Patents by Inventor Katsuyoshi Suzuki
Katsuyoshi Suzuki 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).
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Patent number: 8160454Abstract: Disclosed herein is a visible-light communication system according to one embodiment of the invention. The system comprises two apparatus. One apparatus emits a visible light beam on which is superimposed transmission data. From the void data represented by the visible light beam, the other apparatus generates a retroflected light beam, superimposes transmission data on the retroflected light beam, and applies the retroflected light beam to the apparatus. On receiving the retroflected light beam, the apparatus identifies the transmission data coming from the other apparatus, on the basis of the identification data superimposed on the retroflected light beam.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Shigehito Shimada, Katsuyoshi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20120087662Abstract: The OLT manages information of optical intensity and communication bit rate receivable by each ONU, and transmits a signal at suitable optical intensity and a bit rate. The OLT decides a signal transmission plan for each ONU according to a status of accumulated information waiting to be transmitted in the OLT's own device buffer, and inserts the signal transmission plan in a header or payload of a downlink frame, thereby notifying the ONUs of the information prior to transmitting accumulated information (primary signal). The ONU recognizes the signal transmission plan of the OLT according to the time information in a downlink intensity map, receives only a signal having the optical intensity and bit rate suitable for the ONU's own device, and blocks other signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Inventors: Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Masao Niibe, Shinya Fujioka, Masahiko Mizutani
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Patent number: 8151046Abstract: The disk array apparatus includes a controller having a communication control unit for accepting a data input/output request, a disk controller unit for controlling a plurality of disk drives, and a cache memory for temporarily storing data transferred between the communication control unit and the disk controller unit. A plurality of cooling fans are provided for cooling the plurality of disk drives. In response to receiving a request, the controller controls the rotational speed of a first cooling fan related to a first disk drive, which is related to the request, and changes an operational mode of the first disk drive related to the request such that the rotational speed of the first cooling fan is increased before the operational mode of the first disk drive is changed.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Akihisa Hirasawa
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Publication number: 20120046561Abstract: A blood pressure measuring apparatus, which measures a blood pressure of a living body, includes: a cuff-pressure control unit which controls a cuff pressure of a cuff that presses a part of the living body; an oscillation signal detection unit which detects an oscillation signal from the cuff pressure; a blood pressure specification unit which specifies systolic and diastolic blood pressures as the blood pressure of the living body from the oscillation signal; and a blood pressure determination unit which determines whether systolic and diastolic blood pressures are appropriate or not.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi USUDA, Yoshiharu KIKUCHI, Hideaki HIRAHARA, Naoki KOBAYASHI, Katsuyoshi SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20120011315Abstract: A RAID group is not configured from a plurality of storage devices. A storage area of a storage device is provided directly to a virtual volume instead of providing a logical volume inside the RAID group to the virtual volume. The storage system, upon receiving a write request with respect to a virtual storage area, first, specifies a data redundancy configuration (the number of data partitions and the number of created parities) and a RAID level set to a virtual volume including this virtual storage area. From among storage devices selected in accordance with specified RAID level and redundancy configuration for this virtual storage area, a storage area is selected that is not allocated to any virtual storage area, and allocates this storage area to this virtual storage area. The storage system partitions the data and writes this data together with the parity to this allocated storage area.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2010Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Taro Ishizaki, Katsuyoshi Suzuki
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Patent number: 8000012Abstract: A first adhesion layer and a second adhesion layer are formed on a base material formed of polyester biaxially stretched in this order from the side of the base material. Additionally, a hard coat layer and an antireflection layer are formed on the second adhesion layer to form a multilayer film. When refractive indices of the base material, the first adhesion layer, the second adhesion layer, and the hard coat layer are ?1, ?2, ?3, and ?4, respectively, the refractive indices are adjusted so as to satisfy the following formulae (1) to (3) to prevent rainbow unevenness. (?1/?4)1/2×0.95??2/?3?(?1/?4)1/2×1.05??(1) ?1<?4??(2) ?2<?3??(3) The two adhesion layers can enhance the adhesive strength with the base material.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Takashi Kobayashi, Katsuyoshi Suzuki
