Patents by Inventor Masumi Nomura

Masumi Nomura 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: 11900642
    Abstract: An inspection device having a plurality of functions is achieved. The performance of an inspection device is improved. A structure of an inspection device is simplified. A structure of an imaging device is simplified. The inspection device includes a light source having a function of emitting infrared light, a light source having a function of emitting visible light, and an imaging portion which are provided over a substrate having flexibility, and inspects a fruit or vegetable. A first image based on light including reflected light of the infrared light, and a second image and a third image based on tight including reflected light of the visible light are captured by the imaging portion. The inspection device has a function of detecting one or more of the sugar content, the acidity, and a physiological disorder of a fruit or vegetable on the basis of the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masumi Nomura, Seiichi Yoneda
  • Publication number: 20230315028
    Abstract: An estimation device includes an observation system constraint determination unit configured to determine data within constraints that is data within a first constraint based on time series data of each observation value of a first observation value observed by a first observation system and a second observation value observed by a second observation system, a model estimation unit configured to estimate parameters of a plurality of models including an observation model that is a model of each of the observation systems and a physical model that is a model within an apparatus provided with each of the observation systems based on the data within constraints, and a consistency determination unit configured to determine consistency of the models based on a deviation between a first predicted observation value predicted from the second observation system based on the estimated parameters and the first observation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Oka, Masumi Nomura, Tatsuo Ishiguro, Katsuaki Morita, Ryuji Ikeda, Kenichi Nagahara, Sota Kogawa, Noriyuki Matsukura, Satoshi Nikaido, Yuki Nishizaki
  • Publication number: 20230280240
    Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis device includes an abnormality determination unit configured to determine whether or not there is an abnormality with respect to a state quantity acquired from equipment and a cause estimation unit configured to estimate a cause of the abnormality in the equipment from a state quantity determined to be abnormal by the abnormality determination unit using a cause correspondence table in which a cause of an abnormal mode of the equipment identified in fault tree analysis is associated with the state quantity that is abnormal when the cause has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Oka, Masumi Nomura, Tatsuo Ishiguro, Katsuaki Morita, Ryuji Ikeda, Kenichi Nagahara, Sota Kogawa, Noriyuki Matsukura, Satoshi Nikaido, Yuki Nishizaki
  • Publication number: 20230280735
    Abstract: A monitoring device includes: an operation record acquisition unit configured to acquire operation records indicating a transition in a load factor or a load change factor with respect to operation time leading up to failure in failure cases; a threshold setting unit configured to set a threshold to be contrasted with the load factor or the load change factor in the operation records of the failure cases; a wear rate acquisition unit configured to acquire a wear rate that is a value derived from a relation between the load factor or the load change factor and the threshold and indicates a degree of progress of wear of a device according to operation time; and a failure rate cumulative frequency acquisition unit configured to acquire a transition in a failure rate cumulative frequency of the failure cases with respect to the wear rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Oka, Masumi Nomura, Tatsuo Ishiguro, Katsuaki Morita, Ryuji Ikeda, Kenichi Nagahara, Sota Kogawa, Noriyuki Matsukura, Satoshi Nikaido, Yuki Nishizaki
  • Patent number: 11566983
    Abstract: A state quantity acquisition unit acquires a state quantity of a target apparatus including a temperature of the target apparatus. A load specification unit specifies a load history of the target apparatus, based on the state quantity. A remaining life calculation unit calculates a parameter related to a remaining life of the target apparatus for each of a plurality of degradation types, based on the load history specified by the load specification unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Aoyama, Hideaki Kaneko, Masumi Nomura, Yasuoki Tomita, Katsuhiko Abe
  • Patent number: 11480948
    Abstract: A monitoring target selecting device configured to output a measurement parameter to an abnormality diagnosis device to diagnose an abnormal event of a plant based on a correlation value representing a mutual correlation between measurement parameters, and includes a classification unit to acquire a plurality of measurement parameters measured in the plant, classify a change behavior of measured value over a time for each of the plurality of measurement parameters in a first period, and classify a change behavior of a measured value over a time for each of the plurality of measurement parameters in each of the first period and a second period, and a selection unit to select the measurement parameter as a measurement parameter to be output to the abnormality diagnosis device on the basis of a result of comparing a behavior of the measurement parameters in the first period to the second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu Shiizuka, Masumi Nomura
  • Patent number: 11416705
