Patents by Inventor Koji Imakita

Koji Imakita 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: 11835944
    Abstract: Provided is an upgrade evaluation device for calculating cost in relation to the introduction effects of an upgrade menu. The present invention has: a performance data acquisition step for acquiring the performance data of an apparatus; and an effect calculation step for calculating, on the basis of the performance data, introduction effects based on a difference in performance when an improvement function for improving the performance of the apparatus is introduced and when the improvement function is not introduced; the introduction effects being calculated for each of a plurality of points in time in a prescribed period in the effect calculation step. There may also be calculated a cost exchanged between an improvement-function-supply side and the supplied side, the cost being based on the introduction effects calculated in the effect calculation step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Imakita
  • Patent number: 11507073
    Abstract: A state display device 100 includes a display device 30 for displaying a temporal change of a first parameter representing an operation state of a thermal power generation facility 10, and a correlation between the first parameter and a second parameter representing an operation state of the thermal power generation facility 10, an input device 70 for respectively selecting and inputting a first period t1 and a second period t2 different from the first period t2 in the temporal change of the first parameter, and a processing device 50. The processing device 50 is configured to display the temporal change of the first parameter on the display device 30, and to display, on the display device 30, the correlation between the first parameter and the second parameter in each of the first period t1 and the second period t2 input via the input device 70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Imakita, Toshihiko Niinomi
  • Patent number: 11322014
    Abstract: A notification device is provided with: an abnormality estimation unit for estimating a state relating to an abnormality of a plant and a factor relating to the abnormality of the plant; an item specifying unit for specifying inspection items on the basis of the abnormality of the plant and the state relating to the factor relating to the abnormality of the plant estimated by the abnormality estimation unit; a notification unit for notifying of the inspection items specified by the item specifying unit; a stop-time item specifying unit for specifying the inspection items which should be checked at a time of a stop out of the inspection items specified by the item specifying unit; a check result acquisition unit for receiving a check result for the inspection items notified of by the notification unit; and a stop-time item output unit for outputting the inspection items which should be checked at the time of stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamauchi, Koji Imakita, Akihisa Endo, Toru Tanaka, Yoshiyuki Nagata
  • Patent number: 11226602
    Abstract: A control switching device including an operation input part configured to receive a switching operation as to whether to use a second control execution part configured to carry out different control over a control object than a first control execution part for controlling the control object, and a control switching part to transition to a second control mode causing the second control execution part to control the control object according to an operation indicating use of the second control execution part to stop control of the first control execution part while having the second control execution part control the control object or to have the first control execution part and the second control execution part control the control object, or to transition to a first control mode causing the first control execution part to control the control object according to an operation indicating disuse of the second control execution part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Imakita, Hiroyasu Ishigaki, Ikuyo Abe
  • Patent number: 11188066
    Abstract: Provided is a service menu presentation system which: acquires operation data relating to an electric power generation plant; decides which operation pattern, from among a plurality of operation patterns set in advance in accordance with an output mode, is the basis for the operation being indicated by the operation data; calculates, on the basis of the operation data acquired in a certain period, an operation time with respect to each of the operation patterns in the period; determines, on the basis of an operation time ratio in the certain period, an in-period operation pattern of the certain period; and outputs a service menu corresponding to the in-period operation pattern that has been determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Shida, Koji Imakita, Akihisa Endo, Toru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210248899
    Abstract: A notification device is provided with: an abnormality estimation unit for estimating a state relating to an abnormality of a plant and a factor relating to the abnormality of the plant; an item specifying unit for specifying inspection items on the basis of the abnormality of the plant and the state relating to the factor relating to the abnormality of the plant estimated by the abnormality estimation unit; a notification unit for notifying of the inspection items specified by the item specifying unit; a stop-time item specifying unit for specifying the inspection items which should be checked at a time of a stop out of the inspection items specified by the item specifying unit; a check result acquisition unit for receiving a check result for the inspection items notified of by the notification unit; and a stop-time item output unit for outputting the inspection items which should be checked at the time of stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro YAMAUCHI, Koji IMAKITA, Akihisa ENDO, Toru TANAKA, Yoshiyuki NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20210216431
