Patents by Inventor Hirotoshi Tokumo

Hirotoshi Tokumo 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).

  • Peripheral equipment control device and information processing
    Patent number: 9727495
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a peripheral equipment control device controlling data flow via a peripheral equipment, the peripheral equipment control device including: a peripheral equipment control processor that can control an operation of one or more peripheral equipment; and a bus adapted to connect the peripheral equipment control processor, a main processor, and the one or more peripheral equipment, the main processor being provided outside the peripheral equipment control device to control the operation of the one or more peripheral equipment, in which the bus stores addresses that are referenced by the main processor and the peripheral equipment control processor to access the one or more peripheral equipment, and the bus prohibits access to the peripheral equipment by the peripheral equipment control processor while the main processor is active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Hidehiro Inooka, Yuta Wakasugi, Seiji Asano, Yuichi Inomata, Hirotoshi Tokumo, Michitoshi Kakuta, Masaki Minobe
  • Peripheral Equipment Control Device and Information Processing
    Publication number: 20150067211
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a peripheral equipment control device controlling data flow via a peripheral equipment, the peripheral equipment control device including: a peripheral equipment control processor that can control an operation of one or more peripheral equipment; and a bus adapted to connect the peripheral equipment control processor, a main processor, and the one or more peripheral equipment, the main processor being provided outside the peripheral equipment control device to control the operation of the one or more peripheral equipment, in which the bus stores addresses that are referenced by the main processor and the peripheral equipment control processor to access the one or more peripheral equipment, and the bus prohibits access to the peripheral equipment by the peripheral equipment control processor while the main processor is active.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Hidehiro Inooka, Yuta Wakasugi, Seiji Asano, Yuichi Inomata, Hirotoshi Tokumo, Michitoshi Kakuta, Masaki Minobe