Patents by Inventor Kayoko Tsubota

Kayoko Tsubota 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).

  • Operation control apparatus, operation control method, operation control program controlling operation of magnetic disc device
    Patent number: 8107184
    Abstract: For an apparatus determining whether or not an HDD is started by barometric pressure information or the like, there are provided a navigation apparatus, an operation control device, an operation control method, and an operation control program, that enable shortening of a time from a power-on to starting-up of the HDD. The present application is the operation control device which controls the operation of the HDD by giving an instruction to the HDD to control the operation of the HDD, the operation control device including: a recording means for recording a previous closing information indicative of whether or not the operation of the operation control device normally ends by a previous power-off and an operation control means for giving an instruction of starting the operation to the HDD in a case where the operation has been normally ended at a time of starting the operation control device by the power-on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Kameda, Isamu Shinohara, Daisuke Hirabayashi, Kayoko Tsubota, Takeshi Kobayashi
  • NAVIGATION APPARATUS, OPERATION CONTROL APPARATUS, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, OPERATION CONTROL PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20100284106
    Abstract: For an apparatus determining whether or not an HDD is started by barometric pressure information or the like, there are provided a navigation apparatus, an operation control device, an operation control method, and an operation control program, that enable shortening of a time from a power-on to starting-up of the HDD. The present application is the operation control device which controls the operation of the HDD by giving an instruction to the HDD to control the operation of the HDD, the operation control device including: a recording means for recording a previous closing information indicative of whether or not the operation of the operation control device normally ends by a previous power-off and an operation control means for giving an instruction of starting the operation to the HDD in a case where the operation has been normally ended at a time of starting the operation control device by the power-on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicants: Pioneer Corporation, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Kameda, Isamu Shinohara, Daisuke Hirabayashi, Kayoko Tsubota, Takeshi Kobayashi