Patents by Inventor Hideki Maeda
Hideki Maeda 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).
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Publication number: 20250119366Abstract: An information management method collects log information of one or more home electrical apparatuses corresponding to service providers. Display screen data is generated which indicates a status of the log information. The display screen data includes groups of information which each contain information on an apparatus, a service provider corresponding to the apparatus, and log information output from the apparatus. Provision of the log information of each group is individually selectable. The display screen data is provided via a network to a display terminal that performs access to a server device. Information is received from the display terminal, which indicates that selection on whether or not provision of the log information is performed. Provision of the log information is not performed on the selected group when a determination is made that refusal of provision of the log information on the selected group is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2024Publication date: April 10, 2025Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Hideki MATSUSHIMA, Motoji OHMORI, Natsume MATSUZAKI, Yuichi FUTA, Toshihisa NAKANO, Manabu MAEDA, Yuji UNAGAMI, Hiroshi AMANO, Kotaro HAKODA
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Patent number: 12272952Abstract: A control system is provided for a power conversion system having a power converter that controls a virtual synchronous generator simulating a synchronous generator and interconnected to a power grid. The control system has a virtual synchronous impedance compensation block inputting an output current detection value of the power converter and a set voltage amplitude command value, simulating a voltage drop due to a virtual synchronous impedance, and calculating an output voltage command value and an internal induced voltage according to the simulated voltage drop; a virtual synchronous generator model determining an angular frequency simulating the synchronous generator; and a PCS output voltage control unit performing control so that an output voltage of the power conversion system coincides with the output voltage command value calculated by the virtual synchronous impedance compensation block.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignees: TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY HOLDINGS, INCORPORATED, MEIDENSHA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Suzuki, Naoto Maeda, Jun Takami, Ryota Samejima, Hideki Noda, Jun Isoo, Kazu Shoji
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Patent number: 12255958Abstract: A plurality of communication units of an on-board relay device include a remote communication unit to which a communication device outside a vehicle for communicating with an external server is connected, and a local communication unit to which a diagnostic device is connected, and a control unit of the on-board relay device performs lower layer side control for relay based on a lower side layered protocol in communication, and upper layer side control for relay based on an upper side layered protocol rather than the lower side layered protocol, and performs adjustment processing with respect to a conflict of a plurality of maintenance processings by the upper layer side control when information relevant to the plurality of maintenance processings with respect to any one on-board ECU of a plurality of on-board ECUs is input through the local communication unit and the remote communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Darmawan Go, Hideki Maeda, Takeshi Hagihara, Yosuke Shimizu, Tatsuya Izumi, Hirofumi Urayama, Masashi Amesara, Hisashi Furukawa, Shu Ishizuka, Hideki Goto
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Publication number: 20250051710Abstract: A cell dispensing device capable of efficiently dispensing cells while reducing the risk of mixing of bacteria or the like is provided. The cell dispensing device includes a first tube configured to connect a container and a dispensing container to each other, a syringe pump attached to a second tube connected to a branch portion formed in the first tube, and a buffer tank provided between the syringe pump and the branch portion. The cell suspension stored in the container is temporarily stored in the buffer tank and is delivered to the dispensing container by the syringe pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Applicant: Sinfonia Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daichi Horii, Hiroyuki Uda, Hideki Maeda, Haruki Takeuchi
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Patent number: 12225036Abstract: An anomaly detection server is provided. The anomaly detection server is a server for counteracting an anomalous frame transmitted on an on-board network of a single vehicle. The anomaly detection server acquires information about multiple frames received on one or multiple on-board networks of one or multiple vehicles, including the single vehicle. The anomaly detection server, acting as an assessment unit that, based on the information about the multiple frames and information about a frame received on the on-board network of the single vehicle after the acquisition of the information about the multiple frames, assesses an anomaly level of the frame received on the on-board network of the single vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2024Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Tomoyuki Haga, Hideki Matsushima, Manabu Maeda, Yoshihiro Ujiie, Takeshi Kishikawa, Junichi Tsurumi, Jun Anzai
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Publication number: 20250047618Abstract: A relay device relays communication. The relay device includes: a receiving unit that receives communication data from a communication device; a storage unit that stores the communication data received by the receiving unit; and a processing unit that performs processing. A first period and a second period are alternately set. The processing unit changes the total number of the first periods and the second periods included in a next predetermined period each time a predetermined period including the first periods and the second periods passes. The processing unit determines whether or not the communication data is stored in the storage unit. When it is determined that the communication data is stored in the storage unit, the processing unit specifies a period to which a communication determination time at which the determination has been performed belongs, from the first period and the second period.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2022Publication date: February 6, 2025Inventors: Kazuyuki Inoue, Hideki Maeda, Takeshi Hagihara, Tadashi Matsumoto, Kazuki Kitagawa, Tatsuya Izumi, Hideyuki Tanaka, Yojiro Suyama
