Patents by Inventor Yukio Ogawa
Yukio Ogawa 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: 12159148Abstract: The present invention includes a memory and a processor configured to store, in a storage, a first digital twin in which at least one model defining at least one function of an entity at a given time, and at least one piece of second data that includes, as a constituent element, first data for realizing the function of the entity due to being input to the model are included, create at least one second digital twin by performing predetermined first computation using, as a computation target, at least one first digital twin stored in the storage, and execute computation for arranging the second digital twin in a sandbox for which a predetermined time axis has been set, and realizing a function of an entity indicated by the second digital twin in the sandbox in accordance with the time axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Iida, Ryutaro Kawamura, Masayuki Hanadate, Koya Mori, Takao Nakamura, Shigekuni Kondo, Yukio Koike, Hiroshi Ogawa, Hiroshi Sakai, Hiroyuki Tanaka
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Patent number: 9766822Abstract: A computer system including a management computer for managing the entire system, an integral apparatus, and a high-level connecting device for connecting the management computer and the integral apparatus is designed so that the management computer retains integral apparatus internal configuration information, configuration information about an integral apparatus to be introduced, that indicates the configuration of the integral apparatus that may possibly be introduced to the system, and lifetime information indicating lifetime of the integral apparatus; obtains connectivity guarantee information indicating whether connectivity between the computer and the storage apparatus is guaranteed or not; selects an integral apparatus to be removed from the system by referring to the lifetime information; selects an integral apparatus to be introduced to the system by referring to the integral apparatus internal configuration information, the configuration information about the integral apparatus to be introduced, anType: GrantFiled: July 10, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Kaneda, Yutaka Kudo, Yukio Ogawa, Masakatsu Mori, Tomoki Sekiguchi, Masayuki Yamamoto, Naoto Matsunami
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Patent number: 9485166Abstract: In a communication system in which a plurality of communication apparatuses perform communication via a communication network, a network abnormality detection system dynamically creates a monitoring rule during operation without defining information (monitoring rule) regarding communication to be monitored in advance and perform a collection process and an abnormality determination process quickly even when an amount of information to be monitored is vast. The network abnormality detection system copies packets transmitted at predetermined measurement positions in the communication network, calculates communication statistics information at each measurement position from the copied packets, analyzes one or more pieces of communication statistics information, and detects occurrence of communication abnormality.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiteru Takeshima, Osamu Namiki, Yukio Ogawa, Yukiko Takeda
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Patent number: 9363294Abstract: A management server which manages a tenant pattern being information for forming a tenant being an application system for executing a predetermined application by using computer resources within a computer system, the tenant pattern including a configuration item and an ID pool, the management server having: pattern parts information for managing the configuration item as a pattern part that forms the tenant pattern; validation rule information for storing a detail of validation processing for a composition of the tenant pattern; and the management server further comprising: a tenant pattern generation unit; a tenant designing unit for designing a composition of the tenant, and generating a configuration detail for actually building the tenant on the computer system; and a validation execution unit for executing the validation processing for the tenant pattern and the configuration detail based on the validation rule information.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2013Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yoji Ozawa, Yukio Ogawa, Yoshiko Yasuda, Yosuke Himura
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Publication number: 20160094393Abstract: A management apparatus that manages a network apparatus having a packet control function, wherein the network apparatus has configuration information that sets the control function, and wherein the management apparatus has: parameter information that manages settings of the control function of the network apparatus; and an inconsistent data detection module that obtains the configuration information from the network apparatus, and upon comparison of the configuration information with the parameter information, detects, as inconsistent data, information that does not match.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Kosuke KANEKO, Yoji OZAWA, Junji KINOSHITA, Osamu TAKADA, Yukio OGAWA
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Publication number: 20160048539Abstract: A design assistance method includes determining structure items related to a design object, determining performance items related to the structure items, creating a performance-structure map in which correlations between the determined structure items and the determined performance items are shown in a matrix, and creating a flow map by rearranging each of an order of the structure items and an order of the performance items in the performance-structure map based on the correlations between the structure items and the performance items.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2014Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicants: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., IMIS INCORPORATED COMPANYInventors: Hiroyasu Miyoshi, Kazufumi Iwashita, Yukio Ogawa, YoungWon Park, Takeshi Abe
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Publication number: 20160043899Abstract: A management computer coupled to a network device comprises: a processor; and a storage unit that stores effect determination information that defines conditions for determining an effect of an operation by the network device, the conditions being applied to a combination of setting items for the network device, and wherein the processor executes: to select, from among the combination of setting items, a specific combination matching a combination of a first setting item for the network device and a second setting item associated with the first setting item; to determine whether or not the combination of the first setting item and the second setting item satisfies the conditions applied to the specific combination if the specific combination is selected; to identify the presence or absence of an effect resulting from an operation of the network device on the basis of determination results; and to output identification results.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Yoji OZAWA, Yukio OGAWA, Junji KINOSHITA, Kosuke KANEKO, Osamu TAKADA
