Patents by Inventor Riichi Kudo

Riichi Kudo 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: 20240373392
    Abstract: The position estimation device includes a wireless communication control unit that determines a transmission command and transmits the transmission command to a wireless communication unit of a fixed terminal installed in the same environment as a host device or a wireless communication unit of a position estimation target, a wireless communication unit that receives a wireless signal or the wireless communication unit based on the transmission command and acquires channel information regarding radio wave propagation from the wireless signal, an input feature amount generation unit that converts the channel information into an input feature amount inputtable to a position estimation model, and a position estimation model using unit that estimates and calculates a position of the position estimation target by inputting the input feature amount to a position estimation model obtained by modeling a relationship between channel information and position information by machine learning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Riichi KUDO, Tomoki MURAKAMI, Kahoko TAKAHASHI, Tomoaki OGAWA
  • Patent number: 12133114
    Abstract: An event regarding control of a terminal that significantly affects communication quality with which communication between the terminal and an external communication device is performed is predicted by acquiring surrounding information of the terminal using a surrounding environment information collection unit, and a packet loss caused in communication, communication disconnection, and communication quality that does not meet required performance are prevented using communication control to change setting related to communication, such as selection/addition/deletion of a communication counterpart, selection/change of a communication scheme, a change in modulation scheme, coding rate, and number of spatial multiplexings of communication, and a change in setting of an automatic gain controller of a receiver for communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riichi Kudo, Takeru Inoue, Atsushi Taniguchi, Kohei Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20240267095
    Abstract: Provided is a management device that performs wireless communication with a fixed terminal fixed in an environment, or performs wireless communication with the fixed terminal and a position estimation target, and manages a state of a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication. The management device includes one or more wireless communication units that receive a wireless signal from a wireless communication unit, an input feature generation unit that converts channel information corresponding to the plurality of wireless communication units into a plurality of input features that can be input to a machine learning model, a position estimation model utilization unit that estimates and calculates a position of the position estimation target, and a model evaluation unit that outputs identification of whether or not an abnormality has occurred in any one of the wireless communication units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Riichi KUDO, Tomoki Murakami, Kahoko TAKAHASHI, Tomoaki Ogawa
  • Patent number: 12034495
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to enable prediction of communication quality in accordance with wireless communication under frequency conditions as combinations of frequencies and frequency bandwidths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riichi Kudo, Kahoko Takahashi, Kohei Mizuno
  • Patent number: 12028788
    Abstract: An object is to provide a communication system and a base station capable of predicting future communication quality in order to enable variations in communication quality due to variations in environment to be addressed. A communication system and a base station according to the invention learn an input and output relationship from surrounding environment information of the base station that can be acquired by a camera, a sensor, or the like, terminal information such as position information of a terminal and current communication quality to generate a learning model, and predict future communication quality using the learning model, the surrounding environment information, and the terminal information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riichi Kudo, Takeru Inoue, Atsushi Taniguchi, Kohei Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20240121828
    Abstract: A predetermined STA includes a station information collection unit collecting from the STA itself and other STAs station information used for selection of STAs performing simultaneous transmission and for control of the simultaneous transmission, and a simultaneous-transmission request unit knowing occurrence of a QoS data frame based on the station information and transmitting a request frame requesting the simultaneous transmission to an AP. The AP includes a station information collection unit; a simultaneous-transmission determination unit selecting a combination of the STAs performing the simultaneous transmission based on the station information by reception of the request frame; and a trigger transmission unit transmitting to each of the STAs performing the simultaneous transmission a trigger frame instructing to performs the simultaneous transmission and including information necessary for controlling the simultaneous transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Akira KISHIDA, Riichi KUDO, Masato MIZOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240090043
