Patents by Inventor Kouji Mutou

Kouji Mutou 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: 11281430
    Abstract: In an information processing device, a fluctuation estimation unit acquires from a noise source a plurality of measured values having bits of M digits, where M is an integer exponent of a power of two. A bit extraction unit acquires information relating to a number of effective bits of N digits used in generating a random number, where N is an integer less than M, based on the acquired plurality of values. Using the information relating to the number of effective bits, a bit coupling unit generates a random number having effective bits of L digits, where L is a predetermined integer greater than or equal to N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsurou Kitazawa, Kouji Mutou, Masaaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11190354
    Abstract: A terminal exchanges a common key generated using a seed, the randomness of which was recognized in advance, with a verification server. The terminal generates verification data using a plurality of measured values from a noise source. The terminal encrypts the verification data with the common key and transmits the verification data to the verification server. The verification server verifies the randomness of verification data obtained by decrypting the encrypted verification data with the common key. When it is determined that the verification data has randomness, the verification server transmits a verification result indicating that the randomness of the verification data is recognized to the terminal. The terminal acquires a plurality of measured values and generates a new seed in accordance with the verification result from the server and preserves the new seed in a secure area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsurou Kitazawa, Masaaki Kobayashi, Kouji Mutou
  • Publication number: 20210141606
    Abstract: In an information processing device, a fluctuation estimation unit acquires from a noise source a plurality of measured values having bits of M digits, where M is an integer exponent of a power of two. A bit extraction unit acquires information relating to a number of effective bits of N digits used in generating a random number, where N is an integer less than M, based on the acquired plurality of values. Using the information relating to the number of effective bits, a bit coupling unit generates a random number having effective bits of L digits, where L is a predetermined integer greater than or equal to N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsurou KITAZAWA, Kouji MUTOU, Masaaki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210126788
    Abstract: A terminal exchanges a common key generated using a seed, the randomness of which was recognized in advance, with a verification server. The terminal generates verification data using a plurality of measured values from a noise source. The terminal encrypts the verification data with the common key and transmits the verification data to the verification server. The verification server verifies the randomness of verification data obtained by decrypting the encrypted verification data with the common key. When it is determined that the verification data has randomness, the verification server transmits a verification result indicating that the randomness of the verification data is recognized to the terminal. The terminal acquires a plurality of measured values and generates a new seed in accordance with the verification result from the server and preserves the new seed in a secure area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsurou KITAZAWA, Masaaki KOBAYASHI, Kouji MUTOU
  • Patent number: 10230997
    Abstract: A resolution converter converts input image data to N types (N is a plural number) of image data having resolutions different with each other. A secret sharing unit performs secret sharing schemes so that the plurality of pieces of image data are respectively divided into n pieces (n is an integer equal to or more than N+1 and the same value in all of image data) of distributed data and the distributed data is reconstructed to original image data using k pieces (k is an integer equal to or more than 2 and equal to or less than n and different value for each piece of image data) among n pieces. A data combination unit generates n pieces of combination data by combining distributed data selected one by one so as not to overlap with each of resolutions and stores each piece of the combination data in different storages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Kobayashi, Masakatsu Matsuo, Kouji Mutou, Katsunori Kogata
  • Publication number: 20180176503
    Abstract: A signature to be used to verify whether or not an original version video captured by a camera has been altered is assigned in the camera to improve the evidential quality of the original version video captured by the camera. The camera (2) includes: an image pickup unit that captures a video of an area to be monitored; a CPU that generates, using a portion or the entirety of video data of the area to be monitored captured by the image pickup unit, a signature for verifying whether or not the video data have been altered; and a network communication unit that sequentially transmits, to a client terminal (4), signed video data obtained by assigning the signature generated by the CPU to the video data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Katsunori KOGATA, Masakatsu MATSUO, Hiroyuki TANAKA, Kouji MUTOU, Hideo NOGUCHI, Satoshi ARITA
  • Patent number: 9946894
    Abstract: Provided is a data processing method in a data processing device that is connected to an external storage device and that is equipped with a storage device, the method including: receiving a writing instruction to store first data in the storage device; dividing the first data into multiple pieces of division data; storing at least one or more of the pieces of division data in the external storage device; and storing second data different from the first data in the storage device, in which the second data is associated with the first data and the multiple pieces of division data. With the data processing method, security in data management can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsurou Kitazawa, Kouji Mutou, Minoru Ozaki, Yutaka Iyoki, Tadaomi Asou
