Patents by Inventor Atsuhiko Koizumi

Atsuhiko Koizumi 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: 9842663
    Abstract: A core monitoring system including: a TIP measuring a neutron amount in a nuclear reactor; a TIP drive device; a TIP panel; a neutron monitoring panel; and a process computer. The TIP panel includes: a TIP level processor and a TIP position processor that process a TIP level signal and a TIP position signal input from the TIP drive device, respectively; a time setting section synchronizing the TIP level signal and the TIP position signal; and a TIP level data storage section storing synchronized TIP level data. The neutron monitoring panel includes a time setting section setting collecting time of a LPRM level signal and an APRM level signal. The process computer compares the time and stores the TIP level data from the TIP panel and the LPRM and APRM level signals from the neutron monitoring panel corresponding in time, and calculates core performance based on the TIP level data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masayuki Okada, Atsuhiko Koizumi
  • Patent number: 9570203
    Abstract: A nuclear power plant controlling system is provided in which the thermal limit can be brought close to the full limit of operation restrictions by automatic control. The system includes a thermal limit monitor, including a receiver configured to receive a first signal, a prospective time deriving unit configured to derive a prospective time for the first signal to arrive at the full limit, a judging unit configured to judge a remaining time to the prospective time, a compensating unit configured to compensate the first signal based on a second signal, a first transmitter configured to transmit a first instruction to vary a rate factor of the first and second signals by synchronizing the compensation, and a second transmitter configured to transmit a second instruction to hold the first or second signal after arriving at the full limit or at a threshold that is just before the full limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Masugi, Kiyoteru Suzuki, Surman Yoshinaga, Atsuhiko Koizumi
  • Patent number: 9336911
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, core thermal limit monitoring device is provided with calculating units, and signal input processing units, synchronization processing units and signal output processing units, corresponding to the calculating units. The calculating unit determines if it is necessary to output a signal to the control unit by calculating the thermal state values of the monitoring regions based on a signal representing the state of the core. The synchronization processing unit, if it is necessary to output a signal to the control unit, transmits a signal-output stop signal to the other synchronization processing units, and otherwise, the synchronization processing unit transmits a signal-output stop cancellation signal to the other synchronization processing units. The signal output processing unit, when the synchronization processing unit does not receive a signal stop signal, outputs a signal representing the calculation results of the calculating unit to the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Osamu Takizawa, Naoto Odagawa, Atsuhiko Koizumi, Tsuyoshi Masugi, Kiyoteru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9305670
    Abstract: A TIP monitoring control equipment has: a process computer, a TIP control panel, and data transmitting unit. The process computer includes a operation input unit, a TIP scanning unit, a first TIP level data transmitting and receiving unit, and a TIP level data storage unit. To a first TIP level data transmitting and receiving unit, an LPRM level signal, an APRM level signal and TIP level data accumulated in the TIP control panel are input in synchronization with a TIP position signal. The TIP control panel includes a TIP driving control unit, a TIP level processing unit, a TIP position processing unit, a TIP level data accumulation unit and a second TIP level data transmitting and receiving unit. The second TIP level data transmitting and receiving unit transmits TIP level data accumulated in the TIP level data accumulation unit to the process computer via the data transmission unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Atsuhiko Koizumi, Tsuyoshi Masugi, Osamu Takizawa, Naoto Odagawa, Masataka Yanagisawa, Toshifumi Sato
  • Patent number: 9099207
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of a reactor core monitoring system, includes: an information retention portion for retaining a regular cycle and a short cycle as calculation information of reactor core performance data; a signal processing portion for creating heat balance data based on a process signal; a data acquisition portion for acquiring, in a timing of the regular cycle, the heat balance data and reactor core performance data which was calculated in a previous timing of the regular cycle, while acquiring, in a timing of the short cycle asynchronous to the regular cycle, the heat balance data and reactor core performance data which was calculated most recently; and a data calculation portion for calculating new reactor core performance data based on the acquired reactor core performance data and the heat balance data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Motoko Yoshida, Atsuhiko Koizumi, Masayuki Okada
  • Publication number: 20130287159
