Patents by Inventor Yasuhiko Inoue

Yasuhiko Inoue 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: 20230042638
    Abstract: A base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a generation unit (35) that generates a beacon including switching information (41) indicating whether to cooperatively use a frequency channel and a transmission unit (32) that transmits the beacon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Akira KISHIDA, Kengo NAGATA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20230039083
    Abstract: A measurement system includes: a first voltage measurement unit, which measures a first voltage as a line voltage between first and second phases of a three-phase power line configured by three phases including the first, second, and a third phase; a first current measurement unit, which measures a first current as a current of the first phase; a third current measurement unit, which measures a third current as a current of the third phase; a determination unit, which determines a direction of rotation of the three phases based on the first voltage and the first current; and a computation unit which, based on at least the determination of the direction of rotation by the determination unit, computes a change in a current phase due to a load device in each of the first, third, and a second current as a current of the second phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Inoue, Tomoyuki Ono
  • Publication number: 20230034981
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus (20) includes: a measurement unit (203) configured to measure at least one of a latency when a wireless signal is transmitted to a base station and a jitter of the wireless signal; a data processing unit (201) configured to generate information including a result of the measurement; and a wireless communication processing unit (202) configured to transmit the information to the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Akira Kishida, Yasuhiko INOUE, Kengo Nagata, Yusuke Asai, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20230031578
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus (14) according to an embodiment includes a data processing unit (105) and a wireless communication unit (104). The data processing unit (105) converts input data. The wireless communication unit (104) receives the data converted by the data processing unit (105) and wirelessly transmits the input data to an access point. The data processing unit (105) converts, when a remaining amount input from a battery (12) is in a first state, the input data with a first setting and outputs the converted data to the wireless communication unit (104). The data processing unit (105) converts, when the remaining amount of the battery (12) is in a second state different from the first state, the input data with a second setting and outputs the converted data to the wireless communication unit (104). A capacity per unit time of the data after conversion is different between the first setting and the second setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuhiko INOUE, Shoko SHINOHARA, Kengo NAGATA, Yusuke ASAI, Akira KISHIDA, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20230033744
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus (20) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a data processing unit (201) and a wireless signal processing unit (202). The data processing unit (201) generates a first frame including a requirement related to a latency during data communication and inquiring a base station (10) whether communication that satisfies the requirement is possible. The wireless signal processing unit (202) transmits the first frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Akira KISHIDA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Kengo NAGATA, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20220386378
    Abstract: A format that includes a BSSID of a transmitting station within a preamble of the frame is an HE format, and a format that does not include a BSSID within the preamble but includes a BSSID in a MAC header is a Non-HE format; and a wireless station in the BSS includes a control part which checks a format of a frame received at a predetermined receiver sensitivity or above, and continues demodulation of the received frame if the format is HE format and the BSSID in the received frame is consistent with its own BSS, and stops the demodulation of the received frame if the HE format and the BSSID in the received frame is not consistent with its own BSS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Junichi IWATANI, Masato MIZOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11442088
    Abstract: Sampling timings at a plurality of measurement points at which waveform data of a power line is sampled are easily synchronized to each other. A measurement device includes: a sampling unit configured to sample a waveform of at least one of a voltage and a current at a measurement point of a power line at a predetermined sampling timing; a processing unit configured to execute processing of the waveform sampled by the sampling unit; a time information acquisition unit configured to acquire time information from a time information provision device that is communicatively connected through a network; and an adjustment unit configured to adjust a processing timing of the processing on the basis of the time information acquired by the time information acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Informetis Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Inoue, Tomoyuki Ono
  • Patent number: 11432327
    Abstract: A format that includes a BSSID of a transmitting station within a preamble of the frame is an HE format, and a format that does not include a BSSID within the preamble but includes a BSSID in a MAC header is a Non-HE format; and a wireless station in the BSS includes a control part which checks a format of a frame received at a predetermined receiver sensitivity or above, and continues demodulation of the received frame if the format is HE format and the BSSID in the received frame is consistent with its own BSS, and stops the demodulation of the received frame if the HE format and the BSSID in the received frame is not consistent with its own BSS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko Shinohara, Yasuhiko Inoue, Junichi Iwatani, Masato Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20220225137
