Patents by Inventor Shoichi Shitara

Shoichi Shitara 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: 20210149392
    Abstract: A vehicle comprises a command obtainer configured to obtain information indicating a command of a user and determining a motion of the vehicle, a driver configured to move the vehicle in accordance with the information determining the motion, an imager configured to capture a video around the vehicle, an encoder configured to encode the video captured by the imager, a motion state identifier configured to identify a motion state of the vehicle, a video controller configured to control, depending on the motion state, at least one of (i) a resolution of the video to be captured by the imager, (ii) a frame rate of the video to be captured by the imager, (iii) a resolution of the video to be encoded by the encoder and (iv) a bit rate of the video encoded by the encoder, and an output unit configured to output the video encoded by the encoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventor: SHOICHI SHITARA
  • Patent number: 9781771
    Abstract: A wireless circuit that can make plural types of wireless communications using an unlicensed spectrum is achieved with fewer components. High-frequency circuit devices (13 through 23) and a modem processing section (51) process LTE wireless signals. High-frequency circuit devices (33 through 43) and a modem processing section (51) process LTE-U wireless signals. High-frequency circuit devices (33 through 43) and a modem processing section (61) process Wi-Fi wireless signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shoichi Shitara
  • Patent number: 9768938
    Abstract: A communication method of a terminal apparatus that performs communications with a base station using a plurality of frequency channels, comprising the steps of: measuring reception quality; selecting part of frequency channels as selection channels from the plurality of frequency channels; generating first information for specifying the selection channels, second information indicating reception quality of the selection channels, and third information indicating one reception quality of whole of the plurality of frequency channels, and transmitting each of the first, second and third information to the base station, wherein the second information indicating the reception quality is information for specifying at least one of a modulation scheme and a coding rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshizo Nogami, Takashi Onodera, Hidekazu Tsuboi, Shoichi Shitara
  • Patent number: 9735910
    Abstract: A mobile station communicates with a base station controlling over a cell containing a plurality of sectors. The mobile station also receives, from a base station, data of synchronization channels which includes sector specific codes respectively corresponding to sector identification numbers for identifying the sectors. In addition, the mobile station performs synchronization detection with reference to the data of synchronization channels, where the data of the synchronization channels mapped to a plurality of predetermined symbols at intervals of a half period of a frame and a plurality of predetermined subcarriers are specific to respective sectors in the same cell and common among adjacent cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shoichi Shitara
  • Publication number: 20170034871
    Abstract: A wireless circuit that can make plural types of wireless communications using an unlicensed spectrum is achieved with fewer components. High-frequency circuit devices (13 through 23) and a modem processing section (51) process LTE wireless signals. High-frequency circuit devices (33 through 43) and a modem processing section (51) process LTE-U wireless signals. High-frequency circuit devices (33 through 43) and a modem processing section (61) process Wi-Fi wireless signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventor: Shoichi SHITARA
  • Patent number: 9312833
    Abstract: According to a wireless circuit, in a case where a control section carries out switching between use frequency bands of an antenna, the control section sets, in accordance with a first set value which has been adjusted by an impedance variable matching section before the switching, a set value of an impedance variable matching section after the switching. This prevents communication, which is carried out by the wireless circuit including the variable matching section, from being cut off when the use frequency band are switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shoichi Shitara
  • Patent number: 9203531
    Abstract: A wireless circuit (100) which is capable of simultaneously outputting a plurality of transmission signals, including: a transmission signal selection circuit (31) which selectively outputs a detecting object signal out of a plurality of transmission signals; and a detection circuit (33) which detects a power of the detecting object signal thus outputted. This enables to provide, by use of a compact configuration, a technique for individually detecting transmission signals which are simultaneously generated by a respective plurality of transmission circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideaki Shinmei, Hiroki Kashiwagi, Shoichi Shitara, Kazuhiko Ikehata, Masamori Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20150326325
    Abstract: A wireless circuit (100) which is capable of simultaneously outputting a plurality of transmission signals, including: a transmission signal selection circuit (31) which selectively outputs a detecting object signal out of a plurality of transmission signals; and a detection circuit (33) which detects a power of the detecting object signal thus outputted. This enables to provide, by use of a compact configuration, a technique for individually detecting transmission signals which are simultaneously generated by a respective plurality of transmission circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideaki SHINMEI, Hiroki KASHIWAGI, Shoichi SHITARA, Kazuhiko IKEHATA, Masamori TOKUDA
  • Publication number: 20150249518
    Abstract: A mobile station communicates with a base station controlling over a cell containing a plurality of sectors. The mobile station also receives, from a base station, data of synchronization channels which includes sector specific codes respectively corresponding to sector identification numbers for identifying the sectors. In addition, the mobile station performs synchronization detection with reference to the data of synchronization channels, where the data of the synchronization channels mapped to a plurality of predetermined symbols at intervals of a half period of a frame and a plurality of predetermined subcarriers are specific to respective sectors in the same cell and common among adjacent cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shoichi SHITARA
  • Patent number: 9059827
