Patents by Inventor Yusuke Shinohara

Yusuke Shinohara 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: 12160797
    Abstract: A base station (10) according to an embodiment includes a data processing unit (101) and a wireless signal processing unit (103). The data processing unit (101) generates a MAC frame. The MAC frame includes input data and an identification bit (CB). The identification bit (CB) indicates that data is extended broadcast data. The wireless signal processing unit (103) converts the MAC frame into a wireless signal to distribute the wireless signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Inoue, Shoko Shinohara, Akira Kishida, Kengo Nagata, Yusuke Asai, Yasushi Takatori
  • Publication number: 20240389147
    Abstract: In a wireless communication method between a base station and a plurality of wireless terminals, the base station includes a plurality of first wireless modules that perform wireless communication using different channels that do not overlap each other, and each of the plurality of wireless terminals includes a second wireless module that performs wireless communication using any one communication channel. The wireless communication method includes executing a channel switching process of switching use states of the plurality of first wireless modules according to a predetermined schedule so as to enable any one of the plurality of first wireless modules to carry out transmission and to prohibit the other thereof from carrying out transmission. Further, there is a sleeping of an operation of the second wireless module while the first wireless module that performs wireless communication using the communication channel is prohibited from carrying out transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI, Junichi IWATANI, Yoshitaka SHIMIZU, Tomoyuki YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240372794
    Abstract: A terminal (400-N) according to the present disclosure includes an acquisition unit (401) configured to acquire a reception interval of a plurality of packets received via a communication path; and a specifying (402) unit configured to specify a delay characteristic of a delay occurring in the communication path based on the distribution of the reception intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Anan Sawabe, Shinya Yasuda, Takanori Iwai, Yusuke Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20240373213
    Abstract: A transmitting station includes a fragmentation unit, a packet number allocation unit, an encryption unit, a wireless signal processing unit, and a retransmission control unit. The fragmentation unit divides data into fragments. The packet number allocation unit allocates a first packet number to the fragments. The encryption unit encrypts the fragments on the basis of the first packet number. The wireless signal processing unit transmits the fragments encrypted as a wireless signal to a receiving station. When retransmitting the data, the retransmission control unit instructs the packet number allocation unit to reset the first packet number to an initial value, requests the receiving station to reset a second packet number managed by the receiving station to an initial value for decryption of the fragments encrypted, and instructs the fragmentation unit to reconfigure an unsuccessfully transmitted fragment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira KISHIDA, Kengo NAGATA, Shoko SHINOHARA, Hanae OTANI, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Patent number: 12125474
    Abstract: A learning device includes a learning unit learning, with a first feature value having a first feature and given a first value label, a second feature value having a second feature and given a second value label and a third feature value having a feature between the first feature and the second feature and given a value label having a value between the first value label and the second value label as teacher data, a model for estimating which of the first feature and the second feature an input feature value sequence has.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Ashihara, Yusuke Shinohara, Yoshikazu Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20240343042
    Abstract: Provided is a cartridge including: an absorbent; a tank including an absorbent holder configured to accommodate the absorbent; a lid member joined to the tank; and a partition member arranged between the lid member and the absorbent located in the absorbent holder. In the cartridge, the lid member includes a first engagement portion, the partition member includes a second engagement portion, the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are engaged with each other, and parts of outer peripheries of surfaces of the lid member and the partition member facing each other have an interval therebetween in an overlapping direction in which the lid member and the partition member overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: HIROAKI KUSANO, SATORU TAKAHASHI, NARUMI SHINOHARA, YUSUKE HASHIMOTO, MOTOAKI SATO, JUNICHIRO IRI
  • Publication number: 20240340685
    Abstract: An access point of an embodiment includes first and second wireless signal processing units and a link management unit. The link management unit establishes a multi-link with a first wireless terminal apparatus using the first and second wireless signal processing units. The link management unit is capable of setting at least the multi-link to a first operation mode and sets the first and second wireless signal processing units to an intermittent operation mode in the first operation mode. When the multi-link is set to the first operation mode and first data addressed to the first wireless terminal apparatus is input, the link management unit causes at least one wireless signal processing unit associated with a traffic identifier attached to the first data to transmit a beacon signal including information indicating that the first data has been buffered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Akira KISHIDA, Kengo NAGATA, Shoko SHINOHARA, Hanae OTANI, Yusuke Asai, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20240340739
