Patents Assigned to Toshiba Solutions Corporation
  • Patent number: 9779326
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a moving image recognition apparatus includes a moving object detection unit, a data code reading unit, a label recognition unit, an association unit, and an output unit. The moving object detection unit detects moving objects from a moving image stored in a buffer unit and identifies each of the moving objects. The data code reading unit detects a data code from each frame of the moving image and decodes the detected data code. The label recognition unit detects and recognizes a label from each frame of the moving image. When the recognized label and the decoded data code exist on the same object, the association unit associates them. The output unit outputs together the decoding result of the data code and the recognition result of the label associated with the decoding result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohisa Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170277878
    Abstract: An authentication system of an embodiment includes a control device, a user terminal, and a service providing device. The control device includes a storage unit, an information acquisition unit, an authentication processing unit, and a control management unit. The information acquisition unit acquires the authentication element for authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pakin OSOTKRAPHUN, Tatsuro IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20170269840
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tiered storage system includes a first storage device, a second storage device and a storage controller. The first and second storage devices are positioned as an upper tier and a lower tier, respectively. The storage controller transfers data of q physical extents in the second storage device to q free physical extents in the first storage device, when an access request from a host computer designates access to one or more logical blocks including a first logical block, the first logical block is included in a first logical extent, and the first logical extent belongs to an extent group including q logical extents to which the q physical extents are allocated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Tomofumi HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 9736151
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a biometric reference information storage apparatus transmits, to the biometric reference information certificate generation apparatus, a biometric authentication context including the challenge information, the hash value of the biometric reference information, and a first digital signature. The biometric reference information certificate generation apparatus verifies the challenge information and the first digital signature. The biometric reference information certificate generation apparatus transmits a biometric reference information certificate to the biometric reference information storage apparatus. The biometric reference information storage apparatus writes the biometric reference information and the biometric reference information certificate in a storage module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuro Ikeda, Asahiko Yamada, Koji Okada
  • Patent number: 9715374
    Abstract: A multi-branch determination syntax optimization apparatus includes: a memory that retains multi-branch determination syntax including tokens; a database that retains (1) CPU performance information being a parameter depending on a CPU incorporated in the multi-branch determination syntax optimization apparatus and set based on time required for multi-branch determination processing and (2) frequently-appearing token table representing types and rates of appearance of tokens sorted in order of appearance frequency in a query that statically analyzes a source code and performs lexical analysis in advance; and a conversion section that executes determination for the multi-branch determination syntax by referring to the CPU performance information and the frequently-appearing token table, and creates a branch code converted to make a speculatively executable branch for the token type having a high frequency of appearance and to make a branch using the jump table for the token type having a low frequency of appea
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Shimamura, Kei Yamaji, Mototaka Kanematsu
  • Patent number: 9703653
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a cloud system management apparatus includes an estimator, a detector, a determination processor, and a reallocator. The estimator is configured to estimate breach information based on quality information representing a quality level to be achieved by a service process operating in any one of server devices in a cloud system. The breach information represents a degree by which the service process is incapable of achieving the quality level. The detector is configured to detect a failure of each server device. The determination processor is configured to determine, to reallocate at least one first service process operating on a first server device whose failure is detected, a second server device having a smaller sum of the breach information on at least one second service process operating on the second server device. The reallocator is configured to reallocate the first service process to the second server device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kotaro Endo
  • Patent number: 9694700
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a charging management system. Based on an estimated duration from a time when an electric vehicle having arrived at each of a charging facilities starts charging until the charging is complete, the system determines the charging facility a charging facility utilization of which is to be recommended to be one of the charging facilities related to a path to a destination which has a shortest maximum wait time from a time when a plurality of electric vehicles arrive at the charging facility until the charging is complete, and reports information indicative of the determined charging facility to the electric vehicle not having arrived at the charging facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kawano, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Makoto Kano, Yasuomi Une, Junichi Yamamoto, Norikazu Hosaka, Satoshi Sekine, Tsuyoshi Shimada
