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).
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Patent number: 10680847Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 5, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Yoshihiro Ujiie, Hideki Matsushima, Toshihisa Nakano, Tohru Wakabayashi, Hiroshi Amano, Tomoyuki Haga, Takeshi Kishikawa
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Publication number: 20200082311Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Hiroshi AMANO, Kimio MINAMI, Toshihisa NAKANO, Tohru WAKABAYASHI, Takako HIROSE
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Patent number: 10521749Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Hiroshi Amano, Kimio Minami, Toshihisa Nakano, Tohru Wakabayashi, Takako Hirose
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Publication number: 20190367041Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihisa NAKANO, Tohru WAKABAYASHI, Yusuke NEMOTO, Takayuki FUJII, Takashi MUROYAMA, Kaoru YOKOTA
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Publication number: 20190300011Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: TOSHIHISA NAKANO, KOUJI KOBAYASHI, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, KAZUYA FUJIMURA, MASATO TANABE
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Publication number: 20190263423Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, KEIICHI HIGO, TOSHIHISA NAKANO
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Publication number: 20190141070Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: JUNICHI TSURUMI, YOSHIHIRO UJIIE, TAKAMITSU SASAKI, TAKESHI KISHIKAWA, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, TOSHIHISA NAKANO
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Publication number: 20180375881Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: HIROYUKI WADA, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, TOSHIHISA NAKANO, KEIICHI HIGO
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Publication number: 20180316680Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: TAKESHI KISHIKAWA, MANABU MAEDA, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, TOSHIHISA NAKANO, HIDEKI MATSUSHIMA
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Publication number: 20180204011Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: TOSHIHISA NAKANO, JUN ANZAI, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, KIMIO MINAMI
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Patent number: 9719794Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Toshihisa Nakano, Tohru Wakabayashi, Yuko Yamamoto, Masahiro Ito, Kimio Minami, Kazuo Okamura
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Publication number: 20170118038Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2017Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: YOSHIHIRO UJIIE, HIDEKI MATSUSHIMA, TOSHIHISA NAKANO, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, HIROSHI AMANO, TOMOYUKI HAGA, TAKESHI KISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20160189068Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: HIROSHI AMANO, KIMIO MINAMI, TOSHIHISA NAKANO, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, TAKAKO HIROSE
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Publication number: 20160189323Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, TOSHIHISA NAKANO, KIMIO MINAMI, HIROSHI AMANO, TAKAKO HIROSE
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Patent number: 9329695Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 1, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Masayuki Kozuka, Tohru Wakabayashi, Shingo Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20160069703Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: TOSHIHISA NAKANO, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, YUKO YAMAMOTO, MASAHIRO ITO, KIMIO MINAMI, KAZUO OKAMURA
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Patent number: 9280314Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 15, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Masayuki Kozuka, Shingo Matsumoto, Hideyuki Oka, Akihiko Inoue, Hiroshi Yahata, Tomoki Ogawa, Tohru Wakabayashi, Keizo Ishiguro
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Publication number: 20150112667Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: MASAYUKI KOZUKA, SHINGO MATSUMOTO, HIDEYUKI OKA, AKIHIKO INOUE, HIROSHI YAHATA, TOMOKI OGAWA, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, KEIZO ISHIGURO
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Publication number: 20150100323Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Inventors: MASAYUKI KOZUKA, TOHRU WAKABAYASHI, SHINGO MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 8260714Abstract: A terminal apparatus is provided which guarantees operation of a use condition bytecode while securing a degree of freedom for a service provider generating the use condition bytecode. A terminal apparatus (300), in which a license (1200) includes a use condition determining logic code (1204) and a version number (1202), includes a license obtainment unit (304) obtaining the license (1200), a use condition verification unit (302) determining, based on the version number (1202), whether or not an operation of the use condition determining logic code (1204) has been confirmed, a use condition bytecode execution unit (303) executing the use condition determining logic code (1204) when the operation of the use condition determining logic code (1204) has been determined to have been confirmed, and a content playback unit (306) playing back content based on the use condition determining logic code (1204).Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2008Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Ryuichi Okamoto, Tohru Nakahara, Akihiro Tanaka, Shinya Kemi, Koji Miura, Atsunori Sakurai, Tohru Wakabayashi, Hiroki Murakami