Patents by Inventor Noritaka Matsumoto
Noritaka Matsumoto 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).
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Publication number: 20120044954Abstract: A communication device reduces a processing time required at the time of mutually converting different wireless or wired communication protocol and improves a real-time property. The communication device includes two or more communication units which communicate with two or more external devices and a communication controller which processes communication data. The communication controller has table information that associates a communication path, a type of the communication unit, and conversion-info, and an input and output unit that inputs and outputs the table information. According to the added conversion-info, a conversion unit sequentially performs various conversion processes (protocol conversion, routing, communication quality evaluation, fragmentation/integration of communication interface, fragment/defragment process, frame multiplication/integration, and frequency setting).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Inventors: Noritaka MATSUMOTO, Tsutomu Yamada, Kazuya Shimoyama, Yoshihito Sato
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Publication number: 20110302393Abstract: When executing sequential processing such as a ladder logic, converting a program formed of an instruction set of another processor to a program executable by an own processor in software and then conducting processing lowers the real time property. In a control system, a storage unit stores a program for the own processor and a program for another processor. A processor reads data from the storage unit, executes processing described as a program, and gives an instruction to change over a method for acquiring data from the storage unit, to a conversion instruction unit according to data contents. A changeover unit is connected to the storage unit directly or via the conversion unit to change over the data acquiring method according to an instruction from the conversion instruction unit. The conversion unit converts data read from the storage unit to data executable by the processor, according to a conversion scheme.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Inventors: Noritaka Matsumoto, Tsutomu Yamada, Akihiro Ohashi, Shin Kokura
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Patent number: 8069273Abstract: A processing module to use for a processing system having a plurality of processing modules connected via a communication line is comprising mounting position information for the processing module in the communication line; a unique logical address to indicate the processing module; a database to correspond with a physical address of the processing module in the communication line; a position identification device to identify the mounting position information in the communication line of the processing module; a unique/physical address conversion device to fetch the physical address corresponding to the unique logical address from the database using a data packet having the unique logical address as a destination; and a position/physical address conversion device for searching for the physical address from the mounting position information.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2006Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Yamada, Hiromichi Endoh, Noritaka Matsumoto, Satoru Funaki, Atsushi Ito, Norihisa Yanagihara
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Patent number: 8028156Abstract: An initialization data generator includes a task database in which task descriptions for initializing a computer are specified related with task IDs and an initialization database in which initialization data descriptions for initializing a computer are stored related with initialization data IDs. The initialization data generator takes input of the computer ID of a computer to be initialized and task data, reads task descriptions and initialization data descriptions according to task ordering related with the task data from the task database and the initialization database, based on the task IDs, task ordering, and the initialization data IDs for software modules which are loaded into the computer to be initialized by the tasks corresponding to the task IDs, specified in the task data, and generates and transfers initialization data to the computer to be initialized, thereby initializing the computer to be initialized.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2008Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Yamada, Hisanori Nonaka, Tatsuya Maruyama, Hiromichi Endoh, Noritaka Matsumoto, Hideaki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20110113277Abstract: A processing unit is connected to another processing unit through a system bus composed of serial signal communication line and synchronization signal communication line to be able to communicate therewith. When an operation unit detects abnormal state in the processing unit, the operation unit supplies notification of detection of the abnormal state to synchronization unit. The synchronization unit transmits the received detection notification of abnormal state to the other processing unit through the synchronization signal communication line. Conversion unit receives parallel communication data from the operation unit through important signal line instead of general signal line and converts the received parallel signal into serial signal to be transmitted to the other processing unit through the serial signal communication line, thereby soundness among processing units connected to the system bus is ensured when the system bus is configured to attain serial communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Inventors: Noritaka Matsumoto, Tsutomu Yamada, Eiji Kobayashi, Akihiro Ohashi, Shin Kokura
