Patents by Inventor Masato Tanabe

Masato Tanabe 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: 10582114
    Abstract: An erroneous insertion preventing system includes a first cartridge including a first frame provided with a first engaging portion and a first discrimination portion, a second cartridge including a second frame provided with a second discrimination portion, and a main assembly of an image forming apparatus. The main assembly includes a movable member provided with a portion-to-be-engaged engageable with the first engaging portion and a regulating portion having a configuration corresponding to the first discrimination portion. The first cartridge is mounted in the main assembly without movement of the first discrimination portion being limited by the regulating portion. In a case that the second cartridge is attempted to be inserted into the main assembly, by insertion of the second cartridge into the main assembly, the regulating portion and the second discrimination portion interfere with each other to prevent mounting of the second cartridge in the main assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Tanabe, Kazuo Chadani, Yasunori Toriyama, Sadaaki Tani, Yuuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10530572
    Abstract: Provided is a key management method to secure security in an onboard network system having multiple electronic control units storing a shared key. In the key management method of the onboard network system including multiple electronic units (ECUs) that perform communication by frames via a bus, a master ECU stores a shared key to be mutually shared with one or more ECUs. Each of the ECUs acquire a session key by communication with the master ECU based on the stored shared key, and after this acquisition, executes encryption processing regarding a frame transmitted or received via the bus, using this session key. In a case where a vehicle in which the onboard network system is installed is in a particular state, the master ECU executes inspection of a security state of the shared key stored by the ECU or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ujiie, Jun Anzai, Yoshihiko Kitamura, Masato Tanabe, Takeshi Kishikawa
  • Publication number: 20190377299
    Abstract: Disclosed is a developing apparatus including: a developer bearing member that bears a developer; a developing frame body that rotatably supports the developer bearing member; a one-end side end member that supports one-end side in an axis direction of the developer bearing member of the developing frame body; and another-end side end member that supports the other-end side in the axis direction of the developer bearing member of the developing frame body. Each of the one-end side end member and the other-end side end member is independently movable with respect to the developing frame body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Masato Tanabe, Kazutaka Sueshige, Teruhiko Sasaki, Tsukasa Abe, Osamu Anan
  • Patent number: 10444697
    Abstract: A main body includes a second movable member that is movable and that has a first recess portion. The second movable member is moved from a first position where a first projecting portion of a first cartridge can enter the first recess portion to a second position by a movement of the first projecting portion, thereby allowing a second cartridge to be moved to an attachment position of the main body. The second movable member also allows a third projecting portion of the second cartridge to enter the first recess portion at the first position. The second movable member is moved to the second position when the third projecting portion enters the first recess portion, thereby allowing the second cartridge to be moved to the attachment position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Makiguchi, Masato Tanabe, Hiroki Shimizu, Takahito Ueno, Toshiaki Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10444696
    Abstract: A cartridge includes a frame and a developing roller rotatably supported by the frame. A guide member is provided at a side of the cartridge, with the guide member being rotatable between a first position relative to the frame and a second position relative to the frame. A restricting lever is movably provided between a restricting position and a non-restricting position. The restricting lever is operatively connected to the guide member such that (i) when the restricting lever is in the restricting position, movement of the guide member relative to the frame is restricted, and (ii) when the restricting lever is in the non-restricting position, movement of the guide member relative to the frame is unrestricted. The cartridge also includes a spring configured to urge the restricting lever toward the restricting position from the non-restricting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masato Tanabe, Kazutaka Sueshige, Teruhiko Sasaki, Tsukasa Abe, Osamu Anan
  • Publication number: 20190312895
    Abstract: A fraud detection electronic control unit is connected to an electronic control unit through an in-vehicle network system. The fraud detection electronic control unit includes a storage and a determination unit. The storage stores a first regulation for determining whether the frame transmitted from the electronic control unit is fraudulent. The determination unit determines whether the frame transmitted from the electronic control unit is fraudulent in pursuant to the first regulation. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, the storage acquires a second regulation retained by the electronic control unit and updates the stored first regulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: KAZUYA FUJIMURA, JUN ANZAI, MASATO TANABE
  • Publication number: 20190300011
