Patents by Inventor Tatsuhiko Sakai

Tatsuhiko Sakai 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: 20230276232
    Abstract: A communication apparatus connectable to a communication network notifies the presence of the communication apparatus using a communication channel assigned to the communication apparatus, then sets one communication channel different from the assigned communication channel of those available in the communication network, and searches for a communication partner apparatus which functions as a providing apparatus that provides communication parameters using the set communication channel. The communication apparatus repetitively executes the notification processing and the search processing, and changes a communication channel used in the search processing every time the repetition is executed one or a plurality of number of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Fumihide Goto, Tatsuhiko Sakai
  • Patent number: 11696111
    Abstract: A communication apparatus controls, while carrying out wireless communication, the ongoing wireless communication based on country information acquired via other wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko Sakai
  • Publication number: 20230209357
    Abstract: A communication apparatus reads an image relating to a first other communication apparatus and acquires information on the first other communication apparatus from the image. The communication apparatus reads an image relating to a second other communication apparatus and acquires information on the second other communication apparatus from the image. The communication apparatus transmits information on a communication channel to the first other communication apparatus. The communication channel is for use in a role determination process for determining roles of the first other communication apparatus and the second other communication apparatus in direct wireless communication. The communication apparatus transmits the information on the communication channel and the information on the first other communication apparatus to the second other communication apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko Sakai
  • Patent number: 11678179
    Abstract: A communication apparatus connectable to a communication network notifies the presence of the communication apparatus using a communication channel assigned to the communication apparatus, then sets one communication channel different from the assigned communication channel of those available in the communication network, and searches for a communication partner apparatus which functions as a providing apparatus that provides communication parameters using the set communication channel. The communication apparatus repetitively executes the notification processing and the search processing, and changes a communication channel used in the search processing every time the repetition is executed one or a plurality of number of times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumihide Goto, Tatsuhiko Sakai
  • Publication number: 20230141473
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes an authentication unit that sets a communication parameter for connecting to a wireless network, and executes authentication processing, with a base station, for registering the communication apparatus to the base station that forms the wireless network, as a management apparatus that is allowed to connect another apparatus to the wireless network, a setting unit that, based on information acquired from code information captured through imaging, sets the communication parameter to another communication apparatus corresponding to the code information, and a registration unit that executes registration processing for registering the other communication apparatus to the base station as the management apparatus, based on at least a condition that the communication parameter is set to the other communication apparatus by the setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko Sakai
  • Patent number: 11622277
    Abstract: A communication apparatus reads an image relating to a first other communication apparatus and acquires information on the first other communication apparatus from the image. The communication apparatus reads an image relating to a second other communication apparatus and acquires information on the second other communication apparatus from the image. The communication apparatus transmits information on a communication channel to the first other communication apparatus. The communication channel is for use in a role determination process for determining roles of the first other communication apparatus and the second other communication apparatus in direct wireless communication. The communication apparatus transmits the information on the communication channel and the information on the first other communication apparatus to the second other communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko Sakai
  • Patent number: 11570619
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes an authentication unit that sets a communication parameter for connecting to a wireless network, and executes authentication processing, with a base station, for registering the communication apparatus to the base station that forms the wireless network, as a management apparatus that is allowed to connect another apparatus to the wireless network, a setting unit that, based on information acquired from code information captured through imaging, sets the communication parameter to another communication apparatus corresponding to the code information, and a registration unit that executes registration processing for registering the other communication apparatus to the base station as the management apparatus, based on at least a condition that the communication parameter is set to the other communication apparatus by the setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko Sakai
  • Patent number: 11553539
    Abstract: In a communication apparatus on a network where communication apparatuses perform direct communication with each other, a network management apparatus for managing the network based on message information transmitted and received on the network is determined. When the communication apparatus itself is determined as the network management apparatus, the apparatus collects information indicating device capabilities from other communication apparatuses. On the other hand, the communication apparatus receives information indicating device capabilities from another communication apparatus when the other communication apparatus is determined as the network management apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Sakai, Kenichi Fujii, Mitsuhiro Watanabe, Kazuo Moritomo
  • Patent number: 11498156
    Abstract: In a laser processing apparatus for refining magnetic domains of a grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet by setting a laser beam to be focused on the grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet and scanned in a scanning direction, the laser beam focused on the grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet is linearly polarized light, and an angle between a linear polarization direction and the scanning direction is higher than 45° and equal to or lower than 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Hirano, Hirofumi Imai, Hideyuki Hamamura, Tatsuhiko Sakai
  • Publication number: 20220330379
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, when it perform data communication using a master base station and a secondary base station, stops communication with the secondary base station, confirms with a user whether or not the data communication is to continue in a case where communication with the secondary base station is stopped, and in a case where it was confirmed that the data communication is not continue, stops communication with the master base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko Sakai
