Patents by Inventor Tohru Wakabayashi

Tohru Wakabayashi 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).

  • Publication number: 20200259677
    Abstract: A gateway device for a vehicle network system is provided. The vehicle network system includes a first network, a second network, a first electronic control unit connected to the first network, a second electronic control unit connected to the second network, and the gateway device connected to the first network and the second network. The gateway device receives a first frame transmitted to the first network by the first electronic control unit; determines whether or not the first frame is appropriate; generates a second frame when the first frame is not determined to be appropriate; and transmits the second frame to the second network. The second frame includes control information and additional information based on content of the first frame. The control information restricts processing of the additional information included in the second frame by the second electronic control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro UJIIE, Hideki MATSUSHIMA, Toshihisa NAKANO, Tohru WAKABAYASHI, Hiroshi AMANO, Tomoyuki HAGA, Takeshi KISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10680847
    Abstract: A gateway device for a vehicle network system, the vehicle network system including a bus, a first electronic control unit connected to the bus, and the gateway device connected to the bus. The gateway device comprising: one or more memories; and circuitry which, in operation, performs operations including: receiving a first frame transmitted to the bus by the first electronic control unit; when the first frame is received, including first control information in a second frame, the second frame including information based on content of the first frame, the first control information related to a restriction on processing, the restriction on processing being after a reception of the second frame; and transmitting the second frame to the bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ujiie, Hideki Matsushima, Toshihisa Nakano, Tohru Wakabayashi, Hiroshi Amano, Tomoyuki Haga, Takeshi Kishikawa
  • Publication number: 20200082311
    Abstract: A risk information processing method is used in a risk information processing system that manages a degree of risk at a target spot at which a moving object is located. The method includes: receiving sensor data collected at each of two spots different from the target spot; determining a degree of risk of an event at each of the two spots from the sensor data collected at each of the two spots; storing, as risk information the determined degree of risk associated with each of the two spots; estimating first risk information associated with the target spot without sensor data of first event at the target spot, by using the stored risk information, the first risk information being a degree of risk of the first event at the target spot; and outputting information for the target spot based on the estimated first risk information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Hiroshi AMANO, Kimio MINAMI, Toshihisa NAKANO, Tohru WAKABAYASHI, Takako HIROSE
  • Patent number: 10521749
    Abstract: A risk information processing method used in a risk information processing system that manages a degree of risk at a spot where a moving object is located includes: storing, as risk information in a storage, a degree of risk for a combination of spot and situation; and estimating first risk information for a first combination for which a degree of risk has not been input by using three or more pieces of risk information including degrees of risk for a second combination whose spot is the same as the first combination and whose situation is different from the first combination, for a third combination whose situation is the same as the first combination and whose spot is different from the first combination, and for a fourth combination whose situation is the same as the second combination and whose spot is the same as the third combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Amano, Kimio Minami, Toshihisa Nakano, Tohru Wakabayashi, Takako Hirose
  • Publication number: 20190367041
    Abstract: An electronic control device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires state information indicating at least one of a state of a movable body and a state of an external environment in which the movable body is moving, and a control instruction indicating at least one of a steering control instruction for steering the movable body and an acceleration control instruction for adjusting acceleration of the movable body; and a determining unit that determines whether the control instruction is a false control instruction based on the at least one state indicated by the state information acquired and control indicated by the control instruction acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihisa NAKANO, Tohru WAKABAYASHI, Yusuke NEMOTO, Takayuki FUJII, Takashi MUROYAMA, Kaoru YOKOTA
  • Publication number: 20190300011
    Abstract: An information processing device collects information used for analyzing communication performed in an in-vehicle network by ECUs including an ECU which performs predetermined control related to a function of an ADAS. The information processing device includes a receiver, a determiner, and a processor. The receiver receives a plurality of items of communication data sequentially transmitted over the in-vehicle network. The determiner detects a control end time which is a time at which the predetermined control ends, and determine an analysis target period including the control end time. The processor classifies the plurality of items of communication data received by the receiver into analysis target communication data received within the analysis target period and non-analysis target communication data received outside the analysis target period. The processor further performs predetermined processing for analysis of the analysis target communication data based on the classification result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: TOSHIHISA NAKANO, KOUJI KOBAYASHI, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, KAZUYA FUJIMURA, MASATO TANABE
  • Publication number: 20190263423
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller, a receiver and a discriminator. The receiver, in operation, receives an instruction for controlling a brake of a movable-body apparatus. The discriminator, in operation, determines, in response to the instruction being received by the receiver, whether or not the instruction is fraudulent based on whether or not a speed of the moving body and a distance between the moving body and an obstacle satisfies a predetermined condition for invalidating the instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, KEIICHI HIGO, TOSHIHISA NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20190141070