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Patent number: 12206561Abstract: An information management method collects log information of one or more home electrical apparatuses corresponding to service providers. Display screen data is generated which indicates a status of the log information. The display screen data includes groups of information which each contain information on an apparatus, a service provider corresponding to the apparatus, and log information output from the apparatus. Provision of the log information of each group is individually selectable. The display screen data is provided via a network to a display terminal that performs access to a server device. Information is received from the display terminal, which indicates that selection on whether or not provision of the log information is performed. Provision of the log information is not performed on the selected group when a determination is made that refusal of provision of the log information on the selected group is performed.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2024Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Hideki Matsushima, Motoji Ohmori, Natsume Matsuzaki, Yuichi Futa, Toshihisa Nakano, Manabu Maeda, Yuji Unagami, Hiroshi Amano, Kotaro Hakoda
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Publication number: 20240364674Abstract: An in-vehicle relay device to be connected to a plurality of in-vehicle devices mounted on a vehicle and an authentication device performing authentication of the in-vehicle device, to relay communication between the plurality of in-vehicle devices, the device including a control unit controlling the relay of the communication, in which the control unit relays authentication communication data for the authentication between the in-vehicle device and the authentication device before the authentication of the in-vehicle device connected to the in-vehicle relay device is completed, transmits and receives setting data for setting an in-vehicle network with the authentication device and the in-vehicle device, in parallel with the relay of the authentication communication data, acquires setting information of the in-vehicle network according to the transmitted setting data, from the authentication device, and starts relay based on the acquired setting information after the authentication is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Hirofumi URAYAMA, Darmawan GO, Tomohiro OTSU, Yoshitaka KIKUCHI, Takeshi HAGIHARA, Hideki MAEDA, Tatsuya IZUMI, Hideyuki TANAKA, Yusuke YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20240351520Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus according to the present disclosure is an in-vehicle apparatus that is mounted in a vehicle and connected to another in-vehicle apparatus to be capable of communicating with the other in-vehicle apparatus via an in-vehicle network, the in-vehicle apparatus including: a control unit that controls communication with the other in-vehicle apparatus. When the control unit causes the in-vehicle apparatus to transition from a normal state to a sleep state, the control unit generates a notification message that is defined by AUTOSAR by including, in the notification message, a deactivation flag for causing the other in-vehicle apparatus to deactivate disconnection detection, and outputs the generated notification message.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2022Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro OTSU, Takeshi HAGIHARA, Hirofumi URAYAMA, Hideki MAEDA, Darmawan GO, Yoshitaka KIKUCHI
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Publication number: 20240348472Abstract: A relay device includes: an upper port configured to receive an upper packet containing audio data of a plurality of channels; a plurality of lower ports configured to output lower packets containing audio data of one or a plurality of channels; and a generation unit configured to reconstruct the upper packet to generate the lower packets. The plurality of lower ports include a first lower port and a second lower port. The first lower port is a starting point of a first network. The second lower port is a starting point of a second network and does not share nodes with the first network. The generation unit deletes audio data of a channel to be reproduced in the second network from the audio data contained in the upper packet, to construct audio data to be contained in the lower packet to be outputted from the first lower port.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2022Publication date: October 17, 2024Inventors: Hitoshi KONO, Hideki Maeda, Takeshi Hagihara, Ryo Yamane, Tatsuya Izumi, Hideyuki Tanaka
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TRANSMISSION SIDE TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND REDUNDANCY METHOD OF TRANSMISSION SIDE TRANSMISSION DEVICE
Publication number: 20240330112Abstract: A transmission side transmission device includes: a first transmitter including a first switch; and a second transmitter including a second switch. A main signal is input to either the first transmitter or the second transmitter. The main signal input to the first transmitter is a first main signal and the main signal input to the second transmitter is a second main signal. The first transmitter and the second transmitter are configured such that, when the first transmitter detects a fault in the input first main signal: the second transmitter outputs the input second main signal to the first transmitter; and the first transmitter outputs the input second main signal via a first selector.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Katsuhiro ARAYA, Hiroto TAKECHI, Yasutaka SUGANO, Masahiro YOKOTA, Hideki MAEDA -
Publication number: 20240283676Abstract: A vehicle-mounted relay device for relaying Ethernet frames includes a plurality of PHY units corresponding to a plurality of vehicle-mounted devices, a switch unit to which the plurality of PHY units are connected, and a control unit configured to monitor operating states of the plurality of PHY units. The plurality of PHY units include a predetermined PHY unit whose operating state switches between a sleep state and an active state in response to reception of a predetermined control signal that differs from the Ethernet frames. When an Ethernet frame to be transmitted from the predetermined PHY unit has been detected during a period where the predetermined PHY unit is in the sleep state, the control unit executes switching control to switch the predetermined PHY unit to the active state.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2022Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicants: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Darmawan GO, Tomohiro OTSU, Yoshitaka KIKUCHI, Takeshi HAGIHARA, Hirofumi URAYAMA, Hideki MAEDA
