Patents by Inventor Shinya Hanano
Shinya Hanano 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: 11810462Abstract: A specifying unit 51 of a flying body operation management device 50 specifies an airspace in which a propagation delay equal to or greater than a threshold value occurs in the uplink of a time-division duplex between a wireless communication terminal 30 and a wireless base station 41 to which wireless communication terminal 30 is wirelessly connected. Next, an assigning unit 52 of flying body operation management device 50 performs a process of assigning, with respect to each airspace, a flying body 10 having a wireless communication terminal 20. At this time, with respect to an airspace specified by specifying unit 51, assigning unit 52 limits the assigning of flying body 10 on which wireless communication terminal 20 is mounted.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Takefumi Yamada, Youhei Oono, Yuichiro Segawa, Shinya Hanano, Takashi Yoshimoto, Yasuhiro Kitamura
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Patent number: 11755040Abstract: A flight control apparatus that enables a flying object to safely pass another flying object includes a detection unit configured to detect, in a predetermined range from a flying object, another flying object. A specifying unit is configured to specify a moving direction of the detected other flying object. A judging unit is configured to judge, based on the specified moving direction, whether or not passing is possible. A determination unit is configured to determine, based on a relationship between the flying object and the other flying object, content of a passing operation to be performed with respect to the other flying object. A flight control unit is configured to, if it is judged that passing is possible, control flight of the flying object and perform the passing operation according to the determined content.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Takefumi Yamada, Ken Koumoto, Hidetoshi Ebara, Youhei Oono, Yuichiro Segawa, Yukiko Nakamura, Shinya Hanano
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Patent number: 11645879Abstract: Flight control unit and flight unit start flight in accordance with a flight plan. Flight history acquisition unit acquires a flight history of drone. Flight plan acquisition unit acquires a flight plan for drone. Inspection timing determination unit calculates a difference between the acquired flight plan and the acquired flight history, and based on the difference, determines an inspection timing for drone. Inspection timing notification unit provides notification of the determined inspection timing.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Takefumi Yamada, Ken Koumoto, Hidetoshi Ebara, Youhei Oono, Yuichiro Segawa, Yukiko Nakamura, Shinya Hanano
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Patent number: 11634225Abstract: Flight cessation detection unit detects that drone has ceased flying at an unexpected site. Situation information acquisition unit acquires, as situation information indicating a situation related to retrieval of the drone, information on weather in an area in which the drone has flown. Retrieval procedure determination unit determines a retrieval procedure for the drone based on a situation indicated by the acquired situation information. Retrieval procedure determination unit, upon detecting a time period having specific weather based on the acquired information on weather, determines a retrieval procedure in which the time period is designated as a retrieval time.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Takefumi Yamada, Ken Koumoto, Hidetoshi Ebara, Youhei Oono, Yuichiro Segawa, Yukiko Nakamura, Shinya Hanano
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Patent number: 11531951Abstract: The location detection unit detects a destination location for delivery of an item by a drone. The release determination unit determines whether the drone transporting the item can release and place the item at the destination. Upon determination that the release and placement is not possible, a standby airspace determination unit determines a standby airspace within which the drone waits. The wait-time determination unit determines a wait-time for the drone in the determined standby airspace. The wait-time determination unit determines a wait-time by which the drone can arrive at a next destination by a scheduled arrival time following departure of the drone departs after standby. The standby instruction unit issues to the drone an instruction related to the standby.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Takefumi Yamada, Ken Koumoto, Hidetoshi Ebara, Youhei Oono, Yuichiro Segawa, Yukiko Nakamura, Shinya Hanano
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Patent number: 11528674Abstract: If a propagation delay equal to or greater than a threshold value is detected in the uplink of a time-division duplex between a first wireless communication terminal and a first wireless base station, a suppression unit 52 performs control pertaining to resources in the time-division duplex of a first wireless communication terminal. Thereby, communication errors that occur in a second wireless communication terminal wirelessly connected to the second wireless base station that is different from the first wireless base station, to which the first wireless communication terminal is wirelessly connected, is suppressed by uplink communication performed by the first wireless communication terminal in accordance with the propagation delay. For example, this suppression process is a process pertaining to the assignment of resources a time-division duplex with respect to the first wireless communication terminal.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Takefumi Yamada, Youhei Oono, Yuichiro Segawa, Shinya Hanano, Takashi Yoshimoto, Yasuhiro Kitamura
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Publication number: 20210314896Abstract: If a propagation delay equal to or greater than a threshold value is detected in the uplink of a time-division duplex between a first wireless communication terminal and a first wireless base station, a suppression unit 52 performs control pertaining to resources in the time-division duplex of a first wireless communication terminal. Thereby, communication errors that occur in a second wireless communication terminal wirelessly connected to the second wireless base station that is different from the first wireless base station, to which the first wireless communication terminal is wirelessly connected, is suppressed by uplink communication performed by the first wireless communication terminal in accordance with the propagation delay. For example, this suppression process is a process pertaining to the assignment of resources a time-division duplex with respect to the first wireless communication terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2019Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Takefumi YAMADA, Youhei OONO, Yuichiro SEGAWA, Shinya HANANO, Takashi YOSHIMOTO, Yasuhiro KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20210312820Abstract: A specifying unit 51 of a flying body operation management device 50 specifies an airspace in which a propagation delay equal to or greater than a threshold value occurs in the uplink of a time-division duplex between a wireless communication terminal 30 and a wireless base station 41 to which wireless communication terminal 30 is wirelessly connected. Next, an assigning unit 52 of flying body operation management device 50 performs a process of assigning, with respect to each airspace, a flying body 10 having a wireless communication terminal 20. At this time, with respect to an airspace specified by specifying unit 51, assigning unit 52 limits the assigning of flying body 10 on which wireless communication terminal 20 is mounted.