Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Ujiie

Yoshihiro Ujiie 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: 20200259677
    Abstract: A gateway device for a vehicle network system is provided. The vehicle network system includes a first network, a second network, a first electronic control unit connected to the first network, a second electronic control unit connected to the second network, and the gateway device connected to the first network and the second network. The gateway device receives a first frame transmitted to the first network by the first electronic control unit; determines whether or not the first frame is appropriate; generates a second frame when the first frame is not determined to be appropriate; and transmits the second frame to the second network. The second frame includes control information and additional information based on content of the first frame. The control information restricts processing of the additional information included in the second frame by the second electronic control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro UJIIE, Hideki MATSUSHIMA, Toshihisa NAKANO, Tohru WAKABAYASHI, Hiroshi AMANO, Tomoyuki HAGA, Takeshi KISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10735260
    Abstract: A gateway connected to a bus used for communication by a plurality of ECUs provided on-board a vehicle is provided with: an external communication unit that receives, from a server external to the vehicle, firmware update information that includes updated firmware for one ECU from among the plurality of ECUs; an ECU information acquiring unit that acquires system configuration information indicating the type of each of the plurality of ECUs connected to the bus; and a FW update processing unit that performs a controlling operation to update firmware of the relevant ECU based on the updated firmware, after an operation verification of the updated firmware is performed using an ECU of each type indicated by the system configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Manabu Maeda, Hideki Matsushima, Tomoyuki Haga, Yoshihiro Ujiie, Takeshi Kishikawa
  • Patent number: 10725762
    Abstract: A gateway device, connected to one or more buses used in communication by a plurality of ECUs on-board a vehicle, is provided with: a receiving unit that receives, from a server that acts as an external device external to the vehicle, firmware update information that includes updated firmware to be applied to one ECU from among the plurality of ECUs; and a control unit that determines, based on certain information about the ECU on which to apply the updated firmware, whether or not the ECU satisfies a certain condition, and if the certain condition is satisfied, causes the ECU to execute a certain process related to updating firmware, whereas if the certain condition is not satisfied, causes equipment other than the ECU to execute the certain process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ujiie, Hideki Matsushima, Jun Anzai, Toshihisa Nakano, Tomoyuki Haga, Manabu Maeda, Takeshi Kishikawa
  • Patent number: 10713106
    Abstract: A communication unit receives a message in a network. A first anomaly detector detects an anomalous message by detecting values of a plurality of monitoring items from the message received by the communication unit and determining whether each of the detected values of the plurality of monitoring items is inside a corresponding first reference range and a corresponding second reference range. The second reference range is narrower than the first reference range. The first anomaly detector detects the message as the anomalous message, when any of the detected values is outside the first reference range, and detects the message as the anomalous message, when any of the detected values is inside the first reference range and is outside the second reference range and when a predetermined rule is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Tanabe, Jun Anzai, Manabu Maeda, Yoshihiro Ujiie, Takeshi Kishikawa
  • Patent number: 10693889
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    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: 10693905
    Abstract: An invalidity detection electronic control unit connected to a bus used by a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) to communicate with one another in accordance with controller area network (CAN) protocol includes a receiving unit that receives a frame for which transmission is started and a transmitting unit that transmits an error frame on the bus before a tail end of the frame is transmitted if the frame received by the receiving unit meets a predetermined condition indicating invalidity and transmits a normal frame that conforms to the CAN protocol after the error frame is transmitted. Even when a reception error counter of the ECU connected to the bus is incremented due to the impact of the error frame, the reception error counter is decremented by the normal frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Amano, Toshihisa Nakano, Natsume Matsuzaki, Tomoyuki Haga, Yoshihiro Ujiie, Takeshi Kishikawa
  • Publication number: 20200195472
    Abstract: A security device connected to a plurality of networks in a vehicle is provided. The security device determines, with regard to a frame received from a first network, whether to transmit a determination request for the frame outside the vehicle. The security device transmits the determination request outside the vehicle in a case where it is determined to transmit the determination request outside the vehicle, transmits, before obtaining a determination result from outside the vehicle in accordance with the determination request, the frame to a second network, and then obtains determination results from outside the vehicle in accordance with the determination request. The security device outputs presentation information in accordance with the determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Junichi TSURUMI, Yoshihiro UJIIE, Toshihisa NAKANO, Hideki MATSUSHIMA, Yuji UNAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20200186552