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Patent number: 7995222Abstract: A printer having a first printing mode in which information is printed in a normal image on a general printing tape and a second printing mode in which information is printed in a mirror image on a transfer tape. When the printer prints a two-dimensional code symbol image 40b in the second printing mode on the transfer tape 31b, the printer also prints a two-dimensional code symbol image 40a in the normal image in an area of the transfer tape next to its area in which the symbol image is printed in the mirror image. At this time, an additional confirmative indication 42 is printed close to the symbol image 40a printed in the normal image to indicate that this symbol image should be used only for confirming the content of the symbol image printed in the mirror image.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2007Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Handa, Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Hirotaka Kuronuma
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Patent number: 7961419Abstract: A storage apparatus comprises at least one housing A in which a storage device and a controller are provided, at least one housing B in which a storage device and a peripheral device are provided, and a transmission path for connecting the storage device and the controller of the housing A, and the storage device of the housing B to enable communication therebetween. The storage apparatus is capable of controlling operation of the storage device of the housing B according to an operating state of the storage device of the housing A through communication via the transmission path; and controlling operation of the peripheral device according to an operating state of the storage device of the housing B.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2008Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Azuma Kano
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Patent number: 7949259Abstract: In a visible light communication system, a transmission device includes a data modulation section which assigns 1-bit information to each of visible lights of RGB, and modulates transmission data into 3-bit modulation data. An LED light emission section transmits a multiplexed visible light signal, in which the RGB visible lights are multiplexed in accordance with the modulation data.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2006Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Katsuyoshi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20110022796Abstract: An apparatus includes a controller and a plurality of disk drives. The controller has a communication control unit for accepting a data input/output request, a disk controller unit for controlling a disk drive, and a cache memory for temporarily storing data transferred between the communication control unit and the disk controller unit. The plurality of disk drives has different communication interfaces and connected to the disk controller unit to communicate with the disk controller unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Akihisa Hirasawa
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Patent number: 7876557Abstract: A disk array device comprises: a hard disk drive module including a disk for recording information thereon and having one side that has a length substantially equal to the diameter of the disk; a battery nodule; an operation module; a fan module having at least one cooling fan; a controller module having a controller; a power supply module provided for supplying power to the modules; a circuit board to which the above-mentioned modules are connected via electrical connectors; and a substantially box-shaped chassis in which the modules and the circuit board are housed. A front surface and a rear surface of the chassis are opened in a rectangular shape. A length of one side of the opened front surface of the chassis is substantially the same length as the one side of the hard disk drive module.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2009Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Masahiko Sato, Kenichi Tateyama, Naoto Matsunami, Koichi Kimura, Hidehiko Iwasaki, Kenichi Takamoto, Kenji Muraoka, Takamasa Ishikawa, Nobuhiro Yokoyama, Kiyotaka Takahashi, Yoshinori Nagaiwa
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Patent number: 7848611Abstract: A digital broadcasting system is provided, in which an editing storage connected to plural digital image editing apparatuses can be managed as a virtual storage in a collective manner and an editing storage connected to other digital image editing apparatuses can be handled as the editing storage connected to the digital image editing apparatus. The digital broadcasting system includes a digital image editing apparatus, a storage system having an editing storage and a management storage, and a sending apparatus, wherein a first access path from the digital image editing apparatus to the editing storage and a second access path from the digital image editing apparatus through a virtual storage in the management storage are provided as access paths to the digital image data stored in the editing storage, and the access through the first and second access paths is controlled based on the use of the editing storage.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2005Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventor: Katsuyoshi Suzuki
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Patent number: 7782479Abstract: A label sheet is constituted by a second label and predetermined plural numbers of first labels which are formed consecutively with the second label. The first label to be attached to an object indicates predetermined information on the object, and the second label for managing the first label indicates second information which is not appropriate as the information to be indicated on the first label and is on the purpose and handling of the first label.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2007Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Handa, Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Hirotaka Kuronuma
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Publication number: 20100067916Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a visible-light communications system in which bidirectional visible-light communication is performed between a visible-light communications device and a mobile terminal. The device has one light source. The mobile terminal has a retroflection unit. The mobile terminal further has first and second optical filters. The first optical filter extracts a visible light beam modulated with the data transmitted from the visible-light communications device. The second optical filter extracts a visible light beam that will be used as a retroflection light beam that is not modulated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Inventors: Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Shigehito Shimada
