Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Uehara

Kazuhiro Uehara 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).

  • Publication number: 20210157529
    Abstract: In an ECU reprogram data DB of a center device, data of an update program for a target ECU for a program update among a plurality of EUCs mounted in a vehicle is stored. In a configuration information DB, an “ECU ID” corresponding to each ECU and vehicle-related information such as an “ECU SW ID” for each application program stored in the ECU are stored along with the vehicle type. An ECU metadata database stores update data-related information pertaining to update data and attributes of the rewrite target ECU. A specification data generation unit generates specification data, based on the information stored in the configuration information database and the information stored in the ECU metadata database, to be transmitted to the vehicle together with update data to be written in the target ECU such that the data includes information related to the type, attributes, and update data for the target ECU and information indicative of a rewrite environment related to the data update.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Nao SAKURAI, Yuzo HARATA, Kazuhiro UEHARA, Takuya HASEGAWA, Takuya KAWASAKI, Kazuaki HAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210155173
    Abstract: A vehicle master device includes a rewrite target specifying unit that is configured to identify a plurality of rewrite target ECUs, a rewrite completion determination unit that is configured to determine whether a program rewrite is completed for all the plurality of rewrite target ECUs specified by the rewrite target specifying unit, an activation executable determination unit that is configured to determine whether activation is executable when the rewrite completion determination unit determines that the program rewrite is completed for all the plurality of rewrite target ECUs, and an activation request instruction unit that is configured to instruct all the plurality of rewrite target ECUs at the same time to perform the activation when the activation executable determination unit determines that activation is executable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Yuzo HARATA, Kazuhiro UEHARA, Mitsuyoshi NATSUME, Takuya KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210157571
    Abstract: A center device is provided that manages data to be written to electronic control units mounted on a vehicle. The center device includes an update data storage unit that stores update data for a data update target device among the electronic control units. The center device distributes the update data to the vehicle. The center device includes an individual vehicle configuration information storage unit that stores identification information of target vehicles targeted for update using the update data, and update status information regarding update completion status and update-in-progress status acquired as update status from target vehicles. The center device manages the update status information of the target vehicles in a statistically tabulatable manner on basis of the update status information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoya OGAWA, Taiji ABE, Yuzo HARATA, Kazuhiro UEHARA, Takuya HASEGAWA, Takuya KAWASAKI, Kazuaki HAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210157568
    Abstract: A center device manages data to be written into electronic control units mounted on a vehicle and includes an update data storage storing update data for a target device being a target of data update among the electronic control units, a vehicle information storage storing, together with type of the vehicle, vehicle related information, and a device related information storage storing update data related information. Based on information stored in the device related information storage and the vehicle information storage, the center device generates specification data including device type, attribute, the update data related information of the target device, and information indicating rewrite environment related to the data update of the target device, and generates a distribution package including the update data and the specification data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Nao SAKURAI, Yuzo HARATA, Kazuhiro UEHARA, Takuya HASEGAWA, Takuya KAWASAKI, Kazuaki HAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210157569
    Abstract: In a vehicle electronic control system, a center device includes an update data storage unit that stores update data for rewrite targets. Program rewriting to rewrite target electronic control units is one campaign. The center device includes a display control information storage unit that stores display control information necessary to display information related to the campaign on a vehicle side. The center device transmits the update data stored in the update data storage unit and the display control information stored in the display control information storage unit to a vehicle master device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Yuzo HARATA, Kazuhiro UEHARA, Takuya KAWASAKI, Mitsuyoshi NATSUME, Masaaki ABE
  • Publication number: 20210157574
    Abstract: A vehicle master device includes a rewrite specification data acquisition unit that is configured to acquire rewrite specification data from outside, a rewrite specification data analysis unit that is configured to analyze the rewrite specification data acquired by the rewrite specification data acquisition unit, a rewrite target specifying unit that is configured to identify a rewrite target ECU and a non-rewrite target ECU based on an analysis result by the rewrite specification data analysis unit, an installability determination unit that is configured to determine whether installation is feasible for the rewrite target ECU, and a state transition control unit that is configured to control at least one non-rewrite target ECU to be in a stop state, a sleep state, or a power saving operating state when the installability determination unit determines that the installation is feasible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Yuzo HARATA, Kazuhiro UEHARA, Mitsuyoshi NATSUME, Takuya KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210157567
