Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki Koike

Yasuyuki Koike 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: 8504762
    Abstract: A storage device realizing an improvement in rewrite endurance of a nonvolatile memory and an improvement in data transfer rate of write and read operations is provided including a nonvolatile memory; a volatile memory for storing file management information of the nonvolatile memory; a controller for controlling the nonvolatile memory and the volatile memory; and a power supply maintaining unit for supplying power to the nonvolatile memory, the volatile memory, or the controller upon power shutdown. The controller reads the file management information in the nonvolatile memory upon power-on and writes the same in the volatile memory, and read and write operations are performed based on the file management information in the volatile memory, and the file management information in the volatile memory is written in the nonvolatile memory upon power shutdown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Matsumoto, Takayuki Okinaga, Shuichiro Azuma, Shigeru Takemura, Yasuyuki Koike, Kazuki Makuni
  • Publication number: 20120239865
    Abstract: A storage device realizing an improvement in rewrite endurance of a nonvolatile memory and an improvement in data transfer rate of write and read operations is provided including a nonvolatile memory; a volatile memory for storing file management information of the nonvolatile memory; a controller for controlling the nonvolatile memory and the volatile memory; and a power supply maintaining unit for supplying power to the nonvolatile memory, the volatile memory, or the controller upon power shutdown. The controller reads the file management information in the nonvolatile memory upon power-on and writes the same in the volatile memory, and read and write operations are performed based on the file management information in the volatile memory, and the file management information in the volatile memory is written in the nonvolatile memory upon power shutdown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI ULSI SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Matsumoto, Takayuki Okinaga, Shuichiro Azuma, Shigeru Takemura, Yasuyuki Koike, Kazuki Makuni
  • Patent number: 8205034
    Abstract: A storage device realizing an improvement in rewrite endurance of a nonvolatile memory and an improvement in data transfer rate of write and read operations is provided including a nonvolatile memory; a volatile memory for storing file management information of the nonvolatile memory; a controller for controlling the nonvolatile memory and the volatile memory; and a power supply maintaining unit for supplying power to the nonvolatile memory, the volatile memory, or the controller upon power shutdown. The controller reads the file management information in the nonvolatile memory upon power-on and writes the same in the volatile memory, and read and write operations are performed based on the file management information in the volatile memory, and the file management information in the volatile memory is written in the nonvolatile memory upon power shutdown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Matsumoto, Takayuki Okinaga, Shuichiro Azuma, Shigeru Takemura, Yasuyuki Koike, Kazuki Makuni
  • Publication number: 20100180068
    Abstract: A storage device realizing an improvement in rewrite endurance of a nonvolatile memory and an improvement in data transfer rate of write and read is provided including a nonvolatile memory 101; a volatile memory 106 for storing file management information of the nonvolatile memory 101; a controller 103 for controlling the nonvolatile memory 101 and the volatile memory 106; and a power supply maintaining unit 105 for supplying power to the nonvolatile memory 101, the volatile memory 106, or the controller 103 upon power shutdown. The controller 103 reads the file management information in the nonvolatile memory 101 upon power-on and writes the same in the volatile memory 106, and read and write operations are performed based on the file management information in the volatile memory 106, and the file management information in the volatile memory 106 is written in the nonvolatile memory 101 upon power shutdown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Masahiro Matsumoto, Takayuki Okinaga, Shuichiro Azuma, Shigeru Takemura, Yasuyuki Koike, Kazuki Makuni