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1.

AVATAR DISPLAY DEVICE, AVATAR GENERATION DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Document Number 03229535
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-12-23
Owner SOFTBANK CORP. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Agura, Katsuhide
  • Sakaguchi, Takuya
  • Oka, Nobuyuki
  • Fukuizumi, Takeshi

Abstract

An avatar display device (20) includes: an obtaining part (210) that obtains captured image data of a person; a second obtaining part (211) that obtains, from the captured image data, depth data or image data of the person; a generating part (212) that composes a 3D model in accordance with the depth data or image data to generate an avatar; and a display part (213) that displays, in an image display area (31) of an information communication device (30), the avatar that is caused to follow a motion of the person.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06T 13/40 - 3D [Three Dimensional] animation of characters, e.g. humans, animals or virtual beings

2.

MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL METHOD

      
Document Number 02966318
Status In Force
Filing Date 2014-11-07
Grant Date 2020-03-24
Owner SOFTBANK CORP. (Japan)
Inventor Fujii, Teruya

Abstract

Mobile communication systems and radio resource control methods are provided, by which interference between two or more base stations can be suppressed and an inter-cell adjusting control of radio resources for each of the two or more base stations can be simplified in a mobile communication system including two or more base stations, at least a part of each cell of the base stations being mutually overlapped. Two or more cell layers are configured by grouping the two or more base station. An inter-cell adjusting control of radio resources (for example, at least one of a synchmnization control of time slots and an allocation control of time slots) between the two or more cell layers is performed. An inter-cell adjusting control of radio resources between two or more base stations included in the cell layer (for example, at least one of a synchronization control of time slots and an allocation control of time slots) for each of the cell layers is also performed.

IPC Classes  ?

3.

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND SMALL-CELL BASE STATION

      
Document Number 03015870
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-01-30
Grant Date 2021-06-15
Owner SOFTBANK CORP. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shiobara, Shota
  • Okamawari, Takao
  • Fujii, Teruya

Abstract

The present invention allows a difference between times at which downlink signals synchronously transmitted from a macro cell base station and a small cell base station, respectively, arrive at a communication terminal device to fall within a permissible range without being affected by a transmission delay in transmission cables or a propagation delay in wireless transmission paths of the base stations. A small cell base station is provided with a wireless transmission/reception unit that is connected to an antenna, a wireless communication control unit, a transmission cable that connects the wireless transmission/reception unit and the wireless communication control unit, and a downlink signal reception unit that receives downlink signals transmitted from the macro cell base station and the small cell base station, respectively. The small cell base station measures a reception timing difference between the downlink signals transmitted from the macro cell base station and the small cell base station itself, respectively, on the basis of the reception result of the downlink signals, adjusts the transmission timing of the downlink signal from the station itself on the basis of the reception timing difference, and transmits the downlink signal at the adjusted transmission timing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 16/28 - Cell structures using beam steering
  • H04W 16/32 - Hierarchical cell structures
  • H04W 28/16 - Central resource managementNegotiation of resources or communication parameters, e.g. negotiating bandwidth or QoS [Quality of Service]
  • H04W 56/00 - Synchronisation arrangements

4.

BASE STATION, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND HANDOVER CONTROL METHOD

      
Document Number 03020665
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-03-03
Grant Date 2021-08-24
Owner SOFTBANK CORP. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kanazawa, Noboru
  • Ogata, Daigo
  • Nagate, Atsushi
  • Fujii, Teruya

Abstract

Provided are a base station, a mobile communication system, and a handover control method that make it possible to prevent handover failure or a ping-pong handover phenomenon caused by interference from neighboring cells with respect to a serving cell. If a received power difference (S2 - S1) between received power S2 from a neighboring second base station that is fed back from a mobile station and received power S1 from a first base station to which the mobile station is connected is greater than a predetermined threshold, the first base station requests the second base station to terminate transmission of a downlink signal including a data signal and/or a control signal. In response to the request to terminate transmission, the second base station determines a wireless resource for which transmission of the downlink signal is to be terminated and notifies the first base station, and terminates the transmission of the downlink signal. The first base station allocates, as a wireless resource to be used for a downlink signal with respect to the mobile station, a wireless resource notified from the second base station or a wireless resource including a part thereof.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 36/08 - Reselecting an access point
  • H04W 36/30 - Reselection being triggered by specific parameters by measured or perceived connection quality data
  • H04W 36/38 - Reselection control by fixed network equipment
  • H04W 92/20 - Interfaces between hierarchically similar devices between access points

5.

