Patents by Inventor Ichiro HASUO
Ichiro HASUO 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: 20260330080Abstract: A model checking device includes a model acquisition unit configured to acquire a state transition model representing state transitions between a plurality of components, a local mathematical feature acquisition unit configured to acquire one or more predetermined local mathematical features associated with each of the plurality of components, a global mathematical feature calculation unit configured to calculate one or more global mathematical features associated with the state transition model based on the local mathematical features associated with the plurality of components, and a checking unit configured to perform model checking on the state transition model based on the one or more global mathematical features.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2026Publication date: October 22, 2026Inventors: Kazuki WATANABE, Ichiro Hasuo, Clovis Eberhart, Kazuyuki Asada
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Patent number: 12741674Abstract: A safety rule capable of coping with a complex scenario is formulated. A safety rule generation device includes an input unit configured to receive an input of scenario information representing a predetermined scenario by chaining subscenarios in which a control strategy and a goal are associated, a precondition calculation unit configured to calculate a precondition for executing the control strategy while achieving the goal for each of the subscenarios, and an output unit configured to output safety rule information obtained by combining the precondition and the control strategy for each of the subscenarios.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2023Date of Patent: September 22, 2026Assignee: INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION RESEARCH ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION AND SYSTEMSInventors: Ichiro Hasuo, Clovis Eberhart, James Haydon, Jeremy Dubut, Rose Bohrer, Erik Andre Pallas, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Sasinee Pruekprasert, Xiaoyi Zhang, Akihisa Yamada, Kohei Suenaga, Fuyuki Ishikawa
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Patent number: 12736956Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a technique for monitoring the behavior of a control system accurately. One aspect of the present invention relates to a monitoring device having: an acquiring part configured to acquire observed values of a variable that is sampled with respect to a behavior of a control system while the control system is running; and a determining part configured to determine a range of possible observed values that the variable possibly reaches upon a temporal change thereof, based on the acquired observed values, and determine whether a variation range of the acquired observed values satisfies a specification, based on an overlap between the range of the possible observed values and a range not satisfying the specification.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2023Date of Patent: September 15, 2026Assignees: INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION RESEARCH ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS, UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINEInventors: Masaki Waga, Etienne Andre, Ichiro Hasuo
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Patent number: 12724388Abstract: An information processing device includes a memory, and a processor configured to execute a process. The process includes acquiring a first controller model, the first controller model including information indicating a control condition based on a measurement value, and information indicating a control action defining an action of a control target when the control condition is satisfied; and outputting a second controller model, the second controller model being capable of tolerating a measurement value including a measurement error, wherein the second controller model includes information indicating a control condition based on the information indicating the control condition included in the first controller model, and information indicating a control action based on the information indicating the control condition and the information indicating the control action included in the first controller model.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2023Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION RESEARCH ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION AND SYSTEMSInventors: Tsutomu Kobayashi, Rick Salay, Ichiro Hasuo, Krzysztof Czarnecki, Fuyuki Ishikawa, Shinya Katsumata
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Publication number: 20260084704Abstract: A control system includes a processor; and a memory storing program instructions that cause the processor to control an operation of an object and output state information indicating a state of the controlled object; perform first control that operates the controlled object according to a first safety rule; perform second control that operates the controlled object according to a second safety rule; and perform the first control in response to determining that the state information satisfies a first switching condition defined based on the first safety rule and the second safety rule, and perform the second control in response to determining that the state information does not satisfy the first switching condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2025Publication date: March 26, 2026Inventors: Clovis EBERHART, Jeremy DUBUT, James HAYDON, Ichiro HASUO
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Publication number: 20260070585Abstract: A safety rule generation device includes: a processor; and a memory connected to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to: receive input of a plurality of control flows indicating state transitions of a plurality of moving bodies, respectively, the moving bodies operating in a predetermined scenario; generate an integrated control flow in which the plurality of control flows are integrated based on transition conditions assigned to the control flows; assign logical expression constraints that guarantee safety, to respective states included in the integrated control flow; and generate a safety rule based on the logical expression constraints.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2025Publication date: March 12, 2026Inventors: James HAYDON, Ichiro HASUO, Martin BONDU, Clovis EBERHART, Jeremy DEBUT
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Patent number: 12566598Abstract: A sampling device includes a memory and a processor configured to execute selecting a control flow corresponding to each branch in a probabilistic program; optimizing the program by applying predetermined transformation rules to the program of the selected control flow by back propagation; and generating samples according to the optimized program.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2023Date of Patent: March 3, 2026Assignee: INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION RESEARCH ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION AND SYSTEMSInventors: Ichiro Hasuo, Yuichiro Oyabu, Clovis Eberhart, Kohei Suenaga, Kenta Cho, Shinya Katsumata
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Publication number: 20250378128Abstract: An analysis apparatus includes an inputter configured to receive an input of a first temporal logic formula and an input of a second temporal logic formula, and an outputter configured to output a screen for displaying a first block diagram showing the first temporal logic formula and a second block diagram showing the second temporal logic formula in a comparable manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2025Publication date: December 11, 2025Inventors: Ichiro HASUO, James HAYDON
