Patents by Inventor Masashi AMESARA

Masashi AMESARA 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: 11962433
    Abstract: A switch device includes a plurality of communication ports; a switch unit configured to relay a frame, which has been transmitted from a function unit and to which information including an ID of a VLAN is added, to another function unit via a communication port; and a duplication unit configured to, when the diagnosis device is connected to another switch device, duplicate the frame to be relayed via a designated communication port among the plurality of communication ports, and generate a duplicate frame for diagnosis that is a frame obtained by adding, to a duplicate frame obtained through the duplication, specific information indicating that the duplicate frame for diagnosis should be transmitted to the diagnosis device. The switch unit outputs the duplicate frame for diagnosis generated by the duplication unit from a communication port corresponding to the other switch device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihito Iwata, Tatsuya Izumi, Hirofumi Urayama, Tadashi Matsumoto, Darmawan Go, Hideki Maeda, Takeshi Hagihara, Masashi Amesara, Hisashi Furukawa, Shu Ishizuka, Hideki Goto
  • Patent number: 11936500
    Abstract: An in-vehicle network system deployed in a vehicle includes a plurality of first nodes configured to perform an operation relevant to a first function in the vehicle, a second node configured to perform an operation relevant to a second function different from the first function in the vehicle; and a relay device configured to relay communication between the first nodes and the second node. The relay device is configured to start relay of communication between the first nodes earlier than the relay of communication between the first node and the second node at a time of startup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shu Ishizuka, Hiroya Ando, Taichi Matsumura, Masashi Amesara, Yutaka Ueda, Toshio Kawamura, Tomomi Kawamura, Yoshifumi Ohmori, Toshio Shimada, Yoshiro Hirata
  • Publication number: 20230308256
    Abstract: Time synchronization is performed between the vehicle-mounted device and another device that is another vehicle-mounted device based on a data propagation delay time between the vehicle-mounted device and the other device. The vehicle-mounted device includes: a processing unit configured to receive, from the other device, request information that requests time information used for updating the propagation delay time, and transmit the time information to the other device; and a detection unit configured to detect an abnormality related to time synchronization, and acquire information regarding the detected abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuki KITAGAWA, Kentaro ASHIBE, Yosuke SHIMIZU, Ryo YAMANE, Akihito IWATA, Yojiro SUYAMA, Hirofumi URAYAMA, Hideki GOTO, Masashi AMESARA, Hisashi FURUKAWA, Shu ISHIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20230179659
    Abstract: A plurality of communication units of an on-board relay device include a remote communication unit to which a communication device outside a vehicle for communicating with an external server is connected, and a local communication unit to which a diagnostic device is connected, and a control unit of the on-board relay device performs lower layer side control for relay based on a lower side layered protocol in communication, and upper layer side control for relay based on an upper side layered protocol rather than the lower side layered protocol, and performs adjustment processing with respect to a conflict of a plurality of maintenance processings by the upper layer side control when information relevant to the plurality of maintenance processings with respect to any one on-board ECU of a plurality of on-board ECUs is input through the local communication unit and the remote communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Darmawan GO, Hideki MAEDA, Takeshi HAGIHARA, Yosuke SHIMIZU, Tatsuya IZUMI, Hirofumi URAYAMA, Masashi AMESARA, Hisashi FURUKAWA, Shu ISHIZUKA, Hideki GOTO
  • Publication number: 20230141041
    Abstract: A switch device includes a plurality of communication ports; a switch unit configured to relay a frame, which has been transmitted from a function unit and to which information including an ID of a VLAN is added, to another function unit via a communication port; and a duplication unit configured to, when the diagnosis device is connected to another switch device, duplicate the frame to be relayed via a designated communication port among the plurality of communication ports, and generate a duplicate frame for diagnosis that is a frame obtained by adding, to a duplicate frame obtained through the duplication, specific information indicating that the duplicate frame for diagnosis should be transmitted to the diagnosis device. The switch unit outputs the duplicate frame for diagnosis generated by the duplication unit from a communication port corresponding to the other switch device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha,
    Inventors: Akihito IWATA, Tatsuya IZUMI, Hirofumi URAYAMA, Tadashi MATSUMOTO, Darmawan GO, Hideki MAEDA, Takeshi HAGIHARA, Masashi AMESARA, Hisashi FURUKAWA, Shu ISHIZUKA, Hideki GOTO
  • Publication number: 20230142079
    Abstract: A switch device includes: a plurality of communication ports; a switch unit configured to relay a frame, which has been transmitted from a function unit and to which information including an ID of a VLAN and priority information is added, to another function unit via a communication port, according to the priority information; and a duplication unit configured to, when the diagnosis device is connected to another switch device, duplicate the frame to be relayed via a designated communication port, thereby generating a duplicate frame for diagnosis. The duplication unit is able to set the priority information to be added to the duplicate frame for diagnosis, separately from the priority information to be added to the frame as an original. The switch unit outputs the duplicate frame for diagnosis, from a communication port corresponding to the other switch device, according to the priority information set by the duplication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha,
