Assignee profile:

SoftBank Corp.

City:

Tokyo

Country:

Japan

Published Applications:

178

Last publication date:

2026-05-28

Patent Grants:

156

Last grant date:

2026-06-16

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Recent patent applications by SoftBank Corp.

SoftBank Corp. based in Tokyo, JP has been assigned the rights to these inventions. The list includes both Pending Applications and Patent Grants:

#1 | 2026-05-28
US20260148408A1
Physics

INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

#2 | 2026-05-14
US20260135379A1
Electricity

POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND SWITCHING CIRCUIT

#3 | 2026-04-23
US20260113642A1
Electricity

SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH WIDE-AREA CELL BASE STATION AND TERRESTRIAL CELL BASE STATION

#4 | 2026-04-23
US20260113102A1
Electricity

SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH WIDE-AREA CELL BASE STATION AND TERRESTRIAL-CELL BASE STATION

#5 | 2026-04-23
US20260113064A1
Electricity

SYSTEM, INTER-BASE STATION CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM

#6 | 2026-01-08
US20260012914A1
Electricity

SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING POSITION OF APPARATUS, BASE STATION, RELAY APPARATUS, AND, SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER

#7 | 2026-01-08 ✅ Patent 12,659,192 granted on 2026-06-16
US20260012375A1
Electricity

SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING PROPAGATION CHANNEL ESTIMATION BY COOPERATION BETWEEN BASE STATIONS

#8 | 2026-01-08 ✅ Patent 12,531,411 granted on 2026-01-20
US20260012014A1
Electricity

SWITCHING CIRCUIT, DC POWER OUTPUT APPARATUS, WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, SOLAR POWER GENERATION SYSTEM, OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM

#9 | 2026-01-08
US20260010059A1
Physics

IMAGING SYSTEM

#10 | 2026-01-01
US20260006564A1
Electricity

BASE STATION, PHASE CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM

#11 | 2025-10-23 ✅ Patent 12,537,571 granted on 2026-01-27
US20250330217A1
Electricity

COMMUNICATION RELAY APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AREA CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM

#12 | 2025-10-16 ✅ Patent 12,526,002 granted on 2026-01-13
US20250323674A1
Electricity

INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, INTER-BASE STATION CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM

#13 | 2025-10-07 ✅ Patent 12,438,598 granted on 2025-10-07
US17978969
Electricity

System, communication device, program, and control method

#14 | 2025-08-14 ✅ Patent 12,647,302 granted on 2026-06-02
US20250260598A1
Electricity

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM

#15 | 2025-07-03 ✅ Patent 12,470,030 granted on 2025-11-11
US20250219341A1
Electricity

ROTARY CONNECTOR

#16 | 2025-06-26 ✅ Patent 12,512,900 granted on 2025-12-30
US20250211322A1
Electricity

COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, PROGRAM, FLIGHT VEHICLE, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD

#17 | 2025-06-12 ✅ Patent 12,445,190 granted on 2025-10-14
US20250192871A1
Electricity

IMPROVEMENT OF DYNAMIC PROPAGATION SPATIAL CORRELATION BY CHANGING POSITION OF HAPS-EQUIPPED ANTENNA IN HAPS MULTI-FEEDER LINKS

#18 | 2025-06-05 ✅ Patent 12,494,840 granted on 2025-12-09
US20250183993A1
Electricity

COMMUNICATION RELAY APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AREA CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM

#19 | 2025-06-05 ✅ Patent 12,401,133 granted on 2025-08-26
US20250183546A1
Electricity

REFLECTION APPARATUS AND SYSTEM

#20 | 2025-04-17
US20250124615A1
Physics

INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

#21 | 2025-04-03
US20250113188A1
Electricity

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD, SERVER, ACCESS POINT APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND PROGRAM

#22 | 2025-03-20 ✅ Patent 12,374,904 granted on 2025-07-29
US20250096580A1
Electricity

SYSTEM

#23 | 2025-02-27 ✅ Patent 12,380,730 granted on 2025-08-05
US20250069436A1
Physics

AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

#24 | 2025-01-09 ✅ Patent 12,375,178 granted on 2025-07-29
US20250015894A1
Electricity

CONTROL DEVICE, COMPENSATION DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD

#25 | 2024-11-14 ✅ Patent 12,317,219 granted on 2025-05-27
US20240381296A1
Electricity

