Patents by Inventor Toshihiro ICHIMARU

Toshihiro ICHIMARU 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: 11956316
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted apparatus is a vehicle-mounted apparatus mounted in a vehicle, and includes a measuring unit that measures characteristics of a transmission line in a vehicle-mounted network mounted in the vehicle, and an identifying unit that identifies the transmission line based on the characteristics measured by the measuring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Toshihiro Ichimaru
  • Publication number: 20230353446
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes: a measurement unit configured to measure a characteristic of a transmission path in an in-vehicle network mounted to the vehicle; an acquisition unit configured to acquire deterioration information which is information regarding deterioration of the transmission path and which corresponds to the characteristic measured by the measurement unit; and a determination unit configured to determine a deterioration degree of the transmission path, based on the characteristic measured by the measurement unit and the deterioration information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Toshihiro ICHIMARU
  • Patent number: 11689296
    Abstract: An on-board communication system includes an optical coupler that includes multiple optical transmission lines, and multiple on-board devices that are capable of communicating with each other with the optical coupler interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuto Ueno, Toshihiro Ichimaru, Yuta Miyagawa, Susumu Takeshima
  • Publication number: 20230021603
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted apparatus is a vehicle-mounted apparatus mounted in a vehicle, and includes a measuring unit that measures characteristics of a transmission line in a vehicle-mounted network mounted in the vehicle, and an identifying unit that identifies the transmission line based on the characteristics measured by the measuring unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshihiro ICHIMARU
  • Publication number: 20220190935
    Abstract: An on-board communication system includes an optical coupler that includes multiple optical transmission lines, and multiple on-board devices that are capable of communicating with each other with the optical coupler interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuto UENO, Toshihiro ICHIMARU, Yuta MIYAGAWA, Susumu TAKESHIMA
  • Patent number: 11238738
    Abstract: An information providing system according to one mode of the present disclosure includes: one or a plurality of mobile terminals each configured to transmit first information based on own sensor information to a server; one or a plurality of fixed terminals each configured to transmit second information based on own sensor information to the server; and the server configured to generate third information on the basis of the first information and the second information that have been received by the server, and configured to transmit the generated third information to at least the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Ichimaru, Shingo Ohashi, Izumi Memezawa, Koichi Takayama, Yasuhiko Nishi, Katsunori Ushida
  • Publication number: 20210049051
    Abstract: This on-vehicle control device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of pieces of wear information regarding a degree of wear of each of a plurality of function units mounted on a vehicle; a selection unit configured to select, on the basis of each piece of the wear information acquired by the acquisition unit, from the plurality of function units, one or a plurality of the function units to be caused to perform a target process that should be performed by one or a plurality of the function units among the plurality of function units; and a control unit configured to perform a control of causing the one or plurality of the function units selected by the selection unit to perform the target process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Toshihiro ICHIMARU
  • Publication number: 20200005644
    Abstract: An information providing system according to one mode of the present disclosure includes: one or a plurality of mobile terminals each configured to transmit first information based on own sensor information to a server; one or a plurality of fixed terminals each configured to transmit second information based on own sensor information to the server; and the server configured to generate third information on the basis of the first information and the second information that have been received by the server, and configured to transmit the generated third information to at least the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro ICHIMARU, Shingo OHASHI, Izumi MEMEZAWA, Koichi TAKAYAMA, Yasuhiko NISHI, Katsunori USHIDA