Patents by Inventor Yumi Hirano

Yumi Hirano 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: 10088184
    Abstract: A control device is connected to a facility appliance regulating the environment of an area and to an activity measuring instrument for each activity kind measuring the status of an activity of a person in the area. The control device has: an activity kind determination part determining an activity kind corresponding to a work performed in the area; an activity information acquisition part using the activity measuring instrument corresponding to the determined activity kind to acquire the status of the activity of the person in the area; and an environment control part causing the facility appliance to control the environment of the area on the basis of the acquired status of the activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yumi Hirano, Satoko Itaya, Rie Tanaka, Shin Nakamura, Kenichi Maruhashi
  • Publication number: 20170030607
    Abstract: A control device is connected to a facility appliance regulating the environment of an area and to an activity measuring instrument for each activity kind measuring the status of an activity of a person in the area. The control device has: an activity kind determination part determining an activity kind corresponding to a work performed in the area; an activity information acquisition part using the activity measuring instrument corresponding to the determined activity kind to acquire the status of the activity of the person in the area; and an environment control part causing the facility appliance to control the environment of the area on the basis of the acquired status of the activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yumi HIRANO, Satoko ITAYA, Rie TANAKA, Shin NAKAMURA, Kenichi MARUHASHI
  • Publication number: 20140329556
    Abstract: In a communication system which can be connected to two different radio communication networks, wireless link quality information on a base station around both of terminals performing communication by using one radio communication network and according to the wireless link quality information, it is judged whether a radio terminal is to be connected to the radio communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: YUMI HIRANO
  • Patent number: 8862066
    Abstract: In order to settle a problem of suppressing degradation of a throughput of a communication system, a communication device is provided with a reception means which receives and accumulates a first datum which a first device transmits addressing a second device and a second datum which the second device transmits, a transmission means which transmits the first datum to the second device, a quality index acquisition means which acquires a first index which is a quality of communication between the first device and the second device and a second index which is a quality of communication between the communication device and the second device, and a judgment means which forces to transmit the accumulated first datum to the second device using the transmission means in the case of judging that the second index is better than the first index and a reception condition of the second datum shows that the second device does not receive normally the first datum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yumi Hirano, Satoru Yamano
  • Patent number: 8849344
    Abstract: In a communication system which can be connected to two different radio communication networks, wireless link quality information on a base station around both of terminals performing communication by using one radio communication network and according to the wireless link quality information, it is judged whether a radio terminal is to be connected to the radio communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Nec Corporation
    Inventor: Yumi Hirano
  • Patent number: 8537794
    Abstract: A great delay in communication and deterioration in quality are avoided from occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yumi Hirano, Tutomu Murase
  • Patent number: 8498266
    Abstract: Wireless LAN base station devices (107 to 109) monitored by a wireless LAN base station monitoring server device (105) send wireless LAN base station information on themselves to the wireless LAN base station monitoring server device (105). A combined wireless terminal (110) which is to start communication requests the wireless LAN base station information on connectable wireless LAN base station devices. The wireless LAN base station monitoring server device (105) sends information on whether or not there is any connectable base station device and, if any, the connectable wireless LAN base station information according to information acquired from the combined wireless terminal (110) having requested the wireless LAN base station information via a 3G network (102). The combined wireless terminal (110) having received the wireless LAN base station information determines whether or not to set up a connection to a wireless LAN network (103) from the wireless LAN base station information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Yumi Hirano
  • Patent number: 8451796
    Abstract: Wireless LAN base station devices (107 to 109) monitored by a wireless LAN base station monitoring server device (105) send wireless LAN base station information on themselves to the wireless LAN base station monitoring server device (105). A combined wireless terminal (110) which is to start communication requests the wireless LAN base station information on connectable wireless LAN base station devices. The wireless LAN base station monitoring server device (105) sends information on whether or not there is any connectable base station device and, if any, the connectable wireless LAN base station information according to information acquired from the combined wireless terminal (110) having requested the wireless LAN base station information via a 3G network (102). The combined wireless terminal (110) having received the wireless LAN base station information determines whether or not to set up a connection to a wireless LAN network (103) from the wireless LAN base station information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Yumi Hirano
  • Publication number: 20120003940
    Abstract: In order to settle a problem of suppressing degradation of a throughput of a communication system, a communication device is provided with a reception means which receives and accumulates a first datum which a first device transmits addressing a second device and a second datum which the second device transmits, a transmission means which transmits the first datum to the second device, a quality index acquisition means which acquires a first index which is a quality of communication between the first device and the second device and a second index which is a quality of communication between the communication device and the second device, and a judgment means which forces to transmit the accumulated first datum to the second device using the transmission means in the case of judging that the second index is better than the first index and a reception condition of the second datum shows that the second device does not receive normally the first datum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yumi Hirano, Satoru Yamano
  • Publication number: 20100041434
    Abstract: In a communication system which can be connected to two different radio communication networks, wireless link quality information on a base station around both of terminals performing communication by using one radio communication network and according to the wireless link quality information, it is judged whether a radio terminal is to be connected to the radio communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventor: Yumi Hirano
  • Publication number: 20100020780
    Abstract: A great delay in communication and deterioration in quality are avoided from occurring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Yumi Hirano, Tutomu Murase
  • Publication number: 20100014495
    Abstract: Wireless LAN base station devices (107 to 109) monitored by a wireless LAN base station monitoring server device (105) send wireless LAN base station information on themselves to the wireless LAN base station monitoring server device (105). A combined wireless terminal (110) which is to start communication requests the wireless LAN base station information on connectable wireless LAN base station devices. The wireless LAN base station monitoring server device (105) sends information on whether or not there is any connectable base station device and, if any, the connectable wireless LAN base station information according to information acquired from the combined wireless terminal (110) having requested the wireless LAN base station information via a 3G network (102). The combined wireless terminal (110) having received the wireless LAN base station information determines whether or not to set up a connection to a wireless LAN network (103) from the wireless LAN base station information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Yumi Hirano