Patents by Inventor Kaoru Yokota
Kaoru Yokota 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).
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Publication number: 20140129842Abstract: A data processing device for playing back a digital work reduces the processing load involved in verification by using only a predetermined number of encrypted units selected randomly from multiple encrypted units constituting encrypted contents recorded on a DVD. In addition, the data processing device improves the accuracy of detecting unauthorized contents by randomly selecting a predetermined number of encrypted units every time the verification is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2014Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masao NONAKA, Yuichi FUTA, Toshihisa NAKANO, Kaoru YOKOTA, Motoji OHMORI, Masaya MIYAZAKI, Masaya YAMAMOTO, Kaoru MURASE, Senichi ONODA
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Patent number: 8683229Abstract: A portable data sensor tag includes a memory, a data communication circuit which receives a wireless activation signal from an external terminal, and, in an operation using electromotive force generated by the received activation signal, receives an encryption key from the external terminal and stores the received encryption key in the memory. A power source supplies power, an insulator which switches a power supply from the power source from off to on, and a sensor circuit reads the encryption key from the memory, encrypts measured data using the read encryption key, and stores the encrypted measurement data in the memory. The sensor circuit operates using the power supplied from the power source after the power supply from the power source is switched on.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2009Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kaoru Yokota, Masao Nonaka, Yuichi Futa, Natsume Matsuzaki
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Patent number: 8683552Abstract: A terminal device controls delivery of information from a primary delivery destination to a secondary delivery destination. The terminal device stores a primary delivery condition regarding whether delivery of the information to the primary delivery destination is prohibited or permitted, and a trustability value showing a degree of trust of a user in the primary delivery destination. The terminal device judges whether or not to deliver the information to the primary delivery destination, by using the primary delivery condition. When judging to deliver the information, the terminal device calculates a secondary delivery condition using the trustability value and the primary delivery condition, the secondary delivery condition regarding whether delivery of the information from the primary delivery destination to the secondary delivery destination is prohibited or permitted. The terminal device then sends the generated secondary delivery condition to the primary delivery destination.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2006Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masao Nonaka, Kaoru Yokota, Natsume Matsuzaki, Shogo Hamasaki, Kenji Hisatomi
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Patent number: 8667291Abstract: A data processing device for playing back a digital work reduces the processing load involved in verification by using only a predetermined number of encrypted units selected randomly from multiple encrypted units constituting encrypted contents recorded on a DVD. In addition, the data processing device improves the accuracy of detecting unauthorized contents by randomly selecting a predetermined number of encrypted units every time the verification is performed.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masao Nonaka, Yuichi Futa, Toshihisa Nakano, Kaoru Yokota, Motoji Ohmori, Masaya Miyazaki, Masaya Yamamoto, Kaoru Murase, Senichi Onoda
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SOFTWARE UPDATING APPARATUS, SOFTWARE UPDATING SYSTEM, INVALIDATION METHOD, AND INVALIDATION PROGRAM
Publication number: 20140059679Abstract: To aim provide a software update apparatus including an install module group composed of a plurality of install modules. Each of the install modules has a function of receiving, from an external server, a replacement protection control module to be used for updating a protection control module having a function of verifying whether a predetermined application has been tampered with. Each of the install modules simultaneously running is verified by at least another one of the install modules simultaneously running, as to whether the install module has a possibility of performing malicious operations. If any of the install modules is verified as having the possibility of performing the malicious operations, any another one of the install modules that is verified as not having the possibility revokes the any install module verified as having the possibility.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Manabu MAEDA, Yuichi FUTA, Natsume MATSUZAKI, Kaoru YOKOTA, Masao NONAKA, Yuji UNAGAMI, Hiroki SHIZUYA, Masao SAKAI, Shuji ISOBE, Eisuke KOIZUMI, Shingo HASEGAWA, Marika MINAGAWA -
Software updating apparatus, software updating system, invalidation method, and invalidation program
Patent number: 8600896Abstract: To aim provide a software update apparatus including an install module group (130) composed of a plurality of install modules. Each of the install modules has a function of receiving, from an external server (200), a replacement protection control module (121) to be used for updating a protection control module (120) having a function of verifying whether a predetermined application has been tampered with. Each of the install modules simultaneously running is verified by at least another one of the install modules simultaneously running, as to whether the install module has a possibility of performing malicious operations. If any of the install modules is verified as having the possibility of performing the malicious operations, any another one of the install modules that is verified as not having the possibility revokes the any install module verified as having the possibility.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2008Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Manabu Maeda, Yuichi Futa, Natsume Matsuzaki, Kaoru Yokota, Masao Nonaka, Yuji Unagami, Hiroki Shizuya, Masao Sakai, Shuji Isobe, Eisuke Koizumi, Shingo Hasegawa, Marika Minagawa -
Patent number: 8510608Abstract: Provided is an information security apparatus that has enhanced stability and confidentiality of a hash key. The information security apparatus includes an information generating PUF unit that has tamper resistance set, using physical characteristics, so as to output a preset hash key, a partial error-correction information storage unit that stores partial error-correction information, an error correcting PUF unit that has tamper-resistance set, using physical characteristics, so as to output error-correcting PUF information, an error-correction information generating unit that generates error-correction information using partial correction information and the error-correcting PUF information, and an error correcting unit that corrects an error for the hash key outputted from the information generating PUF unit and outputs an error-corrected hash key.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2007Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yuichi Futa, Kaoru Yokota, Masao Nonaka, Manabu Maeda, Natsume Matsuzaki
