Patents by Inventor Yumiko Togashi

Yumiko Togashi 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: 20130138698
    Abstract: De-identification device for automatically configuring a general hierarchy tree of attribute values of identity information. The provided de-identification device quantitatively evaluates the amount of information which is lost when generalizing an attribute value, and can thereby automatically assess priorities between de-identified data and between data that is being de-identified. Information of each person includes attribute values of the person for a plurality of attributes. De-identification is achieved by obfuscating the attribute values, and a structure in which attribute values to be obfuscated are expressed in a tree structure according to the level of obfuscation is called a general hierarchy tree. The disclosed identity information de-identification device achieves automatic configuration by configuring a tree using frequency information of attribute values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventors: Kunihiko Harada, Yumiko Togashi, Yoshinori Sato