Patents by Inventor Tomitsugu Sugimoto
Tomitsugu Sugimoto 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: 9350626Abstract: The communication management apparatus includes a network-presence-check processing unit that performs network presence check processing for generating network presence information, a token-circulation-order determining unit that determines token circulation order using the network presence information, a setup processing unit that notifies each of communication nodes in the network of token circulation destination information, a token-frame processing unit that, after transmission of a data frame by a data-frame-communication processing unit, transmits, based on the token circulation order, a token frame including information concerning a transmission right acquiring apparatus that acquires a transmission right next and determines whether the transmission right acquiring apparatus of the transmission right acquiring apparatus information of the received token frame is the own apparatus, and the data-frame-communication processing unit that performs transmission and reception processing for a data frame for aType: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP.Inventors: Masato Nakamura, Tatsumi Yabusaki, Tomitsugu Sugimoto
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Patent number: 9049097Abstract: The communication management apparatus includes a network-presence-check processing unit that performs network presence check processing for generating network presence information, a token-circulation-order determining unit that determines token circulation order using the network presence information, a setup processing unit that notifies each of communication nodes in the network of token circulation destination information, a token-frame processing unit that, after transmission of a data frame by a data-frame-communication processing unit, transmits, based on the token circulation order, a token frame including information concerning a transmission right acquiring apparatus that acquires a transmission right next and determines whether the transmission right acquiring apparatus of the transmission right acquiring apparatus information of the received token frame is the own apparatus, and the data-frame-communication processing unit that performs transmission and reception processing for a data frame for aType: GrantFiled: December 25, 2008Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP.Inventors: Masato Nakamura, Tatsumi Yabusaki, Tomitsugu Sugimoto
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Patent number: 8971179Abstract: A communication management apparatus that manages transmission of data in a network in which plural communication nodes are connected via a transmission line in a ring shape, the apparatus including: a network-presence checking unit that transmits a network-presence-check frame in broadcast and generates network connection information indicating a connection state among the connection nodes from a received network-presence-check acknowledge frame, a token-circulation-order determining unit that determines token circulation order; a setup processing unit that performs setup processing for notifying each of the communication nodes of a token circulation destination; a data-frame-communication processing unit that performs transmission and reception of a data frame using a token frame; and a line-connection managing unit that disables, when the network has a ring configuration, any one of ports of any one of the communication nodes to prevent a connection state of the network from becoming a ring shape.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masato Nakamura, Tatsumi Yabusaki, Tomitsugu Sugimoto
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Patent number: 8908566Abstract: The communication management device includes a logical-ring configuring unit that determines a transmission order of a token frame in a network and configures a logical ring; a multicast-address generating unit that generates a multicast address from a MAC address of the communication management device; a multicast-address notifying unit that notifies a slave station configuring the logical ring of the multicast address; and a token-frame processing unit and a data-frame-communication processing unit that transmit a frame having a destination address to which the multicast address is set, and not performing a receiving process of a frame when a destination address of the received frame does not coincide with the multicast address.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2008Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masato Nakamura, Tatsumi Yabusaki, Tomitsugu Sugimoto
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Patent number: 8842521Abstract: A communication management apparatus that manages transmission of data in a network in which plural communication nodes are connected via a transmission line in a ring shape, the apparatus including: a network-presence checking unit that transmits a network-presence-check frame in broadcast and generates network connection information indicating a connection state among the connection nodes from a received network-presence-check acknowledge frame, a token-circulation-order determining unit that determines token circulation order; a setup processing unit that performs setup processing for notifying each of the communication nodes of a token circulation destination; a data-frame-communication processing unit that performs transmission and reception of a data frame using a token frame; and a line-connection managing unit that disables, when the network has a ring configuration, any one of ports of any one of the communication nodes to prevent a connection state of the network from becoming a ring shape.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2009Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masato Nakamura, Tatsumi Yabusaki, Tomitsugu Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20130148496Abstract: A communication management apparatus that manages transmission of data in a network in which plural communication nodes are connected via a transmission line in a ring shape, the apparatus including: a network-presence checking unit that transmits a network-presence-check frame in broadcast and generates network connection information indicating a connection state among the connection nodes from a received network-presence-check acknowledge frame, a token-circulation-order determining unit that determines token circulation order; a setup processing unit that performs setup processing for notifying each of the communication nodes of a token circulation destination; a data-frame-communication processing unit that performs transmission and reception of a data frame using a token frame; and a line-connection managing unit that disables, when the network has a ring configuration, any one of ports of any one of the communication nodes to prevent a connection state of the network from becoming a ring shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2013Publication date: June 13, 2013Inventors: Masato NAKAMURA, Tatsumi Yabusaki, Tomitsugu Sugimoto
