Patents by Inventor Tatsuya SHIMURA

Tatsuya SHIMURA 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: 20210278888
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus has a first processor, a memory, and a second processor. The memory and second processor are supplied with power from a power supply by a first supplying operation. The first processor is supplied with power from the power supply by a second supplying operation that starts when a startup instruction is inputted during the first supplying operation, executes a series of processes that precedes booting of an operating system, and that outputs a code indicating an execution step in the series of processes to the memory. The second processor outputs the code stored in the memory from an output port at least while the first supplying operation is being performed before inputting of a startup instruction. The debug board has a display unit and a third processor. The third processor receives the code from the output port and displays code-based information on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Tatsuya SHIMURA, Hiromi KOIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20210096625
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit and a peripheral device, which includes a relay device, a computational processing device group, and a power supply unit. The peripheral device is connected to a host apparatus. The relay device relays communication via an expansion bus. The computational processing device group includes a plurality of computational processing devices individually connected to the expansion bus. The power supply unit is a power supply for the operation power. The control unit executes control over supplying of the operation power to the host apparatus and the peripheral device, monitors an operation state of a power switch, and is operable when a long press of a predetermined time or longer of the power switch has been detected, to shut off the operation power being supplied to the host apparatus and the peripheral device in a predetermined order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Tatsuya SHIMURA, Akira TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 10955895
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a first control device that controls, in accordance with an operation mode, power reception/delivery from/to an external device connected to the information processing apparatus; a battery that is recharged by an external power supply or the external device; a second control device that acquires a power supply state of the information processing apparatus; and a third control device that determines whether power is being delivered from the external power supply to the information processing apparatus; and sets the operation mode of the first control device to a first mode based on the power supply state and on a result of the determination. The first mode is an operation mode in which the power reception alone is enabled between the power reception from the external device and the power delivery to the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU CLIENT COMPUTING LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuki Tamura, Hirotaka Yakame, Tatsuya Shimura, Tomonori Fujii
  • Publication number: 20200334036
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a first information processing device, a second information processing device, and a relay device connected to the first/second information processing devices over different buses. The first information processing device updates firmware of the power control microcomputer and transmit, to the power control microcomputer, a reactivation instruction signal after the firmware is updated. The power control microcomputer: executes reactivation of the power control microcomputer when the reactivation instruction signal is received from the first information processing device; determines whether or not the executed reactivation is reactivation that is executed immediately after the firmware update; and supplies the operation voltage to the first information processing device when the power control microcomputer determines that the executed reactivation is reactivation immediately after the firmware update.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: FUJITSU CLIENT COMPUTING LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shimura, Akira Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10459503
    Abstract: A terminal device includes a state acquisition unit that notifies, when an amount of electric power consumption of the terminal device is small, a docking station of a small electric power consumption state and a power-on management unit that notifies, in response to an instruction to turn on a power supply, the docking station that the power supply is turned on and that starts an electric power supply to a CPU. The docking station includes a charge setting unit that decreases, when a notification of the small electric power consumption state is received from the state acquisition unit, electric power consumption of the docking station when a notification that the power supply is turned on is received from the power-on management unit and increases the electric power consumption of the docking station when the notification that the power supply is turned on is not received from the power-on management unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Fujitsu Client Computing Limited
    Inventor: Tatsuya Shimura
  • Publication number: 20190294228
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a first control device that controls, in accordance with an operation mode, power reception/delivery from/to an external device connected to the information processing apparatus; a battery that is recharged by an external power supply or the external device; a second control device that acquires a power supply state of the information processing apparatus; and a third control device that determines whether power is being delivered from the external power supply to the information processing apparatus; and sets the operation mode of the first control device to a first mode based on the power supply state and on a result of the determination. The first mode is an operation mode in which the power reception alone is enabled between the power reception from the external device and the power delivery to the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: FUJITSU CLIENT COMPUTING LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuki Tamura, Hirotaka Yakame, Tatsuya Shimura, Tomonori Fujii
