Patents by Inventor Kuniharu Akabane
Kuniharu Akabane 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: 9869987Abstract: A process control system includes an I/O module configured to be connected to a field device which is installed in a plant in which an industrial process is controlled, the I/O module autonomously transmitting data received from the field device, and a higher-level device that comprises a memory which temporarily stores the data autonomously transmitted from the I/O module, the higher-level device reading the data stored in the memory at a predetermined period.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Nakajima, Kuniharu Akabane, Shunsuke Hayashi
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Publication number: 20150277411Abstract: A process control system includes an I/O module configured to be connected to a field device which is installed in a plant in which an industrial process is controlled, the I/O module autonomously transmitting data received from the field device, and a higher-level device that comprises a memory which temporarily stores the data autonomously transmitted from the I/O module, the higher-level device reading the data stored in the memory at a predetermined period.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki NAKAJIMA, Kuniharu AKABANE, Shunsuke HAYASHI
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Patent number: 8281177Abstract: There is provided a distributed control system including a plurality of field controllers which are connected through a control network. Each of the field controllers includes: a control clock that defines a control timing of the field controller; and an adjustment unit that adjusts a control time of the control clock depending on a network time obtained through the control network.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Hideharu Yajima, Satoshi Kitamura, Senji Watanabe, Masafumi Kisa, Kazushi Sakamoto, Hiroyuki Takizawa, Kuniharu Akabane, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kenji Habaguchi, Kiyotaka Kozakai, Mitsuhiro Kurono, Hiroaki Nakajima, Takeshi Hongo
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Patent number: 8190941Abstract: The field control system includes: a field device; a field controller which is connected to a control network and which executes a computation processing for controlling the field device according to a given control cycle while executing a data communication between the field controller and the field device, the field controller including a communication unit configured to execute the data communication with the field device, and a control computation unit configured to execute the computation processing independently from the communication unit; and an operation monitor which is connected to the control network and which operates and monitors the field device, the operation monitor including a network clock which provides a common network time to the control network. The control computation unit and the communication unit execute the computation processing and the data communication in synchronism with each other in accordance with a timer clock based on the network time.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Satoshi Kitamura, Senji Watanabe, Hideharu Yajima, Masafumi Kisa, Kazushi Sakamoto, Hiroyuki Takizawa, Kuniharu Akabane, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kenji Habaguchi, Kiyotaka Kozakai, Mitsuhiro Kurono, Hiroaki Nakajima
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Patent number: 8130636Abstract: A communication control system is provided that performs communications satisfying a request for industrial applications and a request for open protocol communications at the same time. To this end, in the invention, a high-priority communication section performing critical communications to provide real time property and reliability, and a low-priority communication section performing communications based on an open standard protocol coexist in a same communication station.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2004Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Koji Demachi, Hiromichi Ebashi, Kuniharu Akabane, Takeshi Nakajima, Kenji Habaguchi, Masayuki Murakami, Toyoaki Yokoi, Takeshi Hongo, Akinori Ishii, Sadatoshi Sogo
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Patent number: 8060769Abstract: There is provided a duplexed field controller. The duplexed field controller includes: first and second control units between which a control authority is switchable; a first application clock that is updated based on a reference clock so as to define a timing of an application operation of the first control unit; a second application clock that is updated based on the reference clock so as to define a timing of an application operation of the second control unit; and an update control unit that bypasses the first update of the second application clock after switching of the control authority, if the first application clock is ahead of the second application clock when the control authority is switched from the first control unit to the second control unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Hideharu Yajima, Satoshi Kitamura, Senji Watanabe, Masafumi Kisa, Kazushi Sakamoto, Hiroyuki Takizawa, Kuniharu Akabane, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kenji Habaguchi, Kiyotaka Kozakai, Mitsuhiro Kurono, Hiroaki Nakajima
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Patent number: 8054850Abstract: A communication control system is provided that satisfies the needs of industrial applications in terms of real time properties, scalability and flexibility. For this purpose, the invention causes a communication station performing communications in accordance with a standard protocol to perform multiplex communications based on time division of a communication band. Communication is performed by dividing a communication cycle into time slots, and assigning a set of communication stations and a type of a communication section to each of the time slots.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2004Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Koji Demachi, Hiromichi Ebashi, Kuniharu Akabane, Takeshi Nakajima, Takeshi Hongo, Toyoaki Yokoi, Kenji Habaguchi, Masayuki Murakami
