Patents by Inventor Kazushige Hayashi

Kazushige Hayashi 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: 20240119761
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an in-vehicle device and a communication device. The communication device includes a modem, is connected to the in-vehicle device, and is configured to perform wireless communication with a base station. The in-vehicle device and the communication device are configured to perform a handshake in response to power-on of the vehicle. The in-vehicle device is configured to generate diagnosis information when the handshake fails. The communication device is configured to be switchable between a first mode in which resetting of the modem according to a specific reject cause from the base station is permitted and a second mode in which the resetting of the modem according to the specific reject cause is prohibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazushige HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11937155
    Abstract: A communication apparatus is a communication apparatus provided in a vehicle. A controller comprising at least one processor of the communication apparatus uses a first profile to receive a second profile to be used for communication in a predetermined area from a predetermined server apparatus in the predetermined area, the first profile being stored in a storage in advance and making it possible to receive the second profile from the predetermined server apparatus in the predetermined area. Then, the controller causes the second profile to be stored into the storage while the first profile is stored in the storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazushige Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20210300386
    Abstract: A communication apparatus is a communication apparatus provided in a vehicle. A controller comprising at least one processor of the communication apparatus uses a first profile to receive a second profile to be used for communication in a predetermined area from a predetermined server apparatus in the predetermined area, the first profile being stored in a storage in advance and making it possible to receive the second profile from the predetermined server apparatus in the predetermined area. Then, the controller causes the second profile to be stored into the storage while the first profile is stored in the storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazushige HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210288870
    Abstract: A communication device according to a first aspect of the present disclosure is provided in a vehicle. The communication device includes a control unit that starts communication by a packet communication method in a case where the communication device is activated normally when activating the communication device and transmits, to a predetermined server device, by a circuit-switched communication method, notification information for providing a notification that a failure has occurred in the communication device in a case where the communication device is reactivated when activating the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazushige HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11099920
    Abstract: An in-vehicle system performs wireless communication with electric power supplied from a battery mounted on a vehicle. The in-vehicle system includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform the wireless communication, a counting unit configured to count the number of resets that have occurred in the wireless communication unit; and an operation limiting unit configured to, when a predetermined power supply of the vehicle is off, limit the number of resets that occur in the wireless communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazushige Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11099805
    Abstract: A reproduced data output apparatus includes: a reproduced data receiver section to receive a reproduced data of a content from an external instrument having a reproduction function of the content; a report determiner section to determine whether an operation status report signal indicating that a status of a present operation of the external instrument is a status of a different operation is reported from the external instrument, in response to that an occurrence of an event is identified during a status of a first operation being identified as a status of a present operation of the external instrument; and a command transmission controller section to transmit a command that requires a re-start of the first operation to the external instrument, in response to that the operation status report signal is determined to be reported from the external instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, PIONEER CORPORATION, DENSO TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Eiji Nakai, Kazushige Hayashi, Jun Yuyama, Yoshinobu Orui, Go Takahashi, Hirotaka Nakahara, Kenji Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20210173612
    Abstract: A reproduced data output apparatus includes: a reproduced data receiver section to receive a reproduced data of a content from an external instrument having a reproduction function of the content; a report determiner section to determine whether an operation status report signal indicating that a status of a present operation of the external instrument is a status of a different operation is reported from the external instrument, in response to that an occurrence of an event is identified during a status of a first operation being identified as a status of a present operation of the external instrument; and a command transmission controller section to transmit a command that requires a re-start of the first operation to the external instrument, in response to that the operation status report signal is determined to be reported from the external instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Eiji NAKAI, Kazushige HAYASHI, Jun YUYAMA, Yoshinobu ORUI, Go TAKAHASHI, Hirotaka NAKAHARA, Kenji YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200226017
