Patents by Inventor Seiichiro Horikawa
Seiichiro Horikawa 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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Publication number: 20220376874Abstract: According to one embodiment, when a control unit is notified of information in at least one second signal received by one of first and second wireless communication units after the control unit provides the second wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a first signal containing first address information and before a waiting time elapses and when the at least one second signal contains second address information assigned to an authentication apparatus having received the first signal, then the control unit provides the first wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a third signal for a connection request with the second address information set in a destination address.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko ADACHI, Seiichiro HORIKAWA, Koji AKITA, Ryoko MATSUO
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Patent number: 11443578Abstract: According to one embodiment, when a control unit is notified of information in at least one second signal received by one of first and second wireless communication units after the control unit provides the second wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a first signal containing first address information and before a waiting time elapses and when the at least one second signal contains second address information assigned to an authentication apparatus having received the first signal, then the control unit provides the first wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a third signal for a connection request with the second address information set in a destination address.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko Adachi, Seiichiro Horikawa, Koji Akita, Ryoko Matsuo
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Patent number: 11343191Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a control station and a plurality of second wireless communication apparatuses. The control station includes a management table that holds sending permission information indicating whether or not to transmit a packet for requesting to send an orientation estimation auxiliary signal. The plurality of second wireless communication apparatuses each refer to the management table, transmit the packet to a first wireless communication apparatus in response to the sending permission information, and perform orientation estimation using the orientation estimation auxiliary signal transmitted from the first wireless communication apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATIONInventor: Seiichiro Horikawa
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Patent number: 11210881Abstract: According to one embodiment, when a control unit is notified of information in at least one second signal received by one of first and second wireless communication units after the control unit provides the second wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a first signal containing first address information and before a waiting time elapses and when the at least one second signal contains second address information assigned to an authentication apparatus having received the first signal, then the control unit provides the first wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a third signal for a connection request with the second address information set in a destination address.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko Adachi, Seiichiro Horikawa, Koji Akita, Ryoko Matsuo
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Patent number: 11200768Abstract: According to one embodiment, when a control unit is notified of information in at least one second signal received by one of first and second wireless communication units after the control unit provides the second wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a first signal containing first address information and before a waiting time elapses and when the at least one second signal contains second address information assigned to an authentication apparatus having received the first signal, then the control unit provides the first wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a third signal for a connection request with the second address information set in a destination address.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko Adachi, Seiichiro Horikawa, Koji Akita, Ryoko Matsuo
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Publication number: 20210281519Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a control station and a plurality of second wireless communication apparatuses. The control station includes a management table that holds sending permission information indicating whether or not to transmit a packet for requesting to send an orientation estimation auxiliary signal. The plurality of second wireless communication apparatuses each refer to the management table, transmit the packet to a first wireless communication apparatus in response to the sending permission information, and perform orientation estimation using the orientation estimation auxiliary signal transmitted from the first wireless communication apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2020Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventor: Seiichiro Horikawa
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Publication number: 20200334934Abstract: According to one embodiment, when a control unit is notified of information in at least one second signal received by one of first and second wireless communication units after the control unit provides the second wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a first signal containing first address information and before a waiting time elapses and when the at least one second signal contains second address information assigned to an authentication apparatus having received the first signal, then the control unit provides the first wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a third signal for a connection request with the second address information set in a destination address.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko ADACHI, Seiichiro HORIKAWA, Koji AKITA, Ryoko MATSUO
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Publication number: 20200334932Abstract: According to one embodiment, when a control unit is notified of information in at least one second signal received by one of first and second wireless communication units after the control unit provides the second wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a first signal containing first address information and before a waiting time elapses and when the at least one second signal contains second address information assigned to an authentication apparatus having received the first signal, then the control unit provides the first wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a third signal for a connection request with the second address information set in a destination address.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko ADACHI, Seiichiro HORIKAWA, Koji AKITA, Ryoko MATSUO
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Publication number: 20200334933Abstract: According to one embodiment, when a control unit is notified of information in at least one second signal received by one of first and second wireless communication units after the control unit provides the second wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a first signal containing first address information and before a waiting time elapses and when the at least one second signal contains second address information assigned to an authentication apparatus having received the first signal, then the control unit provides the first wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a third signal for a connection request with the second address information set in a destination address.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko ADACHI, Seiichiro HORIKAWA, Koji AKITA, Ryoko MATSUO
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Patent number: 10771446Abstract: According to one embodiment, when a control unit is notified of information in at least one second signal received by one of first and second wireless communication units after the control unit provides the second wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a first signal containing first address information and before a waiting time elapses and when the at least one second signal contains second address information assigned to an authentication apparatus having received the first signal, then the control unit provides the first wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a third signal for a connection request with the second address information set in a destination address.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko Adachi, Seiichiro Horikawa, Koji Akita, Ryoko Matsuo
