Patents by Inventor Hisashi Sugawara
Hisashi Sugawara 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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Patent number: 11709832Abstract: An information processing system includes a first information processing device configured to accept an input of a query to be processed, and a second information processing device configured to execute the query for each of a plurality of tasks in parallel. The first information processing device determines whether or not an external database server contains records targeted by the query, and transmit the query and a connection information for accessing the external database server to the second information processing device. The second information processing device connects to the external database server based on the connection information received from the first information processing device, acquires information indicating a storage status of the records targeted by the query among records stored in the external database server, and determines a processing target range for each of the plurality of tasks relevant to the records targeted by the query, based on the acquired information.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Hisashi Sugawara
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Patent number: 11315361Abstract: An occupant state determining device includes an image data acquiring unit for acquiring image data indicating an image captured by a camera used for image capturing in a vehicle cabin, an image recognition processing unit for performing image recognition processing on the captured image by using the image data, a moveless state determining unit for determining whether an occupant is in a moveless state by using a result of the image recognition processing, and an abnormal state determining unit for determining whether the occupant is in an abnormal state due to decrease in the degree of awakening by using a result of the determination by the moveless state determining unit, and the abnormal state determining unit determines that the occupant is in an abnormal state when the duration of the moveless state exceeds a reference time.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Hisashi Sugawara
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Publication number: 20210382867Abstract: An information processing method includes: specifying a number of data of data respectively falling within one or a plurality of ranges respectively corresponding to a plurality of granularities stored in a memory in association with a specific identifier among a plurality of data; and determining a granularity of data of when outputting information regarding the specific identifier according to whether the number of data respectively falling within all the ranges corresponding to a same granularity in the plurality of granularities is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Yuho Shiinoki, Naoki Umeda, Hisashi Sugawara, Yoshitaka Suehiro, Chikara Saito, Shigeo Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20210303567Abstract: An information processing system includes a first information processing device configured to accept an input of a query to be processed, and a second information processing device configured to execute the query for each of a plurality of tasks in parallel. The first information processing device determines whether or not an external database server contains records targeted by the query, and transmit the query and a connection information for accessing the external database server to the second information processing device. The second information processing device connects to the external database server based on the connection information received from the first information processing device, acquires information indicating a storage status of the records targeted by the query among records stored in the external database server, and determines a processing target range for each of the plurality of tasks relevant to the records targeted by the query, based on the acquired information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Hisashi Sugawara
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Patent number: 11126604Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the program aggregating data of an aggregation target table including at least one external tables relating to data other than data managed by the computer, includes executing processing of associating a specific item other than a date item as an aggregation unit of the external table having a plurality of items including the date item with an aggregate value list in which an aggregate value is stored in a unit of date item of predetermined granularity for each of the specific items on a one-to-one basis such that the aggregate value list of the specific item is specified by using the specific item as an index, and updating the aggregate value of the aggregate value list specified by using the specific item as the index when data stored in the external table is aggregated.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Hisashi Sugawara
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Patent number: 11003509Abstract: A lock control apparatus includes one or more memories, and one or more processors configured to perform setting of, as a target node, each of one or more child nodes other than eldest child nodes among child nodes relating to parent nodes in each of layers of data structure formed by a tree structure, when a first process for first data associated with a first node in the data structure proceeds in a direction from a parent node to a child node, perform determination of whether the first node is the target node, and perform lock of the first node when the first node is the target node.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Takuya Masaki, Kiichi Yamada, Masahiko Nagata, Yoshihiro Yasuoka, Hisashi Sugawara
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Patent number: 10949690Abstract: There are included: a frequency distribution creating unit for referring to the face information detected by the face information detecting unit, and when a preset change occurs in the driver's face, creating a frequency distribution of face information in a preset time section from the face information detected by a face information detecting unit; a mode value calculating unit for calculating a mode value of the face information from the frequency distribution created; and a reference value calculating unit for calculating a reference value indicating a steady state of the driver from the mode value of the face information.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hisashi Sugawara, Ryosuke Torama, Yudai Nakamura