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Patent number: 12049777Abstract: An opening-closing member controller includes a control unit that executes an initialization process to store at least a fully closed position of an opening-closing member. In the initialization process, the control unit closes the opening-closing member, executes entrapment reversing control one or more times when entrapment is detected to open the opening-closing member, and closes the opening-closing member after the entrapment reversing control to store a position where the opening-closing member locks as the fully closed position.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Aoshima, Akiyoshi Ohara, Ryo Miyazaki, Kenji Kaneko, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Toshihiro Gotou, Hideki Maeda
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Patent number: 12038813Abstract: A transmission side transmission device includes a first transmitter including a first switch and a second transmitter including a second switch. When the first transmitter detects a fault in the first main signal, the second transmitter outputs a duplicated signal of the second main signal to the first transmitter. The first selector of the first transmitter selects and outputs a duplicated signal of the input second main signal. When the second transmitter detects a fault in the first switch, the second transmitter selects and outputs the second main signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Katsuhiro Araya, Hiroto Takechi, Yasutaka Sugano, Masahiro Yokota, Hideki Maeda
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Publication number: 20240235674Abstract: In the optical transmission system (1), a variable ATT (40) is used to attenuate both a data optical signal (L1) and an OSC optical signal (27) passing through a section according to an ATT value. A monitoring control server (50) includes an input unit (51) for receiving an input of information for specifying a monitoring section in the optical transmission system (1), an information collection unit (52) for collecting information for calculating an ATT value from a transmission device (20) and the variable ATT (40) existing in the monitoring section, and a change trial unit (54) for executing first determination processing for determining whether both of the optical signals can be transmitted, in accordance with whether or not power at the time of receiving the both optical signals passing through the monitoring section falls within a prescribed range, based on the information collected by the information collection unit (52).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2021Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: Ken ITO, Yasutaka SUGANO, Takeshi KAWASAKI, Hideki MAEDA
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Publication number: 20240223404Abstract: An on-board relay apparatus includes: a relaying unit configured to relay information between a plurality of on-board apparatuses belonging to mutually different virtual local area networks (VLANs); a detecting unit configured to detect that the on-board apparatuses have transitioned to a sleep state; and a notifying unit configured to, if it is detected by the detecting unit that a first on-board apparatus among the plurality of on-board apparatuses has transitioned to the sleep state, provide a second on-board apparatus among the plurality of on-board apparatuses with a sleep notification indicating that the first on-board apparatus has transitioned to the sleep state.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2022Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitaka KIKUCHI, Takeshi HAGIHARA, Hirofumi URAYAMA, Hideki MAEDA, Darmawan GO, Tomohiro OTSU
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Publication number: 20240223925Abstract: An optical path route design device (20A) includes a transmission/reception route selection unit (20), a candidate selection unit (21), an existence judgement unit (22), a maximum resource 3R selection unit (23), and a new 3R selection unit (24). The design device (20A) selects relay stations in which two transmission/reception end points are arranged, selects a route pair of an active system-0 route and a standby system-1 route, which connects the transmission/reception end points with each other and does not overlap each other, and a backup third route detouring from the route pair via one or more relay stations, and arranges a resource amount of predetermined wavelengths in a shared 3R which is on the third route and shared by a plurality of route pairs.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: July 4, 2024Inventors: Hiroki DATE, Takeshi SEKI, Takeshi KAWASAKI, Hideki Maeda
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Patent number: 12021658Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akihito Iwata, Tatsuya Izumi, Hirofumi Urayama, Tadashi Matsumoto, Hideki Maeda, Darmawan Go, Takeshi Hagihara, Masashi Amesara, Hisashi Furukawa, Shu Ishizuka, Hideki Goto
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Publication number: 20240166148Abstract: The in-vehicle management device includes: a detection unit configured to detect the presence of a target device that is an in-vehicle device that does not support a predetermined message among in-vehicle devices included in an in-vehicle network; and a control unit configured to perform control for causing the target device detected by the detection unit to transition to a sleep state when a state where the predetermined message from the in-vehicle devices does not arrive at the in-vehicle management device has continued for a predetermined period.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Tomohiro OTSU, Takeshi HAGIHARA, Hirofumi URAYAMA, Darmawan GO, Yoshitaka KIKUCHI, Hideki MAEDA, Tatsuya IZUMI, Hideyuki TANAKA, Yusuke YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 11973533Abstract: An inter-transmission device connection registration device 30A includes a storage unit 31 that registers connection information of a case where transponders 12a to 13n and photo couplers 14a to 14n as divided various transmission devices are connected through a port o and a port i, a light emission instruction unit 33 that provides a light emission instruction to the subordinately connected transponders, a transmission/reception detection unit 34 configured to detect a light transmission and a light reception at opposing ports o and i1 between transmission devices, e.g., the transponder 12a and the photo coupler 14 in accordance with the light emission instruction, and a registration control unit 35 that performs a control of registering, in the storage unit 31, connection information W2a of the port o on a light transmission side and the port i1 on a light reception side that are detected.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Kentaro Honda, Ken Ito, Hideki Maeda