Patents by Inventor Akihisa Endo

Akihisa Endo 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: 11611534
    Abstract: An agent device transmits certain data, which is used for generating display data, of data relating to a plurality of pieces of operation data collected from an instrument to a computation server device. A service broker device relays certain data transmitted from the agent device to the server device. The server device generates display data on the basis of certain data relayed by the service broker device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Sato, Akihisa Endo, Hiroyasu Ishigaki
  • Patent number: 11322014
    Abstract: A notification device is provided with: an abnormality estimation unit for estimating a state relating to an abnormality of a plant and a factor relating to the abnormality of the plant; an item specifying unit for specifying inspection items on the basis of the abnormality of the plant and the state relating to the factor relating to the abnormality of the plant estimated by the abnormality estimation unit; a notification unit for notifying of the inspection items specified by the item specifying unit; a stop-time item specifying unit for specifying the inspection items which should be checked at a time of a stop out of the inspection items specified by the item specifying unit; a check result acquisition unit for receiving a check result for the inspection items notified of by the notification unit; and a stop-time item output unit for outputting the inspection items which should be checked at the time of stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamauchi, Koji Imakita, Akihisa Endo, Toru Tanaka, Yoshiyuki Nagata
  • Patent number: 11209811
    Abstract: A diagnostic device includes a storage unit that stores first information including a first abnormal event which occurred in the past in a plant, a first attribution event that is a cause of the first abnormal event, and a first occurrence probability of the first attribution event, in which a causal relationship between the first abnormal and attribution events is indicated by a tree structure, and second information including a second abnormal event which is supposed to occur in the plant but has not yet occurred, a second attribution event that is a cause of the second abnormal event, and a second occurrence probability of the second attribution event, in which a causal relationship between the second abnormal and attribution events is indicated by a tree structure; and an estimation unit that estimates the cause of the sign of the abnormality, based on the first and second information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Shida, Yukihiko Inoue, Kuniaki Aoyama, Ichiro Nagano, Shun Niizuma, Tomohiro Baba, Akihisa Endo, Takahiro Yamauchi, Tsuyoshi Kinoshita, Shinsaku Endo, Yasuoki Tomita, Katsuhiko Abe
  • Patent number: 11188066
    Abstract: Provided is a service menu presentation system which: acquires operation data relating to an electric power generation plant; decides which operation pattern, from among a plurality of operation patterns set in advance in accordance with an output mode, is the basis for the operation being indicated by the operation data; calculates, on the basis of the operation data acquired in a certain period, an operation time with respect to each of the operation patterns in the period; determines, on the basis of an operation time ratio in the certain period, an in-period operation pattern of the certain period; and outputs a service menu corresponding to the in-period operation pattern that has been determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Shida, Koji Imakita, Akihisa Endo, Toru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210248899
    Abstract: A notification device is provided with: an abnormality estimation unit for estimating a state relating to an abnormality of a plant and a factor relating to the abnormality of the plant; an item specifying unit for specifying inspection items on the basis of the abnormality of the plant and the state relating to the factor relating to the abnormality of the plant estimated by the abnormality estimation unit; a notification unit for notifying of the inspection items specified by the item specifying unit; a stop-time item specifying unit for specifying the inspection items which should be checked at a time of a stop out of the inspection items specified by the item specifying unit; a check result acquisition unit for receiving a check result for the inspection items notified of by the notification unit; and a stop-time item output unit for outputting the inspection items which should be checked at the time of stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro YAMAUCHI, Koji IMAKITA, Akihisa ENDO, Toru TANAKA, Yoshiyuki NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20210218707
    Abstract: An agent device transmits certain data, which is used for generating display data, of data relating to a plurality of pieces of operation data collected from an instrument to a computation server device. A service broker device relays certain data transmitted from the agent device to the server device. The server device generates display data on the basis of certain data relayed by the service broker device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Koji SATO, Akihisa ENDO, Hiroyasu ISHIGAKI
  • Patent number: 10990070
