Patents by Inventor Shunsuke EBISUMOTO

Shunsuke EBISUMOTO 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: 11959783
    Abstract: A field device (10) includes a sensor (11) that measures a physical quantity and outputs a measurement signal indicating a measured value, converters (12, 15, 16) that perform a predetermined conversion process on the measurement signal, and a processor (17) that outputs an output signal corresponding to the measurement signal subjected to the conversion process. The processor (17) starts verifying operational soundness of the converters (12, 15, 16) when the measurement signal subjected to the conversion process satisfies a predetermined condition, and outputs, while the operational soundness of the converters (12, 15, 16) is being verified, a signal corresponding to the measurement signal subjected to the conversion process and acquired immediately before the operational soundness of the converters (12, 15, 16) is verified, or a signal corresponding to the measurement signal indicating a predetermined measured value of the sensor (11), as the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiro Yoshida, Shunsuke Ebisumoto
  • Publication number: 20220316925
    Abstract: A field device (10) includes a sensor (11) that measures a physical quantity and outputs a measurement signal indicating a measured value, converters (12, 15, 16) that perform a predetermined conversion process on the measurement signal, and a processor (17) that outputs an output signal corresponding to the measurement signal subjected to the conversion process. The processor (17) starts verifying operational soundness of the converters (12, 15, 16) when the measurement signal subjected to the conversion process satisfies a predetermined condition, and outputs, while the operational soundness of the converters (12, 15, 16) is being verified, a signal corresponding to the measurement signal subjected to the conversion process and acquired immediately before the operational soundness of the converters (12, 15, 16) is verified, or a signal corresponding to the measurement signal indicating a predetermined measured value of the sensor (11), as the output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumihiro Yoshida, Shunsuke Ebisumoto
  • Publication number: 20220307875
    Abstract: A field device (10) includes a detector (11) that detects a physical quantity and outputs a detection signal, a controller (121) that calculates, based on the detection signal, data for a measured trend indicating a temporal change in a parameter used for predictive diagnosis of the field device (10), and a memory (122) that stores the data. The controller (121) stores the data in the memory (122) at time intervals from the start time of measurement in the field device (10) to the current time and executes a compression process on the data stored in the memory (122) upon the amount of the data stored in the memory (122) reaching the upper limit of the storage capacity of the memory (122).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Shunsuke Ebisumoto
  • Patent number: 9247171
    Abstract: A sensitivity adjustment device may include: a light receiver configured to receive a reflected light that has been emitted from a light emitting unit and reflected by a reflector, the light receiver being configured to convert the reflected light into an analog electrical signal; an A/D converter configured to convert the analog electrical signal into a digital signal; a threshold value calculator configured to calculate a threshold value with reference to a voltage level of the digital signal that has been sequentially converted and output by the A/D converter; and a determination unit configured to compare a high voltage level of the digital signal with the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Ebisumoto, Kazuhiro Hashizumi, Yoshiharu Shiratori
  • Publication number: 20140077084
    Abstract: A sensitivity adjustment device may include: a light receiver configured to receive a reflected light that has been emitted from a light emitting unit and reflected by a reflector, the light receiver being configured to convert the reflected light into an analog electrical signal; an A/D converter configured to convert the analog electrical signal into a digital signal; a threshold value calculator configured to calculate a threshold value with reference to a voltage level of the digital signal that has been sequentially converted and output by the A/D converter; and a determination unit configured to compare a high voltage level of the digital signal with the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke EBISUMOTO, Kazuhiro HASHIZUMI, Yoshiharu SHIRATORI