Patents by Inventor Akihiro Tsujita

Akihiro Tsujita 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).

  • Logistics system, and method for recovery from abnormality in logistics system
    Patent number: 9284119
    Abstract: A logistics system includes a transport device and a controller and stores inventory data of objects. The logistics system stores the inventory data in a storage unit, data on objects being transported by the transport device in a transport data storage unit, and recovery procedures for the transport device in a recovery procedure storage unit. When an abnormality detector detects an abnormality relating to the transport device, the recovery procedure for the detected abnormality is read out from the recovery procedure storage unit, and input is received for a recovery procedure to be carried out. Instructions are outputted to the transport device in accordance with the inputted recovery procedure, and storage of the inventory data is updated according to the received recovery procedure and data on objects being transported in the transport data storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro Tsujita
  • LOGISTICS SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR RECOVERY FROM ABNORMALITY IN LOGISTICS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140229001
    Abstract: A logistics system includes a transport device and a controller and stores inventory data of objects. The logistics system stores the inventory data in a storage unit, data on objects being transported by the transport device in a transport data storage unit, and recovery procedures for the transport device in a recovery procedure storage unit. When an abnormality detector detects an abnormality relating to the transport device, the recovery procedure for the detected abnormality is read out from the recovery procedure storage unit, and input is received for a recovery procedure to be carried out. Instructions are outputted to the transport device in accordance with the inputted recovery procedure, and storage of the inventory data is updated according to the received recovery procedure and data on objects being transported in the transport data storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro Tsujita