    Abstract: An anomaly detection electronic control unit (ECU) that detects unauthorized messages on a communication path is provided. An ECU that periodically transmits a first-type message including data to be monitored, and an ECU that periodically transmits a second-type message including data for comparison, are connected to the communication path. The anomaly detection ECU includes: a receiver that successively receives first-type and second-type messages; a processor that determines whether a first-type message received is normal or anomalous; and a transmitter that transmits a predetermined message in accordance with results of the determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: JUNICHI TSURUMI, YOSHIHIRO UJIIE, TAKAMITSU SASAKI, TAKESHI KISHIKAWA, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, TOSHIHISA NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20180375881
    Abstract: An information processing device is connected to a network where a plurality of electronic control units perform communication. The information processing device includes a receiver that receives a frame containing data over the network, an acquisition unit that acquires sensor information obtained by sensing of a first sensor, and a determination unit that determines whether the data is illegal based on the sensor information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: HIROYUKI WADA, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, TOSHIHISA NAKANO, KEIICHI HIGO
  • Publication number: 20180316680
    Abstract: An unauthorized control suppression method for use in a network system is provided. The network system includes a plurality of electronic controllers that exchange, via a communication channel, a plurality of frames The plurality of frames includes at least one control frame that instructs predetermined control to an object of control. The method receives, sequentially, the plurality of frames from the communication channel, and determines whether the predetermined control, instructed by the control frame received in the receiving, is to be suppressed, based on a set of frames received in the receiving. The set of frames is received in the receiving within a predetermined period preceding a time of reception of the control frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: TAKESHI KISHIKAWA, MANABU MAEDA, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, TOSHIHISA NAKANO, HIDEKI MATSUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20180204011
    Abstract: An evaluation device for evaluating security of an electronic control system in which a plurality of electronic control units are connected to a bus used for communication includes a recording medium that holds attack procedure information indicative of contents and a transmission order of a plurality of frames, a transmitter that transmits the plurality of frames to the bus in the transmission order indicated by the attack procedure information, a monitor that monitors an actuator unit controlled by any of the plurality of electronic control units, and an evaluator that makes the evaluation on basis of a monitoring result obtained by the monitor when the transmitter transmits the plurality of frames to the bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: TOSHIHISA NAKANO, JUN ANZAI, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, KIMIO MINAMI
  • Patent number: 9719794
    Abstract: A route display method for display on a terminal apparatus comprises: acquiring starting point information indicating a starting point and destination information indicating a destination; generating route information indicating a route from the starting point to the destination, wherein the route information includes a plurality of passing points; extracting captured images corresponding to the plurality of the passing points from a database which stores the captured images in relation to corresponding image capturing locations respectively, wherein each of the image capturing locations is within a range from the each of the plurality of the passing points; and displaying the extracted captured images in association with a map image sequentially in an order from a first captured image corresponding to a first passing point closest to the starting point to a second captured image corresponding to a second passing point closest to the destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Toshihisa Nakano, Tohru Wakabayashi, Yuko Yamamoto, Masahiro Ito, Kimio Minami, Kazuo Okamura
  • Publication number: 20170118038
    Abstract: A gateway device for a vehicle network system, the vehicle network system including a bus, a first electronic control unit connected to the bus, and the gateway device connected to the bus. The gateway device comprising: one or more memories; and circuitry which, in operation, performs operations including: receiving a first frame transmitted to the bus by the first electronic control unit; when the first frame is received, including first control information in a second frame, the second frame including information based on content of the first frame, the first control information related to a restriction on processing, the restriction on processing being after a reception of the second frame; and transmitting the second frame to the bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: YOSHIHIRO UJIIE, HIDEKI MATSUSHIMA, TOSHIHISA NAKANO, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, HIROSHI AMANO, TOMOYUKI HAGA, TAKESHI KISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160189323
    Abstract: In a risk determination method: moving body information, in which accompanying information that indicates the current position of a moving body and a current-position image that indicates a situation around the moving body at the current position are included in correspondence to each other, is obtained; and, if risk occurrence information corresponding to the current position indicated in the accompanying information included in the moving body information is not stored in a risk occurrence information manager and risk occurrence information corresponding to a position other than the current position is stored in the risk occurrence information manager, a degree of risk at the current position is determined on the basis of a similarity between the current-position image included in the moving body information and a risky-position image included in at least one piece of risk occurrence information stored in the risk occurrence information manager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, TOSHIHISA NAKANO, KIMIO MINAMI, HIROSHI AMANO, TAKAKO HIROSE