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication system in which, based on a random access scheme, a transmission opportunity (TXOP) acquired by a wireless access point is granted to a wireless station when performing uplink data transmission from the wireless station to the wireless access point and the TXOP acquired by the wireless station is granted to the wireless access point when performing downlink data transmission from the wireless access point to the wireless station, the system includes a scheduling unit for TXOP granting determining one or more wireless stations having a quality of an uplink data transmission lower than a prescribed value as TXOP responders to which the wireless access point grants the TXOP, and determining one or more wireless stations having a quality of a downlink data transmission lower than the prescribed value as TXOP holders which grant the TXOP to the wireless access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riichi KUDO, Hirantha Sithira Abeysekera, Munehiro Matsui, Shoko Shinohara, Yasushi Takatori, Takeo Ichikawa, Masato Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 11916612
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal capable of predicting fluctuation in communication quality. The mobile terminal according to the present invention uses terminal information consisting of position/orientation/speed/component operation/control command information/camera information/sensor information, and the like of the mobile terminal to model a relationship with communication quality and predict the communication quality using the obtained communication quality prediction model. When fluctuations in communication quality can be predicted, it is possible to cope with the fluctuations (especially deterioration) in communication quality in advance (for example, to change a communication destination station, to decrease a data rate in an application, or to change a control mode of a terminal to a safer mode, by knowing in advance deterioration in quality of a radio signal).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riichi Kudo, Kahoko Takahashi, Kohei Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11889557
    Abstract: A predetermined STA includes a station information collection unit collecting from the STA itself and other STAs station information used for selection of STAs performing simultaneous transmission and for control of the simultaneous transmission, and a simultaneous-transmission request unit knowing occurrence of a QoS data frame based on the station information and transmitting a request frame requesting the simultaneous transmission to an AP. The AP includes a station information collection unit; a simultaneous-transmission determination unit selecting a combination of the STAs performing the simultaneous transmission based on the station information by reception of the request frame; and a trigger transmission unit transmitting to each of the STAs performing the simultaneous transmission a trigger frame instructing to performs the simultaneous transmission and including information necessary for controlling the simultaneous transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko Shinohara, Yasuhiko Inoue, Akira Kishida, Riichi Kudo, Masato Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20240015058
    Abstract: Interference in preamble signals and pilot signals in cooperative transmission using interference suppressing technology is avoided. A wireless apparatus for transmitting a wireless signal on which directivity control has been performed to stations in a wireless system including at least one wireless apparatus is provided with a known signal generating unit which generates a known signal to be added to the wireless signal, a weighting processing unit which performs weighting on the known signal generated by the known signal generating unit, and a wireless processing unit which transmits the known signal on which the weighting has been performed by the weighting processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki MURAKAMI, Yusuke ASAI, Riichi KUDO, Koichi ISHIHARA, Masato MIZOGUCHI, Takeo ICHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11849487
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication system in which, based on a random access scheme, a transmission opportunity (TXOP) acquired by a wireless access point is granted to a wireless station when performing uplink data transmission from the wireless station to the wireless access point and the TXOP acquired by the wireless station is granted to the wireless access point when performing downlink data transmission from the wireless access point to the wireless station, the system includes a scheduling unit for TXOP granting determining one or more wireless stations having a quality of an uplink data transmission lower than a prescribed value as TXOP responders to which the wireless access point grants the TXOP, and determining one or more wireless stations having a quality of a downlink data transmission lower than the prescribed value as TXOP holders which grant the TXOP to the wireless access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riichi Kudo, Hirantha Sithira Abeysekera, Munehiro Matsui, Shoko Shinohara, Yasushi Takatori, Takeo Ichikawa, Masato Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 11804997
    Abstract: Interference in preamble signals and pilot signals in cooperative transmission using interference suppressing technology is avoided. A wireless apparatus for transmitting a wireless signal on which directivity control has been performed to stations in a wireless system including at least one wireless apparatus is provided with a known signal generating unit which generates a known signal to be added to the wireless signal, a weighting processing unit which performs weighting on the known signal generated by the known signal generating unit, and a wireless processing unit which transmits the known signal on which the weighting has been performed by the weighting processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki Murakami, Yusuke Asai, Riichi Kudo, Koichi Ishihara, Masato Mizoguchi, Takeo Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20230097606
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a communication system and a terminal capable of predicting future communication quality to respond to change in communication quality due to environmental fluctuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kahoko TAKAHASHI, Riichi KUDO, Takeru INOUE, Kohei MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20230080036