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Patent number: 9219650Abstract: A network management apparatus is designed so that when reassigning the existing address, the network management apparatus extracts a link with the largest link cost from among links comprising the network based on the network configuration information and specifies a flow routed though the extracted link based on the statistic information; when receiving a path change request and a via link request to request a via link with respect to the specified flow from an external terminal, the network management apparatus selects either one of addresses of an address pair of the specified flow as a change target address; and when changing the selected change target address, the network management apparatus changes the change target address to a candidate address to be assigned by selecting an address, which is routed through a link included in the via link request and has not been assigned, as the candidate address to be assigned.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2011Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Sakata, Yukio Ogawa, Sayuri Kaneko, Kosuke Kaneko, Toshihiko Murakami, Yusuke Nishi, Osamu Takada
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Publication number: 20140325015Abstract: A computer system including a management computer for managing the entire system, an integral apparatus, and a high-level connecting device for connecting the management computer and the integral apparatus is designed so that the management computer retains integral apparatus internal configuration information, configuration information about an integral apparatus to be introduced, that indicates the configuration of the integral apparatus that may possibly be introduced to the system, and lifetime information indicating lifetime of the integral apparatus; obtains connectivity guarantee information indicating whether connectivity between the computer and the storage apparatus is guaranteed or not; selects an integral apparatus to be removed from the system by referring to the lifetime information; selects an integral apparatus to be introduced to the system by referring to the integral apparatus internal configuration information, the configuration information about the integral apparatus to be introduced, anType: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventors: Yasunori KANEDA, Yutaka KUDO, Yukio OGAWA, Masakatsu MORI, Tomoki SEKIGUCHI, Masayuki YAMAMOTO, Naoto MATSUNAMI
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Patent number: 8799525Abstract: A computer system including a management computer for managing the entire system, an integral apparatus, and a high-level connecting device for connecting the management computer and the integral apparatus is designed so that the management computer retains integral apparatus internal configuration information, configuration information about an integral apparatus to be introduced, that indicates the configuration of the integral apparatus that may possibly be introduced to the system, and lifetime information indicating lifetime of the integral apparatus; obtains connectivity guarantee information indicating whether connectivity between the computer and the storage apparatus is guaranteed or not; selects an integral apparatus to be removed from the system by referring to the lifetime information; selects an integral apparatus to be introduced to the system by referring to the integral apparatus internal configuration information, the configuration information about the integral apparatus to be introduced, anType: GrantFiled: May 6, 2013Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Kaneda, Yutaka Kudo, Yukio Ogawa, Masakatsu Mori, Tomoki Sekiguchi, Masayuki Yamamoto, Naoto Matsunami
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Patent number: 8762485Abstract: The present invention is an information system that includes: a first computer; a first storage apparatus; a first network apparatus, to which the first computer and the first storage apparatus are connected, providing a first fabric service; a second computer; a second storage apparatus; a second network apparatus, to which the second computer and the second storage apparatus are connected, providing a second fabric service; and a network that connects the first network apparatus and the second network apparatus, wherein the first computer accesses the first fabric service, the second computer accesses the second fabric service, and the first storage apparatus and the second storage apparatus access the first fabric service and the second fabric service, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Ogawa, Toshihiko Murakami, Masayuki Sakata
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Publication number: 20140165136Abstract: A management server which manages a tenant pattern being information for forming a tenant being an application system for executing a predetermined application by using computer resources within a computer system, the tenant pattern including a configuration item and an ID pool, the management server having: pattern parts information for managing the configuration item as a pattern part that forms the tenant pattern; validation rule information for storing a detail of validation processing for a composition of the tenant pattern; and the management server further comprising: a tenant pattern generation unit; a tenant designing unit for designing a composition of the tenant, and generating a configuration detail for actually building the tenant on the computer system; and a validation execution unit for executing the validation processing for the tenant pattern and the configuration detail based on the validation rule information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yoji OZAWA, Yukio OGAWA, Yoshiko YASUDA, Yosuke HIMURA
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Publication number: 20140136694Abstract: In a communication system in which a plurality of communication apparatuses perform communication via a communication network, a network abnormality detection system dynamically creates a monitoring rule during operation without defining information (monitoring rule) regarding communication to be monitored in advance and perform a collection process and an abnormality determination process quickly even when an amount of information to be monitored is vast. The network abnormality detection system copies packets transmitted at predetermined measurement positions in the communication network, calculates communication statistics information at each measurement position from the copied packets, analyzes one or more pieces of communication statistics information, and detects occurrence of communication abnormality.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Yoshiteru TAKESHIMA, Osamu NAMIKI, Yukio OGAWA, Yukiko TAKEDA
