Patents by Inventor Shinichi Nagano

Shinichi Nagano 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: 20230324878
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors configured to: receive rule data and system data, the rule data representing rules of monitoring control and including first state information among a plurality of pieces of state information by which states of monitoring control targets are expressed in a relation between two concepts, the system data including second state information among the plurality of pieces of state information and indicating a state of a first target included in a monitoring control system; determine a condition of collation between the pieces of state information; collate, in accordance with the condition, the first state information included in the rule data and the second state information included in the system data; and output a result of the collation to an output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gaku ISHII, Shinichi NAGANO, Suguru YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230213897
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes one or more processors configured to: extract a first subgraph indicating a connection relation of a first node that matches with a schema in which a connection relation between nodes is defined, among first nodes included in a first graph indicating a connection relation of the first nodes each associated with an attribute; determine a template that is output by a first model by inputting input information based on the first subgraph to the first model, the first model being learned to input the input information based on a subgraph indicating a connection relation between the nodes and to output the template of a formula; and set one of the attributes associated with the first nodes as the variable to be used in the determined template to generate the formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Ruigang ZHANG, Akira HOSOKAWA, Shinichi NAGANO
  • Publication number: 20230196241
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to: generate, when a first synthesis operation of synthesizing one target data object among data objects that hold a status data group representing a status of a facility and one target visualization object among visualization objects that generate image data representing a data group is performed, on condition that an attribute of one or more parameters in the data group for which the target visualization object can generate the image data corresponds to an attribute of one or more parameters in the status data group held by the target data object, the image data representing the status data group held by the target data object in a display format defined in the target visualization object; and cause a display device to display the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Shinichi NAGANO
  • Patent number: 11568662
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an information processing apparatus for detecting an attribute indicated in different tables in common and generating information about the attribute. An information processing apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention includes a detector and an information generator. The detector detects a common attribute indicated in a first table and a second table. The information generator generates information about the common attribute based on contents of the first table and the second table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shinichi Nagano, Ruigang Zhang, Mikito Iwamasa
  • Patent number: 11526660
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an information processing apparatus capable of complementarily adding an attribute not included in a table in order to detect tables having a corresponding relationship. An information processing apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention includes a complementer. The complementer complementarily adds an attribute not included in a first table based on a content of at least one of the first table and an electronic document including the first table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Ruigang Zhang, Shinichi Nagano
  • Patent number: 11436546
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an operation planning system includes a demand information database and a plurality of planning units. The demand information database stores demand data including an overall output required for a plurality of operation units for a planning period in an operation plan. The plurality of planning units adjusts output settings of the plurality of operation units. Any of the planning units selects a combination of operation units which provide the overall output required for the planning period, and based on operation costs depending on the outputs of the operation units, a process is repeated to generate the operation plan, the process including: selection of the operation unit belonging to the combination of operation units; and adjustment of the output setting for the selected operation unit by the planning unit paired with the selected operation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Topon Paul, Shuuichiro Imahara, Shinichi Nagano, Yoshiyuki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20210295029
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an information processing apparatus for detecting an attribute indicated in different tables in common and generating information about the attribute. An information processing apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention includes a detector and an information generator. The detector detects a common attribute indicated in a first table and a second table. The information generator generates information about the common attribute based on contents of the first table and the second table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shinichi NAGANO, Ruigang ZHANG, Mikito IWAMASA
  • Publication number: 20210294827
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides an information processing apparatus that transforms a text into data indicating entities and association among entities, compares the transformed data, and thereby enables texts having a relationship to be detected. An information processing apparatus as one embodiment of the present invention includes: a transformer; and a detector. The transformer is configured to transform a text into entity data indicating entities and association among entities. The detector is configured to detect a second text having a relationship with a first text by comparing first entity data transformed from the first text with one or more second entity data transformed from one or more second texts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Eiichi SUNAGAWA, Shinichi NAGANO
  • Publication number: 20210264100
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an information processing apparatus capable of complementarily adding an attribute not included in a table in order to detect tables having a corresponding relationship. An information processing apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention includes a complementer. The complementer complementarily adds an attribute not included in a first table based on a content of at least one of the first table and an electronic document including the first table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Ruigang ZHANG, Shinichi NAGANO
  • Patent number: 10635897
    Abstract: A document understanding support apparatus as one embodiment of the present invention includes a word extraction condition learning device, a word extractor, a word relationship extraction condition learning device, a word relationship extractor, and an output device. The word extraction condition learning device creates a word extraction condition for extracting words from a target electronic document by machine-learning based on feature values assigned to respective words. The word extractor extracts words satisfying the word extraction condition. The word relationship extraction condition learning device creates a word relationship extraction condition for extracting word relationships from the target electronic document by machine-learning based on feature values with respect to extraction target word relationships. The word relationship extractor extracts a word relationship satisfying the word relationship extraction condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Eiichi Sunagawa, Shinichi Nagano
  • Publication number: 20190156299
    Abstract: A maintenance procedure generation apparatus has an information model management unit that manages an information model including detailed information on maintenance work of a maintenance target, a maintenance target acquisition unit that acquires a maintenance target on which maintenance work is to be actually performed from candidates of the maintenance target, a procedure generation unit that generates a first procedure of maintenance work with respect to the maintenance target acquired by the maintenance target acquisition unit based on the information model managed by the information model management unit, and dynamically corrects a second procedure of maintenance work that needs to be performed in the future by a site worker based on maintenance work selected by the site worker, and a work monitoring control unit that acquires information on maintenance work actually performed by the site worker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira Hosokawa, Shinichi Nagano, Gaku Ishii
