NTT DoCoMo Research Articles

Urban scale pedestrian simulation in Kobe City center

We attempted to construct a digital twin of Kobe City center, from the aspect of pedestrian traffic simulation. Policy evaluation was conducted using traffic demand based on mobile phone population statistics provided by NTT DOCOMO, INC., CrowdWalk, an agent-based pedestrian simulator, and manually edited map obtained from Open Street Map to implement pedestrian signals. Background pedestrian population was estimated to be 6509, and 10,000 evacuees are assumed in the Shinko area. All of them are assumed to evacuate into three stations, JR Sannomiya, Hankyu Sannomiya, and Motomachi. The evacuation time was originally simulated to be 25,685 s without any aided policies. As a policy, splitting the evacuation route reduced the evacuation time into 17,780 s which is 69% of the original. In addition, removing signals reduced the time furthermore into 9550 s, 37% in total. Only removing the signal resulted 12,475 s, which is a reduction to 52% of the original.

631-P: Development of Noninvasive Diabetes Management Method Using Glycated Albumin in Tears

Aims/Background: Several clinical trials have demonstrated that strict glycemic control is important to minimize the risk of diabetic complications. Although frequent measurement of blood glucose levels by the invasive finger prick method is useful to achieve strict glycemic control, this method is invasive and burdensome to the patients. Glycated albumin (GA) is a biomarker which reflects the glycemic control status over the previous 2 weeks. We demonstrated GA levels in tears correlated those in blood. We hypothesized that regular GA tests in tears caused behavior change and improved glycemic control. Methods: Participants with type 2 diabetes were recruited and randomly divided to two groups. One group (intervention group) was performed tear GA tests every 2 weeks and reported the results, while the other group (control group) was not. After 8 weeks of intervention, the two groups were compared. GA levels in tears were measured by Liquid Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry. Results: We enrolled 56 participants to the study. Compared with the control group, the intervention group showed improvement in fasting blood glucose, HbA1c, GA, non-HDL cholesterol. Conclusions: Levels of GA, as a diabetes-related biomarker, in tears can be measured noninvasively. Regular measurement of the GA levels in tears could allow smoother management of diabetes mellitus and reduce the risk of complications noninvasively. Disclosure M.Aihara: None. N.Kubota: None. T.Yamauchi: Other Relationship; Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Novo Nordisk, Astellas Pharma Inc., AstraZeneca, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim, Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd., Kowa Company, Ltd., Merck & Co., Inc., Sanofi, Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo, Taiho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Tosoh Corporation, Eli Lilly Japan K.K., Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., NTT Docomo Inc., Aero Switch, Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Company, NIPRO Medical Corporation, Abbott Japan Co., Ltd., Bayer Inc., Kyorin Pharmaceutical Company, Limited.

Using artificial intelligence for the benefit of the circular economy

Abstract Human intelligence has no limits and constantly impresses with innovative solutions that increase in complexity, applicability, and efficiency. With the advancement of technology and the passage of time, there was a need to move from the linear economic model, which involved the implementation of the “takemake- waste” process and which causes negative effects on the environment and society, to the circular model, which promises a much regenerative. Artificial intelligence is beginning to take shape day by day in more and more branches of activity. In this article, we will present how artificial intelligence helps the field of the circular economy. Thus, we will present two chatbot solutions (A.I.R-e and Iio) that are already implemented in the field of circular economy and have the role of helping the human population. A.I.R-e uses both visual object recognition technology, helping to separate waste according to its nature, as well as auditory and language, to provide information about collection centers and answer user questions. It was implemented by TheCircularLab platform and is used in Logroño (Spain). The second chatbot model is called Iio and is used in Yokohama, Japan. It was developed by NTT Docomo and serves to answer users’ questions about sorting waste and where it should be taken for recycling. The chatbot knows how to give instructions on the categories of waste sorting, to guide the user to the nearest landfill, but also to answer and give answers that will impress you if a user types a word that does not have to do with waste recycling.

