Patents by Inventor Ryota Yamada

Ryota Yamada 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: 20200220680
    Abstract: Included are a higher layer processing unit configured to configure multiple sounding reference signal (SRS) resources; a receiver configured to receive an SRS by using the multiple SRS resources configured; a measuring unit configured to generate, from the SRS, information (SRI) indicating one of the multiple SRS resources; and a transmitter configured to transmit downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information includes a plurality of the SRIs, and the plurality of the SRIs are associated with at least one layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: RYOTA YAMADA, HIROMICHI TOMEBA
  • Publication number: 20200206067
    Abstract: Provided are modular mobility systems that can be used as gait trainers, wheelchairs, and/or standing aids. Modular mobility systems provided comprise a mobility base, a gait trainer module, a wheelchair module, and/or a standing aid module. Modular mobility systems provided herein are designed to adjust to users of different sizes and of different abilities and/or needs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Participant Assistive Products
    Inventors: Wayne H. HANSON, George J. KING, David E. CALVER, Ryota YAMADA, Fahad I. ALDAAJANI
  • Patent number: 10681697
    Abstract: Provided are a base station apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and a communication method that enable the improvement of communication performance in a system in which multiple frame formats are used. A transmitter configured to transmit one or more subframes defined with a given fixed time length is provided, wherein at least one subframe out of the subframes includes a common signal interval which is an interval for transmitting a common signal in a cell, the common signal interval includes a signal generated by a first parameter set, and an interval other than the common signal interval includes a signal generated by the first parameter set or a signal generated by a second parameter set different from the first parameter set at least in terms of a subcarrier spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Ryota Yamada, Hiromichi Tomeba
  • Publication number: 20200177975
    Abstract: A sensor management unit includes an obtaining unit that obtains sensing data from a sensing device to generate sensing data of a plurality of sensing items, a detection unit that detects an overloaded state of the sensing device, a retrieval unit that determines, based on a detection result obtained by the detection unit, at least one sensing item to be retrieved from of the plurality of sensing items and retrieves the determined sensing item, and an output unit that outputs the retrieved sensing item to an external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi MISUMI, Tetsuji YAMATO, Takeshi NAITO, Ryota YAMADA
  • Patent number: 10660094
    Abstract: A terminal device uses a broad band to improve a throughput. A terminal device communicates with a base station apparatus, and includes a higher layer processing unit that receives an instruction from the base station apparatus to perform communication according to a first frame structure used in a prescribed carrier frequency band or to perform communication according to a second frame structure used in a carrier frequency band higher than the prescribed carrier frequency band, and a reception unit that receives a signal of the first frame structure in a case where it is instructed to perform the communication according to the first frame structure, and receives a signal of the second frame structure in a case where it is instructed to perform the communication according to the second frame structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuya Kato, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Ryota Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200154239
    Abstract: To provide a base station apparatus, a terminal apparatus, a location server, and a communication apparatus that are capable of improving position estimation accuracy. A physical signal generating unit configured to generate first positioning reference signal and second positioning reference signal, and a transmitter configured to transmit the first positioning reference signal and the second positioning reference signal to a terminal apparatus are provided. The first positioning reference signal is mapped on one resource block and the second positioning reference signal is mapped on at least six resource blocks. The resource block is constituted of prescribed subcarriers in a frequency domain. A maximum v number of consecutive subframes on which the first positioning reference signal is transmitted is larger than a maximum number of consecutive subframes on which the second positioning reference signal is transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: RYOTA YAMADA, KATSUYA KATO, YASUHIRO HAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200128730
    Abstract: A cutting blade piece protective structure that prevents an obstacle from coming into direct contact with a blade portion of a cutting blade piece, saving light weight, saving a replacement cost at the time of breakage, and inhibiting lawn mowing performance by the cutting blade piece, is provided, and the lawn mower that includes the blade disk to be rotationally driven and at least one cutting blade piece attached to the outer peripheral portion of the blade disk, a blade guard for preventing an obstacle from coming into contact with the blade portion of the cutting blade piece is provided on the cutting blade piece. Preferably, the blade guard is attachable to and detachable from the cutting blade piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kenji NAKANO, Ryota YAMADA
