Patents by Inventor Tooru Kikuchi
Tooru Kikuchi 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: 20260089712Abstract: A base station apparatus appropriately controls scheduling of an uplink. A terminal apparatus includes measuring means for measuring an elapsed time from when a packet is received from a higher layer to when the uplink data is transmitted to the base station apparatus by using the radio resource for the uplink, and transmitting means for transmits the measured elapsed time to the base station apparatus as a delay time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: March 26, 2026Applicant: NEC CorporationInventor: Tooru KIKUCHI
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Patent number: 12122467Abstract: A moving device for moving on a wall surface that includes at least two or more vehicles each having a body, two main wheels each disposed on the body and rotatable around a shaft for moving on a wall surface, two rotation drivers which rotate each of the two main wheels respectively, and an adhesion mechanism disposed on the body to adhere onto the wall surface; and a coupler that connects vehicles located adjacent to each other among the at least two or more vehicles in the traveling direction of each of the vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Tokyo Keiki Inc.Inventors: Tooru Kikuchi, Takao Murakoshi, Kenji Tsuchiya
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Publication number: 20240262140Abstract: A yawing restricting device provided in a first vehicle to restrict yawing, the first vehicle and a second vehicle being coupled to each other in succession in a traveling direction such that one of the first vehicle or the second vehicle is capable of yawing, the yawing restricting device includes a first contact portion provided to be able to contact with the second vehicle on one side of the first vehicle in an axle direction with respect to a yaw axis, a second contact portion provided to be able to contact with the second vehicle in the other side in the axle direction with respect to the yaw axis, a first restriction driving portion that drives the first contact portion to be in contact with the second vehicle, and a second restriction driving portion that drives the second contact portion to be in contact with the second vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: August 8, 2024Inventors: Kenji Tsuchiya, Tooru Kikuchi, Takao Murakoshi
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Publication number: 20220187517Abstract: A wavelength conversion member comprising: a quantum dot phosphor and a filler; and a cured resin product that contains the quantum dot phosphor and the filler. The content of the filler is 3 mass % or more with respect to the total amount of the cured resin product.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kaho YAMAGUCHI, Masato NISHIMURA, Kazuhito WATANABE, Kouhei MUKAIGAITO, Tooru KIKUCHI
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Publication number: 20220177060Abstract: A moving device for moving on a wall surface that includes at least two or more vehicles each having a body, two main wheels each disposed on the body and rotatable around a shaft for moving on a wall surface, two rotation drivers which rotate each of the two main wheels respectively, and an adhesion mechanism disposed on the body to adhere onto the wall surface; and a coupler that connects vehicles located adjacent to each other among the at least two or more vehicles in the traveling direction of each of the vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Tooru KIKUCHI, Takao MURAKOSHI, Kenji TSUCHIYA
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Patent number: 11116029Abstract: A network entity (5) sends, to a mobility management entity (6) or a subscriber server (9), a request message in order to configure the mobility management entity (6) to report a second identifier to be used by a radio access network node (2) for identifying a radio terminal (1). Further, the network entity (5) receives the second identifier from the mobility management entity (6) directly or through the subscriber server (9) and communicates with the radio access network node (2) by using the second identifier. It is thus, for example, possible to allow an MEC server (or an MEC application hosted on the MEC server) and the radio access network (RAN) node to directly exchange therebetween control messages regarding a specific radio terminal.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takanori Iwai, Nobuhiko Itoh, Ling Xu, Kenki Takagi, Toshiyuki Tamura, Tomoaki Hokao, Naoaki Suzuki, Hisashi Futaki, Sadafuku Hayashi, Kazuki Eguchi, Kouichi Kimura, Hiroki Aoki, Hideki Bessho, Yoshinori Watanabe, Tooru Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20190254108Abstract: A network entity (5) sends, to a mobility management entity (6) or a subscriber server (9), a request message in order to configure the mobility management entity (6) to report a second identifier to be used by a radio access network node (2) for identifying a radio terminal (1). Further, the network entity (5) receives the second identifier from the mobility management entity (6) directly or through the subscriber server (9) and communicates with the radio access network node (2) by using the second identifier. It is thus, for example, possible to allow an MEC server (or an MEC application hosted on the MEC server) and the radio access network (RAN) node to directly exchange therebetween control messages regarding a specific radio terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2017Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takanori IWAI, Nobuhiko ITOH, Ling XU, Kenki TAKAGI, Toshiyuki TAMURA, Tomoaki HOKAO, Naoaki SUZUKI, Hisashi FUTAKI, Sadafuku HAYASHI, Kazuki EGUCHI, Kouichi KIMURA, Hiroki AOKI, Hideki BESSHO, Yoshinori WATANABE, Tooru KIKUCHI
