Patents by Inventor Masafumi Watanabe

Masafumi Watanabe 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: 20240127983
    Abstract: A wire harness manufacturing apparatus includes: a jig plate that is used in disposing of a wire; a mobile body that retains the wire and is movable on the jig plate; and a controller configured to carry out movement control of the mobile body and cause the mobile body to move depending on a shape of a wire harness to carry out the disposing of the wire. The jig plate has a magnetic body provided in a mobile region of the mobile body, and the mobile body has a magnetic force generator that generates magnetic force that serves as attraction force with respect to the jig plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Masafumi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240116658
    Abstract: A propeller guard 2 includes: a propeller guard body 10 configured to surround a propeller 30 of a flight vehicle 20; and a rotating member 40 provided on a side surface of the propeller guard body 10, in which the rotating member 40 is able to rotate around at least a horizontal base axis in a case where the rotating member 40 is in contact with a vertical plane located outside the propeller guard body 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke UCHIBORI, Yujin HAMANO, Kazuaki WATANABE, Masafumi NAKAGAWA, Atsushi ARATAKE
  • Patent number: 11953853
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a drive source, an object configured to be driven by the drive source, and a drive transmission mechanism including a driving member, a driven member, an intermediate member, an urging member, and an actuating portion. The intermediate member is configured to move in an axial direction. The intermediate member includes a shaft portion extending in the axial direction, and a positioning portion configured to determine a position of the driven member in a direction orthogonal to the axis. The shaft portion includes a receiving portion configured to receive a force. The receiving portion is positioned inward of the positioning portion in a radial direction of rotation of the intermediate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Watanabe, Osamu Sasaoka, Akinori Yokota, Masafumi Maeda
  • Patent number: 11954625
    Abstract: A server includes a unit obtaining a position of a registered vehicle, a unit obtaining a vehicle dispatch position, a unit determining a candidate vehicle based on the vehicle dispatch position and the position of the registered vehicle, a unit transmitting information regarding an autonomous driving function of the candidate vehicle to a user device, a unit receiving information for identifying a dispatch vehicle, and a unit transmitting a vehicle dispatch position to the dispatch vehicle. The user device includes a unit receiving the information regarding the autonomous driving function of the candidate vehicle, a unit displaying the information regarding the autonomous driving function of the candidate vehicle, an unit accepting a user operation for selecting the dispatch vehicle, and a unit transmitting the information for identifying the dispatch vehicle to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junya Watanabe, Yuji Sasaki, Seiji Arakawa, Naotoshi Kadotani, Masafumi Hayakawa, Takashi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11946443
    Abstract: A bonded body wherein functional base material is attached to object to be bonded. Functional base material and object are bonded with functional base material's end portion covered so operational effect neither lost nor adversely affected by fluid, bonded body has strong bonding property preventing functional base material peeled off due to weather. Peelability allows functional base material repair ease. Functional base material provided on object's curved surface to be bonded to along curved and/or smooth surface of object to be bonded to along smooth surface. Functional base material has peripheral side surface with peripheral distal-most end portion. Peripheral gap part provided between object to be bonded to and functional base material on inside of peripheral distal-most end portion and on side opposing to object to be bonded to. Peripheral gap part filled with holding member extending in laminar fan shape from peripheral side surface along curved and/or smooth surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: ASAHI RUBBER INC., HOKUTAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Watanabe, Hideaki Sato, Masafumi Takeyama, Yukihiro Oryu
  • Publication number: 20240085879
    Abstract: A program analysis assistance apparatus 10 includes: an instruction analyzing unit 11 that extracts, from the device control program, instructions and comments in which the registers are used as operands, and identifies the signal values output by the registers based on the extracted instructions; and a matching processing unit 12 that identifies the signal lines to which the registers are connected by matching the extracted comments by the instruction analyzing unit 11 and the identified signal values by the instruction analyzing unit 11, against rules defining relationships between signal lines, signal values, and keywords.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Masafumi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240086523
    Abstract: An information processing device (10) includes an anomaly receiving means (11) for receiving an anomaly detected by a monitoring device installed in a control system, a collating means (12) for receiving the anomaly from the anomaly receiving means (11), making a first determination to determine whether the anomaly matches each of predetermined collating conditions for collating an event contained in an attack procedure and the anomaly, and when the first determination results in a match, making a further second determination to determine whether an event contained in each of predefined attack procedures matches the collating condition determined to match the anomaly, and when the second determination results in a match, specifying an attack procedure containing the event, and an extracting means (13) for extracting an event matching a predetermined extraction condition from the specified attack procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Masafumi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11915176