  • Publication number: 20190265981
    Abstract: A function enhancement apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a connector to which an information processing device is connected; and a first processor that acquires a power source state of the information processing device connected to the connector, and causes, based on the acquired power source state, the information processing device to perform activation by power source control when an activation command to the information processing device is received from an external network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Fujitsu Client Computing Limited
    Inventors: Hirotaka Yakame, Tatsuya Shimura, Tomonori Fujii, Taketoshi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10026572
    Abstract: Electronic equipment, includes: a power reception unit that receives electric power supplied from another electronic equipment to be connected; a proximity detection unit that detects proximity of the other electronic equipment; a detection unit that applies prescribed voltage to the power reception unit and detects an adhesion state of a conductive foreign substance in the power reception unit, when proximity of the other electronic equipment is detected; and a control unit that limits electric power supply through the power reception unit in accordance with the adhesion state of the conductive foreign substance in the power reception unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shimura, Masashi Hattori
  • Patent number: 9941713
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is to be electrically connected to another electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus comprises a first contact, a memory and a processor. The first contact is a contact whose conductivity varies corresponding to a connection state with another electronic apparatus. The processor is coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to perform acquiring a value indicating the conductivity of the first contact when bringing the first contact into a contact state with another electronic apparatus and determining, based on the acquired value indicating the conductivity and a predetermined reference value, whether a connection between the electronic apparatus and another electronic apparatus is sufficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shimura, Masashi Hattori
  • Publication number: 20180032118
    Abstract: A control method executed by a processor included in an extension device, the control method includes executing power supply to another device via a connector using a battery provided in the extension device while power supply to the extension device is not executed; stopping power supply to the other device when it is detected that a terminal device coupled to the extension device and different from the another device is turned on, or that the terminal device turned on is coupled to the extension device; and starting power supply to the extension device while power supply to the other device is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya SHIMURA, Akira MORITA, Taketoshi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170177050
    Abstract: A terminal device includes a state acquisition unit that notifies, when an amount of electric power consumption of the terminal device is small, a docking station of a small electric power consumption state and a power-on management unit that notifies, in response to an instruction to turn on a power supply, the docking station that the power supply is turned on and that starts an electric power supply to a CPU. The docking station includes a charge setting unit that decreases, when a notification of the small electric power consumption state is received from the state acquisition unit, electric power consumption of the docking station when a notification that the power supply is turned on is received from the power-on management unit and increases the electric power consumption of the docking station when the notification that the power supply is turned on is not received from the power-on management unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Tatsuya SHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20170170670
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is to be electrically connected to another electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus comprises a first contact, a memory and a processor. The first contact is a contact whose conductivity varies corresponding to a connection state with another electronic apparatus. The processor is coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to perform acquiring a value indicating the conductivity of the first contact when bringing the first contact into a contact state with another electronic apparatus and determining, based on the acquired value indicating the conductivity and a predetermined reference value, whether a connection between the electronic apparatus and another electronic apparatus is sufficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya SHIMURA, Masashi HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20160351365
    Abstract: Electronic equipment, includes: a power reception unit that receives electric power supplied from another electronic equipment to be connected; a proximity detection unit that detects proximity of the other electronic equipment; a detection unit that applies prescribed voltage to the power reception unit and detects an adhesion state of a conductive foreign substance in the power reception unit, when proximity of the other electronic equipment is detected; and a control unit that limits electric power supply through the power reception unit in accordance with the adhesion state of the conductive foreign substance in the power reception unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya SHIMURA, MASASHI HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20160321131
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing an information processing device includes issuing a first interrupt that is an interrupt specific to a CPU, transferring a control from processing of the first interrupt to a second interrupt that starts a dump collection function, and starting a dump collection on the basis of the second interrupt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihiro MIYAMOTO, Tatsuya SHIMURA, Nobuyuki KOIKE, Hiromi KOIZUMI