    Abstract: An image acquisition unit acquires image data in which an image of a normal monitoring target is captured. An image processing unit generates a plurality of duplicate image data pieces by performing different image processing causing a change in color tone on the image data within a range not exceeding a normal range of the monitoring target. A learning unit trains a model so as to output a value used for determining normality of the monitoring target from the image data, in which the image of the monitoring target is captured, using the plurality of duplicate image data pieces as training data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masumi Nomura, Koki Tateishi, Motoshi Takasu
  • Publication number: 20220187805
    Abstract: It is judged whether a first predicted value of an operation index obtained by inputting a scheduled change value of a manipulation parameter of a plant meets an operation criterion, and whether a second predicted value of the operation index obtained by inputting a virtual change value with a greater change amount from a current value than the scheduled change value to a prediction model meets the operation criterion. If it is judged that the first predicted value and the second predicted value meet the operation criterion, the scheduled change value is output as a command value of the manipulation parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Yusuke HAZUI, Masumi NOMURA, Shigeru ANO, Kenta WADA, Koshiro FUKUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210358120
    Abstract: An inspection device having a plurality of functions is achieved. The performance of an inspection device is improved. A structure of an inspection device is simplified. A structure of an imaging device is simplified. The inspection device includes a light source having a function of emitting infrared light, a light source having a function of emitting visible light, and an imaging portion which are provided over a substrate having flexibility, and inspects a fruit or vegetable. A first image based on light including reflected light of the infrared light, and a second image and a third image based on tight including reflected light of the visible light are captured by the imaging portion. The inspection device has a function of detecting one or more of the sugar content, the acidity, and a physiological disorder of a fruit or vegetable on the basis of the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Masumi NOMURA, Seiichi YONEDA
  • Publication number: 20210287122
    Abstract: Provided is a prediction device that outputs a prediction value of process data in consideration of a prediction error of a prediction model. A prediction device includes a data collection unit that collects process data of a device; a prediction model construction unit that constructs a prediction model having a predetermined input variable of first process data as an input value and having a predetermined output variable as an output value, and an error calculation model which calculates a prediction error of the prediction model, based on the first process data collected by the data collection unit; and a prediction unit that outputs a prediction value which is corrected based on a prediction value of the output variable for second process data and a prediction error for the prediction value of the output variable, the prediction value being predicted based on the input variable of the second process data collected by the data collection unit, the prediction model, and the error calculation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Masumi NOMURA, Yusuke HAZUI, Shigeru ANO, Kenta WADA, Koshiro FUKUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210108999
    Abstract: A state quantity acquisition unit acquires a state quantity of a target apparatus including a temperature of the target apparatus. A load specification unit specifies a load history of the target apparatus, based on the state quantity. A remaining life calculation unit calculates a parameter related to a remaining life of the target apparatus for each of a plurality of degradation types, based on the load history specified by the load specification unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Kuniaki AOYAMA, Hideaki KANEKO, Masumi NOMURA, Yasuoki TOMITA, Katsuhiko ABE
  • Patent number: 10969305
    Abstract: A planning device according to the present invention includes a remaining life specifying unit that specifies a remaining life of a component for a turbine. On the basis of the specified remaining life, a usage plan generating unit generates a usage plan that indicates the timing at which the component is to be incorporated into the turbine, such that the remaining life of the component becomes equal to or less than an allowable error value at a predetermined timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Tanaka, Akihisa Endo, Yusuke Hazui, Masumi Nomura
  • Patent number: 10883427
    Abstract: A turbine analysis device includes a state quantity acquiring unit configured to acquire a state quantity of a turbine, the state quantity including at least a temperature of the turbine. A load specifying unit is configured to calculate a history of a load of the turbine, based on the state quantity. A load and time calculating unit is configured to derive a relationship between the load of the turbine and an operable time when the turbine is operated at the load, based on a designed service life of the turbine and the history of the load that has been calculated by the load specifying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Tanaka, Akihisa Endo, Yusuke Hazui, Masumi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20200225644
