Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Kaise
Tetsuya Kaise 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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Publication number: 20150378813Abstract: A semiconductor memory card which can be attached to a host apparatus and can be removed from the host apparatus includes a plurality of data transfer terminals, and an internal circuit transmitting a first signal to at least one first data transfer terminal comprising at least one of the data transfer terminals and transmitting a second signal to at least one second data transfer terminal comprising at least one of the data transfer terminals different from the first data transfer terminals. The second signal is generated by executing a logical operation on the first signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yoshihito SUGIYAMA, Tetsuya KAISE, Hiroshi ENDO, Hiroko OKABAYASHI, Masahiko MUROHASHI
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Publication number: 20140172626Abstract: A recommendation-information providing apparatus has an activity-history collecting part to collect activity histories of at least one of a first user and or a second user associated with the first user, a recommendation-information extracting part to extract recommendation information to be recommended to the first user, a recommendation-information providing part to provide the second user with the extracted recommendation information, a reservation accepting part to accept recommendation information for which the second user has performed a purchase reservation among the provided recommendation information, a purchase-intention confirming part to confirm a purchase intention of the first user by providing the first user with the accepted recommendation information, and a settlement processing part to perform a settlement process with the first user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Inventors: Takayoshi ITO, Tetsuya KAISE, Hideo KASAMI
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Publication number: 20140092212Abstract: An information processor has a sound acquisition unit configured to acquire a sound in a surrounding environment, a volume judging unit configured to judge whether a volume level of the sound acquired by the sound acquisition unit is higher than a reference level previously set, and a first reproduction position information recorder configured to record reproduction position information showing a current reproduction position of digital content, when the volume judging unit judges that the volume level of the acquired sound is higher than the reference level.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Takayoshi ITO, Tetsuya KAISE
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Patent number: 8677069Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor storage device having a first interface section meeting a USB standard for connection to host equipment, a NAND memory section that is a first semiconductor memory section, a second interface section to which small memory cards can be connected, each small memory card having a second semiconductor memory section, and a controller capable of controlling the NAND memory section and the second semiconductor memory sections by one linear address.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2009Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroko Okabayashi, Tetsuya Kaise, Noriaki Emura
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Patent number: 8074046Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprises an input unit inputting an address and data; a storage unit storing data and a FAT; an address conversion unit converting the address; an access unit accessing the storage unit according to the converted address; a detection unit detecting a format of the FAT; and an alteration unit altering conversion rules in the address conversion unit according to the detection.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2008Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroko Okabayashi, Tetsuya Kaise, Katsushi Naito, Takashi Ogo
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Patent number: 7895369Abstract: A USB memory includes: a USB terminal unit, a main unit which incorporates therein a NAND memory and a processor module; and a rotation portion which changes a relative position between the main unit and the USB terminal unit. The processor module switches an access management mode to a first access management mode or a second access management mode depending on the relative position between the main unit and the USB terminal unit. The processor module manages data stored in the NAND memory such that data having been stored under the first access management mode is rendered inaccessible to the host device with the second access management mode and that data having been stored under the second access management mode is rendered inaccessible to the host device with the first access management mode.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2009Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroko Okabayashi, Tetsuya Kaise, Noriaki Emura
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Publication number: 20100017540Abstract: A USB memory includes: a USB terminal unit, a main unit which incorporates therein a NAND memory and a processor module; and a rotation portion which changes a relative position between the main unit and the USB terminal unit. The processor module switches an access management mode to a first access management mode or a second access management mode depending on the relative position between the main unit and the USB terminal unit. The processor module manages data stored in the NAND memory such that data having been stored under the first access management mode is rendered inaccessible to the host device with the second access management mode and that data having been stored under the second access management mode is rendered inaccessible to the host device with the first access management mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2009Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroko OKABAYASHI, Tetsuya KAISE, Noriaki EMURA
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Publication number: 20090248981Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor storage device having a first interface section meeting a USB standard for connection to host equipment, a NAND memory section that is a first semiconductor memory section, a second interface section to which small memory cards can be connected, each small memory card having a second semiconductor memory section, and a controller capable of controlling the NAND memory section and the second semiconductor memory sections by one linear address.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiroko Okabayashi, Tetsuya Kaise, Noriaki Emura
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Patent number: 7593900Abstract: A host device exchanging information with a memory card, the host device including: a charge management module configured to receive payment of a charge corresponding to an increased amount of a usable area if a capacity of the usable area of the memory card for saving user data is increased, and pay out a charge corresponding to the reduced amount of the usable area if the capacity of the usable area is reduced; and a transmission module configured to transmit an area changing command to instruct an increase or a reduction of the usable area in accordance with the charge to the memory card.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2004Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroko Okabayashi, Tetsuya Kaise, Akio Yazawa
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Publication number: 20090063593Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprises an input unit inputting an address and data; a storage unit storing data and a FAT; an address conversion unit converting the address; an access unit accessing the storage unit according to the converted address; a detection unit detecting a format of the FAT; and an alteration unit altering conversion rules in the address conversion unit according to the detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroko Okabayashi, Tetsuya Kaise, Katsushi Naito, Takashi Ogo
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Patent number: 7185146Abstract: A memory card device includes a host interface unit configured to receive a plurality of commands from a host apparatus, the commands including at least a memory access command with a memory address of a specific bit width, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory which includes a storage area whose memory size is larger than a maximum memory size that is addressable by the memory address, a bank identification number management unit configured to divide the storage area into a plurality of banks and manage a plurality of bank identification numbers corresponding to the banks, a bank designation unit configured to designate one of the banks in accordance with a bank identification number included in a bank designation command transmitted from the host apparatus, and a memory control unit configured to access the designated one of the banks in accordance with the memory access command with the memory address.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2004Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Taishi Masuyama, Tetsuya Kaise, Akio Yazawa
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Publication number: 20050204092Abstract: A memory card device includes a host interface unit configured to receive a plurality of commands from a host apparatus, the commands including at least a memory access command with a memory address of a specific bit width, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory which includes a storage area whose memory size is larger than a maximum memory size that is addressable by the memory address, a bank identification number management unit configured to divide the storage area into a plurality of banks and manage a plurality of bank identification numbers corresponding to the banks, a bank designation unit configured to designate one of the banks in accordance with a bank identification number included in a bank designation command transmitted from the host apparatus, and a memory control unit configured to access the designated one of the banks in accordance with the memory access command with the memory address.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2004Publication date: September 15, 2005Inventors: Taishi Masuyama, Tetsuya Kaise, Akio Yazawa
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Publication number: 20050102232Abstract: A host device exchanging information with a memory card, the host device including: a charge management module configured to receive payment of a charge corresponding to an increased amount of a usable area if a capacity of the usable area of the memory card for saving user data is increased, and pay out a charge corresponding to the reduced amount of the usable area if the capacity of the usable area is reduced; and a transmission module configured to transmit an area changing command to instruct an increase or a reduction of the usable area in accordance with the charge to the memory card.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2004Publication date: May 12, 2005Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiroko Okabayashi, Tetsuya Kaise, Akio Yazawa
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Patent number: 6425061Abstract: Information service receiving apparatus having a managing information reader for reading managing information prestored in a removable storage medium while the storage medium is inserted, principal information capturor for capturing principal information which is provided by a predetermined information service provider, a specific information extractor for extracting specific information, which has a predetermined relationship with a key code contained in the managing information readout by the managing information reader, from the principal information captured by the principal information capturer and a data writer for writing the specific information extracted by the specific information extractor in the inserted storage medium.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1997Date of Patent: July 23, 2002Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tetsuya Kaise, Toru Sugiyama, Seijiro Yasuki