    Abstract: In a vehicle information communication system, a center device includes an individual vehicle configuration information storage unit in which configuration information transmitted from a plurality of vehicles is stored in such a form that transmission timings are specifiable, a campaign information storage unit in which campaign identification information and target vehicle identification information for identifying data update target vehicles are stored as campaign information related to data update for vehicle. The center device refers to the campaign storage unit and the individual vehicle configuration information storage unit, and when there is no transmission of the configuration information from the target vehicle for a predetermined period of time, transmits a message for urging data update to the in-vehicle device of the target vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Nao SAKURAI, Shuhei TAKAHASHI, Yuzo HARATA, Kazuhiro UEHARA, Takuya HASEGAWA, Takuya KAWASAKI, Kazuaki HAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210155174
    Abstract: A display control device includes a cancellation detection unit that is configured to detect a cancellation regarding a program rewrite from first update data stored in the rewrite target ECU to second update data acquired from an external device, a write instruction unit that is configured to distribute the second update data to the rewrite target ECU and instruct the rewrite target ECU to write the second update data thereinto, and a notification instruction unit that is configured to give an instruction for notification of a progress regarding the program rewrite. The notification instruction unit is further configured to give the instruction to make the notification of the progress regarding the program rewrite in a first manner when the write instruction unit is distributing the second update data, and give the instruction to make the notification of the progress regarding the program rewrite in a second manner when the cancellation detection unit detects the cancellation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Yuzo HARATA, Kazuhiro UEHARA, Masaaki ABE, Mitsuyoshi NATSUME, Takuya KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210157570
    Abstract: A vehicle master device includes an installation condition determination unit that is configured to determine whether all of a first condition that a user's approval for the installation has been obtained, a second condition that data communication with a center device is available, a third condition that a vehicle condition is an installable condition, a fourth condition that a rewrite target ECU is in an installable condition, and a fifth condition that the update data is normal data are satisfied. The device further includes an installation instruction unit that is configured to instruct the rewrite target ECU to perform installation using the update data when the installation condition determination unit determines that all of the first condition, the second condition, the third condition, the fourth condition, and the fifth condition are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Yuzo HARATA, Kazuhiro UEHARA, Takuya KAWASAKI, Mitsuyoshi NATSUME
  • Publication number: 20210155252
    Abstract: A vehicle master device includes a cancellation request determination unit that is configured to determine whether a cancellation request is generated during program rewriting from an old program to a new program in response to distributing the update data to the rewrite target ECU by the update data distribution unit, a rollback method specifying unit that is configured to, when the cancellation request determination unit determines that the cancellation request is generated, specify a rollback method for returning the rewrite target ECU to a state where writing of the update data has not yet started in accordance with a memory type of the non-volatile memory of the rewrite target ECU and a data type of the update data of the new program or the old program, and a rollback execution unit that is configured to instruct the rewrite target ECU to execute a rollback according to the rollback method specified by the rollback method specifying unit and have the rewrite target ECU operate with the old program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Yuzo HARATA, Mitsuyoshi NATSUME, Kazuhiro UEHARA, Takuya KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210157894
    Abstract: A user authentication apparatus includes a photographing unit which photographs a two-dimensional code displayed on a user authentication support terminal, wherein the two-dimensional code is formed by encoding at least first identification information that uniquely identifies the user, and second identification information that uniquely identifies all user authentication performed using the user authentication support terminal collectively, into the two-dimensional code, an authentication factor acquisition unit which acquires an authentication factor, a decoding unit which acquires the first identification information and the second identification information by decoding the two-dimensional code, a first identification information inquiry unit which inquires as to an existence of the first identification information by referring to a storage unit, a second identification information collation unit which, when the inquiry issued by the first identification information inquiry unit is successful, reads from t
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Soliton Systems K.K.
    Inventors: Makoto YAMAGISHI, Kenji IKEDA, Kazuhiro UEHARA
  • Publication number: 20210157572
    Abstract: In a vehicle electronic control system, a vehicle master device is configured to acquire data storage bank information including information for specifying which bank is an active bank and information for specifying software versions of an active bank and an inactive bank from a rewrite target ECU that has a non-volatile memory with a plurality of data storage banks and to transmit the data storage bank information acquired by the data storage bank information acquisition unit to a center device. The center device is configured to select update data compliant to the inactive bank on the basis of the software versions and the active bank specified by the data storage bank information received from the vehicle master device and to transmit a distribution package including the update data selected by the update data selection unit to the vehicle master device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Yuzo HARATA, Kazuhiro UEHARA, Takuya HASEGAWA, Takuya KAWASAKI, Kazuaki HAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210157573