  • Patent number: 9698984
    Abstract: In a decryption apparatus according to an embodiment, a holding device pre-holds a verification formula. A determination device performs a calculation based on the verification formula read from the holding device by substituting, into the verification formula, the part of the re-encrypted data received from a re-encryption apparatus and the public key of a re-encryption key generation apparatus and the private key of the decryption apparatus, to determine whether or not the verification formula holds true. An output device outputs verification success when a result of the determination indicates that the verification formula holds true.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Fujii, Takuya Yoshida, Koji Okada
  • Publication number: 20170188399
    Abstract: A remote maintenance system includes a maintenance management apparatus connected to a user apparatus and a communication relay apparatus connected to a remote-controlled apparatus. The maintenance management apparatus transmits, to the communication relay apparatus, message data whose destination is unique identification information of a mobile communication network assigned in advance to the communication relay apparatus. The communication relay apparatus notifies the maintenance management apparatus of an IP address that is dynamically assigned to itself upon reception of the message data. The maintenance management apparatus transmits, to the communication relay apparatus, information on remote operation received from the user apparatus whose destination is the notified IP address. The communication relay apparatus relays, to the remote-controlled apparatus, the information on the remote control received from the maintenance management apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutoshi NAGANO, Masaki KISHIHARA, Takayasu KAMO, Kyousuke FUNAMI, Satoko AKIZUKI, Kenta FURUSAWA, Nobuhiro SEKIYA
  • Publication number: 20170177683
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an anonymization system including at least one encryption apparatus, an anonymization apparatus, and a decryption apparatus. The encryption apparatus store personal data including one or more values for each item, and generates encrypted data from the personal data by encrypting the one or more values for each item included in the personal data. The anonymization apparatus generates encrypted anonymized data from the encrypted data without decryption by anonymizing one or more values for at least a portion of the items of the encrypted data. The decryption apparatus generates anonymized data from the encrypted anonymized data by decrypting the encrypted anonymized data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masanobu KOIKE, Yoshihiro FUJII
  • Publication number: 20170178683
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a storage device includes a shingled magnetic recording device, a management unit, selection unit, and execution unit. The shingled magnetic recording device performs writing in unit of a band including tracks being adjacent to and partially overlapping with each other. The management unit manages management information mutually associating band identifier of the band, characteristic information indicating a possibility that data stored in the band is not referred to, and data identifier of the data in a case where the data is stored in the band. The selection unit selects the band of the shingled magnetic recording device storing the data based on the data and the characteristic information in a case where the shingled magnetic recording device is requested to store the data. The execution unit stores the data to the selected band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazunori SEKIDO
  • Patent number: 9684577
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a shared storage system includes a plurality of host servers, a plurality of storage devices, and a management server. The management server manages each of a plurality of logical units using first address management information, and manages a revision of the first address management information using first revision data. The host servers each hold respective copies of the first address management information and first revision data. When a first host server has requested a first storage device to execute access, based on a copy (second revision data) of the first revision data, the first storage device executes the requested access on condition that the second revision data coincides with revision data notified by the management server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Kimiaki Ishii
  • Patent number: 9682627
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a consumed power amount estimation apparatus including an estimation unit configured to estimate a power amount necessary for an electric vehicle having a similar power consumption tendency to run, based on a parameter used to compensate for information affecting power consumption by running of the electric vehicle based on consumed power amount information of each of a plurality of electric vehicles having similar power consumption tendencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Suzuki, Junichi Yamamoto, Norikazu Hosaka, Satoshi Sekine, Makoto Kano, Shinichiro Kawano, Yasuomi Une
  • Publication number: 20170147598
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a file system includes a hash value calculator, an access controller and a deduplication controller. The hash value calculator calculates a hash value of at least one data block in a file to be stored in storage. The access controller stores, when the at least one data block includes a first data block and when a first hash value of the first data block is calculated, the first data block in a first location of the storage determined based on the first hash value, by using the first hash value as an identifier. The deduplication controller prevents the first data block from being stored in the first location when an effective second data block is already stored in the first location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shoichi SAWADA
