Patents by Inventor Motoichi Kuwatani

Motoichi Kuwatani 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: 11869335
    Abstract: An alarm management apparatus of the present disclosure presents a trigger alarm, which should be presented to an operator, to the operator when the trigger alarm is included in an alarm that is received or generated. The alarm management apparatus stores a suppressed alarm related to the trigger alarm, without presenting the suppressed alarm to the operator, when the suppressed alarm is included in the alarm and presents the stored suppressed alarm to the operator based on an operation by the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Honda, Yusuke Ono, Naoki Okubo, Motoichi Kuwatani
  • Patent number: 11348447
    Abstract: An alarm management system of the present disclosure includes an alarm management apparatus, a monitoring terminal, and a controller. The alarm management apparatus generates an alarm based on information received from the controller or receives an alarm from the controller, receives information related to a filtering condition from the monitoring terminal, performs filtering on the alarm based on the filtering condition, and presents the alarm subjected to the filtering to an operator via the monitoring terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Ono, Kengo Honda, Kazuki Murayama, Motoichi Kuwatani
  • Patent number: 11151863
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller. The communication interface receives first alarm information indicating an alarm of a plant from a control apparatus and receives second alarm information, obtained by processing the first alarm information, from an alarm management apparatus that receives the first alarm information. The controller makes a judgment of whether the alarm management apparatus is usable, selects, in accordance with the result of the judgment, one of the first alarm information and the second alarm information received by the communication interface, and outputs third alarm information, obtained by the controller processing the selected alarm information, to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Sakata, Takashi Sato, Kulasara Mahanama Siriwardena, Motoichi Kuwatani
  • Patent number: 11087600
    Abstract: A display control method including selecting an indicator image corresponding to a display attribute which is set for a display area, and performing display control for displaying each alarm corresponding to the display attribute among alarms generated in a plant and also displaying the selected indicator image collectively in the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Ayako Kono, Yuya Iketsuki, Naotaka Nogawa, Motoichi Kuwatani
  • Publication number: 20210043062
    Abstract: An alarm management apparatus of the present disclosure presents a trigger alarm, which should be presented to an operator, to the operator when the trigger alarm is included in an alarm that is received or generated. The alarm management apparatus stores a suppressed alarm related to the trigger alarm, without presenting the suppressed alarm to the operator, when the suppressed alarm is included in the alarm and presents the stored suppressed alarm to the operator based on an operation by the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo HONDA, Yusuke ONO, Naoki OKUBO, Motoichi KUWATANI
  • Publication number: 20210043068
    Abstract: An alarm management system of the present disclosure includes an alarm management apparatus, a monitoring terminal, and a controller. The alarm management apparatus is configured to generate an alarm based on information received from the controller or receive an alarm from the controller, receive information related to a filtering condition from the monitoring terminal, perform filtering on the alarm based on the filtering condition, and present the alarm subjected to the filtering to an operator via the monitoring terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Ono, Kengo Honda, Kazuki Murayama, Motoichi Kuwatani
  • Publication number: 20200388146
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller. The communication interface receives first alarm information indicating an alarm of a plant from a control apparatus and receives second alarm information, obtained by processing the first alarm information, from an alarm management apparatus that receives the first alarm information. The controller makes a judgment of whether the alarm management apparatus is usable, selects, in accordance with the result of the judgment, one of the first alarm information and the second alarm information received by the communication interface, and outputs third alarm information, obtained by the controller processing the selected alarm information, to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori SAKATA, Takashi SATO, Kulasara MAHANAMA SIRIWARDENA, Motoichi KUWATANI
  • Publication number: 20200364993
    Abstract: Provided is a display control method including selecting an indicator image corresponding to a display attribute which is set for a display area, and performing display control for displaying each alarm corresponding to the display attribute among alarms generated in a plant and also displaying the selected indicator image collectively in the display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Ayako KONO, Yuya IKETSUKI, Naotaka NOGAWA, Motoichi KUWATANI
  • Patent number: 10620823
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a display configured to display a first graphical faceplate representing a state of a control target, an operation unit which is used for operating the first graphical faceplate, and a controller configured to switch the first graphical faceplate displayed by the display to a second graphical faceplate for operating the control target based on an operation performed by the operation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Takano, Ayako Kono, Jun Kobayashi, Motoichi Kuwatani
  • Publication number: 20170083184
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a display configured to display a first graphical faceplate representing a state of a control target, an operation unit which is used for operating the first graphical faceplate, and a controller configured to switch the first graphical faceplate displayed by the display to a second graphical faceplate for operating the control target based on an operation performed by the operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto TAKANO, Ayako KONO, Jun KOBAYASHI, Motoichi KUWATANI
  • Publication number: 20080307331
    Abstract: There is realized a graphic information generation system capable of allowing alteration at a quote-destination with linkage kept in continuous state, and enlarging a link part size by integrating similar link parts in one, to thereby implement customizing. In the graphic information generation system for generating a graphic object file by quoting a predetermined link part from a link part tool for retaining link parts for graphic display into graphic builder means while link-cataloging the link part quoted in the link part tool, the graphic information generation system comprises a customizing processor for customizing the link part as quoted, and link-cataloging a customized part in the link part tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Motoichi Kuwatani
  • Publication number: 20070297557
    Abstract: A storage section stores a history of a workflow for a plant in a specific status. A status detection section detects the status of the plant. A search section searches the history of the workflow for the plant that is stored in the storage section when the specific status is detected by the status detection section. A display displays the workflow extracted by the search section. An authority determination section determines whether an operator has an authority for an operation of the workflow extracted by the search section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Motoichi Kuwatani
  • Publication number: 20060136077
    Abstract: A data setting apparatus has an accepting section, a deciding section, and a data setting section. The accepting section accepts an input of data to be set into a field equipment and an input of a key correlated with the field equipment. The deciding section decides whether or not the key accepted by the accepting section is correct. The data setting section sets the data accepted by the accepting section into the field equipment if the deciding section decides that the key accepted by the accepting section is correct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Motoichi Kuwatani