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Publication number: 20100198991Abstract: There is provided a duplexed field controller. The duplexed field controller includes: first and second control units between which a control authority is switchable; a first application clock that is updated based on a reference clock so as to define a timing of an application operation of the first control unit; a second application clock that is updated based on the reference clock so as to define a timing of an application operation of the second control unit; and an update control unit that bypasses the first update of the second application clock after switching of the control authority, if the first application clock is ahead of the second application clock when the control authority is switched from the first control unit to the second control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hideharu Yajima, Satoshi Kitamura, Senji Watanabe, Masafumi Kisa, Kazushi Sakamoto, Hiroyuki Takizawa, Kuniharu Akabane, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kenji Habaguchi, Kiyotaka Kozakai, Mitsuhiro Kurono, Hiroaki Nakajima
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Publication number: 20100198363Abstract: There is provided a distributed control system including a plurality of field controllers which are connected through a control network. Each of the field controllers includes: a control clock that defines a control timing of the field controller; and an adjustment unit that adjusts a control time of the control clock depending on a network time obtained through the control network.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hideharu Yajima, Satoshi Kitamura, Senji Watanabe, Masafumi Kisa, Kazushi Sakamoto, Hiroyuki Takizawa, Kuniharu Akabane, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kenji Habaguchi, Kiyotaka Kozakai, Mitsuhiro Kurono, Hiroaki Nakajima, Takeshi Hongo
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Publication number: 20100199003Abstract: The field control system includes: a field device; a field controller which is connected to a control network and which executes a computation processing for controlling the field device according to a given control cycle while executing a data communication between the field controller and the field device, the field controller including a communication unit configured to execute the data communication with the field device, and a control computation unit configured to execute the computation processing independently from the communication unit; and an operation monitor which is connected to the control network and which operates and monitors the field device, the operation monitor including a network clock which provides a common network time to the control network. The control computation unit and the communication unit execute the computation processing and the data communication in synchronism with each other in accordance with a timer clock based on the network time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Kitamura, Senji Watanabe, Hideharu Yajima, Masafumi Kisa, Kazushi Sakamoto, Hiroyuki Takizawa, Kuniharu Akabane, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kenji Habaguchi, Kiyotaka Kozakai, Mitsuhiro Kurono, Hiroaki Nakajima
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Publication number: 20100180279Abstract: A field control device is provided. The field control device includes: a task executing unit configured to selectively and sequentially execute a control task relating to a field control and other tasks in a same control period; and a priority switching unit configured to switch a relative priority of the control task relative to the other tasks in the control period, wherein the priority is a priority of an execution sequence of tasks in the task executing unit. The priority switching unit is configured to: i) set the priority higher than a certain priority, before the control task is started; and ii) set the priority lower than the certain priority, after the control task is ended.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2010Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hideharu Yajima, Satoshi Kitamura, Senji Watanabe, Masafumi Kisa, Kazushi Sakamoto, Hiroyuki Takizawa, Kuniharu Akabane, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kenji Habaguchi, Kiyotaka Kozakai, Mitsuhiro Kurono, Hiroaki Nakajima
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Publication number: 20080062954Abstract: A communication control system is provided that satisfies the needs of industrial applications in terms of real time properties, scalability and flexibility. For this purpose, the invention causes a communication station performing communications in accordance with a standard protocol to perform multiplex communications based on time division of a communication band. Communication is performed by dividing a communication cycle into time slots, and assigning a set of communication stations and a type of a communication section to each of the time slots.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2004Publication date: March 13, 2008Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Demachi, Hiromichi Ebashi, Kuniharu Akabane, Takeshi Nakajima, Takeshi Hongo, Toyoaki Yokoi, Kenji Habaguchi, Masayuki Murakami
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Publication number: 20070250182Abstract: A communication control system is provided that performs communications satisfying a request for industrial applications and a request for open protocol communications at the same time. To this end, in the invention, a high-priority communication section performing critical communications to provide real time property and reliability, and a low-priority communication section performing communications based on an open standard protocol coexist in a same communication station.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2004Publication date: October 25, 2007Applicant: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Koji Demachi, Hiromichi Ebashi, Kuniharu Akabane, Takeshi Nakajima, Kenji Habaguchi, Masayuki Murakami, Toyoaki Yokoi, Takeshi Hongo, Akinori Ishii, Sadatoshi Sogo