Patents by Inventor Terunobu Hara
Terunobu Hara 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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Patent number: 9294052Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a terminal, an amplifier, a speaker, a power supply circuit and a first controller. The terminal configured to input an audio signal from an external device. The amplifier configured to amplify the audio signal. The speaker configured to output sound corresponding to the audio signal which is amplified by the amplifier. The power supply circuit configured to supply power to the amplifier. The first controller configured to control the power supply circuit to continue the supply of the power, when the electronic apparatus is in a non-operative state.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2013Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Terunobu Hara, Hiroaki Yokomichi
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Publication number: 20140366129Abstract: An electric device includes an imaging module, a detector and an output module. The imaging module takes an image which is output from another electric device. The detector detects a code designation from data of the image taken by the imaging module. The output module generates another code designation which is different from the code designation which is output from said another electric device, and outputs said another code designation to said another electric device, when the detector detects the code designation which is output from said another electric device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kazuki Kimura, Terunobu Hara
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Publication number: 20140310802Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a main body, a sensor, an input unit and an authentication unit. The sensor detects a tilt of the main body. The input unit accepts entry of a password from a user. The authentication unit executes user authentication based on the tilt detected by the sensor and the password entered in the input unit. In a control method in an electronic apparatus including a main body, a sensor detecting a tilt of the main body, and an input unit accepting entry of a password from a user, the control method includes: detecting a tilt of the main body; and executing user authentication based on the detected tilt and the entered password.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Terunobu Hara, Toshimitsu Saito
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Publication number: 20140050337Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a terminal, an amplifier, a speaker, a power supply circuit and a first controller. The terminal configured to input an audio signal from an external device. The amplifier configured to amplify the audio signal. The speaker configured to output sound corresponding to the audio signal which is amplified by the amplifier. The power supply circuit configured to supply power to the amplifier. The first controller configured to control the power supply circuit to continue the supply of the power, when the electronic apparatus is in a non-operative state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Terunobu Hara, Hiroaki Yokomichi
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Patent number: 8407495Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processor, which is capable of supplying power to an external device, includes a connector, a storage module, and a power supply control module. The connector connects the external device to the information processor. The storage module stores a plurality of power supply modes each defining conditions of respective modules of the information processor to make the external device connected to the connector chargeable. The power supply control module selects a power supply mode effective for the external device from the power supply modes when the external device is connected to the connector, and sets the respective modules of the information processor according to the conditions corresponding to the power supply mode selected.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2011Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masayuki Inoue, Terunobu Hara
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Publication number: 20110246802Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processor, which is capable of supplying power to an external device, includes a connector, a storage module, and a power supply control module. The connector connects the external device to the information processor. The storage module stores a plurality of power supply modes each defining conditions of respective modules of the information processor to make the external device connected to the connector chargeable. The power supply control module selects a power supply mode effective for the external device from the power supply modes when the external device is connected to the connector, and sets the respective modules of the information processor according to the conditions corresponding to the power supply mode selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Masayuki INOUE, Terunobu HARA
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Patent number: 7987376Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processor, which is capable of supplying power to an external device, includes a connector, a storage module, and a power supply control module. The connector connects the external device to the information processor. The storage module stores a plurality of power supply modes each defining conditions of respective modules of the information processor to make the external device connected to the connector chargeable. The power supply control module selects a power supply mode effective for the external device from the power supply modes when the external device is connected to the connector, and sets the respective modules of the information processor according to the conditions corresponding to the power supply mode selected.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masayuki Inoue, Terunobu Hara
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Publication number: 20110129103Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a terminal, an amplifier, a speaker, a power supply circuit and a first controller. The terminal configured to input an audio signal from an external device. The amplifier configured to amplify the audio signal. The speaker configured to output sound corresponding to the audio signal which is amplified by the amplifier. The power supply circuit configured to supply power to the amplifier. The first controller configured to control the power supply circuit to continue the supply of the power, when the electronic apparatus is in a non-operative state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2010Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Terunobu Hara, Hiroaki Yokomichi
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Patent number: 7945919Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a system memory, a device controller, a basic input/output system and a device driver. The device driver of the information processing apparatus forms its own data structure for communication control in the system memory separately from the basic input/output system, saves the address set in the register of the device controller when the device controller executes the communication with the various externally connected devices, sets an address for referring to the own data structure in the register of the device controller in order to make the device controller communicate with the various externally connected devices, and resets the saved address in the register of the device controller after the communication is completed.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2009Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Terunobu Hara, Ken Hatano
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Publication number: 20100268863Abstract: According to one embodiment, if a nonvolatile memory which stores format information of an HDD, a CD/DVD, an FDD and a USB storage device, and the USB storage device are connected, the drive letter of the USB storage device is virtually assigned as FDD or HDD on the basis of the format information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Hiroshi Yamazaki, Terunobu Hara, Toru Hanada
