Patents by Inventor Toshiharu Oguro

Toshiharu Oguro 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: 6880027
    Abstract: The present invention provides a universal serial bus function evaluator connected between a computer and an universal serial bus function. The universal serial bus function evaluator comprises: a token storage memory for storing a token transmitted from the computer; a packet type judging circuit for judging a type of a return data packet returned from the universal serial bus function; and a functional circuit connected to the token storage memory for fetching IN token from the token storage memory and holding the same, and the functional circuit also being connected to the packet type judging circuit for receiving an information about the type of the return data packet from the packet type judging circuit, so that if the return data packet is of NAK type, then the functional circuit transmits the IN token held therein to the universal serial bus function, and if the return data packet is of either DAT type or STALL type, then the functional circuit cancels the held IN token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiharu Oguro