Patents by Inventor Akihito Iwata

Akihito Iwata 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: 11962433
    Abstract: A switch device includes a plurality of communication ports; a switch unit configured to relay a frame, which has been transmitted from a function unit and to which information including an ID of a VLAN is added, to another function unit via a communication port; and a duplication unit configured to, when the diagnosis device is connected to another switch device, duplicate the frame to be relayed via a designated communication port among the plurality of communication ports, and generate a duplicate frame for diagnosis that is a frame obtained by adding, to a duplicate frame obtained through the duplication, specific information indicating that the duplicate frame for diagnosis should be transmitted to the diagnosis device. The switch unit outputs the duplicate frame for diagnosis generated by the duplication unit from a communication port corresponding to the other switch device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihito Iwata, Tatsuya Izumi, Hirofumi Urayama, Tadashi Matsumoto, Darmawan Go, Hideki Maeda, Takeshi Hagihara, Masashi Amesara, Hisashi Furukawa, Shu Ishizuka, Hideki Goto
  • Patent number: 11951917
    Abstract: An in-vehicle communication system includes a first switching device and a second switching device each configured to relay, via a transmission path, information between a plurality of function units mounted to a vehicle. Upon being supplied with a power source voltage via a power-source-dedicated line from a power source device mounted to the vehicle, the first switching device supplies a power source voltage via the transmission path to one or a plurality of the function units and the second switching device that are connected to the first switching device, and the second switching device extracts a power source voltage from the transmission path, and supplies a power source voltage via the transmission path to one or a plurality of the function units that are connected to the second switching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito Iwata, Takeshi Hagihara, Darmawan Go, Yosuke Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20240031123
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes: a processing unit configured to perform time synchronization between own device, which is the in-vehicle device, and another device, which is another in-vehicle device, based on a data propagation delay time between the other device and the own device, and detect occurrence of an update event regarding the propagation delay time, wherein in a case where the processing unit detects occurrence of the update event, the processing unit requests time information used for updating the propagation delay time from the other device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuki KITAGAWA, Tadashi MATSUMOTO, Yojiro SUYAMA, Akihito IWATA, Ryo YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20230308256
    Abstract: Time synchronization is performed between the vehicle-mounted device and another device that is another vehicle-mounted device based on a data propagation delay time between the vehicle-mounted device and the other device. The vehicle-mounted device includes: a processing unit configured to receive, from the other device, request information that requests time information used for updating the propagation delay time, and transmit the time information to the other device; and a detection unit configured to detect an abnormality related to time synchronization, and acquire information regarding the detected abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuki KITAGAWA, Kentaro ASHIBE, Yosuke SHIMIZU, Ryo YAMANE, Akihito IWATA, Yojiro SUYAMA, Hirofumi URAYAMA, Hideki GOTO, Masashi AMESARA, Hisashi FURUKAWA, Shu ISHIZUKA
  • Patent number: 11683268
    Abstract: A switch device for relaying data in an on-vehicle network, being equipped with a switch section and a processing section for performing the relay processing via the switch section, wherein, in the case that a plurality of frames to be subjected to the relay processing is present in the processing section, the processing section performs adjustment processing so that the output rates of the respective frames to the switch section in the case that the transmission source addresses of the respective frames are different are made smaller than the output rate in the case that the transmission source addresses of the respective frames are the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electrical industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihito Iwata, Takeshi Hagihara, Yasuhiro Yabuuchi
  • Publication number: 20230141041
    Abstract: A switch device includes a plurality of communication ports; a switch unit configured to relay a frame, which has been transmitted from a function unit and to which information including an ID of a VLAN is added, to another function unit via a communication port; and a duplication unit configured to, when the diagnosis device is connected to another switch device, duplicate the frame to be relayed via a designated communication port among the plurality of communication ports, and generate a duplicate frame for diagnosis that is a frame obtained by adding, to a duplicate frame obtained through the duplication, specific information indicating that the duplicate frame for diagnosis should be transmitted to the diagnosis device. The switch unit outputs the duplicate frame for diagnosis generated by the duplication unit from a communication port corresponding to the other switch device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha,
    Inventors: Akihito IWATA, Tatsuya IZUMI, Hirofumi URAYAMA, Tadashi MATSUMOTO, Darmawan GO, Hideki MAEDA, Takeshi HAGIHARA, Masashi AMESARA, Hisashi FURUKAWA, Shu ISHIZUKA, Hideki GOTO
  • Publication number: 20230142079
