Patents by Inventor Rintaro Nomura

Rintaro Nomura 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: 20240007216
    Abstract: A pluggable electric connector can communicate a communication data signal and a control signal with an optical communication device. An optical signal output unit is configured to be capable of selectively output a wavelength of an optical signal. An optical power adjustment unit can adjust optical power of the optical signal. A pluggable optical receptor can output the optical signal to an optical fiber. A control unit controls a wavelength change operation according to the control signal. The control unit, according to a wavelength change command, commands the optical power adjustment unit to block output of the optical signal, commands the light signal output unit to change the wavelength of the optical signal after the optical signal is blocked, and commands the light signal output unit and the optical power adjustment unit to output the optical signal after the wavelength change operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rintaro NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20230327769
    Abstract: Please delete the Abstract of the Disclosure, and replace it with the following: A wavelength variable optical transmitting unit is configured to be able to transmit a first channel setting optical signal including first channel information indicating a channel for the first channel setting optical signal. A wavelength variable optical receiving unit is configured to, when the optical transceiver receives a second channel setting optical signal from another optical transceiver, transfer second channel information contained in the second channel setting optical signal and indicating a channel for the second channel setting optical signal. A control unit is configured to control the wavelength variable optical transmitting unit and the wavelength variable optical receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Oe, Rintaro Nomura
  • Patent number: 11784739
    Abstract: A pluggable electric connector can communicate a communication data signal and a control signal with an optical communication device. An optical signal output unit is configured to be capable of selectively output a wavelength of an optical signal. An optical power adjustment unit-can adjust optical power of the optical signal. A pluggable optical receptor can output the optical signal to an optical fiber. A control unit controls a wavelength change operation according to the control signal. The control unit according to a wavelength change command, commands the optical power adjustment unit to block output of the optical signal, commands the light signal output unit to change the wavelength of the optical signal after the optical signal is blocked, and commands the light signal output unit and the optical power adjustment unit to output the optical signal after the wavelength change operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rintaro Nomura
  • Publication number: 20210226717
    Abstract: A pluggable electric connector can communicate a communication data signal and a control signal with an optical communication device. An optical signal output unit is configured to be capable of selectively output a wavelength of an optical signal. An optical power adjustment unit-can adjust optical power of the optical signal. A pluggable optical receptor can output the optical signal to an optical fiber. A control unit controls a wavelength change operation according to the control signal. The control unit according to a wavelength change command, commands the optical power adjustment unit to block output of the optical signal, commands the light signal output unit to change the wavelength of the optical signal after the optical signal is blocked, and commands the light signal output unit and the optical power adjustment unit to output the optical signal after the wavelength change operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Rintaro NOMURA
  • Patent number: 10998999
    Abstract: A pluggable electric connector can communicate a communication data signal and a control signal with an optical communication device. An optical signal output unit is configured to be capable of selectively output a wavelength of an optical signal. An optical power adjustment unit-can adjust optical power of the optical signal. A pluggable optical receptor can output the optical signal to an optical fiber. A control unit controls a wavelength change operation according to the control signal. The control unit, according to a wavelength change command, commands the optical power adjustment unit to block output of the optical signal, commands the light signal output unit to change the wavelength of the optical signal after the optical signal is blocked, and commands the light signal output unit and the optical power adjustment unit to output the optical signal after the wavelength change operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rintaro Nomura
  • Publication number: 20200213026
    Abstract: A pluggable electric connector can communicate a communication data signal and a control signal with an optical communication device. An optical signal output unit is configured to be capable of selectively output a wavelength of an optical signal. An optical power adjustment unit-can adjust optical power of the optical signal. A pluggable optical receptor can output the optical signal to an optical fiber. A control unit controls a wavelength change operation according to the control signal. The control unit, according to a wavelength change command, commands the optical power adjustment unit to block output of the optical signal, commands the light signal output unit to change the wavelength of the optical signal after the optical signal is blocked, and commands the light signal output unit and the optical power adjustment unit to output the optical signal after the wavelength change operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Rintaro NOMURA
  • Patent number: 10630415
