Patents by Inventor Kouichi KOTAKE

Kouichi KOTAKE 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).

  • Delivery plan making system and delivery plan making method
    Patent number: 11138549
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a delivery plan making system that makes a delivery plan of articles, the system including: a storage unit that stores a restriction condition for making a delivery plan and cost information used for calculating a delivery cost based on the delivery plan; a delivery plan making and cost calculating unit that makes a delivery plan before alleviation of the restriction condition to satisfy the restriction condition and calculates a delivery cost of the delivery plan before the alleviation based on the cost information; and a restriction alleviating unit that alleviate the restriction condition to generate a restriction alleviation plan, wherein the delivery plan making and cost calculating unit further makes a delivery plan after alleviation of the restriction condition so as to satisfy the restriction alleviation plan and calculates a delivery cost of the delivery plan after the alleviation based on the cost information, and outputs the restriction alleviation plan if the delivery
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Transport System, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Kotake, Takashi Atsumi, Takaharu Sakurada, Junko Hosoda
  • Delivery Plan Making System and Delivery Plan Making Method
    Publication number: 20190080287
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a delivery plan making system that makes a delivery plan of articles, the system including: a storage unit that stores a restriction condition for making a delivery plan and cost information used for calculating a delivery cost based on the delivery plan; a delivery plan making and cost calculating unit that makes a delivery plan before alleviation of the restriction condition to satisfy the restriction condition and calculates a delivery cost of the delivery plan before the alleviation based on the cost information; and a restriction alleviating unit that alleviate the restriction condition to generate a restriction alleviation plan, wherein the delivery plan making and cost calculating unit further makes a delivery plan after alleviation of the restriction condition so as to satisfy the restriction alleviation plan and calculates a delivery cost of the delivery plan after the alleviation based on the cost information, and outputs the restriction alleviation plan if the delivery
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Kouichi KOTAKE, Takashi ATSUMI, Takaharu SAKURADA, Junko HOSODA