Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki Kato

Yasuyuki Kato 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).

  • Patent number: 10575323
    Abstract: A method by a user equipment (UE) is described. The method includes receiving, an evolved Node B (eNB) a RRC message including a parameter related to a SR periodicity for a secondary cell and a parameter related to a SR prohibit timer; and setting the SR prohibit timer based on the SR periodicity for the secondary cell. Setting the SR prohibit timer may be further based on the SR periodicity for the primary cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shohei Yamada, Katsunari Uemura, Yasuyuki Kato, Hidekazu Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 10542552
    Abstract: A mobile station apparatus that obtains, from the base station apparatus, frequency information for a one cell of the plurality of the cells and a parameter of a timer, where a state of the one cell is changed to deactivation state based on expiry of the timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsunari Uemura, Shohei Yamada, Daiichiro Nakashima, Yasuyuki Kato
  • Patent number: 10542563
    Abstract: Disclosed is a radio communication system in which a base station device and a terminal device communicate with each other, and the terminal device performs a random access procedure. The base station device notifies the terminal device of random access common configuration information including the number of repetitions for each level, information indicating a relationship between group information of random access preambles and the level, and the number of attempts of preamble transmission for each level. A MAC layer in the terminal device performs processing of increasing the level in a case that a first counter exceeds the number of attempts of transmission corresponding to the level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kato, Shohei Yamada, Katsunari Uemura, Hidekazu Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 10517032
    Abstract: Provided is technology relating to: a terminal device, a base station device, a communication method, and an integrated circuit capable of efficiently performing a Radio Resource Control procedure. The terminal device is configured to, when receiving, from the base station device, an RRC message including information on a target cell, random access information relating to a coverage level, and a timer relating to a handover and indicating the handover, start the timer relating to the handover and execute a random access to the target cell using the random access information relating to the coverage level of the target cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsunari Uemura, Shohei Yamada, Yasuyuki Kato, Hidekazu Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 10506658
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication system in which a first base station apparatus and a second base station apparatus perform communication with a terminal device, in which the first base station apparatus transmits radio resource configuration information including radio bearer configuration information of the first base station apparatus or the second base station apparatus, to the terminal device, in which the terminal device receives the radio resource configuration information, in which the terminal device executes a re-establishment procedure in a case where a random access failure with respect to the first base station apparatus is detected, and in which, in a case where a random access failure with respect to the second base station apparatus is detected, the terminal device transmits to the first base station apparatus a message indicating that the random access failure with respect to the second base station apparatus is detected and deletes the radio bearer configuration information for the secon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kato, Katsunari Uemura
  • Patent number: 10499401
    Abstract: A communication system includes a terminal apparatus and a base station apparatus. The terminal apparatus communicates with a base station apparatus by carrier aggregation using a plurality of serving cells, where each of the plurality of serving cells has a different frequency. In addition, the terminal apparatus removes a measurement identity relevant to a serving cell of the plurality of serving cells based on that the serving cell was removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shohei Yamada, Katsunari Uemura, Yasuyuki Kato, Daiichiro Nakashima, Waho Oh
  • Publication number: 20190364604
    Abstract: A mobile station (MS) obtains a parameter, performs transmission of a preamble, and sets a counter incremented based on transmission of the preamble. The MS is able to indicate a random access problem corresponding to one transmission timing cell group in a case where the counter reaches the parameter+1 and the transmission of the preamble is performed on the one transmission timing cell group, where the one transmission timing cell group being one of the plurality of transmission timing cell groups, and the MS is able to not indicate a random access problem corresponding to another transmission timing cell group in a case where the counter reaches the parameter+1 and the transmission of the preamble is performed on the another transmission timing cell group, where the another transmission timing cell group being one of the plurality of transmission timing cell groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuyuki KATO, Katsunari UEMURA, Shoichi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10492047
