Patents by Inventor Tomoya OHARA
Tomoya OHARA 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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Publication number: 20240155519Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives a first synchronization signal in a first band; and a control section that simultaneously uses, when a notification indicating presence of a second synchronization signal in a second band is received, the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal for at least one of synchronization, reception quality measurement, and radio link quality monitoring. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately use resources according to capability.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Shinya Kumagai, Takuma Nakamura, Tomoya Ohara, Daisuke Kurita, Satoshi Nagata
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Patent number: 11979913Abstract: There is provided a user equipment, the user equipment including: a reception unit that receives configuration information in which a reference signal and a synchronous signal block are associated with each other from a base station; a control unit that selects a specific reference signal from a plurality of reference signals to be monitored in a random access procedure; and a transmission unit that transmits a random access signal to the base station using a resource corresponding to the specific reference signal, wherein the reception unit assumes based on the configuration information that there is a quasi co-location relation between the synchronous signal block corresponding to the specific reference signal and a signal to be monitored in a predetermined search space, and monitors the signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventor: Tomoya Ohara
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Publication number: 20240147442Abstract: A terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives, in a first band, information related to a second band; and a control section that simultaneously uses a first signal in the first band and a second signal in the second band for at least one of synchronization, measurement, channel estimation, position estimation, and reference signal transmission. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately use resources according to capability.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Shinya Kumagai, Takuma Nakamura, Tomoya Ohara, Daisuke Kurita, Satoshi Nagata
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Publication number: 20240089764Abstract: A terminal comprises: a transmission unit that transmits a reference signal used for a purpose other than a measurement related to a reception quality in a physical layer; and a control unit that assumes the measurement related to the reception quality in the physical layer is performed using the reference signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara
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Publication number: 20240090012Abstract: A terminal comprises: a reception unit that receives a reference signal used for a purpose other than a measurement related to a radio resource management; and a control unit that performs the measurement related to the radio resource management using the reference signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara
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Publication number: 20240089762Abstract: A terminal comprises: a reception unit that receives a reference signal used for a purpose other than a measurement related to a radio link management; and a control unit that performs the measurement related to the radio link management using the reference signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara
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Publication number: 20240089775Abstract: A terminal including: a reception unit that receives a reference signal periodically transmitted from a network; a transmission unit that transmits a measurement result of the reference signal; and a control unit that determines whether or not to assume a reception of at least a part of the reference signal based on whether or not a specific condition is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Daisuke Kurita, Mayuko Okano, Satoshi Nagata, Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara
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Publication number: 20240064754Abstract: A terminal has: a receiving unit configured to receive information related to a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control CHannel) monitoring reduction function; and a control unit configured to start and end the PDCCH monitoring reduction function based on the information related to the PDCCH monitoring reduction function.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2021Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventor: Tomoya Ohara
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Publication number: 20240057031Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a reception unit configured to receive, from a base station, configuration information on a reference signal of uplink for positioning in a non-connected state; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the reference signal based on the configuration information in the non-connected state. In other aspects, another terminal, a base station, and a transmission method are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Masaya Okamura, Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada
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Patent number: 11902987Abstract: A radio node includes: a reception section that receives information used for initial access to another radio node in a first cell; and a control section that controls the initial access based on the information. The control section controls reception of the information based on a period equal to or longer than a period defined for a user terminal in a second cell with respect to transmission of the information.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Hiroki Harada, Tomoya Ohara
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Patent number: 11849431Abstract: A user apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive information indicating resources used for downlink or uplink from a base station apparatus and a transmission unit configured to transmit TDD configuration information used for determining an arrangement of resources used for sidelink.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Tomoya Ohara, Ryosuke Osawa
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Patent number: 11825430Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed including an input unit that receives an input; and a communication module coupled to a processor that measures power of synchronization signal blocks received from a base station, wherein the processor selects a synchronization signal block with measured power above a threshold, wherein the communication module transmits a preamble using a resource corresponding to the selected synchronization signal block, and wherein the communication module performs retransmission for preamble transmission that uses the resource, the retransmission being performed using another resource corresponding to the selected synchronizations signal block or another synchronization signal block with measured power above the threshold. In other aspects, another apparatus is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Tomoya Ohara, Hiroki Harada
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Patent number: 11818771Abstract: A user equipment includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit first data in a first step of a 2-step RACH; and a receiving unit configured to receive second data in a second step of the 2-step RACH. The user equipment performs fallback to a 4-step RACH at the time of retransmission of the first data. In addition, provided is a user equipment including: a transmitting unit configured to transmit first data in a first step of a 2-step RACH; and a receiving unit configured to receive second data in a second step of the 2-step RACH. The user equipment performs fallback to a 4-step RACH according to the received second data.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventor: Tomoya Ohara
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Publication number: 20230337138Abstract: Provided is a terminal having: a receiving unit configured to receive control information including an indication of switching a search space set group, from a base station; and a controlling unit configured to switch the search space set group, based on the indication, wherein the controlling unit does not restart DRX (discontinuous reception) inactivity timer in response to receiving the control information from the base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2020Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventor: Tomoya Ohara
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Publication number: 20230336386Abstract: In a case of using a different frequency band that is different from a frequency band including one or a plurality of frequency ranges, a terminal applies common initial access configurations to all of a plurality of subcarrier spacings. The terminal transmits an initial access signal via an initial access channel set based on the initial access configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Daisuke Kurita, Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata, Tomoya Ohara
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Publication number: 20230328721Abstract: Disclosed is a terminal including: a control unit acquiring a gap length between a first hop and a second hop in PUSCH transmission to which frequency hopping in a random access procedure is applied; and a transmitting unit performing the PUSCH transmission by the first hop and then the PUSCH transmission by the second hop after the gap length.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2019Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventor: Tomoya Ohara
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Publication number: 20230319823Abstract: A terminal including: a reception unit configured to receive a piece of control information for scheduling PDSCH reception in multiple CCs from a base station apparatus; and a control unit configured to obtain a feedback timing indicator value from the control information, and to determine a feedback timing for each CC of the multiple CCs by using the feedback timing indicator value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2020Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Masaya Okamura, Hiroki Harada, Tomoya Ohara
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Publication number: 20230292244Abstract: A terminal includes: a receiving unit configured to receive an indication indicating an active state or an inactive state from a base station for each of one or more search space sets included in a search space set group; and a control unit configured to monitor a search space set for which the indication is an active state, and does not monitor a search space set for which the indication is an inactive state, among the search space sets included in the search space set group.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2020Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventor: Tomoya Ohara
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Publication number: 20230284181Abstract: A terminal includes: a receiving unit configured to receive signals indicating whether or not monitoring of PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) monitoring occasions for paging is necessary, prior to the PDCCH monitoring occasions, from a base station; and a control unit configured to determine whether or not to monitor the PDCCH monitoring occasions, based on the signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2020Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventor: Tomoya Ohara
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Publication number: 20230273204Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an immunochromatographic kit and a method, which are capable of detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis with high-sensitivity and specificity. According to the present invention, an immunochromatographic kit for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis is provided, the kit including: a label substance modified with a first antibody against lipoarabinomannan; a porous carrier having a reaction site holding a second antibody against lipoarabinomannan; a compound containing silver; and a reducing agent reducing silver ions, in which at least one of the first antibody or the second antibody is a monoclonal antibody.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tomoya OHARA, Natsuki OYABU, Atsuhiko WADA, Junichi KATADA, Dai UJIHARA