Patents by Inventor Hiraku Ikeda

Hiraku Ikeda 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: 11945560
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a navigation monitoring program that causes at least one computer to execute a process, the process includes acquiring direction information that indicates a direction of a vessel and position information that indicates a position of the vessel; and predicting whether or not the vessel navigates along a course by inputting the acquired direction information and the acquired position information to a prediction model generated by machine learning by using direction information and position information for each of a plurality of vessels that has navigated in the past and a correct answer label that indicates whether or not each of the plurality of vessels navigates along a course.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Isamu Watanabe, Shinji Ito, Hiraku Fujimoto, Ryusei Ikeda, Kenta Usui
  • Patent number: 8412384
    Abstract: Quick recovery or recovery support of a faulty power generating facility by real time diagnoses such as facility failure diagnosis, supervision for failure symptoms, facility diagnosis by evaluation of performance using databases between the power generating facilities and an operation control system. The operation control system transfers information on operating status and secular characteristic changes of apparatus from power generating facilities or information from operators of selected power generating facilities. The level of a failure of a power generating facility which has a failure is evaluated and repairing information (e.g. recovery procedures, processes, required parts, inventory of the parts, possible failure causes, etc.) is automatically created from repairing information prepared in advance for each evaluation condition. The repairing information is then sent to the operation supporting section of the power generating facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Nagafuchi, Yasushi Iwai, Hiraku Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20090138324
    Abstract: Quick recovery or recovery support of a faulty power generating facility by real time diagnoses such as facility failure diagnosis, supervision for failure symptoms, facility diagnosis by evaluation of performance using databases between the power generating facilities and an operation control system. The operation control system transfers information on operating status and secular characteristic changes of apparatus from power generating facilities or information from operators of selected power generating facilities. The lever of a failure of a power generating facility which has a failure is evaluated and repairing information (e.g. recovery procedures, processes, required parts, inventory of the parts, possible failure causes, etc.) is automatically created from repairing information prepared in advance for each evaluation condition. The repairing information is then sent to the operation supporting section of the power generating facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Naoyuki NAGAFUCHI, Yasushi IWAI, Hiraku IKEDA
  • Patent number: 7496429
    Abstract: Quick recovery or recovery support of a faulty power generating facility by real time diagnoses such as facility failure diagnosis, supervision for failure symptoms, facility diagnosis by evaluation of performance using databases between the power generating facilities and an operation control system. The operation control system transfers information on operating status and secular characteristic changes of apparatus from power generating facilities or information from operators of selected power generating facilities. The level of a failure of a power generating facility which has a failure is evaluated and repairing information (e.g. recovery procedures, processes, required parts, inventory of the parts, possible failure causes, etc.) created from repairing information prepared in advance for each evaluation condition. The repairing information is then sent to the operation supporting section of the power generating facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Nagafuchi, Yasushi Iwai, Hiraku Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7386534
    Abstract: An answer system for technical support comprises an web server for receiving information of an inquiry sent from a user via an internet; an inquiry-information data base for storing the inquiry information which has been received by the web server; a fire wall for preventing the information of the inquiry, which is stored in the inquiry-information data base, from being accessed by outsiders via the telecommunication network; an intranet for communicating the information of the inquiry, which is stored by the web server, to an information service furnisher; an input unit for inputting an answer to the information of the inquiry, which has been communicated via the intranet; and a mail server for sending the answer to the information of the inquiry, which has been input by the input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tooru Horie, Hiraku Ikeda, Akira Okabe, Kinichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20070106427
    Abstract: Quick recovery or recovery support of a faulty power generating facility by real time diagnoses such as facility failure diagnosis, supervision for failure symptoms, facility diagnosis by evaluation of performance using databases between the power generating facilities and an operation control system. The operation control system transfers information on operating status and secular characteristic changes of apparatus from power generating facilities or information from operators of selected power generating facilities. The level of a failure of a power generating facility which has a failure is evaluated and repairing information (e.g. recovery procedures, processes, required parts, inventory of the parts, possible failure causes, etc.) created from repairing information prepared in advance for each evaluation condition. The repairing information is then sent to the operation supporting section of the power generating facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Naoyuki Nagafuchi, Yasushi Iwai, Hiraku Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7188004
