Patents by Inventor Kiyokazu Kobayashi

Kiyokazu Kobayashi 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: 7913072
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information-processing apparatus which includes: a computer; an execution-state holding unit configured to hold an execution state of a program executed by the computer; and a return-point setting unit configured to set an execution point of the program, which is to be restored after activation of the information-processing apparatus, prior to the activation. The apparatus further includes an execution-state saving unit configured to save an execution state, which is held by the execution-state holding unit as a program execution state at an execution point set by the return-point setting unit as the execution point of the program to be restored after the activation, prior to the activation; and an execution-state transfer unit configured to transfer the execution state saved by the execution-state saving unit to the execution-state holding unit at an activation time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyokazu Kobayashi, Kenichi Hashimoto, Tatsuo Hase
  • Publication number: 20070220490
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information-processing apparatus which includes: a computer; an execution-state holding unit configured to hold an execution state of a program executed by the computer; and a return-point setting unit configured to set an execution point of the program, which is to be restored after activation of the information-processing apparatus, prior to the activation. The apparatus further includes an execution-state saving unit configured to save an execution state, which is held by the execution-state holding unit as a program execution state at an execution point set by the return-point setting unit as the execution point of the program to be restored after the activation, prior to the activation; and an execution-state transfer unit configured to transfer the execution state saved by the execution-state saving unit to the execution-state holding unit at an activation time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyokazu Kobayashi, Kenichi Hashimoto, Tatsuo Hase
  • Publication number: 20050178818
    Abstract: The present invention enables to firmly assemble a steel-frame structure. To form a steel-frame structure or to join two steel members being reinforcing members thereof, a slip-proof surface having one or plural concentric higher parts and grooves is formed on the joined surface of one side or both sides of the steel members, and these two steel members are clamped by a connecting member that passes through connecting holes in the state where the first and the second slip-proof surfaces are mutually engaged or not engaged. Thus, joining force between the joined surfaces is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventor: Kiyokazu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6711803
    Abstract: The present invention enables to firmly assemble a steel-frame structure. To form a steel-frame structure or to join two steel members being reinforcing members thereof, a slip-proof surface having one or plural concentric higher parts and grooves is formed on the joined surface of one side or both sides of the steel members, and these two steel members are clamped by a connecting member that passes through connecting holes in the state where the first and the second slip-proof surfaces are mutually engaged or not engaged. Thus, joining force between the joined surfaces is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Takashima Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyokazu Kobayashi