    Abstract: A server includes a unit obtaining a position of a registered vehicle, a unit obtaining a vehicle dispatch position, a unit determining a candidate vehicle based on the vehicle dispatch position and the position of the registered vehicle, a unit transmitting information regarding an autonomous driving function of the candidate vehicle to a user device, a unit receiving information for identifying a dispatch vehicle, and a unit transmitting a vehicle dispatch position to the dispatch vehicle. The user device includes a unit receiving the information regarding the autonomous driving function of the candidate vehicle, a unit displaying the information regarding the autonomous driving function of the candidate vehicle, an unit accepting a user operation for selecting the dispatch vehicle, and a unit transmitting the information for identifying the dispatch vehicle to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junya Watanabe, Yuji Sasaki, Seiji Arakawa, Naotoshi Kadotani, Masafumi Hayakawa, Takashi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11860604
    Abstract: An analysis assistance apparatus 10 includes: a control program obtainment unit 11 that obtains a control program of a plant based on sensor data from a sensor installed in the plant; an event information obtainment unit 12 that obtains event information, which includes a variable that defines a state of the plant when a predetermined event has occurred and a value thereof, as information necessary for searching the control program for a safety barrier for avoiding the occurrence of the predetermined event in the plant; and a safety barrier search unit 13 that extracts, from the control program, a causal relationship between an input variable and an output variable, and searches the control program for the safety barrier based on the variable and the value included in the event information and on the extracted causal relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masafumi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11847216
    Abstract: Provided is an analysis device with which it is possible to find information relating to the intention and purpose of an attacker. The analysis device is provided with a purpose estimating means that estimates the purpose of behavior, based on predetermined behavior in the computer and knowledge information that includes the relation between the behavior and the purpose of executing the behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Watanabe, Yuki Ashino
  • Publication number: 20230185980
    Abstract: A physical model generation apparatus (2) acquires design information of a target control system, and generate plant architecture information from the design information. The plant architecture information describes physical components and connections therebetween included in the target control system. The physical model generation apparatus (2) generates component state information that describes possible states for each physical component described in the plant architecture information. The physical model generation apparatus (2) acquires general behavior information that describes general behavior for each types of physical components. The physical model generation apparatus (2) generates physical model of the target control system based on the plant architecture information, the component state information, and the general behavior information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Taniya SINGH, Masafumi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11646188
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for analyzing an evolved gas, wherein the precision of detection of a gas component is improved without enlarging the apparatus. The apparatus includes a gas component evolving unit, a detection member for detecting the gas component, and a mixed gas channel for allowing a mixed gas containing the gas component and carrier gas to flow therethrough, and further includes a branch channel branched from the mixed gas channel, an inert gas channel for allowing an inert gas to flow therethrough, a first flow rate regulator for adjusting the flow rate of the carrier gas, a second flow rate regulator for adjusting the flow rate of the inert gas, and a flow rate control unit for controlling the second flow rate regulator such that the flow rate of the mixed gas guided to the detection member is a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH SCIENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryusuke Hirose, Hideyuki Akiyama, Noriaki Sakai, Masafumi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11640463
    Abstract: Provided is an analysis device with which it is possible to find information relating to the intention and purpose of an attacker. The analysis device is provided with a purpose estimating means that estimates the purpose of behavior, based on predetermined behavior in the computer and knowledge information that includes the relation between the behavior and the purpose of executing the behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Watanabe, Yuki Ashino
  • Patent number: 11639141
