Patents by Inventor Manabu Kano

Manabu Kano 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: 8549907
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fluid distribution device for uniformly distributing and outputting a fluid, which is supplied to an input flow channel, into at least three output flow channels, comprising a plurality of branch flow channels, at least three fluid bifurcation portions, and at least one fluid converging portion, wherein the fluid distribution device is configured to correspond to a pressure drop compartment connection model composed of a fluid balance equation and a pressure balance equation. Furthermore, the present invention provides a micro plant using the fluid distribution device, a method of designing the fluid distribution device and a method of detecting blockage of flow channels of the fluid distribution device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Kyoto University
    Inventors: Osamu Tonomura, Satoshi Nagahara, Manabu Kano, Shinji Hasebe
  • Publication number: 20110016967
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fluid distribution device for uniformly distributing and outputting a fluid, which is supplied to an input flow channel, into at least three output flow channels, comprising a plurality of branch flow channels, at least three fluid bifurcation portions, and at least one fluid converging portion, wherein the fluid distribution device is configured to correspond to a pressure drop compartment connection model composed of a fluid balance equation and a pressure balance equation. Furthermore, the present invention provides a micro plant using the fluid distribution device, a method of designing the fluid distribution device and a method of detecting blockage of flow channels of the fluid distribution device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicants: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION, FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Tonomura, Satoshi Nagahara, Manabu Kano, Shinji Hasebe
  • Publication number: 20100204966
    Abstract: Provided are a variable deciding method, a variable deciding device, a program and a recording medium with which model construction using time information appropriately can be achieved and prediction performance can be improved. The variable deciding device accepts an operation variable ui after batch process operation (step S21). A wavelet coefficient for said read operation variable ui is then computed (step S24). Selection means selects a wavelet coefficient which satisfies a predetermined condition from computed wavelet coefficients (step S25). The wavelet coefficient selected in such a manner is then outputted by output means as a value associated with an operation variable to be inputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Manabu Kano, Koichi Fujiwara