Patents by Inventor Michio Ido
Michio Ido 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).
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Patent number: 11705431Abstract: A semiconductor storage device according to an embodiment includes a substrate, a first semiconductor chip, and a second semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip includes a first surface contacting with the substrate, a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, and a first pad provided on the second surface. The second semiconductor chip includes a third surface contacting with the second surface, a fourth surface on an opposite side to the third surface, and a cutout portion. The cutout portion is provided at a corner portion where the third surface crosses a lateral surface between the third surface and the fourth surface. The cutout portion overlaps with at least a part of the first pad as viewed from above the fourth surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventor: Michio Ido
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Publication number: 20220084986Abstract: A semiconductor storage device according to an embodiment includes a substrate, a first semiconductor chip, and a second semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip includes a first surface contacting with the substrate, a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, and a first pad provided on the second surface. The second semiconductor chip includes a third surface contacting with the second surface, a fourth surface on an opposite side to the third surface, and a cutout portion. The cutout portion is provided at a corner portion where the third surface crosses a lateral surface between the third surface and the fourth surface. The cutout portion overlaps with at least a part of the first pad as viewed from above the fourth surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventor: Michio IDO
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Patent number: 11170284Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a first loop antenna, a second loop antenna, and a controller. The first loop antenna generates a second magnetic field on the basis of electromagnetic induction according to a first magnetic field. The second loop antenna generates an induced electromotive force on the basis of electromagnetic induction according to the second magnetic field. The controller is operable on the basis of the induced electromotive force generated in the second loop antenna, and performs communication with respect to a first external device generating the first magnetic field, through the second loop antenna.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Sato, Shigeto Endo, Michio Ido, Masaomi Teranishi
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Publication number: 20200311510Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a first loop antenna, a second loop antenna, and a controller. The first loop antenna generates a second magnetic field on the basis of electromagnetic induction according to a first magnetic field. The second loop antenna generates an induced electromotive force on the basis of electromagnetic induction according to the second magnetic field. The controller is operable on the basis of the induced electromotive force generated in the second loop antenna, and performs communication with respect to a first external device generating the first magnetic field, through the second loop antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke SATO, Shigeto Endo, Michio Ido, Masaomi Teranishi
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Patent number: 10726323Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a first loop antenna, a second loop antenna, and a controller. The first loop antenna generates a second magnetic field on the basis of electromagnetic induction according to a first magnetic field. The second loop antenna generates an induced electromotive force on the basis of electromagnetic induction according to the second magnetic field. The controller is operable on the basis of the induced electromotive force generated in the second loop antenna, and performs communication with respect to a first external device generating the first magnetic field, through the second loop antenna.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Sato, Shigeto Endo, Michio Ido, Masaomi Teranishi
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Publication number: 20190370625Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a first loop antenna, a second loop antenna, and a controller. The first loop antenna generates a second magnetic field on the basis of electromagnetic induction according to a first magnetic field. The second loop antenna generates an induced electromotive force on the basis of electromagnetic induction according to the second magnetic field. The controller is operable on the basis of the induced electromotive force generated in the second loop antenna, and performs communication with respect to a first external device generating the first magnetic field, through the second loop antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke SATO, Shigeto ENDO, Michio IDO, Masaomi TERANISHI
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Patent number: 10481812Abstract: A storage device includes a connection unit to which a first external device is to be connected, a first non-volatile memory in which content items are stored with associated content IDs, a first controller configured to access the content items stored in the first non-volatile memory, an antenna, a second non-volatile memory in which permission information is stored, and a second controller configured to update the permission information based on update information received from a second external device through the antenna. The update information is contained in radio waves transmitted by the second external device and the radio waves cause the antenna to generate power necessary to operate the second non-volatile memory and the second controller. In response to a read command from the first external device, the first controller performs a read of one of the content items based on the updated permission information.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Toshiba Memory CorporationInventors: Shigeto Endo, Michio Ido, Keisuke Sato, Masaomi Teranishi