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Publication number: 20190090229Abstract: An external node (5) receives a transmission history (1301) regarding a first communication event of a first radio terminal (1) from a node (2) located in a radio access network (3). The external node (5) transmits to the node (2) a control request (1302) to control at least one of: a communication module (521) disposed in the node (2) for communicating with the external node (5); a scheduler (503, 903) disposed in the node (2); a data buffer (502, 11) disposed in the node (2) or the first radio terminal (1); and the first radio terminal (1). It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to an improvement for adapting packet scheduling to communication performed by an application of a radio terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Takanori IWAI, Ling XU, Takaaki SUZUKI, Yoshinori WATANABE, Tomoaki HOKAO, Tooru KIKUCHI, Hideki BESSHO
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Publication number: 20190075586Abstract: An external node (5) determines a total size of a plurality of data packets to be transmitted in a first communication event of a first radio terminal (1) and a transmission deadline for the plurality of data packets. The external node (5) transmits the determined total size and transmission deadline to a node (2) in a radio access network (3) (201). It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to an improvement for adapting packet scheduling to communication performed by an application of a radio terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2017Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Ling XU, Takanori IWAI, Takaaki SUZUKI, Tomoaki HOKAO, Yoshinori WATANABE, Tooru KIKUCHI, Hideki BESSHO
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Patent number: 9999060Abstract: A radio control system capable of avoiding decrease in a throughput of a macro base station and a micro base station or suppress interference in the micro base station is provided. The radio control system includes a macro base station 101 forming a macro cell 103 and a micro base station 102 forming a picocell 105 included in the macro cell 103. Further, the radio control system includes a communication quality detection unit 111 detecting a communication quality between the micro base station 102 and a communication terminal present in the picocell 105, and a management apparatus 110 controlling a ratio of a radio resource where data transmission is limited in the first base station, based on the communication quality.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Tooru Kikuchi, Yasuhiko Matsunaga
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Publication number: 20160198481Abstract: A radio control system capable of avoiding decrease in a throughput of a macro base station and a micro base station or suppress interference in the micro base station is provided. The radio control system includes a macro base station 101 forming a macro cell 103 and a micro base station 102 forming a picocell 105 included in the macro cell 103. Further, the radio control system includes a communication quality detection unit 111 detecting a communication quality between the micro base station 102 and a communication terminal present in the picocell 105, and a management apparatus 110 controlling a ratio of a radio resource where data transmission is limited in the first base station, based on the communication quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2014Publication date: July 7, 2016Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Tooru KIKUCHI, Yasuhiko MATSUNAGA
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Patent number: 9094160Abstract: A base station that executes scheduling for an uplink and scheduling for a downlink per subframe to communicate with mobile stations. The base station comprises: a control information item number estimation unit that estimates the number of control information items usable for the uplink and the number of control information items usable for the downlink per subframe; and a scheduling unit that executes scheduling for the uplink and scheduling for the downlink per subframe by using a number of control information items usable for the uplink and a number of control information items usable for the downlink, the numbers estimated by the control information item number estimation unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2010Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Tooru Kikuchi
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Silicon-containing alicyclic polyimide resin, polyamic acid resin, and manufacturing method for same
Patent number: 8592546Abstract: A polyimide resin including repeating units represented by formula (1): wherein R is a diamine residue or a diisocyanate residue; m is an integer of 2 to 30; any of silicon atoms bonded to norbornane rings is in exo configuration with respect to the norbornane rings; and any of imide rings bonded to the norbornane rings is in exo configuration with respect to the norbornane rings, and a polyamic acid resin including repeating units represented by formula (2): wherein R is a diamine residue; m is an integer of 2 to 30; any of silicon atoms bonded to norbornane rings is in exo configuration with respect to the norbornane rings; and any of amide groups and carboxyl groups bonded to the norbornane rings is in exo configuration with respect to the norbornane rings. The polyimide resin is soluble in general-purpose solvents, has a good transparency and a high molecular weight, and is excellent in mechanical properties, such as tensile strength and elongation.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tooru Kikuchi, Toshihiko Takasaki, Katsuyuki Masuda -
