Patents by Inventor Sho FURUICHI

Sho FURUICHI 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: 20240137775
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided are a communication control device, a network device, a communication control system, a communication control method, and an information communication method that make it possible to increase a usage efficiency of a frequency band. [Solution] A communication control device according to the present disclosure includes: a receiving unit that receives a request for radio wave use pertaining to a first wireless communication device; a transmitting unit that, when the request is received, transmits an obtainment request for communication status information indicating a communication status of a second wireless communication device; and a control unit that receives the communication status information of the second wireless communication device after the obtainment request has been transmitted, and determines a condition of the radio wave use by the first wireless communication device based on the communication status information of the second wireless communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi KASAI, Sho FURUICHI, Hiroaki TAKANO
  • Patent number: 11950103
    Abstract: A communication control device (40) includes: an acquisition unit (441) that acquires a spectrum grant request following a certain scheme from a plurality of second radio systems that perform a wireless communication using a radio wave of a frequency band used by a first radio system; a classification unit (442) that groups the second radio systems into a plurality of groups according to a scheme of the spectrum grant request; and a calculation unit (443) that calculates a communication parameter of the second radio system for each of the groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sho Furuichi
  • Publication number: 20240089948
    Abstract: Provided are a communication control apparatus and a communication control method, in which utilization efficiency of a frequency band is increased. A communication control apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a processing unit configured to, in a case where a first request for radio wave use of a first wireless communication apparatus belonging to a first group is received, determine parameter information regarding a radio wave capable of being used for the first wireless communication apparatus on the basis of installation environment information regarding the first wireless communication apparatus and another wireless communication apparatus belonging to the first group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: HIROFUMI KASAI, SHO FURUICHI
  • Patent number: 11930372
    Abstract: A communication control apparatus (40) acquires, from a second wireless system that performs wireless communication by using a radio wave of a frequency band used by a first wireless system or from a proxy system that acts on behalf of the second wireless system, a request for the second wireless system to start or continue radio wave transmission. Then, the communication control apparatus (40) determines a transmission interval of the request to be transmitted from a predetermined second wireless system out of a plurality of the second wireless systems or a predetermined proxy system out of a plurality of the proxy systems. Then, the communication control apparatus (40) notifies the predetermined second wireless system or the predetermined proxy system of the determined transmission interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sho Furuichi
  • Patent number: 11832288
    Abstract: A communication control device includes: a selection unit that selects, on the basis of a protection target range which is set to the air above a communication device of a second wireless system on the basis of a position of the communication device of the second wireless system which secondarily uses a frequency resource primarily used by a first wireless system, a communication device of the first wireless system as a target for calculating interference applied by the communication device of the second wireless system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Kimura, Sho Furuichi, Hiroto Kuriki, Shinichiro Tsuda, Ryo Sawai
  • Publication number: 20230362970
    Abstract: Even when a coexistence manager is implemented in a communication control device that permits a secondary use communication service in a primary communication service, hindrance of the functions of the communication control device is to be prevented. A reception unit receives, from the secondary use communication device that provides the secondary communication service that is a communication service using at least a part of a frequency band used by the primary communication service, a request for using the frequency band, including information of a secondary use communication device group including the secondary use communication device. A first determination unit generates a first response according to a result of a judgment related to the use of the frequency band in the received request. Based on the judgment result, a second determination unit generates a second response including the information regarding the use in the secondary use communication device group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Sho FURUICHI
  • Publication number: 20230345263
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a communication control device, a base station, a terminal device, a communication control method, and a wireless communication method which are capable of improving user throughput by performing more flexible frequency control. [Solution] Provided is a communication control device including: a communication unit configured to communicate with a base station of a wireless communication system in which one or more frequencies are used; a setting unit configured to set an event and set a frequency to be used by the base station using occurrence of the set event as a trigger; and an acquiring unit configured to acquire information for the setting by the setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Sho FURUICHI, Ryota KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230300757
    Abstract: A method includes generating a plurality of areas to which one of a plurality of transmission power values is allocated on the basis of at least the location of a first wireless device, the plurality of transmission power values, and a plurality of radio wave propagation models; and determining a transmission power value of a second wireless device on the basis of a transmission power value allocated to an area that does not include the location of the second wireless device. The generating includes calculating an area candidate using one of the plurality of radio wave propagation models, confirming validity of the used radio wave propagation model on the basis of a distance between a boundary of the area candidate and the first wireless device, and calculating another area candidate by using another radio wave propagation model in a case where the used radio wave propagation model is invalid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Sho FURUICHI
  • Publication number: 20230291625
    Abstract: A communication control device (130) according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an interference ratio calculating unit (1342) that calculates an adjacent channel interference ratio between a first radio system, which is a protection target, and a second radio system, which is an interference source, when the second radio system shares and uses radio wave used by the first radio system and a guard band calculating unit (1343) that calculates a guard band necessary for a channel of the first radio system or the second radio system based on the adjacent channel interference ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventor: SHO FURUICHI
  • Patent number: 11736958
