Patents by Inventor Takao Marukame

Takao Marukame 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: 9953107
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system including a key-value store containing key-value data as a pair of a key and a value corresponding to the key, includes an interface, a memory block, an address acquisition circuit and a controller. The interface receives a data write/read request or a request based on the key-value store. The memory block has a data area for storing data and a metadata table containing the key-value data. The address acquisition circuit acquires an address in response to input of the key. The controller executes the data write/read request for the memory block, and outputs the address acquired to the memory block and executes the request based on the key-value store. The controller outputs the value corresponding to the key via the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Marukame, Atsuhiro Kinoshita, Kosuke Tatsumura
  • Publication number: 20180082168
    Abstract: A memcapacitor according to an embodiment includes a first electrode, a first dielectric layer provided on the first electrode, a plurality of variable resistance portions provided separately from each other on the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer provided on the first dielectric layer and between the variable resistance portions, and a second electrode provided on the variable resistance portions and the second dielectric layer. Each of the variable resistance portions is formed of a material that allows diffusion of metal atoms constituting the second electrode to inside of the variable resistance portion, and the second dielectric layer is formed of a material that prevents diffusion of the metal atoms constituting the second electrode to inside of the second dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takao MARUKAME, Jun DEGUCHI, Yoshifumi NISHI, Masamichi SUZUKI, Fumihiko TACHIBANA, Makoto MORIMOTO, Yuichiro MITANI
  • Patent number: 9924117
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an imaging element includes a plurality of light receiving elements, a plurality of scanning circuits, a first line comprising a plurality of nodes, and a plurality of first variable resistance elements. The plurality of scanning circuits are respectively connected to the plurality of light receiving elements. Each of the plurality of first variable resistance elements is connected between the corresponding one of the nodes and a corresponding one of the scanning circuits. At least one of the first variable resistance elements includes a plurality of resistance elements connected to each other in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yusuke Higashi, Takao Marukame, Masamichi Suzuki, Koichiro Zaitsu, Haiyang Peng, Hiroki Noguchi, Yuichiro Mitani
  • Publication number: 20180076965
    Abstract: An authentication server according to embodiments performs statistical processing on a plurality of pieces of ID data acquired from an electronic device including a PUF circuit generating the pieces of ID data (S1052 to S1071), determines whether the plurality of pieces of ID data are physical random numbers based on a result of the statistical processing (S1072), and when the plurality of pieces of ID data are determined to be physical random numbers, recognizes the result of authentication of the electronic device as a success of authentication (S1073), and when the plurality of pieces of ID data are determined not to be physical random numbers, recognizes a result of authentication of the electronic device as a failure of authentication (S1074).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tetsufumi TANAMOTO, Shinichi YASUDA, Satoshi TAKAYA, Masafumi MORI, Takao MARUKAME
  • Patent number: 9852281
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an authentication system includes a physical device, a calculator, and an authenticator. The physical device includes a data source which outputs a data sequence along time series. The calculator performs, using hidden Markov model, probability calculation on an ID which is based on the data sequence obtained from the physical device. The authenticator authenticates the physical device based on calculation result of the calculator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tetsufumi Tanamoto, Takao Marukame, Shinichi Yasuda, Yuichiro Mitani, Shinobu Fujita
  • Patent number: 9672103
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a decoding device includes a check node processor, and a converter. The probability acquirer is configured to acquire. The check node processor is configured to perform check node processing during in a decoding operation of encoded data. A probability value for each bit of the encoded data is treated as an initial variable node in the check node processing. The converter is configured to convert, into bit values, updated values of the probability values based on the check node processing. The check node processor includes a check node circuit having a topology corresponding to a two-state trellis diagram representing the check node processing. The check node circuit includes conducting wires each corresponding to an edge of the two-state trellis diagram and includes switch units which are arranged on the conducting wires and switching of which is controlled according to a predetermined probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Nishi, Takao Marukame, Yuichiro Mitani
  • Patent number: 9570181
