Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Nakajima
Hiroaki Nakajima 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).
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Publication number: 20240133569Abstract: An air-conditioning lighting control system includes air-conditioning control circuitry configured to control an air-conditioning apparatus on the basis of an air-conditioning map indicating an air-conditioning target space and the air-conditioning apparatus provided in the air-conditioning target space, lighting control circuitry configured to control a lighting device on the basis of a lighting map indicating an illuminating target space and the lighting device provided in the illuminating target space, centralized control circuitry configured to communicate with the air-conditioning control circuitry and the lighting control circuitry and make the air-conditioning apparatus and the lighting device work in conjunction with each other on the basis of linkage information, which is set in advance, and in which the air-conditioning apparatus and the lighting device are linked with each other, and detection circuitry configured to detect that there is a setting error in the air-conditioning map, the lighting mapType: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2021Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Yoshinori NAKAJIMA, Hiroaki SAKAGUCHI
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Patent number: 11956386Abstract: An emergency report can be made to a plurality of emergency services. Provided is a communication control device 2 housing a subscriber terminal 1, and the communication control device 2 includes: a call control unit 21 that connects an emergency call made from the subscriber terminal 1 to an emergency-call reception switchboard 5; and an outgoing/incoming call inhibition unit 22 that inhibits outgoing/incoming calls from/to the subscriber terminal 1 in a prescribed period, when the emergency call is disconnected by the subscriber terminal 1. The outgoing/incoming call inhibition unit 22: when a call is made from the subscriber terminal 1 in the prescribed period, determines whether the call is an emergency call or a general call; in a case of an emergency call, cancels inhibition for outgoing/incoming calls from/to the subscriber terminal 1 and connects the call by using the call control unit 21; and in a case of a general call, does not connect the call.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Daiki Nakajima, Taichi Osada, Mikio Isawa, Yasuhiro Seki, Hiroaki Matsumura, Shinya Narita
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Patent number: 11946123Abstract: Provided is a method of easily producing a non-oriented electrical steel sheet that contains substantially no Al and contains large amounts of Si and Mn and has low iron loss, comprising hot rolling a slab having a specified chemical composition to obtain a hot-rolled sheet; coiling the hot-rolled sheet; cold rolling the hot-rolled sheet once or twice with intermediate annealing being performed therebetween, to obtain a cold-rolled sheet; and subjecting the cold-rolled sheet to final annealing, wherein the hot-rolled sheet after the hot rolling is cooled at an average cooling rate from 800° C. to 650° C. of 30° C./s or more, and thereafter the coiling is performed at 650° C. or less.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori Uesaka, Yoshiaki Zaizen, Tomoyuki Okubo, Hiroaki Nakajima, Yoshihiko Oda
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INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
Publication number: 20230315060Abstract: An information processing device keeps a plurality of sets of designing information each on a combination of a plurality of plant devices that execute an operation a plant and at least one control device that executes control on each of the plant devices, keeps operational past records with respect to each combination of a plurality of plant devices and a control device, extracts combinations of a plurality of plant devices and a control device that meet a designing condition on the plant based on the designing information, and outputs the extracted combinations of a plurality of plant devices and a control device based on the operational past records.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Takaaki Matsuda, Shin Okuyama, Hiroaki Nakajima, Hiroaki Zushi -
Publication number: 20230257860Abstract: Provided is a method of easily producing a non-oriented electrical steel sheet that contains substantially no Al and contains large amounts of Si and Mn and has low iron loss, comprising hot rolling a slab having a specified chemical composition to obtain a hot-rolled sheet; coiling the hot-rolled sheet; cold rolling the hot-rolled sheet once or twice with intermediate annealing being performed therebetween, to obtain a cold-rolled sheet; and subjecting the cold-rolled sheet to final annealing, wherein the hot-rolled sheet after the hot rolling is cooled at an average cooling rate from 800° C. to 650° C. of 30° C./s or more, and thereafter the coiling is performed at 650° C. or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori UESAKA, Yoshiaki ZAIZEN, Tomoyuki OKUBO, Hiroaki NAKAJIMA, Yoshihiko ODA