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Publication number: 20250340216Abstract: A safety rule capable of coping with a complex scenario is formulated. A safety rule generation device includes an input unit configured to receive an input of scenario information representing a predetermined scenario by chaining subscenarios in which a control strategy and a goal are associated, a precondition calculation unit configured to calculate a precondition for executing the control strategy while achieving the goal for each of the subscenarios, and an output unit configured to output safety rule information obtained by combining the precondition and the control strategy for each of the subscenarios.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2023Publication date: November 6, 2025Inventors: Ichiro HASUO, Clovis EBERHART, James HAYDON, Jeremy DUBUT, Rose BOHRER, Erik Andre PALLAS, Tsutomu KOBAYASHI, Sasinee PRUEKPRASERT, Xiaoyi ZHANG, Akihisa YAMADA, Kohei SUENAGA, Fuyuki ISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20250249935Abstract: A safety rule generation device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The memory stores a plurality of general-purpose scenarios for an autonomously-operable moving body to execute a predetermined driving operation, and a plurality of general-purpose safety rules previously calculated so as to complete the general-purpose scenarios while satisfying a predetermined safety condition. The processor receives an input of route information in which a route of travel from a starting position to a target position is divided into a plurality of route segments, assigns the general-purpose scenarios to the respective route segments, and generates an overall safety rule in which the general-purpose safety rules corresponding to the general-purpose scenarios are connected according to an order of the route segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2025Publication date: August 7, 2025Inventors: Ichiro HASUO, James HAYDON
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Patent number: 12360519Abstract: A system optimal control technique with accuracy guarantee that enables high-speed calculations is provided. One aspect of the present invention is related to a system optimal control device including a graph converting unit configured to convert, based on an upper bound of an probability of arrival from an initial state to a final state of a stochastic game representing system information, the stochastic game into a flow analysis graph, a path selecting unit configured to select a path having a maximum width among paths from each state node to a final state node in the converted flow analysis graph, a width of each of the paths being defined as a minimum weight of edges forming the path, and a convergence determining unit configured to determine convergence of the upper bound and a lower bound of the probability of arrival of the stochastic game based on information about the selected path.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION RESEARCH ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION AND SYSTEMSInventors: Kittiphon Phalakarn, Toru Takisaka, Thomas Haas, Ichiro Hasuo
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Publication number: 20240085874Abstract: An information processing device includes a memory, and a processor configured to execute a process. The process includes acquiring a first controller model, the first controller model including information indicating a control condition based on a measurement value, and information indicating a control action defining an action of a control target when the control condition is satisfied; and outputting a second controller model, the second controller model being capable of tolerating a measurement value including a measurement error, wherein the second controller model includes information indicating a control condition based on the information indicating the control condition included in the first controller model, and information indicating a control action based on the information indicating the control condition and the information indicating the control action included in the first controller model.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Tsutomu KOBAYASHI, Rick Salay, Ichiro Hasuo, Krzysztof Czarnecki, Fuyuki Ishikawa, Shinya Katsumata
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Publication number: 20230333546Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a technique for monitoring the behavior of a control system accurately. One aspect of the present invention relates to a monitoring device having: an acquiring part configured to acquire observed values of a variable that is sampled with respect to a behavior of a control system while the control system is running; and a determining part configured to determine a range of possible observed values that the variable possibly reaches upon a temporal change thereof, based on the acquired observed values, and determine whether a variation range of the acquired observed values satisfies a specification, based on an overlap between the range of the possible observed values and a range not satisfying the specification.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Masaki WAGA, Etienne Andre, Ichiro Hasuo
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Publication number: 20230333829Abstract: A sampling device includes a memory and a processor configured to execute selecting a control flow corresponding to each branch in a probabilistic program; optimizing the program by applying predetermined transformation rules to the program of the selected control flow by back propagation; and generating samples according to the optimized program.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Ichiro HASUO, Yuichiro OYABU, Clovis EBERHART, Kohei SUENAGA, Kenta CHO, Shinya KATSUMATA
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Publication number: 20230221713Abstract: A system optimal control technique with accuracy guarantee that enables high-speed calculations is provided. One aspect of the present invention is related to a system optimal control device including a graph converting unit configured to convert, based on an upper bound of an probability of arrival from an initial state to a final state of a stochastic game representing system information, the stochastic game into a flow analysis graph, a path selecting unit configured to select a path having a maximum width among paths from each state node to a final state node in the converted flow analysis graph, a width of each of the paths being defined as a minimum weight of edges forming the path, and a convergence determining unit configured to determine convergence of the upper bound and a lower bound of the probability of arrival of the stochastic game based on information about the selected path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2021Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Kittiphon PHALAKARN, Toru TAKISAKA, Thomas HAAS, Ichiro HASUO
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Patent number: 11537415Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an information processing circuit configured to generate a finite state machine based on a predetermined matching condition with respect to sequence data of an event that is input to the information processing apparatus; to process the sequence data so as to substantially remove data that does not match the matching condition from the sequence data; and to output the processed sequence data.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Inter-University Research Institute Corporation Research Organization of Information and SystemsInventors: Masaki Waga, Ichiro Hasuo
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Publication number: 20220180213Abstract: A model verification device includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to extract a sample from a search space, transform the extracted sample into an input on a constrained search space to which a constraint with respect to a model is applied, according to a predetermined transform rule; and determine whether an output of the model for the input satisfies a specification, and determine the input as a counterexample when the output does not satisfy the specification.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Zhenya Zhang, Paolo Arcaini, Ichiro Hasuo
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Publication number: 20200104142Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an information processing circuit configured to generate a finite state machine based on a predetermined matching condition with respect to sequence data of an event that is input to the information processing apparatus; to process the sequence data so as to substantially remove data that does not match the matching condition from the sequence data; and to output the processed sequence data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Masaki WAGA, Ichiro HASUO