Patents by Inventor Masayasu FUJIWARA

Masayasu FUJIWARA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230373753
    Abstract: A queueing start measurement unit which measures arrival of an elevator user at a preset location; a boarding measurement unit which measures boarding of the elevator user in an elevator car; a storage unit which stores an arrival time measured by the queueing start measurement unit and a boarding time measured by the boarding measurement unit; and a waiting time calculation unit which, on the basis of the arrival time and the boarding time stored in the storage unit, calculates a waiting time for which the elevator user is expected to wait before boarding the elevator car are provided. As a result, it is possible to calculate a waiting time at an elevator landing area with simple processing and a simple configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Masayasu FUJIWARA, Wataru TORIUMI, Takahiro HATORI, Taichi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230359783
    Abstract: The present invention provides a people flow estimation system that uses input of movement model data to create movement demand data and estimate the flow of people inside a building. This people flow estimation system has a storage unit having architectural model data, which is data including a plurality of architectural model parts, and uses the architectural model data to estimate the flow of people inside a building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Rui NING, Manabu KATOU, Masayasu FUJIWARA, Wataru TORIUMI
  • Publication number: 20230112206
    Abstract: A construction-model-creating device with reduced design man-hours is realized. In equipment specifications including at least a positional relationship with a passage, specifications not determined by a user are enumerated based on specifications determined by the user and search conditions determined by the user according to the search conditions, and at least one of layout candidates representing a positional relationship between the equipment in the building and the passage is generated. When one of the generated layout candidates is selected by the user, an in-building equipment construction model part group reflecting a position, an orientation, specifications, and so on of the selected layout candidate is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Wataru TORIUMI, Masayasu FUJIWARA, Takahiro HATORI
  • Patent number: 11623842
    Abstract: In a building human flow estimation system having a building human flow simulation section which receives, as input values, building traffic data indicative of floors between which people move by using an elevator in a building, building layout data related to a layout of the building, and an elevator parameter value related to the elevator and estimates a flow of people, there are provided an evaluation section which calculates an evaluation value for evaluating a reproduction degree of the flow of people estimated by the building human flow simulation section based on a first evaluation index related to the flow of people estimated by the building human flow simulation section and a second evaluation index related to an actual flow of people in the building, and an output section which outputs the evaluation value calculated by the evaluation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Rui Ning, Masayasu Fujiwara, Manabu Katou, Wataru Toriumi, Takahiro Hatori, Takamichi Hoshino, Satoru Toriyabe
  • Patent number: 11560288
    Abstract: To make it possible to comprehensively predict the movement of people by associating an elevator control system in a facility such as a building and an external system other than this system with each other and thereby provide a new service that has not existed before.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Hatori, Masayasu Fujiwara, Akira Omachi, Takamichi Hoshino, Satoru Toriyabe, Manabu Kato, Atsuya Fujino, Wataru Toriumi
  • Publication number: 20220414278
    Abstract: To enable a simulation that takes into consideration the detailed movements and determinations of people at an elevator platform without manually providing data about front-of-line position information, the present invention: includes a front-of-line position estimation unit that estimates a front-of-line position of people at an elevator platform; estimates, from inputted architectural model data, the front-of-line position at the elevator platform; and simulates overall movement in a building, including an action of waiting at the platform and an action of orderly boarding when using the elevator, using the estimated front-of-line position and the architectural model data as inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Masayasu FUJIWARA, Takahiro HATORI, Wataru TORIUMI
  • Publication number: 20220207203
    Abstract: This construction model data evaluation server is provided with: a construction model part detection unit which receives construction model data used in a client terminal and detects an elevator construction model part included in the construction model data; a properness determination unit which performs properness determination on the elevator construction model part; and an evaluation processing unit which transmits, to the client terminal, evaluation result data including an evaluation result obtained by evaluating the construction model data when a determination result of the properness determination and the construction model data are received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Masayasu FUJIWARA, Takahiro HATORI, Wataru TORIUMI, Tomoaki MAEHARA, Takamichi HOSHINO, Satoru TORIYABE