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a memory system includes first wiring lines; second wiring lines; third wiring lines; fourth wiring lines; and first and second storages. The first storage includes first memory cells arranged at intersections of the first wiring lines and the second wiring lines. Each of the third wiring lines is connected to any one of the first wiring lines. Each of the fourth wiring lines is pre-associated with a logical address specified by a host apparatus. The second storage includes second memory cells arranged at intersections of the third wiring lines and the fourth wiring lines. A resistance state of each of the second memory cells is set to a first resistance state or a second resistance state where a resistance value is lower than that in the first resistance state, according to a correspondence relationship between the logical address and the first wiring line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takao Marukame, Kazuya Matsuzawa, Yoshifumi Nishi, Jiezhi Chen, Yusuke Higashi, Yuuichiro Mitani
  • Publication number: 20160371057
    Abstract: An arithmetic control device according to an embodiment controls arithmetic operations using a memory chip. The memory chip includes a memory cell array and a controller. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells. The controller is configured to control access to the memory cell array. The arithmetic control device includes a first writing unit and a first reading unit. The first writing unit requests the controller to write a first value to a second cell near a first cell of the memory cell array. The first reading unit requests the controller to read a second value from the first cell after the first value is written to the second cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Jiezhi CHEN, Kazuya MATSUZAWA, Takao MARUKAME, Yuuichiro MITANI
  • Patent number: 9460316
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an authentication device includes an acquiring unit, a predicting unit, and an authenticating unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire performance information of a first device that is a device to be authenticated. The predicting unit is configured to predict performance information of a second device that is a device being a reference for authentication according to a change with time from initial performance information. The authenticating unit is configured to perform an authentication process of determining whether or not the first device falls into the second device on a basis of a degree of agreement between the performance information acquired by the acquiring unit and the performance information predicted by the predicting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tetsufumi Tanamoto, Takao Marukame, Shinichi Yasuda, Yuichiro Mitani, Atsushi Shimbo, Tatsuya Kishi
  • Patent number: 9424927
    Abstract: A memory system according to an embodiment may have an integration unit and a prediction unit. The integration unit may detect substrate current flowing through a substrate of a non-volatile memory when the non-volatile memory with a memory cell which has binary or multivalued being the binary or more is written/erased. The integration unit may records an integration value of the detected substrate current into a storage. The prediction unit may predict a lifetime of the non-volatile memory based on the integration value which is recorded on the storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Jiezhi Chen, Tetsufumi Tanamoto, Yuichiro Mitani, Takao Marukame
  • Publication number: 20160226523
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a decoding device includes a variable node processor, a check node processor, a first forwarder, and a second forwarder. The variable node processor is configured to perform variable node processing on variable nodes defined by a code and output first messages. The check node processor is configured to perform check node processing on check nodes defined by the code based on the first messages and output second messages. The first forwarder is configured to forward one or more first messages remaining after excluding messages to be forwarded to one or more check nodes corresponding to one or more of the second messages having been stored in ae storage, to the check nodes. The second forwarder is configured to forward the second messages to the variable nodes and forward the one or more of the second messages to the storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshifumi NISHI, Takao MARUKAME, Yuichiro MITANI
  • Publication number: 20160191833
    Abstract: An imaging element according to embodiments may comprise a plurality of photoreceivers (11a), a plurality of scanning circuits (11b), a first wiring (L2), a plurality of second wirings (L1), and at least one variable resistance element (VR2). The plurality of scanning circuits (11b) may be connected to the plurality of photoreceivers, respectively. Each of the second wirings (L1) may branch off from the first wiring and be connected to one of the scanning circuits. The at least one variable resistance element (VR2) may be located on the first wiring so as to electrically intervene between adjacent branching points (N1, N2) among a plurality of branching points between the first wiring and the second wirings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Yusuke HIGASHI, Takao Marukame, Hiroki Noguchi, Yuuichiro Mitani, Masumi Saitoh
  • Publication number: 20160180938
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a memory system includes first wiring lines; second wiring lines; third wiring lines; fourth wiring lines; and first and second storages. The first storage includes first memory cells arranged at intersections of the first wiring lines and the second wiring lines. Each of the third wiring lines is connected to any one of the first wiring lines. Each of the fourth wiring lines is pre-associated with a logical address specified by a host apparatus. The second storage includes second memory cells arranged at intersections of the third wiring lines and the fourth wiring lines. A resistance state of each of the second memory cells is set to a first resistance state or a second resistance state where a resistance value is lower than that in the first resistance state, according to a correspondence relationship between the logical address and the first wiring line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Takao MARUKAME, Kazuya MATSUZAWA, Yoshifumi NISHI, Jiezhi CHEN, Yusuke HIGASHI, Yuuichiro MITANI
