Patents by Inventor Masahiro Hatada

Masahiro Hatada 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).

  • USB portable device having switching function
    Patent number: 8527680
    Abstract: A USB portable device includes an activating USB peripheral, a storing USB peripheral, and a controlling USB peripheral. If the USB portable device is connected to a host apparatus, the activating USB peripheral is recognized as a readable device and a switching program in the recognized readable device is read in the host apparatus and is executed. Consequently, a switching instruction is received from the host apparatus, the readable device is unmounted, and the storing USB peripheral is recognized as the readable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: I-O Data Device, Inc.
    Inventor: Masahiro Hatada
  • USB PORTABLE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110016256
    Abstract: A USB portable device includes an activating USB peripheral, a storing USB peripheral, and a controlling USB peripheral. If the USB portable device is connected to a host apparatus, the activating USB peripheral is recognized as a readable device and a switching program in the recognized readable device is read in the host apparatus and is executed. Consequently, a switching instruction is received from the host apparatus, the readable device is unmounted, and the storing USB peripheral is recognized as the readable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: I-O DATA DEVICE, INC.
    Inventor: Masahiro Hatada