Patents by Inventor Haruhisa Tasaki

Haruhisa Tasaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20040158702
    Abstract: A computer system is composed of a CPU, a timer started in response to a power-on and a reset of the computer system, a storage device storing a plurality of BIOS programs, a selector circuit selecting one of the plurality of the BIOS programs, and a system reset circuit. Each of the BIOS programs includes a boot block, and a core block which includes instructions for restarting the timer. The CPU firstly executes the BIOS program selected by the selector circuit. When the timer times out, the selector circuit selects another one of the BIOS programs. The CPU executes the newly selected BIOS program. In the meantime, the system reset circuit developing a system reset signal in response to the timer timing out for allowing the computer system to be reset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Haruhisa Tasaki