DOPPLER-SHIFT CORRECTION IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK

      
Document Number 03087618
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-12-21
Grant Date 2022-02-22
Owner SOFTBANK CORP. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Konishi, Mitsukuni
  • Nagate, Atsushi
  • Ota, Yoshichika
  • Hoshino, Kenji

Abstract


In a mobile communication system using a mobile-type radio relay apparatus
that
forms a plurality of cells toward the ground or the sea while moving in an
upper airspace, a
deterioration in communication quality, which is caused by a Doppler shift of
a reception
signal due to a relative movement of a radio relay apparatus with respect to a
terminal
apparatus of each of a plurality of cells or a feeder station on the ground or
on the sea, is
suppressed. The communication system comprises a mobile-type radio relay
apparatus
that is disposed movably by flying in an upper airspace, forms a plurality of
cells from an
antenna at a predetermined altitude toward the ground or the sea, and perfoims
a radio
communication with a terminal apparatus located in each of the plurality of
cells. The
communication system comprises an estimation section for estimating a Doppler
shift in at
least one of a radio communication of a service link between the terminal
apparatus
located in the cell and the radio relay apparatus and a radio communication of
a feeder link
between the radio relay apparatus and a feeder station on the ground or on the
sea, and a
correction section for correcting a frequency of the at least one radio
communication based
on an estimation result of the Doppler shift.

IPC Classes  ?

6.

INTER-SITE TRANSMISSION/PROPAGATION DELAY CORRECTION WHEN APPLYING SITE DIVERSITY IN HAPS FEEDER LINK

      
Document Number 03087620
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-12-21
Grant Date 2021-06-22
Owner SOFTBANK CORP. (Japan)
Inventor Hoshino, Kenji

Abstract


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ABSTRACT
A communication system, in which a sufficient reception power can be obtained
without being affected by attenuation such as rainfall in each of a radio
relay apparatus and
a gateway station, is provided. The communication system performs a
communication
via a radio relay apparatus located in an upper airspace. A plurality of
gateway stations
for forming feeder-link radio sections between the own gateway stations and
the radio
relay apparatus are disposed at a plurality of locations geographically
separated from each
other on the ground or on the sea. The plurality of gateway stations perform
simultaneous transmissions/receptions of signals via the plurality of feeder
links or
transmissions/receptions of signals accompanied by a switching of the feeder
links, with
the radio relay apparatus.
Date Recue/Date Received 2021-01-14

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/024 - Co-operative use of antennas at several sites, e.g. in co-ordinated multipoint or co-operative multiple-input multiple-output [MIMO] systems
  • H04B 7/15 - Active relay systems
  • H04W 16/28 - Cell structures using beam steering
  • H04W 16/32 - Hierarchical cell structures
  • H04W 56/00 - Synchronisation arrangements
  • H04W 84/06 - Airborne or Satellite Networks
  • H04W 88/16 - Gateway arrangements

7.

MONITORING OF RADIO RELAY APPARATUS USING FEEDER LINK

      
Document Number 03089948
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-01-22
Grant Date 2022-03-15
Owner SOFTBANK CORP. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsuura, Kazuki
  • Ota, Yoshichika

Abstract


A radio relay apparatus whose status can be monitored while realizing a three-
dimensional
network, without providing a dedicated line. The radio relay apparatus can fly
and move in an
upper airspace, and comprises a first antenna for transmitting and receiving a
radio signal of a
feeder link to and from a gateway station on a communication network side
provided on the
ground or at sea, a second antenna for transmitting and receiving a radio
signal of a service link
to and from a terminal apparatus, a relay processing section provided between
the first and
second antennas for relaying the radio signal of the feeder link and the radio
signal of the
service link, an information acquisition section for acquiring monitoring
information on the status
of the radio relay apparatus, and an information communication section for
transmitting the
monitoring information to the gateway station via the feeder link.

IPC Classes  ?

8.

ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND PROGRAM

      
Document Number 03229530
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-08-30
Owner SOFTBANK CORP. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Agura, Katsuhide
  • Sakaguchi, Takuya
  • Oka, Nobuyuki
  • Fukuizumi, Takeshi

Abstract

An electronic device (1) may include: an acquisition section (3) configured to acquire captured image data of a hand of an operator; a presumption section (8) configured to presume, in accordance with the captured image data, skeleton data corresponding to the hand; and a determination section (9) configured to determine, in accordance with the skeleton data, a cursor position for operating the electronic device (1).

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
  • G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
  • G06F 3/038 - Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
  • G06F 3/0481 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance

9.

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROLLER, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

      
Document Number 03232455
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-09-09
Owner SOFTBANK CORP. (Japan)
Inventor Matsushima, Satoru

Abstract

Provided is a communication system including: a controller; and an SR gateway which converts an SRv6-compliant packet received from an IP network into a GTP-U-compliant packet. The SR gateway includes a notification unit which notifies the controller, and a router connected to an IP network, of a route including an IP prefix including an address of a reachable gNB in NLRI and an SID of the SR gateway in a BGP attribute, and the controller includes a storage unit which stores an IP prefix including the address of the gNB, and a SID of the SR gateway, in association with each other, and an advertisement unit which searches the storage unit by using, as a key, an address of a gNB included in a UE session information in SMF notified when UE is attached, and when a match is found, advertises route information of the UE to the router.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 12/66 - Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
  • H04L 45/02 - Topology update or discovery
  • H04L 45/64 - Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks using an overlay routing layer
  • H04W 4/18 - Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
  • H04W 76/12 - Setup of transport tunnels
  • H04W 88/16 - Gateway arrangements

10.

