Patents by Inventor Takahiro Omori

Takahiro Omori 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).

  • Publication number: 20110271052
    Abstract: A RAID system to transfer data to and from host equipment includes a semiconductor storage unit, a semiconductor-memory selector, and a memory controller. The semiconductor storage unit includes two or more semiconductor memories, a mounting board, and solder joints. The semiconductor memories are mounted on the mounting board. The solder joints are between the semiconductor memories and the mounting board. The semiconductor-memory selector selects a combination of the semiconductor memories to dispersively record the data in the semiconductor storage unit. The memory controller accesses the combination in response to a request of the host equipment. In addition, the selector selects the combination so that mechanical loads received by the semiconductor memories are averaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takahiro Omori, Minoru Mukai, Kenji Hirohata
  • Publication number: 20110072902
    Abstract: In a method of estimating one of mechanical supporting states of a housing for an electronic apparatus, a drive signal is supplied to an oscillation device from which first oscillation is applied to the housing. A sensor detects a second oscillation transferred through the housing in response to the first oscillation to generate an oscillation signal, and a measurement response characteristic is obtained based on the drive signal and the oscillation signal, and is compared with reference response characteristics which are correlated with the mechanical supporting states, respectively, to estimate one of the mechanical supporting states of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Minoru Mukai, Takahiro Omori, Daisuke Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7869975
    Abstract: In a method of estimating one of mechanical supporting states of a housing for an electronic apparatus, a drive signal is supplied to an oscillation device from which first oscillation is applied to the housing. A sensor detects a second oscillation transferred through the housing in response to the first oscillation to generate an oscillation signal, and a measurement response characteristic is obtained based on the drive signal and the oscillation signal, and is compared with reference response characteristics which are correlated with the mechanical supporting states, respectively, to estimate one of the mechanical supporting states of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Minoru Mukai, Takahiro Omori, Daisuke Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7852628
    Abstract: A cooling device including: a fan configured to rotate and produce airflow; a fan case accommodating the fan, the fan case having an outlet for discharging the airflow produced by the fan; a heat exchanger having an inlet disposed to oppose the outlet of the fan case, the inlet being configured to take in the airflow discharged from the outlet; a wire disposed between the heat exchanger and the fan case to stretch along an end face of the inlet of the heat exchanger, the wire having a first end being fixed to a fulcrum and a second end; and a wire driving mechanism configured to swing the wire about the fulcrum to scrape the end face of the inlet of the heat exchanger by the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenji Hirohata, Katsumi Hisano, Kenji Ooki, Hideo Kitamura, Tomonao Takamatsu, Takahiro Omori
  • Publication number: 20100250149
    Abstract: A dummy junction which will break earlier than a target junction is arranged on a board. A history of load applied to the dummy junction until the dummy junction actually breaks is recorded, and an estimated lifetime of the target junction is calibrated when a lifetime of the dummy junction estimated by the history of the load is largely different from an actual lifetime of the dummy junction. The calibration is performed by subtracting a value of an unmeasurable load from the estimated lifetime of the target junction based on load ever applied to the target junction, and the unmeasurable load is calculated based on the difference of the actual lifetime and estimated lifetime of the dummy junction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takahiro Omori, Kenji Hirohata, Minoru Mukai
  • Publication number: 20090278850
    Abstract: In an image creating device (201) for creating an image viewably showing the distribution of an environment parameter of the environment around a character in a virtual space, a parameter acquiring unit (202) acquires an environment parameter of the environment around a character in each direction from the character, a reference curve setting unit (203) sets a reference curve surrounding the character, a trajectory point setting unit (204) sets a trajectory point in a position moved in a predetermined direction from each reference point in the reference curve by an amount of move associated with the value of the environment parameter at the reference point acquired in the direction from the character toward the reference point, and an image creating unit (205) creates an image showing the trajectory curve passing through the set trajectory points and the character viewed from the point of view placed in the virtual space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: Konami Digital Enterainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Shinkawa, Takahiro Omori, Shuyo Murata, Hiroaki Yoshiike
  • Publication number: 20090244843
    Abstract: A cooling device including: a fan configured to rotate and produce airflow; a fan case accommodating the fan, the fan case having an outlet for discharging the airflow produced by the fan; a heat exchanger having an inlet disposed to oppose the outlet of the fan case, the inlet being configured to take in the airflow discharged from the outlet; a wire disposed between the heat exchanger and the fan case to stretch along an end face of the inlet of the heat exchanger, the wire having a first end being fixed to a fulcrum and a second end; and a wire driving mechanism configured to swing the wire about the fulcrum to scrape the end face of the inlet of the heat exchanger by the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kenji Hirohata, Katsumi Hisano, Kenji Ooki, Hideo Kitamura, Tomonao Takamatsu, Takahiro Omori
