Patents by Inventor Toujirou NODA

Toujirou NODA 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: 10789120
    Abstract: A preprocessor into which time-series sensor data is input includes a correspondence table associating sensor data with a physical unit. A physical extraction unit that obtains sensor data, and specifies a physical unit based on the correspondence table. A latent variable generation unit specifies a nonlinear function from the physical unit, and generates a latent variable for applying the sensor data to the specified nonlinear function. A latent variable addition unit obtains time-series sensor data and sets the data as a variable, applies the obtained time-series sensor data to the latent variable to generate time-series data and sets the data as a variable, and adds the generated time-series data to the obtained time-series sensor data to generate a data set of a plurality of variables. Then a relational expression estimation-processing unit that analyzes a relationship between the variables of the data set, and generates a linear relational expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: HIATACHI POWER SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pushe Zhao, Masaru Kurihara, Toujirou Noda, Shigeyoshi Chikuma
  • Patent number: 10496466
    Abstract: A preprocessor includes a sensor data storage part that is connected to an abnormality sign diagnosing device and stores multi-dimensional sensor data, a data analysis processing part that calculates a variable value by using the multi-dimensional sensor data stored in the sensor data storage part, an analysis data storage part that stores the variable value calculated by the data analysis processing part, and an analysis data addition processing part that combines the multi-dimensional sensor data stored at the sensor data storage part and the variable value stored in the analysis data storage part and outputs a combined result to the abnormality sign diagnosing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Power Solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pushe Zhao, Junichi Tanaka, Masaru Kurihara, Toujirou Noda, Shigeyoshi Chikuma
  • Publication number: 20190042344
    Abstract: A preprocessor into which time-series sensor data is input includes a correspondence table associating sensor data with a physical unit. A physical extraction unit that obtains sensor data, and specifies a physical unit based on the correspondence table. A latent variable generation unit specifies a nonlinear function from the physical unit, and generates a latent variable for applying the sensor data to the specified nonlinear function. A latent variable addition unit obtains time-series sensor data and sets the data as a variable, applies the obtained time-series sensor data to the latent variable to generate time-series data and sets the data as a variable, and adds the generated time-series data to the obtained time-series sensor data to generate a data set of a plurality of variables. Then a relational expression estimation-processing unit that analyzes a relationship between the variables of the data set, and generates a linear relational expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI POWER SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pushe ZHAO, Masaru KURIHARA, Toujirou NODA, Shigeyoshi CHIKUMA
  • Publication number: 20180239345
    Abstract: An abnormality predictor diagnosis system includes: a sensor data acquisition that acquires sensor data; a learning identifies a detection value of a sensor when a predetermined time has passed since start of an operation process, identifies a value of a predetermined function when the predetermined time has passed since the start of the operation process using the predetermined function that outputs different values for respective times elapsed as time passes, and learns a normal model of the waveform based on the identified detection value and the value of the function; and a diagnosis means that, in a time-series waveform of sensor data as a diagnosis target, diagnoses the mechanical facility for presence of an abnormality predictor based on comparison of the detection value of the sensor and the value of the function when the predetermined time has passed since the start of the operation process, with the normal model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI POWER SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toujirou NODA
  • Publication number: 20180231969
    Abstract: An abnormality predictor diagnosis system includes: a sensor data acquisition means that acquires sensor data including a detection value of a sensor installed in a mechanical facility; a learning means that sets a learning target of sensor data in a period in which the mechanical facility is known to be normal, and learns a time-series waveform of the sensor data as a normal model; and a diagnosis means that diagnoses the mechanical facility for the presence of an abnormality predictor based on comparison between the normal model and the time-series waveform of the sensor data of a diagnosis target. The abnormality predictor diagnosis system can diagnose the mechanical facility for the presence of an abnormality predictor with high accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI POWER SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toujirou NODA, Takashi YOSHIZAWA, Shouzou MIYABE
  • Publication number: 20180095454
