Patents by Inventor Satohi Shirai

Satohi Shirai 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).

  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND DATA WRITING METHOD
    Publication number: 20120246390
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an auxiliary storage unit, a non-volatile main storage unit, a secondary cell, a first writing unit, and a second writing unit. The non-volatile main storage unit includes a cache area to temporarily store therein data that is to be stored in the auxiliary storage unit. The first writing unit writes the data into the cache area. The second writing unit writes the data written in the cache area into the auxiliary storage unit when an amount of power in the secondary cell is greater than a predetermined first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tatsunori Kanai, Tetsuro Kimura, Haruhiko Toyama, Koichi Fujisaki, Hiroyoshi Haruki, Masaya Tarui, Satohi Shirai, Akihiro Shibata