Patents by Inventor Manabu Saito

Manabu Saito 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).

  • Flash memory control method and information processing system therewith
    Patent number: 6078520
    Abstract: A control method and system when a flash memory is used as a semiconductor disk or a main memory in an information processing system. A semiconductor file system comprises a first nonvolatile memory electrically erasable, a second nonvolatile memory not electrically erasable, a volatile memory, a controller which controls the memories, and a control section which controls the controller wherein a physical address corresponding to a logical address specified from an external system is accessed. The first nonvolatile memory stores data for the external system to perform operations, first management information indicating the correspondence between physical addresses at which the data is stored and logical addresses, and second management information indicating a state of the first nonvolatile memory. The second nonvolatile memory previously stores interface information required for inputting and outputting the data from and to the external system and read-only data of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Keiyo Engineering Co., Ltd., Hitachi ULSI
    Inventors: Tsunehiro Tobita, Jun Kitahara, Takashi Tsunehiro, Kunihiro Katayama, Ryuichi Hattori, Yukihiro Seki, Hajime Yamagami, Takashi Totsuka, Takeshi Wada, Yosio Takaya, Manabu Saito, Kenichi Kaki, Takao Okubo, Takashi Kikuchi, Masamichi Kishi, Takeshi Suzuki, Shigeru Kadowaki
  • Flash memory control method and information processing system therewith
    Patent number: 5973964
    Abstract: A control method and system when a flash memory is used as a semiconductor disk or a main memory in an information processing system. A semiconductor file system comprises a first nonvolatile memory electrically erasable, a second nonvolatile memory not electrically erasable, a volatile memory, a controller which controls the memories, and a control section which controls the controller wherein a physical address corresponding to a logical address specified from an external system is accessed. The first nonvolatile memory stores data for the external system to perform operations, first management information indicating the correspondence between physical addresses at which the data is stored and logical addresses, and second management information indicating a state of the first nonvolatile memory. The second nonvolatile memory previously stores interface information required for inputting and outputting the data from and to the external system and read-only data of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Keiyo Engineering Co., Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunehiro Tobita, Jun Kitahara, Takashi Tsunehiro, Kunihiro Katayama, Ryuichi Hattori, Yukihiro Seki, Hajime Yamagami, Takashi Totsuka, Takeshi Wada, Yosio Takaya, Manabu Saito, Kenichi Kaki, Takao Okubo, Takashi Kikuchi, Masamichi Kishi, Takeshi Suzuki, Shigeru Kadowaki
  • Information processing system
    Patent number: 5862083
    Abstract: A control method and system when a flash memory is used as a semiconductor disk or a main memory in an information processing system. A semiconductor file system comprises a first nonvolatile memory electrically erasable, a second nonvolatile memory not electrically erasable, a volatile memory, a controller which controls the memories, and a control section which controls the controller wherein a physical address corresponding to a logical address specified from an external system is accessed. The first nonvolatile memory stores data for the external system to perform operations, first management information indicating the correspondence between physical addresses at which the data is stored and logical addresses, and second management information indicating a state of the first nonvolatile memory. The second nonvolatile memory previously stores interface information required for inputting and outputting the data from and to the external system and read-only data of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Keiyo Engineering Co., Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Tsunehiro Tobita, Jun Kitahara, Takashi Tsunehiro, Kunihiro Katayama, Ryuichi Hattori, Yukihiro Seki, Hajime Yamagami, Takashi Totsuka, Takeshi Wada, Yosio Takaya, Manabu Saito, Kenichi Kaki, Takao Okubo, Takashi Kikuchi, Masamichi Kishi, Takeshi Suzuki, Shigeru Kadowaki
  • Flash memory control method and information processing system therewith
    Patent number: 5530673
    Abstract: A control method and system when a flash memory is used as a semiconductor disk or a main memory in an information processing system. A semiconductor file system comprises a first nonvolatile memory electrically erasable, a second nonvolatile memory not electrically erasable, a volatile memory, a controller which controls the memories, and a control section which controls the controller wherein a physical address corresponding to a logical address specified from an external system is accessed. The first nonvolatile memory stores data for the external system to perform operations, first management information indicating the correspondence between physical addresses at which the data is stored and logical addresses, and second management information indicating a state of the first nonvolatile memory. The second nonvolatile memory previously stores interface information required for inputting and outputting the data from and to the external system and read-only data of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Keiyo Engineering Co., Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Tsunehiro Tobita, Jun Kitahara, Takashi Tsunehiro, Kunihiro Katayama, Ryuichi Hattori, Yukihiro Seki, Hajime Yamagami, Takashi Totsuka, Takeshi Wada, Yosio Takaya, Manabu Saito, Kenichi Kaki, Takao Okubo, Takashi Kikuchi, Masamichi Kishi, Takeshi Suzuki, Shigeru Kadowaki
  • Sizing agent for carbon fiber and carbon fiber treated with said sizing agent
    Patent number: 5298576
    Abstract: A sizing agent for carbon fibers which comprises, as the indispensable ingredients, an epoxy resin having a viscosity of more than 1,000 P but up to 20,000 P at 50 .degree. C. and a urethane compound prepared from a polyol having an oxyalkylene unit with a polyisocyanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignees: Toray Industries, Inc., Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sumida, Toyokazu Minakuchi, Motoi Itoh, Itsuki Taniguchi, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Manabu Saito