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a communication control device, a base station, a terminal device, a communication control method, and a wireless communication method which are capable of improving user throughput by performing more flexible frequency control. [Solution] Provided is a communication control device including: a communication unit configured to communicate with a base station of a wireless communication system in which one or more frequencies are used; a setting unit configured to set an event and set a frequency to be used by the base station using occurrence of the set event as a trigger; and an acquiring unit configured to acquire information for the setting by the setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Furuichi, Ryota Kimura
  • Publication number: 20230247601
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a communication control device, a wireless communication device, a method and a program which are capable of realizing coexistence control using information relating to a duplex mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Sho FURUICHI
  • Publication number: 20230239701
    Abstract: Implemented is a mechanism in which in a case where a communication device is leased from a certain operator to another operator, a permission for priority utilization of a frequency band does not need to be newly re-obtained. A communication control device of the present disclosure includes: a first reception unit that receives a registration update request to update operator information about an operator who operates a communication device permitted to perform priority utilization of a frequency band, from a first operator to a second operator; and a management unit that, on the basis of the registration update request, updates the operator information about an operator who operates the communication device, from the first operator to the second operator, and maintains the permission for priority utilization of the frequency band by the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Sho FURUICHI
  • Patent number: 11647488
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a communication control device, a wireless communication device, a method and a program which are capable of realizing coexistence control using information relating to a duplex mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sho Furuichi
  • Publication number: 20230131512
    Abstract: A change in a frequency band to be utilized to another frequency band without the necessity of newly getting a permission for utilization of the frequency band again is made possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventor: SHO FURUICHI
  • Patent number: 11627584
    Abstract: A computing device includes circuitry configured to transmit, to a server device, information of channels that can be used, and receive a plurality of lists from the server device. The lists are generated from the information of the channels that can be used. Each of the lists identifies ranges and indicates an available frequency and transmission power of the frequency for each of the ranges. Each of the ranges is a geographic region. Each of the lists identifies multiple geographic regions. The plurality of geographic regions is a same plurality of geographic regions for all of the lists. The frequency corresponding to any one of the ranges in any one of the lists is not set in an overlapped manner to the frequency corresponding to the same one of the ranges in any other one of the lists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sho Furuichi
  • Publication number: 20230104652
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus or the like that allocates a channel in a case where any channel in a specific frequency band is allocated to an identical user in a plurality of areas. A channel allocation apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a classification unit and an allocation unit. The classification unit classifies a plurality of areas into one or more first sets on the basis of a relationship among the plurality of areas in which the specific frequency band is available and the number of channels of the specific frequency band used by a user of the specific frequency band in each of the plurality of areas. The allocation unit determines, for each of the first sets, a channel to be allocated to the user in each area included in the first sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Sho FURUICHI
  • Publication number: 20230098851
    Abstract: Provided is a device that executes a process of guaranteeing protection for a protection system in a case where a communication device itself, such as an access point, that executes wireless communication determines a frequency or the like used for the wireless communication. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a communication system includes a plurality of communication devices configured to execute wireless communication using a frequency of a specific frequency band; and an information processing device configured to record information regarding interference of the plurality of communication devices with a protection system in the specific frequency band. The communication device executes single interference estimation on the protection system before executing the wireless communication to estimate interference of the wireless communication with the protection system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: SHO FURUICHI
  • Patent number: 11595136
    Abstract: A communication control device that acquires first interference information indicating a first interference from communication involving a communication node that is not controlled by the communication control device and second interference information indicating a second interference from communication involving another communication node that is controlled by the communication control device. The communication control device classifies the communication nodes into groups related to a decision of a radio resource that is available for use by a communication node based on the first interference information and the second interference information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Furuichi, Ryo Sawai, Ryota Kimura, Hiromasa Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 11570723
    Abstract: A mechanism which enables management of frequency resources while suppressing a calculation amount under an environment where location information of a communication device changes. A management server including: a creating unit to create list information; an acquiring unit to acquire a step size relating to transmission power setting of the communication device; a re-creation judging unit to judge whether or not to re-create the list information based on first location information when the list information has been created last time, second location information to be judged and the step size; and a notification unit to notify the communication device which uses the list information, of the re-created list information in a case where it is judged to re-create the list information and the list information created last time in a case where it is judged not to re-create the list information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sho Furuichi
  • Publication number: 20230026783
    Abstract: Provided are a communication control device, a communication control method, a communication device, and a communication method capable of changing priority of radio wave use. A communication control device according to the present disclosure includes: an acquirer configured to acquire application data for changing a priority of radio wave use of a communication device from a second priority lower than a first priority to the first priority on the basis of a right to perform radio wave use with the first priority; a receiver configured to receive a frequency use notification notifying that the communication device is performing the radio wave use with the second priority; and a processor configured to update the priority of the radio wave use by the communication device from the second priority to the first priority in a case where the frequency use notification is received after the application data is acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Sho FURUICHI