Patents by Inventor Shoji NINOI

Shoji NINOI 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).

  • Memory system
    Patent number: 8527733
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a controller for controlling a data transfer between a nonvolatile memory and a host device. The controller writes, to the nonvolatile memory, management information to be used in the data transfer, a multiplexed pointer indicating a storage position, and a log indicating whether the writing of the pointer is successful, determines whether the multiplexing the pointer by the predetermined number is maintained according to at least one of the pointer and the log, and rewrites the multiplexed pointers to the nonvolatile memory when determining that the multiplexing the pointer by the predetermined number is not maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Seiji Norimatsu, Nobuhiro Ono, Hirokuni Yano, Yasunori Nakamura, Shoji Ninoi
  • MEMORY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120159046
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a controller for controlling a data transfer between a nonvolatile memory and a host device. The controller writes, to the nonvolatile memory, management information to be used in the data transfer, a multiplexed pointer indicating a storage position, and a log indicating whether the writing of the pointer is successful, determines whether the multiplexing the pointer by the predetermined number is maintained according to at least one of the pointer and the log, and rewrites the multiplexed pointers to the nonvolatile memory when determining that the multiplexing the pointer by the predetermined number is not maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Seiji NORIMATSU, Nobuhiro ONO, Hirokuni YANO, Yasunori NAKAMURA, Shoji NINOI