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Patent number: 7941567Abstract: A modular computer system formed by connecting a processing module having a processor mounted thereon and a plurality of I/O modules in a stacked form via connectors, where differing ones of the plurality of I/O modules being differing types of I/O modules from one another, which operate with mutually differing types of bus-layout configurations. In accordance with the association of I/O modules with identification information, for each differing type of I/O module stacked via the connectors, said processing module selects from differing preset bus-layout configurations and device drivers from a memory, to dynamically reconfigure the reconfigurable generic bus for accessing the differing type of I/O module.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2007Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Yamada, Tetsuaki Nakamikawa, Hiromichi Endoh, Noritaka Matsumoto, Hirokazu Kasashima
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Patent number: 7716405Abstract: A computer system, being a stack bus system in which a plurality of computer modules are stacked and connected to one another and being capable of automatically matching and allocating bus resources such as clocks and interrupts, is provided. In the computer system including one system module and n peripheral modules, each peripheral module includes an interrupt selector, a clock selector, an arbitration signal selector, a resource decision unit, and a position identification unit. The position identification unit cooperates with a position configuration unit present in the system module to identify a position of the module, which includes the position identification unit, in the computer system, and autonomously decides bus resources used by the module. By allowing the interrupt selector, the clock selector, and the arbitration signal selector to select and use the decided bus resources, each peripheral module can match and configure the bus resources in the computer system.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Yamada, Hiromichi Endoh, Noritaka Matsumoto, Satoru Funaki, Tatsuya Maruyama, Atsushi Ito, Fumiyuki Tamura, Norihisa Yanagihara, Makiko Naemura
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Publication number: 20090259676Abstract: The invention contemplates to improve versatility or flexibility of a system for managing a controller. In a data format converter, a computer constitutes reception unit for acquiring input information containing a program, etc, of a first data format and outputted from a programmer unit, direction extract unit for extracting a convert direction of a data format contained in the input information so acquired, data conversion rule acquisition unit for acquiring a conversion rule of a data format corresponding to the convert direction so extracted and convert execution means for converting the program, etc, of the first data format to a second data format. The program, etc, of the second data format converted is outputted to the controller. The program, etc, can be created in this way in an arbitrary data format different from the data format of the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2009Publication date: October 15, 2009Inventors: Tsutomu Yamada, Masahiko Saito, Shoji Suzuki, Hiromichi Endoh, Noritaka Matsumoto, Hirokazu Kasashima, Manabu Yamauchi
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Patent number: 7562352Abstract: The invention contemplates to improve versatility or flexibility of a system for managing a controller. In a data format converter, a computer constitutes reception unit for acquiring input information containing a program, etc, of a first data format and outputted from a programmer unit, direction extract unit for extracting a convert direction of a data format contained in the input information so acquired, data conversion rule acquisition unit for acquiring a conversion rule of a data format corresponding to the convert direction so extracted and convert execution means for converting the program, etc, of the first data format to a second data format. The program, etc, of the second data format converted is outputted to the controller. The program, etc, can be created in this way in an arbitrary data format different from the data format of the controller.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2003Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Yamada, Masahiko Saito, Shoji Suzuki, Hiromichi Endoh, Noritaka Matsumoto, Hirokazu Kasashima, Manabu Yamauchi
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Patent number: 7470348Abstract: A separation system has a distillation column, an overhead vapor supply pipe connected to the top of the distillation column, first and second branch pipes branching from the overhead vapor supply pipe and a superheater connected to the first branch pipe. A separator downstream of the superheater has a separation membrane for separating overhead vapor from the top of the distillation column into permeable vapor and nonpermeable vapor by allowing only a selected portion of the overhead vapor to permeate the separation membrane. A reflux unit has a condenser connected to the second branch pipe for cooling a portion of the overhead vapor into a liquid and a gas-liquid separator for separating gas from the liquid produced by cooling and returning the separated liquid into the top of the distillation column.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2003Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Yoshio Seiki, Kazuto Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Osora, Keiichi Akimoto, Noritaka Matsumoto, Motoki Numata, Hiroaki Shimazu
