Patents by Inventor Seiichi Matsuda

Seiichi Matsuda 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: 9787474
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a secret key generator that generates a secret key from a random number received from an external device that provides a service, and a given value, a public key generator that generates a public key on the basis of the secret key by using a function identically set in a plurality of the services, a transmitter that transmits the public key to the external device, and an authentication processor that conducts authentication with the external device using the secret key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichi Matsuda, Koichi Sakumoto
  • Patent number: 9577827
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a secret key generator that generates a secret key from a random number received from an external device that provides a service, and a given value, a public key generator that generates a public key on the basis of the secret key by using a function identically set in a plurality of the services, a transmitter that transmits the public key to the external device, and an authentication processor that conducts authentication with the external device using the secret key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichi Matsuda, Koichi Sakumoto
  • Patent number: 9537651
    Abstract: A plurality of user terminals or sensors transmit data encrypted by individual cryptographic key, a server receives the encrypted data items, and executes a data process according to a program defining a decryption process sequence. Bit slice expression data is generated by performing a bit slice process with respect to the plurality of encrypted data items which are decryption target, bit slice expression key based on the cryptographic key of each encrypted data item is generated, round key is generated based on a bit slice expression key, a decryption process including operation and movement processes of a block unit of the bit slice expression data, and an operation using the round key is executed, and a plurality of plain text data items corresponding to the plurality of encrypted data items are generated by a reverse conversion of the data with respect to the decryption process results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichi Matsuda, Shiho Moriai
  • Patent number: 9386101
    Abstract: There is provided an analysis server including a first verifying unit that analyzes data acquired from a local power management system composed of an electronic appliance provided with a sensor and a power management apparatus managing power supply to the electronic appliance connected to a power network, by using history information of the local power management system or data acquired from another local power management system with a power usage state similar to that of the local power management system, a second verifying unit that analyzes the data acquired from the local power management system, by using an estimated value calculated by simulation using characteristics information and/or specification information of the electronic appliance, and a control unit that controls the first verifying unit and the second verifying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Kawamoto, Asami Yoshida, Tomoyuki Asano, Masakazu Ukita, Shiho Moriai, Masanobu Katagi, Yu Tanaka, Seiichi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 9300466
    Abstract: There is provided a transmitting device including a public key information adder that adds information on a public key corresponding to an electronic signature to a sender address in an email with the electronic signature attached, and a transmitter that transmits the email.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Sakumoto, Seiichi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 9281940
    Abstract: Speed-up of a cryptographic process by software (program) is realized. A data processing unit which executes a data process according to a program defining a cryptographic process sequence is included, and the data processing unit, according to the program, generates a bit slice expression data based on a plurality of plain text data items which are encryption process targets and a bit slice expression key based on a cryptographic key of each plain text data item, generates a whitening key and a round key based on the bit slice expression key, executes the cryptographic process including operation and movement processes of a block unit of the bit slice expression data, and an operation using the round key, as a process according to a cryptographic algorithm Piccolo, and generates the plurality of encrypted data items corresponding to the plurality of plain text data items by the reverse conversion of the data with respect to the cryptographic process results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi Matsuda, Shiho Moriai
  • Patent number: 9270947
    Abstract: A terminal device, which includes an encrypting section encrypting input data in a fully homomorphic encryption scheme to generate encrypted data. The terminal device includes an encrypted data transmission section transmitting the encrypted data generated by the encrypting section to a server. The terminal device includes an encrypted data reception section receiving the encrypted data on which the server implements a predetermined process and a decrypting section decrypting the encrypted data on which the predetermined process is implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Tanaka, Tomoyuki Asano, Masakazu Ukita, Masanobu Katagi, Yohei Kawamoto, Seiichi Matsuda, Shiho Moriai
  • Patent number: 9263916
    Abstract: There is provided a power management system including a power receiving unit for receiving power from outside according to consumption of power, an electrical storage unit for storing the power received by the power receiving unit, and a discharge control unit for controlling a second power amount discharged from the electrical storage unit so that a first power amount provided by the power receiving unit attains a predetermined time-series pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Ukita, Asami Yoshida, Tomoyuki Asano, Shiho Moriai, Masanobu Katagi, Yohei Kawamoto, Seiichi Matsuda, Yu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9209968
