Patents by Inventor Masumi Egawa

Masumi Egawa 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: 11694489
    Abstract: A message monitoring system includes a first electronic control unit and a second electronic control unit connected to the first electronic control unit via a communication network. In the first electronic control unit, a first message is generated; a first feature value representing a feature of the first message is calculated; a second message storing the first feature value is generated; and the first message is transmitted whereas the second message is transmitted periodically. In the second electronic control unit, the first message and the second message are received from the first electronic control unit; a second feature value representing a feature of the received first message is calculated; and a comparison is performed between (i) the first feature value stored in the received second message and (ii) the calculated second feature value; and whether the first message is normal is determined based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Shidai, Masumi Egawa, Keita Hayakawa, Toru Hasegawa, Naoya Ishida
  • Patent number: 11667264
    Abstract: An unauthorized intrusion prevention device is provided that, in response to detection of abnormality in an electronic control device mounted in a movable body, gives an instruction for executing measures for the movable body. The unauthorized intrusion prevention device acquires first information related to a protection function of the electronic control device and second information related to a function of the electronic control device other than the protection function. The unauthorized intrusion prevention device, using the first information, performs a first determination of whether the protection function is normal. The unauthorized intrusion prevention device, using the second information, performs a second determination of whether the function other than the protection function is normal or abnormal. The unauthorized intrusion prevention device, using results of first and second determination, determines as the measures a blocking method of blocking unauthorized information in the movable object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reiichirou Imoto, Takeshi Sugashima, Masumi Egawa
  • Publication number: 20230156027
    Abstract: A log management device includes a log collection unit configured to receive a log generated by a security sensor, a storage unit configured to store the log, a statistical analysis unit configured to obtain a statistical calculation result by performing statistical analysis on a plurality of the logs, a control unit configured to determine which of the log and the statistical calculation result is to be sent according to a predetermined condition, and a transmission unit configured to transmit at least one of the log or the statistical calculation result according to the predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Takeshi SUGASHIMA, Masumi EGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230007033
    Abstract: An attack analyzer includes: a security log acquisition unit acquiring a security log including an abnormality detection signal generated by a security sensor mounted on an electronic control device constituting an electronic control system and indicating that the security sensor has detected an abnormality; a failure information acquisition unit acquiring failure information indicating a failure occurred in the electronic control device; a prediction table storage unit storing a prediction table showing a correspondence relationship between a predicted attack route in the electronic control system and a predicted abnormality detection signal predicted to be generated by the security sensor; an attack route estimation unit; and an attack information output unit outputting attack information indicating the attack route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Reiichiro IMOTO, Masumi EGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230007034
    Abstract: An attack analyzer includes: a security log acquisition unit acquiring a security log including an abnormality detection signal generated by a security sensor mounted on an electronic control device constituting part of an electronic control system and indicating that the security sensor has detected an abnormality; an alive signal acquisition unit acquiring an alive signal; a prediction table storage unit storing a prediction table showing a correspondence relationship between a predicted attack route in the electronic control system and a predicted abnormality detection signal predicted to be generated by the security sensor; an attack route estimation unit estimating, using the prediction table, the attack route of an attack received by the electronic control system from the abnormality detection signal and the alive signal included in the security log; and an attack information output unit outputting attack information indicating the attack route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ryosuke MURAKAMI, Reiichiro IMOTO, Masumi EGAWA
  • Patent number: 11474889
    Abstract: A log transmission controller includes a log acquirer, a priority storage, an update instruction acquirer, a priority updater and a transmitter. The log acquirer acquires a log indicating respective states of electronic control units connected to the log transmission controller, which is equipped in a moving object. The priority storage stores priority information indicating a priority for transmitting the log to a server, which is disposed at exterior of the moving object. The update instruction acquirer acquires an update instruction, which is generated by an update instructor equipped in the moving object, for instructing to update the priority information stored in the priority storage. The priority updater updates the priority information based on the update instruction. The transmitter transmits the log to the server based on the priority indicated by the updated priority information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo Nagara, Taiji Abe, Reiichirou Imoto, Masumi Egawa
  • Publication number: 20220019662
    Abstract: A center device is provided that receives a log from vehicle-mounted equipment transmitting the log based on an external transmission rule and analyzes the log to detect a cyber attack. Based on a result of the detecting, the center device determines update of the external transmission rule. The center devices transmits an external transmission rule update instruction. As attack depth of the cyber attack is deeper, the center device sets an external transmission target to the log that is generated in a deeper layer among layers in which constituent elements of the vehicle-mounted equipment are defined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Naoya ISHIDA, Masumi EGAWA, Takeshi SUGASHIMA, Taiji ABE, Katsuya TANAKA, Reiichirou IMOTO, Keigo NAGARA
  • Publication number: 20220017041
