Inventor
MUTHIAH RAMANATHAN
IN162 patents
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WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
44 patentsUS10877900B1Dec 29, 2020
Enabling faster and regulated device initialization times
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC14 citations86
US11340986B1May 24, 2022
Host-assisted storage device error correction
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC9 citations85
US11064194B2Jul 13, 2021
Encoding digital videos using controllers of data storage devices
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC6 citations84
US11042432B1Jun 22, 2021
Data storage device with dynamic stripe length manager
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC8 citations84
US10841645B1Nov 17, 2020
Storage system and method for video frame segregation to optimize storage
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC9 citations84
US10732878B1Aug 4, 2020
Enabling secondary scratchpad cache with solid-state devices for low cost hosts
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC10 citations84
US10331555B1Jun 25, 2019
Dynamic memory compaction
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC16 citations83
US11902656B2Feb 13, 2024
Audio sensors for controlling surveillance video data capture
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC4 citations74
US11797190B2Oct 24, 2023
Data storage device and method for providing a temperature-driven variable storage capacity point
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations73
US11625192B2Apr 11, 2023
Peer storage compute sharing using memory buffer
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations73
US11513723B2Nov 29, 2022
Read handling in zoned namespace devices
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations73
US11262928B2Mar 1, 2022
Storage system and method for enabling partial defragmentation prior to reading in burst mode
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations73
US11184650B1Nov 23, 2021
Automatic transcoding of media data in a data storage device
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations73
US11150839B2Oct 19, 2021
Host and method for interleaving data in a storage system for enhanced quality of service
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations73
US11074011B2Jul 27, 2021
Solid state drive latency estimation interface for host performance tuning
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC4 citations73
US11030106B2Jun 8, 2021
Storage system and method for enabling host-driven regional performance in memory
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations73
US10897627B2Jan 19, 2021
Non-volatile memory system including a partial decoder and event detector for video streams
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC4 citations73
US12061542B2Aug 13, 2024
Memory device with latch-based neural network weight parity detection and trimming
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations72
US11010057B2May 18, 2021
Storage system and method for storage system calibration
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations72
US11704249B2Jul 18, 2023
Frozen time cache for multi-host read operations
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations71
US10372603B2Aug 6, 2019
Handling of unaligned writes
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC4 citations71
US11907587B2Feb 20, 2024
Managing persistent memory regions across multiple protocols
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations69
US12353765B2Jul 8, 2025
Method and device for secure data transfer and storage
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations68
US12051482B2Jul 30, 2024
Data storage device with noise injection
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations68
US10725901B2Jul 28, 2020
Storage system and method for soft-decision-based command execution to enhance random write performance
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations64
US10635580B2Apr 28, 2020
Buffering storage device data in a host memory buffer
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations64
US12380701B2Aug 5, 2025
Predictive adjustment of multi-camera surveillance video data capture
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC1 citations63
US12254193B2Mar 18, 2025
Storage compute services for encrypted data
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations63
US12182439B2Dec 31, 2024
Metadata management in key value data storage device
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations63
US12008251B2Jun 11, 2024
Rate levelling among peer data storage devices
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations63
US11972148B2Apr 30, 2024
Proactive storage operation management using thermal states
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations63
US11972035B2Apr 30, 2024
Key based partial data restriction in storage systems
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations63
US11954367B2Apr 9, 2024
Active time-based command prioritization in data storage devices
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations63
US11880256B2Jan 23, 2024
Data storage device and method for energy feedback and report generation
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations63
US11783866B2Oct 10, 2023
Data storage device and method for legitimized data transfer
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations63
US11775425B2Oct 3, 2023
Storage system and method for enabling a software-defined dynamic storage response
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations63
US11743517B2Aug 29, 2023
Generating transcoded media using data storage devices
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations63
US11736796B1Aug 22, 2023
Workload triggered dynamic capture in surveillance systems
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations63
US11650757B2May 16, 2023
Storage system and method for time-based data retrieval
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations63
US11575978B2Feb 7, 2023
Data storage device and method for reliable watermarking
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations63
US11575959B2Feb 7, 2023
Storage system and method for media-based fast-fail configuration
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC1 citations63
US11573893B2Feb 7, 2023
Storage system and method for validation of hints prior to garbage collection
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations63
US11562018B2Jan 24, 2023
Storage system and method for optimized surveillance search
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations63
US11546612B2Jan 3, 2023
Data storage device and method for application-defined data retrieval in surveillance systems
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations63
AMAZON TECH INC
3 patentsSANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC
3 patentsUS12578905B2Mar 17, 2026
Data storage device and method for metadata retrieval and bypassing
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC0 citations63
US12455988B2Oct 28, 2025
Data integrity in key value solid-state drives
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC0 citations63
US12423238B2Sep 23, 2025
Proactive caching of data for accelerator cores in a storage device
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC0 citations63
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