    Abstract: An information processing device collects information used for analyzing communication performed in an in-vehicle network by ECUs including an ECU which performs predetermined control related to a function of an ADAS. The information processing device includes a receiver, a determiner, and a processor. The receiver receives a plurality of items of communication data sequentially transmitted over the in-vehicle network. The determiner detects a control end time which is a time at which the predetermined control ends, and determine an analysis target period including the control end time. The processor classifies the plurality of items of communication data received by the receiver into analysis target communication data received within the analysis target period and non-analysis target communication data received outside the analysis target period. The processor further performs predetermined processing for analysis of the analysis target communication data based on the classification result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: TOSHIHISA NAKANO, KOUJI KOBAYASHI, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, KAZUYA FUJIMURA, MASATO TANABE
  • Publication number: 20190187608
    Abstract: A drum unit detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum and a coupling member provided on the photosensitive drum. The coupling member includes a driving force receiving portion and a supporting portion movably supporting the driving force receiving portion. The supporting portion includes a first extended portion and a second extended portion which extend at least in an axial direction of the photosensitive drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Tetsuo Uesugi, Masato Tanabe, Tomonori Mori, Daisuke Abe, Tadayuki Tsuda, Hideshi Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20190121285
    Abstract: A process cartridge including a photosensitive drum; a developing roller; a rotatable roller having a rotation shaft in a position deviated from an axis of the developing roller; an Oldham coupling member at an end portion of the shaft of the rotatable roller; an urging member for urging the drive receiving portion; a supporting portion supporting the drive receiving portion; an abutting portion receiving the supporting portion urged by the urging member, an elastic sheet positioned to contact at least part of the Oldham coupling member, wherein the abutting portion is positioned outside an outer periphery of the drum on a plane perpendicular to the shaft of the rotatable roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Hideki Maeshima, Masato Tanabe, Keisuke Nomura, Hiroki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20190124091
    Abstract: An electronic control unit is connected to an in-vehicle network bus in an in-vehicle network system. The electronic control unit includes a first control circuit and a second control circuit. The first control circuit is connected to the in-vehicle network bus via the second control circuit over wired communication and/or wireless communication. The first control circuit performs a first determination process on a frame to determine conformity of the frame with a first rule. The second control circuit performs a second determination process on the frame to determine conformity of the frame with a second rule, and, upon determining that the frame conforms to the second rule, transmits the frame to the in-vehicle network bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro UJIIE, Jun ANZAI, Yoshihiko KITAMURA, Masato TANABE, Hideki MATSUSHIMA, Tomoyuki HAGA, Takeshi KISHIKAWA, Ryota SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190107803
    Abstract: Disclosed is a developing apparatus including: a developer bearing member that bears a developer; a developing frame body that rotatably supports the developer bearing member; a one-end side end member that supports one-end side in an axis direction of the developer bearing member of the developing frame body; and another-end side end member that supports the other-end side in the axis direction of the developer bearing member of the developing frame body. Each of the one-end side end member and the other-end side end member is independently movable with respect to the developing frame body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Masato Tanabe, Kazutaka Sueshige, I, Teruhiko Sasaki, Tsukasa Abe, Osamu Anan
  • Patent number: 10241438
    Abstract: A developing device includes a developing unit including a developer bearing member and a developing frame member configured to support the developer bearing member. The developing unit is supported to be pivotable about a first shaft and a second shaft. A biasing member configured to bias the first shaft is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsukasa Abe, Masato Tanabe, Tatsuro Harada, Kazutaka Sueshige, Takashi Yano
  • Publication number: 20190065337
    Abstract: An apparatus calculates a load index for each of a plurality of log collection target devices, based on a log generation time taken for log generation in each of the plurality of log collection target devices and a log transmission time taken for log transmission from each of the plurality of the log collection target devices, and identifies a plurality of log transmittable time ranges of the plurality of log collection target devices, based on the calculated load index. The apparatus determines an order of log transmission of the plurality of log collection target devices, based on the identified plurality of log transmittable time ranges, and determines, based on the order and the plurality of log transmittable time ranges of the plurality of log collection target devices, respective times at which the plurality of log collection target devices execute the log transmission process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Tanabe, Toshihiko Oikawa, Yuji MORITA, Masato Otsuka
  • Patent number: 10193859