    Abstract: Quick recovery or recovery support of a faulty power generating facility by real time diagnoses such as facility failure diagnosis, supervision for failure symptoms, facility diagnosis by evaluation of performance using databases between the power generating facilities and an operation control system. The operation control system transfers information on operating status and secular characteristic changes of apparatus from power generating facilities or information from operators of selected power generating facilities. The level of a failure of a power generating facility which has a failure is evaluated and repairing information (e.g. recovery procedures, processes, required parts, inventory of the parts, possible failure causes, etc.) is automatically created from repairing information prepared in advance for each evaluation condition. The repairing information is then sent to the operation supporting section of the power generating facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Nagafuchi, Yasushi Iwai, Hiraku Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7177821
    Abstract: In a maintenance management system and a method of providing engineering support, maintenance information concerning generating plants owned by a user is provided to a maker, and the maker analyzes such items of information, and manages the information in a structure maintenance management system. The user accesses the maintenance management system through the Internet, extracts information to be obtained from databases, and implements maintenance activities or drafts a plan. Engineers of the maker register maintenance information through an intranet, and provide engineering support for the maintenance activities promoted by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Engineering & Services Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiraku Ikeda, Seio Kanda, Tooru Horie, Toshiyuki Ueda, Kenzo Semba
  • Patent number: 7065471
    Abstract: An operation monitoring unit 11 for acquiring process data from sensors 10 installed to a gas turbine and operation information of the gas turbine; communication units 12, 14 for transmitting each of said two kinds of data on the gas turbine acquired in the operation monitoring unit 11; an analysis server 16 which calculates values of equivalent operating time using each of the two kinds of data obtained through the communication units 12, 14, the value of equivalent operating time evaluating a degree of damage of a diagnosed position for each of a plurality of degradation-and-damage modes, and calculates a value of whole equivalent operating time by adding the values of equivalent operating time for the individual degradation-and-damage modes; and a facility management unit 15 client-server systemized using the analysis server 16 and a WWW browser 20 or WWW server 19 are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinichiro Gotoh, Yasushi Hayasaka, Shigeo Sakurai, Hiraku Ikeda
  • Patent number: 6999903
    Abstract: The remote monitoring diagnostic system and method includes a data storage file used to collect the plant data representing the operation status of a plant and to store the plant data, a monitoring system to monitor the field plant according to the collected plant data, a database storing the past plant data associated with errors having occurred to the plant and actions taken to cope with the errors, a diagnostic system to analyze the plant data sent according to the database, and a reporting system to send a report to the user of the plant regarding the causes for the error and/or actions taken to cope with the error based on the result of the analysis. An error is judged in a combustor, when a difference in temperature of two exhaust gas temperature datum detected from adjacent combustors is larger than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Engineering &Service Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiraku Ikeda, Zenji Yamaguchi, Akiyo Ichihashi, Akira Okabe
  • Patent number: 6980891
    Abstract: An operation control system for a plurality of power generating plants and a method of maintaining and managing a plurality of power generating plants which supply power to arbitrary power systems. The operation control system includes a general supervision/diagnosis system which maintains and controls a plurality of power generating plants wherein the general supervision/diagnosis system selects from repairing periods and procedures required to repair failures which occur in the plurality of power generating plants according to levels of failures and performs maintenance and management of power generating plants which have failures. The system also includes means for maintaining a stable total power supply of the plurality of power generating plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Nagafuchi, Yasushi Iwai, Hiraku Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20050131656
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a data storage file used to collect the plant data representing the operation status of a plant and to store the plant data, a monitoring system to monitor the field plant according to the collected plant data, a database storing the past plant data associated with errors having occurred to the plant and actions taken to cope with the errors, a diagnostic system to analyze the plant data sent according to the database, and a reporting system to send a report to the user of the plant regarding the causes for the error and/or actions taken to cope with the error based on the result of the analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Hiraku Ikeda, Zenji Yamaguchi, Akiyo Ichihashi, Akira Okabe
  • Patent number: 6907320
    Abstract: Quick recovery or recovery support of a faulty power generating facility by real time diagnoses such as facility failure diagnosis, supervision for failure symptoms, facility diagnosis by evaluation of performance using databases between the power generating facilities and an operation control system. The operation control system transfers information on operating status and secular characteristic changes of apparatus from power generating facilities or information from operators of selected power generating facilities. The level of a failure of a power generating facility which has a failure is evaluated and repairing information (e.g. recovery procedures, processes, required parts, inventory of the parts, possible failure causes, etc.) is automatically created from repairing information prepared in advance for each evaluation condition. The repairing information is then sent to the operation supporting section of the power generating facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Nagafuchi, Yasushi Iwai, Hiraku Ikeda