    Abstract: Speed-up of a cryptographic process by software (program) is realized. A data processing unit which executes a data process according to a program defining a cryptographic process sequence is included, and the data processing unit, according to the program, generates a bit slice expression data based on a plurality of plain text data items which are encryption process targets and a bit slice expression key based on a cryptographic key of each plain text data item, generates a round key based on the bit slice expression key, executes the cryptographic process including operation and movement processes of a block unit of the bit slice expression data, and an operation using the round key, and generates the plurality of encrypted data items corresponding to the plurality of plain text data items by the reverse conversion of the data with respect to the cryptographic process results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi Matsuda, Shiho Moriai
  • Patent number: 9152137
    Abstract: A register circuit having a plurality of registers enabling the writing and reading of data by the specification of an address; a register controlling circuit monitoring data of a plurality of registers of the register circuit through the specification of an address, and writing, to a register pre-established in the register circuit, for activating devices; and a signal transmitting circuit causing a device to execute a specific operation, based on a specified address and on data read from the register circuit are provided; and not only is a collection of first bits for controlling jointly the individual operations of the plurality of devices assigned in a first register that is established in advance in the plurality of registers, but also second bits for controlling individually the individual operations in the plurality of devices are assigned respectively in a plurality of respective second registers that differ from the first register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seiichi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 9085241
    Abstract: There is provided a power management apparatus including: a managed appliance registering unit carrying out authentication on an electronic appliance connected to a power network and registering an electronic appliance for which the authentication has succeeded as a managed appliance, a control unit controlling operation of the managed appliance and supplying of power to the managed appliance, a managed appliance information acquiring unit acquiring, from the managed appliance, as managed appliance information, at least any of appliance information including identification information that is unique to the electronic appliance, information indicating an operation state of the electronic appliance, information indicating an usage state of the electronic appliance and power information of the electronic appliance, and an appliance state judging unit judging a state of the managed appliance based on the managed appliance information acquired by the managed appliance information acquiring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Asano, Shiho Moriai, Yohei Kawamoto, Masakazu Ukita, Yu Tanaka, Asami Yoshida, Masanobu Katagi, Seiichi Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20150188716
    Abstract: A service providing system includes a portable communication terminal operated by a user; a service providing apparatus providing a service to the user, and a server managing the service providing apparatus, wherein the service providing apparatus calculates a response using a challenge, and the portable communication terminal transmits a challenge generated by the server to the service providing apparatus subjected to a legitimacy check of the service providing apparatus and presents a result of the legitimacy check based on a response calculated by the service providing apparatus subjected to the legitimacy check using the transmitted challenge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Asano, Masakazu Ukita, Masanobu Katagi, Yohei Kawamoto, Yu Tanaka, Seiichi Matsuda, Shiho Moriai
  • Patent number: 9021274
    Abstract: There is provided a power management apparatus including: a managed appliance registering unit carrying out authentication on an electronic appliance connected to a power network and registering an electronic appliance for which the authentication has succeeded as a managed appliance, a control unit controlling operation of the managed appliance and supplying of power to the managed appliance, a managed appliance information acquiring unit acquiring, from the managed appliance, as managed appliance information, at least any of appliance information including identification information that is unique to the electronic appliance, information indicating an operation state of the electronic appliance, information indicating an usage state of the electronic appliance and power information of the electronic appliance, and an appliance state judging unit judging a state of the managed appliance based on the managed appliance information acquired by the managed appliance information acquiring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Asano, Shiho Moriai, Yohei Kawamoto, Masakazu Ukita, Yu Tanaka, Asami Yoshida, Masanobu Katagi, Seiichi Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20150106622
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a secret key generator that generates a secret key from a random number received from an external device that provides a service, and a given value, a public key generator that generates a public key on the basis of the secret key by using a function identically set in a plurality of the services, a transmitter that transmits the public key to the external device, and an authentication processor that conducts authentication with the external device using the secret key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichi MATSUDA, Koichi SAKUMOTO