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Patent number: 10362261Abstract: A method of linking location information to image data in a storage device includes: generating image files, each including image data of a captured image and a time stamp of when the image was captured; determining an first time stamp and a second time stamp within a group of the image files; wirelessly transmitting the first time stamp and the second time stamp to a device having a location logging function and, in response to the wirelessly transmitting, receiving location information corresponding to at least one of a plurality of time stamps including the first time stamp, the second time stamp, and a third time stamp that is between the first time stamp and the second time stamp; and embedding location information in each image file based on the time stamp included therein and the location information received from the device.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Toshiba Memory CorporationInventors: Michio Ido, Keisuke Sato, Shigeto Endo, Mai Ando, Shuichi Sakurai, Masaomi Teranishi
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Patent number: 10326498Abstract: An electronic device includes a main body having an aperture, a slot member disposed in the main body, the slot member having a slot exposed by the aperture and in which a memory card of a predetermined size is inserted and a connection terminal electrically connectable to a connection terminal of the memory card, and a coil disposed on a surface of the main body or within the main body so as to overlap with a surface of the slot member that is disposed to face a main surface of the memory card when the memory card is inserted in the slot.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeto Endo, Michio Ido, Keisuke Sato, Motochika Okano
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Patent number: 10249934Abstract: A memory card includes a substrate, a nonvolatile memory on the substrate, a memory controller on the substrate and configured to control access to the nonvolatile memory, an interface terminal for external wired connection, on the substrate, an antenna, a plain region surrounded by the antenna including a first region that overlaps with the substrate and a second region that does not overlap with the substrate, and a communication controller disposed on the substrate, electrically connected to the antenna, and configured to wirelessly communicate with an external device through the antenna, using power generated at the antenna by an electromagnetic induction caused by the external device.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventors: Tsubasa Natsumeda, Michio Ido, Keisuke Sato, Shigeto Endo, Taku Nishiyama, Katsuyoshi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20180323829Abstract: An electronic device includes a main body having an aperture, a slot member disposed in the main body, the slot member having a slot exposed by the aperture and in which a memory card of a predetermined size is inserted and a connection terminal electrically connectable to a connection terminal of the memory card, and a coil disposed on a surface of the main body or within the main body so as to overlap with a surface of the slot member that is disposed to face a main surface of the memory card when the memory card is inserted in the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Shigeto ENDO, Michio IDO, Keisuke SATO, Motochika OKANO
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Publication number: 20180255267Abstract: A method of linking location information to image data in a storage device includes: generating image files, each including image data of a captured image and a time stamp of when the image was captured; determining an first time stamp and a second time stamp within a group of the image files; wirelessly transmitting the first time stamp and the second time stamp to a device having a location logging function and, in response to the wirelessly transmitting, receiving location information corresponding to at least one of a plurality of time stamps including the first time stamp, the second time stamp, and a third time stamp that is between the first time stamp and the second time stamp; and embedding location information in each image file based on the time stamp included therein and the location information received from the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2017Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Michio IDO, Keisuke SATO, Shigeto ENDO, Mai ANDO, Shuichi SAKURAI, Masaomi TERANISHI
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Patent number: 10063286Abstract: An electronic device includes a main body having an aperture, a slot member disposed in the main body, the slot member having a slot exposed by the aperture and in which a memory card of a predetermined size is inserted and a connection terminal electrically connectable to a connection terminal of the memory card, and a coil disposed on a surface of the main body or within the main body so as to overlap with a surface of the slot member that is disposed to face a main surface of the memory card when the memory card is inserted in the slot.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Toshiba Memory CorporationInventors: Shigeto Endo, Michio Ido, Keisuke Sato, Motochika Okano
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Publication number: 20180052628Abstract: A storage device includes a connection unit to which a first external device is to be connected, a first non-volatile memory in which content items are stored with associated content IDs, a first controller configured to access the content items stored in the first non-volatile memory, an antenna, a second non-volatile memory in which permission information is stored, and a second controller configured to update the permission information based on update information received from a second external device through the antenna. The update information is contained in radio waves transmitted by the second external device and the radio waves cause the antenna to generate power necessary to operate the second non-volatile memory and the second controller. In response to a read command from the first external device, the first controller performs a read of one of the content items based on the updated permission information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2017Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: Shigeto ENDO, Michio IDO, Keisuke SATO, Masaomi TERANISHI