    Abstract: A switch device includes: a plurality of communication ports; a switch unit configured to relay a frame, which has been transmitted from a function unit and to which information including an ID of a VLAN and priority information is added, to another function unit via a communication port, according to the priority information; and a duplication unit configured to, when the diagnosis device is connected to another switch device, duplicate the frame to be relayed via a designated communication port, thereby generating a duplicate frame for diagnosis. The duplication unit is able to set the priority information to be added to the duplicate frame for diagnosis, separately from the priority information to be added to the frame as an original. The switch unit outputs the duplicate frame for diagnosis, from a communication port corresponding to the other switch device, according to the priority information set by the duplication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha,
    Inventors: Akihito IWATA, Tatsuya IZUMI, Hirofumi URAYAMA, Tadashi MATSUMOTO, Hideki MAEDA, Darmawan GO, Takeshi HAGIHARA, Masashi AMESARA, Hisashi FURUKAWA, Shu ISHIZUKA, Hideki GOTO
  • Patent number: 11516294
    Abstract: A switch device includes: a switch unit configured to relay an Ethernet frame between a plurality of function units installed in a vehicle; a monitoring unit configured to monitor predetermined data in the Ethernet frame; and a specification unit configured to specify a protocol being used by a target function unit which is a function unit serving as a transmission source of the Ethernet frame, based on a monitoring result of the monitoring unit. The monitoring unit performs an operation monitoring process of selectively monitoring an operation of the target function unit according to the target protocol that is the protocol specified by the specification unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito Iwata, Takeshi Hagihara, Yasuhiro Yabuuchi
  • Publication number: 20220374372
    Abstract: An in-vehicle communication device for transmitting and receiving a signal by a predetermined communication protocol related to Ethernet® (registered trademark), the in-vehicle communication device comprising: a control circuit configured to generate transmission data including interrupt data inserted into an inter-frame gap between Ethernet frames; and a PHY unit having a communication circuit configured to convert the transmission data generated by the control circuit into a signal and transmit the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yuanjun XIAN, Takeshi HAGIHARA, Makoto MASHITA, Nobuyuki KOBAYASHI, Takehiro KAWAUCHI, Tatsuya IZUMI, Akihito IWATA, Yusuke YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11502873
    Abstract: This switch device includes: a relay unit configured to perform a first relay process of relaying data between function units installed in a vehicle and belonging to different VLANs; a calculation unit configured to calculate time correction information on the basis of a transmission time of data from a first function unit serving as the function unit to the switch device, a reception time in the switch device of the data transmitted from the first function unit, a transmission time of data from a second function unit serving as the function unit to the switch device, and a reception time in the switch device of the data transmitted from the second function unit; and a notification unit configured to notify the second function unit of the time correction information calculated by the calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito Iwata, Takeshi Hagihara, Yasuhiro Yabuuchi
  • Publication number: 20220345357
    Abstract: An in-vehicle communication system includes a plurality of in-vehicle devices each being connected to an Ethernet network and a CAN (Controller Area Network). Each of the plurality of in-vehicle devices transmits and receives information to and from another in-vehicle device via the Ethernet network and the CAN. At least one of the plurality of in-vehicle devices is able to transmit the same information to the Ethernet network and the CAN in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito IWATA, Takeshi HAGIHARA, Darmawan GO, Yosuke SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220242338
    Abstract: An in-vehicle communication system includes a first switching device and a second switching device each configured to relay, via a transmission path, information between a plurality of function units mounted to a vehicle. Upon being supplied with a power source voltage via a power-source-dedicated line from a power source device mounted to the vehicle, the first switching device supplies a power source voltage via the transmission path to one or a plurality of the function units and the second switching device that are connected to the first switching device, and the second switching device extracts a power source voltage from the transmission path, and supplies a power source voltage via the transmission path to one or a plurality of the function units that are connected to the second switching device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito IWATA, Takeshi HAGIHARA, Darmawan GO, Yosuke SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11374787
    Abstract: A switch device installed in a vehicle is provided with: a switch unit configured to relay communication data between a plurality of function units installed in the vehicle; a storage unit configured to hold the communication data to be relayed; and a control unit configured to determine a state of the storage unit, and adjust, for each of applications, a throughput of the communication data to be transmitted from the function units, based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetwork Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihito Iwata, Hideyuki Tanaka, Hideki Maeda, Tatsuya Izumi, Takeshi Hagihara, Yasuhiro Yabuuchi, Yasuhiro Yamasaki, Hiroya Ando, Toshio Kawamura, Hirofumi Urayama
  • Patent number: 11343347