  • Publication number: 20160179431
    Abstract: An individual identification device (1) according to embodiments may identify a storage device (100) including one or more memory chips (40). The device comprises a first storage (40), a region allocator (15), and a hardware fingerprint generator (12). The first storage may be configured to store write data. The region allocator may be configured to write the write data in a specific region in each memory chip. The hardware fingerprint generator may be configured to generate hardware fingerprint data based on mismatch bits between the write data and read data read out from the specific region in each memory chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Jiezhi CHEN, Yuuichiro Mitani, Tetsufumi Tanamoto, Takao Marukame
  • Patent number: 9361408
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system including a key-value store containing key-value data as a pair of a key and a value corresponding to the key, includes an interface, a memory block, an address acquisition circuit and a controller. The interface receives a data write/read request or a request based on the key-value store. The memory block has a data area for storing data and a metadata table containing the key-value data. The address acquisition circuit acquires an address in response to input of the key. The controller executes the data write/read request for the memory block, and outputs the address acquired to the memory block and executes the request based on the key-value store. The controller outputs the value corresponding to the key via the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takao Marukame, Atsuhiro Kinoshita, Kosuke Tatsumura
  • Publication number: 20160149834
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a storage device includes a plurality of memory nodes. Each of memory nodes includes a plurality of input ports, a plurality of output ports, a selector, a packet controller and a memory. The selector outputs a packet input to the input port to one of the output ports. The packet controller controls the selector. The memory stores data. The memory nodes are mutually connected at the input ports and the output ports. The memory node has an address that is determined by its physical position. The packet controller switches the output port that outputs the packet based on information including at least a destination address of the packet and an address of the memory node having the packet controller when receiving a packet that is not addressed to the memory node having the packet controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Kosuke TATSUMURA, Atsuhiro KINOSHITA, Hirotaka NISHINO, Masamichi SUZUKI, Yoshifumi NISHI, Takao MARUKAME, Takahiro KURITA
  • Publication number: 20160088243
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an imaging element includes a plurality of light receiving elements, a plurality of scanning circuits, a first line comprising a plurality of nodes, and a plurality of first variable resistance elements. The plurality of scanning circuits are respectively connected to the plurality of light receiving elements. Each of the plurality of first variable resistance elements is connected between the corresponding one of the nodes and a corresponding one of the scanning circuits. At least one of the first variable resistance elements includes a plurality of resistance elements connected to each other in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Yusuke HIGASHI, Takao Marukame, Masamichi Suzuki, Koichiro Zaitsu, Haiyang Peng, Hiroki Noguchi, Yuichiro Mitani
  • Publication number: 20160085626
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a decoding device includes a check node processor, and a converter. The probability acquirer is configured to acquire. The check node processor is configured to perform check node processing during in a decoding operation of encoded data. A probability value for each bit of the encoded data is treated as an initial variable node in the check node processing. The converter is configured to convert, into bit values, updated values of the probability values based on the check node processing. The check node processor includes a check node circuit having a topology corresponding to a two-state trellis diagram representing the check node processing. The check node circuit includes conducting wires each corresponding to an edge of the two-state trellis diagram and includes switch units which are arranged on the conducting wires and switching of which is controlled according to a predetermined probability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshifumi NISHI, Takao MARUKAME, Yuichiro MITANI
  • Publication number: 20160085627
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a memory system includes a memory and a computation unit. Into the memory, data are written. The memory stores therein multiple check matrices. Each of the check matrices is associated with the number of errors in the written data. The computation unit is configured to perform a first error correction on the written data by selectively using, from among the check matrices, a check matrix associated with the number of errors recognized in the written data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Takao MARUKAME, Yoshifumi NISHI, Yusuke HIGASHI, Jiezhi CHEN, Kazuya MATSUZAWA, Yuichiro MITANI
  • Publication number: 20160085961
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an authentication system includes a physical device, a calculator, and an authenticator. The physical device includes a data source which outputs a data sequence along time series. The calculator performs, using hidden Markov model, probability calculation on an ID which is based on the data sequence obtained from the physical device. The authenticator authenticates the physical device based on calculation result of the calculator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tetsufumi TANAMOTO, Takao MARUKAME, Shinichi YASUDA, Yuichiro MITANI, Shinobu FUJITA