Jitter enhanced full digital RF transmitter and PWM RFPA for 5G broadband communications

RFPA (radio frequency power amplifier) based on PWM (pulse width modulation) can be perfect linear without using complicated DPD (digital pre-distortion) hardware. However, PWM RFPA need ultra-high PWM time resolution (less than 10 ps) for wide-band 5G, which is limited by CMOS technologies (can reach 40 ps). It limits the complexity of modulation so that PWM RFPA cannot be really commercialized so far in wideband radio/mobile technologies. This paper presents our contribution by introducing jitter into PWM. For the first time, we demonstrate that jitter can improve the PWM time resolution equivalently reaching less than 2.6 ps. Hence PWM RFPA can be used in 5G supporting 256QAM OFDM modulation based on currently available digital CMOS technologies. We demonstrate that jitter can refine the inherent resolution of PWM hardware circuit modulation. The jitter makes the MCS (modulation and coding scheme) of the bandwidth OFDM system improved from 16QAM to 256QAM in the band n28 of 3GPP 38.101. We also verified that 5G 256QAM OFDM modulation is achievable in the 3GPP band n20, Softbank band28 and NTT Docomo band28. The RMS EVM (root mean square error vector magnitude) of 256QAM OFDM modulation is about −44 dB.

CYBER VULNERABILITY OF JAPANESE BANKING/FINANCIAL SYSTEM

This study discusses the cyber vulnerability of Japanese Banking System and possible correlation with aging and considerably, less financial technologies educated population. As for 2020 there were taking place many major events regarding financial system databases leaked and in case Dokomo NTT Docomo Inc., the nation’s largest mobile phone carrier, about ¥28 million has been stolen from bank accounts linked to an e-money service operated by NTT Docomo Inc. When many of victims were not aware of their accounts connection to the NTT Docomo.
 As nowadays we use financial services online more frequently, it should be given more attention to customer awareness of possible cyber crimes and warn them appropriately.

機械学習と慣性センサによるラグビー選手のタックル動作抽出

In the top league of rugby, players are worn with IMU sensors that record their kinematic characteristics, and they are searching for effective ways to utilize the data. We focus on tackling motions and aim to develop an AI that extracts and evaluates signals corresponding to tackling motions from the signals measured by inertial sensors. This study analyzed wearable IMU data and video data collected from official matches played by the NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes of the Top League in 2020-2021. The AI development software uses NNC (Neural Network Console) to create a CNN model. And AI is evaluated by obtaining learning curves and confusion matrices. In a study conducted in 2020-2021, training was performed using the developed AI with 73 pieces of teacher data and 32 pieces of validation data as input, and the correct response rate was 6.25%. This could be attributed to the small amount of teacher data and the recognition rate of each tackle waveform. In this report, we summarize the series of steps from the creation of teacher data to the development, execution, and evaluation of the AI.

"Fisheries +d": NTT DOCOMO's Solution Co-creation for the Fisheries Industry

"Fisheries +d": NTT DOCOMO's Solution Co-creation for the Fisheries Industry

Arbitrate and Violate - A Critique of the Foundation Laid by the Delhi High Court in the Case of NTT DoCoMo Inc. vs. Tata Sons Limited

The decision of the Delhi High Court in the matter of NTT DoCoMo Inc vs Tata Sons Limited and the settlement thereof in the year 2017 has attracted significant attention from all stakeholders. The case involves an analysis of the foreign direct investment policy and the regime regarding foreign investments in India and exits of foreign investors from companies in India. The dispute involves an interplay of interpretation of contracts and the role of the Reserve Bank of India. While the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 does not permit “assured returns” to a foreign investor at the time of its exit, it appears that the arbitral tribunal, and the DHC took a favoured view when it came to NTT DoCoMo Inc. The decision of the DHC, upholding the foreign arbitral award for a contract that was in obvious violation of FEMA was quite startling. Unfortunately, this rationale was also used by the Supreme Court in the case of Vijay Karia & Others vs Prysiman Cavi E Sistemi SLR & Others, which further compounds this issue. The Apex Court accepted the view of DHC in the NTT Docomo case, and held that a violation of the provisions of the FEMA does not result in a “breach of public policy of India”. This paper aims to analyse and critiq the decisions taken by the arbitral tribunal, DHC and the Supreme Court in the case of NTT DoCoMo Inc vs Tata Sons Limite and Vijay Karia & Others vs Prysiman Cavi E Sistemi SLR & Others. Besides legality, these two cases also raise serious concerns regarding the quality of corporate governance of companies and the professional ethics of legal advisory services, which has been discussed further in this paper. In the author’s view, RBI, as a custodian of the foreign currency reserves and implementer of FEMA, is best placed to interpret the regulations and operational guidelines issued under FEMA. The decision in these two cases, where the parties have used the international arbitration clause to bye-pass the laws of India, has now provided a template for parties to enter into contracts with a deliberate intention to bypass the provisions of the law, and indulge in unethical practices. The paper tries to elucidate how these cases have set an incorrect precedent as regards assured returns in India. Keywords: “assured returns”, “international arbitration”, “Tata - NTT Docomo Dispute”, “pricing guidelines”

