Patents Assigned to Hitachi, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 12169441
    Abstract: A data management system for backing up data in a first environment to a second environment includes: backup management information in which source data, backup data, a backup method, and data backed up using the backup method are associated; and a secondary usage data copy unit serving as a secondary usage processing unit that receives a usage request for the backup data stored in the second environment, wherein the secondary usage processing unit refers to the backup management information, specifies the backup data required for processing the usage request, specifies the backup method for the backup data, restores the backup data on the basis of the specified backup method, and enables processing of the usage request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Soichi Watanabe, Miho Kobayashi, Mitsuo Hayasaka
  • Patent number: 12169632
    Abstract: A storage system having high performance and high reliability includes a non-volatile storage device, a storage controller configured to control data to be read and written from and to the storage device using a storage function; and a volatile memory. In the reading and writing, the storage controller generates a log and stores the log in a log memory, writes the log stored in the memory to the storage device, and collects a capacity of the storage area of the memory storing the log written to the storage device. In collecting a free area of the memory, the storage controller executes a base image saving method of writing in the storage device in units of storage areas having a plurality of logs and collecting a free area, and a garbage collection method of writing in the storage device in units of logs and collecting a free area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Ito, Yoshinori Ohira, Hiroto Ebara
  • Patent number: 12169759
    Abstract: The first layer includes a first gate electrode array disposed in the first direction to control the qubits of the qubit string, and a second gate electrode array disposed in the first direction to control the inter-qubit interaction of the interaction string. The second layer includes a third gate electrode array disposed in the second direction, and a fourth gate electrode array disposed in the second direction adjacently to the third gate electrode array. The third and the fourth gate electrode arrays control a part of the multiple qubits, and a part of the multiple inter-qubit interactions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Lee, Ryuta Tsuchiya, Digh Hisamoto
  • Publication number: 20240412144
    Abstract: A computer system manages service management information for managing a correspondence relation between a magnitude of maturity representing a degree of promotion of digital transformation in a business operation and a service useful for the promotion of the digital transformation in the business operation, acquires, from a business system operated by a first business operator, operating data including information on an operation of the business system, estimates the maturity of the business system of the first business operator based on the operating data, identifies a service with reference to the service management information based on the maturity, the service being recommended to be introduced to the first business operator, and presents information on the identified service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Haga, Toshiyuki Nakamura, Iwao Tanuma, Ippei Hinoki, Chie Nemoto, Kentaro Asai
  • Patent number: 12166348
    Abstract: It is provided a management system for managing renewable energy verification comprising: an arithmetic device configured to execute predetermined processing; a storage device coupled to the arithmetic device, an input unit configured to receive a supply ratio of renewable energy in a manufacturing process, and input quantities of a renewable energy-derived raw material and a renewable energy-derived part out of raw materials and parts input to the manufacturing process; and an RE verification granting module configured to calculate, with use of the received input about the supply ratio of renewable energy and about the input quantities of the renewable energy-derived raw material and the renewable energy-derived part, at least one of the number of pieces to be granted renewable energy verification out of pieces of a manufactured item manufactured by the manufacturing process, or a ratio of pieces of the manufactured item that are to be granted renewable energy verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Michiki Nakano, Hiroshi Mine
  • Patent number: 12165744
    Abstract: A method for making a recombinant gene includes searching a database using a nucleotide sequence of a coding region, a nucleotide sequence that encodes an amino acid sequence, or an amino acid sequence, of a gene, for one or more nucleotide sequences having homology; selecting one or more nucleotide sequences other than nucleotide sequences only derived from a genome from the selected nucleotide sequences; for ones of the selected one or more nucleotide sequences comprising an upstream or downstream nucleotide sequence, analyzing whether the upstream or downstream nucleotide sequence is a functional sequence to select one or more first functional sequences; for ones of the selected one or more nucleotide sequences comprising no upstream or downstream nucleotide sequence, analyzing whether a gene information has any description indicating a functional sequence to select one or more second functional sequences; scoring the selected functional sequences; and selecting one or more functional sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., National University Corporation Kobe University, Kyoto University
    Inventors: Maiko Tanabe, Shizu Takeda, Kiyoto Ito, Osamu Imaichi, Kenji Tsuge, Michihiro Araki
