Patents by Inventor Yuuichi Shibata

Yuuichi Shibata 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).

  • System for controlling power plants and method for arranging the system
    Patent number: 6580952
    Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of power generation plants. The system comprises at least three display-input means for displaying process data of the power plants and for inputting signals for operating the power plants based on the displayed process data, and the display-input means are disposed in a central control room. The system also comprises allocation means for allocating at least one of the display-input means to each one of the power generation plants, based on operation phases of the power generation plants. The system also comprises moving means for moving at least one of the display-input means so that a plurality of groups of the display-input means are formed, and the display-input means of a same group be arranged closer to each other than the display-input means of different groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fukuda, Toshihiko Tanaka, Masao Isshiki, Yuuichi Shibata, Kanetoshi Nara, Naomi Hattori
  • System for controlling power plants and method for arranging the system
    Publication number: 20020077728
    Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of power generation plants. The system comprises at least three display-input means for displaying process data of the power plants and for inputting signals for operating the power plants based on the displayed process data, and the display-input means are disposed in a central control room. The system also comprises allocation means for allocating at least one of the display-input means to each one of the power generation plants, based on operation phases of the power generation plants. The system also comprises moving means for moving at least one of the display-input means so that a plurality of groups of the display-input means are formed, and the display-input means of a same group be arranged closer to each other than the display-input means of different groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fukuda, Toshihiko Tanaka, Masao Isshiki, Yuuichi Shibata, Kanetoshi Nara, Naomi Hattori
  • Counter arrangement for determining the life of consumables in office equipment
    Patent number: 4974238
    Abstract: Equipment using consumables that require replacement after a predetermined number of uses includes counter arrangements for keeping track of the number of uses of each consumable. Even though some of the consumables may replace the same item, the usage count is maintained for each individual consumable. For the consumables, automatic identification of replaced items is provided whereby the counter arrangement is enabled to accumulate usage counts on the correct consumables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1990
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shigetaka Kobayashi, Yuuichi Shibata, Shuuhei Tanaka