    Abstract: A pre-processor pre-processes sensor data, and includes: an interval setting unit that acquires chronological sensor data, calculates a first index and a second index indicating different influences for noise included in the sensor data, and sets an interval in which influence of the noise is suppressed in accordance with the first index and the second index; a division processing unit that sets a dividing point at which a trend of the sensor data changes in units of intervals in which the influence of the noise is suppressed, the intervals being set by the interval setting unit; and a dividing point extraction processing unit that generates a dividing point vector from a time of the dividing point set by the division processing unit and outputs the dividing point vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: HITACHI POWER SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pushe ZHAO, Junichi TANAKA, Masaru KURIHARA, Toujirou NODA, Shigeyoshi CHIKUMA
  • Patent number: 9933338
    Abstract: An objective is to identify the health state of mechanical equipment and provide information usable for determining maintenance work timing or the like. A health management system includes a time-series data acquisition unit configured to acquire multi-dimensional sensor data and environmental data from mechanical equipment; a first discrimination unit configured to quantify the equipment state of the mechanical equipment by a statistical method using normal data as learning data; a second discrimination unit configured to quantify the health state indicating the performance or quality of the mechanical equipment by a statistical method using normal data; and an output unit configured to display and/or output to the outside the quantified equipment state and health state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignees: HITACHI POWER SOLUTIONS CO., LTD., TSURU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Toujirou Noda, Tadashi Suzuki, Naoki Miyakoshi, Toshiaki Kobari, Shouzou Miyabe, Hisae Shibuya, Shunji Maeda
  • Publication number: 20160371137
    Abstract: A preprocessor includes a sensor data storage part that is connected to an abnormality sign diagnosing device and stores multi-dimensional sensor data, a data analysis processing part that calculates a variable value by using the multi-dimensional sensor data stored in the sensor data storage part, an analysis data storage part that stores the variable value calculated by the data analysis processing part, and an analysis data addition processing part that combines the multi-dimensional sensor data stored at the sensor data storage part and the variable value stored in the analysis data storage part and outputs a combined result to the abnormality sign diagnosing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Pushe ZHAO, Junichi TANAKA, Masaru KURIHARA, Toujirou NODA, Shigeyoshi CHIKUMA
  • Patent number: 9465387
    Abstract: The anomaly diagnosis system includes the state measure calculator acquiring sensor data from sensors in a machine facility as time series data; an approximation formula calculator calculating a state measure being an index indicating a state of the machine facility, such as anomaly and a performance by a statistical method in which the time series data is used as learned data; and a state measure estimating unit estimating the state measures until future time using the approximation formula. Whenever the latest time series data is acquired, the reference period in which the time series data corresponding to the state measure referred to calculate the approximation formula by the reference period setting unit, is successively extended by addition of time when the latest time series data is acquired. The approximation formula calculator calculates the approximation formula using the state measure of the time series data acquired in the reference period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Power Solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toujirou Noda, Shigeyoshi Chikuma, Masami Kusano, Naoki Miyakoshi, Tadashi Suzuki, Hisae Shibuya
  • Publication number: 20160202693
    Abstract: The anomaly diagnosis system includes the state measure calculator acquiring sensor data from sensors in a machine facility as time series data; an approximation formula calculator calculating a state measure being an index indicating a state of the machine facility, such as anomaly and a performance by a statistical method in which the time series data is used as learned data; and a state measure estimating unit estimating the state measures until future time using the approximation formula. Whenever the latest time series data is acquired, the reference period in which the time series data corresponding to the state measure referred to calculate the approximation formula by the reference period setting unit, is successively extended by addition of time when the latest time series data is acquired. The approximation formula calculator calculates the approximation formula using the state measure of the time series data acquired in the reference period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Toujirou NODA, Shigeyoshi CHIKUMA, Masami KUSANO, Naoki MIYAKOSHI, Tadashi SUZUKI, Hisae SHIBUYA
  • Publication number: 20150160098
    Abstract: An objective is to identify the health state of mechanical equipment and provide information usable for determining maintenance work timing or the like. A health management system includes a time-series data acquisition unit configured to acquire multi-dimensional sensor data and environmental data from mechanical equipment; a first discrimination unit configured to quantify the equipment state of the mechanical equipment by a statistical method using normal data as learning data; a second discrimination unit configured to quantify the health state indicating the performance or quality of the mechanical equipment by a statistical method using normal data; and an output unit configured to display and/or output to the outside the quantified equipment state and health state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Toujirou NODA, Tadashi SUZUKI, Naoki MIYAKOSHI, Toshiaki KOBARI, Shouzou MIYABE, Hisae SHIBUYA, Shunji MAEDA