Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro Ikegaya

Mitsuhiro Ikegaya 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 transfer equipment for connecting a SCSI interface to an IEEE 1394 interface
    Patent number: 6553440
    Abstract: To eliminate topology limitation and termination and to utilize Hot Plug IN/OUT, when connecting SCSI interfaced peripherals to an IEEE 1394 Interfaced computer. The data transfer equipment of the present invention includes a physical layer unit for executing the IEEE 1394 interface, a link layer unit connected with the physical layer, a management fetch unit for storing packets temporarily, a management agent unit for controlling the packets, a data fetch unit for storing control data included in the packets, an interface execution unit. The header on the IEEE 1394 interface is utilized as the header of the data packet, and the command block on the SCSI interface is utilized as the command block of the data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro Ikegaya