Patents by Inventor Takahito Sato

Takahito Sato 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: 11926323
    Abstract: A vehicle controller includes: an engine controller configured to perform an IS control upon satisfaction of a predetermined stop condition and an engine restart control upon satisfaction of a predetermined restart condition; an HDC controller configured to perform, when the vehicle is traveling on a downhill road and a deceleration request according to an HDC control occurs, a target vehicle speed-based deceleration irrespective of brake operations by the driver; and an information acquisition part configured to acquire progress status information related to the engine restart control and including information on initiation and completion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahito Yoshida, Yoshinari Sugita, Rei Okubo, Hidetoshi Kobori, Shumpei Tahara, Shun Igarashi, Takuya Sato, Takayuki Matsuyoshi
  • Publication number: 20240067579
    Abstract: Provided is a surface treatment agent capable of imparting superior antifouling property as well as good and durable hydrophilicity to an inorganic substrate. The surface treatment agent is one comprising a pretreatment agent and a hydrophilizing treatment agent and being to be sequentially applied to an inorganic substrate, wherein the pretreatment agent comprises a silane compound having a reactive silyl group and an organic functional group and a polyfunctional monomer, and the polyfunctional monomer has one or more first reactive groups that react with the organic functional group and one or more second reactive groups that react with the hydrophilizing treatment agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: LIXIL Corporation, NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihito OKUMURA, Yusuke NAKASHIMA, Kazuki YOSHIOKA, Takahito NAKASE, Yusuke SATO, Yugo TAKEMOTO, Kiyoe MAEJIMA
  • Patent number: 10860235
    Abstract: The first to third storage apparatuses each comprise an SVOL1, SVOL2 and PVOL. Even when the write command designates any of the PVOL, SVOL1 and SVOL2, at least one of the first to third storage apparatuses writes write target data according to the write command to the PVOL and then writes the write target data in parallel to the SVOL1 and SVOL2. Even if a read command designates any of the PVOL, SVOL1 and SVOL2, at least one of the first to third storage apparatuses reads read target data according to the read command from the PVOL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Koki Matsushita, Toru Suzuki, Takahito Sato, Atsushi Oku
  • Publication number: 20200019334
    Abstract: The first to third storage apparatuses each comprise an SVOL1, SVOL2 and PVOL. Even when the write command designates any of the PVOL, SVOL1 and SVOL2, at least one of the first to third storage apparatuses writes write target data according to the write command to the PVOL and then writes the write target data in parallel to the SVOL1 and SVOL2. Even if a read command designates any of the PVOL, SVOL1 and SVOL2, at least one of the first to third storage apparatuses reads read target data according to the read command from the PVOL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Koki MATSUSHITA, Toru SUZUKI, Takahito SATO, Atsushi OKU
  • Patent number: 10114691
    Abstract: Provided is an information storage system including a first storage apparatus configured to provide a first logical volume, a second storage apparatus configured to provide a second logical volume, and a quorum accessed from the first storage apparatus and the second storage apparatus and including information regarding states of the first storage apparatus and the second storage apparatus. The second storage apparatus is configured to, after detecting communication failure with the quorum, halt use of the quorum and check communication with the first storage apparatus for failure before responding to the host for each of read and write commands sent from the host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Abhishek Johri, Takahito Sato, Hideo Saito, Tomohiro Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 10025655
    Abstract: A storage system is composed of a first storage subsystem and a second storage subsystem each having one or more volumes, and a third storage subsystem capable of being accessed from both the first storage subsystem and the second storage subsystem. The storage system operates to replicate the data written from the host to a volume within the first or the second storage subsystem to a volume within the second or the first storage subsystem. The first and second storage subsystems periodically write health check information to the third storage subsystem. When the first storage subsystem receives a write request from the host but cannot replicate the write data to the second storage subsystem, it reads the health check information written to the third storage subsystem to confirm that a volume of the second storage subsystem is I/O prohibited, and resumes processing regarding the write request from the host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahito Sato
  • Publication number: 20160371136
    Abstract: A storage system is composed of a first storage subsystem and a second storage subsystem each having one or more volumes, and a third storage subsystem capable of being accessed from both the first storage subsystem and the second storage subsystem. The storage system operates to replicate the data written from the host to a volume within the first or the second storage subsystem to a volume within the second or the first storage subsystem. The first and second storage subsystems periodically write health check information to the third storage subsystem. When the first storage subsystem receives a write request from the host but cannot replicate the write data to the second storage subsystem, it reads the health check information written to the third storage subsystem to confirm that a volume of the second storage subsystem is I/O prohibited, and resumes processing regarding the write request from the host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventor: Takahito SATO
