Patents by Inventor Kunihiro Miyauchi

Kunihiro Miyauchi 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: 11924726
    Abstract: An in-vehicle control device includes a vehicle-side communication unit installed on a vehicle and communicating with at least an information processing device external to the vehicle, and a first processor. The first processor is configured to: receive an installation request for an application program from the information processing device; in a case in which the installation request has been received, notify the information processing device of a rule defining whether or not a communication frame received at the vehicle-side communication unit is unauthorized and of equipment information related to optional equipment of the vehicle; acquire the application program and a rule that has been updated based on the notified rule and the equipment information from the information processing device; and, in a case in which the updated rule has been acquired, update the rule to the updated rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao Watanabe, Kunihiro Miyauchi, Hiroya Andou
  • Publication number: 20230315436
    Abstract: A program update system includes a vehicle including a first and second electronic devices, and a program transmission device. The program transmission device is configured to communicate with the vehicle and transmit a program for the first electronic device and a program for the second electronic device to the vehicle. The program transmission device transmits an update program for a first electronic device to a second electronic device. The program transmission device transmits a program in a state before the update for backup. The second electronic device updates the program for the first electronic device based on the update program. The second electronic device stores the program in the state before the update.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihiro MIYAUCHI, Isao WATANABE, Hiroya ANDOU
  • Publication number: 20230291647
    Abstract: A communication control device includes a memory and a processor connected to the memory. The processor is configured to perform processing related to changing a network setting, on a communication device that is connected to the network and that is a setting change target, and perform processing to return the network setting to a prior state, on the communication device that is the setting change target, in a case in which a communication abnormality notification is received from a communication device that is connected to the network and that is not a setting change target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro YAMASAKI, Kunihiro MIYAUCHI, Hideki GOTO, Ikuyoshi OTAKE
  • Publication number: 20230291650
    Abstract: A communication control system includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to according to an instruction from an external device, perform processing related to changing a network setting on a communication device, after the processing has been executed, determine whether or not communication of the communication device matches a specific communication condition, and notify an error to the external device in a case in which determination has been made that the communication of the communication device does not match the specific communication condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro YAMASAKI, Kunihiro MIYAUCHI, Hideki GOTO, Ikuyoshi OTAKE
  • Patent number: 11714628
    Abstract: A program update system includes a vehicle including a first and second electronic devices, and a program transmission device. The program transmission device is configured to communicate with the vehicle and transmit a program for the first electronic device and a program for the second electronic device to the vehicle. The program transmission device transmits an update program for a first electronic device to a second electronic device. The program transmission device transmits a program in a state before the update for backup. The second electronic device updates the program for the first electronic device based on the update program. The second electronic device stores the program in the state before the update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihiro Miyauchi, Isao Watanabe, Hiroya Andou
  • Patent number: 11637782
    Abstract: At this time, a communication line load transmission interval deciding unit selects a transmission interval from the load of the bus. An instrument load transmission interval deciding unit selects a transmission interval from the processing loads of at least one of the vehicle on-board instrument and the gateway. A delivery control unit compares the transmission interval selected by the communication line load transmission interval deciding unit with the transmission interval selected by the instrument load transmission interval deciding unit, and performs control so that the divided updating data is delivered at transmission intervals which are equal to or greater than the longer of these transmission intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keisuke Tsuji, Kunihiro Miyauchi
  • Publication number: 20230075593
    Abstract: An information processing device, comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire security event information for a vehicle from another information processing device installed in the vehicle; and in cases in which wireless communication with a security center cannot be performed, notify a destination inside the vehicle of at least one of a response instruction, which is predetermined according to the security event information, or the security event information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiro MIYAUCHI, Takeshi SUGASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11539634
    Abstract: At this time, a communication line load transmission interval deciding unit selects a transmission interval from the load of the bus. An instrument load transmission interval deciding unit selects a transmission interval from the processing loads of at least one of the vehicle on-board instrument and the gateway. A delivery control unit compares the transmission interval selected by the communication line load transmission interval deciding unit with the transmission interval selected by the instrument load transmission interval deciding unit, and performs control so that the divided updating data is delivered at transmission intervals which are equal to or greater than the longer of these transmission intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keisuke Tsuji, Kunihiro Miyauchi
  • Publication number: 20220321487
    Abstract: At this time, a communication line load transmission interval deciding unit selects a transmission interval from the load of the bus. An instrument load transmission interval deciding unit selects a transmission interval from the processing loads of at least one of the vehicle on-board instrument and the gateway. A delivery control unit compares the transmission interval selected by the communication line load transmission interval deciding unit with the transmission interval selected by the instrument load transmission interval deciding unit, and performs control so that the divided updating data is delivered at transmission intervals which are equal to or greater than the longer of these transmission intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keisuke TSUJI, Kunihiro MIYAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220183109
    Abstract: A relay device for vehicle communication includes: a receiving section that receives data for vehicle communication; a relay processing section that transfers the data received at the receiving section to a bus; a storing processing section that temporarily stores the data received at the receiving section; and a data packing section that collects a plurality of the data stored at the storing processing section, and converts the plurality of data into single data for verification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kunihiro MIYAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210103435