    Abstract: A pluggable electric connector can communicate a communication data signal and a control signal with an optical communication device. An optical signal output unit is configured to be capable of selectively output a wavelength of an optical signal. An optical power adjustment unit can adjust optical power of the optical signal. A pluggable optical receptor can output the optical signal to an optical fiber. A control unit controls a wavelength change operation according to the control signal. The control unit, according to a wavelength change command, commands the optical power adjustment unit to block output of the optical signal, commands the light signal output unit to change the wavelength of the optical signal after the optical signal is blocked, and commands the light signal output unit and the optical power adjustment unit to output the optical signal after the wavelength change operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rintaro Nomura
  • Publication number: 20190068309
    Abstract: A pluggable electric connector can communicate a communication data signal and a control signal with an optical communication device. An optical signal output unit is configured to be capable of selectively output a wavelength of an optical signal. An optical power adjustment unit can adjust optical power of the optical signal. A pluggable optical receptor can output the optical signal to an optical fiber. A control unit controls a wavelength change operation according to the control signal. The control unit, according to a wavelength change command, commands the optical power adjustment unit to block output of the optical signal, commands the light signal output unit to change the wavelength of the optical signal after the optical signal is blocked, and commands the light signal output unit and the optical power adjustment unit to output the optical signal after the wavelength change operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Rintaro NOMURA
  • Patent number: 10135558
    Abstract: A pluggable electric connector can communicate a communication data signal and a control signal with an optical communication device. An optical signal output unit is configured to be capable of selectively output a wavelength of an optical signal. An optical power adjustment unit can adjust optical power of the optical signal. A pluggable optical receptor can output the optical signal to an optical fiber. A control unit controls a wavelength change operation according to the control signal. The control unit, according to a wavelength change command, commands the optical power adjustment unit to block output of the optical signal, commands the light signal output unit to change the wavelength of the optical signal after the optical signal is blocked, and commands the light signal output unit and the optical power adjustment unit to output the optical signal after the wavelength change operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Rintaro Nomura
  • Publication number: 20180123720
    Abstract: A pluggable electric connector can communicate a communication data signal and a control signal with an optical communication device. An optical signal output unit is configured to be capable of selectively output a wavelength of an optical signal. An optical power adjustment unit can adjust optical power of the optical signal. A pluggable optical receptor can output the optical signal to an optical fiber. A control unit controls a wavelength change operation according to the control signal. The control unit, according to a wavelength change command, commands the optical power adjustment unit to block output of the optical signal, commands the light signal output unit to change the wavelength of the optical signal after the optical signal is blocked, and commands the light signal output unit and the optical power adjustment unit to output the optical signal after the wavelength change operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Rintaro NOMURA
  • Patent number: 9400211
    Abstract: An optical power monitoring device is provided with: an APD as a photodiode that converts the power of light to a current (Iapd); a resistor that is connected in parallel to the APD; a current mirror circuit that detects, as a first current value (I1), the value corresponding to the sum of the current (Irb) flowing through the resistor and the current (Iapd) flowing through the APD; and a control unit. The control unit stores in advance a value corresponding to the current flowing through the resistor as a second current value (I2), and determines the current (Iapd) flowing through the APD on the basis of the second current value (I2) and the first current value (I1) detected by the current mirror circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rintaro Nomura
  • Patent number: 9297694
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to quickly and precisely correct the measured value for light reception power to the actual value with few resources, by installing a correction device for a light reception power monitor for signal light in an optical module. The correction device is equipped with a correction table which is referenced when correcting the measured value for the light reception power of signal light, and in this correction table multiple correction values are stored in advance on the basis of the correspondence relationships between multiple reference values and multiple actual values. In the correction table, for segments wherein the change in the actual values with respect to the change in the measured values is small, the interval between the reference values is made smaller and more correction values are stored than for segments wherein the change in the actual values with respect to the change in the measured values is large.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rintaro Nomura
  • Publication number: 20150168211
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to quickly and precisely correct the measured value for light reception power to the actual value with few resources, by installing a correction device for a light reception power monitor for signal light in an optical module. The correction device is equipped with a correction table which is referenced when correcting the measured value for the light reception power of signal light, and in this correction table multiple correction values are stored in advance on the basis of the correspondence relationships between multiple reference values and multiple actual values. In the correction table, for segments wherein the change in the actual values with respect to the change in the measured values is small, the interval between the reference values is made smaller and more correction values are stored than for segments wherein the change in the actual values with respect to the change in the measured values is large.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rintaro Nomura