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Patent number: 9898747Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a nonvolatile memory, a first controller which controls the nonvolatile memory, a wireless antenna, a memory, a second controller, and a third controller. The wireless antenna generates electric power based on a radio wave from a first external device. The memory is operable based on the generated electric power. The second controller is operable based on the generated electric power and controls communication using the wireless antenna. The third controller controls data copy or transfer between the nonvolatile memory and the memory. The third controller receives, from a second external device, identification information and stores the identification information in the memory. The second controller transmits login information and identification information stored in the memory to the first external device via the wireless antenna.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Sato, Masaomi Teranishi, Shuichi Sakurai, Masahiko Nakashima, Shigeki Koizumi, Michio Ido, Shigeto Endo
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Patent number: 9888451Abstract: A method of dynamically associating an accessory ID with a portable memory device and displaying confirmation of the association includes: when an accessory and a first portable memory device are coupled with a host apparatus, detecting the accessory ID of the accessory and storing the accessory ID in the first portable memory device; wirelessly transmitting the accessory ID and a device ID of the first portable memory device for registration in association with one another; and subsequent to the registration, upon determining that a code captured from a portable memory devices uniquely corresponds to that of the first portable memory device, retrieving an image corresponding to the accessory ID that is registered in association with the device ID of the first portable memory device, and displaying the image on a display device for visual confirmation that the portable memory device contains the data generated in connection with the accessory ID.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Toshiba Memory CorporationInventors: Michio Ido, Keisuke Sato, Shigeto Endo
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Patent number: 9813096Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a storage apparatus and a computing device. The storage apparatus includes a connector, a wireless antenna, a nonvolatile first memory having stored therein visual or audio content, a communication controller powered from an induction current generated when a wireless signal is received through the wireless antenna, and a controller powered using the power supplied from the electronic apparatus through the connector. The controller retrieves the visual or audio content from the first memory based on content ID transmitted wirelessly from the computing device and transmits the retrieved visual or audio content to the electronic apparatus for playback by the electronic apparatus. The computing device includes an image capturing unit, extracts feature values from the data of the captured image, and transmits the wireless signal containing the content ID to the storage apparatus, the content ID being determined from the extracted feature values.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2017Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Toshiba Memory CorporationInventors: Michio Ido, Keisuke Sato, Shigeto Endo
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Publication number: 20170230069Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a storage apparatus and a computing device. The storage apparatus includes a connector, a wireless antenna, a nonvolatile first memory having stored therein visual or audio content, a communication controller powered from an induction current generated when a wireless signal is received through the wireless antenna, and a controller powered using the power supplied from the electronic apparatus through the connector. The controller retrieves the visual or audio content from the first memory based on content ID transmitted wirelessly from the computing device and transmits the retrieved visual or audio content to the electronic apparatus for playback by the electronic apparatus. The computing device includes an image capturing unit, extracts feature values from the data of the captured image, and transmits the wireless signal containing the content ID to the storage apparatus, the content ID being determined from the extracted feature values.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Michio IDO, Keisuke SATO, Shigeto ENDO
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Patent number: 9706344Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a wireless communication unit that causes an induction current for wireless communication with a storage apparatus that has a wireless communication function, and a processor. The processor executes a user-interactive application in association with an accessory ID of an accessory and status information thereof, when the accessory ID and the status information are received from the storage apparatus within a wireless communication range, the status information of the accessory ID being updated during execution of the user-interactive application. The processor then transmits wirelessly, to the storage apparatus, the accessory ID and the updated status information, such that a first visual or audio output corresponding to the accessory ID and the updated status information is generated by a host device when the host device is physically coupled with the storage apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Keisuke Sato, Michio Ido, Shigeto Endo
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Publication number: 20170155184Abstract: A memory card includes a substrate, a nonvolatile memory on the substrate, a memory controller on the substrate and configured to control access to the nonvolatile memory, an interface terminal for external wired connection, on the substrate, an antenna, a plain region surrounded by the antenna including a first region that overlaps with the substrate and a second region that does not overlap with the substrate, and a communication controller disposed on the substrate, electrically connected to the antenna, and configured to wirelessly communicate with an external device through the antenna, using power generated at the antenna by an electromagnetic induction caused by the external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2016Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Tsubasa NATSUMEDA, Michio IDO, Keisuke SATO, Shigeto ENDO, Taku NISHIYAMA, Katsuyoshi WATANABE