Recording daily trap catches of insect pests on the same day by combining a commercially available IoT monitoring camera with a sticky pheromone trap assembled from commercially available trap parts: a trial application to the beet armyworm <i>Spodoptera exigua</i>

We aimed to easily make an automatic monitoring insect trap by combining a commercially available IoT monitoring camera with a sticky pheromone trap that was assembled from parts of commercially available sticky traps in order to grasp the number of daily trap catches of insect pests on the same day. This trap is hereafter referred to as the IoT camera-equipped sticky pheromone trap. In the present study, we applied the IoT camera-equipped sticky pheromone trap to Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) and examined whether it was possible to record the daily catches of S. exigua males by the trap. According to the predetermined settings, the IoT camera automatically took a picture (3 million pixels) of the sticky board capturing S. exigua males at 9:00 AM and then immediately sent the image with lowered resolution (0.3 million pixels) to a designated e-mail address via mobile networks (LTE) of a cellular carrier (NTT docomo). Trapped S. exigua males appearing in the sent images of the sticky board could be distinguished from other insects and counted on the monitor screen of a personal computer. The number of trapped males was also counted by directly checking the sticky board in the field every 2–4 days. On each day that trapped S. exigua males were directly counted in the field, the number of S. exigua males coincided with that counted through viewing the e-mailed image. These results suggest that the daily catches of S. exigua males can be grasped using the IoT camera-equipped sticky pheromone trap. Thus, this trap might be useful for monitoring the daily occurrence of insect pests, but this needs to be verified by applying it to various insect pest species.

Knowledge creation through collective phronesis

An important proposition for corporate strategy aiming to adapt to or to create the convergence world view, is the creation of boundaries knowledge and convergence knowledge by the practical knowledge (practical wisdom) of practitioners. This paper presents elements of the collective phronesis of practitioners for the creation of boundaries knowledge and convergence knowledge, the basis for innovation through convergence. Collective phronesis, which is aggregations of leading autonomous and decentralized phronesis, entails the use of boundaries vision to inspire and create boundaries knowledge and Ba synthesizing capabilities to dynamically form the multilayered networks of Ba required for the creation of convergence knowledge. From in‐depth case studies of the high‐tech companies Apple and NTT DOCOMO, this paper presents the knowledge creating company model for continuously bringing about boundaries knowledge and convergence knowledge. As sustainable innovation communities, knowledge creating companies drive collective phronesis to combine various contradictions both inside and outside of themselves, including with customers, through their Ba synthesizing capabilities to dynamically configure and reconfigure multi‐layered networks of various Ba to achieve boundaries innovation.

Activities on Multimodal MaaS to Solve the First Mile/Last Mile Problem--NTT DOCOMO's Next-generation Mobility Service

Activities on Multimodal MaaS to Solve the First Mile/Last Mile Problem--NTT DOCOMO's Next-generation Mobility Service

Japanese Open Innovation in Silicon Valley: Innovation Outposts as Effective Ways of Absorbing Innovation into Corporate Ecosystems

We define open innovation as a business management model for innovation that promotes collaboration with people and organisations outside the company. This research illustrates how Japanese companies focus on collaboration, ecosystem development, and user integration to initiate social innovation opportunities. The authors worked with investors, key executives, and business architects from NTT Docomo Ventures, Inc. to underpin the main characteristics of their social innovation strategy and to determine how their organisations draw from experience in user engagement and their corporate philosophy to create sustainable business models and to develop a unique and long-lasting value proposition.