  • Publication number: 20140361151
    Abstract: An optical power monitoring device is provided with: an APD as a photodiode that converts the power of light to a current (Iapd); a resistor that is connected in parallel to the APD; a current mirror circuit that detects, as a first current value (I1), the value corresponding to the sum of the current (Irb) flowing through the resistor and the current (Iapd) flowing through the APD; and a control unit. The control unit stores in advance a value corresponding to the current flowing through the resistor as a second current value (I2), and determines the current (Iapd) flowing through the APD on the basis of the second current value (I2) and the first current value (I1) detected by the current mirror circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rintaro Nomura
  • Patent number: 7935919
    Abstract: The present invention allows immediate reading of a monitor voltage of a required arbitrary burst cell and provides a burst light receiving power monitor circuit that monitors the monitor voltage of a burst cell, the burst light receiving power monitor circuit comprising: a memory that includes a plurality of areas and that prepares an address for each area; a monitor voltage forming section that converts input signal light of the burst cell to a digital monitor voltage amplitude; and a controller that continuously stores the monitor voltage amplitude from the monitor voltage forming section in each area of the memory specified with an address by a control signal externally inputted according to the timing of the burst cell and that controls reading out a monitor voltage from an arbitrary area of the memory specified with an address by an external memory access signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Rintaro Nomura
  • Patent number: 7842910
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical module, a host board, and a method of manufacturing the host board, where the number of man-hours required for manufacture has been reduced. Accordingly, the present invention need not have such type of optical transceiver module as the conventional host board since the host board on which the optical module has been mounted may automatically perform a control corresponding to property data of a light emitting element and a light receiving element by mounting a memory circuit on the optical module. As a result, it may be achieved to provide an optical module, a host board, and a method of manufacturing the host board, where the number of man-hours required for manufacture has been reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Rintaro Nomura
  • Publication number: 20090245807
    Abstract: Optical power monitoring capable of achieving a wide dynamic range and high-speed response is realized. An optical power monitoring circuit includes: a first amplifier (TIA 2) that amplifies an input current from a light-receiving element (PD 1) with a variable gain to convert the current into a voltage signal; a second amplifier (LIM 3) that amplifies the output of the first amplifier to convert the output into a main signal output; a third amplifier (AMP 4) that amplifies the output of the first amplifier with a variable gain to convert the output into a monitor output; and a gain variable means (amplifier comparator 5) for changing the gain of the first amplifier and gain of the third amplifier depending on the output of the first amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventor: RINTARO NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20090200450
    Abstract: The present invention allows immediate reading of a monitor voltage of a required arbitrary burst cell and provides a burst light receiving power monitor circuit that monitors the monitor voltage of a burst cell, the burst light receiving power monitor circuit comprising: a memory that includes a plurality of areas and that prepares an address for each area; a monitor voltage forming section that converts input signal light of the burst cell to a digital monitor voltage amplitude; and a controller that continuously stores the monitor voltage amplitude from the monitor voltage forming section in each area of the memory specified with an address by a control signal externally inputted according to the timing of the burst cell and that controls reading out a monitor voltage from an arbitrary area of the memory specified with an address by an external memory access signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventor: Rintaro Nomura
  • Publication number: 20090184233
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical module, a host board, and a method of manufacturing the host board, where the number of man-hours required for manufacture has been reduced. Accordingly, the present invention need not have such type of optical transceiver module as the conventional host board since the host board on which the optical module has been mounted may automatically perform a control corresponding to property data of a light emitting element and a light receiving element by mounting a memory circuit on the optical module. As a result, it may be achieved to provide an optical module, a host board, and a method of manufacturing the host board, where the number of man-hours required for manufacture has been reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventor: RINTARO NOMURA
  • Patent number: 6731881
    Abstract: A device for interactively transmitting optical signals in a first wavelength and receiving optical signals in a second wavelength both through a one-core optical fiber, includes a first photodiode that converts a received optical signal into a first electric signal, a second photodiode that converts an optical signal into a second electric signal, a first amplifier connected between the second light-electricity signal converter and the coherent light remover, a second amplifier connected to the second light-electricity signal converter, and a differential amplifier that subtracts the second electric signal from the first electric signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Rintaro Nomura