  • Publication number: 20190122042
    Abstract: A document understanding support apparatus as one embodiment of the present invention includes a word extraction condition learning device, a word extractor, a word relationship extraction condition learning device, a word relationship extractor, and an output device. The word extraction condition learning device creates a word extraction condition for extracting words from a target electronic document by machine-learning based on feature values assigned to respective words. The word extractor extracts words satisfying the word extraction condition. The word relationship extraction condition learning device creates a word relationship extraction condition for extracting word relationships from the target electronic document by machine-learning based on feature values with respect to extraction target word relationships. The word relationship extractor extracts a word relationship satisfying the word relationship extraction condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Eiichi Sunagawa, Shinichi Nagano
  • Publication number: 20190042990
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an operation planning system includes a demand information database and a plurality of planning units. The demand information database stores demand data including an overall output required for a plurality of operation units for a planning period in an operation plan. The plurality of planning units adjusts output settings of the plurality of operation units. Any of the planning units selects a combination of operation units which provide the overall output required for the planning period, and based on operation costs depending on the outputs of the operation units, a process is repeated to generate the operation plan, the process including: selection of the operation unit belonging to the combination of operation units; and adjustment of the output setting for the selected operation unit by the planning unit paired with the selected operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Topon Paul, Shuuichiro Imahara, Shinichi Nagano, Yoshiyuki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20180203961
    Abstract: An operation-draft-plan creation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an acquirer, a simulator, and an operation-draft-plan creator. The acquirer acquires a deterioration model regarding performance of a similar measurement target. The similar measurement target is a measurement target considered to be similar to an operation target. The deterioration model is calculated on the basis of a measurement value of the similar measurement target. The simulator performs a simulation concerning deterioration of the performance of the operation target on the basis of the deterioration model regarding the performance of the similar measurement target and a use case example assumed for the operation target. The creator creates an operation draft plan on the basis of a result of the simulation. The operation draft plan indicates an implementation period of maintenance work performed on the operation target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideyuki Aisu, Mikito Iwamasa, Gaku Ishii, Shinichi Nagano, Tomoshi Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20170270124
    Abstract: A data management device has a knowledge graph data generator to generate knowledge graph data by relating spatial data concerning space within a building in which a maintenance facility is installed, facility data concerning the maintenance facility, and measurement data obtained by measuring an operational status of the maintenance facility in accordance with ontology transformation rules, a search information input unit to input a search keyword including a character string representing an incident, a data search unit to search the knowledge graph data based on the search keyword, and a search result output unit to relate and output the spatial data, facility data, and measurement data matching with the search keyword, based on search results obtained by the data search unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Shinichi NAGANO, Mamiko Abe, Eiichi Sunagawa, Mitsunobu Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9338049
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a server device includes a first registering unit, a second registering unit, and a providing unit. The first registering unit is configured to acquire first action information regarding an action performed by a first user from a client device, and register the first action information in an action information storage unit in which pieces of action information of users are stored in association with labels of the respective pieces of action information. The second registering unit is configured to specify at least one piece of action information similar to the first action information among the pieces of action information, and register the label associated with the specified piece of action information in the action information storage unit in association with the first action information. The providing unit is configured to provide the label associated with the first action information to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shinichi Nagano, Masayuki Okamoto, Kouji Ueno, Kenta Sasaki, Kenta Cho
  • Patent number: 9195735
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information extracting method includes: collecting a text in which a keyword of interest appears, the keyword of interest, and a time of creation of the text; extracting a keyword included in the text except for the keyword of interest and configured to extract the time of creation; extracting the keyword having a time score obtained on the basis of an appearance frequency of the keyword in a time interval exceeding a first threshold value and a local score obtained from the appearance frequency of the keyword in a predetermined local area exceeding a second threshold value as a local hot word, and also extract the extracted time interval of the extracted keyword and the keyword of interest corresponding to the keyword; and storing the extracted local hot word, the time interval, and the keyword of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenta Sasaki, Shinichi Nagano, Koji Ueno, Kenta Cho
  • Patent number: 9141729
    Abstract: A display-data generating apparatus obtains reputation information indicative of reputation of a subject and extracted from a text accessible via a network, and linkage information indicative of a linkage between texts, and couples the reputation information and the linkage information to obtain the linkage between the texts associated with the reputation information specified from each of the texts. The display-data generating apparatus determines a display mode of a first mark that symbolizes the text and a second mark that symbolizes the linkage based on the reputation information corresponding to the text, and generates a display data to display the first mark and the second mark in the determined display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takahiro Kawamura, Shinichi Nagano, Masumi Inaba, Yumiko Shimogoori
  • Publication number: 20150178361
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit; an extracting unit; a first determining unit; and an output unit. The obtaining unit is configured to obtain a specific spot. The extracting unit is configured to extract a first set of partial information from relationship information that indicates geographical relations of inclusion among a plurality of geographical areas. The first set of partial information indicates relations of inclusion among areas that include the specific spot. The first determining unit is configured to determine, as a candidate area group to be output, at least one of the relations of inclusion among areas included in the first set of partial information. The output unit configured to output the candidate area group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Kouji UENO, Shinichi NAGANO
  • Publication number: 20150066931
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a collection unit, a storage and a retrieval unit. The collection unit collects first metadata from information sources, the first metadata relating to information that has no common standard between the information sources and including first attributes and first attribute values. The storage stores each of the first attributes and first attribute values corresponding to each of the first metadata. The retrieval unit retrieves the first metadata, based on corresponding relations of the first attributes and the first attribute values with second attributes and second attribute values in second metadata newly obtained, to extract corresponding metadata that is one of the first metadata and corresponds to the second metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Shinichi NAGANO, Takahiro KAWAMURA, Hirokazu SHIMADA, Yoshiyuki MATSUDA, Yoshitaka KOBAYASHI