    Abstract: A program update system includes a vehicle including a first and second electronic devices, and a program transmission device. The program transmission device is configured to communicate with the vehicle and transmit a program for the first electronic device and a program for the second electronic device to the vehicle. The program transmission device transmits an update program for a first electronic device to a second electronic device. The program transmission device transmits a program in a state before the update for backup. The second electronic device updates the program for the first electronic device based on the update program. The second electronic device stores the program in the state before the update.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihiro MIYAUCHI, Isao WATANABE, Hiroya ANDOU
  • Publication number: 20210084464
    Abstract: An in-vehicle control device includes a vehicle-side communication unit installed on a vehicle and communicating with at least an information processing device external to the vehicle, and a first processor. The first processor is configured to: receive an installation request for an application program from the information processing device; in a case in which the installation request has been received, notify the information processing device of a rule defining whether or not a communication frame received at the vehicle-side communication unit is unauthorized and of equipment information related to optional equipment of the vehicle; acquire the application program and a rule that has been updated based on the notified rule and the equipment information from the information processing device; and, in a case in which the updated rule has been acquired, update the rule to the updated rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao WATANABE, Kunihiro MIYAUCHI, Hiroya ANDOU
  • Publication number: 20210075735
    Abstract: At this time, a communication line load transmission interval deciding unit selects a transmission interval from the load of the bus. An instrument load transmission interval deciding unit selects a transmission interval from the processing loads of at least one of the vehicle on-board instrument and the gateway. A delivery control unit compares the transmission interval selected by the communication line load transmission interval deciding unit with the transmission interval selected by the instrument load transmission interval deciding unit, and performs control so that the divided updating data is delivered at transmission intervals which are equal to or greater than the longer of these transmission intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keisuke TSUJI, Kunihiro MIYAUCHI
  • Patent number: 9523757
    Abstract: A broadcasting device includes a broadcasting unit configured to broadcast positional information indicating an indoor position of the broadcasting device to a predetermined area, wherein the broadcasting unit broadcasts range information indicating the size of the predetermined area together with the positional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michitaka Fukuda, Yusuke Matsushita, Shin Kusakari, Kunihiro Miyauchi, Yasuo Ohashi, Atsushi Kokubo, Shinji Aoki, Takaaki Hiroi, Seiji Miyawaki, Satoshi Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 9432802
    Abstract: A communication device communicating position information indicative of a position of the communication device with a wireless terminal, includes: a storage section configured to store the position information and a certificate to guarantee correctness of the position information, the certificate being issued upon the position information being authenticated; a sending section configured to send the position information; and a control section configured to control the sending section so that the position information stored in the storage section is sent to the wireless terminal along with the certificate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Matsushita, Seiji Miyawaki, Yasuo Ohashi, Michitaka Fukuda, Shin Kusakari, Kunihiro Miyauchi, Satoshi Kawasaki, Takaaki Hiroi, Shinji Aoki
  • Patent number: 9426775
    Abstract: A communication terminal, a communication method, and a communication terminal control program stored in a non-transitory recording medium, each of which is capable of receiving location data indicating a location at which at least one transmission device of a transmission system is located, using a receiver. The receiver is activated so as to start receiving the location data, when a stop of a movement of the communication terminal is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin Kusakari, Seiji Miyawaki, Michitaka Fukuda, Kunihiro Miyauchi, Satoshi Kawasaki, Yasuo Ohashi, Shinji Aoki, Takaaki Hiroi, Yusuke Matsushita
  • Patent number: 9268004
    Abstract: A broadcasting device includes a broadcasting unit configured to broadcast positional information indicating the position of the broadcasting device; and a receiving unit configured to receive, from a communication terminal receiving the broadcast positional information, terminal identification information for identifying the communication terminal and the positional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shin Kusakari, Seiji Miyawaki, Michitaka Fukuda, Kunihiro Miyauchi, Satoshi Kawasaki, Yasuo Ohashi, Shinji Aoki, Takaaki Hiroi, Yusuke Matsushita
  • Patent number: 9201503
    Abstract: A user interface device includes a display panel; a display-panel control unit that displays, at appropriate locations on the display panel, various types of display information and function buttons to which functions are allotted; an operation-location detecting unit that detects a user's operation performed in contact with or close to a surface of the display panel so as to acquire an operation location; a feedback output unit that outputs predetermined feedback that gives a touch sensation to a user; a determining unit that determines whether the operation location is a display location of the function button displayed on the display panel; and a control unit that, when the determining unit determines that the operation location is the display location of the function button, causes the feedback output unit to output predetermined feedback that is associated with the function button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Kunihiro Miyauchi
  • Patent number: 9173246
    Abstract: An information management system is disclosed that includes a wireless terminal configured to store identification data of the wireless terminal used to identify the wireless terminal in the system; a broadcasting device configured to transmit position data which represents a position at which the device is located for a predetermined area; and a server configured to store position data indicating a position at which the terminal is located. The terminal includes a collection unit configured to collect environmental data which represents a state of an environment around the terminal; a receiving unit configured to receive the position data from the device when the terminal is located in the predetermined area; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, via the device, to the server, the identification of the terminal, the position data received from the device, and the environmental data collected by the collection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Ohashi, Michitaka Fukuda, Shin Kusakari, Seiji Miyawaki, Kunihiro Miyauchi, Satoshi Kawasaki, Takaaki Hiroi, Shinji Aoki, Yusuke Matsushita
  • Patent number: 9173188
    Abstract: A communication apparatus which transmits information on a position at which the communication apparatus is positioned is disclosed. The communication apparatus includes a detecting unit which detects one of a first signal which is detected when the communication apparatus is fixed to an installed location and a second signal which is detected when the communication apparatus is brought to a state in which it is not fixed to the installed location; a storage unit which stores therein the position information; and a control unit which erases the position information stored in the storage unit when the second signal is detected after the first signal is detected by the detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji Miyawaki, Yasuo Ohashi, Michitaka Fukuda, Shin Kusakari, Kunihiro Miyauchi, Satoshi Kawasaki, Takaaki Hiroi, Shinji Aoki, Yusuke Matsushita