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Patent number: 11649532Abstract: Provided is a non-oriented electrical steel sheet that contains substantially no Al and contains large amounts of Si and Mn and has low iron loss, comprising a chemical composition containing C: 0.0050% or less, Si: 2.0% or more and 6.0% or less, Mn: 1.0% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.20% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, N: 0.0050% or less, Al: 0.0050% or less, and one or more selected from B: 0.0001% or more and 0.0050% or less, Nb: 0.0001% or more and 0.0050% or less, and V: 0.0005% or more and 0.0500% or less, with a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein a number density of Si—Mn nitrides with an average diameter of 50 nm or more and 500 nm or less is 1 or less per ?m3.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori Uesaka, Yoshiaki Zaizen, Tomoyuki Okubo, Hiroaki Nakajima, Yoshihiko Oda
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Publication number: 20220377004Abstract: Provided is acquiring communication information via communication or directly from an engineering DB (corresponding to one example “database”) in which the communication information related to communication devices constituting a plant network is defined; storing the acquired communication information; calculating, based on the stored communication information, a total communication amount of each of the communication devices supposed in communication executed in corresponding one of the communication devices; estimating, based on the total communication amount, an actual communication amount of each of the communication devices according to an arbitrary estimation condition specified by a user; determining at least presence/absence of a communication device whose actual communication amount exceeds communication capability of the communication device; and outputting a determined determination result to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroya Enomoto, Takeshi Hongo, Hiroaki Nakajima
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Patent number: 11483419Abstract: A protocol converter is configured to be connectable between a field device and a device control apparatus and includes a converter controller and a converter storage. The converter controller acquires field data from the field device, writes the field data to the converter storage as a data set formed by a plurality of pieces of data and changes the value of a first counter controlled by the converter controller when the value of the first counter and the value of a second counter controlled by the device control apparatus are equal, and stops an operation to write the field data to the converter storage when the value of the first counter and the value of the second counter are different.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei Toriumi, Koji Nagatomi, Hiroaki Nakajima, Hiroyuki Saito
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Patent number: 11299070Abstract: A screw shaft attached to the upper rail is screwed into a nut member attached to the lower rail. When the screw shaft is rotated with respect to the nut member by a drive unit, the screw shaft is moved rearward and forward with respect to the nut member, and the upper rail is also moved rearward and forward with respect to the lower rail. A fixing nut is fixed to an inner surface of the lower rail behind the nut member, and a stopper bolt is fastened to the fixing nut from below the lower rail. When the upper rail moves forward, a stopper portion provided at a tip of the stopper bolt contacts the stopper plate to restrict an excessive forward movement of the upper rail.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: TF-METAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihiro Kimata, Hiroaki Nakajima, John Newberry, Madhusudana Darinayakanapalya Sudheendra
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Publication number: 20210332464Abstract: Provided is a non-oriented electrical steel sheet that contains substantially no Al and contains large amounts of Si and Mn and has low iron loss, comprising a chemical composition containing C: 0.0050% or less, Si: 2.0% or more and 6.0% or less, Mn: 1.0% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.20% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, N: 0.0050% or less, Al: 0.0050% or less, and one or more selected from B: 0.0001% or more and 0.0050% or less, Nb: 0.0001% or more and 0.0050% or less, and V: 0.0005% or more and 0.0500% or less, with a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein a number density of Si—Mn nitrides with an average diameter of 50 nm or more and 500 nm or less is 1 or less per ?m3.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2019Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori UESAKA, Yoshiaki ZAIZEN, Tomoyuki OKUBO, Hiroaki NAKAJIMA, Yoshihiko ODA