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Publication number: 20210073522Abstract: An occupant state determining device includes an image data acquiring unit for acquiring image data indicating an image captured by a camera used for image capturing in a vehicle cabin, an image recognition processing unit for performing image recognition processing on the captured image by using the image data, a moveless state determining unit for determining whether an occupant is in a moveless state by using a result of the image recognition processing, and an abnormal state determining unit for determining whether the occupant is in an abnormal state due to decrease in the degree of awakening by using a result of the determination by the moveless state determining unit, and the abnormal state determining unit determines that the occupant is in an abnormal state when the duration of the moveless state exceeds a reference time.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Hisashi SUGAWARA
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Patent number: 10592936Abstract: An uttered speech of a user is acquired and recognized, and the recognition result is output. Evaluation information is generated from the recognition result. The position where the evaluation information is generated is detected. A reliability determining unit determines reliability of the evaluation information using post information posted on the Internet within a predetermined distance range based on the position where the evaluation information is generated within a predetermined period based on current date and time and determines whether the evaluation information is to be transmitted. A communication unit performs transmission, to the travel assistance server, of the evaluation information determined to be transmitted by the reliability determining unit, reception of the evaluation information stored in the travel assistance server, and reception of the post information posted on the Internet.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Hisashi Sugawara
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Publication number: 20190370579Abstract: There are included: a frequency distribution creating unit for referring to the face information detected by the face information detecting unit, and when a preset change occurs in the driver's face, creating a frequency distribution of face information in a preset time section from the face information detected by a face information detecting unit; a mode value calculating unit for calculating a mode value of the face information from the frequency distribution created; and a reference value calculating unit for calculating a reference value indicating a steady state of the driver from the mode value of the face information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2017Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hisashi SUGAWARA, Ryosuke TORAMA, Yudai NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20190311014Abstract: There are included an action pattern identifying unit for identifying, on the basis of at least occupant composition of a host vehicle and time information, an action pattern of an occupant of the host vehicle from information indicating action patterns estimated from past travel histories of the host vehicle; a history data extracting unit for extracting movement histories in which other vehicles pass through a preset reference point and travel histories in which the host vehicle passes through the reference point, among movement histories of the other vehicles and travel histories of the host vehicle related to the identified action pattern; a recommended point obtaining unit for obtaining a first recommended point on the basis of probabilities of transition for the extracted movement histories, and obtaining a second recommended point on the basis of probabilities of transition for the extracted travel histories; and a recommended destination determining unit for determining a first recommended destinationType: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2016Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Hisashi SUGAWARA
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Publication number: 20190205292Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the program aggregating data of an aggregation target table including at least one external tables relating to data other than data managed by the computer, includes executing processing of associating a specific item other than a date item as an aggregation unit of the external table having a plurality of items including the date item with an aggregate value list in which an aggregate value is stored in a unit of date item of predetermined granularity for each of the specific items on a one-to-one basis such that the aggregate value list of the specific item is specified by using the specific item as an index, and updating the aggregate value of the aggregate value list specified by using the specific item as the index when data stored in the external table is aggregated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Hisashi Sugawara
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Publication number: 20190163542Abstract: A lock control apparatus includes one or more memories, and one or more processors configured to perform setting of, as a target node, each of one or more child nodes other than eldest child nodes among child nodes relating to parent nodes in each of layers of data structure formed by a tree structure, when a first process for first data associated with a first node in the data structure proceeds in a direction from a parent node to a child node, perform determination of whether the first node is the target node, and perform lock of the first node when the first node is the target node.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Takuya Masaki, Kiichi YAMADA, Masahiko Nagata, Yoshihiro Yasuoka, Hisashi Sugawara
