Patents by Inventor Kazuo Nakao

Kazuo Nakao 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).

  • Patent number: 5867679
    Abstract: A parallel computer system includes a plurality of processors, each of which is placed in data communication with an interconnecting network. Pairs of a data signal and a data identification code, predetermined for the data signal, are received by each processor and stored in a memory. Structure is provided for reading a data signal belonging to one of the pairs having a data identification code designated by a data readout instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruo Tanaka, Naoki Hamanaka, Koichiro Omoda, Shigeo Nagashima, Akira Muramatsu, Ikuo Yoshihara, Kazuo Nakao, Junji Nakagoshi, Kazuo Ojima
  • Patent number: 5517619
    Abstract: In a parallel computer including L=n.sub.1 .times.n.sub.2 .times. - - - .times.n.sub.N processor element or external devices (hereafter represented by processor elements), an interconnection network of processor elements using L.times.(1/n.sub.1 +1/n.sub.2 + - - - +1/n.sub.N) crossbar switches in total comprises N dimensional lattice coordinates (i.sub.1, i.sub.2, - - - , i.sub.N), 0.ltoreq.i.sub.1 .ltoreq.n.sub.1 -1, 0.ltoreq.i.sub.2 .ltoreq.n.sub.2 -1; - - - , 0.ltoreq.i.sub.N ; and .ltoreq.n.sub.N -1 given to each processor element as the processor element number, crossbar switches for decoding a dimensional field in a processor element number having specific position and length depending upon the number of lattice points of a particular dimension and for performing the switching operation with regard to the dimension, interconnection of n.sub.k processor elements having processor element numbers, which are different only in the k-th dimensional coordinate for arbitrary k, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Muramatsu, Ikuo Yoshihara, Kazuo Nakao, Takehisa Hayashi, Teruo Tanaka, Shigeo Nagashima
  • Patent number: 5339396
    Abstract: In a parallel computer including L=n.sub.1 x n.sub.2 x - - - x n.sub.N processor element or external devices (hereafter represented by processor elements), an interconnection network of processor elements using L x (1/n.sub.1 +1/n.sub.2 +- - - +1/n.sub.N) crossbar switches in total comprises N dimensional lattice coordinates (i.sub.1, i.sub.2, - - - , i.sub.N) , 0.ltoreq.i.sub.1 .ltoreq.n.sub.1-1, 0.ltoreq.i.sub.2 .ltoreq.n.sub.2-1, - - - , 0.ltoreq.i.sub.n .ltoreq.n.sub.N-1 given to each processor element as the processor element number, crossbar switches for decoding a dimensional field in a processor element number having specific position and length depending upon the number of lattice points of a particular dimension and for performing the switching operation with regard to the dimension, interconnection of n.sub.k processor elements having processor element numbers, which are different only in the k-th dimensional coordinate for arbitrary k, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Muramatsu, Ikuo Yoshihara, Kazuo Nakao, Takehisa Hayashi, Teruo Tanaka, Shigeo Nagashima
  • Patent number: 5129093
    Abstract: A parallel computer has an operation request function and a plurality of processor elements. Each processor element has a sharable distributed memory for holding data, and is interconnected to a network to permit communication. Each processor element comprises a request sent unit for sending an operation request message for causing another processor element connected to a memory module to execute a recursive defining operation. The memory module stores data to be recursively defined. Each processor element further comprises an operation request execution element for accepting a message from another processor, temporarily stopping any other operation of the processor element in accordance with the content of the message, and executing the requested operation. Registers are also used for executing the operation requested by the other processor in addition to the general purpose registers and floating point registers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Muramatsu, Ikuo Yoshihara, Kazuo Nakao
  • Patent number: 5043873
    Abstract: A plurality of elemental processors each include a local memory for storing data and task programs and an execution section for executing the task programs. A communications section transfers data among the processors. In a method of parallel processing with these elemental processors, a task program is executed in one of the processors. A detection operation is conducted to determine whether the data from the task program is to be copied to the local memories of other processors. The detection is based on predetermined information which is stored in the local memory of the processor which performs the task program and indicates which of the other processors will need the data. The detection also determines which of the other processors that will require access to the data are ready to receive the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Muramatsu, Kousuke Sakoda, Ikuo Yoshihara, Kazuo Nakao, Makoto Nohmi, Naoki Hamanaka, Shigeo Nagashima, Teruo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 4963494