    Abstract: To reduce the process of a cell search including sector identification without increasing loads on a transmission/reception apparatus. A synchronization channel (SCH) included on downlink in a multicarrier mobile communication system is multiplied by a sector specific code and a cell specific code (step S1), assigned to subcarriers on the frequency axis (step S2), subjected to spreading processing and IFFT processing (steps S3, S4), and further subjected to insertion of GI and D/A conversion processing (steps S5, S6), and multicarrier is transmitted from a directional antenna of each sector (step S7). The receiving side specifies a SCH position by auto-correlation method or cross-correlation method, performs FFT, and then, concurrently performs identification of a sector by detection of the sector specific code, and acquisition of cell specific information by demodulation of the cell specific code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shoichi Shitara
  • Publication number: 20150072626
    Abstract: According to a wireless circuit, in a case where a control section carries out switching between use frequency bands of an antenna, the control section sets, in accordance with a first set value which has been adjusted by an impedance variable matching section before the switching, a set value of an impedance variable matching section after the switching. This prevents communication, which is carried out by the wireless circuit including the variable matching section, from being cut off when the use frequency band are switched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shoichi Shitara
  • Publication number: 20140105142
    Abstract: A communication method of a terminal apparatus that performs communications with a base station using a plurality of frequency channels, comprising the steps of: measuring reception quality; selecting part of frequency channels as selection channels from the plurality of frequency channels; generating first information for specifying the selection channels, second information indicating reception quality of the selection channels, and third information indicating one reception quality of whole of the plurality of frequency channels, and transmitting each of the first, second and third information to the base station, wherein the second information indicating the reception quality is information for specifying at least one of a modulation scheme and a coding rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Toshizo Nogami, Takashi Onodera, Hidekazu Tsuboi, Shoichi Shitara
  • Patent number: 8611246
    Abstract: To perform scheduling for improving throughput, while suppressing control information amounts notified from communication terminal apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshizo Nogami, Takashi Onodera, Hidekazu Tsuboi, Shoichi Shitara
  • Patent number: 8467462
    Abstract: To suppress effects produced on other terminals as much as possible, while obtaining the advantage of soft-combining. A multicarrier receiving apparatus that receives a packet comprised of at least a propagation path estimation symbol and a scrambled information symbol to demodulate, and has propagation path estimating sections 3-a and 3-b that respectively estimate propagation paths of radio signals transmitted from a plurality of transmission antennas, scramble multiplying sections 5-a and 5-b that respectively perform the same scrambling on propagation path estimation values output from the propagation path estimating sections 3-a and 3-b as scrambling provided in the information symbol on the transmission antennas sides, an adding section 3-c that adds scrambled propagation path estimation values, and a propagation path compensating section 7 that performs propagation path compensation of the information symbol included in the received packet using a signal output from the adding section 3-c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hamaguchi, Minoru Kubota, Shimpei To, Shoichi Shitara, Kimihiko Imamura
  • Patent number: 8284731
    Abstract: To provide a communication terminal apparatus that efficiently transmits feedback on information regarding the reception quality and transmission form to a communication control apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoichi Shitara, Toshizo Nogami
  • Publication number: 20120093018
    Abstract: To perform scheduling for improving throughput, while suppressing control information amounts notified from communication terminal apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Toshizo NOGAMI, Takashi ONODERA, Hidekazu TSUBOI, Shoichi SHITARA
  • Patent number: 8116216
    Abstract: To perform scheduling for improving throughput, while suppressing control information amounts notified from communication terminal apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshizo Nogami, Takashi Onodera, Hidekazu Tsuboi, Shoichi Shitara
  • Publication number: 20100214928
    Abstract: To perform scheduling for improving throughput, while suppressing control information amounts notified from communication terminal apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Toshizo Nogami, Takashi Onodera, Hidekazu Tsuboi, Shoichi Shitara
  • Publication number: 20100157940
    Abstract: [Problems] To reduce a cell search process including sector identification without increasing a load on a transmission/reception device. [Means for Solving Problems] A synchronization channel (SCH) contained in a down link of a multi-carrier mobile communication system is multiplied by a sector unique code and a cell unique code (step S1). The multiplication result is allocated to a sub-carrier on the frequency axis (step S2) and subjected to a spread process and an IFFT process (steps S3, S4). Furthermore, GI is inserted and D/A conversion are performed (steps S5, S6). A multi-carrier is transmitted from a directivity antenna of each sector (step S7). A reception side identifies the SCH position by the self-correlation method or the mutual correlation method and performs the FFT. After this, the reception side simultaneously performs identification of a sector by detecting a sector unique code and acquisition of cell unique information by demodulating a cell unique code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventor: Shoichi Shitara
  • Publication number: 20090257411
    Abstract: To reduce the process of a cell search including sector identification without increasing loads on a transmission/reception apparatus. A synchronization channel (SCH) included on downlink in a multicarrier mobile communication system is multiplied by a sector specific code and a cell specific code (step S1), assigned to subcarriers on the frequency axis (step S2), subjected to spreading processing and IFFT processing (steps S3, S4), and further subjected to insertion of GI and D/A conversion processing (steps S5, S6), and multicarrier is transmitted from a directional antenna of each sector (step S7). The receiving side specifies a SCH position by auto-correlation method or cross-correlation method, performs FFT, and then, concurrently performs identification of a sector by detection of the sector specific code, and acquisition of cell specific information by demodulation of the cell specific code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventor: Shoichi SHITARA