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Patent number: 11142813Abstract: Disclosed is a non-oriented electrical steel sheet low in iron loss that is substantially free of Al and contains large amounts of Si and Mn. The disclosed non-oriented electrical steel sheet has a chemical composition containing C: 0.0050% or less, Si: 2.0% to 6.0%, Mn: 1.0% to 3.0%, P: 0.20% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, N: 0.0050% or less, and Al: 0.0050 % or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which Si—Mn nitrides having an average diameter of 50 nm to 500 nm has a number density of 1/?m3 or less.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki Nakajima, Masanori Uesaka, Yoshiaki Zaizen, Tomoyuki Okubo, Yoshihiko Oda
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Patent number: 11008633Abstract: A steel containing C: not more than 0.0050%, Si: 0.1-5.0%, Mn: 0.02-3.0%, sol. Al: not more than 0.0050%, P: not more than 0.2%, S: not more than 0.0050%, N: not more than 0.0040%, T. Ca: 0.0010-0.0080%, T. O: not more than 0.0100% and having (T. Ca/T. O) of not less than 0.50 but not more than 2.0 by decarburizing to a C content of not more than 0.0050%, adding Si, decreasing Al as much as possible, and adding Ca is melted to form a slab. The slab is subjected to a hot rolling at a coiling temperature of not lower than 550° C., a cold rolling and a finish annealing, or the slab is subjected to a hot rolling, a hot band annealing at a temperature of 900-1150° C., a cold rolling and a finish annealing to thereby produce a non-oriented electrical steel sheet.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Masanori Uesaka, Tadashi Nakanishi, Seiji Nabeshima, Tomoyuki Okubo, Yoshihiko Oda, Hiroaki Nakajima
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Patent number: 10975451Abstract: Methods for producing non-oriented electrical steel sheets comprising steps including hot rolling a slab having a chemical composition comprising C: not more than 0.01 mass %, Si: not more than 6 mass %, Mn: 0.05-3 mass %, P: not more than 0.2 mass %, Al: not more than 2 mass %, N: not more than 0.005 mass %, S: not more than 0.01 mass %, Ga: not more than 0.0005 mass %, and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, pickling without conducting hot band annealing or after conducting hot band annealing or self-annealing, subjecting to one or more cold rollings including an intermediate annealing therebetween and a finish annealing, and forming an insulation coating, an average heating rate from 500 to 800° C. in the heating process of the finish annealing is not less than 50° C./s, whereby a non-oriented electrical steel sheet having excellent magnetic properties is obtained even if hot band annealing is omitted.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2016Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki Nakajima, Tomoyuki Okubo, Tadashi Nakanishi, Yoshihiko Oda
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Publication number: 20210089926Abstract: A machine learning apparatus includes a memory storing instructions and a processor that implements the stored instructions to execute a plurality of tasks. The tasks include an obtaining task that obtains a mixture signal containing a first component and a second component, a first generating task that generates a first signal that emphasize the first component inputting a mixture signal to a neural network, a second generating task that generates a second signal by modifying the first signal, a calculating task that calculates an evaluation index from the second signal, and a training task that trains the neural network with the evaluation index.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Hiroaki NAKAJIMA, Yu TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 10941458Abstract: In the production of a non-oriented electrical stress sheet by hot rolling a slab having a chemical composition comprising, by mass %, C: not more than 0.005, Si: 1.5-6.0, Mn: 0.05-2.0 and P: 0.03-0.15, subjecting to a hot band annealing, if necessary, cold rolling, finish annealing, and forming an insulation coating, the cooling from 700° C. to 500° C. in the finish annealing is conducted in an oxidizing atmosphere with an oxygen potential PH2O/PH2 of not less than 0.001 for 1-300 seconds, whereby P is segregated into the surface of the steel sheet after the finish annealing to obtain a non-oriented electrical steel sheet enhancing a crystal grain growth properties in the stress relief annealing.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2016Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki Nakajima, Tomoyuki Okubo, Tadashi Nakanishi, Yoshihiko Oda