  • Publication number: 20210166144
    Abstract: An OD matrix estimation device includes: an extraction unit that, on the basis of intra-bank OD matrixes that show traffic flow information in respective elevator banks in plural elevator banks and transfer floor information about a transfer floor where transfers among the elevator banks is possible, extracts transfer-related intra-bank OD matrixes having a common transfer floor from among the intra-bank OD matrixes; a matching unit that, from among the transfer-related intra-bank OD matrixes extracted by the extraction unit, combines first transfer intra-bank OD matrixes each including OD data in which the transfer floor is defined as an arrival floor with second transfer intra-bank OD matrixes each including OD data in which the transfer floor is defined as a departure floor to create transfer-related OD data; and an estimation unit that estimates OD data for users who transfer and move among the banks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Wataru TORIUMI, Masayasu FUJIWARA, Manabu KATOU, Rui NING, Takamichi HOSHINO, Takahiro HATORI, Satoru TORIYABE
  • Publication number: 20200299099
    Abstract: To make it possible to comprehensively predict the movement of people by associating an elevator control system in a facility such as a building and an external system other than this system with each other and thereby provide a new service that has not existed before.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Takahiro HATORI, Masayasu FUJIWARA, Akira OMACHI, Takamichi HOSHINO, Satoru TORIYABE, Manabu KATO, Atsuya FUJINO, Wataru TORIUMI
  • Publication number: 20200262680
    Abstract: By using, as input, elevator specification information including at least sizes, quantity, and service floors of a plurality of elevators, a method for installing the plurality of elevators is calculated based on either the quantity of the plurality of elevators or the sizes of the plurality of elevators from arrangements including at least one or more of a planar arrangement where the plurality of elevators are aligned in a row on one side configuring an elevator boarding place, or an opposed arrangement where the elevators are divided and located on two opposite sides configuring the elevator boarding place; the shape of the elevator boarding place is determined by calculating the two sides configuring the elevator boarding place on the basis of the installation method and the sizes and quantity of the plurality of elevators; and furthermore, an elevator boarding place layout is generated by determining each floor where the elevator boarding place is to be installed according to the service floors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Masayasu FUJIWARA, Takamichi HOSHINO, Satoru TORIYABE, Takahiro HATORI, Wataru TORIUMI
  • Publication number: 20200247644
    Abstract: In a building human flow estimation system having a building human flow simulation section which receives, as input values, building traffic data indicative of floors between which people move by using an elevator in a building, building layout data related to a layout of the building, and an elevator parameter value related to the elevator and estimates a flow of people, there are provided an evaluation section which calculates an evaluation value for evaluating a reproduction degree of the flow of people estimated by the building human flow simulation section based on a first evaluation index related to the flow of people estimated by the building human flow simulation section and a second evaluation index related to an actual flow of people in the building, and an output section which outputs the evaluation value calculated by the evaluation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Rui NING, Masayasu FUJIWARA, Manabu KATOU, Wataru TORIUMI, Takahiro HATORI, Takamichi HOSHINO, Satoru TORIYABE
  • Publication number: 20170039306
    Abstract: In order to provide a device capable of flexibly responding to a change in a constraint in a traffic system, a traffic system optimization device according to the present invention includes: an optimization condition setting means that has a function of designating a condition as a range on a map when specifications of a traffic system are optimized; an optimization execution means that optimizes the specifications of the traffic system by a simulation using a calculator under an optimization condition set by the optimization condition setting means; an optimization result analysis means that groups optimal solutions analogous to each other obtained by the optimization execution means; and an analysis result display means that has at least a function of displaying a range of a design variable for each group of an optimal solution grouped by the optimization result analysis means on the map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuo MUTO, Tsutomu MIYAUCHI, Motonari SUZUKI, Masayasu FUJIWARA