    Abstract: An in-vehicle system performs wireless communication with electric power supplied from a battery mounted on a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazushige HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10244573
    Abstract: Wireless communication devices, systems, and programs perform, via a single antenna: (i) communications in a first wireless communication mode in which processing of searching for other registered devices is repeatedly executed at a predetermined execution interval in order to connect to these other devices, the execution interval being set to a reference interval; and (ii) communications in a second wireless communication mode according to a communication standard other than the first wireless communication mode. The devices, methods, and programs change the execution interval in the first wireless communication mode to a value larger than the reference interval during at least a part of a period during which communication in the second wireless communication mode is being performed or communication in the second wireless communication mode is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masao Sasaki, Hirokazu Ishida, Kazushige Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20170330595
    Abstract: Audio information correction systems, methods, and programs access stored continuous audio information transmitted from a transmitter and determine if a silent part that lasts for a length of a reference time is present in the stored audio information. When such a silent part is present, the systems, methods, and programs correct the audio information by either (i) deleting the silent part from the memory; or (2) adding another silent part continuously before or after the silent part and storing the resultant audio information in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirokazu ISHIDA, Kazushige HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170208642
    Abstract: A wireless communication device, a wireless communication method, and a program are provided in which even when communications in a plurality of kinds of wireless communication modes are performed via a single antenna, the communications in these wireless communication modes can coexist and the communications can be appropriately performed. In the case where communications in a BT wireless communication mode in which processing of searching for registered target devices 4 is repeatedly executed at predetermined execution intervals in order to connect to the registered target devices 4 and in a Wi-Fi wireless communication mode are performed via a single antenna 21, the execution intervals of searching for the registered target devices 4 via BT are changed to a value larger than a reference interval during at least a part of a period during which Wi-Fi communication is being performed or Wi-Fi communication is enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masao SASAKI, Hirokazu ISHIDA, Kazushige HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9424557
    Abstract: A communication unit connects an e-mail data transfer protocol to transfer e-mail data item via near-field wireless communications with an external device. A retrieval unit retrieves the e-mail data item transferred from the external device when the protocol is connected. A storage unit stores the retrieved e-mail data item. A control unit causes the external device to transfer the e-mail data item in each indication unit of the indication device thereby to cause the storage unit to store the retrieved e-mail data item, when the protocol is connected, and even when a user does not implement a browsing operation of an e-mail list. The control unit further causes an indication device to indicate the e-mail list of the stored e-mail data item when the user implements the browsing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, AISIN AW CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuji Sakata, Soichi Saito, Suguru Matsushita, Shinichi Yamamoto, Kazushige Hayashi, Masao Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9419929
    Abstract: A communication unit connects an e-mail data transfer protocol to transfer e-mail data items with an external device. An e-mail data storage unit stores the e-mail data items transferred from the external device. The control unit does not cause the external device to transfer the e-mail data items when the e-mail data transfer protocol is connected and when a total number of subjects of the e-mail data items and a data content of a latest e-mail data item stored in the external device respectively coincide with a total number of subjects of the e-mail data items and a data content of a latest e-mail data item stored in the e-mail data storage unit, at the time point when the e-mail data transfer protocol is connected between the communication unit and the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Sakata, Soichi Saito, Suguru Matsushita, Shinichi Yamamoto, Kazushige Hayashi, Masao Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9204284
    Abstract: An in-vehicle information processing apparatus includes a first obtainment unit to obtain history information including time information on a mobile terminal from the terminal being connected with a vehicle that has the apparatus installed; a second obtainment unit to obtain reference time information; a calculation unit to calculate a time lag, in a state where the vehicle and the terminal are connected with each other for communication, after the terminal has established wireless communication with an external counterpart, between a first time included in the history information obtained when the wireless communication is executed, and a second time when the wireless communication is executed with reference to a reference time obtained by the second obtainment unit; and a correction unit to correct the history information obtained based on the time lag between the first and second times calculated by the calculation unit, when handling the time information on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazushige Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20150163660