    Abstract: An enzyme immobilized membrane comprising an anisotropic ultrafiltration membrane having a porous layer and a dense layer, and an enzyme immobilized therein is disclosed. The porous layer of the ultrafiltration membrane retains a water-soluble polymer having at least two functional groups in the crosslinked state, and the enzyme is covalently bonded to the membrane through the functional groups of the polymer. Preferably, the membrane is prepared from polysulfone. The enzyme immobilized membrane is produced by a process which comprises impregnating a solution of the water-soluble polymer into the porous layer of the ultrafiltration membrane under a pressure of 0.1 to 1.0 kg/cm.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: Nitto Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Hibino, Takeshi Okada, Kazuo Nakao, Yuko Sahashi
  • Patent number: 4951193
    Abstract: In accessing a memory, each element processor executes a program constructed so as to designate an address belonging to a predetermined local address area for each element processor. When a memory write instruction is executed by an element processor, it is detected if the memory address designated by the instruction coincides with a predetermined address. If detected, a predetermined address belonging to a local address space of another element processor and assigned to the first-mentioned predetermined address, and the data written in response to the write instruction, are sent to the other element processor to instruct the data to be written therein as a copy data. A next task to be executed is decided independently for each element processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Muramatsu, Kousuke Sakoda, Ikuo Yoshihara, Kazuo Nakao, Makoto Nohmi, Naoki Hamanaka, Shigeo Nagashima, Teruo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 4943968
    Abstract: A sequence of calling clauses and all clauses in a procedure that includes the selected clauses are displayed simultaneously, and the present point of execution is displayed being overlapped on the above displays. In particular, the program source list of a procedure being processed is displayed, and the latest execution statuses of the executed terms are graphically displayed around the terms on the displayed program source list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Hirose, Kazuo Nakao, Keiko Shinada
  • Patent number: 4794529
    Abstract: In order to improve the efficiency of test and debug procedure based on delarative program understanding of a program described by a logical language, the operation which has been executed for each procedure is grasped. On the basis of information relating to the grasped operation, the operation range of each procedure is expressed clearly by making thick only sides which have actually operated among four sides of a box-shaped figure surrounding each head term and end body term of each clause included in each procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Hirose, Kazuo Nakao, Yoichi Takeuchi, Keiko Shinada
  • Patent number: 4794528
    Abstract: In order to highly speed up the pattern matching of tree structured data in a logic programming language, the priority order is set when the data owned by the individual nodes of a tree structure are to be transversely sought, and the tree structured data are expressed in a vector type, in which they are arranged in that priority order, so that they are compared consecutively from the head for each element of the vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Hirose, Kazuo Nakao, Kousuke Sakoda, Youichi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 4644480
    Abstract: A reliability analyzing system for manufacturing processes is disclosed, which comprises a computer system provided with a data memory device, a central processing device and input/output devices, terminals which input/output information into/from said computer system, and output devices for manufacturing sites; whereby said data memory device stores required specifications for each product, works for manufacturing and controlling processes, information relating to items, such as required specifications, works, control items, etc. and information mutually relating different items, and on the basis of the stored information, reliability analysis for each process is effected for all the processes and reliability analysis for each required specification is performed for all the required specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Microcomputer Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Haruna, Kazuo Nakao, Tamotsu Nishiyama, Tsutomu Tashiro, Kuniaki Matsumoto, Nobuyuki Saida