    Abstract: A monitoring target selecting device configured to output a measurement parameter to an abnormality diagnosis device to diagnose an abnormal event of a plant based on a correlation value representing a mutual correlation between measurement parameters, and includes a classification unit to acquire a plurality of measurement parameters measured in the plant, classify a change behavior of measured value over a time for each of the plurality of measurement parameters in a first period, and classify a change behavior of a measured value over a time for each of the plurality of measurement parameters in each of the first period and a second period, and a selection unit to select the measurement parameter as a measurement parameter to be output to the abnormality diagnosis device on the basis of a result of comparing a behavior of the measurement parameters in the first period to the second period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu Shiizuka, Masumi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20200184265
    Abstract: An image acquisition unit acquires image data in which an image of a normal monitoring target is captured. An image processing unit generates a plurality of duplicate image data pieces by performing different image processing causing a change in color tone on the image data within a range not exceeding a normal range of the monitoring target. A learning unit trains a model so as to output a value used for determining normality of the monitoring target from the image data, in which the image of the monitoring target is captured, using the plurality of duplicate image data pieces as training data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Masumi NOMURA, Koki TATEISHI, Motoshi TAKASU
  • Patent number: 10255886
    Abstract: An inspection record apparatus includes: a display unit; a memory unit configured to store inspection record data including image information concerning a subject and information concerning a damaged state of the subject, and information indicating whether the information concerning the damaged state is in a confirmed status or not; a display control unit configured to read the inspection record data to develop the information concerning the damaged state on an image corresponding to the image information, and display the resultant image onto the display unit; a detection unit configured to detect an operation for the information concerning the damaged state; a storage unit configured to store the information indicating that the information concerning the damaged state is in the confirmed status into the memory unit; and a changing unit configured to change a display manner of the information concerning the damaged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Ito, Koki Tateishi, Masumi Nomura, Tatsuya Sakai
  • Publication number: 20180328290
    Abstract: A turbine analysis device according to the present application includes a state quantity acquiring unit configured to acquire a state quantity of a turbine, the state quantity including a temperature of the turbine. A load specifying unit specifies a history of a load of the turbine, based on the state quantity. A load and time calculating unit calculates a relationship between the load of the turbine and an operable time when the turbine is operated at the load, based on a designed service life of the turbine and on a history of the load that has been specified by the load specifying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Toru TANAKA, Akihisa ENDO, Yusuke HAZUI, Masumi NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20180313720
    Abstract: A planning device according to the present invention includes a remaining life specifying unit that specifies a remaining life of a component for a turbine. On the basis of the specified remaining life, a usage plan generating unit generates a usage plan that indicates the timing at which the component is to be incorporated into the turbine, such that the remaining life of the component becomes equal to or less than an allowable error value at a predetermined timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Toru TANAKA, Akihisa ENDO, Yusuke HAZUI, Masumi NOMURA
  • Patent number: 9660518
    Abstract: A switching converter in which deterioration and breakage can be suppressed is provided. A switching converter whose area can be reduced is provided. The switching converter includes a switch connected to a power supply portion; a transformer connected to the power supply portion; a first rectifying and smoothing circuit and a second rectifying and smoothing circuit each connected to at least the transformer; and a switching control circuit which is connected to the first rectifying and smoothing circuit and the second rectifying and smoothing circuit and which controls operation of the switch. The switching control circuit includes a control circuit controlling on/off of the switch and operation of a starter circuit; and the starter circuit controlling startup of the control circuit. The starter circuit includes a transistor and a resistor each including a wide-gap semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masumi Nomura, Kosei Noda
  • Patent number: 9490241
    Abstract: A semiconductor device which is downsized while a short-channel effect is suppressed and whose power consumption is reduced is provided. A downsized SRAM circuit is formed, which includes a first inverter including a first transistor and a second transistor overlapping with each other; a second inverter including a third transistor and a fourth transistor overlapping with each other; a first selection transistor; and a second selection transistor. An output terminal of the first inverter, an input terminal of the second inverter, and one of a source and a drain of the first selection transistor are connected to one another, and an output terminal of the second inverter, an input terminal of the first inverter, and one of a source and a drain of the second selection transistor are connected to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masumi Nomura, Tatsuji Nishijima, Kosei Noda