Patents by Inventor Keisuke Minami

Keisuke Minami 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).

  • Patent number: 10523763
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication device includes: processing circuitry configured to: generate a first code in response to a first code generation request being received, the first code generation request including address information of a service provided for a control device by a device, and transmit the first code to the device; manage such that the first code is held in association with the address information; and receive an address acquisition request including the first code from the control device, and transmit the address information associated with the first code to the control device on condition that the first code included in the address acquisition request is held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Daisuke Ajitomi, Keisuke Minami, Koji Tazoe
  • Patent number: 10511671
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication device includes: processing circuitry configured to: generate a first code in response to a first code generation request being received, the first code generation request including address information of a service which is provided by a device to a control device, and transmit the first code to the device; manage such that the first code is held in association with the address information; and receive an address acquisition request including the first code from the control device, and transmit the address information associated with the first code to the control device on condition that the first code included in the address acquisition request is held in association with the address information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Daisuke Ajitomi, Keisuke Minami, Koji Tazoe
  • Patent number: 10484464
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a connection control device includes a request acceptor to accept a connection destination determination request transmitted from a first communication device; and a determiner to determine a server being a connection destination of the first communication device from among a plurality of servers. At least one first server among the servers is scheduled to stop running at a first time point. The determiner determines the connection destination of the first communication device in accordance with a number of communication devices connected to each of the servers, based on history information on connection durations by the first communication device with the servers or history information on connection durations by communication devices with the first server, so that a number of the communication devices connected to the first server before the first time point arrives is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawazoe, Daisuke Ajitomi, Keisuke Minami
  • Patent number: 10476940
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication device capable of communicating with each of a control device and a processing device through a network includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry creates a job upon receiving a first request from the control device, the first request designating a content of a process that is executed by the processing device, the job containing information to instruct the processing device to execute the process and a first time limit relevant to the process. The processing circuitry controls transition among a plurality of states of the job. The processing circuitry controls, upon receiving a second request for the job from the processing device or the control device, execution of the second request, based on the first time limit and the state of the job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Daisuke Ajitomi, Keisuke Minami, Hiroshi Kawazoe
  • Patent number: 10445023
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus includes: a hardware interface configured to connect to a device; first controlling circuitry configured to detect the device being connected to the hardware interface and to determine whether a first command has been received by the hardware interface in a first time period after detection of connection to the device; and communication circuitry configured to carry out wireless communication with a terminal. The first controlling circuitry carries out control to select a function for the terminal from a plurality of functions in accordance with whether the first command has been received in the first time period and provide the selected function for the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Keisuke Minami, Koji Tazoe, Hiroyuki Aizu
  • Publication number: 20190288290
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of one example according to an embodiment has an output of 1,000 W or more. An electrode body includes a protective layer which contains an insulating inorganic compound and which is provided on at least one surface of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator, and has a heat capacity per unit battery capacity of 16 J/K·Ah or more. The positive electrode has a surface resistance of 0.5 to 40?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Minami, Kazuki Takeno, Toyoki Fujihara, Takuya Tamagawa
  • Publication number: 20190280882
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information management device includes a Bloom filter generator configured to generate a Bloom filter based on information on a revoked certificate; a data distributor configured to send the Bloom filter to an authentication device, the authentication device authenticates a device with a certificate provided by the device; and an examiner configured to determine, when an examination request is received from the authentication device, whether an certificate designated by the examination request has been revoked based on revocation management information that contains information on the revoked certificate, and to send an examination result indicating whether the designated certificate has been revoked to the authentication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shiho KODERA, Keisuke MINAMI, Daisuke AJITOMI
  • Publication number: 20190198915
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which includes an electrode assembly, a housing with an opening and contains the electrode assembly, and a sealing member sealing the opening, the electrode assembly comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material, lithium carbonate, and lithium phosphate, the negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material. The method includes placing the electrode assembly in the housing, and placing a nonaqueous electrolyte containing lithium fluorosulfonate in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Minami, Yukari Kuratomi, Masao Inoue, Toyoki Fujihara, Naoya Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 10320663
    Abstract: A communication device according to an embodiment performs communications with one or more devices via a relay server. To switch a connection destination from a first relay server serving as an origin to a second relay server serving as a destination, the communication device establishes a connection with the second relay server, switches a transmission destination of a message from the first relay server to the second relay server, and cuts a connection with the first relay server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawazoe, Daisuke Ajitomi, Keisuke Minami, Hiroyuki Aizu
  • Patent number: 10276890
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a prismatic housing having an opening and a sealing member sealing the opening. The prismatic housing contains a flat-wound electrode assembly and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The flat-wound electrode assembly includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode substrate and a positive electrode active material mixture layer formed on the positive electrode substrate. The positive electrode active material mixture layer contains lithium carbonate and lithium phosphate. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains lithium fluorosulfonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Minami, Yukari Kuratomi, Masao Inoue, Toyoki Fujihara, Naoya Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 10187284