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2019Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Takefumi YAMADA, Youhei OONO, Yuichiro SEGAWA, Shinya HANANO, Takashi YOSHIMOTO, Yasuhiro KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20210250971Abstract: If a propagation delay equal to or greater than a threshold value has been detected in the uplink of the time-division duplex between a first wireless communication terminal and a first wireless base station, a suppression unit 52 controls communications of the first wireless communication terminal. In accordance with the propagation delay between a wireless communication terminal DR1 and a wireless base station BS1, wireless communication terminal DR1 transmits UL data ahead of time by the length of said propagation delay. This may cause communication errors to occur in wireless communication terminals DR2 and MT1 that are wirelessly connected to a wireless base station BS2, which is different from wireless base station BS1 to which wireless communication DR1 is wirelessly connected. Accordingly, suppression unit 52 suppresses said communication errors by controlling communications by wireless communication terminal DR1.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Takefumi YAMADA, Youhei OONO, Yuichiro SEGAWA, Shinya HANANO, Takashi YOSHIMOTO, Yasuhiro KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20210073715Abstract: The location detection unit detects a destination location for delivery of an item by a drone. The release determination unit determines whether the drone transporting the item can release and place the item at the destination. Upon determination that the release and placement is not possible, a standby airspace determination unit determines a standby airspace within which the drone waits. The wait-time determination unit determines a wait-time for the drone in the determined standby airspace. The wait-time determination unit determines a wait-time by which the drone can arrive at a next destination by a scheduled arrival time following departure of the drone departs after standby. The standby instruction unit issues to the drone an instruction related to the standby.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Takefumi YAMADA, Ken KOUMOTO, Hidetoshi EBARA, Youhei OONO, Yuichiro SEGAWA, Yukiko NAKAMURA, Shinya HANANO
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Publication number: 20200387180Abstract: A flight control apparatus that enables a flying object to safely pass another flying object includes a detection unit configured to detect, in a predetermined range from a flying object, another flying object. A specifying unit is configured to specify a moving direction of the detected other flying object. A judging unit is configured to judge, based on the specified moving direction, whether or not passing is possible. A determination unit is configured to determine, based on a relationship between the flying object and the other flying object, content of a passing operation to be performed with respect to the other flying object. A flight control unit is configured to, if it is judged that passing is possible, control flight of the flying object and perform the passing operation according to the determined content.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2019Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Takefumi Yamada, Ken Koumoto, Hidetoshi Ebara, Youhei Oono, Yuichiro Segawa, Yukiko Nakamura, Shinya Hanano
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Publication number: 20200331607Abstract: Flight cessation detection unit detects that drone has ceased flying at an unexpected site. Situation information acquisition unit acquires, as situation information indicating a situation related to retrieval of the drone, information on weather in an area in which the drone has flown. Retrieval procedure determination unit determines a retrieval procedure for the drone based on a situation indicated by the acquired situation information. Retrieval procedure determination unit, upon detecting a time period having specific weather based on the acquired information on weather, determines a retrieval procedure in which the time period is designated as a retrieval time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2019Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Takefumi YAMADA, Ken KOUMOTO, Hidetoshi EBARA, Youhei OONO, Yuichiro SEGAWA, Yukiko NAKAMURA, Shinya HANANO
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Publication number: 20200327747Abstract: Flight control unit 201 and flight unit 202 start flight in accordance with a flight plan. Flight history acquisition unit 103 acquires a flight history of drone 20. Flight plan acquisition unit 102 acquires a flight plan for drone 20. Inspection timing determination unit 104 calculates a difference between the acquired flight plan and the acquired flight history, and based on the difference, determines an inspection timing for drone 20. Inspection timing notification unit 105 provides notification of the determined inspection timing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2019Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Takefumi YAMADA, Ken KOUMOTO, Hidetoshi EBARA, Youhei OONO, Yuichiro SEGAWA, Yukiko NAKAMURA, Shinya HANANO
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Patent number: 7191217Abstract: A proxy server is inserted between an SBC server, which is furnished with SBC middleware capable of installation of an application, and a plurality of SBC clients connected to the SBC server via a network in a server-based computing system. The proxy server comprises a manipulation right controller that gives a manipulation right to execute the application to a first SBC client, a manipulation information relay unit that receives first input manipulation information for executing the application from the first SBC client and transmits the first input manipulation information to the SBC server to cause the application to be executed, and an execution screen distributor that receives an execution screen of the application from the SBC server and distributes the execution screen to each of the SBC clients.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2003Date of Patent: March 13, 2007Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Naohisa Tanabe, Shinya Hanano, Masafumi Higuchi, Kenji Takahashi
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Publication number: 20030195932Abstract: A proxy server is inserted between an SBC server, which is furnished with SBC middleware capable of installation of an application, and a plurality of SBC clients connected to the SBC server via a network in a server-based computing system. The proxy server comprises a manipulation right controller that gives a manipulation right to execute the application to a first SBC client, a manipulation information relay unit that receives first input manipulation information for executing the application from the first SBC client and transmits the first input manipulation information to the SBC server to cause the application to be executed, and an execution screen distributor that receives an execution screen of the application from the SBC server and distributes the execution screen to each of the SBC clients.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Naohisa Tanabe, Shinya Hanano, Masafumi Higuchi, Kenji Takahashi