Patents by Inventor Kenji Akagi
Kenji Akagi 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: 8620708Abstract: A progress status management device and a method for managing a progress status are provided so that a progress status of respective processes in a project is visually and swiftly confirmed. By using the device and method, it is possible to prevent a delay of the project progress because the processing states of processes at an optional stage of the project are shared and easily grasped by managers and workers among departments and outside business partners in charge of the project.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2008Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.Inventors: Toshiyuki Miyake, Hisanori Nonaka, Kenji Araki, Kenji Akagi, Masatoshi Takada
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Patent number: 8566065Abstract: An apparatus for supporting arrangement of operation areas layout includes: a storage unit that stores therein data on a position, a shape, and a use period of each operation area which has already been arranged in a prescribed site; a display control unit that references the data stored in the storage unit and makes a display unit display a top view illustrating arrangement of the operation areas at a given point of time on a temporal axis; and an operation areas layout arrangement processing unit that receives an input of a data on a position, a shape, and a use period of an operation area to be added into the prescribed site, references the data stored in the storage unit, and, if the received and added operation area is not determined to interfere with other already-arranged operation area, stores the data on the added operation area in the storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2010Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshibumi Fukuda, Takeshi Yokota, Hisanori Nonaka, Norito Watanabe, Toshiyuki Miyake, Kenji Akagi, Kensuke Morita
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Patent number: 8326664Abstract: A carry-in ready period calculation part calculates a candidate of a carry-in ready period which is a period during which a carry-in operation can be conducted and outputs the candidate in an output part so as to make entire construction works efficient. The calculation is performed based on a site arrival time schedule which is a time schedule showing when a carry-in target equipment arrives at a site, a temporary placement time schedule which is a time schedule showing when the equipment arrived is temporarily placed, and a construction time schedule of a building in which the equipment is carried.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2011Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshibumi Fukuda, Takeshi Yokota, Kenichirou Yamane, Kenji Akagi, Kensuke Morita
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Patent number: 8091311Abstract: A composite integrated module may be used in a method for constructing a building. The module includes at least a floor member, and can also include a sidewall members installed on the floor member, and a ceiling member installed on the sidewall members. The floor member, sidewall members, and ceiling member can be connected to each other form an internal space. The floor member, sidewall members, and ceiling member have a formwork facing the internal space. Anchor members are mounted on the outer side of at least one of the formworks so as not to project into the internal space. A structure may be disposed in the internal space and mounted to the formwork with the anchor members by connecting removable tightening apparatuses to the anchor members from the internal space.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2007Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Akagi, Shinji Asakura, Susumu Futamura, Kouji Yashima, Yuuji Yasuda
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Patent number: 8095346Abstract: An operation simulation system for plant construction, having operating expense calculated based on crane type determined by a command input; the expense to construct foundation calculated based on the foundation placement on which the determined crane is put; the operating expense calculated based on a period during which an operation is carried out; the expense to temporarily place the installation object calculated based on the specifications of the installation object before the installation; the installation operation expense calculated based on an installation milestone reflecting a due date of the installation object; the total necessary expense calculated based on all the expenses calculated; the total necessary expense is analyzed and evaluated; and the command input is adjusted by reflecting the results of an evaluation analysis so that the value of the command input falls in range of the set values in the specifications held by the corresponding setting apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2009Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshibumi Fukuda, Kenji Araki, Hisanori Nonaka, Norito Watanabe, Toshiyuki Miyake, Kensuke Morita, Kenji Akagi
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Publication number: 20110301995Abstract: A carry-in ready period calculation part calculates a candidate of a carry-in ready period which is a period during which a carry-in operation can be conducted and outputs the candidate in an output part so as to make entire construction works efficient. The calculation is performed based on a site arrival time schedule which is a time schedule showing when a carry-in target equipment arrives at a site, a temporary placement time schedule which is a time schedule showing when the equipment arrived is temporarily placed, and a construction time schedule of a building in which the equipment is carried.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Inventors: Yoshibumi Fukuda, Takeshi Yokota, Kenichirou Yamane, Kenji Akagi, Kensuke Morita
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Patent number: 7904022Abstract: To support a tag information reader to read information from radio communication tags, attached to each of a plurality of structural objects in a plant and to provide the locations of unread radio communication tags, a tag information acquisition unit acquires information on radio communication tags actually read by the tag information reader. Next, an unread tag extraction unit extracts radio communication tags which are a plurality of radio communication tags stored in a tag arrangement data file but from which information cannot be acquired by the tag information acquisition unit, and an unread tag arrangement calculation unit acquires arrangement data on the extracted radio communication tags. The arrangement data on those radio communication tags is sent to a display unit for displaying the radio communication tags.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2006Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Masatoshi Takada, Kenji Araki, Kenji Akagi, Koichi Murayama
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Publication number: 20110029098Abstract: An apparatus for supporting arrangement of operation areas layout includes: a storage unit that stores therein data on a position, a shape, and a use period of each operation area which has already been arranged in a prescribed site; a display control unit that references the data stored in the storage unit and makes a display unit display a top view illustrating arrangement of the operation areas at a given point of time on a temporal axis; and an operation areas layout arrangement processing unit that receives an input of a data on a position, a shape, and a use period of an operation area to be added into the prescribed site, references the data stored in the storage unit, and, if the received and added operation area is not determined to interfere with other already-arranged operation area, stores the data on the added operation area in the storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Inventors: Yoshibumi FUKUDA, Takeshi Yokota, Hisanori Nonaka, Norito Watanabe, Toshiyuki Miyake, Kenji Akagi, Kensuke Morita
