Patents by Inventor Ando Hideki

Ando Hideki 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).

  • Storage library system
    Patent number: 10395688
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to storage systems. In one implementation, a system includes a plurality of storage libraries that store a plurality of removable media units. The system also includes a plurality of head units for reading and writing to one or more of the removable media units. The system also includes a plurality of robots that transfer one or more of the removable media units between one or more of the storage libraries and one or more of the head units. The system also includes enabling one or more of the robots to recover a set of data from two or more of the removable media units if a failure occurs in association with at least one of the other removable media units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Giovanni Coglitore, Ando Hideki, Horst Schellong
  • STORAGE LIBRARY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170255533
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to storage systems. In one implementation, a system includes a plurality of storage libraries that store a plurality of removable media units. The system also includes a plurality of head units for reading and writing to one or more of the removable media units. The system also includes a plurality of robots that transfer one or more of the removable media units between one or more of the storage libraries and one or more of the head units. The system also includes enabling one or more of the robots to recover a set of data from two or more of the removable media units if a failure occurs in association with at least one of the other removable media units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Giovanni Coglitore, Ando Hideki, Horst Schellong