Patents by Inventor Ichiro Tsubota

Ichiro Tsubota 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).

  • Production support system, method and product for monitoring production quality using adjustable allowable ranges
    Patent number: 11334056
    Abstract: A method to be performed in a production support system configured to process a raw material and to produce a product. And the method includes: acquiring a plurality of element values relating to production elements of the product; determining whether the element values are within allowable ranges in which a quality of the product meets a predetermined allowed quality; resetting the allowable ranges of one or a plurality of other element values to the allowable ranges in which the quality of the product meets the predetermined allowed quality, upon determining that at least one element value exceeds the allowable range; and outputting information about the reset allowable ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Sato, Noboru Wakiyama, Ryoichi Himono, Ichiro Tsubota
  • PRODUCTION SUPPORT SYSTEM, PRODUCTION SUPPORT METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20190171194
    Abstract: A method to be performed in a production support system configured to process a raw material and to produce a product. And the method includes: acquiring a plurality of element values relating to production elements of the product; determining whether the element values are within allowable ranges in which a quality of the product meets a predetermined allowed quality; resetting the allowable ranges of one or a plurality of other element values to the allowable ranges in which the quality of the product meets the predetermined allowed quality, upon determining that at least one element value exceeds the allowable range; and outputting information about the reset allowable ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Sato, Noboru Wakiyama, Ryoichi Himono, Ichiro Tsubota