Patents by Inventor Motohide Nishibata

Motohide Nishibata 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: 7680138
    Abstract: The inter-module communication apparatus includes a first module and a second module which operate individually on a processor; a common memory interposed between the first module and the second module for functioning as a communication medium; a plurality of communication paths provided to the common memory for connecting the first module and the second module to be communicable; a transmission unit for transmitting communication data from the first module to the second module; a reception unit for receiving the communication data transmitted from the first module by the second module; a processing order relating device for registering a processing order of communication processing, which is set between each communication path constituting a plurality of the communication paths; and a processing order relevance register which, for transmission, registers the processing order to the processing order relating device when the processing order is set for the communication data to be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Motohide Nishibata, Kunihiko Hayashi, Yuki Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20060165109
    Abstract: A data communication device is provided wherein a data storage region and a process request region indicative of whether or not there is a process request of data transmission are secured on a memory. A data transmission section receives a request for data transmission from a transmission module to store data in the data storage region and, only when a process request is not yet written in the process request region, writes a process request in the process request region to issue an interrupt to a process request receiving section. The process request receiving section confirms that a process request is written in the process request region and clears the process request to notify a reception module about data storage in the data storage region. A data acquisition section receives a request for data reception from the reception module to acquire data from the data storage region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Yuki Kitamura, Kunihiko Hayashi, Motohide Nishibata
  • Publication number: 20060018331
    Abstract: The inter-module communication apparatus comprises: a first module and a second module which operate individually on a processor; a common memory interposed between the first module and the second module for functioning as a communication medium; a plurality of communication paths provided to the common memory for connecting the first module and the second module to be communicable; a transmission unit for transmitting communication data from the first module to the second module; and a reception unit for receiving the communication data transmitted from the first module by the second module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Motohide Nishibata, Kunihiko Hayashi, Yuki Kitamura
  • Patent number: 6903453
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes: a first semiconductor chip including a CPU and a debug basic circuit section for verifying operation of a program executed by the CPU; and a second semiconductor chip retained over a principal surface of the first semiconductor chip and including a debug extension circuit section electrically connected to the CPU and the debug basic circuit section. The debug basic circuit section includes a debug command analyzing section for analyzing a command input from outside. The debug extension circuit section formed in the second semiconductor chip includes a debugging function circuit section including at least one debug circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohide Nishibata, Tsutomu Mikami, Atsushi Ubukata, Takio Yamashita, Kouichirou Miyawaki
  • Publication number: 20040019826
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes: a first semiconductor chip including a CPU and a debug basic circuit section for verifying operation of a program executed by the CPU; and a second semiconductor chip retained over a principal surface of the first semiconductor chip and including a debug extension circuit section electrically connected to the CPU and the debug basic circuit section. The debug basic circuit section includes a debug command analyzing section for analyzing a command input from outside. The debug extension circuit section formed in the second semiconductor chip includes a debugging function circuit section including at least one debug circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motohide Nishibata, Tsutomu Mikami, Atsushi Ubukata, Takio Yamashita, Kouichirou Miyawaki
  • Patent number: 5978584
    Abstract: A debugging apparatus is disclosed which verifies a program to be embedded into a target machine by running the program in an environment which is one or the target machine, an emulator, and a simulator. Each environment includes operation state information of the program and inputs and outputs the operation state information in a form unique to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohide Nishibata, Yoshiyuki Iwamura, Fumio Sumi
  • Patent number: 5881288
    Abstract: A program development system in which the debugging apparatus is informed of all of the optimization processes which have been performed. A primitive storage unit stores record information for the optimization processes. The input unit receives an input of a variable and a value, or an input of a line where execution is to be halted. The primitive combining unit obtains record information showing the optimization processes. The code execution unit executes the execution code. The variable operation unit obtains the value of a variable based on relations between variables and resources. The output unit displays the obtained value of the variable. The line display unit displays the program or the generated execution code. The line information display unit displays, in line units, information relating to the optimization performed for each line, The operation-possible variable display unit displays, for each line, variables which can be set and referred to in the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Sumi, Shuichi Takayama, Junko Sayama, Yoshiyuki Iwamura, Shoji Nagata, Motohide Nishibata