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Publication number: 20190297068Abstract: According to one embodiment, when a control unit is notified of information in at least one second signal received by one of first and second wireless communication units after the control unit provides the second wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a first signal containing first address information and before a waiting time elapses and when the at least one second signal contains second address information assigned to an authentication apparatus having received the first signal, then the control unit provides the first wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a third signal for a connection request with the second address information set in a destination address.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko ADACHI, Seiichiro HORIKAWA, Koji AKITA, Ryoko MATSUO
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Patent number: 10362017Abstract: According to one embodiment, when a control unit is notified of information in at least one second signal received by one of first and second wireless communication units after the control unit provides the second wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a first signal containing first address information and before a waiting time elapses and when the at least one second signal contains second address information assigned to an authentication apparatus having received the first signal, then the control unit provides the first wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a third signal for a connection request with the second address information set in a destination address.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko Adachi, Seiichiro Horikawa, Koji Akita, Ryoko Matsuo
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Publication number: 20170163621Abstract: According to one embodiment, when a control unit is notified of information in at least one second signal received by one of first and second wireless communication units after the control unit provides the second wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a first signal containing first address information and before a waiting time elapses and when the at least one second signal contains second address information assigned to an authentication apparatus having received the first signal, then the control unit provides the first wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a third signal for a connection request with the second address information set in a destination address.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2017Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko ADACHI, Seiichiro HORIKAWA, Koji AKITA, Ryoko MATSUO
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Patent number: 9613474Abstract: According to one embodiment, when a control unit is notified of information in at least one second signal received by one of first and second wireless communication units after the control unit provides the second wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a first signal containing first address information and before a waiting time elapses and when the at least one second signal contains second address information assigned to an authentication apparatus having received the first signal, then the control unit provides the first wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a third signal for a connection request with the second address information set in a destination address.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2013Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko Adachi, Seiichiro Horikawa, Koji Akita, Ryoko Matsuo
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Patent number: 9319883Abstract: A card devices includes an authentication unit, a wireless communication unit, and a control unit. The authentication unit performs and authentication process with an external device via wired communication. The wireless communication unit performs wireless communication with the external device. The control unit controls the wireless communication unit to reduce radio waves radiated from the wireless communication unit when the control unit detects that the authentication process is being performed.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Koji Akita, Seiichiro Horikawa, Hideo Kasami
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Patent number: 9288693Abstract: A wireless communication device has a first wireless unit, a second wireless unit, a storage, a communication judging unit, a threshold value retaining unit configured to retain a threshold value used to judge whether or not to permit a switch from the first wireless unit to the second wireless unit, a remaining volume monitoring unit configured to judge, when the communication judging unit judges that the first wireless unit has disconnected communication, whether volume of remaining unreceived data to be incorporated into the data received by the first wireless unit before the disconnection of communication is smaller than the threshold value retained by the threshold value retaining unit, and a controller configured to start receiving the unreceived data by switching from the first wireless unit to the second wireless unit, when the volume of remaining unreceived data is judged to be small by the remaining volume monitoring unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2012Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Seiichiro Horikawa, Koji Akita
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Patent number: 9232561Abstract: A wireless communication device has a plurality of wireless units each configured to cover a different wireless communication range and be capable of receiving data in the corresponding wireless communication range, a status information generator provided corresponding to the wireless unit utilized to receive data among the plurality of wireless units, in order to generate status information concerning the wireless communication range of the wireless unit utilized to receive the data, and a storage configured to store the status information in association with the data.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Koji Akita, Takayoshi Ito, Seiichiro Horikawa, Hideo Kasami
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Publication number: 20150350909Abstract: A card devices includes an authentication unit, a wireless communication unit, and a control unit. The authentication unit performs and authentication process with an external device via wired communication. The wireless communication unit performs wireless communication with the external device. The control unit controls the wireless communication unit to reduce radio waves radiated from the wireless communication unit when the control unit detects that the authentication process is being performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Koji AKITA, Seiichiro HORIKAWA, Hideo KASAMI
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Patent number: 9158360Abstract: In an embodiment, an electronic apparatus is mounted with a card unit including first and second devices driven with different driving voltages. The electronic apparatus includes: first and second voltage generating units, first and second control units. The first voltage generating unit generates a first driving voltage for driving the first device and a second driving voltage for driving the second device using electric power from the battery. The second voltage generating unit generates the first driving voltage and second driving voltage using electric power transmitted from the external device. The first control unit controls the first selection unit such that any one of the first driving voltage generated by the first voltage generating unit and the first driving voltage generated by the second voltage generating unit is selected depending on the electric power supply capability of the battery.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Seiichiro Horikawa, Koji Akita, Hideo Kasami
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Patent number: 9141781Abstract: According to one embodiment, a card device includes an authentication unit, a wireless communication unit, and a control unit. The authentication unit performs an authentication process with an external device via wired communication. The wireless communication unit performs wireless communication with the external device. The control unit controls the wireless communication unit to reduce radio waves radiated from the wireless communication unit when the control unit detects that the authentication process is being performed.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2012Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Koji Akita, Seiichiro Horikawa, Hideo Kasami