    Abstract: A state quantity acquiring unit is configured to acquire a state quantity of a turbine. A time calculation unit is configured to calculate an operable time at an over firing operation of the turbine based on a design life of the turbine and a state quantity. A distance calculation unit configured to calculate a Mahalanobis distance based on the state quantity. A determination unit configured to determine whether or not the over firing operation of the turbine is possible by the Mahalanobis distance and the operable time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuoki Tomita, Katsuhiko Abe, Shintaro Kumano, Motoshi Takasu, Etsushi Kanno, Takahiro Kawaguchi, Takayoshi Isoda, Yuki Enomoto, Nobuhiro Osaki, Kazuyuki Misawa, Akihisa Endo, Masao Ogino
  • Patent number: 10969305
    Abstract: A planning device according to the present invention includes a remaining life specifying unit that specifies a remaining life of a component for a turbine. On the basis of the specified remaining life, a usage plan generating unit generates a usage plan that indicates the timing at which the component is to be incorporated into the turbine, such that the remaining life of the component becomes equal to or less than an allowable error value at a predetermined timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Tanaka, Akihisa Endo, Yusuke Hazui, Masumi Nomura
  • Patent number: 10883427
    Abstract: A turbine analysis device includes a state quantity acquiring unit configured to acquire a state quantity of a turbine, the state quantity including at least a temperature of the turbine. A load specifying unit is configured to calculate a history of a load of the turbine, based on the state quantity. A load and time calculating unit is configured to derive a relationship between the load of the turbine and an operable time when the turbine is operated at the load, based on a designed service life of the turbine and the history of the load that has been calculated by the load specifying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Tanaka, Akihisa Endo, Yusuke Hazui, Masumi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20200348637
    Abstract: Provided is a service menu presentation system which: acquires operation data relating to an electric power generation plant; decides which operation pattern, from among a plurality of operation patterns set in advance in accordance with an output mode, is the basis for the operation being indicated by the operation data; calculates, on the basis of the operation data acquired in a certain period, an operation time with respect to each of the operation patterns in the period; determines, on the basis of an operation time ratio in the certain period, an in-period operation pattern of the certain period; and outputs a service menu corresponding to the in-period operation pattern that has been determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Masato SHIDA, Koji IMAKITA, Akihisa ENDO, Toru TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20200019150
    Abstract: A collection device includes a reception unit, a first inspection unit, and a first transmission request unit. The reception unit receives a data unit including operation data indicating an operation state of a plant and a guarantee value for guaranteeing authenticity of the operation data. The first inspection unit inspects the authenticity of the data unit by inspecting a quality of the data unit on the basis of the guarantee value and by inspecting the presence or absence of a loss of the data on the basis of a reception interval of the data unit. The first transmission request unit requests a transmission side of the data unit to retransmit the data unit when inspection results of the first inspection unit indicate no authenticity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Masato SHIDA, Yukihiko INOUE, Kuniaki AOYAMA, Ichiro NAGANO, Shun NIIZUMA, Akihisa ENDO, Takahiro YAMAUCHI, Tsuyoshi KINOSHITA, Shinsaku ENDO
  • Publication number: 20190384275
    Abstract: A diagnostic device includes a storage unit that stores first information including a first abnormal event which occurred in the past in a plant, a first attribution event that is a cause of the first abnormal event, and a first occurrence probability of the first attribution event, in which a causal relationship between the first abnormal and attribution events is indicated by a tree structure, and second information including a second abnormal event which is supposed to occur in the plant but does not occur yet, a second attribution event that is a cause of the second abnormal event, and a second occurrence probability of the second attribution event, in which a causal relationship between the second abnormal and attribution events is indicated by a tree structure; and an estimation unit that estimates the cause of the sign of the abnormality, based on the first and second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Masato SHIDA, Yukihiko INOUE, Kuniaki AOYAMA, Ichiro NAGANO, Shun NIIZUMA, Tomohiro BABA, Akihisa ENDO, Takahiro YAMAUCHI, Tsuyoshi KINOSHITA, Shinsaku ENDO, Yasuoki TOMITA, Katsuhiko ABE
  • Publication number: 20190197917
    Abstract: A guidance information presentation system includes an operation data collection unit configured to collect operation data of a plant, an operation mode determination unit configured to determine an operation mode of a plant device provided in the plant on the basis of the collected operation data, and a guidance information presentation unit configured to present guidance information according to the operation mode. Further, the guidance information presentation unit is configured to present the guidance information according to an operation state of the plant device or a department to which operating staff belongs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Akihisa ENDO, Yui KANAMURA, Toru TANAKA, Takahiro YAMAUCHI, Hiroki SUGINO