    Abstract: A vehicle electronic control system includes a mode determination unit that is configured to determine whether a customization mode for a screen display related to an approval to a program update is set through a user's customization operation, and a screen display instruction unit that is configured to instruct the display terminal to display a progress screen of the program update according to a current update phase and a setting of the customization mode when the mode determination unit determines that the customization mode is set and instruct the display terminal to display the progress screen of the program update according to the current update phase and an initial setting when the mode determination unit determines that the customization mode is not set. The display terminal is configured to display the progress screen of the program update as instructed by the screen display instruction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Taiji ABE, Nao SAKURAI, Yuzo HARATA, Kazuhiro UEHARA, Mitsuyoshi NATSUME, Takuya KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210155177
    Abstract: A center device is configured to acquire software information of an ECU from a vehicle side, determine whether availability of update data for a vehicle based on the acquired software information, and transmit the campaign information to a master device when a vehicle condition is determined to be a contion suitable for an update. The master device is configured to download a distribution package from the center device when the vehicle condition is determined to be a condition in which the distribution package is downloadable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Yuzo HARATA, Kazuhiro UEHARA, Takuya KAWASAKI, Mitsuyoshi NATSUME
  • Publication number: 20210141631
    Abstract: An electronic control system for vehicle includes a center device that manages a program update of a vehicle, and a vehicular master device that is communicable with the center device. The center device, responsive to a user giving approval for program update by using a device not being a possession owned by the user, receives approval information of the user, and stores and manages the approval information in association with vehicle information of the user. The center device transmits the approval information to the user's vehicle side. When the vehicular master device receives the approval information, the vehicular master device performs rewriting of the program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Yuzo HARATA, Kazuhiro UEHARA, Takuya KAWASAKI, Mitsuyoshi NATSUME, Masaaki ABE
  • Publication number: 20210065478
    Abstract: An electronic control unit diagnoses the electronic control unit via wired connection or wireless from an outside of a vehicle and rewrites the electronic control unit via the wire or the wireless from the outside of the vehicle, based on a program acquired from the outside of the vehicle via the wire or the wireless.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuhiro UEHARA, Yuzo HARATA, Mitsuyoshi NATSUME, Takuya KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 10908890
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes: a reprogramming slave device implemented by an electronic control unit (hereinafter “ECU”) to be a target of updating an update file of a program stored among a plurality of the ECUs; a reprogramming master device that transmits the update file to the reprogramming slave device to control the update of the program stored in the reprogramming slave device according to a request from a terminal operable by a vehicle user; and a determination unit determines the progress of update processing on the update file. A vehicle device functions as the reprogramming master that includes: an obtaining unit for obtaining the progress determined by the determination unit; and a notification command unit for commanding a notification medium to notify the progress obtained by the obtaining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Nakamura, Yuzo Harata, Kazuhiro Uehara
  • Publication number: 20200283567
    Abstract: A novel compound suitable as an epoxy curing catalyst; an epoxy curing catalyst using the compound; and a method for producing the compound. A compound represented by formula (1) in which Xm+ represents an m valent counter cation, R1 represents an aromatic group which may have a substituent; R2 represents an alkylene group which may have a substituent; R3 represents a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a mercapto group, a sulfide group, a silyl group, a silanol group, a nitro group, a nitroso group, a sulfonic acid ester group, a phosphino group, a phosphinyl group, a phosphonic acid ester group or an organic group; m represents an integer of 1 or more; n represents an integer of 0-3; and R2 may bond with R1 to form a cyclic structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Kunihiro Noda, Hiroki CHISAKA, Issel SUZKI, Jiro JIKIDA, Dal SHOTA, Kieko HANANO, Kyohel ISHIDA, Tsutomu WATANABE, Kazuhiro UEHARA
  • Publication number: 20200241771
    Abstract: A vehicle information communication system includes a vehicle device and a center device. The center device includes a storage unit, a center computer, and a center-device communication unit. The storage unit stores memory structure information for each of the ECUs. The memory structure information indicates whether a corresponding memory has a memory structure that supports Read While Write (RWW) operation defined as having a plurality of physically independent memory regions. The center computer is programmed to generate specification data including the memory structure information for each of the at least one target ECUs. The vehicle device includes a vehicle computer. The vehicle computer is programmed to perform the program data rewrites of the at least one target ECU according to the memory structure information included in the specification data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Nao SAKURAI, Kazuaki HAYAKAWA, Takuya HASEGAWA, Yuzo HARATA, Kazuhiro UEHARA, Takuya KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200183676
    Abstract: A vehicle information communication system includes a center apparatus and a vehicle apparatus that includes a group of electronic control units (ECUs) and that sends vehicle configuration information including configuration information on the group of ECUs mounted in the vehicle to the center apparatus via wireless communications. The center apparatus performs a first determination of whether the vehicle configuration information received from the vehicle apparatus matches approved-configuration information registered in an approved-configuration database, and performs a second determination of whether software update data for at least one ECU of the group of ECUs mounted in the vehicle exists in an update database. When both the first and second determinations are true, the center apparatus sends the software update data for at least one ECU of the group of ECUs mounted in the vehicle to the vehicle apparatus via the wireless communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Nao SAKURAI, Shuhei TAKAHASHI, Kazuaki HAYAKAWA, Takuya HASEGAWA, Yuzo HARATA, Kazuhiro UEHARA, Takuya KAWASAKI