Patents by Inventor Akira AWATANI

Akira AWATANI 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).

  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND FLASH MEMORY CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20160210070
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: at least one flash memory including a data storage region that stores data and an erase count storage region that stores erase count data indicating the number of times that the data is erased in the data storage region; and a control circuit that is connected between a processor and the at least one flash memory. The control circuit allows changes of data stored in the data storage region by the processor and suppresses changes of the erase count data stored in the erase count storage region by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi KURAFUJI, Akira AWATANI