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Publication number: 20080222405Abstract: An initialization data generator includes a task database in which task descriptions for initializing a computer are specified related with task IDs and an initialization database in which initialization data descriptions for initializing a computer are stored related with initialization data IDs. The initialization data generator takes input of the computer ID of a computer to be initialized and task data, reads task descriptions and initialization data descriptions according to task ordering related with the task data from the task database and the initialization database, based on the task IDs, task ordering, and the initialization data IDs for software modules which are loaded into the computer to be initialized by the tasks corresponding to the task IDs, specified in the task data, and generates and transfers initialization data to the computer to be initialized, thereby initializing the computer to be initialized.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2008Publication date: September 11, 2008Inventors: Tsutomu YAMADA, Hisanori Nonaka, Tatsuya Maruyama, Hiromichi Endoh, Noritaka Matsumoto, Hideaki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20070266184Abstract: A modular computer system formed by connecting a processing module having a processor mounted thereon and a plurality of I/O modules in a stacked form via connectors, where differing ones of the plurality of I/O modules being differing types of I/O modules from one another, which operate with mutually differing types of bus-layout configurations. In accordance with the association of I/O modules with identification information, for each differing type of I/O module stacked via the connectors, said processing module selects from differing preset bus-layout configurations and device drivers from a memory, to dynamically reconfigure the reconfigurable generic bus for accessing the differing type of I/O module.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2007Publication date: November 15, 2007Inventors: Tsutomu YAMADA, Tetsuaki Nakamikawa, Hiromichi Endoh, Noritaka Matsumoto, Hirokazu Kasashima
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Patent number: 7272665Abstract: Without being restrained to a specific bus scheme, kinds of I/O modules connected to a processing module can be discriminated. Module exclusive selection parts respectively provided in I/O modules connected in a stacked form to a processing module via connectors judge only a module select signal input from terminals in the same position on processing module side connectors to be active. Based thereon, identification information of its own I/O module is output to a predetermined terminal on the connector. Without being restrained to a specific bus scheme, therefore, the processing module can acquire identification information of the I/O modules from a predetermined terminal on a connector. One I/O module can be selected by a simple module selection circuit scheme of inputting module select signals successively output from the processing module to terminals in the same position on processing module side connectors according to the connection order of the I/O modules.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2004Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Yamada, Tetsuaki Nakamikawa, Hiromichi Endoh, Noritaka Matsumoto, Hirokazu Kasashima
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Publication number: 20070213557Abstract: In a process for producing an aromatic carboxylic acid, it is a dehydrating process which can achieve compactification of a step for removing water from a mixture of acetic acid and water produced in the production process, and which can reduce the consumed energy. In a production process of an aromatic carboxylic acid having an oxidation reaction step for producing a slurry of an aromatic carboxylic acid by carrying out liquid-phase oxidation reaction of an alkyl aromatic compound with an oxygen-containing gas in a solvent containing acetic acid in the presence of an oxidation catalyst, at least a portion of a mixture containing acetic acid and water produced in the production steps is separated into a permeable gas mainly comprising water and nonpermeable substances mainly comprising acetic acid, using a separation membrane having water selectivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2007Publication date: September 13, 2007Inventors: Yoshio Seiki, Kazuto Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Osora, Keiichi Akimoto, Noritaka Matsumoto, Motoki Numata, Hiroaki Shimazu
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Publication number: 20070112983Abstract: A computer system, being a stack bus system in which a plurality of computer modules are stacked and connected to one another and being capable of automatically matching and allocating bus resources such as clocks and interrupts, is provided. In the computer system including one system module and n peripheral modules, each peripheral module includes an interrupt selector, a clock selector, an arbitration signal selector, a resource decision unit, and a position identification unit. The position identification unit cooperates with a position configuration unit present in the system module to identify a position of the module, which includes the position identification unit, in the computer system, and autonomously decides bus resources used by the module. By allowing the interrupt selector, the clock selector, and the arbitration signal selector to select and use the decided bus resources, each peripheral module can match and configure the bus resources in the computer system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2006Publication date: May 17, 2007Inventors: Tsutomu Yamada, Hiromichi Endoh, Noritaka Matsumoto, Satoru Funaki, Tatsuya Maruyama, Atsushi Ito, Fumiyuki Tamura, Norihisa Yanagihara, Makiko Naemura