  • Patent number: 6853959
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a data storage file used to collect the plant data representing the operation status of a plant and to store the plant data, a monitoring system to monitor the field plant according to the collected plant data, a database storing the past plant data associated with errors having occurred to the plant and actions taken to cope with the errors, a diagnostic system to analyze the plant data sent according to the database, and a reporting system to send a report to the user of the plant regarding the causes for the error and/or actions taken to cope with the error based on the result of the analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Engineering & Services Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiraku Ikeda, Zenji Yamaguchi, Akiyo Ichihashi, Akira Okabe
  • Publication number: 20040254684
    Abstract: Quick recovery or recovery support of a faulty power generating facility by real time diagnoses such as facility failure diagnosis, supervision for failure symptoms, facility diagnosis by evaluation of performance using databases between said power generating facilities and an operation control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Nagafuchi, Yasushi Iwai, Hiraku Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20040184203
    Abstract: Quick recovery or recovery support of a faulty power generating facility by real time diagnoses such as facility failure diagnosis, supervision for failure symptoms, facility diagnosis by evaluation of performance using databases between said power generating facilities and an operation control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Nagafuchi, Yasushi Iwai, Hiraku Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20040177059
    Abstract: An answer system for technical support comprises an web server for receiving information of an inquiry sent from a user via an internet; an inquiry-information data base for storing the inquiry information which has been received by the web server; a fire wall for preventing the information of the inquiry, which is stored in the inquiry-information data base, from being accessed by outsiders via the telecommunication network; an intranet for communicating the information of the inquiry, which is stored by the web server, to an information service furnisher; an input unit for inputting an answer to the information of the inquiry, which has been communicated via the intranet; and a mail server for sending the answer to the information of the inquiry, which has been input by the input unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Tooru Horie, Hiraku Ikeda, Akira Okabe, Kinichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6772051
    Abstract: Quick recovery or recovery support of a faulty power generating facility by real time diagnosis such as facility failure diagnosis, supervision for failure symptoms, facility diagnosis by evaluation of performance using databases between said power generating facilities and an operation control system. The operation control system transfers information on operating status and secular characteristic changes of apparatus from power generating facilities or information from operators of selected power generating facilities. The level of a failure of a power generating facility which has a failure is evaluated and repairing information (e.g. recovery procedures, processes, required parts, inventory of the parts, possible failure causes, etc.) is automatically created from repairing information prepared in advance for each evaluation condition. The repairing information is then sent to the operation supporting section of the power generating facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Nagafuchi, Yasushi Iwai, Hiraku Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20040148129
    Abstract: An operation monitoring unit 11 for acquiring process data from sensors 10 installed to a gas turbine and operation information of the gas turbine; communication units 12, 14 for transmitting each of said two kinds of data on the gas turbine acquired in the operation monitoring unit 11; an analysis server 16 which calculates values of equivalent operating time using each of the two kinds of data obtained through the communication units 12, 14, the value of equivalent operating time evaluating a degree of damage of a diagnosed position for each of a plurality of degradation-and-damage modes, and calculates a value of whole equivalent operating time by adding the values of equivalent operating time for the individual degradation-and-damage modes; and a facility management unit 15 client-server systemized using the analysis server 16 and a WWW browser 20 or WWW server 19 are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Jinichiro Gotoh, Yasushi Hayasaka, Shigeo Sakurai, Hiraku Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20040138967
    Abstract: In a maintenance management system and a method of providing engineering support, maintenance information concerning generating plants owned by a user is provided to a maker, and the maker analyzes such items of information, and manages the information in a structure maintenance management system. The user accesses the maintenance management system through the Internet, extracts information to be obtained from databases, and implements maintenance activities or drafts a plan. Engineers of the maker register maintenance information through an intranet, and provide engineering support for the maintenance activities promoted by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Engineering & Services Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiraku Ikeda, Seio Kanda, Tooru Horie, Toshiyuki Ueda, Kenzo Semba