Patents by Inventor Kouzi Nakayama

Kouzi Nakayama 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).

  • Data buffering device having simple data reading and/or storing function
    Patent number: 5293490
    Abstract: A data buffering device having a data buffer permitting data storage in a first storage area A while the area A is advanced over a predetermined number of storage areas of the buffer in a predetermined sequence and permitting data reading from a second storage area B while the area B is advanced in the same sequence; a first device judging whether or not it is permissible to carry out at least one of a simple data storage and a simple data reading; a second device executing, if the judgement of the first device is negative, a return judgement whether or not it is necessary to return a corresponding one, or each, of the areas A and B to a leading storage area of the buffer, and a possibility judgement whether or not the buffer has at least a predetermined number of storage area or areas permitting a corresponding one, or each, of a data storage and a data reading, if the possibility judgement is affirmative the second device placing the first device in a condition in which the first device provides an affirmat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ichiro Sasaki, Kouzi Nakayama