Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Mikoda

Tsuyoshi Mikoda 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).

  • Communication system and automatic metering system
    Patent number: 9559963
    Abstract: A communication system according to the present invention includes a plurality of ad hoc communication networks each formed by one or more communication units and one gateway and includes a monitoring server that monitors the ad hoc communication networks. The monitoring server determines on the basis of a monitoring result of load states of the gateways and a monitoring result of a congestion state of radio traffic whether it is necessary to carry out load distribution control for moving a communication unit subordinate to a first gateway to be subordinate to a second gateway set around the first gateway and, when determining that it is necessary to carry out the load distribution control, instructs at least one gateway of the first gateway and the second gateway to broadcast-deliver a signal including control information and instructing reselection of a gateway set as a participation destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Mikoda, Hitoshi Kubota, Toshihiro Inoue, Mitsunobu Abe
  • COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND AUTOMATIC METERING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140376377
    Abstract: A communication system according to the present invention includes a plurality of ad hoc communication networks each formed by one or more communication units and one gateway and includes a monitoring server that monitors the ad hoc communication networks. The monitoring server determines on the basis of a monitoring result of load states of the gateways and a monitoring result of a congestion state of radio traffic whether it is necessary to carry out load distribution control for moving a communication unit subordinate to a first gateway to be subordinate to a second gateway set around the first gateway and, when determining that it is necessary to carry out the load distribution control, instructs at least one gateway of the first gateway and the second gateway to broadcast-deliver a signal including control information and instructing reselection of a gateway set as a participation destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Mikoda, Hitoshi Kubota, Toshihiro Inoue, Mitsunobu Abe