    Abstract: A wire harness includes an electric wire bundle and an exterior member for electric wire. The exterior member for electric wire includes a tubular exterior body for protecting the electric wire bundle, a slit formed in the exterior body along an exterior axis of the exterior body, and an inner portion continuous with a circumferential end portion of the exterior body. The inner portion is disposed on an outer side of the exterior body before the electric wire bundle is accommodated. Further, the inner portion is formed with an electric wire pressed portion against which the electric wire bundle is pressed. Further, the inner portion is pushed into the exterior body through the slit while being deformed so as to be inverted when the electric wire bundle is pressed against the electric wire pressed portion, and is accommodated in the exterior body together with the electric wire bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Murakoshi
  • Patent number: 11579596
    Abstract: In order to monitor the operational status of a plant, a plant monitoring apparatus 10 includes: a control program acquisition unit 11 configured to acquire a control program for controlling the plant on the basis of sensor data from a sensor installed in the plant; a causal relationship extraction unit 12 configured to extract, from the control program, causal relationships between a plurality of signals that are used in the plant; a causal relationship specification unit 13 configured to specify the current state of the plurality of signals and compare the specified state and the extracted causal relationships to specify a causal relationship corresponding to the specified state; and a display unit 14 configured to display the specified causal relationship on a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masafumi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220318382
    Abstract: Provided is an analysis device with which it is possible to find information relating to the intention and purpose of an attacker. The analysis device is provided with a purpose estimating means that estimates the purpose of behavior, based on predetermined behavior in the computer and knowledge information that includes the relation between the behavior and the purpose of executing the behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi WATANABE, Yuki ASHINO
  • Publication number: 20220284108
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a security assessment apparatus (8) of a facility to be controlled using a controller, the security assessment apparatus (8) including: a binary tree generating unit (5) configured to generate a binary tree from controller program code of the controller; a transition rules generating unit (6) configured to generate transition rules from the binary tree; and a controller rules generating unit configured to generate controller rules from the transition rules, the controller rules modeling the actual behavior of the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Taniya SINGH, Masafumi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11436325
    Abstract: Provided is an analysis apparatus including a first storage device configured to store data, and a processing circuitry that is configured to control the own apparatus to function as: a dispatcher that is communicably connected to an analysis target device that performs operational processing by use of a processor and a memory unit, and generates collection target data for reproducing at least part of a state of the operational processing in the analysis target device, in accordance with data being transmitted and received between the processor and the memory unit; a data mapper that assigns, to one or more areas included in the collection target data, tag information for identifying the area; and a data writer that saves the one or more areas into the first storage device in accordance with a first policy defining a procedure of saving the collection target data into the first storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Yamane, Yuki Ashino, Yoichiro Morita, Masafumi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220169191
    Abstract: A wire harness includes an electric wire bundle and an exterior member for electric wire. The exterior member for electric wire includes a tubular exterior body for protecting the electric wire bundle, a slit formed in the exterior body along an exterior axis of the exterior body, and an inner portion continuous with a circumferential end portion of the exterior body. The inner portion is disposed on an outer side of the exterior body before the electric wire bundle is accommodated. Further, the inner portion is formed with an electric wire pressed portion against which the electric wire bundle is pressed. Further, the inner portion is pushed into the exterior body through the slit while being deformed so as to be inverted when the electric wire bundle is pressed against the electric wire pressed portion, and is accommodated in the exterior body together with the electric wire bundle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Masafumi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Murakoshi
  • Publication number: 20220147659
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a security assessment apparatus, a method, and a program capable of making an assessment of a security risk simply and appropriately. The security assessment apparatus according to the present disclosure is a security assessment apparatus of a facility to be controlled using a controller, including: an identification unit (15) configured to identify a compromised component which puts the facility into an unsafe situation based on data regarding a plurality of components provided in the facility and control program code of the controller, thereby generating a list of the compromised component; and a compromised behavior generating unit (16) configured to generate a compromised behavior of a selected component selected from the list of the compromised component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: NEC corporation
    Inventors: Taniya SINGH, Masafumi WATANABE, Hirofumi UEDA