1697-P: NFIA Differentially Regulates Adipogenesis and Myogenesis through Distinct Molecular Pathways to Ensure Adipocyte Differentiation

Brown and beige fat dissipate chemical energy in the form of heat through uncoupling protein-1 (Ucp1) on the mitochondrial inner membrane as well as through the other pathways, while white fat generally stores energy in the form of lipid. Stimulating development and/or function of brown fat is highly anticipated as a novel strategy for the treatment of obesity and its complications including type 2 diabetes. Previously, we identified a transcription factor nuclear factor I-A (NFIA) as a crucial regulator of brown fat. NFIA binds to and activates the brown-fat-specific enhancers even before differentiation and later facilitates the binding of PPARgamma (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma—a master transcription factor of adipogenesis), to control the brown fat gene program. Here we show that the C-terminal 17 amino acid residues of NFIA (which we call pro#3 domain) are required for the transcriptional activity of NFIA. Full-length NFIA—but not deletion mutant lacking pro#3 domain—rescued impaired Pparg expression and adipogenesis in NFIA-knockout cells. However, the deletion mutant still binds to Myod1 enhancer to represses Myod1 expression via competition with KLF5 in terms of enhancer binding, leading to suppression of myogenic gene program. Therefore, the negative effect of NFIA on the myogenic gene program is, at least partly, independent of the positive effect on Pparg expression and its downstream adipogenic gene program. Overall, our results uncover multiple ways of action of NFIA to ensure optimal regulation of brown adipocyte differentiation. Disclosure Y. Hiraike: Research Support; Self; Daiichi Sankyo, Daiichi Sankyo, Novo Nordisk Inc., Novo Nordisk Inc. H. Waki: Research Support; Self; Astellas Pharma Inc., Novartis Pharma K.K., Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Takeda Science Foundation, The Cell Science Research Foundation. Speaker’s Bureau; Self; AstraZeneca K.K., AstraZeneca K.K., Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co. Ltd., Novo Nordisk Inc., Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Sanofi K.K. K. Miyake: Research Support; Self; NTT DOCOMO, INC. M. Oguchi: None. T. Yamauchi: Research Support; Self; AeroSwitch, Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Company, Astellas Pharma Inc., AstraZeneca K.K., Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Kowa Pharmaceutical company,limited., Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Mitsubishi Corporation Life Sciences Limited, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Novartis Pharma K.K., Novo Nordisk Inc., NTT Docomo Inc., Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Sanofi K.K., Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, TOSOH CORPORATION. Other Relationship; Self; Covidien Japan Inc. (Medtronic Japan Co., Ltd.), Eli Lilly Japan K.K., Johnson & Johnson, Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. T. Kadowaki: Research Support; Self; Astellas Pharma Inc., Daiichi Sankyo, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, MSD Corporation, Novartis Pharma K.K., Novo Nordisk Pharma Ltd., Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Sanofi, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. Speaker’s Bureau; Self; Abbott, Astellas Pharma Inc., AstraZeneca K.K., Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cosmic Corporation, Daiichi Sankyo, Eli Lilly Japan K.K., FUJIFILM, Kowa Company, Ltd., Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., Medscape Education, Medtronic, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, MSD Corporation, NIPRO Medical Corporation, Novartis Pharma K.K., Novo Nordisk Pharma Ltd., Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Sanofi, Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Terumo Medical Corporation. Other Relationship; Self; Asahi Mutual Life Insurance.

1741-P: Immune Regulation of Postprandial Glycemia and Whole-Body Insulin Sensitivity through Myeloid Production of IL-10

