Patents by Inventor Hirotoshi Tonou

Hirotoshi Tonou 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).

  • Simulation apparatus, simulation system, and simulation method
    Patent number: 8155941
    Abstract: A simulation apparatus includes an arithmetic process unit 20 that models a controlled plant and simulates the operation of the modeled controlled plant, and an interface unit 30 that inputs and outputs a signal between the arithmetic process unit 20 and an ECU 100A, and the arithmetic process unit 20 is configured so as to be capable of inputting and outputting the signal from/to the ECU 100A by using another interface unit 30 provided on another simulation apparatus in addition to the interface unit 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Higuchi, Hirotoshi Tonou, Takeshi Yamasaki, Yu Moriyama
  • Simulation hardware apparatus comprising vehicle model
    Patent number: 8036761
    Abstract: A simulation apparatus is composed of an integrated plant model process unit 1, virtual ECUs 50A to 50C that simulate other controllers, and a simulation management unit 2 that manages the execution of an input and output process to a real ECU 300, a process by the integrated plant model process unit 1, and a process by the virtual ECUs 50A to 50C, and so on, and the simulation management unit 2 causes the integrated plant model process unit 1, the virtual ECUs 50A to 50C, and so on to execute the processes required for the operation of the real ECU 300 during a given period on the basis of the operation of the real ECU 300.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Higuchi, Hirotoshi Tonou, Takeshi Yamazaki, Yu Moriyama
  • Simulation apparatus, model for simulation, and apparatus forming model for simulation
    Publication number: 20090312850
    Abstract: A simulation apparatus is composed of an integrated plant model process unit 1, virtual ECUs 50A to 50C that simulate other controllers, and a simulation management unit 2 that manages the execution of an input and output process to a real ECU 300, a process by the integrated plant model process unit 1, and a process by the virtual ECUs 50A to 50C, and so on, and the simulation management unit 2 causes the integrated plant model process unit 1, the virtual ECUs 50A to 50C, and so on to execute the processes required for the operation of the real ECU 300 during a given period on the basis of the operation of the real ECU 300.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Higuchi, Hirotoshi Tonou, Takeshi Yamasaki, Yu Moriyama
  • Simulation apparatus, simulation system, and simulation method
    Publication number: 20090240477
    Abstract: A simulation apparatus includes an arithmetic process unit 20 that models a controlled plant and simulates the operation of the modeled controlled plant, and an interface unit 30 that inputs and outputs a signal between the arithmetic process unit 20 and an ECU 100A, and the arithmetic process unit 20 is configured so as to be capable of inputting and outputting the signal from/to the ECU 100A by using another interface unit 30 provided on another simulation apparatus in addition to the interface unit 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Higuchi, Hirotoshi Tonou, Takeshi Yamasaki, Yu Moriyama