Patents by Inventor Akitoshi Shimura

Akitoshi Shimura 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: 20240143837
    Abstract: In a data cooperation system in which information cooperates in a first system, a second system and a third system, the first system provides an already operating service and collects and publicizes behavior data as information for providing the service, the second system acquires the behavior data, generates a verification result applying the behavior data to a new technology as verification data, and publicizes the verification data, and the third system receives the behavior data and the verification data, supports decision of the determination result data, and publicizes the decided determination result data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Akitoshi SHIMURA, Yoshiyasu TAKAHASHI, Miki YONEHARA
  • Patent number: 9049049
    Abstract: A routing method and an in-vehicle gateway device having a plurality of interfaces for communication, automatic setting of routing function is enabled to perform, in consideration of characteristics of data which a connecting network handles. A network is classified to an information-system, a control-system and a safety-system, based on characteristics thereof, and which one of the systems includes a network connecting to the in-vehicle gateway device, is judged from equipments connecting to the network, or traffic of the network. Still more processing in data exchange among different classifications is set in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Seiya Kato, Akitoshi Shimura
  • Patent number: 8693346
    Abstract: An on-vehicle gateway device connected to an information system network and a control system network of a vehicle executes monitoring the status of an information system via an information system access circuit taking charge of message transmission and reception to and from the information system network, and an information system management step to manage information acquired by the information system monitoring, monitoring the status of a control system via a control system access circuit taking charge of message transmission and reception to and from the control system network, and a control system management step to manage information acquired by the control system monitoring, managing policies for access control by the access control circuit controlling data flows between the information system access circuit and the control system access circuit, and determining whether or not to update the policies managed by policy management and to update the policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Kato, Akitoshi Shimura, Eriko Ando, Takeiki Aizono
  • Publication number: 20120116633
    Abstract: An on-vehicle gateway device connected to an information system network and a control system network of a vehicle executes monitoring the status of an information system via an information system access circuit taking charge of message transmission and reception to and from the information system network, and an information system management step to manage information acquired by the information system monitoring, monitoring the status of a control system via a control system access circuit taking charge of message transmission and reception to and from the control system network, and a control system management step to manage information acquired by the control system monitoring, managing policies for access control by the access control circuit controlling data flows between the information system access circuit and the control system access circuit, and determining whether or not to update the policies managed by policy management and to update the policies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu KATO, Akitoshi Shimura, Eriko Ando, Takeiki Aizono
  • Patent number: 8139493
    Abstract: An on-vehicle gateway device connected to an information system network and a control system network of a vehicle executes monitoring the status of an information system via an information system access circuit taking charge of message transmission and reception to and from the information system network, and an information system management step to manage information acquired by the information system monitoring, monitoring the status of a control system via a control system access circuit taking charge of message transmission and reception to and from the control system network, and a control system management step to manage information acquired by the control system monitoring, managing policies for access control by the access control circuit controlling data flows between the information system access circuit and the control system access circuit, and determining whether or not to update the policies managed by policy management and to update the policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Kato, Akitoshi Shimura, Eriko Ando, Takeiki Aizono
  • Patent number: 8095264
    Abstract: A diagnostic equipment coupled to a vehicle network makes an inquiry about internal information, e.g., yes or no whether there is a logging-available memory area, with respect to each of a plurality of ECUs, and only to any of the ECUs making a response of yes, e.g., having such a memory area, a notification is made when some defect is observed. The internal information is then gathered from the ECU, and in response to an inquiry about the internal information coming from the diagnostic equipment, the ECU forwards back information about yes or no for logging thereto. When the ECU is available for logging, log data that has been periodically accumulated is forwarded back as a response with respect to a retrieval request therefor from the diagnostic equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiko Tanigawa, Akitoshi Shimura
  • Patent number: 7813852
    Abstract: In a navigation system integrated with a diagnostic device, an arithmetic and control unit for diagnostic communication makes an inquiry to electronic control units, such as an engine control unit, a transmission control unit and a brake control unit connected a CAN, about data which is used for the diagnosis of trouble causes based on setting information stored in a memory through diagnostic communication. An arithmetic and control unit for navigation system receives messages responding to the inquiry to sift through the data to be collected based on the setting information in the memory and stores the collected information in a hard disk drive device. The setting information is updated by making an inquiry to an external center via a mobile communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Kato, Akitoshi Shimura, Takeiki Aizono, Toshiyuki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20100098095
    Abstract: A routing method and an in-vehicle gateway device having a plurality of interfaces for communication, automatic setting of routing function is enabled to perform, in consideration of characteristics of data which a connecting network handles. A network is classified to an information-system, a control-system and a safety-system, based on characteristics thereof, and which one of the systems includes a network connecting to the in-vehicle gateway device, is judged from equipments connecting to the network, or traffic of the network. Still more processing in data exchange among different classifications is set in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Seiya Kato, Akitoshi Shimura
  • Publication number: 20090299566
    Abstract: A diagnostic equipment coupled to a vehicle network makes an inquiry about internal information, e.g., yes or no whether there is a logging-available memory area, with respect to each of a plurality of ECUs, and only to any of the ECUs making a response of yes, e.g., having such a memory area, a notification is made when some defect is observed. The internal information is then gathered from the ECU, and in response to an inquiry about the internal information coming from the diagnostic equipment, the ECU forwards back information about yes or no for logging thereto. When the ECU is available for logging, log data that has been periodically accumulated is forwarded back as a response with respect to a retrieval request therefor from the diagnostic equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Keiko TANIGAWA, Akitoshi SHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20080219274
    Abstract: An on-vehicle gateway device connected to an information system network and a control system network of a vehicle executes monitoring the status of an information system via an information system access circuit taking charge of message transmission and reception to and from the information system network, and an information system management step to manage information acquired by the information system monitoring, monitoring the status of a control system via a control system access circuit taking charge of message transmission and reception to and from the control system network, and a control system management step to manage information acquired by the control system monitoring, managing policies for access control by the access control circuit controlling data flows between the information system access circuit and the control system access circuit, and determining whether or not to update the policies managed by policy management and to update the policies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Kato, Akitoshi Shimura, Eriko Ando, Takeiki Aizono
  • Publication number: 20080021607
    Abstract: In a navigation system integrated with a diagnostic device, an arithmetic and control unit for diagnostic communication makes an inquiry to electronic control units, such as an engine control unit, a transmission control unit and a brake control unit connected a CAN, about data which is used for the diagnosis of trouble causes based on setting information stored in a memory through diagnostic communication. An arithmetic and control unit for navigation system receives messages responding to the inquiry to sift through the data to be collected based on the setting information in the memory and stores the collected information in a hard disk drive device. The setting information is updated by making an inquiry to an external center via a mobile communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Hiromitsu KATO, Akitoshi SHIMURA, Takeiki AIZONO, Toshiyuki SAKAMOTO