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Patent number: 8452843Abstract: A data communication system performs transmission and reception of data by token passing and updates data by an arithmetic process of data transmitted to and received from a slave station. The data communication system includes a management master station that updates data of slave stations, and a local station that updates data of slave stations. The management master station performs a data update when a token frame destined to the management master station is received, and the local station determines a destination of token frames transmitted from the slave stations, and performs a data update when a destination is the management master station.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2008Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tatsumi Yabusaki, Tomitsugu Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20120106387Abstract: A communication management apparatus that manages transmission of data in a network in which plural communication nodes are connected via a transmission line in a ring shape, the apparatus including: a network-presence checking unit that transmits a network-presence-check frame in broadcast and generates network connection information indicating a connection state among the connection nodes from a received network-presence-check acknowledge frame, a token-circulation-order determining unit that determines token circulation order; a setup processing unit that performs setup processing for notifying each of the communication nodes of a token circulation destination; a data-frame-communication processing unit that performs transmission and reception of a data frame using a token frame; and a line-connection managing unit that disables, when the network has a ring configuration, any one of ports of any one of the communication nodes to prevent a connection state of the network from becoming a ring shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2009Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masato Nakamura, Tatsumi Yabusaki, Tomitsugu Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20120099480Abstract: The communication management apparatus includes a network-presence-check processing unit that performs network presence check processing for generating network presence information, a token-circulation-order determining unit that determines token circulation order using the network presence information, a setup processing unit that notifies each of communication nodes in the network of token circulation destination information, a token-frame processing unit that, after transmission of a data frame by a data-frame-communication processing unit, transmits, based on the token circulation order, a token frame including information concerning a transmission right acquiring apparatus that acquires a transmission right next and determines whether the transmission right acquiring apparatus of the transmission right acquiring apparatus information of the received token frame is the own apparatus, and the data-frame-communication processing unit that performs transmission and reception processing for a data frame for aType: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP.Inventors: Masato Nakamura, Tatsumi Yabusaki, Tomitsugu Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20110292837Abstract: The communication management apparatus includes a network-presence-check processing unit that performs network presence check processing for generating network presence information, a token-circulation-order determining unit that determines token circulation order using the network presence information, a setup processing unit that notifies each of communication nodes in the network of token circulation destination information, a token-frame processing unit that, after transmission of a data frame by a data-frame-communication processing unit, transmits, based on the token circulation order, a token frame including information concerning a transmission right acquiring apparatus that acquires a transmission right next and determines whether the transmission right acquiring apparatus of the transmission right acquiring apparatus information of the received token frame is the own apparatus, and the data-frame-communication processing unit that performs transmission and reception processing for a data frame for aType: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2008Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masato Nakamura, Tatsumi Yabusaki, Tomitsugu Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20110261725Abstract: The communication management device includes a logical-ring configuring unit that determines a transmission order of a token frame in a network and configures a logical ring; a multicast-address generating unit that generates a multicast address from a MAC address of the communication management device; a multicast-address notifying unit that notifies a slave station configuring the logical ring of the multicast address; and a token-frame processing unit and a data-frame-communication processing unit that transmit a frame having a destination address to which the multicast address is set, and not performing a receiving process of a frame when a destination address of the received frame does not coincide with the multicast address.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2008Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masato Nakamura, Tatsumi Yabusaki, Tomitsugu Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20110093559Abstract: A data communication system performs transmission and reception of data by token passing and updates data by an arithmetic process of data transmitted to and received from a slave station. The data communication system includes a management master station that updates data of slave stations, and a local station that updates data of slave stations. The management master station performs a data update when a token frame destined to the management master station is received, and the local station determines a destination of token frames transmitted from the slave stations, and performs a data update when a destination is the management master station.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2008Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsumi Yabusaki, Tomitsugu Sugimoto
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Patent number: 5896509Abstract: A programmable controller network system having station data for each of a number of remote stations set in a response frame of a test frame in an initial cycle. The station data is then sent in the initial cycle to the programmable controller and link data including the number of remote modules, the type of input/output to and from each remote module, and the number of input or output data units is automatically set.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1996Date of Patent: April 20, 1999Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tomitsugu Sugimoto