Patents by Inventor Tsunematsu Komaki

Tsunematsu Komaki 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: 20070294442
    Abstract: A storage media for automating a control and a computer system including the storage media, which abolishes the restriction between the hardware models and the software processes, and in which a desired software process can be simply utilized in any hardware models, and a computer system including the storage media are provided. In the intelligent disk 1 having the disk 3 for storing information and the electronic circuit portion 2 for processing the information, the disk stores a plurality of information to be used in an external system, and wherein the electronic circuit portion distinguishes the information stored in the disk, which matches with the external system. Also, the disk unit or the electronic circuit further includes an emulator for matching the system program with the external system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: IntelligentDisc, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Shigetomi, Tetsuo Saito, Tsunematsu Komaki
  • Patent number: 6938121
    Abstract: The present invention provides a control method of a rotary storage medium having an electronic circuit that controls connection between an electronic circuit block and an external apparatus to enhance the performance of the entire system, and a system thereof. The system is an intelligent disk system including an intelligent disk having double-surface structure that stores information and is detachable from a drive unit, wherein an electronic circuit is mounted on at least one surface or between both surfaces of the intelligent disk and the electronic circuit is provided with a CPU, and wherein the system controls the intelligent disk so that contents of the disk surfaces of the intelligent disk may be transferred to or loaded in an external apparatus at the time of the intelligent disk rotating or mechanically operating (S36-S37) and the CPU may control the external apparatus when the intelligent disk is not operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Optrom
    Inventors: Takashi Shigetomi, Tetsuo Saito, Tsunematsu Komaki
  • Publication number: 20050146994
    Abstract: A storage medium having intelligence and manufacture thereof which reduce load on a system main body when processing information stored in the storage medium and further manage and control an external system device by integrating the storage medium with electronic circuits adapted to the storage medium. An intelligent DVD 2 has an information recording surface 30 for recording information, and an electronic-circuit mounting surface 20 where electronic circuits are mounted at least on one portion. The intelligent DVD 2 is manufactured by a process of manufacturing the information recording surface, a process of manufacturing the electronic-circuit mounting surface, and a process of attaching the information recording surface and the electronic-circuit mounting surface to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Takashi Shigetomi, Tsunematsu Komaki
  • Publication number: 20040193793
    Abstract: The present invention provides a control method of a rotary storage medium having an electronic circuit that controls connection between an electronic circuit block and an external apparatus to enhance the performance of the entire system, and a system thereof. The system is an intelligent disk system including an intelligent disk having double-surface structure that stores information and is detachable from a drive unit, wherein an electronic circuit is mounted on at least one surface or between both surfaces of the intelligent disk and the electronic circuit is provided with a CPU, and wherein the system controls the intelligent disk so that contents of the disk surfaces of the intelligent disk may be transferred to or loaded in an external apparatus at the time of the intelligent disk rotating or mechanically operating (S36-S37) and the CPU may control the external apparatus when the intelligent disk is not operating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA OPTROM
    Inventors: Takashi Shigetomi, Tetsuo Saito, Tsunematsu Komaki
  • Patent number: 6535465
    Abstract: The present invention provides a drive-integrated disk (an intelligent disk (ID)) having an electronic circuit controlling an external system as a peripheral. The drive-integrated disk comprises a disk block for storing information, a disk drive unit for accessing to the disk block, an electronic circuit block which connects to the disk drive unit via a bus, and a data input/output terminal group for connecting the electronic circuit block to an external apparatus, and is formed in a card shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha OPTROM
    Inventors: Takashi Shigetomi, Tetsuo Saito, Tsunematsu Komaki
  • Patent number: 6510125
    Abstract: The present invention provides a storage medium having intelligence that has, in one-piece, a storage medium and an electronic circuit, and has communication structure with an external apparatus to reduce loads of a main-frame of a system, and that can further manage and control external system equipment, the apparatus communicating information with the electronic circuit, and a system including them. The electronic circuit mounted on the intelligent disk 2 has a contact type or a non-contact type interface as communication structure. The contact type interface is connected to an external contact electrically and/or mechanically. The non-contact type interface is connected to an external interface via sound, light, radio waves, or induction. The non-contact type, a plurality of balanced microstrip lines are formed on a rotating medium and a fixed body in concentric circles, they are located so that respective balanced microstrip lines face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha OPTROM
    Inventors: Takashi Shigetomi, Tetsuo Saito, Tsunematsu Komaki
  • Patent number: 6496883
    Abstract: A storage medium having an electronic circuit portion serves as a central unit, and a main body serves as a peripheral unit, so that a system using the storage medium can be arbitrarily constructed and a computer system having the storage medium, for example, a personal computer, a car navigation system, a multi-functional television set, or the like can be provided. In an intelligent disk having a disk portion for storing information and an electronic circuit portion for processing information, a program for controlling at least an external device as a peripheral device is stored in the disk portion, and the electronic circuit portion executes the program to control the external device as a peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Optrom
    Inventors: Takashi Shigetomi, Tetsuo Saito, Tsunematsu Komaki
  • Publication number: 20020161948
