Patents by Inventor Toshimi HAMADA

Toshimi HAMADA 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: 20220308857
    Abstract: A control device mounted on a vehicle and configured in such a manner that a program incorporated in a first vehicle control unit can be updated by first updating means and a program incorporated in a second vehicle control unit can be updated by second updating means that is different from the first updating means, the control device including a request reception unit causing the first updating means to receive an acquisition request of acquiring version information about a version of the program of the second vehicle control unit; and a transmission control unit causing the first updating means to transmit the version information according to the acquisition request. The first and second updating means are means for acquiring an update program from a device outside the vehicle, and one of the first and second updating means acquires a program from a device outside the vehicle via a communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoaki Taki, Takeshi Kanda, Toshimi Hamada
  • Publication number: 20220197627
    Abstract: Provided is a control system, including: a mobile object control unit configured to control a mobile object; an update control unit configured to receive an update program of the mobile object control unit from an external apparatus, and update the mobile object control unit with the update program; an instruction acquisition control unit configured to perform control to acquire a user instruction indicating that the update of the mobile object control unit with the update program is not executed; and a determination unit configured to determine whether an updatable condition is satisfied, which is a determination condition for determining the mobile object is in an updatable state or not, based on at least either of a driveline state of the mobile object or an opening or closing state of a door installed in the mobile object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Kohei YAMAGUCHI, Tomoaki TAKI, Genta INOUE, Toshimi HAMADA, Yosuke SHIONOYA