  • Patent number: 10630599
    Abstract: A terminal device and a base station apparatus use a broad band to improve a throughput. Provided is a terminal device that communicates with a base station apparatus, including a reception unit that receives signals of a first frame structure and a second frame structure, and a subcarrier spacing in the second frame structure is m times a subcarrier spacing in the first frame structure (m is a natural number). Provided is a base station apparatus which communicates with a terminal device, including a transmission unit that transmits signals of a first frame structure and a second frame structure, and a subcarrier spacing in the second frame structure is m times a subcarrier spacing in the first frame structure (m is a natural number).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuya Kato, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Ryota Yamada
  • Patent number: 10609702
    Abstract: Provided are a base station apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and a communication method that achieve a radio access network capable of being flexibly compatible with various requirements. The base station apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a transmission unit configured to generate a transmit signal based on a frame format in which a radio parameter is configurable, and configured to notify the terminal apparatus of information indicating the radio parameter configured in the frame format. The terminal apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a reception unit configured to acquire information indicating a radio parameter configured in a frame format, and configured to demodulate a signal generated based on the frame format, based on the radio parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromichi Tomeba, Ryota Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200099621
    Abstract: A sensing device management apparatus easily and appropriately generates a data catalog corresponding to sensor metadata. A device information obtaining unit obtains, based on data obtained by a sensing device for performing sensing on a measurement target, an address for obtaining device information about the sensing device, and obtains the device information by accessing the address. A data catalog generation unit generates a data catalog using the device information about the sensing device obtained by the device information obtaining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko ODA, Tetsuji YAMATO, Takeshi NAITO, Sangryul LEE, Ryota YAMADA, Shuichi MISUMI
  • Publication number: 20200072939
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal apparatus including: a receiver configured to detect a transmission direction of a signal used for communication with at least one base station apparatus; and a transmitter configured to transmit, to a location server, base station direction information for indicating the transmission direction detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: RYOTA YAMADA, KATSUYA KATO, YASUHIRO HAMAGUCHI, KAZUHIKO FUKAWA
  • Patent number: 10575311
    Abstract: A base station device, a terminal device, and a communication method are provided, and the terminal efficiently learns information of an interference signal and reduces interference in a reception process to enhance throughput and enhance communication opportunity of each terminal device by feedback from the terminal. The base station device includes a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the terminal device, assist information of Multiuser Superposition Transmission (MUST), and the assist information includes information indicating whether precoding types of terminal devices configured with the MUST are identical to each other or different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryota Yamada, Jungo Goto, Osamu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200059337
    Abstract: A base station apparatus includes a downlink reference signal generation unit configured to generate a first demodulation reference signal and a second demodulation reference signal that are reference signals used to demodulate a data signal, and a radio transmitting unit configured to transmit the first demodulation reference signal, the second demodulation reference signal, and control information to the terminal apparatus. The control information includes parameters regarding the first demodulation reference signal and parameters regarding the second demodulation reference signal. The parameters regarding the first demodulation reference signal include an antenna port number. The parameters regarding the second demodulation reference signal include an antenna port number, and a time domain density or a frequency domain density with which demodulation reference signals are mapped into a slot. The first demodulation reference signal is mapped before the second demodulation reference signal in the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Ryota YAMADA, Hiromichi TOMEBA
  • Publication number: 20200059889
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus (20) includes: a first direction configuring unit configured to receive transmission beam information that is information of a transmission beam used by a transmission device (10-m) and configure a first direction (102-m) that is a direction vector of the transmission beam in a first coordinate system based on the transmission beam information; a radio receiving unit configured to configure a reception beam used for reception of a signal from the transmission device; a second direction configuring unit configured to configure a second direction (202-m) that is a direction vector of the reception beam in a second coordinate system; and an orientation measuring unit configured to perform measurement of an orientation of the terminal apparatus itself based on the first direction (102-m) and the second direction (202-m).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: KATSUYA KATO, RYOTA YAMADA, YASUHIRO HAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200059519