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Patent number: 8484485Abstract: An encryption apparatus prevents plaintext data from leaking even if accumulated data is analyzed, while preventing the size of encrypted data from increasing. The encryption apparatus encrypts a data piece that is smaller than a unit length and stores management information indicating a used area within an encryption area defined based on the unit length. The used area is an area already used for encryption. When encrypting a new data piece that is smaller than the unit length, the encryption apparatus generates encrypted data by adding the new data piece to an unused area within the encryption area with reference to the management information. The unused area is an area not yet used for encryption. The encryption apparatus updates the management information to include an area for the new data piece into the used area, after generating the encrypted data.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2009Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masao Nonaka, Yuichi Futa, Kaoru Yokota, Natsume Matsuzaki
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Patent number: 8464347Abstract: Provided is a software update apparatus including an install module group (130) composed of a plurality of install modules. Each of the install modules receives, from an external server (200), a replacement protection control module (121) for updating a protection control module (120) having a function of verifying whether a predetermined application has been tampered with. Each of the install modules simultaneously running is verified, by at least another one of the install modules simultaneously running, as to whether the install module has a possibility of performing malicious operations.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2008Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Manabu Maeda, Yuichi Futa, Natsume Matsuzaki, Kaoru Yokota, Masao Nonaka, Yuji Unagami, Hiroki Shizuya, Masao Sakai, Shuji Isobe, Eisuke Koizumi, Shingo Hasegawa, Marika Minagawa
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Patent number: 8438402Abstract: An electronic terminal performs early detection of unauthorized analysis thereon and prevents unauthorized acquisition and falsification of confidential information that is not to be released to a third party. The electronic terminal stores confidential information that is protected by consecutive application of a plurality of protection measures for defense against an attack from a third party. The electronic terminal monitors for attacks to the protection measures from an external source, and upon detecting an attack on one protection measure, updates a protection state of the confidential information to a new protection state in which either a new protection measure has been added to a protection path from the one attacked protection means to the confidential information, or the one protection measure on the path has been updated to a higher defense level.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2009Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hideki Matsushima, Natsume Matsuzaki, Kaoru Yokota, Tomoyuki Haga
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Patent number: 8356170Abstract: The management-apparatus card capable of being attached to a management apparatus receives, from the measuring apparatus, first unique information indicating the measuring apparatus, and identification information indentifying a user of the measuring apparatus; stores second unique information indicating the management-apparatus card; generates a decryption key corresponding to an encryption key, using the first unique information, the second unique information, and the identification information; stores the generated decryption key; receives encrypted vital sign data from the measuring apparatus; decrypts the received vital sign data using the stored decryption key; and obtains the decrypted vital sign data.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2008Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Natsume Matsuzaki, Kaoru Yokota, Yuichi Futa, Masao Nonaka, Shunji Harada
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Patent number: 8347091Abstract: An authenticator apparatus which makes it difficult for an unauthorized user to masquerade and enhances safety includes an authenticating information holding unit (102) previously stores characteristic information indicating an input and output characteristic involving an environment change of an authentic authenticatee apparatus entitled to be authentic, an authenticating information transmitting unit (107) which transmits authenticating information to a portable medium (2), a response information receiving unit (108) which receives response information outputted from the portable medium (2) in response to an input of the authenticating information, an environment selecting unit (105) which identifies an environment of the portable medium (2), and a response information confirming unit (109) which determines whether or not the authenticating information and the response information satisfy the input and output characteristic indicated in the characteristic information stored in the authenticating informationType: GrantFiled: November 2, 2007Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masao Nonaka, Natsume Matsuzaki, Yoshikatsu Ito, Kaoru Yokota, Yuichi Futa, Manabu Maeda
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Patent number: 8332649Abstract: A signature generating device generating digital signature data for certifying authenticity of information of a person, and obfuscating the information. The signature generating device includes a storage unit storing attribute information concerning the person and a private key corresponding to the attribute information, an obfuscated information generating unit selecting one or more pieces of dummy information in relation to the attribute information, and generating the obfuscated information including the attribute information and the dummy information; and a public key obtaining unit obtaining a public key corresponding to the attribute information and public keys respectively corresponding to the dummy information.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2006Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kaoru Yokota, Natsume Matsuzaki, Masao Nonaka
