Patents by Inventor Kazunari Tanzawa

Kazunari Tanzawa 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).

  • External storage device, and remaining battery amount notifying method in the same
    Patent number: 6831444
    Abstract: This invention relates to a portable external storage device including a battery which supplies power to a communication section which communicates with a plurality of information processing apparatuses, a detection unit which detects a remaining amount of the battery, a storage unit which stores setting information representing a notifying method for information about a remaining amount of the battery transmitted from the information processing apparatus serving as a host device, and a remaining amount of the battery at which a warning is generated, and a notifying unit which notifies the host device of information about the remaining amount of the battery detected by the detection unit on the basis of the setting information stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koichi Kobayashi, Kazunari Tanzawa
  • External storage device, and remaining battery amount notifying method in the same
    Publication number: 20030141849
    Abstract: This invention relates to a portable external storage device including a battery which supplies power to a communication section which communicates with a plurality of information processing apparatuses, a detection unit which detects a remaining amount of the battery, a storage unit which stores setting information representing a notifying method for information about a remaining amount of the battery transmitted from the information processing apparatus serving as a host device, and a remaining amount of the battery at which a warning is generated, and a notifying unit which notifies the host device of information about the remaining amount of the battery detected by the detection unit on the basis of the setting information stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Koichi Kobayashi, Kazunari Tanzawa
  • Storage device
    Publication number: 20030045327
    Abstract: This invention relates to a storage device including a wireless unit which performs wireless communication with another device, a storage unit for storing data, a processor which transmits, based on a command from the device that has been received by communication through the wireless unit, data stored in the storage unit from the wireless unit to another device and stores data received by the wireless unit in the storage unit, and a battery which supplies power to the wireless unit, storage unit, and processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Koichi Kobayashi, Junichiro Iba, Kazunari Tanzawa