Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Murata

Yasuhiro Murata 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).

  • Input/output switching apparatus having virtual control
    Patent number: 5686905
    Abstract: An input/output switching apparatus which can construct the system more flexibly as compared with the conventional system. The input/output switching apparatus is configured so that a user can manage the connection state of a physically-existing switching unit as the connection state of a virtual switching unit which corresponds to the physically-existing switching unit. Thus, the user can control the physical switching unit merely by operating the virtual switching unit which is constructed so as to be convenient for operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Murata, Michio Mita