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Publication number: 20140064056Abstract: A network management apparatus is designed so that when reassigning the existing address, the network management apparatus extracts a link with the largest link cost from among links comprising the network based on the network configuration information and specifies a flow routed though the extracted link based on the statistic information; when receiving a path change request and a via link request to request a via link with respect to the specified flow from an external terminal, the network management apparatus selects either one of addresses of an address pair of the specified flow as a change target address; and when changing the selected change target address, the network management apparatus changes the change target address to a candidate address to be assigned by selecting an address, which is routed through a link included in the via link request and has not been assigned, as the candidate address to be assigned.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2011Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventors: Masayuki Sakata, Yukio Ogawa, Sayuri Kaneko, Kosuke Kaneko, Toshihiko Murakami, Yusuke Nishi, Osamu Takada
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Publication number: 20130246668Abstract: A computer system including a management computer for managing the entire system, an integral apparatus, and a high-level connecting device for connecting the management computer and the integral apparatus is designed so that the management computer retains integral apparatus internal configuration information, configuration information about an integral apparatus to be introduced, that indicates the configuration of the integral apparatus that may possibly be introduced to the system, and lifetime information indicating lifetime of the integral apparatus; obtains connectivity guarantee information indicating whether connectivity between the computer and the storage apparatus is guaranteed or not; selects an integral apparatus to be removed from the system by referring to the lifetime information; selects an integral apparatus to be introduced to the system by referring to the integral apparatus internal configuration information, the configuration information about the integral apparatus to be introduced, anType: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Yasunori KANEDA, Yutaka KUDO, Yukio OGAWA, Masakatsu MORI, Tomoki SEKIGUCHI, Masayuki YAMAMOTO, Naoto MATSUNAMI
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Patent number: 8438316Abstract: A computer system including a management computer for managing the entire system, an integral apparatus, and a high-level connecting device for connecting the management computer and the integral apparatus is designed so that the management computer retains integral apparatus internal configuration information, configuration information about an integral apparatus to be introduced, that indicates the configuration of the integral apparatus that may possibly be introduced to the system, and lifetime information indicating lifetime of the integral apparatus; obtains connectivity guarantee information indicating whether connectivity between the computer and the storage apparatus is guaranteed or not; selects an integral apparatus to be removed from the system by referring to the lifetime information; selects an integral apparatus to be introduced to the system by referring to the integral apparatus internal configuration information, the configuration information about the integral apparatus to be introduced, anType: GrantFiled: April 27, 2012Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Kaneda, Yutaka Kudo, Yukio Ogawa, Masakatsu Mori, Tomoki Sekiguchi, Masayuki Yamamoto, Naoto Matsunami
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Publication number: 20120246214Abstract: In the disclosed method for supporting the setting of a service, an allocation set that designates the allocation of a program to an information processing device is generated, the service response time and the consumed system power during use of each allocation set are calculated, and from these evaluation results, an allocation set that meets a standard service response time and reduces consumed system power is selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2010Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Ogawa, Shinsuke Takahashi, Hiroki Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20120215945Abstract: A computer system including a management computer for managing the entire system, an integral apparatus, and a high-level connecting device for connecting the management computer and the integral apparatus is designed so that the management computer retains integral apparatus internal configuration information, configuration information about an integral apparatus to be introduced, that indicates the configuration of the integral apparatus that may possibly be introduced to the system, and lifetime information indicating lifetime of the integral apparatus; obtains connectivity guarantee information indicating whether connectivity between the computer and the storage apparatus is guaranteed or not; selects an integral apparatus to be removed from the system by referring to the lifetime information; selects an integral apparatus to be introduced to the system by referring to the integral apparatus internal configuration information, the configuration information about the integral apparatus to be introduced, anType: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Yasunori KANEDA, Yutaka KUDO, Yukio OGAWA, Masakatsu MORI, Tomoki SEKIGUCHI, Masayuki YAMAMOTO, Naoto MATSUNAMI
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Publication number: 20120166575Abstract: The present invention is an information system that includes: a first computer; a first storage apparatus; a first network apparatus, to which the first computer and the first storage apparatus are connected, providing a first fabric service; a second computer; a second storage apparatus; a second network apparatus, to which the second computer and the second storage apparatus are connected, providing a second fabric service; and a network that connects the first network apparatus and the second network apparatus, wherein the first computer accesses the first fabric service, the second computer accesses the second fabric service, and the first storage apparatus and the second storage apparatus access the first fabric service and the second fabric service, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Yukio Ogawa, Toshihiko Murakami, Masayuki Sakata
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Patent number: 8190789Abstract: A computer system including a management computer for managing the entire system, an integral apparatus, and a high-level connecting device for connecting the management computer and the integral apparatus is designed so that the management computer retains integral apparatus internal configuration information, configuration information about an integral apparatus to be introduced, that indicates the configuration of the integral apparatus that may possibly be introduced to the system, and lifetime information indicating lifetime of the integral apparatus; obtains connectivity guarantee information indicating whether connectivity between the computer and the storage apparatus is guaranteed or not; selects an integral apparatus to be removed from the system by referring to the lifetime information; selects an integral apparatus to be introduced to the system by referring to the integral apparatus internal configuration information, the configuration information about the integral apparatus to be introduced, anType: GrantFiled: June 17, 2010Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yasunori Kaneda, Yutaka Kudo, Yukio Ogawa, Masakatsu Mori, Tomoki Sekiguchi, Masayuki Yamamoto, Naoto Matsunami