    Abstract: The present invention provides a drive-integrated disk (an intelligent disk (ID)) having an electronic circuit controlling an external system as a peripheral. The drive-integrated disk comprises a disk block for storing information, a disk drive unit for accessing to the disk block, an electronic circuit block which connects to the disk drive unit via a bus, and a data input/output terminal group for connecting the electronic circuit block to an external apparatus, and is formed in a card shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha OPTROM
    Inventors: Takashi Shigetomi, Tetsuo Saito, Tsunematsu Komaki
  • Publication number: 20020075790
    Abstract: A storage medium having intelligence and manufacture thereof which reduce load on a system main body when processing information stored in the storage medium and further manage and control an external system device by integrating the storage medium with electronic circuits adapted to the storage medium. An intelligent DVD 2 has an information recording surface 30 for recording information, and an electronic-circuit mounting surface 20 where electronic circuits are mounted at least on one portion. The intelligent DVD 2 is manufactured by a process of manufacturing the information recording surface, a process of manufacturing the electronic-circuit mounting surface, and a process of attaching the information recording surface and the electronic-circuit mounting surface to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Takashi Shigetomi, Tsunematsu Komaki
  • Patent number: 6393400
    Abstract: The present invention provides a speech-synthesizing apparatus that synthesizes various types of voices and words, such as a dialect, on the basis of more compact databases, and a storage medium that has an electronic circuit making the speech-synthesizing apparatus feasible. The storage medium is an intelligent disk having part for storing information and part of an electronic circuit for processing the information. The disk stores at least parameters for controlling speech synthesis in an external apparatus or information to be speech-synthesized and a voice database that are used in the speech synthesis. The electronic circuit part selects the parameters corresponding to information to be speech-synthesized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Optrom
    Inventors: Takashi Shigetomi, Tetsuo Saito, Tsunematsu Komaki
  • Publication number: 20010049758
    Abstract: A storage media for automating a control and a computer system including the storage media, which abolishes the restriction between the hardware models and the software processes, and in which a desired software process can be simply utilized in any hardware models, and a computer system including the storage media are provided. In the intelligent disk 1 having the disk 3 for storing information and the electronic circuit portion 2 for processing the information, wherein the disk stores a plurality of information to be used in an external system, and wherein the electronic circuit portion distinguishes the information stored in the disk, which matches with the external system. Also, the disk unit or the electronic circuit further includes an emulator for matching the system program with the external system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha OPTROM
    Inventors: Takashi Shigetomi, Tetsuo Saito, Tsunematsu Komaki
  • Publication number: 20010044864
    Abstract: The present invention provides a control method of a rotary storage medium having an electronic circuit that controls connection between an electronic circuit block and an external apparatus to enhance the performance of the entire system, and a system thereof. The system is an intelligent disk system including an intelligent disk having double-surface structure that stores information and is detachable from a drive unit, wherein an electronic circuit is mounted on at least one surface or between both surfaces of the intelligent disk and the electronic circuit is provided with a CPU, and wherein the system controls the intelligent disk so that contents of the disk surfaces of the intelligent disk may be transferred to or loaded in an external apparatus at the time of the intelligent disk rotating or mechanically operating (S36-S37) and the CPU may control the external apparatus when the intelligent disk is not operating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha OPTROM
    Inventors: Takashi Shigetomi, Tetsuo Saito, Tsunematsu Komaki
  • Patent number: 6295564
    Abstract: A storage medium having an electronic circuit portion serves as a central unit, and a main body serves as a peripheral unit, so that a system using the storage medium can be arbitrarily constructed and a computer system having the storage medium, for example, a personal computer, a car navigation system, a multi-functional television set, or the like can be provided. In an intelligent disk having a disk portion for storing information and an electronic circuit portion for processing information, a program for controlling at least an external device as a peripheral device is stored in the disk portion, and the electronic circuit portion executes the program to control the external device as a peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Optrom
    Inventors: Takashi Shigetomi, Tetsuo Saito, Tsunematsu Komaki
  • Publication number: 20010018723
    Abstract: A storage medium having an electronic circuit portion serves as a central unit, and a main body serves as a peripheral unit, so that a system using the storage medium can be arbitrarily constructed and a computer system having the storage medium, for example, a personal computer, a car navigation system, a multi-functional television set, or the like can be provided. In an intelligent disk having a disk portion for storing information and an electronic circuit portion for processing information, a program for controlling at least an external device as a peripheral device is stored in the disk portion, and the electronic circuit portion executes the program to control the external device as a peripheral device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA OPTROM
    Inventors: Takashi Shigetomi, Tetsuo Saito, Tsunematsu Komaki
  • Publication number: 20010011307
    Abstract: A storage media for automating a control and a computer system including the storage media, which abolishes the restriction between the hardware models and the software processes, and in which a desired software process can be simply utilized in any hardware models, and a computer system including the storage media are provided. In the intelligent disk 1 having the disk 3 for storing information and the electronic circuit portion 2 for processing the information, wherein the disk stores a plurality of information to be used in an external system, and wherein the electronic circuit portion distinguishes the information stored in the disk, which matches with the external system. Also, the disk unit or the electronic circuit further includes an emulator for matching the system program with the external system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 1998
    Publication date: August 2, 2001
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: TAKASHI SHIGETOMI, TETSUO SAITO, TSUNEMATSU KOMAKI