    Abstract: An in-vehicle information processing apparatus includes a first obtainment unit to obtain history information including time information on a mobile terminal from the terminal being connected with a vehicle that has the apparatus installed; a second obtainment unit to obtain reference time information; a calculation unit to calculate a time lag, in a state where the vehicle and the terminal are connected with each other for communication, after the terminal has established wireless communication with an external counterpart, between a first time included in the history information obtained when the wireless communication is executed, and a second time when the wireless communication is executed with reference to a reference time obtained by the second obtainment unit; and a correction unit to correct the history information obtained based on the time lag between the first and second times calculated by the calculation unit, when handling the time information on the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazushige Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9026045
    Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus selects, as a profile connection mode, one connection mode out of a first connection mode and a second connection mode, and performs profile connection using the selected one connection mode. The first connection mode is to transmit a profile connection request signal to a communication partner so as to start a connection procedure; the second connection mode is to wait for reception of a profile connection request signal from the communication partner for a predetermined time so as to start the connection procedure. When the profile connection using the selected one connection mode fails, a connection procedure using the other connection mode that was not selected previously is started. When the profile connection using the other connection mode is successful, upon occurrence of a next profile connection request, the other connection mode is selected as a profile connection mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuuji Sakata, Soichi Saito, Suguru Matsushita, Takahisa Ozaki, Masao Sasaki, Kazushige Hayashi, Shinichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8914077
    Abstract: A control circuit of an the in-vehicle apparatus repeatedly performs a Bluetooth connection operation to connect to both of registered cellular phones and registered portable AV players in such a manner that, if an HFP connection has already been established to a cellular phone prior to an AVP connection to a portable AV player, the control circuit performs one round of AVP connection attempts to all of the registered portable AV players according to a priority order, prior to performing connection attempts to connect other data communication type profile to the cellular phone. By using such a profile connection scheme, the AVP connection attempt will not be delayed until after a connection attempt of the other data communication type profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Suguru Matsushita, Soichi Saito, Ryuuji Sakata, Shinichi Yamamoto, Kazushige Hayashi, Masao Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8909302
    Abstract: When connecting a multi-profile device by Bluetooth, an in-vehicle apparatus performs a MAP connection establishment process in succession to an HFP connection establishment process to have a MAP connection established earlier than a conventional timing, thereby reducing a waiting period before receiving a new message arrival notification from the multi-profile device through the MAP connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Suguru Matsushita, Soichi Saito, Ryuuji Sakata, Shinichi Yamamoto, Kazushige Hayashi, Masao Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8849204
    Abstract: A subject short-range wireless communication apparatus capable of simultaneously connecting multiple profiles with another short-range wireless communication apparatus acting as a connection counterpart is disclosed. The subject apparatus comprises: a communication disconnection detection device that, in cases where a first profile is connected between the subject apparatus and the another apparatus, detects whether or not the first profile is disconnected due to the subject apparatus' non-acceptance of a connection request of a second profile sent from the another apparatus; and a communication re-connection device that, in response to disconnection of the first profile detected by the communication disconnection detection device, re-connects the first profile with the another apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichi Saito, Suguru Matsushita, Takahisa Ozaki, Ryuji Sakata, Shinichi Yamamoto, Kazushige Hayashi, Masao Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8766913
    Abstract: A telephone book data processor includes: a connection element for connecting to an external device via a short range communication manner to transfer a telephone book data; a telephone book data obtaining element for obtaining the telephone book data; a memory having multiple memory regions for storing the telephone book data; and a controller for executing a telephone book data transfer process and a telephone book data utilizing process. The controller defines one memory region as an object of the telephone book data transfer process and another memory region as an object of the telephone book data utilizing process. The controller executes the telephone book data utilizing process with using the telephone book data in the another memory region while the controller executes the telephone book data transfer process for storing a new telephone book data in the one memory region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryuji Sakata, Soichi Saito, Suguru Matsushita, Shinichi Yamamoto, Kazushige Hayashi, Masao Sasaki