  • Patent number: 12163849
    Abstract: A board analysis supporting method comprising the following to be executed by an information processing device: board analyzing processing of setting a surface on which a component is mounted on a predetermined board, and calculating strain generated in the board from which the component has been removed, based on three-dimensional structure data indicating the board from which the component has been removed, and data indicating a predetermined force; and strain calculating processing of calculating the calculated strain on the set surface as strain of the component mounted on the set surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Yokohari
  • Patent number: 12165654
    Abstract: An audio analysis platform may receive a portion of an audio input, wherein the audio input corresponds to audio associated with a plurality of speakers. The audio analysis platform may process, using a neural network, the portion of the audio input to determine voice activity of the plurality of speakers during the portion of the audio input, wherein the neural network is trained using reference audio data and reference diarization data corresponding to the reference audio data. The audio analysis platform may determine, based on the neural network being used to process the portion of the audio input, a diarization output associated with the portion of the audio input, wherein the diarization output indicates individual voice activity of the plurality of speakers. The audio analysis platform may provide the diarization output to indicate the individual voice activity of the plurality of speakers during the portion of the audio input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignees: The Johns Hopkins University, Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Fujita, Shinji Watanabe, Naoyuki Kanda, Shota Horiguchi
  • Patent number: 12164389
    Abstract: Example implementations described herein involve systems and methods that can include, responsive to a request to deploy an application using a storage of a storage system, managing a storage configuration for the application; managing data information and storage configuration information associated with a copy relationship between data used by the application and the storage configuration for the storage system; extracting and evaluating possible configuration patterns from the data information and the storage configuration information; and providing ones of the possible configuration patterns that satisfy specified requirements for the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Tsuchiya, Tomohiro Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20240403318
    Abstract: A storage system includes a plurality of nodes each of which includes a processor, in which when a replication source volume in a replication source storage system connected to the storage system is replicated to a plurality of nodes of the storage system, any one of the processors generates a first replicated volume by replicating the replication source volume of the replication source storage system in a first node among the plurality of nodes, and generates a second replicated volume mapped to the first replicated volume in a second node among the plurality of nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki TOGO, Akira Deguchi, Hideyuki Koseki, Hiroki Fujii, Akihiro Hara
  • Publication number: 20240403210
    Abstract: A processor inputs/outputs data related to data input/output with respect to the volume to/from a page of the logical storage area; maps the volume to data of the logical storage area; is able to release the storage area in units of the pages; includes a plurality of the volumes that can share data of the logical storage area; performs garbage collection of deleting data which is not referred to from any of the plurality of volumes as invalid data, moving data which is referred to from any of the volumes to another page, and releasing a storage area of a page on which the data is deleted and the data is moved; and stores a plurality of pieces of data in the page of a movement destination such that the plurality of pieces of data stored in the same page is mapped from a same volume by the garbage collection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yamaga, Takaki Matsushita, Akira Deguchi
  • Publication number: 20240405102
    Abstract: The technology provided by the present invention makes it possible to obtain desired calculation results efficiently while appropriately avoiding a deadlock in qubit operations performed in a situation where a large number of qubits are arranged. An electron configuration device formed by a quantum computer includes a bus area, an aisle area, and a seat area in a qubit array. In an environment where the seat area and the bus area are connected by the aisle area, the electron configuration device is configured such that a first qubit initially arranged in a predetermined seat area reaches the bus area through the aisle area connected to the seat area and moves through the bus area to a position adjacent to a second qubit to be operated on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoto SATO
  • Publication number: 20240406264
    Abstract: A storage system includes a plurality of storage controllers. The storage controller includes a processor, a memory, and a transfer device that processes control data for controlling an internal operation of the storage system, the control data being transmitted and received between the plurality of storage controllers. The processor accumulates the control data in the memory when a transfer request for the control data is generated, generates a write request for transmitting a plurality of the control data stored in the memory, and transmits the write request to the other storage controller. The transfer device writes a plurality of the control data included in the write request to the memory upon receiving the write request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoki SHOJI, Masanori TAKADA, Katsuya TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240403234