As feeding increases signals that potently induce gene expression in immune cells, we aimed to elucidate the role of myeloid cells in normal postprandial metabolism. Feeding increased serum levels of LPS, which is known to induce multiple genes in immune cells. Notably, LPS together with insulin potently induced IL-10 in macrophages, which could also be detected in the postprandial portal vein in vivo. In cultured hepatocytes, physiological levels of insulin alone did not suppress gluconeogenic gene expression, although when added together with medium from macrophages stimulated with LPS and insulin, they were markedly suppressed. This suppression was not seen in medium from macrophages of IL-10 knockout mice, showing this to be an IL-10 dependent process. Plasma glucose concentration ad libitum was elevated in mice injected with adenovirus encoding shRNA targeting the IL-10 receptor, and the normal postprandial suppression of gluconeogenic genes in liver was compromised, showing the importance of the IL-10 signal in postprandial glucose metabolism. Furthermore, myeloid-specific knockout of Akt1 and Akt2 resulted in similar phenotypes that were rescued by incrementing mTOR signaling, pointing to an Akt-mTOR dependent mechanism. As whole-body deficiency of IL-10 has been reported to decrease body weight and increase insulin sensitivity, we assessed the effect of myeloid deficiency of IL-10 by conducting bone marrow transfer from IL-10 knockout mice to wild type mice. While these phenotypes were recapitulated, postprandial glucose production was not improved despite markedly increased whole-body insulin sensitivity. These results pointed to the differential actions of myeloid IL-10 where baseline production maintains normal body weight, while postprandial increases in the hepatic-portal system suppresses hepatic gluconeogenic gene expression, collectively showing the need for context-dependent administration of IL-10 based therapies. Disclosure G. Toda: None. K. Soeda: None. N. Arakawa: None. Y. Masuda: None. N. Kobayashi: None. H. Suwanai: None. Y. Izumida: None. T. Yamauchi: Research Support; Self; AeroSwitch, Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Company, Astellas Pharma Inc., AstraZeneca K.K., Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Kowa Pharmaceutical company,limited., Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Mitsubishi Corporation Life Sciences Limited, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Novartis Pharma K.K., Novo Nordisk Inc., NTT Docomo Inc., Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Sanofi K.K., Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, TOSOH CORPORATION. Other Relationship; Self; Covidien Japan Inc. (Medtronic Japan Co., Ltd.), Eli Lilly Japan K.K., Johnson & Johnson, Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. T. Kadowaki: Research Support; Self; Astellas Pharma Inc., Daiichi Sankyo, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, MSD Corporation, Novartis Pharma K.K., Novo Nordisk Pharma Ltd., Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Sanofi, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. Speaker’s Bureau; Self; Abbott, Astellas Pharma Inc., AstraZeneca K.K., Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cosmic Corporation, Daiichi Sankyo, Eli Lilly Japan K.K., FUJIFILM, Kowa Company, Ltd., Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., Medscape Education, Medtronic, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, MSD Corporation, NIPRO Medical Corporation, Novartis Pharma K.K., Novo Nordisk Pharma Ltd., Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Sanofi, Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Terumo Medical Corporation. Other Relationship; Self; Asahi Mutual Life Insurance. K. Ueki: None. Funding Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (16K15488, 17K16141, 19K17954)

The Impact of NTT Docomo INC v. Tata Sons Limited on the Enforcement of Foreign Awards in India

This paper attempts to analyse the judgment of Hon'ble Delhi High Court that dealt with the conflict between enforcement of international arbitration awards and the foreign exchange laws or monetary laws.

Brief of Amicus Curiae Professor Jorge L. Contreras In Support Of Appellee and Affirmance in FTC v. Qualcomm

Qualcomm participated in the development of 3G and 4G wireless telecommunication standards under the auspices of two SDOs, the Telecommunications Industry Association (“TIA”) and the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (“ATIS”). Each of these SDOs had adopted intellectual property rights policies (IPR Policies) that required their participants to grant licenses of SEPs to implementers of their standards on FRAND terms. Yet, over the course of several years, Qualcomm refused to license its SEPs to numerous actual and potential modem chip rivals including MediaTek, Project Dragonfly (a joint venture of NTT DoCoMo, Samsung and several Japanese manufacturers), Samsung, VIA Telecom, Intel, HiSilicon (a subsidiary of Huawei), Broadcom, Texas Instruments, and LGE. The district court also found that when Qualcomm did license its SEPs to smartphone vendors, its royalty rates were “unreasonably high.” Accordingly, the district court found that Qualcomm violated its FRAND commitments to ATIS and TIA, as well as Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, and Section 5 of the FTC Act. As a remedy, the district court entered an injunction that, inter alia, required Qualcomm to license its SEPs on FRAND terms to rival chip makers, and to renegotiate its existing SEP licenses to reflect reasonable royalty rates. Qualcomm now appeals. This brief seeks to draw to the Court’s attention historical, practical and policy matters pertaining to technical standardization that bear on the arguments made on appeal by Qualcomm and its federal agency amici curiae. In particular, this brief argues that: (1) the district court was correct to conclude that Qualcomm is required to license its SEPs to all applicants on FRAND terms, (2) the “reasonable” royalty level required by Qualcomm’s commitments to the relevant SDOs should not be measured by Qualcomm’s own royalties charged to others, and (3) enforcement of the district court’s injunction against Qualcomm will not threaten U.S. national security, and the arguments made to that effect mischaracterize or misunderstand the nature of both patent law and standards. Qualcomm has undeniably played a significant role in the development of wireless telecommunications technology. However, the antitrust laws must be enforced rigorously and even-handedly to eliminate anticompetitive conduct. An enterprise that has engaged in anticompetitive conduct should not be excused simply because it contributes to the national economy or to national infrastructure or defense. Giving Qualcomm special treatment in this case would open the door to such arguments in practically every antitrust case involving major industrial or technology players. And, as such, the force of the antitrust laws would be severely weakened to the detriment of American competition and consumers. Accordingly, this brief urges the Court to affirm the decision and order of the district court.