    Abstract: A fraud detecting method for use in an in-vehicle network system including a plurality of electronic control units that communicate with each other via a network includes detecting whether a state of a vehicle satisfies a first condition or a second condition, and switching, upon detecting that the state of the vehicle satisfies the first condition or the second condition, an operation mode of a fraud-sensing electronic control unit connected to the network between a first mode in which a first type of detecting process for detecting a fraudulent message in the network is performed and a second mode in which the first type of detecting process is not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Manabu MAEDA, Hideki MATSUSHIMA, Tomoyuki HAGA, Yuji UNAGAMI, Yoshihiro UJIIE, Takeshi KISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10680847
    Abstract: A gateway device for a vehicle network system, the vehicle network system including a bus, a first electronic control unit connected to the bus, and the gateway device connected to the bus. The gateway device comprising: one or more memories; and circuitry which, in operation, performs operations including: receiving a first frame transmitted to the bus by the first electronic control unit; when the first frame is received, including first control information in a second frame, the second frame including information based on content of the first frame, the first control information related to a restriction on processing, the restriction on processing being after a reception of the second frame; and transmitting the second frame to the bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ujiie, Hideki Matsushima, Toshihisa Nakano, Tohru Wakabayashi, Hiroshi Amano, Tomoyuki Haga, Takeshi Kishikawa
  • Publication number: 20200145293
    Abstract: Provided is a network monitor for a mobility network used in a mobility entity. The mobility network is formed of a source unit, a destination unit, and one or more repeaters. Each repeater includes a network monitor that receives, from the source unit, an announcement for a bandwidth reservation. The announcement includes a value of a first bandwidth requirement for the source unit to perform first data communication. The network monitor further determines a determination result of whether to reserve the first bandwidth by comparing the value of the first bandwidth with a range of values of a second bandwidth for the first data communication specified in a white list stored in a database. The network monitor reserves the first bandwidth for performing the first data communication depending on the determination result, and transmits, to the source unit, a reservation status of the first bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: HIROYASU TERAZAWA, TOMOYUKI HAGA, YUISHI TORISAKI, RYO KATO, YOSHIHIRO UJIIE
  • Publication number: 20200145252
    Abstract: An in-vehicle relay device prevents an anomaly of a control command exchanged over networks having different transmittable data sizes in a frame. The in-vehicle relay device relays communication between multiple control devices in a vehicle over the networks to which the control devices are connected. The in-vehicle relay device receives control data from a first control network. The control data includes, in a frame, a plurality of control commands to be executed by at least one of the control devices. The in-vehicle relay device determines, as a first determination, whether types of the control commands included in the frame form a first combination that is preset as a combination of control commands that are executable simultaneously. The in-vehicle relay device thereafter determines, as a second determination, whether the control data is anomalous by using the result of the first determination, and outputs the result of the second determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Yuishi TORISAKI, Hiroyasu TERAZAWA, Tomoyuki HAGA, Yoshihiro UJIIE, Ryo KATO
  • Patent number: 10623205
    Abstract: A security device connected to at least one bus in a vehicle is provided. The security device determines, with regard to a frame received from the at least one bus, whether predetermined conditions are satisfied to determine whether the frame is a suspect of being an attack frame. The security device transmits, a determination request to an external device outside of the vehicle in a case where the predetermined conditions are satisfied, and obtains determination results from the external device in accordance with the determination request. The security device outputs first presentation information in the case where the predetermined conditions are satisfied, and outputs second presentation information in a case where the determination results are obtained from the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Junichi Tsurumi, Yoshihiro Ujiie, Toshihisa Nakano, Hideki Matsushima, Yuji Unagami
  • Patent number: 10615986
    Abstract: A device in an authentication system acquires a certificate revocation list along with a control command from an operating terminal to the device. The device determines the validity of the controller to which the device connects, based on the certificate revocation list acquired along with the control command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ujiie, Motoji Ohmori, Natsume Matsuzaki, Hideki Matsushima, Tomoyuki Haga, Manabu Maeda, Yuji Unagami
  • Patent number: 10609049
