Patents by Inventor Kanetoshi Nara

Kanetoshi Nara 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).

  • System and method for operating a plurality of power generation stations
    Patent number: 6965308
    Abstract: A system for operating a plurality of power generation stations. The system comprises: a general control device for monitoring a plurality of power generation stations, each of the stations including at least one electric power generation unit; a plurality of unit control devices, each of which monitoring each of the generation units, the unit control devices producing alarm data; and communication means for exchanging data between the general control device and each of the unit control devices. Only part of the alarm data produced in the unit control devices are displayed at the general control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fukuda, Toshihiko Tanaka, Toshio Fujiwara, Kanetoshi Nara, Jin Murata, Toshihiro Yamada
  • System and method for operating a plurality of power generation stations
    Publication number: 20030117278
    Abstract: A system for operating a plurality of power generation stations. The system comprises: a general control device for monitoring a plurality of power generation stations, each of the stations including at least one electric power generation unit; a plurality of unit control devices, each of which monitoring each of the generation units, the unit control devices producing alarm data; and communication means for exchanging data between the general control device and each of the unit control devices. Only part of the alarm data produced in the unit control devices are displayed at the general control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fukuda, Toshihiko Tanaka, Toshio Fujiwara, Kanetoshi Nara, Jin Murata, Toshihiro Yamada
  • System for controlling power plants and method for arranging the system
    Patent number: 6580952
    Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of power generation plants. The system comprises at least three display-input means for displaying process data of the power plants and for inputting signals for operating the power plants based on the displayed process data, and the display-input means are disposed in a central control room. The system also comprises allocation means for allocating at least one of the display-input means to each one of the power generation plants, based on operation phases of the power generation plants. The system also comprises moving means for moving at least one of the display-input means so that a plurality of groups of the display-input means are formed, and the display-input means of a same group be arranged closer to each other than the display-input means of different groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fukuda, Toshihiko Tanaka, Masao Isshiki, Yuuichi Shibata, Kanetoshi Nara, Naomi Hattori
  • System for controlling power plants and method for arranging the system
    Publication number: 20020077728
    Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of power generation plants. The system comprises at least three display-input means for displaying process data of the power plants and for inputting signals for operating the power plants based on the displayed process data, and the display-input means are disposed in a central control room. The system also comprises allocation means for allocating at least one of the display-input means to each one of the power generation plants, based on operation phases of the power generation plants. The system also comprises moving means for moving at least one of the display-input means so that a plurality of groups of the display-input means are formed, and the display-input means of a same group be arranged closer to each other than the display-input means of different groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fukuda, Toshihiko Tanaka, Masao Isshiki, Yuuichi Shibata, Kanetoshi Nara, Naomi Hattori