Patents by Inventor Keiko Ootani

Keiko Ootani 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: 10649448
    Abstract: A plant monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment includes a determiner and a display processor. The determiner compares a first process value acquired in time series from a first point of a monitoring target in a plant and a limit value corresponding to the first process value to determine a time when the first process value exceeds the limit value. The display processor causes a display device to display, in time series, the first process value within a time range decided on the basis of the time obtained by the determiner and the limit value corresponding to the first process value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Ayumi Sudo, Tsuneo Watanabe, Hirokazu Ootsuka, Akiyoshi Sudo, Keiko Ootani
  • Publication number: 20170248942
    Abstract: A plant monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment includes a determiner and a display processor. The determiner compares a first process value acquired in time series from a first point of a monitoring target in a plant and a limit value corresponding to the first process value to determine a time when the first process value exceeds the limit value. The display processor causes a display device to display, in time series, the first process value within a time range decided on the basis of the time obtained by the determiner and the limit value corresponding to the first process value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Ayumi SUDO, Tsuneo Watanabe, Hirokazu Ootsuka, Akiyoshi Sudo, Keiko Ootani
  • Patent number: 9741230
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a plant monitoring system includes a threshold acquiring module, a judging module, and a warning module. The threshold acquiring module acquires in advance, based on a value obtained by leveling the dispersion in first process values corresponding to output values at a first point in a monitoring object and a value representing the dispersion, first thresholds representing a first range of the dispersion in the first process values and second thresholds representing a second range. The judging module compares the first process values chronologically acquired based on the output values at the first point with the corresponding first thresholds and second thresholds. The warning module creates alert information containing information on at least a time point when the first process value exceeds one of the first thresholds and the second thresholds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Atsushi Matsumoto, Tsuneo Watanabe, Akiyoshi Sudo, Kaoru Takahara, Keiko Ootani, Hiroaki Tonoyama
  • Publication number: 20160163179
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a plant monitoring system includes a threshold acquiring module, a judging module, and a warning module. The threshold acquiring module acquires in advance, based on a value obtained by leveling the dispersion in first process values corresponding to output values at a first point in a monitoring object and a value representing the dispersion, first thresholds representing a first range of the dispersion in the first process values and second thresholds representing a second range. The judging module compares the first process values chronologically acquired based on the output values at the first point with the corresponding first thresholds and second thresholds. The warning module creates alert information containing information on at least a time point when the first process value exceeds one of the first thresholds and the second thresholds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Atsushi MATSUMOTO, Tsuneo WATANABE, Akiyoshi SUDO, Kaoru TAKAHARA, Keiko Ootani, Hiroaki TONOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20110295761
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a server has a first storage, a second storage, a built-in business form modification part, download execution part, and search part. The download execution part transmits the objective business form and the business form generation program stored in the first and second storage to a user terminal. The search part searches for the plant data in response to a request from the user terminal and transmits the data to the terminal. The business form generation program includes a business form definition program and a data expansion program. The business form definition program sets search conditions of plant data in the objective business form. The data expansion program requests the server to search for the plant data that satisfies the search conditions in the objective business form and outputs the plant data to the objective business form. The user terminal has an objective business form editing part and a business form generation part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Sudo, Keizo Aoyama, Tsuneo Watanabe, Hideyuki Kobayashi, Keiko Ootani
  • Patent number: 8005646
    Abstract: A plant alarm apparatus has: plant data input means for periodically taking in plant data; a latest plant data value table for temporarily storing latest values of the plant data; plant data recording means for taking out the latest values of the data of the latest plant data value table and storing them in a plant history data table; alarm-triggering value alteration means for updating the points for detecting plant abnormality in an alarm-triggering value registration table in response to a request by an operator; alarm-triggering condition editing means for registering alarm-triggering conditions of points showing a foretoken of abnormality; deviation-from-limit-value determining means for reading the stored values of the alarm-triggering value registration table and the alarm-triggering condition table and comparing the limit values of the points for detecting abnormality; and alarm notification output means for outputting the outcome of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kaoru Takahara, Kenji Kuroumaru, Keiko Ootani
  • Patent number: 7680627
    Abstract: A most recent value of data fetched from a plant facility is temporarily stored and extracted and then stored in a plant history data table. On another front, a monitoring point for monitoring a plant error is registered in response to an operator request. A monitoring point is used as a key to select and register a main variable point having a strong correlation from the plant history data table. A statistical upper/lower limit function is defined on the basis of time-series plant data of monitoring points and main variable points. By referring to information in a table in which a limit value function is stored, the limit value is periodically matched with the content of a plant-data most-recent-value table. If the most recent value is outside the limit range, deviation information is stored in a determination result table. If a new plant error occurs, an error signal and the content of the determination result table is outputted and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takashi Kasai, Tsuneo Watanabe, Kensuke Kawai, Keiko Ootani
  • Publication number: 20090248179
    Abstract: To provide a plant operation data monitoring apparatus capable of monitoring a plant error with high accuracy without requiring a skilled plant operator. A most recent value of data fetched from each sensor in a plant facility is temporarily stored and extracted and then stored in a plant history data table A5. On another front, a monitoring point for monitoring a plant error is registered in response to an operator request. A monitoring point is used as a key to select and register a main variable point having a strong correlation from the plant history data table. A statistical upper/lower limit function is defined on the basis of time-series plant data of monitoring points and main variable points. By referring to information in a table in which a limit value function is stored, the limit value is periodically matched with the content of a plant-data most-recent-value table A3. If the most recent value is outside the limit range, deviation information is stored in a determination result table A13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takashi Kasai, Tsuneo Watanabe, Kensuke Kawai, Keiko Ootani
  • Publication number: 20090076634
    Abstract: A plant alarm apparatus has: plant data input means for periodically taking in plant data; a latest plant data value table for temporarily storing latest values of the plant data; plant data recording means for taking out the latest values of the data of the latest plant data value table and storing them in a plant history data table; alarm-triggering value alteration means for updating the points for detecting plant abnormality in an alarm-triggering value registration table in response to a request by an operator; alarm-triggering condition editing means for registering alarm-triggering conditions of points showing a foretoken of abnormality; deviation-from-limit-value determining means for reading the stored values of the alarm-triggering value registration table and the alarm-triggering condition table and comparing the limit values of the points for detecting abnormality; and alarm notification output means for outputting the outcome of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kaoru TAKAHARA, Kenji Kuroumaru, Keiko Ootani