Patents by Inventor Yoshinari Nakamura

Yoshinari Nakamura 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).

  • Method of determining master and slaves by communication capability of network nodes
    Patent number: 6775246
    Abstract: A communication control apparatus is provided for setting a plurality of node apparatuses to either of a transmitter and a receiver of synchronization information to synchronize the node apparatuses with each other. A storage device memorizes capability information representing either of an active capability to transmit the synchronization information and a passive capability to receive the synchronization information, owned by each of the node apparatuses. An indicating device indicates the active capabilities and the passive capabilities owned by the node apparatuses. A specifying device is operated in association with the indicated active capabilities and the passive capabilities for outputting status information effective to specify each node apparatus to a transmitter or a receiver. A plurality of memory blocks are provided in correspondence to the plurality of the node apparatuses to memorize status information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kuribayashi, Yasushi Tamazawa, Yoshinari Nakamura, Tatsutoshi Abe
  • Connection setting apparatus
    Publication number: 20010021188
    Abstract: A connection setting apparatus having a connection information acquiring unit for acquiring first connection information from a plurality of apparatus connected to a network, each apparatus having at least one line, and a generating unit for generating second connection information in accordance with the acquired first connection information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Inventors: Junichi Fujimori, Hirotaka Kuribayashi, Yoshinari Nakamura, Tatsutoshi Abe