    Abstract: An unauthorized intrusion prevention device is provided that, in response to detection of abnormality in an electronic control device mounted in a movable body, gives an instruction for executing measures for the movable body. The unauthorized intrusion prevention device acquires first information related to a protection function of the electronic control device and second information related to a function of the electronic control device other than the protection function. The unauthorized intrusion prevention device, using the first information, performs a first determination of whether the protection function is normal. The unauthorized intrusion prevention device, using the second information, performs a second determination of whether the function other than the protection function is normal or abnormal. The unauthorized intrusion prevention device, using results of first and second determination, determines as the measures a blocking method of blocking unauthorized information in the movable object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Reiichirou IMOTO, Takeshi SUGASHIMA, Masumi EGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210397504
    Abstract: A log transmission controller includes a log acquirer, a priority storage, an update instruction acquirer, a priority updater and a transmitter. The log acquirer acquires a log indicating respective states of electronic control units connected to the log transmission controller, which is equipped in a moving object. The priority storage stores priority information indicating a priority for transmitting the log to a server, which is disposed at exterior of the moving object. The update instruction acquirer acquires an update instruction, which is generated by an update instructor equipped in the moving object, for instructing to update the priority information stored in the priority storage. The priority updater updates the priority information based on the update instruction. The transmitter transmits the log to the server based on the priority indicated by the updated priority information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Keigo NAGARA, Taiji ABE, Reiichirou IMOTO, Masumi EGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200312060
    Abstract: A message monitoring system includes a first electronic control unit and a second electronic control unit connected to the first electronic control unit via a communication network. In the first electronic control unit, a first message is generated; a first feature value representing a feature of the first message is calculated; a second message storing the first feature value is generated; and the first message is transmitted whereas the second message is transmitted periodically. In the second electronic control unit, the first message and the second message are received from the first electronic control unit; a second feature value representing a feature of the received first message is calculated; and a comparison is performed between (i) the first feature value stored in the received second message and (ii) the calculated second feature value; and whether the first message is normal is determined based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Takahiro SHIDAI, Masumi EGAWA, Keita HAYAKAWA, Toru HASEGAWA, Naoya ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 10522032
    Abstract: In a driving-state data storage apparatus, a collector collects, from each of vehicles on a target travelling road, a value of data indicative of a driving state of the corresponding vehicle to correspondingly obtain driving-state data values for the target road. A data allocator divides, based on similarity among the driving-state data values, the target traveling road into a plurality of traveling segments, and extracts, from the driving-state data values, data values for each of the divided travelling segments. The data values extracted for each of the travelling segments are similar to each other. The data allocator allocates a distribution of the extracted data values for each of the divided travelling segments to the corresponding one of the divided travelling segments as a feature distribution. A storage unit stores the feature distribution allocated for each of the travelling segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka Mori, Hideaki Misawa, Kazuhito Takenaka, Yuki Shinohara, Kentaro Hitomi, Utsushi Sakai, Masumi Egawa, Kenji Muto
  • Patent number: 10415981
    Abstract: An anomaly estimation apparatus includes a collection section that collects vehicle data, a feature amount calculation section that calculates a feature amount from the vehicle data and stores the feature amount and a place corresponding thereto, an anomaly determination section that determines whether an anomaly occurrence point is present based on the feature amount, an accumulation section that, if the anomaly occurrence point is present, uses the vehicle data at the anomaly occurrence point and an anomaly periphery point to generate estimation data, an information generation section that uses the estimation data to generate causality information representing causality between an anomaly caused at the anomaly occurrence point and an anomaly caused at the anomaly periphery point, and an estimation section that, if the anomaly occurrence point is present, uses the causality information to estimate transition of the anomaly from the anomaly occurrence point to the anomaly periphery point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Misawa, Masumi Egawa, Utsushi Sakai, Kentaro Hitomi, Yuki Shinohara, Kazuhito Takenaka, Masataka Mori
  • Patent number: 10380887
    Abstract: In a driving assist system, a driving evaluator compares a driving feature data item sampled at each predetermined sampling point and obtained from a target vehicle with historical driving data items for the corresponding sampling point. The driving evaluator obtains, based on a result of the comparison, an evaluation value of the driving feature data item for the target vehicle at each predetermined sampling point. An unusual driving determiner obtains a cumulative sum of selected values in the evaluation values of the driving feature data items for the target vehicle. The unusual driving determiner determines whether the cumulative sum is larger than a predetermined threshold, and determines that driving of a driver of the target vehicle is unusual upon determining that the cumulative sum is larger than the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhito Takenaka, Masumi Egawa, Utsushi Sakai, Kentaro Hitomi, Yuki Shinohara, Hideaki Misawa, Masataka Mori
  • Patent number: 10347122
    Abstract: In an anomaly detection apparatus mounted in a vehicle, a model storage stores a driving model which is set corresponding to a travel location of the vehicle traveling on a roadway and represents a normal driving state as the vehicle is traveling at the travel location. A data acquirer acquires driving performance data representing the driving state of the vehicle. A degree-of-anomaly calculator calculates a degree of anomaly in the driving state based on the driving model stored in the model storage and the driving performance data acquired by the data acquirer. A vehicle-mounted transmitter, if the degree of anomaly calculated by the degree-of-anomaly calculator exceeds an anomaly determination value for determining the presence of an anomaly in the driving state, transmits at least the degree of anomaly and the travel location corresponding to the degree of anomaly to a monitoring center located external to the vehicle and detects an anomaly in the road condition based on the degree of anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: DENSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhito Takenaka, Kenji Muto, Masumi Egawa, Seiichi Furuta