    Abstract: A core monitoring system including: a TIP measuring a neutron amount in a nuclear reactor; a TIP drive device; a TIP panel; a neutron monitoring panel; and a process computer. The TIP panel includes: a TIP level processor and a TIP position processor that process a TIP level signal and a TIP position signal input from the TIP drive device, respectively; a time setting section synchronizing the TIP level signal and the TIP position signal; and a TIP level data storage section storing synchronized TIP level data. The neutron monitoring panel includes a time setting section setting collecting time of a LPRM level signal and an APRM level signal. The process computer compares the time and stores the TIP level data from the TIP panel and the LPRM and APRM level signals from the neutron monitoring panel corresponding in time, and calculates core performance based on the TIP level data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masayuki Okada, Atsuhiko Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20130208844
    Abstract: Provide the technique for controlling nuclear power plant in which the thermal limit can be brought close to the full limit of operation restrictions by the automatic control, using the simple information outputted shorter cycle than that of the thermal limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Masugi, Kiyoteru Suzuki, Surman Yoshinaga, Atsuhiko Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20130188765
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of a reactor core monitoring system, includes: an information retention portion for retaining a regular cycle and a short cycle as calculation information of reactor core performance data; a signal processing portion for creating heat balance data based on a process signal; a data acquisition portion for acquiring, in a timing of the regular cycle, the heat balance data and reactor core performance data which was calculated in a previous timing of the regular cycle, while acquiring, in a timing of the short cycle asynchronous to the regular cycle, the heat balance data and reactor core performance data which was calculated most recently; and a data calculation portion for calculating new reactor core performance data based on the acquired reactor core performance data and the heat balance data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Motoko YOSHIDA, Atsuhiko KOIZUMI, Masayuki OKADA
  • Publication number: 20120321028
    Abstract: A TIP monitoring control equipment has: a process computer, a TIP control panel, and data transmitting unit. The process computer includes a operation input unit, a TIP scanning unit, a first TIP level data transmitting and receiving unit, and a TIP level data storage unit. To a first TIP level data transmitting and receiving unit, an LPRM level signal, an APRM level signal and TIP level data accumulated in the TIP control panel are input in synchronization with a TIP position signal. The TIP control panel includes a TIP driving control unit, a TIP level processing unit, a TIP position processing unit, a TIP level data accumulation unit and a second TIP level data transmitting and receiving unit. The second TIP level data transmitting and receiving unit transmits TIP level data accumulated in the TIP level data accumulation unit to the process computer via the data transmission unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Atsuhiko Koizumi, Tsuyoshi Masugi, Osamu Takizawa, Naoto Odagawa, Masataka Yanagisawa, Toshifumi Sato
  • Publication number: 20120281801
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, core thermal limit monitoring device is provided with calculating units, and signal input processing units, synchronization processing units and signal output processing units, corresponding to the calculating units. The calculating unit determines if it is necessary to output a signal to the control unit by calculating the thermal state values of the monitoring regions based on a signal representing the state of the core. The synchronization processing unit, if it is necessary to output a signal to the control unit, transmits a signal-output stop signal to the other synchronization processing units, and otherwise, the synchronization processing unit transmits a signal-output stop cancellation signal to the other synchronization processing units. The signal output processing unit, when the synchronization processing unit does not receive a signal stop signal, outputs a signal representing the calculation results of the calculating unit to the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Osamu TAKIZAWA, Naoto ODAGAWA, Atsuhiko KOIZUMI, Tsuyoshi MASUGI, Kiyoteru SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20070067338
    Abstract: A system for supporting introduction/operation of Enterprise Resource Planning software by means of a computer. In this system, a document management unit (14) manages data for document including business flow diagrams expressing business flows by hierarchized business elements. A database (15) relates a business element to a customize item, its location, and a document. A search unit (12) searches the designated business element and a location of customize item corresponding to a designated business element and other business elements on a lower layer than the designated business element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Atsuhiko Koizumi, Satoshi Hoshino, Yasuhiro Tsukamoto, Masaya Shiranaga