Patents by Inventor Norio Takeyama

Norio Takeyama 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: 7219042
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a storage device which stores information concerning first objects to be reused and second objects to be recycled, and a modeling device which performs life cycle modeling. The life cycle modeling includes reading information concerning the first objects and the second objects that configure a product from the storage device, selecting some of the first and second objects which are diverted to a new product from a recovery product using the information, and combining selected ones of the first and second objects to fabricate the new product to generate a life cycle model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Akinori Hongu, Norio Takeyama
  • Patent number: 7054797
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a storage device which stores information concerning first objects to be reused and second objects to be recycled, and a modeling device which performs life cycle modeling. The life cycle modeling includes reading information concerning the first objects and the second objects that configure a product from the storage device, selecting some of the first and second objects which are diverted to a new product from a recovery product using the information, and combining selected ones of the first and second objects to fabricate the new product to generate a life cycle model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Akinori Hongu, Norio Takeyama
  • Publication number: 20060010021
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a storage device which stores information concerning first objects to be reused and second objects to be recycled, and a modeling device which performs life cycle modeling. The life cycle modeling includes reading information concerning the first objects and the second objects that configure a product from the storage device, selecting some of the first and second objects which are diverted to a new product from a recovery product using the information, and combining selected ones of the first and second objects to fabricate the new product to generate a life cycle model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Akinori Hongu, Norio Takeyama
  • Publication number: 20050216249
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a storage device which stores information concerning first objects to be reused and second objects to be recycled, and a modeling device which performs life cycle modeling. The life cycle modeling includes reading information concerning the first objects and the second objects that configure a product from the storage device, selecting some of the first and second objects which are diverted to a new product from a recovery product using the information, and combining selected ones of the first and second objects to fabricate the new product to generate a life cycle model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Akinori Hongu, Norio Takeyama
  • Publication number: 20020002408
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a storage device which stores information concerning first objects to be reused and second objects to be recycled, and a modeling device which performs life cycle modeling. The life cycle modeling includes reading information concerning the first objects and the second objects that configure a product from the storage device, selecting some of the first and second objects which are diverted to a new product from a recovery product using the information, and combining selected ones of the first and second objects to fabricate the new product to generate a life cycle model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Akinori Hongu, Norio Takeyama
  • Patent number: 5852560
    Abstract: An environmental load equation storage section that stores the environmental load equations modeled on a stage at which a product is produced and used and a stage of waste treatment and recycling, with the life cycle of the product being divided into at least the two stages, a unit load emission storage section that stores conversion coefficients used to convert the amounts of materials and energy consumed in producing, using, waste-treating, and recycling the product into the amount of environmental load factors emitted as a result of those operations, an input section for entering the amounts of materials and energy consumed in producing, using, waste-treating, and recycling the product, for each of the modeled stages, a computing section that calculates the amount of emission of environmental load factors by applying the amounts of materials and energy fed and the conversion coefficients corresponding to the amounts to the environmental load equations, an assessment section for assessing a load that the pr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Norio Takeyama, Hideyo Kagami
  • Patent number: 5393394
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for decomposing organic halogen-containing compounds by using ultraviolet radiation. In the decomposition method, the organic halogen-containing compound is dissolved in a solvent to form a liquid, and the liquid is exposed to ultraviolet radiation in the substantial absence of alkaline material. Then, the liquid is treated with an alkaline material. The decomposition apparatus for the organic halogen-containing compound comprises: preparation means for preparing a liquid containing the organic halogen-containing compound and a solvent in which the organic halogen-containing compound can be dissolved; exposure means for exposing the liquid to light radiation of an effective wavelength for initiating decomposition of the organic halogen-containing compound in the substantial absence of an alkaline material; and treatment means for treating the liquid with an alkaline material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Michio Ikeda, Miho Suzuki, Norio Takeyama, Terunobu Hayata