    Abstract: Provided is an upgrade evaluation device for calculating cost in relation to the introduction effects of an upgrade menu. The present invention has: a performance data acquisition step for acquiring the performance data or an apparatus; and an effect calculation step for calculating, on the basis of the performance data, introduction effects based on a difference in performance when an improvement function for improving the performance of the apparatus is introduced and when the improvement function is not introduced; the introduction effects being calculated for each of a plurality of points in time in a prescribed period in the effect calculation step. There may also be calculated a cost exchanged between an improvement-function-supply side and the supplied side, the cost being based on the introduction effects calculated in the effect calculation step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventor: Koji IMAKITA
  • Publication number: 20200348637
    Abstract: Provided is a service menu presentation system which: acquires operation data relating to an electric power generation plant; decides which operation pattern, from among a plurality of operation patterns set in advance in accordance with an output mode, is the basis for the operation being indicated by the operation data; calculates, on the basis of the operation data acquired in a certain period, an operation time with respect to each of the operation patterns in the period; determines, on the basis of an operation time ratio in the certain period, an in-period operation pattern of the certain period; and outputs a service menu corresponding to the in-period operation pattern that has been determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Masato SHIDA, Koji IMAKITA, Akihisa ENDO, Toru TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20200249664
    Abstract: A state display device 100 includes a display device 30 for displaying a temporal change of a first parameter representing an operation state of a thermal power generation facility 10, and a correlation between the first parameter and a second parameter representing an operation state of the thermal power generation facility 10, an input device 70 for respectively selecting and inputting a first period t1 and a second period t2 different from the first period t2 in the temporal change of the first parameter, and a processing device 50. The processing device 50 is configured to display the temporal change of the first parameter on the display device 30, and to display, on the display device 30, the correlation between the first parameter and the second parameter in each of the first period t1 and the second period t2 input via the input device 70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Koji IMAKITA, Toshihiko NIINOMI
  • Publication number: 20200150610
    Abstract: A control switching device including an operation input part configured to receive a switching operation as to whether to use a second control execution part configured to carry out different control over a control object than a first control execution part for controlling the control object, and a control switching part to transition to a second control mode causing the second control execution part to control the control object according to an operation indicating use of the second control execution part to stop control of the first control execution part while having the second control execution part control the control object or to have the first control execution part and the second control execution part control the control object, or to transition to a first control mode causing the first control execution part to control the control object according to an operation indicating disuse of the second control execution part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Koji IMAKITA, Hiroyasu ISHIGAKI, Ikuyo ABE
  • Publication number: 20140244358
    Abstract: In an aspect of the present invention, a need determination device includes a storage unit configured to store survey data in which an assessment value of a quantitatively or qualitatively assessable survey item is set at each textbook that is the same type as an object of which needs are to be determined, and need assessment data in which an assessment value of a need is set at each of the textbooks; a determination logic generation unit configured to generate a determination logic for determining a need based on the survey data and the need assessment data; and a determination unit configured to determine a need of the object by applying, to the determination logic, input data in which the assessment value of the survey item of the object of which needs are to be determined is set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mayumi Saito, Takashi Sonoda, Rong Wang, Hirohiko Ito, Koji Imakita
  • Publication number: 20080085965
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermosetting powder coating composition that is capable of forming a coating film having excellent moisture resistance, excellent corrosion resistance, etc. More specifically, the present invention provides a thermosetting powder coating composition comprising a carboxy-containing resin (A), a ?-hydroxyalkylamide curing agent (B), and an anticorrosive (C) that comprises a strontium carbonate-modified aluminum phosphate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Koji Imakita, Hirohisa Tsuda, Hiroshi Kimoto, Tsutomu Iijima, Takamitsu Nishida, Masatsune Shida