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Patent number: 8316102Abstract: In order to allow a user to backup data, a backup system is used to transfer data from an information terminal to a backup device via a relay device. The information terminal includes a storing unit storing the data to be backed up, and includes a communication unit transmitting the data to the relay device and transferring condition information indicating a condition to be satisfied by the relay device. Further, the relay device includes (i) a storing unit storing information relating to transfer destination devices, (ii) a receiving unit receiving the data and the transfer condition information, and (iii) a transfer control unit selecting a transfer destination device that satisfies the condition indicated by the transfer condition information, and controlling transfer of the received data in accordance with the selection. The backup device includes a receiving unit receiving the data transferred by the relay device, and a storing unit storing the received data.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2011Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Natsume Matsuzaki, Kaoru Yokota, Masao Nonaka, Shogo Hamasaki, Kenji Hisatomi
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Publication number: 20120290846Abstract: A data processing device for playing back a digital work reduces the processing load involved in verification by using only a predetermined number of encrypted units selected randomly from multiple encrypted units constituting encrypted contents recorded on a DVD. In addition, the data processing device improves the accuracy of detecting unauthorized contents by randomly selecting a predetermined number of encrypted units every time the verification is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Inventors: Masao NONAKA, Yuichi Futa, Toshihisa Nakano, Kaoru Yokota, Motoji Ohmori, Masaya Miyazaki, Masaya Yamamoto, Kaoru Murase, Senichi Onoda
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Patent number: 8265273Abstract: An encryption circuit is provided which generates encrypted text from plain text using a key. The encryption circuit includes a randomized 8-bit inverse element calculation circuit which receives randomized input data that is obtained by adding, to input data on which predetermined processing is performed with the key, a predetermined input mask value determined depending on a random number, and which generates randomized output data that is obtained by adding, to an inverse element of the input data, an output mask value that is an inverse element of the input mask value, wherein the encryption circuit generates the encrypted text from the generated randomized output data.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2008Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kaoru Yokota, Yuusaku Ohta
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Patent number: 8261084Abstract: A data processing device for playing back a digital work reduces the processing load involved in verification by using only a predetermined number of encrypted units selected randomly from multiple encrypted units constituting encrypted contents recorded on a DVD. In addition, the data processing device improves the accuracy of detecting unauthorized contents by randomly selecting a predetermined number of encrypted units every time the verification is performed.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masao Nonaka, Yuichi Futa, Toshihisa Nakano, Kaoru Yokota, Motoji Ohmori, Masaya Miyazaki, Masaya Yamamoto, Kaoru Murase, Senichi Onoda
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Patent number: 8184805Abstract: A program converter (1) converts a program (P) which performs arithmetic addition processing to execute encryption, into a converted program (tP) which performs processing equivalent to the processing of the program (P). The program converter (1) includes: a key data extraction unit (10) which extracts key data from the program (P); an addition table generation unit (11) which generates an addition table from the extracted key data; a conversion table extraction unit (12) which extracts a conversion table from the program (P); a table merger unit (13) which generates a merger table by merging the generated addition table and the extracted conversion table; a random number generation unit (14) which generates a random number; a table randomization unit (15) which generates a randomized merger table by randomizing the merger table using the generated random number; and a converted-program generation unit (16) which generates the converted program (tP) according to the generated randomized merger table.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2010Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kaoru Yokota, Motoji Ohmori, Yuichi Futa
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Patent number: 8180060Abstract: In the telemedical system securely sharing encryption keys for enabling secure exchange of the encrypted biological data between the measurement terminal and the server to prevent the data from being stolen by the malicious third party, a service key is transferred to the second adapter attached to a measurement terminal from the server via the first adapter attached to the management apparatus. First, the first adapter attached to the management apparatus receives the service key from the server. Next, the first adapter is temporarily detached from the management apparatus and is attached to the measurement terminal to store the symmetric key. The first adapter is detached from the measurement terminal, and is attached to the management apparatus again. The service key received in the first adapter is encrypted using the symmetric key, and the encrypted key is transmitted to the second adapter attached to the measurement terminal.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2008Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Aizu, Yosuke Tajika, Daisuke Kobayashi, Hiromichi Nishiyama, Masao Nonaka, Natsume Matsuzaki, Kaoru Yokota, Yuichi Futa
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Patent number: 8140675Abstract: A content reproduction apparatus (1) which reproduces digital contents, and includes a device key storage unit (110) holding a device key (110a) specific to the content reproduction apparatus (1) in a manner that does not allow access from outside the content reproduction apparatus (1). The content reproduction apparatus (1), also includes a device ID storage unit (19) holding device key index information (19a) that is in a one-to-one association with a device key (110a), an instruction code receiving unit (14a) receiving an instruction code to output index information, a device key index information obtainment processing unit (10a) outputting, to outside, the device key index information (19a) stored in the device ID storage unit (19) based on the instruction, and a device key index information output processing unit (11a).Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2004Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kaoru Yokota, Motoji Ohmori, Koichi Morioka, Hideshi Ishihara, Makoto Tatebayashi