Patents by Inventor Nobuo Akamatsu

Nobuo Akamatsu 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).

  • Alarm management system
    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
  • Alarm management system
    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