Patents by Inventor Hajime Kihara

Hajime Kihara 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: 20240111514
    Abstract: A communication device comprising, a local communication unit communicating with an apparatus, a memory unit storing firmware for the apparatus, if the history of activation and deactivation as an external storage terminal by the apparatus is determined to be a predefined sequence, communication device that is not activated as an external storage terminal or that operates in such a way that the firmware is not visible from the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuto SHIRANE, Kenji SHIMODA, Hajime KIHARA
  • Publication number: 20240036888
    Abstract: This information processing device for executing applications holds, for each of the applications, a manifest file (user interface definition file) in which a user interface for the application is defined. The manifest file is designated with an attribute of data type for each item for defining a user interface object through which a setting item of the application is inputted/outputted. The information processing device generates the user interface object at which setting of the application is performed on the basis of the manifest file. Accordingly, for each of the applications, the user interface regarding setting of the application is unified, operability of a user is improved, and development efficiency of an application developer is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroki YAMADA, Takayoshi FUJIOKA, Hajime KIHARA
  • Patent number: 9379763
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless device and a wireless network capable of readily communicating wirelessly using different frequency bands and wireless formats to match the state of wireless communication at the installation location of the facility being monitored. A wireless device for performing wireless communication using a wireless module suited to the state of communication, the wireless device being provided with a plurality of wireless modules on a base substrate, wherein the wireless modules are a plurality of wireless modules between which the frequency and/or the wireless format differ. The wireless device is characterized in being provided with: a device controller for selecting a wireless module suited to the state of communication, the device controller being detachably mounted on the base substrate and connected to the plurality of wireless modules by signal wires; and a terminal block for external connection and a communication interface, which are connected to the device controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Kihara, Norihisa Yanagihara, Takashi Iwaki, Takayoshi Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20140036721
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless device and a wireless network capable of readily communicating wirelessly using different frequency bands and wireless formats to match the state of wireless communication at the installation location of the facility being monitored. A wireless device for performing wireless communication using a wireless module suited to the state of communication, the wireless device being provided with a plurality of wireless modules on a base substrate, wherein the wireless modules are a plurality of wireless modules between which the frequency and/or the wireless format differ. The wireless device is characterized in being provided with: a device controller for selecting a wireless module suited to the state of communication, the device controller being detachably mounted on the base substrate and connected to the plurality of wireless modules by signal wires; and a terminal block for external connection and a communication interface, which are connected to the device controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Kihara, Norihisa Yanagihara, Takashi Iwaki, Takayoshi Fujioka
  • Patent number: 7861115
    Abstract: To reset only the CPU in a component in an abnormal condition without affecting CPUs of components in a normal condition, a multi-component system, in which a plurality of components each including at least a CPU are connected via a common bus to each other, includes a first reset signal generating unit which generates a reset signal by a switch operation to send the reset signal to respective components and a judge unit which is disposed in each component to determine whether or not resetting of a CPU is allowed. The judge unit inhibits, if the CPU is in a normal condition, the resetting of the CPU in response to the reset signal and resets, if the CPU is in an abnormal condition, the CPU in response to the reset signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihisa Yanagihara, Hajime Kihara, Tsutomu Yamada, Makiko Naemura, Kenji Seino
  • Publication number: 20090013221
    Abstract: To reset only the CPU in a component in an abnormal condition without affecting CPUs of components in a normal condition, a multi-component system, in which a plurality of components each including at least a CPU are connected via a common bus to each other, includes a first reset signal generating unit which generates a reset signal by a switch operation to send the reset signal to respective components and a judge unit which is disposed in each component to determine whether or not resetting of a CPU is allowed. The judge unit inhibits, if the CPU is in a normal condition, the resetting of the CPU in response to the reset signal and resets, if the CPU is in an abnormal condition, the CPU in response to the reset signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment System Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihisa Yanagihara, Hajime Kihara, Tsutomu Yamada, Makiko Naemura, Kenji Seino