Patents by Inventor Shusaku Umeda

Shusaku Umeda 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).

  • Patent number: 12230133
    Abstract: A virtual map generation unit (112) generates a virtual map of a subjected area by dividing the subjected area into role areas each of which corresponds to each of a plurality of roles, based on the number of vehicles scheduled to travel in the subjected area specified from work plan information on a transportation work of loads by a vehicle and based on the number of loads scheduled to be placed in the subjected area specified from the work plan information. A distribution unit (115) distributes to the vehicle traveling in the subjected area, the virtual map generated by the virtual map generation unit (112).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Takeyasu, Mari Ochiai, Shusaku Umeda, Takeshi Suehiro, Takashi Asahara, Teruko Fujii
  • Publication number: 20250016047
    Abstract: An edge orchestrator is an orchestrator apparatus for dynamically deploying, to at least one edge server and at least one cloud server, one or more applications that provide one or more services to at least one user equipment. The edge orchestrator includes an app deployment determination unit that determines, upon detection of a state in which a determination of deployment of the one or more applications is necessary, the deployment of the one or more applications on the basis of: a location of each user equipment that uses the one or more services; the maximum number of sessions that is the upper limit of the number of sessions allowed to be simultaneously set for each one user equipment that uses the one or more services; and a requirement of the service provided by each application to be deployed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi SUEHIRO, Takashi Asahara, Shingo Ryu, Tatsuya Yokoyama, Shusaku Umeda, Mari Ochiai, Kenichi Nakura
  • Publication number: 20250016606
    Abstract: An associating unit associates area identification information for identifying each of a plurality of monitoring areas with collected data obtained within each of the plurality of monitoring areas. A converting unit converts a set of a plurality of the collected data associated with the identical area identification information into traffic flow information indicating a traffic situation for each of the plurality of monitoring areas as a unit. A calculating unit calculates a priority for allocating a communication resource for each of the plurality of monitoring areas by using the traffic flow information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya YOKOYAMA, Takahisa YAMAUCHI, Masaaki TAKEYASU, Shingo RYU, Takashi ASAHARA, Shusaku UMEDA, Mari OCHIAI, Takeshi SUEHIRO
  • Publication number: 20240280285
    Abstract: A communication terminal constitutes a facility control system together with a central controller controlling facilities capable of performing communication using an ultra wide band signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shusaku UMEDA, Akinori TAIRA, Hiroyasu SANO, Akira KURITA
  • Publication number: 20240272290
    Abstract: A mobile device which is a communication device that wirelessly communicates with a fixed device fixed on a ground includes: a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance between the fixed device and the communication device based on a reception signal from the fixed device; a comparison target information acquisition unit that acquires comparison target information that is information indicating a distance between the fixed device and the communication device or an absolute position of the communication device, the information being based on a scheduled position of the communication device; and an anomaly detection unit that detects an anomaly occurring in the position of the fixed device based on whether the distance calculated by the distance calculation unit matches the comparison target information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akira KURITA, Shusaku UMEDA, Akinori TAIRA, Hiroyasu SANO
  • Publication number: 20240182092
    Abstract: A railroad management system includes: a plurality of first wireless terminals provided corresponding to a plurality of tracks, and each installed at an end of a platform of a corresponding track; a second wireless terminal installed at an end of a train, and configured to perform communication with the first wireless terminals using an ultra-wide band wireless signal; a distance estimation unit that estimates a distance between each of the plurality of first wireless terminals and the second wireless terminal using the ultra-wide band wireless signal; and a track sensing unit that senses a track that the train is entering based on an estimation result from the distance estimation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shusaku Umeda, Akinori Taira, Toshio Mise, Hiroyasu Sano, Akira Kurita
  • Publication number: 20240098684
    Abstract: A master device that is a fixed device belongs to any of a plurality of areas, and includes: a notification information generation unit that generates notification information including position information of a plurality of fixed devices installed in the area to which the fixed device belongs; and a communication unit that transmits a notification signal including the notification information to a mobile device at a timing different from a timing of transmission of the notification signal from another area, the mobile device being configured to estimate a position based on the notification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku UMEDA, Akinori TAIRA, Hiroyasu SANO, Mari OCHIAI
  • Patent number: 11930434
