Patents by Inventor Dan Shimizu
Dan Shimizu 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).
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Publication number: 20120096218Abstract: The disclosure relates to an integrated circuit including programmable control logic configured to generate at least one data pattern sequence from a number of stored data patterns and using the generated at least one data pattern sequence to at least one of read from and write to at least one memory device. A method includes generating at least one data pattern sequence from a number of stored data patterns and writing and reading the data pattern sequence from and to a memory device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULCInventors: Sagheer Ahmad, Eric Scott, Joe Macri, Dan Shimizu
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Patent number: 8099638Abstract: The disclosure relates to a programmable virtual memory client, that includes programmable control logic configured to generate at least one data pattern sequence from a number of stored data patterns. Additionally, the virtual memory client includes virtual memory client control logic configured to use the generated at least one data pattern sequence to at least one of read from and write to at least one memory device. A method includes generating at least one data pattern sequence from a number of stored data patterns and writing and reading the data pattern sequence from and to a memory device.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2004Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: ATI Technologies ULCInventors: Sagheer Ahmad, Eric Scott, Joe Macri, Dan Shimizu
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Patent number: 7976392Abstract: An advantageous set of external interfaces for home video game platform provide modularity and expandability while maintaining and preserving the proprietary nature of the platform. A disk drive interface provides flexible communications with an internal disk drive. Various serial bus interfaces provide expandability and interconnectability with a variety of internal and external devices including, for example, flash memory, broadband adapters, modems, and various other devices. A 4-port game controller interface provides serial interconnectability with handheld game controllers and various other input/output device. Power supply, digital and analog audio/video connections, and parallel memory expansion connections are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2006Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dan Shimizu, Genyo Takeda, Ko Shiota, Munehito Oira, Kazuo Koshima, Satoshi Nishiumi
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Publication number: 20070197291Abstract: An advantageous set of external interfaces for home video game platform provide modularity and expandability while maintaining and preserving the proprietary nature of the platform. A disk drive interface provides flexible communications with an internal disk drive. Various serial bus interfaces provide expandability and interconnectability with a variety of internal and external devices including, for example, flash memory, broadband adapters, modems, and various other devices. A 4-port game controller interface provides serial interconnectability with handheld game controllers and various other input/output device. Power supply, digital and analog audio/video connections, and parallel memory expansion connections are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2006Publication date: August 23, 2007Inventors: Dan Shimizu, Genyo Takeda, Ko Shiota, Munehito Oira, Kazuo Koshima, Satoshi Nishiumi
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Patent number: 7134960Abstract: An advantageous set of external interfaces for home video game platform provide modularity and expandability while maintaining and preserving the proprietary nature of the platform. A disk drive interface provides flexible communications with an internal disk drive. Various serial bus interfaces provide expandability and interconnectability with a variety of internal and external devices including, for example, flash memory, broadband adapters, modems, and various other devices. A 4-port game controller interface provides serial interconnectability with handheld game controllers and various other input/output device. Power supply, digital and analog audio/video connections, and parallel memory expansion connections are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2003Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dan Shimizu, Genyo Takeda, Ko Shiota, Munehito Oira, Kazuo Koshima, Satoshi Nishiumi
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Publication number: 20060106948Abstract: The disclosure relates to a programmable virtual memory client, that includes programmable control logic configured to generate at least one data pattern sequence from a number of stored data patterns. Additionally, the virtual memory client includes virtual memory client control logic configured to use the generated at least one data pattern sequence to at least one of read from and write to at least one memory device. A method includes generating at least one data pattern sequence from a number of stored data patterns and writing and reading the data pattern sequence from and to a memory device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2004Publication date: May 18, 2006Applicant: ATI Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Sagheer Ahmad, Eric Scott, Joe Macri, Dan Shimizu
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Patent number: 6811489Abstract: A video game system includes a game program executing system executing a game program and one or more controllers supplying user inputs to the game program executing system. An interface between the controllers and the game program executing system is programmable to periodically poll the controller without involvement of the game program executing system.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2000Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dan Shimizu, Ko Shiota, Munehito Oira, Kazuo Koshima
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Patent number: 6609977Abstract: An advantageous set of external interfaces for home video game platform provide modularity and expandability while maintaining and preserving the proprietary nature of the platform. A disk drive interface provides flexible communications with an internal disk drive. Various serial bus interfaces provide expandability and interconnectability with a variety of internal and external devices including, for example, flash memory, broadband adapters, modems, and various other devices. A 4-port game controller interface provides serial interconnectability with handheld game controllers and various other input/output device. Power supply, digital and analog audio/video connections, and parallel memory expansion connections are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2000Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dan Shimizu, Genyo Takeda, Ko Shiota, Munehito Oira, Kazuo Koshima, Satoshi Nishiumi
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Patent number: 6606689Abstract: A video game system includes an audio digital signal processor, a main memory and an audio memory separate from the main memory and storing audio-related data for processing by the audio digital signal processor. Memory access circuitry reads non-audio-related data stored on a mass storage device and writes the non-audio-related data to the audio memory. The non-audio-related data is later read from the audio memory and written to the main memory.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2000Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Howard H. Cheng, Dan Shimizu, Genyo Takeda