Patents by Inventor Ikuo OTANI

Ikuo OTANI 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).

  • Patent number: 11822966
    Abstract: In an accelerator control system (100), a general-purpose server (110) includes a digest information generation unit (1112) that binarizes an accelerator function to generate first digest information (130) of the accelerator function and a server management control unit (1111) that compares the first digest information (130) created before the accelerator function is implemented on an FPGA function unit (122) with second digest information (130) notified from an accelerator board (120) and determines whether the accelerator function is rewritten, and the accelerator board (120) includes a digest information generation unit (1212) that generates the second digest information (130) of the accelerator function written in the FPGA function unit (122), and an FPGA management control unit (1211) that notifies the general-purpose server (110) serving as a rewriting source of the second digest information (130) generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuo Otani, Noritaka Horikome
  • Patent number: 11528237
    Abstract: A server includes a normal NIC as an NIC having an expansion function, and a virtual patch panel having a transfer function of transferring packets between the normal NIC and an accelerator utilization type NIC, which is implemented by software. The server is configured such that, when a packet is transferred between the normal NIC and the accelerator utilization type NIC via the virtual patch panel, the target function transfers the packet to and from the APLs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuo Otani, Noritaka Horikome
  • Patent number: 11509573
    Abstract: [Problem] Change the distribution logic flexibly. [Solution] A control apparatus includes a communication unit (NIC20) configured to receive a packet from a network, a plurality of first control units (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) configured to function as a plurality of virtual control units (VM1a, 1b, 1c, . . . ), a distribution circuit (Balancer 10a) configured to distribute the received packet to a plurality of dispatchers, a plurality of second control units (Dispatcher 4a, 4b, 4c, and 4d) configured to distribute the packet distributed by the distribution circuit to the plurality of virtual control units (VM1a, 1b, 1c, . . . ), in which the distribution circuit is configured by a PLD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuo Otani, Noritaka Horikome
  • Publication number: 20220358263
    Abstract: A server control apparatus 100 includes a request and configuration collection unit 120 that acquires a request to offload a certain process of an application to an accelerator for each application in a server, and configurations of the accelerator and the application in a server 30, an optimization arithmetic unit 130 that determines, by referring to information of the acquired request and configurations of the server 30, a ratio of processing performance to the request, and optimizes allocation of the accelerator so that variance of the ratio between the applications is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, and a configuration determination unit 140 that determines a configuration suggestion to be taken by the server 30 by using an arithmetic result from the optimization arithmetic unit 130 and a predetermined policy, and commands the server 30 to execute the configuration suggestion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Ikuo OTANI, Noritaka HORIKOME
  • Publication number: 20220283868
    Abstract: In an accelerator control system (100), a general-purpose server (110) includes a digest information generation unit (1112) that binarizes an accelerator function to generate first digest information (130) of the accelerator function and a server management control unit (1111) that compares the first digest information (130) created before the accelerator function is implemented on an FPGA function unit (122) with second digest information (130) notified from an accelerator board (120) and determines whether the accelerator function is rewritten, and the accelerator board (120) includes a digest information generation unit (1212) that generates the second digest information (130) of the accelerator function written in the FPGA function unit (122), and an FPGA management control unit (1211) that notifies the general-purpose server (110) serving as a rewriting source of the second digest information (130) generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Ikuo OTANI, Noritaka HORIKOME
  • Publication number: 20210320885
    Abstract: [Problem] An available network bandwidth is increased without limiting processing of applications. [Solution] A server 20A includes a normal NIC 11 as an NIC having an expansion function, and a virtual patch panel 21 having a transfer function of transferring packets between the normal NIC 11 and an accelerator utilization type NIC 15, which is implemented by software. The server 20A is configured such that, when a packet is transferred between the normal NIC 11 and the accelerator utilization type NIC 15 via the virtual patch panel 21, the target function 16 transfers the packet to and from the APLs 12a to 12c.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Ikuo OTANI, Noritaka HORIKOME
  • Publication number: 20210303543
    Abstract: [Problem] Even when the operator to which the user to be referred belongs is unknown, message information can be referred by making an inquiry to a message board service of one operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki AKAMATSU, Noritaka HORIKOME, Ikuo OTANI
  • Publication number: 20210051097
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a communication unit (NIC20) configured to receive a packet from a network, a plurality of first control units (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) configured to function as a plurality of virtual control units (VM1a, 1b, 1c, . . . ), a distribution circuit (Balancer 10a) configured to distribute the received packet to a plurality of dispatchers, a plurality of second control units (Dispatcher 4a, 4b, 4c, and 4d) configured to distribute the packet distributed by the distribution circuit to the plurality of virtual control units (VM1a, 1b, 1c, . . . ), in which the distribution circuit is configured by a PLD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ikuo OTANI, Noritaka HORIKOME