Communication system

#26 | 2024-10-10 ✅ Patent 12,113,368 granted on 2024-10-08
US20240339868A1
Electricity

SYSTEM, BASE STATION, TERMINAL APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING COMMUNICATION AND WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER

#27 | 2024-10-03 ✅ Patent 12,166,566 granted on 2024-12-10
US20240333375A1
Electricity

Communication relay apparatus, remote control apparatus, system, area control method and program

#28 | 2024-10-03 ✅ Patent 12,107,436 granted on 2024-10-01
US20240333038A1
Electricity

WIRELESS-POWER TRANSFER APPARATUS, WIRELESS-POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM

#29 | 2024-09-12 ✅ Patent 12,542,600 granted on 2026-02-03
US20240305360A1
Electricity

MITIGATION OF DEGRADATION OF INTERFERENCE-REDUCTION PERFORMANCE IN PROCESSING DELAY WHEN SWITCHING ANTENNAS IN HAPS MULTI-FEEDER LINKS

#30 | 2024-09-05 ✅ Patent 12,475,205 granted on 2025-11-18
US20240296213A1
Physics

AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

#31 | 2024-08-15 ✅ Patent 12,192,688 granted on 2025-01-07
US20240276131A1
Electricity

Radio relay system

#32 | 2024-08-15 ✅ Patent 12,244,394 granted on 2025-03-04
US20240275468A1
Electricity

Information processing device, program, information processing system, and information processing method

#33 | 2024-08-15
US20240271942A1
Physics

ROUTE DETERMINATION SYSTEM AVD ROUTE DETERMINATION METHOD

#34 | 2024-08-08
US20240267139A1
Electricity

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING INSTALLATION POSITION OF RADIO-WAVE REFLECTING MEMBER

#35 | 2024-08-08 ✅ Patent 12,328,178 granted on 2025-06-10
US20240267115A1
Electricity

CONTROL DEVICE, PROGRAM, SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD

#36 | 2024-08-01 ✅ Patent 12,568,408 granted on 2026-03-03
US20240259889A1
Electricity

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, HANDOVER CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

#37 | 2024-07-04
US20240221063A1
Physics

XR MALL GENERATION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR XR MALL GENERATION DEVICE, AND XR MALL GENERATION PROGRAM

#38 | 2024-06-20 ✅ Patent 12,567,608 granted on 2026-03-03
US20240199217A1
Performing operations; transporting

SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD

#39 | 2024-05-23 ✅ Patent 12,309,757 granted on 2025-05-20
US20240172201A1
Electricity

Base station and radio communication system

#40 | 2024-05-16
US20240161467A1
Physics

INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE

#41 | 2024-05-09
US20240155570A1
Electricity

SYSTEM, RADIO TERMINAL APPARATUS, VEHICLE, CONTROL APPARATUS, BASE STATION, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING CONTROL IN INTER-TERMINAL DIRECT COMMUNICATION

#42 | 2024-04-18 ✅ Patent 11,968,024 granted on 2024-04-23
US20240129023A1
Electricity

Footprint fixation control limited to specific channels considering movement and rotation of HAPS

#43 | 2024-03-21 ✅ Patent 12,081,284 granted on 2024-09-03
US20240097808A1
Electricity

Apparatus, method and program for predicting attenuation of electromagnetic waves

#44 | 2024-03-14 ✅ Patent 12,489,938 granted on 2025-12-02
US20240089525A1
Electricity

VIDEO TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, VIDEO TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND SYSTEM

#45 | 2024-02-15 ✅ Patent 12,425,077 granted on 2025-09-23
US20240056136A1
Electricity

MASSIVE MIMO FOR HAPS BASED ON ANGLE INFORMATION ON USER APPARATUS

#46 | 2024-02-08 ✅ Patent 12,382,936 granted on 2025-08-12
US20240041009A1
Human necessities

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

#47 | 2024-02-01
US20240037917A1
Physics

INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE

#48 | 2024-01-25 ✅ Patent 11,996,624 granted on 2024-05-28
US20240030595A1
Electricity

Antenna system and radio relay apparatus

#49 | 2024-01-25 ✅ Patent 12,548,892 granted on 2026-02-10
US20240030585A1
Electricity

ANTENNA APPARATUS, SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

#50 | 2024-01-11 ✅ Patent 11,973,573 granted on 2024-04-30
US20240014889A1
Electricity

