Patents by Inventor Ikuya Suwa

Ikuya Suwa 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).

  • Mutual connecting apparatus between networks
    Patent number: 5640400
    Abstract: A gateway as one example of a mutual connecting appraratus between networks virtually provides an address of a mini manufacturing automation protocol (miniMAP) device to a mechatronics network (ME-NET) device in plural devices forming a network so that the miniMAP device uniquely identifies the ME-NET device. These plural devices connected to respective networks can mutually transmit and receive data in a network environment in which the ME-NET device is connected to the miniMAP device or another ME-NET device. Conversely, an address of the ME-NET device may be virtually provided to the miniMAP device so that the ME-NET device uniquely identifies the miniMAP device. Further, for example, the plural devices may be constructed by ME-NET devices. In this case, one ME-NET device uniquely identifies another ME-NET device in the plural ME-NET devices by virtually providing a station address unused in this one ME-NET device to this another ME-NET device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoichi Sato, Hirofumi Kita, Kouiti Matuo, Masahiko Tsukamoto, Ikuya Suwa, Hideto Naraki, Noriyuki Takao, Hidetoshi Takano