    Abstract: A wireless communication characteristics evaluation method for evaluating wireless communication characteristics of a wireless communication system where a plurality of wireless communication terminals perform communication by transmitting or exchanging signals, the wireless communication characteristics evaluation method including: a step 1 of acquiring power and a band of an interference signal; a step 2 of calculating an interference band rate showing a rate of the band of the interference signal that overlaps with a band of a desired signal; a step 3 of calculating an interference power rate from interference power and the interference band rate and furthermore, calculating steady noise power from the interference power and the interference power rate; a step 4 of determining a real SINR from received power of the desired signal and the steady noise power; and a step 5 of determining wireless communication characteristics of the desired signal from the real SINR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Toshiro NAKAHIRA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Hirantha ABEYSEKERA, Koichi ISHIHARA, Takafumi HAYASHI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20220217504
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a plurality of transmission devices configured to receive broadcast/multicast data transmitted from a broadcast/multicast data transmission device, convert the broadcast/multicast data into wireless frames, and broadcast/multicast the wireless frames to a plurality of reception devices, and the plurality of reception devices configured to receive the wireless frames broadcasted/multicasted from the plurality of transmission devices and acquire the broadcast/multicast data, and each of the plurality of transmission devices includes a broadcast/multicast transmission unit configured to generate the same wireless frame from the broadcast/multicast data and broadcast/multicast the generated wireless frame at the same transmission timing using the same MCS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiko INOUE, Shoko SHINOHARA, Takafumi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220216930
    Abstract: A wireless communication characteristic evaluation method for calculating a wireless communication characteristic of a wireless communication system in which a plurality of wireless communication terminals perform communication by transmitting or exchanging signals includes: an RSSI measurement step of measuring an RSSI measurement used for calculation of the wireless communication characteristic; and a calculation step of calculating the wireless communication characteristic based on the RSSI measurement and correction data of the RSSI measurement according to specifications of the wireless communication terminals or a correction calculation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Toshiro NAKAHIRA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Hirantha ABEYSEKERA, Koichi ISHIHARA, Takafumi HAYASHI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20220217545
    Abstract: A station installation support system for performing a station installation design of a wireless base station satisfying a required performance and a parameter design includes a station installation support device that acquires a station installation calculation condition required to calculate a station installation of the wireless base station, a parameter calculation condition required to calculate a parameter of the wireless base station, a wireless performance evaluation condition required to evaluate a wireless performance, and a station installation evaluation condition required to evaluate the station installation and performs the station installation design and the parameter design, a wireless signal evaluation unit that outputs a wireless signal evaluation result corresponding to wireless signal evaluation information, a station installation calculation unit that outputs a station installation calculation result corresponding to station installation calculation information, a parameter calculation un
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiro NAKAHIRA, Hirantha ABEYSEKERA, Shoko SHINOHARA, Koichi ISHIHARA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Takafumi HAYASHI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20220201759
    Abstract: A predetermined STA includes a station information collection unit collecting from the STA itself and other STAs station information used for selection of STAs performing simultaneous transmission and for control of the simultaneous transmission, and a simultaneous-transmission request unit knowing occurrence of a QoS data frame based on the station information and transmitting a request frame requesting the simultaneous transmission to an AP. The AP includes a station information collection unit; a simultaneous-transmission determination unit selecting a combination of the STAs performing the simultaneous transmission based on the station information by reception of the request frame; and a trigger transmission unit transmitting to each of the STAs performing the simultaneous transmission a trigger frame instructing to performs the simultaneous transmission and including information necessary for controlling the simultaneous transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Akira KISHIDA, Riichi KUDO, Masato MIZOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220174505
    Abstract: There are provided a step 1 of, at a measurement point where a throughput of a wireless communication terminal under a new communication standard is to be acquired, measuring or calculating a wireless communication characteristic (throughput) of a wireless communication terminal under a current communication standard; a step 2 of acquiring parameters of a physical layer and a MAC layer at the time of measuring or calculating the wireless communication characteristic of the wireless communication terminal under the current communication standard; and a step 3 of, with the wireless communication characteristic (throughput) measured or calculated for the wireless communication terminal under the current communication standard and the parameters of the physical layer and the MAC layer at that time as inputs, calculating a wireless communication characteristic (throughput) corresponding to parameters of the wireless communication terminal under the new communication standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Toshiro NAKAHIRA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Hirantha ABEYSEKERA, Koichi ISHIHARA, Takafumi HAYASHI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20220174516
