Patents by Inventor Shuichi SAKURAI
Shuichi SAKURAI 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).
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Publication number: 20240061771Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, controller, memory, wireless communication function section, and extension register. The controller controls the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device. The memory is serving as a work area of the controller. The wireless communication module has a wireless communication function. The extension register is provided in the memory. The controller processes a first command to read data from the extension register, and a second command to write data to the extension register. The extension register records, an information specifying the type of the wireless communication function in a specific page, and an address information indicating a region on the extension register to which the wireless communication function is assigned.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: KIOXIA CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi WAKUTSU, Shuichi SAKURAI, Kuniaki ITO, Yasufumi TSUMAGARI
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Publication number: 20230396694Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a non-volatile semiconductor memory device, a control unit, a memory as a work area, a wireless communication module, and an extension register. The control unit controls the non-volatile semiconductor memory device. The extension register is provided in the memory and has a data length by which a wireless communication function of the wireless communication module can be defined. The control unit causes the non-volatile semiconductor memory device to store, as a file, an HTTP request supplied from a host, causes the extension register, based on a first command supplied from the host, to register an HTTP transmission command transmitted together with the first command, and causes the wireless communication module to transmit the HTTP request stored in the non-volatile semiconductor memory device based on the transmission command registered in the extension register.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: KIOXIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kuniaki ITO, Yasufumi TSUMAGARI, Takashi WAKUTSU, Shuichi SAKURAI
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Patent number: 11836075Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, controller, memory, wireless communication function section, and extension register. The controller controls the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device. The memory is serving as a work area of the controller. The wireless communication module has a wireless communication function. The extension register is provided in the memory. The controller processes a first command to read data from the extension register, and a second command to write data to the extension register. The extension register records, an information specifying the type of the wireless communication function in a specific page, and an address information indicating a region on the extension register to which the wireless communication function is assigned.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Takashi Wakutsu, Shuichi Sakurai, Kuniaki Ito, Yasufumi Tsumagari
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Patent number: 11778066Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a non-volatile semiconductor memory device, a control unit, a memory as a work area, a wireless communication module, and an extension register. The control unit controls the non-volatile semiconductor memory device. The extension register is provided in the memory and has a data length by which a wireless communication function of the wireless communication module can be defined. The control unit causes the non-volatile semiconductor memory device to store, as a file, an HTTP request supplied from a host, causes the extension register, based on a first command supplied from the host, to register an HTTP transmission command transmitted together with the first command, and causes the wireless communication module to transmit the HTTP request stored in the non-volatile semiconductor memory device based on the transmission command registered in the extension register.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kuniaki Ito, Yasufumi Tsumagari, Takashi Wakutsu, Shuichi Sakurai
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Publication number: 20220391319Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, controller, memory, wireless communication function section, and extension register. The controller controls the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device. The memory is serving as a work area of the controller. The wireless communication module has a wireless communication function. The extension register is provided in the memory. The controller processes a first command to read data from the extension register, and a second command to write data to the extension register. The extension register records, an information specifying the type of the wireless communication function in a specific page, and an address information indicating a region on the extension register to which the wireless communication function is assigned.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Takashi WAKUTSU, Shuichi SAKURAI, Kuniaki ITO, Yasufumi TSUMAGARI
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Patent number: 11442853Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, controller, memory, wireless communication function section, and extension register. The controller controls the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device. The memory is serving as a work area of the controller. The wireless communication module has a wireless communication function. The extension register is provided in the memory. The controller processes a first command to read data from the extension register, and a second command to write data to the extension register. The extension register records, an information specifying the type of the wireless communication function in a specific page, and an address information indicating a region on the extension register to which the wireless communication function is assigned.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Takashi Wakutsu, Shuichi Sakurai, Kuniaki Ito, Yasufumi Tsumagari