  • Publication number: 20220264445
    Abstract: When a connection to a cellular communication network 302 is established, in a case of a connection to a cellular communication network 303 is performed, a disconnection from the cellular communication network 302 is performed and communication in the cellular communication network 303 is performed in a case where communication in the cellular communication network 303 can be performed using subscriber information of the cellular communication network 302, and the communication is performed also in the cellular communication network 303 while maintaining connection to the cellular communication network 302 in a case where communication in the cellular communication network 303 cannot be performed using the subscriber information of the cellular communication network 302.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko Sakai
  • Patent number: 11405979
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, when it perform data communication using a master base station and a secondary base station, stops communication with the secondary base station, confirms with a user whether or not the data communication is to continue in a case where communication with the secondary base station is stopped, and in a case where it was confirmed that the data communication is not continue, stops communication with the master base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko Sakai
  • Publication number: 20220210704
    Abstract: A communication apparatus capable of executing concurrent communication with a first base station and a second base station based on Dual Connectivity (DC) defined in cellular communication standards of the Third Generation Partnership Project is provided. The first base station operates as a master node in the DC and the second base station operates as a secondary node in the DC. If the state of the communication apparatus has transitioned from an RRC_Inactive state to an RRC_Connected state in a state in which settings related to the DC are maintained, the communication apparatus controls the state of the communication apparatus to maintain the RRC_Connected state regardless of whether or not connection processing for establishing a connection to the second base station is successful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko Sakai
  • Patent number: 11310703
    Abstract: A communication apparatus capable of executing concurrent communication with a first base station and a second base station based on Dual Connectivity (DC) defined in cellular communication standards of the Third Generation Partnership Project is provided. The first base station operates as a master node in the DC and the second base station operates as a secondary node in the DC. If the state of the communication apparatus has transitioned from an RRC_Inactive state to an RRC_Connected state in a state in which settings related to the DC are maintained, the communication apparatus controls the state of the communication apparatus to maintain the RRC_Connected state regardless of whether or not connection processing for establishing a connection to the second base station is successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAI SHA
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko Sakai
  • Publication number: 20210368336
    Abstract: A communication apparatus connectable to a communication network notifies the presence of the communication apparatus using a communication channel assigned to the communication apparatus, then sets one communication channel different from the assigned communication channel of those available in the communication network, and searches for a communication partner apparatus which functions as a providing apparatus that provides communication parameters using the set communication channel. The communication apparatus repetitively executes the notification processing and the search processing, and changes a communication channel used in the search processing every time the repetition is executed one or a plurality of number of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Fumihide Goto, Tatsuhiko Sakai
  • Publication number: 20210282198
    Abstract: In a communication apparatus on a network where communication apparatuses perform direct communication with each other, a network management apparatus for managing the network based on message information transmitted and received on the network is determined. When the communication apparatus itself is determined as the network management apparatus, the apparatus collects information indicating device capabilities from other communication apparatuses. On the other hand, the communication apparatus receives information indicating device capabilities from another communication apparatus when the other communication apparatus is determined as the network management apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Sakai, Kenichi Fujii, Mitsuhiro Watanabe, Kazuo Moritomo
  • Patent number: 11115816
    Abstract: A communication apparatus connectable to a communication network notifies the presence of the communication apparatus using a communication channel assigned to the communication apparatus, then sets one communication channel different from the assigned communication channel of those available in the communication network, and searches for a communication partner apparatus which functions as a providing apparatus that provides communication parameters using the set communication channel. The communication apparatus repetitively executes the notification processing and the search processing, and changes a communication channel used in the search processing every time the repetition is executed one or a plurality of number of times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumihide Goto, Tatsuhiko Sakai
  • Publication number: 20210259050
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a determination device configured to, in a case where the communication apparatus connects to a first network of a first base station via a first frequency channel and the communication apparatus participates in a second network via the first frequency channel without connection to a base station, determine whether a second frequency channel used by a second base station is usable in the communication performed, and a control device configured to control the communication without connection to the base station according to the determination by the determination device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko Sakai
  • Publication number: 20210204356
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, when it perform data communication using a master base station and a secondary base station, stops communication with the secondary base station, confirms with a user whether or not the data communication is to continue in a case where communication with the secondary base station is stopped, and in a case where it was confirmed that the data communication is not continue, stops communication with the master base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko Sakai
  • Patent number: 11051347
    Abstract: In a communication apparatus on a network where communication apparatuses perform direct communication with each other, a network management apparatus for managing the network based on message information transmitted and received on the network is determined. When the communication apparatus itself is determined as the network management apparatus, the apparatus collects information indicating device capabilities from other communication apparatuses. On the other hand, the communication apparatus receives information indicating device capabilities from another communication apparatus when the other communication apparatus is determined as the network management apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Sakai, Kenichi Fujii, Mitsuhiro Watanabe, Kazuo Moritomo