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD

      
Document Number 03015317
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-01-26
Grant Date 2020-10-27
Owner SOFTBANK CORP. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shiobara, Shota
  • Okamawari, Takao
  • Fujii, Teruya

Abstract


A communication system, a base station and a communication control method
are provided, which are capable of cooperatively transmitting data from a
plurality of
base stations to a plurality of communication terminals using a same radio
resource. A
first base station acquires a value of an interference suppression parameter
that is
applied to a transmission signal from the first base station so as to suppress
interference
from a second base station in a first communication terminal, when the first
communication terminal locates in a cell border area. The second base station
duplicates a desired data for a second communication terminal located in a
cell of the
second base station, and transmits the duplicated desired data to the first
base station.
The first base station generates a transmission signal based on the value of
the
interference suppression parameter, the desired data for the first
communication
terminal, the desired data for the second communication terminal received from
the
second base station and a control information on data cooperative
transmission, and the
second base station generates a transmission signal of the desired data for
the second
communication terminal. Each of the base stations cooperatively transmits the
transmission signal at a predetermined data cooperative transmission timing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 24/02 - Arrangements for optimising operational condition
  • H04W 28/16 - Central resource managementNegotiation of resources or communication parameters, e.g. negotiating bandwidth or QoS [Quality of Service]
  • H04W 28/18 - Negotiating wireless communication parameters

11.

THREE-DIMENSIONALIZATION OF FIFTH GENERATION COMMUNICATION

      
Document Number 03057281
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-03-17
Grant Date 2020-11-17
Owner SOFTBANK CORP. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Miyakawa, Junichi
  • Kimura, Kiyoshi

Abstract

Provided is a communication system which is capable of achieving a three-dimensionalized network for fifth generation mobile communication having low wireless communication propagation delay. This communication system is provided with a wireless relay station which relays wireless communication to a terminal device. The wireless relay station is provided to a floating body which is controlled autonomously or from an external unit so as to be positioned in a floating airspace having an altitude of 100 [km] or lower. When the floating body is positioned in said floating airspace, the wireless relay station forms a three-dimensional cell in a prescribed cell-forming target airspace with respect the surface of the ground or the surface of the sea.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04B 7/185 - Space-based or airborne stations
  • H04W 16/26 - Cell enhancers, e.g. for tunnels or building shadow
  • H04W 16/28 - Cell structures using beam steering
  • H04W 84/06 - Airborne or Satellite Networks

12.

HAPS COOPERATIVE FLIGHT SYSTEM

      
Document Number 03090214
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-01-22
Grant Date 2021-10-05
Owner SOFTBANK CORP. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Fujii, Takafumi
  • Ota, Yoshichika
  • Hoshino, Kenji

Abstract

Provided are a system and a method for suppressing degradation of communication quality due to frequent handovers at cell boundaries of a plurality of cells which are formed by a plurality of wireless relay devices capable of moving in the sky. In this system, each of the plurality of wireless relay devices that communicate with a terminal device is provided with a wireless relay station which flies in the sky, is movably disposed, forms a cell directed toward the ground or toward the sea, and wirelessly communicates with a terminal device located in the cell. The plurality of wireless relay devices fly while coordinating with each other to maintain a position relationship therebetween, by either autonomous control or external control.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B64D 47/02 - Arrangements or adaptations of signal or lighting devices
  • H04B 7/185 - Space-based or airborne stations
  • H04W 16/26 - Cell enhancers, e.g. for tunnels or building shadow
  • H04W 24/04 - Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
  • H04W 84/00 - Network topologies

13.

IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, FLIGHT VEHICLE, AND PROGRAM

      
Document Number 03091897
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-01-30
Grant Date 2021-03-09
Owner SOFTBANK CORP. (Japan)
Inventor Tajika, Akihiko

Abstract

Provided is an image processing device that is equipped with: an image acquisition unit that acquires a first image that includes, as a subject, a first region, an image of which has been picked up by means of a first camera that picks up, from a first altitude, an image in direction at a lower altitude than the first altitude, and a second image that includes, as a subject, a first region, an image of which has been picked up by means of a second camera that picks up, from a second altitude, an image in direction at a lower altitude than the second altitude; and a flying object detection unit that detects, on the basis of a difference between the first region in the first image, and the first region in the second image, a flying object at an altitude lower than the first altitude and the second altitude.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B64D 47/08 - Arrangements of cameras
  • F41H 11/02 - Anti-aircraft or anti-guided missile defence installations or systems
  • G06T 7/593 - Depth or shape recovery from multiple images from stereo images
  • G08B 25/00 - Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems
  • H04N 7/18 - Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast