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Seiichi Kawano
Also filed as: KAWANO SEIICHI
54 granted patents·16 pending applications·686 citations·filing 1993–2025
98Inventor score
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70 records- 0195US7383451B2Controlling power usage of computing device components in holistic mannerLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 3, 2008·55 cites·20 claims
- 0294US7328333B2Apparatus, method and program product for selectively starting one of a plurality of operating systems and secondary storage according to whether or not a predetermined peripheral is connected to the systemLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 5, 2008·78 cites·9 claims
- 0390US7647491B2System and method for selectively starting one of a plurality of operating systems according to whether or not the system is connected to a docking stationLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 12, 2010·18 cites·16 claims
- 0488US6704808B2Expansion unit setup control method that allocates predetermined I/O resources not currently used in processing and later deallocates said I/O resources upon completion of setupIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 9, 2004·61 cites·29 claims
- 0584US6832354B2Computer system, on-screen keyboard generation method, power-on-password checking method and memoryIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 14, 2004·40 cites·20 claims
- 0684US6826703B2System for notifying operating system of additional event for restoring suspend mode after a hardware device event switches computer to normal modeIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 30, 2004·38 cites·18 claims
- 0783US11392240B2Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and control methodLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2021·Granted Jul 19, 2022·1 cites·9 claims
- 0882US7900252B2Method and apparatus for managing shared passwords on a multi-user computerLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 1, 2011·11 cites·16 claims
- 0981US6992660B2Information processing apparatus, program and coordinate input methodLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 31, 2006·34 cites·13 claims
- 1080US11106353B1Information processing apparatus and control methodLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2021·Granted Aug 31, 2021·1 cites·8 claims
- 1180US7937575B2Information processing system, program product, and information processing methodLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2005·Granted May 3, 2011·11 cites·20 claims
- 1278US7844845B2System and method for preventing user O.S. in VMM system from deenergizing device being used by service O.S.LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 30, 2010·8 cites·21 claims
- 1378US7841000B2Authentication password storage method and generation method, user authentication method, and computerLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 23, 2010·9 cites·16 claims
- 1475US7501771B2Brightness controlling apparatus, brightness adjusting system, computer system, liquid crystal display unit, brightness controlling method, computer software, and storage mediumLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 10, 2009·12 cites·10 claims
- 1574US10394381B2False input reduction systems, apparatus, and methods for an information processing deviceLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 27, 2019·2 cites·20 claims
- 1674US7877634B2Data collecting apparatus and gateway apparatusMITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 25, 2011·7 cites·7 claims
- 1774US7308587B2Method and apparatus for preventing the transitioning of computer system power modes while the system is in motionIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 11, 2007·20 cites·3 claims
- 1873US7081886B2Touch panel, control method, program, and storage mediumLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 25, 2006·18 cites·12 claims
- 1971US12287998B2Information processing system, display device, and control methodLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2024·Granted Apr 29, 2025·0 cites·10 claims
- 2071US7945772B2Apparatus, method and program product for initiating computer system operationLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2009·Granted May 17, 2011·3 cites·12 claims
- 2170US7844812B2Apparatus, method and program product for initiating computer system operationLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 30, 2010·3 cites·21 claims
- 2270US7587618B2Computer system and unit, and power supply control method thereforLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 8, 2009·19 cites·21 claims
- 2369US7119797B2Information processing apparatus, program and coordinate input methodLENOVO PTE LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 10, 2006·15 cites·18 claims
- 2469US6000035AMethod and system for improved power management in information processing systemIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 7, 1999·58 cites·5 claims
- 2568US10032029B2Verifying integrity of backup file in a multiple operating system environmentLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 24, 2018·2 cites·18 claims
- 2668US7423383B2Brightness controlling apparatusLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 9, 2008·11 cites·19 claims
- 2768US7203804B2Process, apparatus, and system for passing data between partitions in a storage deviceIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 10, 2007·14 cites·16 claims
- 2868US2025372054A1Information processing system, controller, and control methodLENOVO BEIJING LTD·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 2967US8914623B2Utilization of the screen image information of a primary environment for reproduction and user-interaction in a secondary environmentYAMAZAKI MITSUHIRO·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 16, 2014·3 cites·7 claims
- 3067US5875120AInformation processing systemIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Feb 23, 1999·44 cites·4 claims
- 3165US8756667B2Management of hardware passwordsSPRINGFIELD RANDALL S·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 17, 2014·3 cites·23 claims
- 3264US8234506B2Switching between unsecure system software and secure system softwareHAJJI HASSAN·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 31, 2012·3 cites·5 claims
- 3363US7225346B2Information processor, program, storage medium, and control methodLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2003·Granted May 29, 2007·13 cites·11 claims
- 3460US5822597APower management apparatus and method for an information processing systemIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 13, 1998·41 cites·4 claims
- 3558US8245054B2Secure and convenient access control for storage devices supporting passwords for individual partitionsHAJJI HASSAN·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 14, 2012·3 cites·4 claims
- 3657US9354942B2Coordinating power states in a hybrid information handling deviceRUTLEDGE JAMES S·Filed 2012·Granted May 31, 2016·1 cites·20 claims
- 3756US8347348B2Apparatus, system, and method for pre-boot policy modificationLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 1, 2013·1 cites·12 claims
- 3856US8156331B2Information transferKAWANO SEIICHI·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 10, 2012·2 cites·18 claims
- 3956US7254727B2Information processor with suppressed cache coherence in low power modeLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 7, 2007·5 cites·9 claims
- 4055US7167992B2Method for controlling the switching of operating modes of an information processor according to the time of switching of the operating modesLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 23, 2007·5 cites·10 claims
- 4152US9483278B2Arrangement for secure independent operating environments in a computerLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 1, 2016·0 cites·20 claims
- 4252US8340954B2Multi-language support in preboot environmentSPRINGFIELD RANDALL S·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 25, 2012·0 cites·18 claims
- 4351US11762501B2Information processing apparatus and control methodLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2022·Granted Sep 19, 2023·0 cites·14 claims
- 4451US11513680B2Information processing apparatus and control methodLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2021·Granted Nov 29, 2022·0 cites·7 claims
- 4551US7600127B2System and method for ISO image update and ISO image deconstruction into modular componentsLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 6, 2009·0 cites·6 claims
- 4650US11768561B2Apparatus, system, and method for data smoothingLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2022·Granted Sep 26, 2023·0 cites·7 claims
- 4750US7181634B2Apparatus for switching between a combination of operating modes such that the power consumed is reduced relative to the time of switchingLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 20, 2007·2 cites·9 claims
- 4850US2025315193A1Information processing system, image processing method, and image processing programLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4949US9910677B2Operating environment switching between a primary and a secondary operating systemLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 6, 2018·0 cites·20 claims
- 5048US8745414B2Switching between unsecure system software and secure system softwareHAJJI HASSAN·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 3, 2014·0 cites·11 claims
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