    Abstract: A process of switching a provision source server of a service for a mobile object is performed at a timing suitable for a service being provided. A management system or a management apparatus evaluates a degree of influence of a server switching process of switching a provision source server of a service for a mobile object, which is exerted on the service. The management system or the management apparatus decides a timing to switch the provision source server on the basis of an evaluation result of the evaluating and gives an instruction to switch the provision source server at the timing decided by the decision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kosei Kobayashi, Yusuke Shinohara, Takanori Iwai, Hayato Itsumi, Koichi Nihei, Kazuki Ogata, Kei Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20240340829
    Abstract: A transmitting station which is a station that transmits a wireless signal includes a first wireless signal processing unit, a second wireless signal processing unit, and a transmission timing adjustment unit. The first wireless signal processing unit transmits and receives a wireless signal using a first channel. The second wireless signal processing unit transmits and receives a wireless signal using a second channel different from the first channel. The transmission timing adjustment unit adjusts transmission timings of first data and second data on the basis of a first status associated with the first wireless signal processing unit and a second status associated with the second wireless signal processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Akira KISHIDA, Kengo NAGATA, Shoko SHINOHARA, Hanae OTANI, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20240334417
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a plurality of wireless communication apparatuses that constitutes a wireless communication network and one or a plurality of control apparatuses that controls the plurality of wireless communication apparatuses. The plurality of wireless communication apparatuses includes a base station, a first wireless terminal, and a second wireless terminal. Each of the base station and the first wireless terminal includes N (N is an integer of two or more) network interface controllers (NICs), and the second wireless terminal includes M (M<N) NICs. The control apparatus executes channel switching processing of switching a use state of the N NICs in the base station and the first wireless terminal. The control apparatus controls the base station and the first wireless terminal to use NICs of the same channel in the same period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI, Junichi IWATANI, Tomoyuki YAMADA, Yoshitaka SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20240331385
    Abstract: A state analysis unit analyzes the state of each of a plurality of monitoring targets based on sensor data received from the plurality of monitoring targets, and determines whether or not a predetermined event has occurred in each of the monitoring targets. A surveillant allocation unit determines one of the plurality of surveillants who is responsible for work of monitoring the monitoring target where it has been determined that the predetermined event has occurred based on the predetermined event that has occurred and a load index indicating the monitoring work by the surveillant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hayato Itsumi, Koichi Nihei, Yusuke Shinohara, Takao Onomura, Yutaka Takei
  • Publication number: 20240334468
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a plurality of wireless communication apparatuses forming a wireless communication network. The system also includes one or a plurality of control apparatuses that controls the plurality of wireless communication apparatuses. Each of the plurality of wireless communication apparatuses includes a plurality of network interface controllers (NICs) that performs wireless communication through different channels that do not overlap each other. The control apparatus executes channel switching processing of switching a use state of the plurality of NICs in each wireless communication apparatus. The control apparatus controls the plurality of wireless communication apparatuses to use NICs of the same channel in the same period. The control apparatus controls to share connection information regarding each of the plurality of NICs in advance before the channel switching processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI, Junichi IWATANI, Tomoyuki YAMADA, Yoshitaka SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20240314827
    Abstract: A wireless communication management apparatus includes a determination unit, an evaluation unit, and a selection unit. The determination unit determines an interference relationship of a combination of bandwidth and channel on the basis of wireless environment information collected from one or more terminals capable of wireless communication with a base station. The evaluation unit calculates an evaluation value for each combination of bandwidth and channel on the basis of the interference relationship. The selection unit selects one combination from the combinations of bandwidth and channel on the basis of the evaluation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Patent number: 12095338
