Patents by Inventor Hironobu Inoue
Hironobu Inoue 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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Patent number: 11939197Abstract: A forklift-truck remote operation system includes a forklift truck and a remote operation device. The forklift-truck remote operation system further includes: a camera mounted to the forklift truck and configured to capture an image of an area around the forklift truck; a display disposed in the remote operation device and configured to display the image captured by the camera; a pallet detector configured to perform image recognition processing of the image captured by the camera and detect a plurality of pallets; a display controller configured to control the display to display the image captured by the camera with an indication for pallet selection from the pallets detected by the pallet detector; and a travel controller configured to control the forklift truck to move to a position of the selected pallet.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Junji Inoue, Koji Hika, Hironobu Okamoto
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Patent number: 9846555Abstract: According to the present invention, a process that requires for creating a backup at a designated time point is executed by sharing among a plurality of storage control apparatuses. An intermediate storage apparatus 2 reads journal data and a JNCB from a primary storage apparatus 1, and stores the journal data and the JNCB in an intermediate journal volume 28. A secondary storage apparatus 3 reads the journal data and the JNCB from the intermediate storage apparatus 2, and stores the journal data and the JNCB in a secondary journal volume 38. After the secondary storage apparatus 3 having a designated generation restores the journal data up to a designated time point into a secondary data volume 37, the secondary storage apparatus 3 splits a copy pair. Another secondary storage apparatus 3 executes a regular restoring process.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hironobu Inoue, Hiroyuki Morimoto
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Publication number: 20160371008Abstract: According to the present invention, a process that requires for creating a backup at a designated time point is executed by sharing among a plurality of storage control apparatuses. An intermediate storage apparatus 2 reads journal data and a JNCB from a primary storage apparatus 1, and stores the journal data and the JNCB in an intermediate journal volume 28. A secondary storage apparatus 3 reads the journal data and the JNCB from the intermediate storage apparatus 2, and stores the journal data and the JNCB in a secondary journal volume 38. After the secondary storage apparatus 3 having a designated generation restores the journal data up to a designated time point into a secondary data volume 37, the secondary storage apparatus 3 splits a copy pair. Another secondary storage apparatus 3 executes a regular restoring process.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2014Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Hironobu Inoue, Hiroyuki Morimoto
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Patent number: 8751767Abstract: This invention intends to provide the computer system equalizing the storage capacity immediately and appropriately to multiple real logical areas dynamically providing storage capacity to virtual logical areas. This invention is the computer system which, in the process of performing the dynamic allocation of storage areas to virtual volumes in response to accesses from the higher-level device, when adding pool volumes to the pool, migrates storage areas among multiple logical areas, and maintains the balance of the storage capacity.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2009Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hironobu Inoue, Shintaro Inoue, Yutaka Takata
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Patent number: 8433866Abstract: To provide a remote copy system and the control method for the same capable of performing the setting of volume pairs in the consistency group and changing the setting by the simple operation without depending on the pair definition processing. A copy pair configured of a primary volume and a secondary volume is suspended, and the suspended primary volume and the secondary volume are set to another consistency group different from the original consistency group, and then the primary volume and the secondary volume are resynchronized.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2009Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hironobu Inoue, Katsuhiro Okumoto
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Patent number: 8281089Abstract: Upon starting the initial copy process, a pair creation command is issued from a primary disk subsystem to a secondary disk subsystem. The secondary disk subsystem sets a target area of a second disk drive to an unwritten status, and thereafter writes update data that was updated in a primary site into a designated area of the second disk drive. Subsequently, when data of a first disk drive is backed up to an external medium, the external memory medium is transported to a secondary site, and then connected to a host computer. Unwritten data among the backup data recorded in the external memory medium is thereafter restored to the first disk drive, and the initial copy is completed on the condition that all data in the first disk drive has been copied to the second disk drive.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hidenori Suzuki, Hironobu Inoue
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Patent number: 8004171Abstract: A plasma display panel including a front panel having a first substrate, a first electrode, a first dielectric layer and a protective layer wherein the first electrode is formed on the first substrate, the first dielectric layer is formed over the first substrate so as to cover the first electrode, and the protective layer is formed on the first dielectric layer, and a rear panel having a second substrate, a second electrode, a second dielectric layer and a phosphor layer wherein the second electrode is formed on the second substrate, the second dielectric layer is formed over the second substrate so as to cover the second electrode, the phosphor layer is formed on the second dielectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2008Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hideki Yamashita, Hironobu Inoue, Motoi Hatanaka, Tomohiro Okumura
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Publication number: 20110185139Abstract: This invention intends to provide the computer system equalizing the storage capacity immediately and appropriately to multiple real logical areas dynamically providing storage capacity to virtual logical areas. This invention is the computer system which, in the process of performing the dynamic allocation of storage areas to virtual volumes in response to accesses from the higher-level device, when adding pool volumes to the pool, migrates storage areas among multiple logical areas, and maintains the balance of the storage capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2009Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Hironobu Inoue, Shintaro Inoue, Yutaka Takata