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Patent number: 7784032Abstract: According to one embodiment, if a nonvolatile memory which stores format information of an HDD, a CD/DVD, an FDD and a USB storage device, and the USB storage device are connected, the drive letter of the USB storage device is virtually assigned as FDD or HDD on the basis of the format information.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2006Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroshi Yamazaki, Terunobu Hara, Toru Hanada
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Publication number: 20100115296Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processor, which is capable of supplying power to an external device, includes a connector, a storage module, and a power supply control module. The connector connects the external device to the information processor. The storage module stores a plurality of power supply modes each defining conditions of respective modules of the information processor to make the external device connected to the connector chargeable. The power supply control module selects a power supply mode effective for the external device from the power supply modes when the external device is connected to the connector, and sets the respective modules of the information processor according to the conditions corresponding to the power supply mode selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Masayuki Inoue, Terunobu Hara
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Publication number: 20090241132Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a system memory, a device controller, a basic input/output system and a device driver. The device driver of the information processing apparatus forms its own data structure for communication control in the system memory separately from the basic input/output system, saves the address set in the register of the device controller when the device controller executes the communication with the various externally connected devices, sets an address for referring to the own data structure in the register of the device controller in order to make the device controller communicate with the various externally connected devices, and resets the saved address in the register of the device controller after the communication is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Terunobu Hara, Ken Hatano
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Publication number: 20080288766Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a non-volatile memory that stores a BIOS program that performs legacy emulation process for enabling a device not supported by an operating system to be accessed from the operating system; a controller that controls the device; a boot process unit that performs a boot sequence for booting the operating system stored in the device by controlling the controller through the legacy emulation process of the BIOS program; and a legacy emulation process control unit that performs a stop control process including: monitoring write access by software to a predetermined register, in which a value for designating an operation environment for controlling the device to the controller is set; and aborting execution of the legacy emulation process by the BIOS program when the write access is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2008Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Masayuki Inoue, Terunobu Hara
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Publication number: 20080155173Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data processing apparatus includes a disk drive having a non-volatile memory and a disk storage medium, a setting unit for setting priority to each of a plurality of memory storage data to be stored in the non-volatile memory, and a control unit for storing in the non-volatile memory at least one data among the plurality of memory storage data according to the priority set by the setting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventors: Ken Hatano, Terunobu Hara
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Publication number: 20080077822Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus that includes a processor and a disk drive, in which the disk drive includes a disk storage medium and a nonvolatile memory device, and is configured to execute a self-diagnosis function and stores diagnosis information obtained by the self-diagnosis function, in the nonvolatile memory device. When the disk drive receives a diagnosis information read-out request from the processor, the disk drive reads out the diagnosis information form the nonvolatile memory device to send the diagnosis information to the processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2007Publication date: March 27, 2008Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Terunobu Hara, Toshikazu Morisawa, Ken Hatano
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Publication number: 20070180255Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a plurality of authentication units, and a setting unit configured to selectively set a first authentication mode and a second authentication mode, the first authentication mode determining a person to be authenticated to be an authenticated person when authentication by any one of the plurality of authentication units succeeds, and the second authentication mode determining the person to be authenticated to be an authenticated person when the authentications by two or more of the plurality of authentication units succeed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2007Publication date: August 2, 2007Inventors: Toru Hanada, Mayumi Maeda, Satoshi Tamura, Terunobu Hara
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Publication number: 20070043889Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a connection port to which an external storage device is detachably connectable, a determination unit which determines whether a format type of a memory medium, which is built in the external storage device connected to the connection port, is a first format type corresponding to a hard disk image or a second format type corresponding to a flexible disk image, and a drive number assignment unit which assigns a first drive number, which designates a hard disk drive, to the external storage device in a case where the format type of the memory medium is the first format type, and assigns a second drive number, which designates a flexible disk drive, to the external storage device in a case where the format type of the memory medium is the second format type.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2006Publication date: February 22, 2007Inventors: Toshitaka Sanada, Toru Hanada, Terunobu Hara
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Publication number: 20060230224Abstract: According to one embodiment, if a nonvolatile memory which stores format information of an HDD, a CD/DVD, an FDD and a USB storage device, and the USB storage device are connected, the drive letter of the USB storage device is virtually assigned as FDD or HDD on the basis of the format information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2006Publication date: October 12, 2006Inventors: Hiroshi Yamazaki, Terunobu Hara, Toru Hanada
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Publication number: 20060224880Abstract: In a boot processing control method for an information processing apparatus according to this invention, the first boot device in which a medium can be loaded or a boot device different from the first boot device is designated. When a boot process cannot be executed from the first boot device in accordance with designation of the first boot device, a user is prompted to load the medium in the first boot device. After the user is prompted to load the medium in the first boot device, when the boot process of the operating system cannot be executed from the first boot device in which the user loads the medium, the boot process of the operating system is executed from the boot device different from the first boot device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2006Publication date: October 5, 2006Inventors: Terunobu Hara, Shuji Hori