  • Publication number: 20090063083
    Abstract: In a method of estimating one of mechanical supporting states of a housing for an electronic apparatus, a drive signal is supplied to an oscillation device from which first oscillation is applied to the housing. A sensor detects a second oscillation transferred through the housing in response to the first oscillation to generate an oscillation signal, and a measurement response characteristic is obtained based on the drive signal and the oscillation signal, and is compared with reference response characteristics which are correlated with the mechanical supporting states, respectively, to estimate one of the mechanical supporting states of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Minoru Mukai, Takahiro Omori, Daisuke Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20070137082
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display apparatus includes a flat type display panel and a housing which houses the panel. The panel has two opposite edges and two supporting portions integrally mounted on the two edges. Each supporting portion is mounted on each edge over 70% of the length thereof. The housing has two fixing portions each of which supports and fixes the whole of each supporting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Takahiro Omori, Tetsuya Kugimiya, Hiroyuki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20070023733
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus that includes: a display device having four outer edges, and four corner sections formed with the four outer edges; a housing which incorporates the display device, and has a back wall covering a back surface of the display device and an outer peripheral wall surrounding an outer periphery of the display device; and a metal fastener which has a fastening member and is fastened to the display device. The back wall includes: a first region located between the four outer edges and the outer peripheral wall; and a second region which does not include the first region and a region facing the back surface of the display device, and is located between the corner section and the outer peripheral wall. The fastening member of the metal fastener is fastened to the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Toshio Ooe, Takahiro Omori, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Tetsuya Kugimiya
  • Patent number: 6915488
    Abstract: A display device system for driving a display having one of a plurality of predetermined sizes provides a scalable instruction picture to instruct an operator in operation of input devices. The system includes a device for accepting an operator input selecting a scaling factor to adjust the size of the instruction picture such that indicators in the instruction picture are arranged at spacings substantially equal to spacing of the input devices. In an embodiment, the size of the instruction picture is only adjusted in a width wise horizontal direction. Furthermore, scaling indicators corresponding to a plurality of predetermined display sizes are optionally provided to permit the user to select a scaling factor corresponding to the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Konami Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Omori, Kazuya Kubo, Kensuke Yoshitomi
  • Patent number: 6390923
    Abstract: A music playing game apparatus comprises background music reproducing unit; display unit for displaying an image stored in the storage medium; control unit for reading a content of recorded information in a storage medium storing a plurality of simulated music instruments played by a player and for executing a predetermined operation to the display unit and the background music reproducing unit upon receiving an operation signal from the simulated music instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Konami Corporation
    Inventors: Kensuke Yoshitomi, Kazuya Kubo, Takahiro Omori
  • Publication number: 20020054127
    Abstract: An operation instruction system comprising a device for causing a display device to display, in a display area thereof, an operation instruction picture associated with an operation object range defined in at least a portion of an input device, a device for generating a visual change in the operation instruction picture to instruct an operator in an operation position of the input device, and a device for changing a ratio of the operation instruction picture in the display area in accordance with an instruction from the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Applicant: KONAMI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Omori, Kazuya Kubo, Kensuke Yoshitomi
  • Patent number: 6347998
    Abstract: In a game system, performance data which stipulates sequences of manipulations and allocation of sound effects for the manipulations can be set practically. The game system has memory device which stores performance data stipulating manipulations of a controller provided in correspondence with a predetermined musical piece; the performance data comprises information specifying a manipulation timing relating to at least one timing manipulation member provided on the controller, and information specifying which one of a plurality of selection manipulation members provided on the controller is to be manipulated in correspondence with the manipulation of the timing manipulation member; either one of the information specifying the manipulation timing included in the performance data and the information specifying the selection manipulation member can be edited independently of the other based on a command supplied via the controller by a player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Yoshitomi, Takahiro Omori, Fumihito Miyauchi