    Abstract: One mode of the present invention is configured to acquire sensor-side metadata including a first label corresponding to a label showing a name given in order to identify event data, to acquire app-side metadata including a second label that is an event condition showing a condition of an event and corresponds to the label, to determine, in a case where sensing data satisfies a requirement of an application, whether the first label and the second label are identical, and to transmit, in the case where these labels are identical, a dataflow control command including information specifying a sensor, information specifying the application and the event condition included in the app-side metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko ODA, Tetsuji YAMATO, Shuichi MISUMI, Sangryul LEE, Ryota YAMADA, Takeshi NAITO
  • Publication number: 20200050635
    Abstract: First and second data catalogs each indicate sensing data attributes. The first and second data catalogs each include a first word indicating an observation object of a sensor that generated sensing data and a second word indicating an observation characteristic of the sensor. A score calculation unit includes a first weight determination part, a second weight determination part, and a score calculation part. The first weight determination part determines a first weight value relating to the observation object, based on the relationship between the first words included in the first and second data catalogs. The second weight determination part determines a second weight value relating to the observation characteristic, based on the relationship between the second words included in the first and second data catalogs . The score calculation part calculates a score relating to the coincidence of the first and second data catalogs, using the first and second weight values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko ODA, Tetsuji YAMATO, Takeshi NAITO, Sangryul LEE, Shuichi MISUMI, Ryota YAMADA
  • Patent number: 10555317
    Abstract: Technical Problem To mitigate interference by using effective knowledge or information as to an interference signal. Solution to Problem There is provided a base station apparatus including a higher layer which configures, in a terminal apparatus, first interference information used in the terminal apparatus in order to mitigate interference from a cell-specific reference signal and at least one of second interference information used in the terminal apparatus in order to mitigate interference from a downlink shared channel, third interference information used in the terminal apparatus in order to mitigate interference from a downlink control channel, and fourth interference information used in the terminal apparatus in order to mitigate interference from an enhanced downlink shared channel, in which each of the second interference information, the third interference information, and the fourth interference information is configured only in a case where the first interference information is being configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryota Yamada, Takashi Yoshimoto, Kazuyuki Shimezawa
  • Patent number: 10547409
    Abstract: A signal that is transmitted to a terminal apparatus itself is demodulated with high precision, and throughput is improved. A terminal apparatus that communicates with a base station apparatus includes: a reception unit that receives downlink control information from the base station apparatus; and a signal detection unit that demodulates a signal that is transmitted to the terminal apparatus itself, based on first modulation mapping, and demodulates an interference signal based on second modulation mapping, in a case where information relating to a transmit power of the interference signal is included in the downlink control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuya Kato, Tomoki Yoshimura, Osamu Nakamura, Ryota Yamada, Hiromichi Tomeba, Jungo Goto, Yasuhiro Hamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200014446
    Abstract: To provide a base station apparatus, a terminal apparatus and a communication method which enable improvements in throughput and communication quality while suppressing an increase in complexity even in a case that the accuracy of a CSI report is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: HIROMICHI TOMEBA, RYOTA YAMADA
  • Patent number: 10523289
    Abstract: The present invention provides a base station device, a terminal device, and a communication method, where the terminal efficiently learns information of an interference signal and reduces interference in a reception process to make it possible to enhance throughput, enhance communication opportunity of each terminal device by feedback from the terminal, and the like. The base station device includes a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the terminal device, Multiuser Superposition Transmission (MUST) information used for canceling interference due to MUST. The MUST information includes multiple combinations of modulation schemes for the MUST, and a list of power ratios used for the MUST in each of the combinations of the modulation schemes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryota Yamada, Jungo Goto, Osamu Nakamura