Patents by Inventor Hisahiro Kato

Hisahiro Kato 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: 20240103999
    Abstract: A control device, which controls a device equipped in a vehicle by executing a program, the control device comprising: a storage unit that stores the program; and a processor, the processor being configured to be capable of executing a verification operation of partially executing and verifying the program after starting execution of the program stored in the storage unit, and change an execution mode of the verification operation according to a load state of the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Hisahiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20240104980
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes plural electronic control devices each of which controls an operation of a vehicle and which is mounted in the vehicle, a monitoring control device monitoring an operation of each electronic control device, and an electric connector which selectively sets an electronic connection of a power source line constantly performing a supply of power to a connection state or a non-connection state and which is provided between the power source line and each electronic control device, the monitoring control device includes a recording unit which performs a fault diagnosis of one electronic control device being a monitoring target and which executes a recording operation to store a diagnosis result in a storage device, and a mode setting unit setting the recording unit to a first operation mode executing the recording operation or a second operation mode not executing the recording operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Hisahiro Kato, Hiroaki Hakukawa, Noboru Ujigawa, Tomoya Nishino
  • Patent number: 11938898
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an entry ECU that performs first authentication processing for access from an outside of a vehicle, a door control ECU that controls locking and unlocking of a door of the vehicle, and a central ECU, the entry ECU transmits a first startup request, which instructs to start up the central ECU, before executing the first authentication processing, and the central ECU transmits a second startup request which instructs to start up the door control ECU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisahiro Kato, Toshibumi Shiohata
  • Patent number: 11904806
    Abstract: The vehicle control system comprises: a first ECU comprising a processor for receiving first information that indicates whether a vehicle is moving and, based on the first information, generating a first control signal to control locking of a steering; and a second ECU comprising a processor for receiving second information that indicates whether the vehicle is moving and, based on the second information, generating a second control signal to control the locking of the steering, wherein the second ECU outputs a signal to lock the steering based on the first control signal and the second control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisahiro Kato, Satoshi Hasegawa, Naoto Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11878596
    Abstract: A power-transmitting unit starts transmitting power to a power-receiving unit in a vehicle if (1-1) operation information represents a parking operation of the vehicle and/or (2-1) intention information represents that a user of the vehicle intends to get off the vehicle, and (3) authentication information represents that the user of the vehicle is a registered user. The power-transmitting unit stops transmitting the power to the power-receiving unit if (1-2) the operation information represents a start operation of running of the vehicle and/or (2-2) the intention information represents that the user of the vehicle intends to get in the vehicle, and (3) the authentication information represents that the user of the vehicle is the registered user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisahiro Kato, Naoya Sakakibara
  • Publication number: 20230256983
    Abstract: A vehicle controller includes: a vehicle control unit configured to control a vehicle by executing a vehicle starting program for starting the vehicle; a storage unit including a rewrite limited area where the vehicle starting program is stored and rewrite is limited and a rewrite possible area where the vehicle starting program is rewritably stored; a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device; and a program update unit configured to execute update processing of storing a vehicle starting update program received by the communication unit and utilized for updating the vehicle starting program in the rewrite possible area, in which the vehicle control unit executes the vehicle starting program stored in the rewrite possible area and executes the vehicle starting program stored in the rewrite limited area when the update processing by the program update unit is not normally completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Hisahiro Kato, Hiroaki Hakukawa, Satoshi Aiyoshizawa, Takayuki Inomata, Seiju Kawamata
  • Publication number: 20230252155
    Abstract: An electronic device monitoring apparatus includes: a control unit that periodically shifts from a sleep state to an active state and executes predetermined standby processing while an electronic device is not in use; a storage unit that stores specific data to be subjected to alteration verification processing for verifying whether there is any alteration. The control unit executes sub data verification processing, the sub data verification processing performing the alteration verification processing for at least one piece of sub data out of a plurality of pieces of sub data at every shift to the active state in a preset order, the plurality of pieces of sub data being obtained by subdividing the specific data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Hisahiro Kato, Hiroaki Hakukawa, Tomoya Nishino, Noboru Ujigawa
  • Publication number: 20230251901
    Abstract: A control system includes a first electronic device that processes execution requests from a plurality of devices in an order according to a first priority rank that is assigned to each execution request, and a second electronic device that receives execution requests from some of the plurality of devices and transmits the execution requests to the first electronic device in an order according to a second priority rank that is assigned to each execution request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Hisahiro Kato, Hiroaki Hakukawa
  • Publication number: 20230249647
    Abstract: A moving body control device includes a first ECU and a second ECU. The first ECU has a power switch connected thereto and when user authentication using identification information stored in a storage unit has succeeded in a power-off state of a moving body, sets the moving body to a power-on state in response to operation of the power switch. The second ECU has a terminal device connected thereto and communicates with the first ECU. When recognizing a predetermined operation of the power switch in a state where the identification information is not stored in the storage unit in a power-off state of the moving body, the first ECU establishes communication with the second ECU, thereby allowing the terminal device to operate the first ECU via the second ECU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Hisahiro Kato, Hiroaki Hakukawa, Takayuki Inomata
  • Publication number: 20220314930
    Abstract: An in-vehicle electronic system is mounted to a vehicle. The in-vehicle electronic system includes one or more sensors used to determine a security state of the vehicle, an alarm apparatus configured to issue an alarm when the security state is abnormal, and a first ECU directly connected to the sensor and the alarm apparatus without the intermediation of another ECU and also connected to a plurality of other ECUs, in which the first ECU includes a processor configured to determine a security state based on at least information received from the sensor, and cause the alarm apparatus to operate when it is determined that the security state is abnormal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Hisahiro KATO, Satoshi KONO, Kanako SAITO, Yusuke TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220315025