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus that allocates radio resources is a base station or a mobile station that transmits a data series on a frequency channel in a frequency hopping pattern corresponding to a radio resource time slot. The apparatus includes a transmission quality measurement unit that measures radio waves in a frequency band used in the transmission of the data series and evaluates transmission quality, and the radio resources including a reserved resource and spare resources, a resource allocation unit that allocates, to the mobile station lower than or equal to a threshold value in transmission quality of a frequency channel used in a reserved resource time slot, a time slot that improves frequency channel transmission quality, of spare resource time slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumasa Suzuki, Shusaku Umeda
  • Publication number: 20240005791
    Abstract: A driving assistance system includes a roadside server connected to a roadside sensor and a roadside device. The roadside server includes a sensor information processing unit, an assistance information generation unit, and a roadside device interface. Using information indicating a state in the detection range of the roadside sensor from the roadside sensor, the sensor information processing unit generates sensing information of a first dynamic object within the detection range. The assistance information generation unit generates driving assistance information by combining surrounding object information and the sensing information. The roadside device interface transmits the driving assistance information to the roadside device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mari OCHIAI, Shusaku UMEDA, Takeshi SUEHIRO, Teruko FUJII, Takashi ASAHARA, Masaaki TAKEYASU
  • Publication number: 20230388867
    Abstract: An application server delivers dynamic map information to a mobile object that receives the dynamic map information, the dynamic map information being information of a dynamic map that is used for execution of fully automated driving under a specific condition. When the mobile object executes a handover from a base station capable of transmitting the dynamic map information in a first area to a base station capable of transmitting the dynamic map information in a second area, in a case where the mobile object is in fallback operation in which simultaneous communication with the base stations is unavailable, the application server delivers the dynamic map information to the mobile object via the base station and a mobile object capable of receiving the dynamic map information from the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shusaku UMEDA, Akinori TAIRA, Mari OCHIAI, Takeshi SUEHIRO, Teruko FUJII, Takashi ASAHARA, Masaaki TAKEYASU
  • Publication number: 20230326340
    Abstract: A virtual map generation unit (112) generates a virtual map of a subjected area by dividing the subjected area into role areas each of which corresponds to each of a plurality of roles, based on the number of vehicles scheduled to travel in the subjected area specified from work plan information on a transportation work of loads by a vehicle and based on the number of loads scheduled to be placed in the subjected area specified from the work plan information. A distribution unit (115) distributes to the vehicle traveling in the subjected area, the virtual map generated by the virtual map generation unit (112).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki TAKEYASU, Mari OCHIAI, Shusaku UMEDA, Takeshi SUEHIRO, Takashi ASAHARA, Teruko FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230311941
    Abstract: A server device includes a support information generation unit, a condition determination unit, and a resource calculation unit. The support information generation unit generates support information for each support-provided area using information from a communication terminal. The condition determination unit determines a support information generation condition being a condition concerning the support information to be generated by the support information generation unit, based on area situation information representing a situation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi SUEHIRO, Kenichi NAKURA, Shusaku UMEDA, Mari OCHIAI, Teruko FUJII, Takashi ASAHARA, Masaaki TAKEYASU, Akiko IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230319579
    Abstract: A communication resource allocation device (10) identifies a hazardous behavior that may cause a traffic accident and has occurred in each of monitoring target areas included in a communication area of a base station (20) in a past reference period, so as to determine a hazard level for each of the monitoring target areas. The communication resource allocation device (10) allocates communication resources to each of the monitoring target areas based on the determined hazard level. The communication resource allocation device (10) distributes information to a roadside device (30) and an in-vehicle device (40) in each of the monitoring target areas, using the allocated communication resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi ASAHARA, Masaaki TAKEYASU, Teruko FUJII, Shusaku UMEDA, Mari OCHIAI, Takeshi SUEHIRO
  • Publication number: 20230305559
    Abstract: A communication management device (10) estimates communication quality between a control device (30) mounted on a moving object (70) and a driving assistance device (20) to provide a driving assistance service for the control device (30), at a scheduled time when the moving object (70) passes through a communication area, which includes a scheduled path where the moving object (70) passes. The communication management device (10) notifies the driving assistance device (20) when the communication quality is outside a range of quality being a standard. When it is notified, the driving assistance device (20) changes the driving assistance service to be provided for the control device (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki TAKEYASU, Mari OCHIAI, Shusaku UMEDA, Takeshi SUEHIRO, Takashi ASAHARA, Teruko FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230092604