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Publication number: 20110179241Abstract: Upon starting the initial copy process, a pair creation command is issued from a primary disk subsystem to a secondary disk subsystem. The secondary disk subsystem sets a target area of a second disk drive to an unwritten status, and thereafter writes update data that was updated in a primary site into a designated area of the second disk drive. Subsequently, when data of a first disk drive is backed up to an external medium, the external memory medium is transported to a secondary site, and then connected to a host computer. Unwritten data among the backup data recorded in the external memory medium is thereafter restored to the first disk drive, and the initial copy is completed on the condition that all data in the first disk drive has been copied to the second disk drive.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2009Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hidenori Suzuki, Hironobu Inoue
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Publication number: 20110167235Abstract: To provide a remote copy system and the control method for the same capable of performing the setting of volume pairs in the consistency group and changing the setting by the simple operation without depending on the pair definition processing. A copy pair configured of a primary volume and a secondary volume is suspended, and the suspended primary volume and the secondary volume are set to another consistency group different from the original consistency group, and then the primary volume and the secondary volume are resynchronized.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2009Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Hironobu Inoue, Katsuhiro Okumoto
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Patent number: 7755286Abstract: Disclosed is a dense silicon oxide film having a high insulation resistance, which is a glass film having a certain level of thickness. Specifically, disclosed are a silicon oxide film, and a glass film comprising the silicon oxide film and silica particles incorporated in the silicon oxide film. The glass film can be produced by a process comprising the steps of: applying a paste comprising silica particles, an organic silicon compound which is in a liquid form at room temperature and water onto a substrate; and oxidizing the organic silicon compound in the paste.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2006Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Okumura, Mitsuo Saitoh, Hironobu Inoue, Motoi Hatanaka
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Publication number: 20090224672Abstract: Disclosed is a dense silicon oxide film having a high insulation resistance, which is a glass film having a certain level of thickness. Specifically, disclosed are a silicon oxide film, and a glass film comprising the silicon oxide film and silica particles incorporated in the silicon oxide film. The glass film can be produced by a process comprising the steps of: applying a paste comprising silica particles, an organic silicon compound which is in a liquid form at room temperature and water onto a substrate; and oxidizing the organic silicon compound in the paste.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2006Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Okumura, Mitsuo Saitoh, Hironobu Inoue, Motoi Hatanaka
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Publication number: 20080278055Abstract: A plasma display panel comprising: a front panel comprising a first substrate, a first electrode, a first dielectric layer and a protective layer wherein the first electrode is formed on the first substrate, the first dielectric layer is formed over the first substrate so as to cover the first electrode, and the protective layer is formed on the first dielectric layer; and a rear panel comprising a second substrate, a second electrode, a second dielectric layer and a phosphor layer wherein the second electrode is formed on the second substrate, the second dielectric layer is formed over the second substrate so as to cover the second electrode, the phosphor layer is formed on the second dielectric layer, wherein the front panel and the rear panel are disposed so that the protective layer and the phosphor layer are opposed to each other, and thereby a discharge space is formed between the front panel and the rear panel; characterized in that at least the first dielectric layer has a carbon concentration of fromType: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2008Publication date: November 13, 2008Inventors: Hideki YAMASHITA, Hironobu Inoue, Motoi Hatanaka, Tomohiro Okumura
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Patent number: 7071496Abstract: An electronic device including a new oxide layer and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The electronic device of the present invention includes an oxide layer, which is formed of an oxide containing an element from group IIa, an element from group IIb and an element from group IIIb. For example, it can be applied to a solar cell including a back electrode serving as a first electrode layer, a transparent electrically conductive film serving as a second electrode layer having a light-transmitting property, and a semiconductor layer that is provided between the back electrode and the transparent electrically conductive film and functions as a light-absorption layer, and including an oxide layer provided between the semiconductor layer and the transparent electrically conductive film.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2003Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Negami, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Hironobu Inoue
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Publication number: 20040089874Abstract: An electronic device including a new oxide layer and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The electronic device of the present invention includes an oxide layer, which is formed of an oxide containing an element from group IIa, an element from group IIb and an element from group IIIb. For example, it can be applied to a solar cell including a back electrode serving as a first electrode layer, a transparent electrically conductive film serving as a second electrode layer having a light-transmitting property, and a semiconductor layer that is provided between the back electrode and the transparent electrically conductive film and functions as a light-absorption layer, and including an oxide layer provided between the semiconductor layer and the transparent electrically conductive film.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2003Publication date: May 13, 2004Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO.,LTDInventors: Takayuki Negami, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Hironobu Inoue