Patents by Inventor Makoto Kogai

Makoto Kogai 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: 7200457
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a component and material traceability control apparatus for controlling manufacturing lot identification information of any of a component and material constituting a product manufactured according to a process where a manufacturing apparatus with not less than one component and material reserve unit picks up a needed amount out of the component and material reserved in the component and material reserve unit and manufactures the product, and the component and material traceability control apparatus is equipped with at least a processing unit, a memory unit used as a work area by the processing unit, a manufacturing performance information memory unit, a component and material supply performance information memory unit, and a manufacturing lot trace information memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohishi, Kazuo Hara, Yoshifumi Morioka, Katsumi Otani, Makoto Kogai
  • Publication number: 20060079984
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a component and material traceability control apparatus for controlling manufacturing lot identification information of any of a component and material constituting a product manufactured according to a process where a manufacturing apparatus with not less than one component and material reserve unit picks up a needed amount out of the component and material reserved in the component and material reserve unit and manufactures the product, and the component and material traceability control apparatus is equipped with at least a processing unit, a memory unit used as a work area by the processing unit, a manufacturing performance information memory unit, a component and material supply performance information memory unit, and a manufacturing lot trace information memory unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohishi, Kazuo Hara, Yoshifumi Morioka, Katsumi Otani, Makoto Kogai
  • Patent number: 7010378
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a component and material traceability control apparatus for controlling manufacturing lot identification information of any of a component and material constituting a product manufactured according to a process where a manufacturing apparatus with not less than one component and material reserve unit picks up a needed amount out of the component and material reserved in the component and material reserve unit and manufactures the product, and the component and material traceability control apparatus is equipped with at least a processing unit, a memory unit used as a work area by the processing unit, a manufacturing performance information memory unit, a component and material supply performance information memory unit, and a manufacturing lot trace information memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohishi, Kazuo Hara, Yoshifumi Morioka, Katsumi Otani, Makoto Kogai
  • Publication number: 20060020361
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a component and material traceability control apparatus for controlling manufacturing lot identification information of any of a component and material constituting a product manufactured according to a process where a manufacturing apparatus with not less than one component and material reserve unit picks up a needed amount out of the component and material reserved in the component and material reserve unit and manufactures the product, and the component and material traceability control apparatus is equipped with at least a processing unit, a memory unit used as a work area by the processing unit, a manufacturing performance information memory unit, a component and material supply performance information memory unit, and a manufacturing lot trace information memory unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohishi, Kazuo Hara, Yoshifumi Morioka, Katsumi Otani, Makoto Kogai
  • Publication number: 20010037403
    Abstract: In performing the issuance of a license key to a user through a selling agent or the like on line, the issuance of the license key is performed from a manufacturer to the selling agent or the like in such a manner that information which the selling agent or the like wants to keep in secret is prevented from being transmitted to the manufacturer. Further, when a deadline of a trial period by a trial license key is coming very close, a special license key which extends the deadline of the trial period is issued. In operation, the sales computer receives client information, a product number and a license program name inputted by a purchaser computer and transfers such information from which the client information is eliminated to the license-issuing computer. The license-issuing computer issues the license key when the authentication of the product number is normally finished. Further, the present invention provides a trial license key to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Masao Mougi, Hisao Honma, Makoto Kogai
  • Patent number: 5606706
    Abstract: The write data is entered from the upper unit into a nonvolatile cache provided in a controller inside of each disk unit through a channel adaptor, a cache shared by each disk, and a disk adaptor. The data from the cache is compressed by the data compressing and restoring device and is written in the disk. At a time, the management information for compressed data is written in the cache and the disk as well. In case of breaking the management information of the cache when a failure takes place in the cache memory, the management information is written for each disk. Hence, the breakage does not have an adverse effect on the other disks. If the management information of the cache is broken, the management information given into the disk may be replaced with the broken information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-ichi Takamoto, Kazuo Nakagoshi, Naoya Takahashi, Makoto Kogai, Minoru Yoshida
  • Patent number: 5606529
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device transfers data with an information processing device and includes a non-volatile semiconductor memory in which data is electrically re-writable, a volatile semiconductor memory connected to the non-volatile memory and temporarily storing data of the non-volatile semiconductor memory, and a CPU connected to the volatile semiconductor memory and the non-volatile semiconductor memory. The CPU controls the transfer of data among the non-volatile memory, the volatile memory and the CPU. The CPU also transfers data with the information processing device in accordance with a fixed-length form for data. When an access from the CPU to the volatile semiconductor makes a miss hit (i.e., misses), the CPU accesses the non-volatile semiconductor memory. When a failure is generated in the non-volatile semiconductor memory or when a predicted service life of the non-volatile semiconductor memory is elapsed, the non-volatile semiconductor memory can be substituted by an alternate memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisao Honma, Kazuo Nakagoshi, Naoya Takahashi, Makoto Kogai, Kenichi Takamoto
  • Patent number: 5546348
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device is connected to at least one magnetic storage device. The input and output of data is made between the semiconductor storage device and an information processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisao Honma, Kazuo Nakagoshi, Naoya Takahashi, Makoto Kogai, Kenichi Takamoto
  • Patent number: 5392445
    Abstract: The write data is entered from the upper unit into a nonvolatile cache provided in a controller inside of each disk unit through a channel adaptor, a cache shared by each disk, and a disk adaptor. The data from the cache is compressed by the data compressing and restoring device and is written in the disk. At a time, the management information for compressed data is written in the cache and the disk as well. In case of breaking the management information of the cache when a failure takes place in the cache memory, the management information is written for each disk. Hence, the breakage does not have an adverse effect on the other disks. If the management information of the cache is broken, the management information given into the disk may be replaced with the broken information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: Hitachi Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-ichi Takamoto, Kazuo Nakagoshi, Naoya Takahashi, Makoto Kogai, Minoru Yoshida