    Abstract: A processing device that is an edge computer connected to a base station communicatable with a vehicle in a service area includes: a request generation unit generating a first request including location information and a range from the location information specifying a region in which information sharing is requested, and an identifier from which a demander that requests the information sharing is identifiable; an accepted request holding unit holding a second request based on an information sharing demand from another processing device when shared information regarding the region is sendable in response to the second request; and a request location information inquiry unit generating the shared information including a cognitive event and the identifier held in the accepted request holding unit when location information indicating a cognitive event occurrence point acquired from the vehicle via the base station is included in a region specified by the second request information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori KATO, Yasushi MATSUTAKA, Toshinori HORI, Koshiro ISHIHARA, Takashi ASAHARA, Kenichi NAKURA, Shusaku UMEDA
  • Publication number: 20220351612
    Abstract: A control apparatus (10) generates probe data from sensing data obtained by sensing objects in a mobile object's surroundings. The control apparatus (10) selects at least some pieces of probe data as transmission data from the probe data generated, according to a communication resource determined according to a role of the mobile object. The control apparatus (10) transmits the transmission data selected to a management server (20). The management server (20) updates management data such as a dynamic map based on the transmission data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi ASAHARA, Yasushi MATSUTAKA, Toshinori HORI, Koshiro ISHIHARA, Yasunori KATO, Shusaku UMEDA, Kenichi NAKURA
  • Publication number: 20220342064
    Abstract: A wireless ranging system includes a ranging terminal that transmits a wireless signal including a ranging signal and a communication signal indicating an order of ranging with respect to a first ranging target terminal and a second ranging target terminal, and a first ranging target terminal and a second ranging target terminal that, when receiving the wireless signal, respectively transmits a first response signals and a second response signals consecutively a plurality of times to the ranging terminal. For each time the ranging terminal receives each of the plurality of response signals, the ranging terminal measures an elapsed time from transmission of the wireless signal, and calculates a relative distance between the ranging terminal and the ranging target terminals from a propagation time of each of the plurality of response signals calculated using the elapsed time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shusaku UMEDA, Akinori TAIRA, Hiroyasu SANO
  • Publication number: 20220311132
    Abstract: A communication device (201) receives internal electric waves (302) emitted toward inside a vehicle (100) by an internal communicator (102) mounted in the vehicle (100), and receives external electric waves (303) emitted toward outside the vehicle (100) by an external communicator (103) mounted in the vehicle (100). The communication device (201) determines whether the communication device (201) is inside the vehicle (100) or outside the vehicle (100), from a reception intensity of the received internal electric waves (302) and from a reception intensity of the received external electric waves (303).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi MATSUTAKA, Takashi ASAHARA, Toshinori HORI, Koshiro ISHIHARA, Yasunori KATO, Shusaku UMEDA, Kenichi NAKURA
  • Patent number: 11343132
    Abstract: A radio transmission device includes: a known signal generating unit that generates a first known signal and a second known signal mapped in such a manner that subcarriers for transmitting a first signal not being 0 do not overlap with each other in symbols of one time band; an IDFT unit that converts the first known signal and the second known signal from a frequency domain signal into a time domain signal; a GI inserting unit that inserts a guard interval into the first known signal and the second known signal converted into time domain signals; a transmission antenna that transmits the first known signal in which the guard interval is inserted; and a transmission antenna that transmits the second known signal in which the guard interval is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shusaku Umeda, Shinji Masuda, Kazumasa Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210329433
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus that allocates radio resources is a base station or a mobile station that transmits a data series on a frequency channel in a frequency hopping pattern corresponding to a radio resource time slot. The apparatus includes a transmission quality measurement unit that measures radio waves in a frequency band used in the transmission of the data series and evaluates transmission quality, and the radio resources including a reserved resource and spare resources, a resource allocation unit that allocates, to the mobile station lower than or equal to a threshold value in transmission quality of a frequency channel used in a reserved resource time slot, a time slot that improves frequency channel transmission quality, of spare resource time slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumasa SUZUKI, Shusaku UMEDA