Patents by Inventor Girou Hirai

Girou Hirai 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).

  • Power supply control method, power supply control unit and information processing apparatus
    Patent number: 7418613
    Abstract: A power supply control method controls a supply of a power supply voltage from an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to an information processing apparatus based on time information that is set in advance and indicates a date and time of turning ON and cutting OFF the supply of the power supply voltage. The power supply control method monitors, by a power supply control unit within the information processing apparatus, ON and/or OFF supply states of the power supply voltage with respect to the information processing apparatus at a time specified by the time information; and manages the ON and/or OFF supply states that are monitored, in a referable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Girou Hirai
  • Power supply control method, power supply control unit and information processing apparatus
    Publication number: 20060047981
    Abstract: A power supply control method controls a supply of a power supply voltage from an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to an information processing apparatus based on time information that is set in advance and indicates a date and time of turning ON and cutting OFF the supply of the power supply voltage. The power supply control method monitors, by a power supply control unit within the information processing apparatus, ON and/or OFF supply states of the power supply voltage with respect to the information processing apparatus at a time specified by the time information; and manages the ON and/or OFF supply states that are monitored, in a referable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Girou Hirai