configured to receive the content wirelessly sent from the wireless base station device; and a monitoring control device configured to: control delivery of the content to the terminal device over the content server, and send to the terminal device, when a quality of experience (QoE) for a user utilizing the terminal device due to delivery of the content, the QoE being predicted in accordance with sending of a first delivery request for the content from the terminal device, does not meet a given condition, information on a clock time or a place in which a new predicted QoE meets the given condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Yoshio MASUDA, Norio MURAKAMI, Huan HO, Mitsuru NAKATSUJI