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Publication number: 20180365998Abstract: In a driving assistance apparatus, a driving condition estimator estimates the condition of a driver in a host vehicle and generates driving condition information. A risk information generator detects risky behavior taken by the driver, and generates risk information in which a risky point at which the risky behavior is detected is associated with driving condition information that is generated by the driving condition estimator in a prescribed zone located back from the risky point in a traveling direction, for recordation of the risk information into a server. A presentation determination unit compares driving condition information generated by the driving condition estimator in the prescribed zone located back in a traveling direction from a risky point of the risk information, with driving condition information included in the risk information received from the server, thereby to determine whether to present the risk information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2015Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyoshi SHIBATA, Hisashi SUGAWARA
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Patent number: 10121371Abstract: A travel pattern communication unit 15 receives a low fuel consumption travel pattern of a preceding vehicle of an own vehicle from a server device 200. A travel pattern correction unit 17 corrects a reference travel pattern of the own vehicle generated by a travel pattern generation unit 16 based on the low fuel consumption travel pattern of the preceding vehicle received by the travel pattern communication unit 15.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2014Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Hisashi Sugawara
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Publication number: 20180082344Abstract: An uttered speech of a user is acquired and recognized, and the recognition result is output. Evaluation information is generated from the recognition result. The position where the evaluation information is generated is detected. A reliability determining unit determines reliability of the evaluation information using post information posted on the Internet within a predetermined distance range based on the position where the evaluation information is generated within a predetermined period based on current date and time and determines whether the evaluation information is to be transmitted. A communication unit performs transmission, to the travel assistance server, of the evaluation information determined to be transmitted by the reliability determining unit, reception of the evaluation information stored in the travel assistance server, and reception of the post information posted on the Internet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2015Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Hisashi SUGAWARA
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Patent number: 9884624Abstract: A travel control device 10 includes: an intersection stopped vehicle determining unit 12 that determines whether or not a forward vehicle is a stopped vehicle that is stopped at an intersection, based on distance information from the own vehicle to each forward vehicle acquired by a forward vehicle detection device 1, and distance information to the intersection existing ahead of the own vehicle acquired by a forward intersection distance acquisition device 2; and a vehicle stop position prediction unit 13 that predicts a stop position of the own vehicle at the intersection based on distance information of the stopped vehicle, when the forward vehicle is determined as the stopped vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2013Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shigeki Morita, Hisashi Sugawara
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Patent number: 9762570Abstract: Information processing system includes a first certification device which executes a first temporary certification, creates a first temporary certificate, transmits it to an external device, carries out a first formal certification and creates the first formal certificate, a second certification device which executes a second temporary certification based on the first temporary certification, creates a second temporary certificate, transmits it to the external device, carries out a second formal certification and creates the second formal certificate, and a processing device which verifies a validity of the first formal certificate corresponding to the first temporary certificate and a validity of the second formal certificate corresponding to the second temporary certificate from the user, in response to a information processing request from the user and determines to execute the information processing corresponding to the information processing request based on the verification result.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Makoto Omori, Shinichiro Nishizawa, Yasushi Toriwaki, Takashi Yoshino, Hisashi Sugawara, Masaki Nagao, Kosuke Tao, Keiko Ishii, Tsuyoshi Taneishi, Kenichi Yamashita, Mitsuhiro Sato, Atsushi Wataki
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Publication number: 20170116854Abstract: A travel pattern communication unit 15 receives a low fuel consumption travel pattern of a preceding vehicle of an own vehicle from a server device 200. A travel pattern correction unit 17 corrects a reference travel pattern of the own vehicle generated by a travel pattern generation unit 16 based on the low fuel consumption travel pattern of the preceding vehicle received by the travel pattern communication unit 15.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2014Publication date: April 27, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Hisashi SUGAWARA
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Patent number: 9576061Abstract: An arithmetic operation unit receives a request to update a first data group during restoration using first history information and generates second history information indicating a history of updates. The arithmetic operation unit predicts a time taken until completion of restoration using the second history information on the basis of an amount of the second history information. The arithmetic operation unit compares the predicted time with a threshold and limits at least part of updates of the first data group during the restoration using the second history information on the basis of the comparison result.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Akinori Yamamoto, Kouji Takahashi, Kohshi Yamamoto, Hisashi Sugawara