    Abstract: In order to perform efficient communications, provided is a terminal device configured to communicate with a base station device. The terminal device includes: a reception unit configured to receive a higher layer signal including a configuration relating to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); a scrambling sequence generator configured to, if the terminal device supports a capability relating to low complexity and/or coverage enhancement, apply the same scrambling sequence to the PUSCH during a certain period; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the PUSCH, on the basis of the number of repetitions in the configuration relating to the PUSCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Wataru Ouchi, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Shohei Yamada, Takashi Hayashi, Yasuyuki Kato, Naoki Kusashima, Alvaro Ruiz Delgado, Kimihiko Imamura
  • Patent number: 10477487
    Abstract: In a communication system in which a base station apparatus and a terminal apparatus communicate with each other, a base station apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and a communication system with which the base station apparatus and the terminal apparatus can efficiently communicate with each other are provided. The terminal apparatus that communicates with the base station apparatus includes a radio resource control section 6011 that configures a plurality of uplink physical channels and that configures an uplink power control-related parameter for each of the plurality of uplink physical channels in accordance with information included in a radio resource control (RRC) signal and a transmission power control section 6015 that sets transmission power of the uplink physical channels on the basis of the uplink power control-related parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Wataru Ouchi, Kimihiko Imamura, Daiichiro Nakashima, Toshizo Nogami, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Shoichi Suzuki, Yasuyuki Kato, Katsunari Uemura
  • Publication number: 20190299879
    Abstract: A vehicle body rear structure of a vehicle includes: an opening and closing body for opening and closing an opening defined in a vehicle body rear part, the opening and closing body having an outer panel and an inner panel located on an inner side of the vehicle relative to the outer panel, the opening and closing body having a rear surface portion extending substantially vertically; a license plate provided on a bumper member under the opening and closing body; an emblem disposed on the outer panel of the rear surface portion and having a projecting part projecting rearward from the outer panel; and an image capturing device installed between the outer panel and the inner panel in the rear surface portion and configured to capture images behind the vehicle. The image capturing device is installed in an installation hole formed on a portion of the rear surface portion that is lower than the projecting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Shuhei HATAKEYAMA, Yasuyuki KATO
  • Patent number: 10433340
    Abstract: A mobile station (MS) obtains a parameter, performs transmission of a preamble, and sets a counter incremented based on transmission of the preamble. The MS is able to indicate a random access problem corresponding to one transmission timing cell group in a case where the counter reaches the parameter+1 and the transmission of the preamble is performed on the one transmission timing cell group, where the one transmission timing cell group being one of the plurality of transmission timing cell groups, and the MS is able to not indicate a random access problem corresponding to another transmission timing cell group in a case where the counter reaches the parameter+1 and the transmission of the preamble is performed on the another transmission timing cell group, where the another transmission timing cell group being one of the plurality of transmission timing cell groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kato, Katsunari Uemura, Shoichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190293460
    Abstract: A vehicle body front structure has: an object detection device disposed in a vehicle front end section of a vehicle to detect an object ahead of the vehicle; and a pair of bracket members which are spaced apart from each other in a vehicle width direction and which support the object detection device. Each of the pair of bracket members includes: a forwardly extending portion that extends forward from a vehicle body member; and a downwardly extending portion that extends downward from the forwardly extending portion and supports the object detection device. The vehicle body front structure further has a bracket member locking member which couples the forwardly extending portions to each other in the vehicle width direction and to which an exterior member of the vehicle is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuyuki KATO, Daisuke NAOI
  • Patent number: 10419990
    Abstract: Wireless terminals, base stations, telecommunications systems, telecommunications methods, and integrated circuits whereby efficient selecting of network cells in which terminals are camped and made available. A base station transmits, respectively, first system information that relates to a cell-selection performed by conventional terminals, and second system information that relates to a cell-selection performed by terminals that support coverage enhancement, and a terminal considers cells to which the second system information is not transmitted as barred cells, and in a case where the second system information is transmitted, performs a cell-selection using cell-selection parameters that relate to coverage-enhancement cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsunari Uemura, Shohei Yamada, Yasuyuki Kato, Hidekazu Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 10405339
