Patents by Inventor Taro KEMMOTSU

Taro KEMMOTSU 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: 11003178
    Abstract: A facility diagnosis device includes: a process data acquirer that acquires process data indicating a state of a process executed in a plant; a production data acquirer that acquires production data indicating a production state in the plant; a state information generator that generates state information for estimating an operation state of a facility operating in the process based on the acquired process data or the acquired production data, or the process data and the production data; and a determiner that determines the operation state of the facility based on the acquired process data or the generated state information and the acquired production data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Fujita, Nobuhiro Tomosada, Kazuma Takenaka, Shinya Kato, Taro Kemmotsu
  • Patent number: 10956567
    Abstract: A control device of an integrated industrial system which is established in a plant, the control device includes a defender configured to perform a countermeasure of restricting at least a part of functions of a self-device, based on a detection result of a detector which detects a cyber-attack from at least one of inside and outside to the integrated industrial system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki Ogawa, Kazuya Suzuki, Yasuhiko Yamashiro, Sho Fujita, Kenji Hasegawa, Taro Kemmotsu, Yuichiro Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 10819742
    Abstract: An integrated industrial system includes a safety instrumented system which is installed in a first zone, a host system which is connected to the safety instrumented system through a network, the host system being installed in a second zone which is different from the first zone, a detector which is installed in each of the first zone and the second zone, the detector being configured to detect a cyber-attack from outside to a self-zone, and a defender configured to perform a countermeasure of restricting a communication between the first zone and the second zone or of restricting a communication in the first zone or the second zone, based on a detection result of the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki Ogawa, Kazuya Suzuki, Yasuhiko Yamashiro, Sho Fujita, Kenji Hasegawa, Taro Kemmotsu, Yuichiro Kadowaki
  • Publication number: 20190033840
    Abstract: A facility diagnosis device includes: a process data acquirer that acquires process data indicating a state of a process executed in a plant; a production data acquirer that acquires production data indicating a production state in the plant; a state information generator that generates state information for estimating an operation state of a facility operating in the process based on the acquired process data or the acquired production data, or the process data and the production data; and a determiner that determines the operation state of the facility based on the acquired process data or the generated state information and the acquired production data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Fujita, Nobuhiro Tomosada, Kazuma Takenaka, Shinya Kato, Taro Kemmotsu
  • Publication number: 20170171243
    Abstract: An integrated industrial system includes a safety instrumented system which is installed in a first zone, a host system which is connected to the safety instrumented system through a network, the host system being installed in a second zone which is different from the first zone, a detector which is installed in each of the first zone and the second zone, the detector being configured to detect a cyber-attack from outside to a self-zone, and a defender configured to perform a countermeasure of restricting a communication between the first zone and the second zone or of restricting a communication in the first zone or the second zone, based on a detection result of the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki OGAWA, Kazuya SUZUKI, Yasuhiko YAMASHIRO, Sho FUJITA, Kenji HASEGAWA, Taro KEMMOTSU, Yuichiro KADOWAKI
  • Publication number: 20170169219
    Abstract: A control device of an integrated industrial system which is established in a plant, the control device includes a defender configured to perform a countermeasure of restricting at least a part of functions of a self-device, based on a detection result of a detector which detects a cyber-attack from at least one of inside and outside to the integrated industrial system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki OGAWA, Kazuya SUZUKI, Yasuhiko YAMASHIRO, Sho FUJITA, Kenji HASEGAWA, Taro KEMMOTSU, Yuichiro KADOWAKI