    Abstract: In a relay device, a control unit stores, in a temporary storage unit data which is received by an Ethernet communication unit through a communication line. When the data stored in the temporary storage unit is transmitted, the control unit deletes the transmitted data from the temporary storage unit. When the control unit determines that, for the data received by the Ethernet communication unit, the amount of data stored in the temporary storage unit is equal to or greater than a threshold value, the Ethernet communication unit transmits instruction data giving an instruction to stop transmission through a communication line and to perform transmission through a communication bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuanjun Xian, Makoto Mashita, Takeshi Hagihara, Ichiro Kanda, Akihito Iwata, Takehiro Kawauchi
  • Patent number: 11342960
    Abstract: In a relay device, a communication unit receives a data frame transmitted cyclically through a communication line. A control unit stores, in a temporary storage unit, the data frame received by the communication unit. When the data frame stored in the temporary storage unit is transmitted, the control unit deletes the transmitted data frame from the temporary storage unit. When the control unit determines that, for the data frame received through the communication line, the amount of data relevant to the data frames stored in the temporary storage unit is equal to or greater than a threshold value, the communication unit transmits, through the communication line, a cycle change frame which gives an instruction to change a transmission cycle for transmitting the data frame to a longer cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuanjun Xian, Makoto Mashita, Takeshi Hagihara, Akihito Iwata, Takehiro Kawauchi, Ichiro Kanda
  • Patent number: 11260808
    Abstract: This on-vehicle communication apparatus is configured to communicate with another on-vehicle communication apparatus by using one differential signal line, and includes: a high-band communication unit configured to generate a high-band signal including communication information and output the high-band signal to the differential signal line; and a low-band communication unit configured to generate a direct-current signal or a low-band signal and to output the direct-current signal or the low-band signal to the differential signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiro Kawauchi, Akihito Iwata, Hirofumi Urayama, Takeshi Hagihara, Yasuhiro Yabuuchi
  • Publication number: 20210344522
    Abstract: A switch device installed in a vehicle is provided with: a switch unit configured to relay communication data between a plurality of function units installed in the vehicle; a storage unit configured to hold the communication data to be relayed; and a control unit configured to determine a state of the storage unit, and adjust, for each of applications, a throughput of the communication data to be transmitted from the function units, based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihito IWATA, Hideyuki TANAKA, Hideki MAEDA, Tatsuya IZUMI, Takeshi HAGIHARA, Yasuhiro YABUUCHI, Yasuhiro YAMASAKI, Hiroya ANDO, Toshio KAWAMURA, Hirofumo URAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210344773
    Abstract: In a relay device, a control unit stores, in a temporary storage unit data which is received by an Ethernet communication unit through a communication line. When the data stored in the temporary storage unit is transmitted, the control unit deletes the transmitted data from the temporary storage unit. When the control unit determines that, for the data received by the Ethernet communication unit, the amount of data stored in the temporary storage unit is equal to or greater than a threshold value, the Ethernet communication unit transmits instruction data giving an instruction to stop transmission through a communication line and to perform transmission through a communication bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Yuanjun Xian, Makoto Mashita, Takeshi Hagihara, Ichiro Kanda, Akihito Iwata, Takehiro Kawauchi
  • Publication number: 20210328624
    Abstract: In a relay device, a communication unit receives a data frame transmitted cyclically through a communication line. A control unit stores, in a temporary storage unit, the data frame received by the communication unit. When the data frame stored in the temporary storage unit is transmitted, the control unit deletes the transmitted data frame from the temporary storage unit. When the control unit determines that, for the data frame received through the communication line, the amount of data relevant to the data frames stored in the temporary storage unit is equal to or greater than a threshold value, the communication unit transmits, through the communication line, a cycle change frame which gives an instruction to change a transmission cycle for transmitting the data frame to a longer cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Yuanjun Xian, Makoto Mashita, Takeshi Hagihara, Akihito Iwata, Takehiro Kawauchi, Ichiro Kanda
  • Publication number: 20210328931
    Abstract: In a relay device, a control unit detects simultaneous transmission of a plurality of data through a first communication bus. When the number of times of detection of the simultaneous transmission within a predetermined time by the control unit is less than the predetermined number of times, a CAN communication unit starts transmission of data through the first communication bus. When the number of times of detection of the simultaneous transmission within the predetermined time by the control unit is equal to or greater than the predetermined number of times, an Ethernet communication unit transmits data through a first communication line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Yuanjun Xian, Takeshi Hagihara, Makoto Mashita, Yasuhiro Yabuuchi, Tadashi Matsumoto, Ichiro Kanda, Akihito Iwata, Takehiro Kawauchi