Patents by Inventor Shogo SEKIZAWA

Shogo SEKIZAWA 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: 10509674
    Abstract: A software component assigning system for a vehicle includes electronic control units connected to a common network in the vehicle, one of the electronic control units being an integrated control electronic control unit which is configured to: acquire a first rank value of each of the electronic control units, the first rank value becoming higher as a probability of occurrence of a malfunction is higher; acquire a second rank value of an additional software component that is additionally arranged in any one of the electronic control units, the second rank value becoming higher as a level of importance; and decide an electronic control unit to arrange the additional software component from among the electronic control units such that the additional software component is arranged in the electronic control unit of which the first rank value is lower as the second rank value of the additional software component is higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Okamoto, Shogo Sekizawa, Yuta Ochiai, Kosuke Kaji
  • Publication number: 20180172464
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes a recognition unit configured to recognize a host vehicle user, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a current location and a destination of the host vehicle, a transmission unit configured to transmit a first signal indicating the host vehicle user, the current location, and the destination to an external device outside the host vehicle, a reception unit configured to receive a second signal indicating a traveling route from the current location to the destination from the external device, the traveling route being searched using i) a first feeling map and ii) a second feeling map in the external device, and a presentation unit configured to present the traveling route indicated by the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shogo SEKIZAWA, Shinichiro OHTSUKA, Daisuke IDO, Makoto OKABE, Takanori KIMATA
  • Publication number: 20170277566
    Abstract: A software component assigning system for a vehicle includes electronic control units connected to a common network in the vehicle, one of the electronic control units being an integrated control electronic control unit which is configured to: acquire a first rank value of each of the electronic control units, the first rank value becoming higher as a probability of occurrence of a malfunction is higher; acquire a second rank value of an additional software component that is additionally arranged in any one of the electronic control units, the second rank value becoming higher as a level of importance; and decide an electronic control unit to arrange the additional software component from among the electronic control units such that the additional software component is arranged in the electronic control unit of which the first rank value is lower as the second rank value of the additional software component is higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi OKAMOTO, Shogo SEKIZAWA, Yuta OCHIAI, Kosuke KAJI