  • Publication number: 20190018380
    Abstract: A state quantity acquiring unit is configured to acquire a state quantity of a turbine. A time calculation unit is configured to calculate an operable time at an over firing operation of the turbine based on a design life of the turbine and a state quantity. A distance calculation unit configured to calculate a Mahalanobis distance based on the state quantity. A determination unit configured to determine whether or not the over firing operation of the turbine is possible by the Mahalanobis distance and the operable time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuoki TOMITA, Katsuhiko ABE, Shintaro KUMANO, Motoshi TAKASU, Etsushi KANNO, Takahiro KAWAGUCHI, Takayoshi ISODA, Yuki ENOMOTO, Nobuhiro OSAKI, Kazuyuki MISAWA, Akihisa ENDO, Masao OGINO
  • Publication number: 20180328290
    Abstract: A turbine analysis device according to the present application includes a state quantity acquiring unit configured to acquire a state quantity of a turbine, the state quantity including a temperature of the turbine. A load specifying unit specifies a history of a load of the turbine, based on the state quantity. A load and time calculating unit calculates a relationship between the load of the turbine and an operable time when the turbine is operated at the load, based on a designed service life of the turbine and on a history of the load that has been specified by the load specifying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Toru TANAKA, Akihisa ENDO, Yusuke HAZUI, Masumi NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20180313720
    Abstract: A planning device according to the present invention includes a remaining life specifying unit that specifies a remaining life of a component for a turbine. On the basis of the specified remaining life, a usage plan generating unit generates a usage plan that indicates the timing at which the component is to be incorporated into the turbine, such that the remaining life of the component becomes equal to or less than an allowable error value at a predetermined timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Toru TANAKA, Akihisa ENDO, Yusuke HAZUI, Masumi NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20180231968
    Abstract: An operation status of a management target device is calculated based on acquired sensing information of the management target device. An operation status level indicated by the calculation result of the operation status is compared with a plurality of threshold values for distinguishing the operation status level. Support information of the management target device corresponding to the operation status level is output based on the comparison of the operation status level with the threshold values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Akihisa ENDO, Toru TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20170011359
    Abstract: A device maintenance server (20) includes a storage unit (29) that stores manual information on each component configuring a maintenance target device (90) as viewing information, a communication unit (28) that communicates with a mobile terminal, and a control unit (21) that controls transmission of the manual information to the mobile terminal. When a component (an identified component) imaged in a captured image received from the mobile terminal is a specific component (a component for which a plurality of pieces of manual information according to a period of use that is a period after mounting on the maintenance target device are stored), the control unit (21) controls transmission of one piece of manual information according to the period of use of the identified component to the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Akihisa ENDO
  • Patent number: 8747983
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a recordable optical recording medium whose characteristics do not deteriorate when recording is conducted in a high-temperature environment. The present invention provides a recordable optical recording medium comprising a substrate as well as at least a reflection layer, recording layer, and light transmission layer provided on the substrate, wherein the recording layer of said optical recording medium contains (a) an azo metal complex dye and (b) another dye whose decomposition temperature is 240° C. to 360° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuo Kodaira, Akihisa Endo, Kazunobu Takeguchi, Fuyuki Miyazawa, Shinichi Kojo
  • Patent number: 6743045
    Abstract: In a flexible connector having a fitting portion for connection, with a counterpart connector. A plurality of flexible conductive wires (31) are arranged on a plane in parallel with each other and extend to have end portions. The flexible conductive wires are held by an insulator (8) which makes the fitting portion cooperate with the end portions of the flexible conductive wires. A flexible reinforcing member (6) is placed at one side of the plane to reinforce the flexible conductive wires and mechanically couples to the insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Koji Hayashi, Akihisa Endo, Kazukuni Hisatomi, Nobukazu Kato