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication system in which, based on a random access scheme, a transmission opportunity (TXOP) acquired by a wireless access point is granted to a wireless station when performing uplink data transmission from the wireless station to the wireless access point and the TXOP acquired by the wireless station is granted to the wireless access point when performing downlink data transmission from the wireless access point to the wireless station, the system includes a scheduling unit for TXOP granting determining one or more wireless stations having a quality of an uplink data transmission lower than a prescribed value as TXOP responders to which the wireless access point grants the TXOP, and determining one or more wireless stations having a quality of a downlink data transmission lower than the prescribed value as TXOP holders which grant the TXOP to the wireless access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riichi KUDO, Hirantha Sithira ABEYSEKERA, Munehiro MATSUI, Shoko SHINOHARA, Yasushi TAKATORI, Takeo ICHIKAWA, Masato MIZOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230079581
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to enable prediction of communication quality in accordance with wireless communication under frequency conditions as combinations of frequencies and frequency bandwidths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riichi KUDO, Kahoko TAKAHASHI, Kohei MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20230049652
    Abstract: Interference in preamble signals and pilot signals in cooperative transmission using interference suppressing technology is avoided. A wireless apparatus for transmitting a wireless signal on which directivity control has been performed to stations in a wireless system including at least one wireless apparatus is provided with a known signal generating unit which generates a known signal to be added to the wireless signal, a weighting processing unit which performs weighting on the known signal generated by the known signal generating unit, and a wireless processing unit which transmits the known signal on which the weighting has been performed by the weighting processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki MURAKAMI, Yusuke ASAI, Riichi KUDO, Koichi ISHIHARA, Masato MIZOGUCHI, Takeo ICHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11523439
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication system in which, based on a random access scheme, a transmission opportunity (TXOP) acquired by a wireless access point is granted to a wireless station when performing uplink data transmission from the wireless station to the wireless access point and the TXOP acquired by the wireless station is granted to the wireless access point when performing downlink data transmission from the wireless access point to the wireless station, the system includes a scheduling unit for TXOP granting determining one or more wireless stations having a quality of an uplink data transmission lower than a prescribed value as TXOP responders to which the wireless access point grants the TXOP, and determining one or more wireless stations having a quality of a downlink data transmission lower than the prescribed value as TXOP holders which grant the TXOP to the wireless access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riichi Kudo, Hirantha Sithira Abeysekera, Munehiro Matsui, Shoko Shinohara, Yasushi Takatori, Takeo Ichikawa, Masato Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 11509362
    Abstract: Interference in preamble signals and pilot signals in cooperative transmission using interference suppressing technology is avoided. A wireless apparatus for transmitting a wireless signal on which directivity control has been performed to stations in a wireless system including at least one wireless apparatus is provided with a known signal generating unit which generates a known signal to be added to the wireless signal, a weighting processing unit which performs weighting on the known signal generated by the known signal generating unit, and a wireless processing unit which transmits the known signal on which the weighting has been performed by the weighting processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki Murakami, Yusuke Asai, Riichi Kudo, Koichi Ishihara, Masato Mizoguchi, Takeo Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20220352995
    Abstract: An object is to provide a communication system and a terminal capable of predicting future communication quality in order to enable variations in communication quality due to variations in environment to be addressed. A communication system and a terminal according to the present invention learn an input and output relationship from terminal information such as surrounding environment information of the terminal that can be acquired by a camera, a sensor, or the like, and position information of the terminal and current communication quality to generate a learning model, and predict future communication quality using the learning model, the surrounding environment information and the terminal information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riichi KUDO, Takeru INOUE, Atsushi TANIGUCHI, Kohei MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20220345919
    Abstract: An object is to provide a wireless terminal and a communication quality prediction method for enhancing the versatility of communication quality prediction. In the wireless terminal and the communication quality prediction method according to the present invention, objects are extracted from surrounding environment information such as a camera image collected by a surrounding environment information collection unit, the objects are classified into predetermined categories (for example, whether the extracted objects are persons or machines or whether their moving speeds are high or low), and an image is reconstructed for each category. It is possible to predict communication quality based also on, for example, operations or materials of the objects, by performing machine learning of the communication quality after reconstructing the image for each category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kahoko TAKAHASHI, Riichi KUDO, Takeru INOUE, Kohei MIZUNO