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Publication number: 20100174674Abstract: An action recognition apparatus includes: an action detection unit for detecting an action of a subject to be recognized; an estimation processing unit for previously narrowing down action types of which actions of the subject is to be recognized; a selection processing unit for selecting a recognition method and a dictionary by referencing a recognition method/dictionary database, based on the action types narrowed down by the processing unit; and a recognition processing unit for performing an action recognition using the recognition method and the dictionary selected by the selection processing unit. The recognition processing unit performs an action recognition processing of information detected by the action detection unit, based on only the action types narrowed down by the estimation processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2009Publication date: July 8, 2010Inventors: Munetoshi Unuma, Shinya Yuda, Kenji Akagi
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Publication number: 20090192772Abstract: An operation simulation system for plant construction, in which operating expense in a construction operation is calculated based on crane type determined by a command input; the expense to construct foundation is calculated based on the foundation placement on which the determined crane is put; the operating expense is calculated based on a period during which an operation is carried out; the expense to temporarily place the installation object is calculated based on the specifications of the installation object before the installation; the installation operation expense is calculated based on an installation milestone reflecting a due date of the installation object; the total necessary expense is calculated based on all the expenses calculated; the total necessary expense is analyzed and evaluated; and the command input is adjusted by reflecting the results of an evaluation analysis so that the value of the command input falls within ranges set in mutually.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2009Publication date: July 30, 2009Inventors: Yoshibumi Fukuda, Kenji Araki, Hisanori Nonaka, Norito Watanabe, Toshiyuki Miyake, Kensuke Morita, Kenji Akagi
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Publication number: 20090125352Abstract: A progress status management device and a method for managing a progress status are provided so that a progress status of respective processes in a project is visually and swiftly confirmed. By using the device and method, it is possible to prevent a delay of the project progress because the processing states of processes at an optional stage of the project are shared and easily grasped by managers and workers among departments and outside business partners in charge of the project.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2008Publication date: May 14, 2009Inventors: Toshiyuki Miyake, Hisanori Nonaka, Kenji Araki, Kenji Akagi, Masatoshi Takada
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Publication number: 20090120020Abstract: A composite integrated module, comprising a formwork; a plurality of frame members mounted on one surface of the formwork; and at least one embedded plate, to which a support member for supporting a first plant structure member is attached, mounted directly to at least one the frame member, wherein one surface, which does not mounted on the frame member, of the embedded plate faces to a direction in which another surface, which does not mounted on the frame member, of the formwork faces.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2008Publication date: May 14, 2009Inventors: Kenji Akagi, Koji Yashima, Yuji Yasuda, Susumu Futamura
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Patent number: 7409255Abstract: A module evaluation method and system which can quickly determine overall effectiveness of the modular construction method in an automatic manner, taking into account the transportation cost and so on. A module evaluation unit prepares constructed-equipment physical quantity data from constructed-equipment layout data, and determines an in-module unit-rate reduction effect resulted from executing construction work of the constructed equipment in the module in a factory where working efficiency is higher than a field. The module evaluation unit also determines a module transportation cost effect, a module temporary construction cost effect, and a density reduction effect that is resulted from a reduction of density in a space not occupied by a module with application of modularization and efficiency of installation work is increased.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2007Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Masatoshi Takada, Koichi Murayama, Kenji Akagi
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Publication number: 20080022606Abstract: A composite integrated module, comprising: a floor member having a plurality of frames extending in horizontal direction and a formwork placed on said frame, wherein anchor members engaged with removable tightening apparatuses from above said formwork are provided on a lower surface of said formwork.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2007Publication date: January 31, 2008Inventors: Kenji Akagi, Shinji Asakura, Susumu Futamura, Kouji Yashima, Yuuji Yasuda
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Publication number: 20070260344Abstract: A module evaluation method and system which can quickly determine overall effectiveness of the modular construction method in an automatic manner, taking into account the transportation cost and so on. A module evaluation unit prepares constructed-equipment physical quantity data from constructed-equipment layout data, and determines an in-module unit-rate reduction effect resulted from executing construction work of the constructed equipment in the module in a factory where working efficiency is higher than a field. The module evaluation unit also determines a module transportation cost effect, a module temporary construction cost effect, and a density reduction effect that is resulted from a reduction of density in a space not occupied by a module with application of modularization and efficiency of installation work is increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2007Publication date: November 8, 2007Inventors: Masatoshi TAKADA, Koichi Murayama, Kenji Akagi
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Publication number: 20070205870Abstract: To support a tag information reader to read information from radio communication tags, attached to each of a plurality of structural objects in a plant and to provide the locations of unread radio communication tags, a tag information acquisition unit acquires information on radio communication tags actually read by the tag information reader. Next, an unread tag extraction unit extracts radio communication tags which are a plurality of radio communication tags stored in a tag arrangement data file but from which information cannot be acquired by the tag information acquisition unit, and an unread tag arrangement calculation unit acquires arrangement data on the extracted radio communication tags. The arrangement data on those radio communication tags is sent to a display unit for displaying the radio communication tags.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2006Publication date: September 6, 2007Inventors: Masatoshi Takada, Kenji Araki, Kenji Akagi, Koichi Murayama