Patents by Inventor Hidetoshi Torii

Hidetoshi Torii 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).

  • Device, system and method for accessing plate-shaped memory
    Patent number: 6493787
    Abstract: A drive apparatus wherein a plurality of media each including a memory element can be successively accessed to continuously write and/or read out data into and/or from the media includes a loading device for loading a plurality of storage media such that data are individually written into and/or read out from the storage media, an accessing circuit for accessing the storage media loaded in the loading circuit to write and/or read out the data into and from the storage media, and a controller for controlling, when the plurality of storage media are loaded in the loading circuit, the accessing circuit to continuously perform writing into and/or reading out from the plurality of storage media loaded in the loading circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tokio Yamamoto, Hidetoshi Torii, Ichiro Mayama, Mari Sugiura