    Abstract: A communication device includes a computer including a processor. The computer controls the communication device to perform operations. The operations include establishing a first connection with a first external device and establishing a second connection with a second external device, via a communication network. The operations include transmitting a keep-alive packet to the first external device via the first connection at a first transmission cycle and receiving a response packet for the keep-alive packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Daisuke Ajitomi, Keisuke Minami, Hiroshi Kawazoe, Hiroyuki Aizu
  • Patent number: 10096864
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a pressure-sensitive current interrupt mechanism, and a flat wound electrode body that is inserted in an outer casing with a winding axis of the flat wound electrode body arranged to extend in a horizontal direction. A positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator in a winding end portion of the flat wound electrode body are all directed toward a top side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Minami, Toyoki Fujihara, Toshiyuki Nohma
  • Publication number: 20180269449
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of prismatic secondary batteries with spacers each interposed therebetween. The prismatic secondary batteries each include a flat wound electrode body that is formed by winding a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate with a separator interposed therebetween; a prismatic outer body that houses the wound electrode body; and a sealing plate that seals an opening of the flat wound electrode body. The wound electrode body has a wound positive electrode core-exposed portion at one end portion and a wound negative electrode core-exposed portion at the other end portion. A positive electrode current collector is joined to the positive electrode core-exposed portion to form a positive electrode-joined portion, and a negative electrode current collector is joined to the negative electrode core-exposed portion to form a negative electrode-joined portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Okado, Keisuke Minami, Masashi Muraoka, Tomoharu Arai, Toyoki Fujihara
  • Publication number: 20180253435
    Abstract: An information processing device according to an embodiment includes a memory and one or more processors configured to function as a registration unit. The registration unit registers first information related to a statistical value of time series data in a second storage unit that is a volatile storage device or in a third storage unit that is a nonvolatile storage device in accordance with a registration frequency of the time series data in a first storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroshi KAWAZOE, Daisuke AJITOMI, Keisuke MINAMI
  • Patent number: 10044812
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication device performs communication with a terminal device via a network and includes first and second connection maintaining units and a switch instructing unit. The first connection maintaining unit maintains a connection established with the terminal device and mediates communication between the terminal device and another terminal device. The second connection maintaining unit maintains a communicable state of the terminal device with the communication device according to a method different from a method implemented by the first connection maintaining unit. When a predetermined switching condition is satisfied, the switch instructing unit instructs the terminal device to switch a method for maintaining a communicable state either from a first method, which is a method implemented by the first connection maintaining unit, to a second method, which is a method implemented by the second connection maintaining unit, or from the second method to the first method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Daisuke Ajitomi, Keisuke Minami, Hiroshi Kawazoe, Hiroyuki Aizu
  • Patent number: 10027743
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a connection control device includes a request acceptor to accept a connection destination determination request transmitted from a first communication device; and a determiner to determine a server being a connection destination of the first communication device from among a plurality of servers. At least one first server among the servers is scheduled to stop running at a first time point. The determiner determines the connection destination of the first communication device in accordance with a number of communication devices connected to each of the servers, based on history information on connection durations by the first communication device with the servers or history information on connection durations by communication devices with the first server, so that a number of the communication devices connected to the first server before the first time point arrives is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawazoe, Daisuke Ajitomi, Keisuke Minami
  • Publication number: 20180198857
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a connection control device includes a request acceptor to accept a connection destination determination request transmitted from a first communication device; and a determiner to determine a server being a connection destination of the first communication device from among a plurality of servers. At least one first server among the servers is scheduled to stop running at a first time point. The determiner determines the connection destination of the first communication device in accordance with a number of communication devices connected to each of the servers, based on history information on connection durations by the first communication device with the servers or history information on connection durations by communication devices with the first server, so that a number of the communication devices connected to the first server before the first time point arrives is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi KAWAZOE, Daisuke AJITOMI, Keisuke MINAMI
  • Patent number: 10003543
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication device includes: a communicator, a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The communicator establishes a communication connection with a destination communication device over a communication network and to communicate a packet relating to first information using the communication connection. The first circuitry determines a transmission interval of a packet relating to second information that is different from the first information, based on characteristic information on the communication network. The second circuitry performs control to transmit the packet relating to the second information to the destination communication device using the communication connection in accordance with the transmission interval determined by the first circuitry during at least a time period when the communication connection is established and communication of the packet relating to the first information is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Daisuke Ajitomi, Keisuke Minami, Hiroyuki Aizu
  • Publication number: 20180084059
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication device includes: processing circuitry configured to: generate a first code in response to a first code generation request being received, the first code generation request including address information of a service which is provided by a device to a control device, and transmit the first code to the device; manage such that the first code is held in association with the address information; and receive an address acquisition request including the first code from the control device, and transmit the address information associated with the first code to the control device on condition that the first code included in the address acquisition request is held in association with the address information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Daisuke AJITOMI, Keisuke MINAMI, Koji TAZOE
  • Publication number: 20180084058
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication device includes: processing circuitry configured to: generate a first code in response to a first code generation request being received, the first code generation request including address information of a service provided for a control device by a device, and transmit the first code to the device; manage such that the first code is held in association with the address information; and receive an address acquisition request including the first code from the control device, and transmit the address information associated with the first code to the control device on condition that the first code included in the address acquisition request is held.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Daisuke AJITOMI, Keisuke MINAMI, Koji TAZOE