    Inventors: Akihito IWATA, Tatsuya IZUMI, Hirofumi URAYAMA, Tadashi MATSUMOTO, Hideki MAEDA, Darmawan GO, Takeshi HAGIHARA, Masashi AMESARA, Hisashi FURUKAWA, Shu ISHIZUKA, Hideki GOTO
  • Patent number: 11095542
    Abstract: An electronic control unit that monitors a subject electronic control unit that is different from the electronic control unit and is connected to a network includes a transmitting unit that transmits a monitoring packet to the subject electronic control unit, an estimating unit that estimates a state of the subject electronic control unit, based on a reply packet transmitted from the subject electronic control unit in response to the monitoring packet, and a monitoring unit that monitors the subject electronic control unit, based on a monitoring policy selected according to a combination of the state of the subject electronic control unit estimated by the estimating unit, and the state of the electronic control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shu Ishizuka, Yasuhiro Yamasaki, Toshio Kawamura, Masashi Amesara
  • Publication number: 20210119831
    Abstract: An in-vehicle network system deployed in a vehicle includes a plurality of first nodes configured to perform an operation relevant to a first function in the vehicle, a second node configured to perform an operation relevant to a second function different from the first function in the vehicle; and a relay device configured to relay communication between the first nodes and the second node. The relay device is configured to start relay of communication between the first nodes earlier than the relay of communication between the first node and the second node at a time of startup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shu ISHIZUKA, Hiroya ANDO, Taichi MATSUMURA, Masashi AMESARA, Yutaka UEDA, Toshio KAWAMURA, Tomomi KAWAMURA, Yoshifumi OHMORI, Toshio SHIMADA, Yoshiro HIRATA
  • Patent number: 10911264
    Abstract: An in-vehicle network system deployed in a vehicle includes a plurality of first nodes configured to perform an operation relevant to a first function in the vehicle, a second node configured to perform an operation relevant to a second function different from the first function in the vehicle; and a relay device configured to relay communication between the first nodes and the second node. The relay device is configured to start relay of communication between the first nodes earlier than the relay of communication between the first node and the second node at a time of startup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shu Ishizuka, Yoshiro Hirata, Hiroya Ando, Taichi Matsumura, Masashi Amesara, Yutaka Ueda, Toshio Kawamura, Tomomi Kawamura, Yoshifumi Ohmori, Toshio Shimada
  • Patent number: 10887128
    Abstract: An in-vehicle network system includes a plurality of relay devices that is connected to control devices of a vehicle, and communicates with each other and is configured such that each of a plurality of request devices that transmits a response request to the control device is connected to any one of the relay devices, a storage unit that stores a priority of the request devices, a master setter that sets, as the master, the relay device to which the request device having the highest priority has been connected among the relay devices to which any one of the request devices has been connected, and an arbitrator that performs arbitration to prioritize a response request from the request device having the highest priority when the response requests are transmitted from at least two of the request devices when the relay device in which the arbitrator is included is the master.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroya Ando, Shu Ishizuka, Taichi Matsumura, Masashi Amesara, Yutaka Ueda, Yoshifumi Ohmori, Toshio Kawamura, Tomomi Kawamura, Toshio Shimada, Yoshiroh Hirata
  • Patent number: 10839619
    Abstract: An electronic control unit mounted on a vehicle includes a processor configured to: detect a connection request from an outside device; determine, in response to the connection request, whether or not a start condition for starting a connection authentication process is satisfied, the connection authentication process being a process for determining propriety of the connection request from the outside device; control a communication state between the outside device and the electronic control unit such that the communication state becomes a linkup state when the start condition is satisfied; and start the connection authentication process when the communication state is the linkup state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shu Ishizuka, Masashi Amesara, Toshio Kawamura, Yasuhiro Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 10668876
    Abstract: An in-vehicle network system includes a plurality of controllers; a plurality of communication lines connected to the controllers, respectively, a relay device connected to the controllers via the communication lines, and a retention determiner configured to determine whether retention of data occurs in the relay device. The relay device is configured to relay data between the communication lines, and configured to preferentially relay data having a priority equal to or higher than a predetermined priority such that the data reaches the controller that is a transmission destination among the controllers within a first predetermined time when the retention determiner determines that the retention occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroya Ando, Shu Ishizuka, Taichi Matsumura, Masashi Amesara, Yutaka Ueda, Yoshifumi Ohmori, Toshio Kawamura, Tomomi Kawamura, Toshio Shimada, Yoshiroh Hirata
  • Patent number: 10523683
