Patents by Inventor Tsuguhiro Aoki

Tsuguhiro Aoki 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: 20230176559
    Abstract: The present invention provides test data for various machines for testing an application. This data management device comprises: an input unit that accepts input of data output from at least one device; a storage unit that stores, as test data, the test data input via the input unit; a communication control unit that acquires, from the storage unit, test data requested on the basis of a request from an external device, and controls transmission of the requested test data to the external device; and a communication unit that transmits the requested test data to the external device on the basis of the transmission control by the communication control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventor: Tsuguhiro AOKI
  • Patent number: 10805827
    Abstract: A base station device includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with a terminal device using a beam which is output in a specific direction; and a control unit. The control unit is configured to acquire a first communication traffic volume of communication with a first terminal device which is performed using a first beam, and control the communication unit such that the communication with the first terminal device is performed using a second beam different from the first beam based on the first communication traffic volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuguhiro Aoki, Shigeto Suzuki, Kennichi Iijima
  • Publication number: 20190246311
    Abstract: A base station device includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with a terminal device using a beam which is output in a specific direction; and a control unit. The control unit is configured to acquire a first communication traffic volume of communication with a first terminal device which is performed using a first beam, and control the communication unit such that the communication with the first terminal device is performed using a second beam different from the first beam based on the first communication traffic volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: TSUGUHIRO AOKI, SHIGETO SUZUKI, KENNICHI IIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20180332546
    Abstract: In a terminal-to-terminal communication system, each of communication terminals performs time synchronization by means of time information contained in a GPS signal received from a GPS satellite, and, with reference to the synchronized time, sets a notification period for transmission and reception of a notification signal, such as a beacon signal. In the notification period, each terminal transmits a beacon signal to other terminals, with the beacon signal containing the information indicating the timing for signal transmission. Each terminal has a function of relaying the terminal-to-terminal communication that takes place between other terminals. Each terminal determines a relay station by sharing, among the terminals and through transmission and reception of beacon signal, information such as positional information and electric field strength information of each terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: TSUGUHIRO AOKI
  • Publication number: 20180167835
    Abstract: A UE, which is a mobile terminal, is capable of a device-to-device communication. The UE displays, on a display unit, an LTE antenna picto based on a reception level of a radio wave transmitted by a base station, and a D2D antenna picto based on a reception level of a radio wave transmitted by a UE over the device-to-device communication. According to the UE, the reception level of the radio wave in the device-to-device communication can be immediately confirmed, as well as a reception level of a radio wave in communication with the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: YUHSUKE TAKAGI, SHUICHI TAKEHANA, SHUMPEI FUSE, SHIGETO SUZUKI, TOSHIAKI KAMENO, TSUGUHIRO AOKI, FUMIYO SATOH
  • Patent number: 7586864
    Abstract: In a wireless communication system, a terminal is identified by a base station in accordance with beacon signals transmitted periodically from the base station, and to the identified terminal, the presence or absence of data to be transmitted and a period until a transmission of a next beacon signal are notified. A terminal-side wireless communication section in the terminal transmits, to the base station, a request for setting of a period between transmissions of beacon signals. A communication control section in the base station sets the period between transmissions of beacon signals in accordance with the request having been received from the terminal. With this arrangement, the terminal can optimize its period between receptions of beacon signals, thereby keeping OFF power supply to a communication circuit from a power source section until the timing for receiving a beacon signal. This allows the terminal to reduce its power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tsuguhiro Aoki
  • Patent number: 7107271
    Abstract: An agent interface device provides information suited for user preferences on the basis of a usage history. In an example implementation, the agent interface device controls the display and action of the agent. A user preference database stores user preferences. An information providing engine provides information to the user according to information in the preference database, and a timer sets a time for the information providing engine to provide information to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuguhiro Aoki, Kenichi Kuromusha, Ikuo Keshi, Junko Nakagawa, Kenichi Inui
  • Patent number: 7028265
    Abstract: An example window display device on a window-system type computer system displays a main window and a sub-window. The window display device includes a sub-window moving mechanism for moving the sub-window in accordance with movement of the main window so that the sub-window may always keep a specified relative position with respect to the main window on a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Kuromusha, Tsuguhiro Aoki, Ikuo Keshi, Junko Nakagawa, Kenichi Inui
  • Publication number: 20050085279
    Abstract: In a wireless communication system, a terminal is identified by a base station in accordance with beacon signals transmitted periodically from the base station, and to the identified terminal, the presence or absence of data to be transmitted and a period until a transmission of a next beacon signal are notified. A terminal-side wireless communication section in the terminal transmits, to the base station, a request for setting of a period between transmissions of beacon signals. A communication control section in the base station sets the period between transmissions of beacon signals in accordance with the request having been received from the terminal. With this arrangement, the terminal can optimize its period between receptions of beacon signals, thereby keeping OFF power supply to a communication circuit from a power source section until the timing for receiving a beacon signal. This allows the terminal to reduce its power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tsuguhiro Aoki
  • Publication number: 20050048960
    Abstract: A system controller is provided between a communication device and an electronic device which performs communication using the communication device. The system controller controls the communication device, in accordance with device information from the electronic device, a request from the application, and channel information from the communication device. With this arrangement, the communication device can realize an effective low-power-consumption operation, while having a high degree of versatility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamauchi, Tsuguhiro Aoki, Tetsuo Ueno, Shigetaka Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20020059180
    Abstract: An agent interface device for providing information suited for user preferences on the basis of the user usage history.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Tsuguhiro Aoki, Kenichi Kuromusha, Ikuo Keshi, Junko Nakagawa, Kenichi Inui
  • Publication number: 20020026320
    Abstract: An on-demand interface device comprises a voice input means for voice-inputting a retrieval request and instruction by a user, a request text input means for inputting the request and instruction by text, an input starting means for informing a control means of starting input operation, a voice recognizing means for recognizing an input speech, a control means for controlling the on-demand interface device, a selecting means for selecting a user's desired one from the results output by an output means, an output means for outputting a result of retrieval from a function database, an impersonated character image and a speech of the character, a function database containing scripts of help descriptions and instructions, a fail-in-retrieval response database containing massages to be output to the output means if a retrieval result is zero and scripts of actions of the character, and a command database containing commands to instruct the control means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Kenichi Kuromusha, Tsuguhiro Aoki, Ikuo Keshi, Junko Nakagawa, Kenichi Inui