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Publication number: 20220232091Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a non-volatile semiconductor memory device, a control unit, a memory as a work area, a wireless communication module, and an extension register. The control unit controls the non-volatile semiconductor memory device. The extension register is provided in the memory and has a data length by which a wireless communication function of the wireless communication module can be defined. The control unit causes the non-volatile semiconductor memory device to store, as a file, an HTTP request supplied from a host, causes the extension register, based on a first command supplied from the host, to register an HTTP transmission command transmitted together with the first command, and causes the wireless communication module to transmit the HTTP request stored in the non-volatile semiconductor memory device based on the transmission command registered in the extension register.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: KIOXIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kuniaki ITO, Yasufumi TSUMAGARI, Takashi WAKUTSU, Shuichi SAKURAI
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Patent number: 11343345Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a non-volatile semiconductor memory device, a control unit, a memory as a work area, a wireless communication module, and an extension register. The control unit controls the non-volatile semiconductor memory device. The extension register is provided in the memory and has a data length by which a wireless communication function of the wireless communication module can be defined. The control unit causes the non-volatile semiconductor memory device to store, as a file, an HTTP request supplied from a host, causes the extension register, based on a first command supplied from the host, to register an HTTP transmission command transmitted together with the first command, and causes the wireless communication module to transmit the HTTP request stored in the non-volatile semiconductor memory device based on the transmission command registered in the extension register.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kuniaki Ito, Yasufumi Tsumagari, Takashi Wakutsu, Shuichi Sakurai
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Patent number: 11327906Abstract: A storage device includes an antenna, a first nonvolatile memory that is operable using power generated at the antenna by an electromagnetic induction caused by an external device, and stores lock state information, a first controller configured to change the lock state information in response to a command that is wirelessly transmitted from the external device through the antenna, a second nonvolatile memory, and a second controller configured to allow access to a memory region of the second nonvolatile memory depending on the lock state information stored in the first nonvolatile memory.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Sato, Masaomi Teranishi, Shuichi Sakurai, Masahiko Nakashima, Shigeki Koizumi
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Patent number: 11132132Abstract: A storage apparatus includes a first memory, which is nonvolatile, a first controller that controls the first memory, a wireless antenna, a second memory, which is operable based on power supplied from the wireless antenna, and a second controller that is operable based on the power supplied from the wireless antenna, and performs communication using the wireless antenna. When performing communication with an external apparatus using the wireless antenna, the second controller performs authentication of the external apparatus, and stores in the second memory an authentication result indicating whether the authentication succeeded or failed. If the authentication result indicates that the authentication succeeded, the second controller permits reading by the external apparatus of first data from the second memory by communication using the wireless antenna or writing by the external apparatus of second data to the second memory by communication using the wireless antenna.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATIONInventors: Masaomi Teranishi, Keisuke Sato, Shuichi Sakurai, Masahiko Nakashima
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Publication number: 20210026765Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, controller, memory, wireless communication function section, and extension register. The controller controls the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device. The memory is serving as a work area of the controller. The wireless communication module has a wireless communication function. The extension register is provided in the memory. The controller processes a first command to read data from the extension register, and a second command to write data to the extension register. The extension register records, an information specifying the type of the wireless communication function in a specific page, and an address information indicating a region on the extension register to which the wireless communication function is assigned.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: Toshiba Memory CorporationInventors: Takashi WAKUTSU, Shuichi SAKURAI, Kuniaki ITO, Yasufumi TSUMAGARI
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Patent number: 10838856Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, controller, memory, wireless communication function section, and extension register. The controller controls the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device. The memory is serving as a work area of the controller. The wireless communication module has a wireless communication function. The extension register is provided in the memory. The controller processes a first command to read data from the extension register, and a second command to write data to the extension register. The extension register records, an information specifying the type of the wireless communication function in a specific page, and an address information indicating a region on the extension register to which the wireless communication function is assigned.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Toshiba Memory CorporationInventors: Takashi Wakutsu, Shuichi Sakurai, Kuniaki Ito, Yasufumi Tsumagari
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Patent number: 10838663Abstract: A memory device includes a non-volatile memory and a controller. The controller is configured to control the non-volatile memory and includes a receiving circuit configured to receive first data from an external device, a converting circuit configured to convert the first data received by the receiving circuit to second data having a data size equal to or smaller than a data size of the first data, and a writing circuit configured to write the second data converted by the converting circuit in the non-volatile memory.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Sato, Shuichi Sakurai, Masahiko Nakashima, Kuniaki Ito, Hitomi Tanaka
