Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Niina

Nobuhiro Niina 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: 10838938
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process monitorer, a process monitoring system, a process monitoring method, a process monitoring program, and a recording medium for monitoring processes in real time. The process monitorer including: a process information acquirer for acquiring process information indicating a state of a process provided from an industrial device; an indexed information generator for generating the indexed information indexed by a predetermined index based on the process information; a threshold acquirer for acquiring a threshold of the indexed information; a result of the determination generator for generating the result of the determination of the indexed information based on the threshold; a result of the determination notifier for notifying the result of the determination; an indexed information recorder for recording the indexed information; and a chart generator for generating a chart based on the indexed information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Niina, Eiji Taya, Osamu Aoki
  • Patent number: 7345580
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an alarm management system for acquiring message data for alarms issued from a process and analyzing alarm behaviors. The alarm management system of the present invention selects unnecessary alarms from the message data for alarms and prevents alarms from being issued according to the results of alarm selection. Consequently, the system eliminates the need for engineers who have professional skills and experience, thereby making it possible to precisely select unnecessary alarms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Akamatsu, Taisuke Ishida, Nobuhiro Niina, Yasunori Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20070043539
    Abstract: A simulation section simulates an operation of a field device in the plant by using a device model. A comparing section compares actual output data of the field device with simulation output data that is obtained by simulation by the simulation section. A judging section judges occurrence of abnormality of the plant based on a comparison result by the comparing section. An error estimating section estimates an error between process data and input data, the process data being indicated as the input data to the field device, and the input data being actually inputted to the field device. In this case, the process data is corrected based on an estimation result by the error estimating section, and the corrected process data is inputted to the device model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Applicant: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Niina, Kazuo Sueyoshi, Takamasa Yumoto
  • Publication number: 20050062598
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an alarm management system for acquiring message data for alarms issued from a process and analyzing alarm behaviors. The alarm management system of the present invention selects unnecessary alarms from the message data for alarms and prevents alarms from being issued according to the results of alarm selection. Consequently, the system eliminates the need for engineers who have professional skills and experience, thereby making it possible to precisely select unnecessary alarms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Akamatsu, Taisuke Ishida, Nobuhiro Niina, Yasunori Kobayashi