  • Publication number: 20160364287
    Abstract: Provided is an information storage system including a first storage apparatus configured to provide a first logical volume, a second storage apparatus configured to provide a second logical volume, and a quorum accessed from the first storage apparatus and the second storage apparatus and including information regarding states of the first storage apparatus and the second storage apparatus. The second storage apparatus is configured to, after detecting communication failure with the quorum, halt use of the quorum and check communication with the first storage apparatus for failure before responding to the host for each of read and write commands sent from the host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Abhishek JOHRI, Takahito SATO, Hideo SAITO, Tomohiro KAWAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9395922
    Abstract: In an information system including: first and second storage apparatuses executing synchronous copying of data to a counterpart storage device; a first quorum apparatus coupled to the first and the second storage apparatuses; and a second quorum apparatus coupled to the first and the second storage apparatuses, wherein the first and the second storage apparatuses are each configured to perform control to determine whether to execute the I/O request in accordance with an execution feasibility setting, and in health check processing that is repeatedly executed, the first and the second storage apparatuses are each configured to store survival information thereof in the first and the second quorum apparatuses, check whether the survival information of the counterpart storage apparatus is able to be checked from any one of the first and the second quorum apparatuses, and set the execution feasibility setting of the storage apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Nishikido, Koji Nagata, Takahito Sato
  • Publication number: 20160026397
    Abstract: In an information system including: first and second storage apparatuses executing synchronous copying of data to a counterpart storage device; a first quorum apparatus coupled to the first and the second storage apparatuses; and a second quorum apparatus coupled to the first and the second storage apparatuses, wherein the first and the second storage apparatuses are each configured to perform control to determine whether to execute the I/O request in accordance with an execution feasibility setting, and in health check processing that is repeatedly executed, the first and the second storage apparatuses are each configured to store survival information thereof in the first and the second quorum apparatuses, check whether the survival information of the counterpart storage apparatus is able to be checked from any one of the first and the second quorum apparatuses, and set the execution feasibility setting of the storage apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Naoto NISHIKIDO, Koji NAGATA, Takahito SATO
  • Patent number: 8423822
    Abstract: A storage system, method and program product, the system comprising: storage devices; and a controller configured to: provide virtual volumes to a host computer; manage logical units on the storage device and storage pools; allocate, in response to receiving a write request to a virtual volume, a storage region of the storage pools; and store data related to the write request in the storage region allocated, wherein the controller is further configured to: allocate first storage region in first storage pool to first virtual volume based on first size of the first storage region or the first virtual volume; allocate a second storage region in a second storage pool to a second virtual volume of the plurality of virtual volumes based on a second size of the second storage region or the second virtual volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahito Sato
  • Publication number: 20120246511
    Abstract: A storage system, method and program product, the system comprising: storage devices; and a controller configured to: provide virtual volumes to a host computer; manage logical units on the storage device and storage pools; allocate, in response to receiving a write request to a virtual volume, a storage region of the storage pools; and store data related to the write request in the storage region allocated, wherein the controller is further configured to: allocate first storage region in first storage pool to first virtual volume based on first size of the first storage region or the first virtual volume; allocate a second storage region in a second storage pool to a second virtual volume of the plurality of virtual volumes based on a second size of the second storage region or the second virtual volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventor: Takahito Sato
  • Publication number: 20110066801
    Abstract: A storage system in accordance with the present invention creates a virtual volume based on a remote copy pair and provides the virtual volume to a host. A first storage device and a second storage device share a locked disk in a third storage device. The information for controlling a usage of the virtual volume is stored into the locked disk. The virtual volume is created based on a remote copy pair composed of a primary volume and a secondary volume. A user can create and delete a virtual volume and a locked disk by issuing an instruction from a management server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventor: Takahito Sato