Communication relay apparatus, system, interference suppression method and program

#51 | 2023-11-09 ✅ Patent 12,063,526 granted on 2024-08-13
US20230362672A1
Electricity

System, information-providing device, program, and information-providing method

#52 | 2023-11-09 ✅ Patent 12,482,366 granted on 2025-11-25
US20230360541A1
Physics

DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD

#53 | 2023-11-02 ✅ Patent 11,902,008 granted on 2024-02-13
US20230353231A1
Electricity

Control device, program, system, and control method

#54 | 2023-10-26 ✅ Patent 12,538,199 granted on 2026-01-27
US20230345330A1
Electricity

CONTROL DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD

#55 | 2023-10-19 ✅ Patent 12,520,284 granted on 2026-01-06
US20230337195A1
Electricity

BASE STATION APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD

#56 | 2023-10-19 ✅ Patent 11,889,365 granted on 2024-01-30
US20230337078A1
Electricity

Base station device, program, flying body, and control method

#57 | 2023-10-19 ✅ Patent 12,278,422 granted on 2025-04-15
US20230335888A1
Electricity

Suppression of reflected wave interference from antenna-mounting plate in service link of haps

#58 | 2023-10-19 ✅ Patent 12,512,788 granted on 2025-12-30
US20230333573A1
Physics

CONTROL DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD

#59 | 2023-10-19 ✅ Patent 11,867,821 granted on 2024-01-09
US20230333256A1
Physics

System, radio relay apparatus, information processing apparatus and method for specifying position of terminal apparatus

#60 | 2023-10-12 ✅ Patent 12,116,129 granted on 2024-10-15
US20230322383A1
Performing operations; transporting

Flying body

#61 | 2023-10-05 ✅ Patent 11,916,645 granted on 2024-02-27
US20230318697A1
Electricity

Base station device, program, system, and control method

#62 | 2023-10-05 ✅ Patent 12,499,659 granted on 2025-12-16
US20230316723A1
Physics

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

#63 | 2023-09-28 ✅ Patent 11,924,586 granted on 2024-03-05
US20230308614A1
Electricity

Control device, program, system, and method

#64 | 2023-09-28 ✅ Patent 11,894,012 granted on 2024-02-06
US20230306981A1
Physics

Neural-network-based approach for speech denoising

#65 | 2023-09-14 ✅ Patent 11,913,928 granted on 2024-02-27
US20230288388A1
Human necessities

System for estimating amount of absorbed carbon dioxide and method for estimating amount of absorbed carbon dioxide

#66 | 2023-07-27 ✅ Patent 12,506,246 granted on 2025-12-23
US20230238681A1
Electricity

VEHICLE ANTENNA SYSTEM

#67 | 2023-07-13 ✅ Patent 11,922,552 granted on 2024-03-05
US20230222724A1
Physics

Data processing device, program, and data processing method for generating animation data representing movement of clothing worn by wearer's body

#68 | 2023-06-29 ✅ Patent 11,887,234 granted on 2024-01-30
US20230206531A1
Physics

Avatar display device, avatar generating device, and program

#69 | 2023-06-22 ✅ Patent 11,974,078 granted on 2024-04-30
US20230199158A1
Electricity

Digital signage by optical communication and supplemental downlink device and method using LED illumination

#70 | 2023-05-04 ✅ Patent 12,514,236 granted on 2026-01-06
US20230135897A1
Human necessities

INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSOR

#71 | 2023-04-20 ✅ Patent 12,373,742 granted on 2025-07-29
US20230120776A1
Physics

INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM THAT CONTROLS INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND PROGRAM THAT CONTROLS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL

#72 | 2023-03-09 ✅ Patent 12,500,660 granted on 2025-12-16
US20230075260A1
Electricity

CONTROL DEVICE, SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD

#73 | 2023-03-09 ✅ Patent 11,871,074 granted on 2024-01-09
US20230071454A1
Electricity

Communication system, display control device, communication terminal, and computer-readable storage medium allowing supplemental downlink with a large capacity utilizing optical communication

#74 | 2023-03-02
US20230061557A1
Physics

ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PROGRAM

#75 | 2023-02-16 ✅ Patent 12,096,164 granted on 2024-09-17
US20230051214A1
Electricity

Optical communication device, computer-readable storage medium, system, and optical communication method

