Patents by Inventor Norio Kurobane

Norio Kurobane 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: 9513824
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium has stored therein a program that causes a computer to execute a control process. The control process includes: receiving an access request for a recording device that stores data; determining whether or not index information corresponding to the access request, which is received at the receiving, is stored in a memory that stores index information that is obtained by shortening identification information identifying data from the recording device cached in a non-volatile memory; and accessing the non-volatile memory when it is determined that the index information is stored in the memory and accessing the recording device when it is determined that the index information is not in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Suzuki, Norio Kurobane, Sokichi Fujita, Jianping Li
  • Patent number: 9323642
    Abstract: A calculation method includes calculating, by a processor, a difference between a first value and a second value, the first value being read from a clock counter that counts pulses of a clock signal having a plurality of types of frequencies, supplied to the processor in response to control command to start processing for an unit to be allocated to the processor, the second value being read from the clock counter in response to control command to stop processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Miho Kato, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Tsubasa Kitayama, Norio Kurobane
  • Publication number: 20150149720
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium has stored therein a program that causes a computer to execute a control process. The control process includes: receiving an access request for a recording device that stores data; determining whether or not index information corresponding to the access request, which is received at the receiving, is stored in a memory that stores index information that is obtained by shortening identification information identifying data from the recording device cached in a non-volatile memory; and accessing the non-volatile memory when it is determined that the index information is stored in the memory and accessing the recording device when it is determined that the index information is not in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Suzuki, Norio Kurobane, Sokichi Fujita, Jianping Li