Patents by Inventor Kenichi Mimura

Kenichi Mimura 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: 11301976
    Abstract: An inspection support system comprising: determination devices that determine pass or fail based on a result of non-destructive inspection of the object; and a learning device that learns a determination algorithm used to determine pass or fail based on information collected from the determination devices. The determination device transmits an ultimate determination result yielded by an inspection person who has checked a determination result to the learning device along with the corresponding result of non-destructive inspection of the object. The learning device includes: a determination result reception unit that receives the ultimate determination result and the result of non-destructive inspection of the inspection object; a learning unit that learns the determination algorithm based on received information; and a provision unit that provides the learned determination algorithm to the determination devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: CHIYODA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Furuichi, Akihito Ikarashi, Shizuka Ikawa, Kenichi Mimura
  • Publication number: 20200234425
    Abstract: An inspection support system comprising: determination devices that determine pass or fail based on a result of non-destructive inspection of the object; and a learning device that learns a determination algorithm used to determine pass or fail based on information collected from the determination devices. The determination device transmits an ultimate determination result yielded by an inspection person who has checked a determination result to the learning device along with the corresponding result of non-destructive inspection of the object. The learning device includes: a determination result reception unit that receives the ultimate determination result and the result of non-destructive inspection of the inspection object; a learning unit that learns the determination algorithm based on received information; and a provision unit that provides the learned determination algorithm to the determination devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuya FURUICHI, Akihito IKARASHI, Shizuka IKAWA, Kenichi MIMURA
  • Patent number: 10392329
    Abstract: A method and a device for condensing a water-soluble organic matter, which can collect a highly concentrated water-soluble organic matter, save energy, and reduce cost of the device by reducing a membrane area. According to the present invention, the permeability ratio of a vapor-permeation separation membrane disposed at least immediately before a final outlet on a non-permeation side in the separation membrane device is lower than those of the other vapor-permeation separation membranes while a hybrid process combining distillation by the distillation column with membrane separation by the separation membrane devices including a plurality of vapor-permeation separation membranes is used and energy saving performance is maintained. Therefore, a highly concentrated and condensed component of a water-soluble organic matter is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: WASEDA UNIVERSITY, MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION, CHIYODA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Matsukata, Kenichi Kawazuishi, Kenichi Mimura
  • Publication number: 20160107964
    Abstract: A method and a device for condensing a water-soluble organic matter, which can collect a highly concentrated water-soluble organic matter, save energy, and reduce cost of the device by reducing a membrane area. According to the present invention, the permeability ratio of a vapor-permeation separation membrane disposed at least immediately before a final outlet on a non-permeation side in the separation membrane device is lower than those of the other vapor-permeation separation membranes while a hybrid process combining distillation by the distillation column with membrane separation by the separation membrane devices including a plurality of vapor-permeation separation membranes is used and energy saving performance is maintained. Therefore, a highly concentrated and condensed component of a water-soluble organic matter is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: WASEDA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masahiko MATSUKATA, Kenichi KAWAZUISHI, Kenichi MIMURA
  • Patent number: 8262903
    Abstract: The suppression of coke adherence in a reaction vessel and cracked gas pipelines at the outlet of the reaction vessel and the prevention of plugging are designed by improving the dispersion of superheated steam inside the reaction vessel to preferable conditions, and pitch having more uniform and higher quality can be produced. A cracking process in which superheated steam is directly contacted with the heavy petroleum oil by blowing the superheated steam into the reaction vessel to be thermally cracked to oil fractions and pitch, wherein the superheated steam is blown into the reaction vessel from the bottom portion thereof so that the superheated steam generates rotational flow around the central axis of the shell of the reaction vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignees: Chiyoda Corporation, Fuji Oil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Nomura, Kenichi Mimura, Munenori Maekawa, Naoko Suzuki, Katsunori Yagi
  • Publication number: 20100000909
    Abstract: The suppression of coke adherence in a reaction vessel and cracked gas pipelines at the outlet of the reaction vessel and the prevention of plugging are designed by improving the dispersion of superheated steam inside the reaction vessel to preferable conditions, and pitch having more uniform and higher quality can be produced. A cracking process in which superheated steam is directly contacted with the heavy petroleum oil by blowing the superheated steam into the reaction vessel to be thermally cracked to oil fractions and pitch, wherein the superheated steam is blown into the reaction vessel from the bottom portion thereof so that the superheated steam generates rotational flow around the central axis of the shell of the reaction vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicants: CHIYODA CORPORATION, FUJI OIL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Nomura, Kenichi Mimura, Munenori Maekawa, Naoko Suzuki, Katsunori Yagi