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Publication number: 20100028021Abstract: Disclosed herein is a visible-light communication system according to one embodiment of the invention. The system comprises two apparatus. One apparatus emits a visible light beam on which is superimposed transmission data. From the void data represented by the visible light beam, the other apparatus generates a retroflected light beam, superimposes transmission data on the retroflected light beam, and applies the retroflected light beam to the apparatus. On receiving the retroflected light beam, the apparatus identifies the transmission data coming from the other apparatus, on the basis of the identification data superimposed on the retroflected light beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2009Publication date: February 4, 2010Inventors: Shigehito SHIMADA, Katsuyoshi SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20100021731Abstract: A prism sheet is composed of a base layer made from polyester, an adhesion layer formed on one of the surfaces of the base layer, a back layer formed on the other surface of the base layer, and a prism layer formed on the adhesion layer. A main constituent of the back layer is water-insoluble polymer with glass transition temperature (Tg) of at least 90° C. Average reflectivity of the back layer is at most 3.5% at wavelength in a range from 380 nm to 780 nm. By containing water-insoluble polymer with Tg of at least 90° C. as the main constituent, the back layer becomes free from contact damage caused by contact with the prism peaks of the adjacent prism sheet. Setting the average reflectivity of the back layer to at most 3.5% imparts brightness enhancement properties to the prism sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2009Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tatsuya Nomura, Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Takashi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20090237876Abstract: A disk array device comprises: a hard disk drive module including a disk for recording information thereon and having one side that has a length substantially equal to the diameter of the disk; a battery nodule; an operation module; a fan module having at least one cooling fan; a controller module having a controller; a power supply module provided for supplying power to the modules; a circuit board to which the above-mentioned modules are connected via electrical connectors; and a substantially box-shaped chassis in which the modules and the circuit board are housed. A front surface and a rear surface of the chassis are opened in a rectangular shape. A length of one side of the opened front surface of the chassis is substantially the same length as the one side of the hard disk drive module.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Masahiko Sato, Kenichi Tateyama, Naoto Matsunami, Koichi Kimura, Hidehiko Iwasaki, Kenichi Takamoto, Kenji Muraoka, Takamasa Ishikawa, Nobuhiro Yokoyama, Kiyotaka Takahashi, Yoshinori Nagaiwa
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Patent number: 7587548Abstract: An apparatus which includes a controller and a plurality of disk drives. The controller has a communication control unit for accepting a data input/output request, a disk controller unit for controlling a disk drive, and a cache memory for temporarily storing data transferred between the communication control unit and the disk controller unit. The plurality of disk drives has different communication interfaces and connected to the disk controller unit to communicate with the disk controller unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2005Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Akihisa Hirasawa
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Patent number: 7558056Abstract: A disk array device comprises: a hard disk drive module including a disk for recording information thereon and having one side that has a length substantially equal to the diameter of the disk; a battery module; an operation module; a fan module having at least one cooling fan; a controller module having a controller; a power supply module provided for supplying power to the modules; a circuit board to which the above-mentioned modules are connected via electrical connectors; and a substantially box-shaped chassis in which the modules and the circuit board are housed. A front surface and a rear surface of the chassis are opened in a rectangular shape. A length of one side of the opened front surface of the chassis is substantially the same length as the one side of the hard disk drive module.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2008Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Masahiko Sato, Kenichi Tateyama, Naoto Matsunami, Koichi Kimura, Hidehiko Iwasaki, Kenichi Takamoto, Kenji Muraoka, Takamasa Ishikawa, Nobuhiro Yokoyama, Kiyotaka Takahashi, Yoshinori Nagaiwa
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Publication number: 20090164720Abstract: A storage apparatus comprises at least one housing A in which a storage device and a controller are provided, at least one housing B in which a storage device and a peripheral device are provided, and a transmission path for connecting the storage device and the controller of the housing A, and the storage device of the housing B to enable communication therebetween. The storage apparatus is capable of controlling operation of the storage device of the housing B according to an operating state of the storage device of the housing A through communication via the transmission path; and controlling operation of the peripheral device according to an operating state of the storage device of the housing B.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyoshi SUZUKI, Azuma Kano