    Abstract: A security apparatus is provided that is connected to a bus. The security apparatus includes a receiver that receives a first frame from the bus, a memory that stores an examination parameter defining a content of an examination on the first frame, and processing circuitry that performs operations. The performed operations include first determining whether a predetermined condition is satisfied for the first frame. The performed operations also include, in a case where the first determining determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied, updating the examination parameter stored in the memory. The performed operations further include second determining whether the first frame is an attack frame based on the updated examination parameter stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Manabu Maeda, Jun Anzai, Yoshihiro Ujiie, Masato Tanabe, Takeshi Kishikawa
  • Patent number: 10193896
    Abstract: An electronic control unit is connected to an in-vehicle network bus in an in-vehicle network system including a plurality of apparatuses that perform communication of frames via the bus. The electronic control unit includes a first control circuit and a second control circuit. The first control circuit is connected to the bus via the second control circuit over wired communication and/or wireless communication. The second control circuit performs a first determination process on a received frame received from the bus to determine the conformity with a first rule related to at least a reception interval, and, upon determining that the received frame conforms to the first rule, executes a predetermined process based on the content of the received frame. The first control circuit performs a second determination process on the received frame, received via the second control circuit, to determine the conformity with a second rule different from the first rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ujiie, Jun Anzai, Yoshihiko Kitamura, Masato Tanabe, Hideki Matsushima, Tomoyuki Haga, Takeshi Kishikawa, Ryota Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10165442
    Abstract: A transmission device has a detector, a generator, and a transmitter. When the detector has detected that a communication rule of a message that has been broadcasted to a network by another transmission device coincides with a communication rule of a message that is broadcasted to the network by the present transmission device, the generator generates an abnormality notification message. Then, the transmitter broadcasts an abnormality notification message to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Tanabe, Jun Anzai, Yoshihiko Kitamura
  • Patent number: 10156825
    Abstract: Disclosed is a developing apparatus including: a developer bearing member that bears a developer; a developing frame body that rotatably supports the developer bearing member; a one-end side end member that supports one-end side in an axis direction of the developer bearing member of the developing frame body; and another-end side end member that supports the other-end side in the axis direction of the developer bearing member of the developing frame body. Each of the one-end side end member and the other-end side end member is independently movable with respect to the developing frame body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masato Tanabe, Kazutaka Sueshige, Teruhiko Sasaki, Tsukasa Abe, Osamu Anan
  • Publication number: 20180351915
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a first communication unit which transmits and receives communication data through a network connected to a first GW, a second GW, and at least one electronic control unit; a monitoring unit which determines whether the communication data is normal; and a notification unit which transmits, at least to the second GW, a notification that brings the network to a state in which one of a transfer function of the first GW and a transfer function of the second GW gateway is active and the other one of the transfer functions is inactive, when the monitoring unit does not determine that the communication data is normal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LT D.
    Inventors: Toshihisa NAKANO, Jun ANZAI, Masato TANABE, Kaoru YOKOTA
  • Patent number: 10139774
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first pressing member configured to press a unit that has a second rotating member that can come into contact with a first rotating member, and a supporting member rotatably supporting the second rotating member. The first pressing member moves the supporting member so that the second rotating member moves from the contact position to the separated position. Also provided is a second pressing member that presses the supporting member. The second pressing member is capable of moving between a mounting/detaching restriction position where mounting/detaching of the cartridge to/from the apparatus main body is restricted, and a mounting/detaching allowing position where mounting/detaching of the cartridge to/from the apparatus main body is allowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsukasa Abe, Masato Tanabe, Osamu Anan, Teruhiko Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20180329359
    Abstract: A second unit includes a restricted portion that comes into contact with a restricting portion provided to a body of an apparatus, the restricted portion coming into contact with the restricting portion, in order to restrict the movement of a developer carrier in a direction to make contact with an image carrier, when a developing cartridge has not reached a predetermined attachment position, and not coming into contact with the restricting portion when the developing cartridge is in the predetermined attachment position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Osamu Anan, Masato Tanabe, Tsukasa Abe, Kazutaka Sueshige