Patents by Inventor Kazutaka Kido

Kazutaka Kido 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: 6308243
    Abstract: A computer system for controlling a process, which obtains an exclusive control module (semaphore X, Y, Z) indicating an exclusive use right of a resources (HDD 13, video buffer 140, audio buffer 150, etc.,) commonly shared by two or more processes (task A, B etc.,), so as to obtain the exclusive use right of the resource corresponding to the exclusive control module obtained by said process, and for controlling the process, when said process releases the exclusive control module, so as to lose the exclusive use right of the resource corresponding to the released exclusive control module, wherein exception handlers in which a procedure for processing a resource exclusively controlled by the corresponding semaphore after the task is abnormally terminated is defined for each of semaphore; and when the task is terminated with the semaphore being obtained, activating the exception handler defined corresponding to the semaphore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazutaka Kido