Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Nanami

Hiroshi Nanami 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).

  • Patent number: 6463350
    Abstract: A production system has a plurality of production apparatuses, a conveyer which conveys to each production apparatus at each lot, a lot management computer which controls the degree of progress of the production process in each lot, apparatus management computers which control each of production apparatuses, and an intensive management computer which detects the degree of progress of the production process in each lot and operating state of each production apparatus. User interface sections are connected to the apparatus management computer and the intensive management computer, respectively. The user interface sections comprise display apparatuses, respectively. In the screen of the display apparatuses, operating state of each production apparatus and the degree of progress of the production process of the lot in each production apparatus are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Etsuo Fukuda, Hiroshi Nanami, Hidehiro Okutani
  • Patent number: 6438436
    Abstract: A production scheduling management system includes: a long-range production scheduling unit that receives long-range production scheduling information including at least information on a delivery date of each lot, produces a lot processing schedule based on the delivery date of each lot, and outputs a long-range production schedule; a short-range production scheduling unit that receives the long-range production schedule and short-range production scheduling information, produces a short-range schedule of lot processing so as to fulfill the long-range production schedule, and outputs a short-range production schedule; and a work scheduling unit that receives the short-range production schedule and work scheduling information, produces a work schedule so as to fulfill the short-range production schedule, while taking account of conditions of each machine and conditions of each lot, and generates work schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinichi Hohkibara, Etsuo Fukuda, Hiroshi Nanami
  • Publication number: 20020013632
    Abstract: A production system comprises a plurality of production apparatuses 1, a conveyer 2 which conveys to each production apparatus 1 at each lot, a lot management computer 3 which controls the degree of progress of the production process in each lot, apparatus management computers 4 which control each production apparatuses 1, and an intensive management computer 5 which detect the degree of progress of the production process in each lot and operating state of each production apparatus 1. User interface sections 6 and 7 are connected to the apparatus management computer 4 and the intensive management computer 5, respectively. The user interface sections 6 and 7 comprise display apparatuses, respectively. In the screen of the display apparatuses 7a, operating state of each production apparatus and the degree of progress of the production process of the lot in each production apparatus are displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: ETSUO FUKUDA, HIROSHI NANAMI, HIDEHIRO OKUTANI