Patent number: 8594055Abstract: A wireless communication system comprising: a holding unit that holds at least wireless resource allocation information on an opposite-direction communication link for use as information for deciding priority of wireless resource allocation to mobile stations, said opposite-direction communication link being a communication link in a direction opposite to a direction in which allocation priority is to be decided; and a scheduling unit that performs scheduling to allocate wireless resources with priority given to mobile stations, to which wireless resources are allocated on the opposite-direction communication link, using the wireless resource allocation information on the opposite-direction communication link.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2009Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Tooru Kikuchi
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Patent number: 8524921Abstract: The invention relates to a tetracarboxylic dianhydride represented by the following formula (1). [In formula (1) R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, m represents a number from 1 to 30, all of the silicon atoms bonding to the norbornane rings are in an exo-configuration with respect to the norbornane rings, and all of the dicarboxylic anhydride groups bonding to the norbornane rings are in an exo-configuration with respect to the norbornane rings.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tooru Kikuchi, Hayato Kotani, Katsuyuki Masuda, Toshihiko Takasaki
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Publication number: 20130158225Abstract: A polyimide resin including repeating units represented by formula (1): wherein R is a diamine residue or a diisocyanate residue; m is an integer of 2 to 30; any of silicon atoms bonded to norbornane rings is in exo configuration with respect to the norbornane rings; and any of imide rings bonded to the norbornane rings is in exo configuration with respect to the norbornane rings, and a polyamic acid resin including repeating units represented by formula (2): wherein R is a diamine residue; m is an integer of 2 to 30; any of silicon atoms bonded to norbornane rings is in exo configuration with respect to the norbornane rings; and any of amide groups and carboxyl groups bonded to the norbornane rings is in exo configuration with respect to the norbornane rings. The polyimide resin is soluble in general-purpose solvents, has a good transparency and a high molecular weight, and is excellent in mechanical properties, such as tensile strength and elongation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Inventors: Tooru Kikuchi, Toshihiko Takasaki, Katsuyuki Masuda
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Publication number: 20130068544Abstract: A wheel loader includes: a front and rear frame connected at a connection section; front and rear wheel electric motors that drive front and rear wheels; a unit that rotates the front and rear frame in opposite directions about the connection section while steering actuation, by driving the motors so that a magnitude between speeds of the front and rear wheel electric motors on an inner wheel side and between speeds of those on an outer wheel side are opposite, and a speed difference corresponds to a steering angle; and a unit that, when the steering actuation is terminated, drives the motors so that an inner-outer wheels speed difference corresponding to the steering angle is applied to the speed difference of the front wheel electric motors on outer and inner wheel side, and to the speed difference of the rear wheel electric motors on outer and inner wheel side.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Noritaka Itou, Tooru Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20120082123Abstract: A base station that executes scheduling for an uplink and scheduling for a downlink per subframe to communicate with mobile stations. The base station comprises: a control information item number estimation unit that estimates the number of control information items usable for the uplink and the number of control information items usable for the downlink per subframe; and a scheduling unit that executes scheduling for the uplink and scheduling for the downlink per subframe by using a number of control information items usable for the uplink and a number of control information items usable for the downlink, the numbers estimated by the control information item number estimation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2010Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Tooru Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20110301362Abstract: The invention relates to a tetracarboxylic dianhydride represented by the following formula (1). [In formula (1) R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, m represents a number from 1 to 30, all of the silicon atoms bonding to the norbornane rings are in an exo-configuration with respect to the norbornane rings, and all of the dicarboxylic anhydride groups bonding to the norbornane rings are in an exo-configuration with respect to the norbornane rings.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2009Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tooru Kikuchi, Hayato Kotani, Katsuyuki Masuda, Toshihiko Takasaki
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Patent number: 7781896Abstract: A semiconductor chip is attached to a lead frame with a filmy organic die-bonding material having a water absorption of 1.5% by volume or less; having a saturation moisture absorption of 1.0% by volume or less, having a residual volatile component in an amount not more than 3.0% by weight, having a modulus of elasticity of 10 MPa or less at a temperature of 250° C. The semiconductor device thus obtained can be free from occurrence of reflow cracks during reflow soldering for the packaging of semiconductor devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2008Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Takeda, Takashi Masuko, Masami Yusa, Tooru Kikuchi, Yasuo Miyadera, Iwao Maekawa, Mitsuo Yamasaki, Akira Kageyama, Aizou Kaneda