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Publication number: 20210061136Abstract: A screw shaft attached to the upper rail is screwed into a nut member attached to the lower rail. When the screw shaft is rotated with respect to the nut member by a drive unit, the screw shaft is moved rearward and forward with respect to the nut member, and the upper rail is also moved rearward and forward with respect to the lower rail. A fixing nut is fixed to an inner surface of the lower rail behind the nut member, and a stopper bolt is fastened to the fixing nut from below the lower rail. When the upper rail moves forward, a stopper portion provided at a tip of the stopper bolt contacts the stopper plate to restrict an excessive forward movement of the upper rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Toshihiro KIMATA, Hiroaki NAKAJIMA, John NEWBERRY, Madhusudana Darinayakanapalya SUDHEENDRA
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Publication number: 20210044677Abstract: A protocol converter is configured to be connectable between a field device and a device control apparatus and includes a converter controller and a converter storage. The converter controller acquires field data from the field device, writes the field data to the converter storage as a data set formed by a plurality of pieces of data and changes the value of a first counter controlled by the converter controller when the value of the first counter and the value of a second counter controlled by the device control apparatus are equal, and stops an operation to write the field data to the converter storage when the value of the first counter and the value of the second counter are different.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei Toriumi, Koji Nagatomi, Hiroaki Nakajima, Hiroyuki Saito
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Patent number: 10822678Abstract: When a non-oriented electrical steel sheet is produced by hot rolling a slab containing, by mass %, C: not more than 0.0050%, Si: 1.5-5.0%, Mn: 0.20-3.0%, sol. Al: not more than 0.0050%, P: not more than 0.2%, S: not more than 0.0050% and N: not more than 0.0040% to form a hot rolled sheet, cold rolling the hot rolled sheet without conducting a hot band annealing and then subjecting to a finish annealing, a compositional ratio of CaO in oxide-based inclusions existing in the slab defined by CaO/(SiO2+Al2O3+CaO) is set to not less than 0.4 and/or a compositional ratio of Al2O3 defined by Al2O3/(SiO2+Al2O3+CaO) is set to not less than 0.3, and a coiling temperature in the hot rolling is set to not lower than 650° C.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tadashi Nakanishi, Hiroaki Nakajima, Tomoyuki Okubo, Yoshihiko Oda
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Patent number: 10760143Abstract: A high-silicon steel sheet is excellent in terms of punching workability and magnetic property. The high-silicon steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.02% or less, P: 0.02% or less, Si: 4.5% or more and 7.0% or less, Mn: 0.01% or more and 1.0% or less, Al: 1.0% or less, O: 0.01% or less, N: 0.01% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, a grain-boundary oxygen concentration (oxygen concentration with respect to chemical elements segregated at grain boundaries) of 30 at % or less, and a microstructure in which a degree of integration P(211) of a {211}-plane of ?-Fe on a surface of the steel sheet is 15% or more P(211)=p(211)/S×100(%), wherein S=p(110)/100+p(200)/14.93+p(211)/25.88+p(310)/7.68+p(222)/1.59+p(321)/6.27+p(411)/1.55, and p(hkl): integrated intensity of a peak of X-ray diffraction of an {hkl}-plane.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Tomoyuki Okubo, Tatsuhiko Hiratani, Yoshihiko Oda, Hiroaki Nakajima
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Publication number: 20200190639Abstract: Disclosed is a non-oriented electrical steel sheet low in iron loss that is substantially free of Al and contains large amounts of Si and Mn. The disclosed non-oriented electrical steel sheet has a chemical composition containing C: 0.0050% or less, Si: 2.0% to 6.0%, Mn: 1.0% to 3.0%, P: 0.20% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, N: 0.0050% or less, and Al: 0.0050 % or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which Si—Mn nitrides having an average diameter of 50 nm to 500 nm has a number density of 1/?m3 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2017Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki NAKAJIMA, Masanori UESAKA, Yoshiaki ZAIZEN, Tomoyuki OKUBO, Yoshihiko ODA