    Abstract: An in-vehicle network system includes a plurality of first controllers; a plurality of first communication lines, the first communication lines being respectively connected to the first controllers; a connector that connects an external device or a wireless communication device; a connection communication line that is connected to the connector; and a first relay device that relays between the first communication lines and the connection communication line. The first relay device is configured to determine whether a security level in data communication between the first controllers is increased according to a type of the external device or a communication state of the wireless communication device in a state in which the external device or the wireless communication device is connected to the connector, and the first relay device is configured to increase the security level when the first relay device determines that the security level is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroya Ando, Shu Ishizuka, Masashi Amesara, Yutaka Ueda, Toshio Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20190236856
    Abstract: An electronic control unit mounted on a vehicle includes a processor configured to: detect a connection request from an outside device; determine, in response to the connection request, whether or not a start condition for starting a connection authentication process is satisfied, the connection authentication process being a process for determining propriety of the connection request from the outside device; control a communication state between the outside device and the electronic control unit such that the communication state becomes a linkup state when the start condition is satisfied; and start the connection authentication process when the communication state is the linkup state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shu Ishizuka, Masashi Amesara, Toshio Kawamura, Yasuhiro Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20190230014
    Abstract: An electronic control unit that monitors a subject electronic control unit that is different from the electronic control unit and is connected to a network includes a transmitting unit that transmits a monitoring packet to the subject electronic control unit, an estimating unit that estimates a state of the subject electronic control unit, based on a reply packet transmitted from the subject electronic control unit in response to the monitoring packet, and a monitoring unit that monitors the subject electronic control unit, based on a monitoring policy selected according to a combination of the state of the subject electronic control unit estimated by the estimating unit, and the state of the electronic control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shu ISHIZUKA, Yasuhiro YAMASAKI, Toshio KAWAMURA, Masashi AMESARA
  • Publication number: 20180183626
    Abstract: An in-vehicle network system deployed in a vehicle includes a plurality of first nodes configured to perform an operation relevant to a first function in the vehicle, a second node configured to perform an operation relevant to a second function different from the first function in the vehicle; and a relay device configured to relay communication between the first nodes and the second node. The relay device is configured to start relay of communication between the first nodes earlier than the relay of communication between the first node and the second node at a time of startup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shu ISHIZUKA, Hiroya ANDO, Taichi MATSUMURA, Masashi AMESARA, Yutaka UEDA, Toshio KAWAMURA, Tomomi KAWAMURA, Yoshifumi OHMORI, Toshio SHIMADA, Yoshiro HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20180131700
    Abstract: An in-vehicle network system includes a plurality of first controllers; a plurality of first communication lines, the first communication lines being respectively connected to the first controllers; a connector that connects an external device or a wireless communication device; a connection communication line that is connected to the connector; and a first relay device that relays between the first communication lines and the connection communication line. The first relay device is configured to determine whether a security level in data communication between the first controllers is increased according to a type of the external device or a communication state of the wireless communication device in a state in which the external device or the wireless communication device is connected to the connector, and the first relay device is configured to increase the security level when the first relay device determines that the security level is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroya ANDO, Shu ISHIZUKA, Masashi AMESARA, Yutaka UEDA, Toshio KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180126930
    Abstract: An in-vehicle network system includes a plurality of controllers; a plurality of communication lines connected to the controllers, respectively, a relay device connected to the controllers via the communication lines, and a retention determiner configured to determine whether retention of data occurs in the relay device. The relay device is configured to relay data between the communication lines, and configured to preferentially relay data having a priority equal to or higher than a predetermined priority such that the data reaches the controller that is a transmission destination among the controllers within a first predetermined time when the retention determiner determines that the retention occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroya ANDO, Shu ISHIZUKA, Taichi MATSUMURA, Masashi AMESARA, Yutaka UEDA
  • Publication number: 20180131538
    Abstract: An in-vehicle network system includes a plurality of relay devices that is connected to control devices of a vehicle, and communicates with each other and is configured such that each of a plurality of request devices that transmits a response request to the control device is connected to any one of the relay devices, a storage unit that stores a priority of the request devices, a master setter that sets, as the master, the relay device to which the request device having the highest priority has been connected among the relay devices to which any one of the request devices has been connected, and an arbitrator that performs arbitration to prioritize a response request from the request device having the highest priority when the response requests are transmitted from at least two of the request devices when the relay device in which the arbitrator is included is the master.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroya ANDO, Shu ISHIZUKA, Taichi MATSUMURA, Masashi AMESARA, Yutaka UEDA, Yoshifumi OHMORI, Toshio KAWAMURA, Tomomi KAWAMURA, Toshio SHIMADA, Yoshiroh HIRATA