  • Publication number: 20170318316
    Abstract: A resolution converter converts input image data to N types (N is a plural number) of image data having resolutions different with each other. A secret sharing unit performs secret sharing schemes so that the plurality of pieces of image data are respectively divided into n pieces (n is an integer equal to or more than N+1 and the same value in all of image data) of distributed data and the distributed data is reconstructed to original image data using k pieces (k is an integer equal to or more than 2 and equal to or less than n and different value for each piece of image data) among n pieces. A data combination unit generates n pieces of combination data by combining distributed data selected one by one so as not to overlap with each of resolutions and stores each piece of the combination data in different storages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki KOBAYASHI, Masakatsu MATSUO, Kouji MUTOU, Katsunori KOGATA
  • Publication number: 20160218864
    Abstract: An encryption device includes a sharer that shares data to first data and second data with different sizes using secret sharing, a data encryptor that encrypts the second data with the size smaller than the first data using a common key corresponding to a common key encryption scheme, a combiner that combines the first data and the second data encrypted by the data encryptor, and a transmitter that transmits the encrypted data combined by the combiner to an external device. The encryption device suppresses deterioration in security at the time of delivery of the data while reducing a load of an encryption process for the data to be delivered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji Mutou, Masakatsu Matsuo, Katsunori Kogata
  • Patent number: 9339951
    Abstract: Provided are a resin-releasing jig including a base and a releasing layer formed on a surface side of the base, in which the releasing layer is composed of a resin containing a perfluorinated polymer as a main component, and the perfluorinated polymer is crosslinked; and the resin-releasing jig further including a primer layer disposed between the base and the releasing layer, in which the primer layer is composed of a resin containing, as a main component, a perfluorinated polymer and an engineering plastic, the perfluorinated polymer in the primer layer is crosslinked, and the releasing layer has high abrasion resistance and a good adhesive force to the base and thus the resin-releasing jig has good durability. In particular, provided is the resin-releasing jig which is an extrusion molding mold used in an extruder for producing a long resin molded article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, INC.
    Inventors: Akito Kubo, Katsuya Yamada, Kazuaki Ikeda, Yasunori Nagaoka, Kouji Mutou, Noriaki Takami
  • Patent number: 9286317
    Abstract: It is an objective to diminish time required to read or write divided data. An information processing equipment that can be connected to a storage includes a division processing section for dividing original data into a plurality of sets of divided data and a storage location selection section that selects either the storage or a storage section of the information processing equipment as a divided data storage location and that stores the divided data into the selected storage location, wherein the division processing section determines a division ratio of divided data according to a data reading rate and/or a data writing rate of the storage location selected by the storage location selection section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Ozaki, Kouji Mutou, Yutaka Iyoki, Atsurou Kitazawa
  • Publication number: 20160014346
    Abstract: A first image processing device of an image processing system performs a blurring process on captured first image data, obtains second image data, performs a distribution process on the first image data or third image data based on the first image data, obtains a plurality of shares, and transmits the second image data and the plurality of shares to at least one designated storage device. A second image processing device of the image processing system receives the second image data and the plurality of shares from the at least one designated storage device, and restores the first image data based on at least the plurality of shares.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki KOBAYASHI, Masakatsu MATSUO, Kouji MUTOU, Katsunori KOGATA
  • Publication number: 20150378627
    Abstract: Provided is a data processing method in a data processing device that is connected to an external storage device and that is equipped with a storage device, the method including: receiving a writing instruction to store first data in the storage device; dividing the first data into multiple pieces of division data; storing at least one or more of the pieces of division data in the external storage device; and storing second data different from the first data in the storage device, in which the second data is associated with the first data and the multiple pieces of division data. With the data processing method, security in data management can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsurou KITAZAWA, Kouji MUTOU, Minoru OZAKI, Yutaka IYOKI, Tadaomi ASOU
  • Publication number: 20150037452
    Abstract: Provided are a resin-releasing jig including a base and a releasing layer formed on a surface side of the base, in which the releasing layer is composed of a resin containing a perfluorinated polymer as a main component, and the perfluorinated polymer is crosslinked; and the resin-releasing jig further including a primer layer disposed between the base and the releasing layer, in which the primer layer is composed of a resin containing, as a main component, a perfluorinated polymer and an engineering plastic, the perfluorinated polymer in the primer layer is crosslinked, and the releasing layer has high abrasion resistance and a good adhesive force to the base and thus the resin-releasing jig has good durability. In particular, provided is the resin-releasing jig which is an extrusion molding mold used in an extruder for producing a long resin molded article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Akito Kubo, Katsuya Yamada, Kazuaki Ikeda, Yasunori Nagaoka, Kouji Mutou, Noriaki Takami