    Abstract: A fraud sensing method for use in an in-vehicle network system including a plurality of electronic control units that communicate with each other via a network includes detecting that a state of a vehicle satisfies a predetermined condition, and switching, upon detecting that the state of the vehicle satisfies the predetermined condition, an operation mode of a fraud-sensing electronic control unit connected to the network between a first mode in which a first type of sensing process for sensing a fraudulent message in the network is performed and a second mode in which the first type of sensing process is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Manabu Maeda, Hideki Matsushima, Tomoyuki Haga, Yuji Unagami, Yoshihiro Ujiie, Takeshi Kishikawa
  • Publication number: 20200099712
    Abstract: An anomaly detection electronic controller performs anomaly detection processing and is connected to a network, which a plurality of electronic controllers uses for communication. The anomaly detection electronic controller includes an anomaly detection processor that performs anomaly detection processing regarding a data frame. The anomaly detection controller also includes an anomaly detection processing requester that decides an anomaly detection processing timing when receiving the data frame, the anomaly detection processing timing being a reception timing of one or multiple fields in the data frame. The anomaly detection processor further performs the anomaly detection processing regarding the data frame at the anomaly detection processing timing decided by the anomaly detection processing requester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Takeshi KISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro UJIIE, Tomoyuki HAGA, Hideki MATSUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 10601843
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a communication section that transmits and receives a message in a network; an acquisition unit that acquires state information on a state of an object for which the network is provided; an estimation unit that estimates the state of the object based on the state information acquired in the acquisition unit; a setting unit that sets a filtering rule based on the state estimated in the estimation unit; and a filter unit that executes filtering processing for the message in accordance with the filtering rule set in the setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Tanabe, Jun Anzai, Yoshihiko Kitamura, Seiji Sakaki, Yoshihiro Ujiie, Hideki Matsushima
  • Publication number: 20200084025
    Abstract: A key management method serves as an electronic control unit (ECU) in an onboard network system having a plurality of ECUs that perform communication by frames via a network. The method includes storing a shared key, acquiring a session key, and executing encryption processing using the session key. The method further includes executing inspection of a security state of the shared key stored in a case where a vehicle is in at least one of the following particular states: the vehicle is not driving and is an accessory-on state; a fuel cap of the vehicle is open, and the vehicle is not driving and is fueling; the vehicle is parked, which is indicated by the gearshift; the vehicle is in a stopped state before driving, which is indicated by the gearshift; and a charging plug is connected to the vehicle, and the vehicle is electrically charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro UJIIE, Jun ANZAI, Yoshihiko KITAMURA, Masato TANABE, Takeshi KISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200055470
    Abstract: A gateway connected to a bus, a bus, and the like used by a plurality of electronic control units for communication includes a frame communication unit that receives a frame, a transfer control unit that removes verification information used to verify a frame from the content of the frame received by the frame communication unit and transfers the frame to a destination bus or that adds verification information to the content of the frame and transfers the frame to the destination bus, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki HAGA, Toshihisa NAKANO, Jun ANZAI, Hideki MATSUSHIMA, Yoshihiro UJIIE, Yuji UNAGAMI
  • Patent number: 10525911
    Abstract: A gateway connected to a bus, a bus, and the like used by a plurality of electronic control units for communication includes a frame communication unit that receives a frame, a transfer control unit that removes verification information used to verify a frame from the content of the frame received by the frame communication unit and transfers the frame to a destination bus or that adds verification information to the content of the frame and transfers the frame to the destination bus, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Haga, Toshihisa Nakano, Jun Anzai, Hideki Matsushima, Yoshihiro Ujiie, Yuji Unagami
  • Patent number: 10530801
    Abstract: An anomaly detection electronic controller performs anomaly detection processing and is connected to a bus, which a plurality of electronic controllers use for communication to communicate following a Controller Area Network (CAN) protocol. The anomaly detection electronic controller includes an anomaly detection processor that performs anomaly detection processing regarding a data frame. The anomaly detection controller also includes an anomaly detection processing requester that decides an anomaly detection processing timing in accordance with a state of a vehicle in which the bus is installed when receiving the data frame, the anomaly detection processing timing being a reception timing of one or multiple fields in the data frame. The anomaly detection processor further performs the anomaly detection processing regarding the data frame at the anomaly detection processing timing decided by the anomaly detection processing requester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Takeshi Kishikawa, Yoshihiro Ujiie, Tomoyuki Haga, Hideki Matsushima