  • Patent number: 8968094
    Abstract: There is provided a power management apparatus including a game service providing unit providing, to an electronic appliance, a service using game contents whose theme is power. The game service providing unit includes a game control unit controlling execution of the game contents, a real world constructing unit constructing a setting of a game reflecting a real-world environment, based on managed appliance information stored in a database, and a virtual world constructing unit constructing a setting of the game reflecting a virtual environment, based on a setting set in advance in the game contents. The game control unit is operable to initialize the game contents by combining the setting of the game constructed by the real world constructing unit and the setting of the game constructed by the virtual world constructing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Asami Yoshida, Masanobu Katagi, Shiho Moriai, Tomoyuki Asano, Masakazu Ukita, Yohei Kawamoto, Yu Tanaka, Seiichi Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20150039904
    Abstract: Speed-up of a cryptographic process by software (program) is realized. A data processing unit which executes a data process according to a program defining a cryptographic process sequence is included, and the data processing unit, according to the program, generates a bit slice expression data based on a plurality of plain text data items which are encryption process targets and a bit slice expression key based on a cryptographic key of each plain text data item, generates a whitening key and a round key based on the bit slice expression key, executes the cryptographic process including operation and movement processes of a block unit of the bit slice expression data, and an operation using the round key, as a process according to a cryptographic algorithm Piccolo, and generates the plurality of encrypted data items corresponding to the plurality of plain text data items by the reverse conversion of the data with respect to the cryptographic process results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichi Matsuda, Shiho Moriai
  • Publication number: 20150010146
    Abstract: Speed-up of a cryptographic process by software (program) is realized. A data processing unit which executes a data process according to a program defining a cryptographic process sequence is included, and the data processing unit, according to the program, generates a bit slice expression data based on a plurality of plain text data items which are encryption process targets and a bit slice expression key based on a cryptographic key of each plain text data item, generates a round key based on the bit slice expression key, executes the cryptographic process including operation and movement processes of a block unit of the bit slice expression data, and an operation using the round key, and generates the plurality of encrypted data items corresponding to the plurality of plain text data items by the reverse conversion of the data with respect to the cryptographic process results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichi Matsuda, Shiho Moriai
  • Publication number: 20140380037
    Abstract: A plurality of user terminals or sensors transmit data encrypted by individual cryptographic key, a server receives the encrypted data items, and executes a data process according to a program defining a decryption process sequence. Bit slice expression data is generated by performing a bit slice process with respect to the plurality of encrypted data items which are decryption target, bit slice expression key based on the cryptographic key of each encrypted data item is generated, round key is generated based on a bit slice expression key, a decryption process including operation and movement processes of a block unit of the bit slice expression data, and an operation using the round key is executed, and a plurality of plain text data items corresponding to the plurality of encrypted data items are generated by a reverse conversion of the data with respect to the decryption process results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichi Matsuda, Shiho Moriai
  • Patent number: 8914638
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic watermark generating apparatus including an appliance characterizing information generating unit that generates appliance characterizing information that characterizes an electronic appliance, by using physical data acquired by a sensor that measures characteristics of the electronic appliance, an electronic watermark generating unit that generates, in relation to the appliance characterizing information, electronic watermark information that is used for detecting whether information has been tampered with or not, an embedded position deciding unit that analyzes the appliance characterizing information, and decides an embedded position for the electronic watermark information in the appliance characterizing information, and an electronic watermark embedding unit that embeds the electronic watermark information generated by the electronic watermark generating unit in a position on the appliance characterizing information decided by the embedded position deciding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Kawamoto, Asami Yoshida, Tomoyuki Asano, Masakazu Ukita, Shiho Moriai, Masanobu Katagi, Yu Tanaka, Seiichi Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20140086413
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a secret key generator that generates a secret key from a random number received from an external device that provides a service, and a given value, a public key generator that generates a public key on the basis of the secret key by using a function identically set in a plurality of the services, a transmitter that transmits the public key to the external device, and an authentication processor that conducts authentication with the external device using the secret key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi MATSUDA, Koichi SAKUMOTO