Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Tokimoto

Yoshinori Tokimoto 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).

  • Information processing device and information processing method
    Patent number: 7543137
    Abstract: An information processing device is provided in which a valid initial program is transferred to a RAM while avoiding a invalid block which is present in a low reliable storage device, such as a NAND-type flash memory or the like. A management information storing section 29 stores management information 30 indicating a position of a invalid block in a first storage device 31. When an information processing device 1 is powered on, a transfer determination section 20 is controlled to read a BSP 26 from a valid block of a first storage device 11 based on the management information 30, and transfer the BSP 26 to a second storage device 32. Thereby, it is possible to avoid reading of a invalid block present in the first storage device 31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Terai, Yasunori Yamamoto, Keizo Sumida, Yoshiteru Mino, Yoshinori Tokimoto
  • Information processing device and information processing method
    Publication number: 20060224841
    Abstract: An information processing device is provided in which a valid initial program is transferred to a RAM while avoiding a invalid block which is present in a low reliable storage device, such as a NAND-type flash memory or the like. A management information storing section 29 stores management information 30 indicating a position of a invalid block in a first storage device 31. When an information processing device 1 is powered on, a transfer determination section 20 is controlled to read a BSP 26 from a valid block of a first storage device 11 based on the management information 30, and transfer the BSP 26 to a second storage device 32. Thereby, it is possible to avoid reading of a invalid block present in the first storage device 31.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Junichi Terai, Yasunori Yamamoto, Keizo Sumida, Yoshiteru Mino, Yoshinori Tokimoto