Patents by Inventor Emi Shimono

Emi Shimono 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).

  • Data storage apparatus, read data processor, and read data processing method
    Patent number: 6981205
    Abstract: To improve the probability of error correction, thereby generating correct read data. Data is read from the same sector by a number of times and a majority decision is done in the same address, thereby the most frequently read value is regarded as the true data value in the address. For example, for an address 00, “00” is handled as a true data value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Yukio Fukushima, Katsuhiko Katoh, Shunsuke Kobayashi, Takashi Kuroda, Yuzo Nakagawa, Fuminori Sai, Emi Shimono, Tetsuya Tamura, Tetsuo Ueda
  • Data storage apparatus, read data processor, and read data processing method
    Publication number: 20030112669
    Abstract: To improve the probability of error correction, thereby generating correct read data. Data is read from the same sector by a number of times and a majority decision is done in the same address, thereby the most frequently read value is regarded as the true data value in the address. For example, for an address 00, “00” is handled as a true data value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Fukushima, Katsuhiko Katoh, Shunsuke Kobayashi, Takashi Kuroda, Yuzo Nakagawa, Fuminori Sai, Emi Shimono, Tetsuya Tamura, Tetsuo Ueda