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Publication number: 20070102505Abstract: When an RFID is attached to an object to assist testing operations, the following problems are encountered; (1) the RFID of write type tends to cause a failure and is troublesome due to the necessity of rewrite each time the situation is changed, (2) the incorporation of the reader function in a terminal block increases the cost, and (3) the known techniques are targeted for only the connecting operation and are not adapted for a sequence test that takes the most expense in time and effort. The operations are aided by using an RFID reader and a terminal having the function for accessing a database of circuit information, RFID information, and test procedure information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2006Publication date: May 10, 2007Inventors: Toshimi Yokota, Kenji Araki, Kenji Utaka, Noritaka Matsumoto, Masatoshi Takada, Ryosuke Shigemi, Chikara Ota
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Publication number: 20070038745Abstract: A processing module to use for a processing system having a plurality of processing modules connected via a communication line is comprising mounting position information for the processing module in the communication line; a unique logical address to indicate the processing module; a database to correspond with a physical address of the processing module in the communication line; a position identification device to identify the mounting position information in the communication line of the processing module; a unique/physical address conversion device to fetch the physical address corresponding to the unique logical address from the database using a data packet having the unique logical address as a destination; and a position/physical address conversion device for searching for the physical address from the mounting position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2006Publication date: February 15, 2007Inventors: Tsutomu Yamada, Hiromichi Endoh, Noritaka Matsumoto, Satoru Funaki, Atsushi Ito, Norihisa Yanagihara
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Publication number: 20060135811Abstract: In a process for producing an aromatic carboxylic acid, it is a dehydrating process which can achieve compactification of a step for removing water from a mixture of acetic acid and water produced in the production process, and which can reduce the consumed energy. In a production process of an aromatic carboxylic acid having an oxidation reaction step for producing a slurry of an aromatic carboxylic acid by carrying out liquid-phase oxidation reaction of an alkyl aromatic compound with an oxygen-containing gas in a solvent containing acetic acid in the presence of an oxidation catalyst, at least a portion of a mixture containing acetic acid and water produced in the production steps is separated into a permeable gas mainly comprising water and nonpermeable substances mainly comprising acetic acid, using a separation membrane having water selectivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2003Publication date: June 22, 2006Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshio Seiki, Kazuto Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Takeuchi, Osora Hiroyuki, Keiichi Akimoto, Noritaka Matsumoto, Motoki Mumata, Hiroaki Shimazu
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Publication number: 20040215841Abstract: Without being restrained to a specific bus scheme, kinds of I/O modules connected to a processing module can be discriminated. Module exclusive selection parts respectively provided in I/O modules connected in a stacked form to a processing module via connectors judge only a module select signal input from terminals in the same position on processing module side connectors to be active. Based thereon, identification information of its own I/O module is output to a predetermined terminal on the connector. Without being restrained to a specific bus scheme, therefore, the processing module can acquire identification information of the I/O modules from a predetermined terminal on a connector. One I/O module can be selected by a simple module selection circuit scheme of inputting module select signals successively output from the processing module to terminals in the same position on processing module side connectors according to the connection order of the I/O modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2004Publication date: October 28, 2004Inventors: Tsutomu Yamada, Tetsuaki Nakamikawa, Hiromichi Endoh, Noritaka Matsumoto, Hirokazu Kasashima
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Publication number: 20040006401Abstract: The invention contemplates to improve versatility or flexibility of a system for managing a controller. In a data format converter, a computer constitutes reception unit for acquiring input information containing a program, etc, of a first data format and outputted from a programmer unit, direction extract unit for extracting a convert direction of a data format contained in the input information so acquired, data conversion rule acquisition unit for acquiring a conversion rule of a data format corresponding to the convert direction so extracted and convert execution means for converting the program, etc, of the first data format to a second data format. The program, etc, of the second data format converted is outputted to the controller. The program, etc, can be created in this way in an arbitrary data format different from the data format of the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2003Publication date: January 8, 2004Inventors: Tsutomu Yamada, Masahiko Saito, Shoji Suzuki, Hiromichi Endoh, Noritaka Matsumoto, Hirokazu Kasashima, Manabu Yamauchi