  • Patent number: 9660867
    Abstract: A client apparatus according to an embodiment includes a communication mode setup device, a communication pattern determination device, and a communication execution device. The communication mode setup device sets up an operation mode for executing the communication process in accordance with the individual process or a test mode for executing the substitute process. The communication pattern determination device determines a predetermined communication pattern name representative of a local pattern if the test mode is set up. The communication execution device acquires from the communication pattern management device communication component names and an order associated with the determined communication pattern name, and executes communication components in order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Handa, Seiichiro Tanaka, Minoru Saito, Kazuya Hashimoto, Daisuke Maeno
  • Patent number: 9656566
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a charge management apparatus includes an input unit, a first estimation unit, a determination unit, a generation unit, and an output unit. The input unit accepts an input of traffic demand data indicative of a number of vehicles. The first estimation unit estimates charge wait times at plural charge stations based on the traffic demand data. The determination unit compares the estimated charge wait times at the respective charge stations, and determines whether a desired condition is satisfied. The generation unit generates charge recommendation information indicative of a charge station according to a determination result. The output unit outputs the charge recommendation information to an external terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Kano, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Junichi Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Shimada, Kiyoshi Matsui, Junichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20170115922
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a deduplication controller in a tiered storage system excludes data duplication physical chunk by physical chunk. Based on the input/output statistics of logical chunks, a tiering controller in the system acquires the input/output statistics of physical chunks, each of which is allocated to one or more of the logical chunks. Based on the input/output statistics of the physical chunks, the tiering controller further executes at least an operation of relocating the data of a physical chunk in a first storage device to a physical chunk in a second storage device that is lower in access speed, or an operation of relocating the data of a physical chunk in the second storage device to a physical chunk in the first storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Takaaki IMAEDA
  • Patent number: 9635001
    Abstract: A re-encryption system according to this embodiment includes a file sharing apparatus and a re-encryption apparatus. Upon receiving a file request from the client apparatus, the file sharing apparatus acquires a first encrypted file based on the file request, and transmits a re-encryption request including the first encrypted file to the re-encryption apparatus. The re-encryption apparatus re-encrypts the first encrypted file included in the re-encryption request to the second encrypted file based on the re-encryption key, and transmits the second encrypted file to the file sharing apparatus. The file sharing apparatus transmits the second encrypted file to the client apparatus. The client apparatus obtains the file by decrypting the second encrypted file based on a private key corresponding to the public key of the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Kaseda, Takuya Yoshida, Yoshihiro Fujii, Shingo Abe, Masataka Yamada
  • Patent number: 9621966
    Abstract: A monitoring control system sequentially processing data collected from various data sources to find a possible phenomenon, producing an appropriate action for the found change or phenomenon, and outputting control information for causing a system to perform a notification or predetermined control. The monitoring control system includes a phenomenon detecting section configured to detect a phenomenon leading to a particular result from contiguous data received from data sources serving as data transmission element based on detecting rule definition data previously specifying a change attribute of contiguous time-series data pieces for each phenomenon leading to a particular result, and a determination section configured to extract action information associated with the particular result detected by the phenomenon detecting section to produce an event for a predetermined system based on action definition data previously specifying action information for each particular result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Yoshimoto, Nobuyuki Fukushima, Shinichi Fujita, Masumi Inaba
  • Patent number: 9600655
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a policy update system includes a server apparatus configured to be able to provide a plurality of services to a user, the server apparatus including storage device for storing a first user ID; a policy storage device configured to store a plurality of policies, each policy being composed of condition describing user attribute information in which a plurality of items including a second user ID corresponding to the first user ID are associated, and each policy specifying a use privilege of each service; a policy update apparatus configured to be able to update each stored policy; and a user attribute information storage device configured to store post-change user attribute information, and a change content for each second user ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Gouda, Minoru Nishizawa, Kenjiro Naemura, Masaya Hirabara