  • Publication number: 20180158323
    Abstract: In an anomaly detection apparatus mounted in a vehicle, a model storage stores a driving model which is set corresponding to a travel location of the vehicle traveling on a roadway and represents a normal driving state as the vehicle is traveling at the travel location. A data acquirer acquires driving performance data representing the driving state of the vehicle. A degree-of-anomaly calculator calculates a degree of anomaly in the driving state based on the driving model stored in the model storage and the driving performance data acquired by the data acquirer. A vehicle-mounted transmitter, if the degree of anomaly calculated by the degree-of-anomaly calculator exceeds an anomaly determination value for determining the presence of an anomaly in the driving state, transmits at least the degree of anomaly and the travel location corresponding to the degree of anomaly to a monitoring center located external to the vehicle and detects an anomaly in the road condition based on the degree of anomaly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhito TAKENAKA, Kenji MUTO, Masumi EGAWA, Seiichi FURUTA
  • Patent number: 9940759
    Abstract: A drive data collection system includes an in-vehicle system and an information center. The in-vehicle system includes a data collector that repeatedly collects measurement values indicative of various indexes regarding a state of a subject vehicle, a model memory that memorizes model information regarding discretization rules that are shared by each of participating vehicles in the system, and a data discretizer that discretizes drive data, which includes time-series measurement values collected by the data collector, into multiple data parts according to the model information. The information center includes a data accumulator that accumulates the discretized drive data in a server. The in-vehicle system sends the discretized drive data to the information center through a communicator. Therefore, the drive data collection system efficiently collects the drive data in a versatilely-utilizable manner for the analysis of general driving practices/behaviors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhito Takenaka, Takashi Bando, Masumi Egawa
  • Publication number: 20180023965
    Abstract: An anomaly estimation apparatus includes a collection section that collects vehicle data, a feature amount calculation section that calculates a feature amount from the vehicle data and stores the feature amount and a place corresponding thereto, an anomaly determination section that determines whether an anomaly occurrence point is present based on the feature amount, an accumulation section that, if the anomaly occurrence point is present, uses the vehicle data at the anomaly occurrence point and an anomaly periphery point to generate estimation data, an information generation section that uses the estimation data to generate causality information representing causality between an anomaly caused at the anomaly occurrence point and an anomaly caused at the anomaly periphery point, and an estimation section that, if the anomaly occurrence point is present, uses the causality information to estimate transition of the anomaly from the anomaly occurrence point to the anomaly periphery point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Hideaki MISAWA, Masumi EGAWA, Utsushi SAKAI, Kentaro HITOMI, Yuki SHINOHARA, Kazuhito TAKENAKA, Masataka MORI
  • Publication number: 20180018871
    Abstract: In a driving assist system, a driving evaluator compares a driving feature data item sampled at each predetermined sampling point and obtained from a target vehicle with historical driving data items for the corresponding sampling point. The driving evaluator obtains, based on a result of the comparison, an evaluation value of the driving feature data item for the target vehicle at each predetermined sampling point. An unusual driving determiner obtains a cumulative sum of selected values in the evaluation values of the driving feature data items for the target vehicle. The unusual driving determiner determines whether the cumulative sum is larger than a predetermined threshold, and determines that driving of a driver of the target vehicle is unusual upon determining that the cumulative sum is larger than the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhito TAKENAKA, Masumi EGAWA, Utsushi SAKAI, Kentaro HITOMI, Yuki SHINOHARA, Hideaki MISAWA, Masataka MORI
  • Publication number: 20170337812
    Abstract: In a driving-state data storage apparatus, a collector collects, from each of vehicles on a target travelling road, a value of data indicative of a driving state of the corresponding vehicle to correspondingly obtain driving-state data values for the target road. A data allocator divides, based on similarity among the driving-state data values, the target traveling road into a plurality of traveling segments, and extracts, from the driving-state data values, data values for each of the divided travelling segments. The data values extracted for each of the travelling segments are similar to each other. The data allocator allocates a distribution of the extracted data values for each of the divided travelling segments to the corresponding one of the divided travelling segments as a feature distribution. A storage unit stores the feature distribution allocated for each of the travelling segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Masataka MORI, Hideaki MISAWA, Kazuhito TAKENAKA, Yuki SHINOHARA, Kentaro HITOMI, Utsushi SAKAI, Masumi EGAWA, Kenji MUTO
  • Patent number: 9367735
    Abstract: In an object identification device, each score calculator extracts a feature quantity from the image, and calculates a score using the extracted feature quantity and a model of the specified object. The score represents a reliability that the specified object is displayed in the image. A score-vector generator generates a score vector having the scores as elements thereof. A cluster determiner determines, based on previously determined clusters in which the score vector is classifiable, one of the clusters to which the score vector belongs as a target cluster. An object identifier identifies whether the specified object is displayed in the image based on one of the identification conditions. The one of the identification conditions is previously determined for the target cluster determined by the cluster determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhito Takenaka, Takashi Bando, Hossein Tehrani Niknejad, Masumi Egawa