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a plurality of slave ECUs, and a core ECU including a gateway function for relaying data communication among the plurality of slave ECUs and between the plurality of slave ECUs and an external apparatus. The vehicle control system accepts operation requests from a plurality of systems that makes a request for an operation to an operating unit equipped in a vehicle and performing an operation based on an operation request. The operation requests from the plurality of systems include at least a request from the external apparatus or a request from a function added to the core ECU by the external apparatus. When operation requests from the plurality of systems are accepted, the core ECU performs arbitration for the operation requests from the plurality of systems and transmits an arbitration result to at least one of the plurality of slave ECUs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Hisahiro KATO, Yusuke YOSHIMURA, Tomoya TOKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20220314929
    Abstract: The vehicle control system comprises: a first ECU comprising a processor for receiving first information that indicates whether a vehicle is moving and, based on the first information, generating a first control signal to control locking of a steering; and a second ECU comprising a processor for receiving second information that indicates whether the vehicle is moving and, based on the second information, generating a second control signal to control the locking of the steering, wherein the second ECU outputs a signal to lock the steering based on the first control signal and the second control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Hisahiro KATO, Satoshi HASEGAWA, Naoto YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220268065
    Abstract: A power-supply control system includes: a lock control unit that controls a door-lock device; and a travel control unit that controls a travel operating unit related to either driving the power of the vehicle, braking the vehicle, or steering the vehicle. A lock high-level control unit, in a state in which supply of electric power to the lock control unit, the travel operating unit, and the travel control unit is stopped, while the first trigger signal is not outputted from an operation unit, makes electric power not be supplied from a power supply to the lock control unit, the travel operating unit, and the travel control unit, and when the first trigger signal is outputted, starts to supply electric power from the power supply to the lock control unit and the door-lock device and makes the lock control unit execute control to unlock the door-lock device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Hisahiro Kato, Toshibumi Shiohata
  • Publication number: 20220242367
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an entry ECU that performs first authentication processing for access from an outside of a vehicle, a door control ECU that controls locking and unlocking of a door of the vehicle, and a central ECU, the entry ECU transmits a first startup request, which instructs to start up the central ECU, before executing the first authentication processing, and the central ECU transmits a second startup request which instructs to start up the door control ECU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Hisahiro Kato, Toshibumi Shiohata
  • Publication number: 20220227896
    Abstract: Provided is a cyclic olefin-based resin composition including a cyclic olefin-based polymer (A), and a hindered amine compound (Y) that contains a piperidyl group represented by General Formula (1) and a carboxylic acid amide group represented by General Formula (2) within the same molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Masakatsu KASUYA, Kouichi KIZU, Yasuyuki SOEDA, Takayuki OKUNO, Hisahiro KATO, Keisuke ENDO
  • Publication number: 20220213301
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition for forming an optical component, the resin composition including a cyclic olefin-based polymer and an anthraquinone-based dye, in which the cyclic olefin-based polymer includes at least one selected from a copolymer of ethylene or an ?-olefin and a cyclic olefin, and a ring-opening polymer of a cyclic olefin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki HASHIMOTO, Yasuyuki SOEDA, Hisahiro KATO, Takayuki OKUNO
  • Publication number: 20210291672
    Abstract: A power-transmitting unit starts transmitting power to a power-receiving unit in a vehicle if (1-1) operation information represents a parking operation of the vehicle and/or (2-1) intention information represents that a user of the vehicle intends to get off the vehicle, and (3) authentication information represents that the user of the vehicle is a registered user. The power-transmitting unit stops transmitting the power to the power-receiving unit if (1-2) the operation information represents a start operation of running of the vehicle and/or (2-2) the intention information represents that the user of the vehicle intends to get in the vehicle, and (3) the authentication information represents that the user of the vehicle is the registered user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisahiro Kato, Naoya Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 7452145
    Abstract: In a printer comprising a paper container for containing a recording paper, the paper container has a base member mounted of a housing of the printer and a cover member rotatably pivoted on the base member via a pair of hinge structures. Each hinge structure has at least a first bearing portion formed on the cover member and having a first center hole, at least a second bearing portion formed on the base member and having a second center, a hinge pin inserted into the first center hole of the first bearing portion and the second center hole of the second bearing portion, a first and a second stoppers formed on the base member for facing both ends of the hinge pin with predetermined gaps. The second stopper has elasticity to be deformed when the hinge pin is inserted into the first and second center holes by applying a pressure thereto and to be recovered to a natural shape when the pressure is released so as to prevent escape of the hinge pin from the first and second center holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hisahiro Kato
  • Patent number: 7187395
    Abstract: A roll paper feeding device includes a paper feed roller, a flange holder, a flange pressing portion, a roll paper pressing lever, a housing containing these components therein, and a cover arranged above the housing. The flange holder has a recess having wide opening at an upper surface, and a shaft of the flange axially supporting the roll paper is placed in the recess. The flange pressing portion is provided on the cover, and when the cover is open, the flange pressing portion is moved toward the center of rotation of the cover, by means of a rotating member, a base member and a spring. Consequently, the flange supporting the roll paper on its shaft can easily be set in the flange holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hisahiro Kato
  • Patent number: 7084893
    Abstract: A pressing lever is attached, rotatable about one end, on a holder. The center of rotation is positioned on a side opposite to a paper feed roller with respect to the center line of a vertical slit of the holder. Further, the pressing lever is provided with a pressing bar that extends toward the holder. When a supporter is inserted to the slit of holder, a sidewall having larger diameter is brought into contact with pressing member before the shaft of supporter comes into contact with a tip end of pressing lever, and thus, pressing lever rotates smoothly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignees: Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hisahiro Kato