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Publication number: 20200310991Abstract: A storage device includes an antenna, a first nonvolatile memory that is operable using power generated at the antenna by an electromagnetic induction caused by an external device, and stores lock state information, a first controller configured to change the lock state information in response to a command that is wirelessly transmitted from the external device through the antenna, a second nonvolatile memory, and a second controller configured to allow access to a memory region of the second nonvolatile memory depending on the lock state information stored in the first nonvolatile memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Keisuke SATO, Masaomi TERANISHI, Shuichi SAKURAI, Masahiko NAKASHIMA, Shigeki KOIZUMI
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Publication number: 20200236191Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a non-volatile semiconductor memory device, a control unit, a memory as a work area, a wireless communication module, and an extension register. The control unit controls the non-volatile semiconductor memory device. The extension register is provided in the memory and has a data length by which a wireless communication function of the wireless communication module can be defined. The control unit causes the non-volatile semiconductor memory device to store, as a file, an HTTP request supplied from a host, causes the extension register, based on a first command supplied from the host, to register an HTTP transmission command transmitted together with the first command, and causes the wireless communication module to transmit the HTTP request stored in the non-volatile semiconductor memory device based on the transmission command registered in the extension register.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventors: Kuniaki ITO, Yasufumi TSUMAGARI, Takashi WAKUTSU, Shuichi SAKURAI
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Patent number: 10719457Abstract: A storage device includes an antenna, a first nonvolatile memory that is operable using power generated at the antenna by an electromagnetic induction caused by an external device, and stores lock state information, a first controller configured to change the lock state information in response to a command that is wirelessly transmitted from the external device through the antenna, a second nonvolatile memory, and a second controller configured to allow access to a memory region of the second nonvolatile memory depending on the lock state information stored in the first nonvolatile memory.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Sato, Masaomi Teranishi, Shuichi Sakurai, Masahiko Nakashima, Shigeki Koizumi
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Patent number: 10659553Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a non-volatile semiconductor memory device, a control unit, a memory as a work area, a wireless communication module, and an extension register. The control unit controls the non-volatile semiconductor memory device. The extension register is provided in the memory and has a data length by which a wireless communication function of the wireless communication module can be defined. The control unit causes the non-volatile semiconductor memory device to store, as a file, an HTTP request supplied from a host, causes the extension register, based on a first command supplied from the host, to register an HTTP transmission command transmitted together with the first command, and causes the wireless communication module to transmit the HTTP request stored in the non-volatile semiconductor memory device based on the transmission command registered in the extension register.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventors: Kuniaki Ito, Yasufumi Tsumagari, Takashi Wakutsu, Shuichi Sakurai
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Publication number: 20200133524Abstract: A storage apparatus includes a first memory, which is nonvolatile, a first controller that controls the first memory, a wireless antenna, a second memory, which is operable based on power supplied from the wireless antenna, and a second controller that is operable based on the power supplied from the wireless antenna, and performs communication using the wireless antenna. When performing communication with an external apparatus using the wireless antenna, the second controller performs authentication of the external apparatus, and stores in the second memory an authentication result indicating whether the authentication succeeded or failed. If the authentication result indicates that the authentication succeeded, the second controller permits reading by the external apparatus of first data from the second memory by communication using the wireless antenna or writing by the external apparatus of second data to the second memory by communication using the wireless antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Masaomi TERANISHI, Keisuke SATO, Shuichi SAKURAI, Masahiko NAKASHIMA
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Patent number: 10552065Abstract: A storage apparatus includes a first memory, which is nonvolatile, a first controller that controls the first memory, a wireless antenna, a second memory, which is operable based on power supplied from the wireless antenna, and a second controller that is operable based on the power supplied from the wireless antenna, and performs communication using the wireless antenna. When performing communication with an external apparatus using the wireless antenna, the second controller performs authentication of the external apparatus, and stores in the second memory an authentication result indicating whether the authentication succeeded or failed. If the authentication result indicates that the authentication succeeded, the second controller permits reading by the external apparatus of first data from the second memory by communication using the wireless antenna or writing by the external apparatus of second data to the second memory by communication using the wireless antenna.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventors: Masaomi Teranishi, Keisuke Sato, Shuichi Sakurai, Masahiko Nakashima
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Publication number: 20190272228Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, controller, memory, wireless communication function section, and extension register. The controller controls the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device. The memory is serving as a work area of the controller. The wireless communication module has a wireless communication function. The extension register is provided in the memory. The controller processes a first command to read data from the extension register, and a second command to write data to the extension register. The extension register records, an information specifying the type of the wireless communication function in a specific page, and an address information indicating a region on the extension register to which the wireless communication function is assigned.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: Toshiba Memory CorporationInventors: Takashi WAKUTSU, Shuichi Sakurai, Kuniaki Ito, Yasufumi Tsumagari