    Abstract: A fluid machine includes an inverter compartment defined by a housing and a cover, the inverter compartment accommodating an inverter, and a wire electrically connected to an external connector and supplying power to a circuit board of the inverter. The wire includes a board coupling portion electrically connected to the circuit board, a connector coupling portion electrically connected to the external connector, and an extended portion extending along a wall surface of the cover and connecting the board coupling portion and the connector coupling portion. The fluid machine further includes a plastic mold covering the extended portion, and an anchor formed integrally with the plastic mold and engaged with a through-hole of the cover. The extended portion is held on the wall surface of the cover by the anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Koki Shinohara, Junya Yano, Yusuke Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20240305555
    Abstract: A wireless communication management apparatus (100) according to one aspect of the present invention includes a path calculation unit (152) that, on the basis of wireless environment information collected from one or more relay base stations (210) and a plurality of terminals (300) configured to wirelessly communicate with a root base station (200), calculates one or more path candidates which are connectable paths that can be taken as a network configuration by multi-hop communication and in which a traffic amount of each relay base station (210) included in the connectable paths is less than a threshold, and a determination unit (153) that determines one of the one or more path candidates as an optimal path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Yasuhiko INOUE, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Patent number: 12087048
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a video analysis method and a video analysis system in which video analysis accuracy at a cloud server and an edge is improved is provided. The video analysis method includes a first image analysis step of analyzing an input image frame on the edge side, a difference value estimation step of estimating a difference value between an evaluation value of an analysis result in the first image analysis step and an evaluation value of an analysis result being predicted when the input image frame is analyzed by the cloud server, and a filtering step of determining whether to transmit the input image frame to the cloud server, based on the difference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato Itsumi, Takanori Iwai, Florian Beye, Yusuke Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20240275565
    Abstract: In a wireless communication system in which an AP 1 and a plurality of STAs 2 perform wireless communication, the AP 1 notifies each of the STAs 2 of a schedule of channel transition including a transition destination channel and a timing of channel transition different for each of the STAs 2 (or each group thereof), and then executes a channel switching process, and when the STA 2 receives the schedule of channel transition, the STA 2 stops transmission, and thereafter executes a connection process with the AP 1 at the timing according to the schedule. It is possible to shorten the time until the communication with the AP is resumed by avoiding collision of wireless frames between the terminals (STAs) when the channel is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoko SHINOHARA, Tomoyuki YAMADA, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
  • Publication number: 20240236316
    Abstract: To provide a technique which makes it possible to suitably estimate an important region and a non-important region in an image, an information processing apparatus (1) includes: an obtaining means (10) for obtaining input data which includes at least one of image data and point cloud data; an estimating means (11) for estimating levels of importance with respect to a respective plurality of regions which are included in a frame indicated by the input data; a replacing means (12) for generating replaced data by replacing at least one of the plurality of regions, which are included in the input data, with alternative data in accordance with the levels of importance; an evaluating means (13) for deriving an evaluation value by referring to the replaced data; and a training means (14) for training the estimating means with reference to the evaluation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hayato ITSUMI, Koichi NIHEI, Takanori IWAI, Yusuke SHINOHARA, Florian BEYE, Charvi VITTHAL
  • Publication number: 20240236317
    Abstract: To provide a technique which makes it possible to suitably estimate an important region and a non-important region in an image, an information processing apparatus includes: an obtaining means for obtaining input data which includes at least one of image data and point cloud data; an estimating means for estimating levels of importance with respect to a respective plurality of regions which are included in a frame indicated by the input data; a replacing means for generating replaced data by replacing at least one of the plurality of regions, which are included in the input data, with alternative data in accordance with the levels of importance; an evaluating means for deriving an evaluation value by referring to the replaced data; and a training means for training the estimating means with reference to the evaluation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hayato ITSUMI, Koichi NIHEI, Florian BEYE, Charvi VITTHAL, Takanori IWAI, Yusuke SHINOHARA
  • Patent number: 12033658
    Abstract: Provided is a technology of learning an acoustic model with a certain degree of accuracy of sound recognition within a short calculation period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoaki Matsui, Takafumi Moriya, Takaaki Fukutomi, Yusuke Shinohara, Yoshikazu Yamaguchi, Manabu Okamoto