Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Sakane

Hirofumi Sakane 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).

  • Method and apparatus for emulation of logic circuits
    Patent number: 7356454
    Abstract: A method for emulating a logic circuit having at least one set of identical logic modules is disclosed. Each logic module in a set has logic elements and memory elements that store a module state of that logic module. The logic circuit is emulated by extracting a logic module from a set of identical logic modules, translating the extracted logic module for iterative representation of the module state of each of the logic modules with a single instance of the logic elements, and configuring a logic device with the translated logic module to emulate the logic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: UD Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Sakane, Levent Yakay, Vishal Karna, Clement Leung, Guang R. Gao
  • Method and apparatus for emulation of logic circuits
    Publication number: 20050154577
    Abstract: A method for emulating a logic circuit having at least one set of identical logic modules is disclosed. Each logic module in a set has logic elements and memory elements that store a module state of that logic module. The logic circuit is emulated by extracting a logic module from a set of identical logic modules, translating the extracted logic module for iterative representation of the module state of each of the logic modules with a single instance of the logic elements, and configuring a logic device with the translated logic module to emulate the logic circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Hirofumi Sakane, Levent Yakay, Vishal Karna, Clement Leung, Guang Gao