    Abstract: To replace a storage controller without stopping a host and without losing data related to IO processing from the host. A storage controller sets, in a port management table, a first host path definition between the host and first address information in a controller unit in addition to a second host path definition between the host and second address information in a controller unit. The storage controller sets, in a route management table, a first connection route between an input port and a first output port to which a port of the first address information is connected, in addition to a second connection route between an input port and a second output port to which a port of the second address information is connected. The storage controller transfers an IO to one controller unit or another controller unit based on the port management table and the route management table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomoya MUROTANI
  • Patent number: 12159051
    Abstract: A method for application migrating from a first cluster to a second cluster. The method may include detecting application migration request from the first cluster to the second cluster for performing application migration; identifying first volumes associated with the first cluster that are used by the application; establishing data copying from the first volumes of a first storage device associated with the first cluster to second volumes of a second storage device associated with the second cluster; determining if a copy condition is met based on the data copying; for meeting the copy condition, stopping the application on the first cluster; flushing uncopied data from the first volumes to the second volumes; determining whether the flushing of the uncopied data is completed; and for the flushing of the uncopied data being completed, deploying the application on the second cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Tsuchiya, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Takanobu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12158784
    Abstract: A drive box includes a power source, a drive group which is constituted of a plurality of storages, a canister which can be replaced, and a midplane which couples the canister and the drive group, wherein the midplane includes a storage apparatus having a memory unit in which data related to at least the drive group is stored, the canister has a communication channel which is coupled to at least one of the plurality of storages, the canister performs I2C communication with the storage apparatus, power is supplied to the canister from the power source by a first supply line which is a power line passing through the midplane, and power is supplied to the storage apparatus from the power source via the canister.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Hori, Ryoma Muto
  • Patent number: 12158822
    Abstract: A primary site includes a volume #1 that stores data, and copies first backup data that is backup data of data corresponding to the volume #1 to a secondary site. In the failover process of handing over the execution of a transaction process from the primary site to the secondary site, a cloud management node restores the volume #1 to a storage system as a volume #2 based on the first backup data copied to the secondary site. The cloud management node manages the first backup data, as second backup data, that is backup data of data corresponding to the volume #2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Ai Satoyama, Akira Deguchi
  • Patent number: 12158882
    Abstract: A method for generating query response comprising receiving, by a processor, an input query from a first user; performing, by the processor, query parsing on the input query to generate a parsed query; determining, by the processor, a query type associated with the parsed query; for the query type being determined as initial query, performing: generating, by the processor, a first follow-up query to the input query based on the parsed query, and generating, by the processor, responses to the parsed query and the first follow-up query; and for the query type being determined as follow-up query to a previous query entered by a second user, performing: performing, by the processor, learning of a query sequence from the previous query to the input query, and generating, by the processor, responses to the parsed query and a second follow-up query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI, Ltd.
    Inventor: Joydeep Acharya
  • Patent number: 12159487
    Abstract: An apparatus is describe for detecting a shape of an object to be recognized from to-be-analyzed data; generating one or more components and respective contribution ratios of the components through a component analysis, based on the shape of the object to be recognized; determining an ordinal number indicating each dimension of the components based on a cumulative contribution ratio attained from the respective contribution ratios; selecting, among the group of action classification models, a specific action classification model in which learning was performed with the same component group as a specific component group including the components with the ordinal number indicating the dimension; and inputting the specific component group into the specific action classification model, thereby outputting recognition results indicating actions of the object to be recognized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Neo, Yukiko Ogihara
  • Patent number: D1054026
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiji Kitane