1183-P: A Crossover Randomized Controlled Trial Using Dialbetics: Smartphone-Based Self-Management System for Lifestyle-Related Disease Management

Objective: We evaluated the clinical effects of mHealth system in self-management among subjects at risk of developing diabetes. Method: DialBetics comprises three modules. (1) Data transmission: patients’ data—blood glucose, blood pressure, body weight, and pedometer counts—are measured at home and sent by smartphone to the server. (2) Evaluation: data are evaluated following the Japan Diabetes Society guideline’s targeted values; DialBetics determines if each reading satisfies the values, then sends the results back to each smartphone. (3) Communication: (a) the patient’s text messages about meals and exercise are sent to the server; (2) processed advice on lifestyle modification. A crossover randomized controlled trial—for six months—was conducted. Results: The 122 subjects were classified into two groups: 61 in the group A that used the system in the first three months, and 61 in the group B that used the system the latter three months (age, respectively, 46.5±7.2 vs. 46.7±7.1 years). After three month, BMI, abdominal fat area (AFA), and waist circumference (WC) were significantly improved in the group A compared with the group B. At the end of the study, the data of both groups equally improved (Fig. 1). Conclusions: DialBetics seems effective in improving self-management of subjects who are at risk of developing diabetes. Disclosure K. Miyake: Research Support; Self; NTT DOCOMO, INC. K. Waki: Consultant; Self; Nihon Chouzai Co.,Ltd. Research Support; Spouse/Partner; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., MSD K.K., Novo Nordisk Inc. Research Support; Self; NTT DOCOMO, INC. K. Ohe: None. Funding Daiwa Securities Group Inc.; NTT Docomo Inc.

Toward Co-creation of New Value through a Receptive Attitude to Outside Ideas--NTT DOCOMO's "Declaration Beyond" Medium-term Strategy Embodied in Six Declarations

Toward Co-creation of New Value through a Receptive Attitude to Outside Ideas--NTT DOCOMO's "Declaration Beyond" Medium-term Strategy Embodied in Six Declarations

Emoji at MoMA: Considering the 'original emoji' as art

>In 2016, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York announced that it had acquired for its permanent collection the original set of 176 emoji characters developed in 1999 by Japan’s telecommunication provider NTT DoCoMo. MoMA also organized an exhibition of the emoji in the museum’s lobby with the title “The Original Emoji, by Shigetaka Kurita,” thus highlighting its historical significance and the role of the designer. This paper explores new and critical yet under-discussed issues surrounding MoMA’s acquisition and exhibition of the first emoji set. What happens when emoji enters an art museum? What can the MoMA’s accession and exhibition of emoji tell us about emoji, about art, and about the relationship between them? I will examine the discourses on the MoMA’s emoji accession, which reveal two positions against the emoji as art: a conservative view that emoji is not art and thus should not be in the museum and a revisionist effort to frame the emoji as a design innovation rather than as art. But I draw attention to the MoMA’s exhibition of the emoji, which I analyze as a materialized display of the originally virtual characters. Using textual and aesthetic analyses together with theories of art, I argue the emoji at MoMA is art.

5G Worldwide Developments [Mobile Radio

Huawei and NTT DOCOMO announced what they claim is the world's first fifth-generation (5G), large-scale field trial in the 4.5-GHz band using new numerology and frame structure complying with the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) 5G New Radio (NR) current agreements. In the trial, 11.29 Gb/s total user throughput and less than 0.5 ms one-way user plane latency were achieved in the macrocell coverage of a real urban application scenario in Yokohama, Japan. The macrocell was made up of one base station that worked in the 4.5-GHz band with 200-MHz bandwidth, 64 transceivers, and 23 pieces of user equipment (UE) of both static and mobile types. The trial combined multiuser (MU), multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) technology for simultaneous multiple access and a precoding algorithm that optimizes signals for maximized performance and also limits interuser interference. It achieved a MU-MIMO transmission of a maximum 79.82 b/s/Hz/cell.