#76 | 2023-02-16
US20230048582A1
Human necessities

NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE

#77 | 2023-02-16 ✅ Patent 12,341,257 granted on 2025-06-24
US20230045955A1
Electricity

PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RADIO-POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

#78 | 2023-02-09
US20230044238A1
Performing operations; transporting

SYSTEM, PROGRAM, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND AIRCRAFT

#79 | 2022-11-10 ✅ Patent 12,175,502 granted on 2024-12-24
US20220358550A1
Physics

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing system, terminal device, terminal-device control method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium

#80 | 2022-11-03 ✅ Patent 12,632,278 granted on 2026-05-19
US20220350636A1
Physics

PROCESSING UNIT AND PROCESSING SYSTEM

#81 | 2022-10-20 ✅ Patent 12,276,508 granted on 2025-04-15
US20220333929A1
Physics

Determination device, path determination method, non-transitory computer readable storage medium, path determination system, and air vehicle device

#82 | 2022-08-25 ✅ Patent 12,120,503 granted on 2024-10-15
US20220272590A1
Electricity

Terminal, base station, and radio communication method for predetermined processing corresponding to conditional configuration

#83 | 2022-07-28 ✅ Patent 12,519,093 granted on 2026-01-06
US20220238498A1
Electricity

SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL STACKED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT USING LIQUID IMMERSION COOLING SYSTEM BY PERFORATED INTERPOZER

#84 | 2022-07-21 ✅ Patent 12,342,235 granted on 2025-06-24
US20220232444A1
Electricity

BASE STATION DEVICE, SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, FLYING OBJECT, METHOD, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD

#85 | 2022-07-21 ✅ Patent 12,149,958 granted on 2024-11-19
US20220232397A1
Electricity

Control apparatus, computer readable storage medium, control method, and flying object

#86 | 2022-07-21 ✅ Patent 12,113,604 granted on 2024-10-08
US20220231755A1
Electricity

System, control apparatus, computer readable storage medium, and control method

#87 | 2022-07-14 ✅ Patent 12,185,130 granted on 2024-12-31
US20220224402A1
Electricity

System, communication apparatus, computer-readable storage medium and control method

#88 | 2022-06-16 ✅ Patent 12,136,955 granted on 2024-11-05
US20220190934A1
Electricity

Mobile object, computer-readable medium, and control method

#89 | 2022-06-16 ✅ Patent 12,134,486 granted on 2024-11-05
US20220185474A1
Performing operations; transporting

Moving body, system, computer readable recording medium, and control method

#90 | 2022-06-14 ✅ Patent 11,362,901 granted on 2022-06-14
US16819491
Electricity

Dynamic balloon network coverage map

#91 | 2022-06-09 ✅ Patent 11,968,025 granted on 2024-04-23
US20220182132A1
Electricity

Detection of interference between multifeeder links in HAPS communication system

#92 | 2022-06-02 ✅ Patent 12,255,725 granted on 2025-03-18
US20220173794A1
Electricity

Multi-feeder link configuration in haps communication system and control therefor

#93 | 2022-05-17 ✅ Patent 11,337,080 granted on 2022-05-17
US16221920
Electricity

High altitude platform beam arrangement

#94 | 2022-04-14 ✅ Patent 11,444,844 granted on 2022-09-13
US20220116280A1
Electricity

Simulating a dynamic hybrid network

#95 | 2022-03-15 ✅ Patent 11,277,314 granted on 2022-03-15
US17079638
Electricity

Interfaces for service requests in a balloon network

#96 | 2022-02-24 ✅ Patent 12,255,726 granted on 2025-03-18
US20220060248A1
Electricity

Communication control device, computer-readable storage medium, system and control method

#97 | 2022-02-10 ✅ Patent 11,245,194 granted on 2022-02-08
US20220045432A1
Electricity

Antenna system including spherical reflector with metamaterial edges

#98 | 2022-02-10 ✅ Patent 11,990,593 granted on 2024-05-21
US20220045385A1
Electricity

Battery pack design and method

#99 | 2022-02-10 ✅ Patent 12,125,998 granted on 2024-10-22
US20220045384A1
Electricity

Battery pack design and method

#100 | 2022-01-20 ✅ Patent 12,096,299 granted on 2024-09-17
US20220022119A1
Electricity

Communication control device, communication system, computer-readable storage medium and communication control method

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