    Abstract: A method by a user equipment (UE) is described. The method includes instructing a physical layer of the UE to signal a scheduling request (SR) on a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) based on whether scheduling request counter is less than the maximum number of scheduling request transmission, and transmitting, to an evolved Node B (eNB), the SR on either of the PUCCH on a primary cell and the PUCCH on a PUCCH secondary cell. The scheduling request counter is incremented in a case that the scheduling request counter is less than the maximum number of scheduling request transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shohei Yamada, Katsunari Uemura, Yasuyuki Kato, Hidekazu Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 10392017
    Abstract: A vehicle control system is provided to allow an autonomous vehicle to promptly launch after picking up a passenger. A controller comprises a drive controller for controlling a drive motor, and electric power is supplied to the drive motor from a power source. A main switch is manipulated by the controller to selectively connect and disconnect the drive controller to/from the power source. The controller is configured to propel the vehicle autonomously to a pickup location to pick up a passenger, and to turn on the main switch if the passenger is detected within a predetermined area at the pickup location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yushi Seki, Kensei Hata, Takahito Endo, Yasuhiro Oshiumi, Yasuyuki Kato, Katsuya Iwazaki
  • Patent number: 10390262
    Abstract: A terminal device derives the number of repetitive transmissions and/or repetitive receptions required on the basis of the downlink reference signal received power, compares that number with the number of repetitive transmissions and/or repetitive receptions configured in the terminal device, performs a random access procedure upon the numbers being different from each other, and determines a configuration for the number of some or all repetitive transmissions and/or repetitive receptions during the random access procedure on the basis of the former number of repetitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidekazu Tsuboi, Katsunari Uemura, Yasuyuki Kato, Shohei Yamada
  • Patent number: 10343675
    Abstract: A vehicle control system to operate a vehicle autonomously with improved energy efficiency and ride quality is provided. A controller is configured to set a limit value of an operating point of an engine to reduce noises and vibrations. The operating point of the engine is restricted by the limit value within an acceptable region where an engine speed is higher than the limit value but an engine torque is lower than the limit value. The limit value is set to a first limit value when the vehicle is operated autonomously while carrying the passenger, and to a second limit value to expand the acceptable region when the vehicle is operated autonomously without carrying the passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kensei Hata, Yasuhiro Oshiumi, Takahito Endo, Yasuyuki Kato, Yushi Seki, Katsuya Iwazaki, Akira Murakami
  • Patent number: 10324127
    Abstract: An electronic component handling apparatus (10) is provided which can improve the operation rate. The electronic component handling apparatus (10) includes: a contact arm (300) having a holding part (380) configured to hold a DUT (10A), the contact arm (300) being configured to press the DUT (10A) against a socket (410); an alignment device (200) including a camera (221) and a operation unit (230), the camera (221) being configured to image the DUT (10A) to acquire image information, the operation unit (230) being configured to adjust a position of the holding part (380) within a range of a maximum alignment amount (ALmax); and a control device (105) configured to control the contact arm (300) and the alignment device (200). When a predetermined condition is not satisfied, the control device (105) controls the contact arm (300) and the alignment device (200) so as to perform preliminary alignment work at least once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: ADVANTEST CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kato, Masataka Onozawa, Keisuke Nitta
  • Patent number: 10321502
    Abstract: There are provided a terminal device, a base station apparatus, a communication system, a communication control method, and an integrated circuit, in all of which efficient communication control is possible in communication that uses multiple cells. In communication that uses first RLC which corresponds to a first cell group which includes at least the primary cell, second RLC which corresponds to a second cell group which does not include the primary cell, and one PDCP which belongs to the first cell group which processes pieces of data on the first RLC and the second RLC, the terminal device releases the second RLC based on a list that includes identifiers of data radio bearers relating to the second RLC, which is received from the base station apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsunari Uemura, Hidekazu Tsuboi, Yasuyuki Kato
  • Patent number: RE47587
    Abstract: With communication service considered, it is an object to provide a communication system in which power consumption of a mobile station device is suppressed. This mobile communication system includes a base station device and a mobile station device, wherein the base station device includes a scheduling portion that carries out scheduling to determine a downlink CQI effective period scheduled by using the downlink CQI as a downlink effective period, start the downlink effective period after a lapse of a given period from downlink CQI transmission timing, and allow the mobile station device to transmit control information and user data only during the downlink effective period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kato, Shohei Yamada, Wahoh Oh