  • Publication number: 20160189068
    Abstract: A risk information processing method used in a risk information processing system that manages a degree of risk at a spot where a moving object is located includes: storing, as risk information in a storage, a degree of risk for a combination of spot and situation; and estimating first risk information for a first combination for which a degree of risk has not been input by using three or more pieces of risk information including degrees of risk for a second combination whose spot is the same as the first combination and whose situation is different from the first combination, for a third combination whose situation is the same as the first combination and whose spot is different from the first combination, and for a fourth combination whose situation is the same as the second combination and whose spot is the same as the third combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: HIROSHI AMANO, KIMIO MINAMI, TOSHIHISA NAKANO, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, TAKAKO HIROSE
  • Patent number: 9329695
    Abstract: A wearable terminal includes voice data generation unit a voice data generation unit configured to generate audio data, a sensing unit configured to sense a motion of a user's upper limb in a first axis direction perpendicular to a plane defined by a vertically downward oriented direction of the upper limb and a direction of movement of the user, and to generate motion data concerning the motion, a determination unit configured to determine, based on the motion data, whether or not the user is going to perform remote control of a home electric appliance, and a data processing unit configured to process the audio data. The data processing unit includes a transmission data generation unit configured to generate transmission data corresponding to the audio data if the determination unit determines that the user is going to perform the remote control, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission data to a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Masayuki Kozuka, Tohru Wakabayashi, Shingo Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20160069703
    Abstract: A route display method for display on a terminal apparatus comprises: acquiring starting point information indicating a starting point and destination information indicating a destination; generating route information indicating a route from the starting point to the destination, wherein the route information includes a plurality of passing points; extracting captured images corresponding to the plurality of the passing points from a database which stores the captured images in relation to corresponding image capturing locations respectively, wherein each of the image capturing locations is within a range from the each of the plurality of the passing points; and displaying the extracted captured images in association with a map image sequentially in an order from a first captured image corresponding to a first passing point closest to the starting point to a second captured image corresponding to a second passing point closest to the destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: TOSHIHISA NAKANO, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, YUKO YAMAMOTO, MASAHIRO ITO, KIMIO MINAMI, KAZUO OKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9280314
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling a cordless telephone device for use in a system that allows remote control of a home electric appliance. The method includes a first generation step of causing a first generation unit in a handset to encode audio input via a sound receiving unit in the handset to generate a first stream, and a first transmission step of transmitting the first stream to a base unit. The first generation step includes causing the first generation unit to generate instruction bit information and a first instruction stream when a first trigger indicating a request to start the remote control is given to the first generation unit. The first transmission step includes transmitting the instruction bit information and the first instruction stream to the base unit through a multiplexing scheme that is common to transmission of a first stream generated when the first trigger is not given.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Masayuki Kozuka, Shingo Matsumoto, Hideyuki Oka, Akihiko Inoue, Hiroshi Yahata, Tomoki Ogawa, Tohru Wakabayashi, Keizo Ishiguro
  • Publication number: 20150112667
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling a cordless telephone device for use in a system that allows remote control of a home electric appliance. The method includes a first generation step of causing a first generation unit in a handset to encode audio input via a sound receiving unit in the handset to generate a first stream, and a first transmission step of transmitting the first stream to a base unit. The first generation step includes causing the first generation unit to generate instruction bit information and a first instruction stream when a first trigger indicating a request to start the remote control is given to the first generation unit. The first transmission step includes transmitting the instruction bit information and the first instruction stream to the base unit through a multiplexing scheme that is common to transmission of a first stream generated when the first trigger is not given.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: MASAYUKI KOZUKA, SHINGO MATSUMOTO, HIDEYUKI OKA, AKIHIKO INOUE, HIROSHI YAHATA, TOMOKI OGAWA, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, KEIZO ISHIGURO
  • Publication number: 20150100323
    Abstract: A wearable terminal includes voice data generation unit a voice data generation unit configured to generate audio data, a sensing unit configured to sense a motion of a user's upper limb in a first axis direction perpendicular to a plane defined by a vertically downward oriented direction of the upper limb and a direction of movement of the user, and to generate motion data concerning the motion, a determination unit configured to determine, based on the motion data, whether or not the user is going to perform remote control of a home electric appliance, and a data processing unit configured to process the audio data. The data processing unit includes a transmission data generation unit configured to generate transmission data corresponding to the audio data if the determination unit determines that the user is going to perform the remote control, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission data to a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: MASAYUKI KOZUKA, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, SHINGO MATSUMOTO