IP Library Granted Patent US 10,684,905
Granted Patent B2
US 10,684,905 · App. 15/923,112 · Granted Jun 16, 2020

Disk device and notification method of the disk device

Inventor: Fumiaki Koizumi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,684,905
App. No.
15/923,112
Granted
Jun 16, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A disk device includes; a sensor that, when a driver that records and reads data in the disk device is in a non-operation state, detects an influence on the disk device; a determination circuit that determines based on a detection result of the sensor whether the detection result satisfies a condition leading to a failure of the disk device; and a transmitter that transmits information relating to a fact that the detection result satisfies the condition, to another device.

Claims (28)

1. A disk device comprising:

a sensor that, when a driver that records and reads data in the disk device is in a non-operation state, detects an influence on the disk device;

a determination circuit that determines based on a detection result of the sensor whether the detection result satisfies a condition leading to a failure of the disk device;

a transmitter that transmits information relating to a fact that the detection result satisfies the condition, to another device;

a memory storing a detection result of the sensor; and

a battery that, when electric power from an external power source is not supplied to the disk device, supplies electric power to at least the sensor and the determination circuit, wherein

the sensor controls the battery to supply the electric power to the memory at a timing when the sensor stores the detection result in the memory.

2. The disk device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a controller controlling reading of data from the memory such that the another device can access the memory.

3. The disk device according to claim 1 , wherein

the battery supplies electric power to the transmitter when the transmitter transmits information relating to a fact that the condition is satisfied to the another device.

4. The disk device according to claim 1 , wherein

the transmitter is a Radio Frequency IDentifier (RFID) chip.

5. The disk device according to claim 1 , wherein

the sensor stores the detection result in the memory at a timing when an amount of the detection result reaches a predetermined amount.

6. The disk device according to claim 1 , wherein

the memory stores the detection result when a change in the data detected by the sensor increases beyond a predetermined threshold.

7. The disk device according to claim 6 , wherein

the change in the data detected by the sensor is a change within a certain period of time.

8. A notification method of a disk device, the method comprising:

detecting by a sensor, when a driver that records and reads data in the disk device is in a non-operation state, an influence on the disk device;

determining by a determination circuit whether the influence on the disk device satisfies a condition leading to a failure of the disk device;

transmitting information relating to a fact that the condition is satisfied to another device;

storing a detection result of the sensor in a memory;

supplying electric power by a battery to at least the sensor and the determination circuit when electric power from an external power source is not supplied to the disk device; and

controlling the battery to supply the electric power to the memory at a timing when the detection result is stored in the memory.

9. The notification method according to claim 8 , wherein

reading of data from the memory is controlled such that the another device can access the memory.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2024
From: IP WAVE PTE LTD.
To: CLOUD BYTE LLC.
Reel/Frame 067944/0332 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2024
From: NEC ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD.
To: IP WAVE PTE LTD.
Reel/Frame 066376/0276 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2023
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: NEC ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD.
Reel/Frame 063349/0459 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2018
From: KOIZUMI, FUMIAKI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045251/0734 →