    Abstract: A wireless performance evaluation method for performing wireless performance evaluation of a wireless network including wireless base stations and wireless terminal stations includes: a step 1 of, before performing wireless performance evaluation operation based on wireless performance evaluation information generated from wireless performance evaluation conditions, determining whether an existing wireless performance evaluation result of wireless performance evaluation operation that has been performed is substitutable or not; and a step 2 of, if the existing wireless performance evaluation result is substitutable, skipping arithmetic processing corresponding to the wireless performance evaluation information and substituting the existing wireless performance evaluation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiro NAKAHIRA, Shoko SHINOHARA, Hirantha ABEYSEKERA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Koichi ISHIHARA, Takafumi HAYASHI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20220159476
    Abstract: A method includes a step 1 of performing processing for determining wireless terminal stations that are inside cover areas of existing wireless base stations, and excluding the existing wireless base stations and the wireless terminal stations inside the cover areas from a wireless base station installation area, a step 2 of performing processing for optimizing, with respect to each first wireless terminal station that is outside the cover areas of the existing wireless base stations and has been left in the processing for excluding in the step 1, a combination of the first wireless terminal station and the closest additional wireless base station from which received power is the largest, and optimizing installation positions of additional wireless base stations, a step 3 of determining, with respect to the combinations of the additional wireless base stations and the first wireless terminal stations that were optimized in the step 2, whether wireless terminal stations are inside or outside cover areas of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiro NAKAHIRA, Hirantha ABEYSEKERA, Shoko SHINOHARA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Koichi ISHIHARA, Takafumi HAYASHI, Daisuke GOTO, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20220149983
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication system that includes a transmission device configured to receive an input of group-addressed data transmitted from a specific source, convert the group-addressed data into wireless frames, and perform group-addressed transmission of the wireless frames; and a reception device configured to receive the wireless frames transmitted from the transmission device, and identify and acquire the group-addressed data of the specific source. The transmission device includes coding means for defining a plurality of wireless frames as a frame block, performing error correction coding on the frame block, and performing group-addressed transmission of the frame block, and the reception device includes decoding means for identifying the frame block from the received wireless frames, performing error correction decoding in units of frame block, and reconfiguring the group-addressed data of the specific source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Takafumi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220141712
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication system that includes a transmission device configured to receives an input of group-addressed data transmitted from a specific source, convert the group-addressed data into wireless frames, and perform group-addressed transmission of the wireless frames; and a reception device configured to receive the wireless frames transmitted from the transmission device, and identify and receive the group-addressed data of the specific source, wherein a plurality of the transmission devices are provided, and each of the transmission devices is configured to perform group-addressed transmission of the wireless frames into which the group-addressed data is converted, and the reception device is configured to identify and receive the group-addressed data of the specific source from the wireless frames transmitted from the plurality of transmission devices, and perform diversity combining processing of combining the same pieces of group-addressed data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Takafumi HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11304234
    Abstract: A predetermined STA includes a station information collection unit collecting from the STA itself and other STAs station information used for selection of STAs performing simultaneous transmission and for control of the simultaneous transmission, and a simultaneous-transmission request unit knowing occurrence of a QoS data frame based on the station information and transmitting a request frame requesting the simultaneous transmission to an AP. The AP includes a station information collection unit; a simultaneous-transmission determination unit selecting a combination of the STAs performing the simultaneous transmission based on the station information by reception of the request frame; and a trigger transmission unit transmitting to each of the STAs performing the simultaneous transmission a trigger frame instructing to performs the simultaneous transmission and including information necessary for controlling the simultaneous transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko Shinohara, Yasuhiko Inoue, Akira Kishida, Riichi Kudo, Masato Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 11304233
    Abstract: A predetermined STA includes a station information collection unit collecting from the STA itself and other STAs station information used for selection of STAs performing simultaneous transmission and for control of the simultaneous transmission, and a simultaneous-transmission request unit knowing occurrence of a QoS data frame based on the station information and transmitting a request frame requesting the simultaneous transmission to an AP. The AP includes a station information collection unit; a simultaneous-transmission determination unit selecting a combination of the STAs performing the simultaneous transmission based on the station information by reception of the request frame; and a trigger transmission unit transmitting to each of the STAs performing the simultaneous transmission a trigger frame instructing to performs the simultaneous transmission and including information necessary for controlling the simultaneous transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko Shinohara, Yasuhiko Inoue, Akira Kishida, Riichi Kudo, Masato Mizoguchi