Patents by Inventor Tatsuzou SAKURAMOTO

Tatsuzou SAKURAMOTO 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).

  • Instrumentation system and method for maintaining the same
    Patent number: 9946613
    Abstract: An instrumentation system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of field devices, in which each of the field devices is configured to perform at least one of measuring and operation of a target, a connection device including a plurality of slots, in which I/O modules are respectively attachable to the slots and the field devices are connectable to the I/O module, and a host control device configured to individually set the I/O modules attached to the slots to have a redundant configuration or a non-redundant configuration and to operate a first I/O module having the non-redundant configuration, among the I/O modules attached to the slots, in a pseudo redundant configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahisa Goto, Tatsuzou Sakuramoto, Koji Nagatomi, Hiroaki Higuchi, Ryuichiro Hoshina
  • INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150199245
    Abstract: An instrumentation system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of field devices, in which each of the field devices is configured to perform at least one of measuring and operation of a target, a connection device including a plurality of slots, in which I/O modules are respectively attachable to the slots and the field devices are connectable to the I/O module, and a host control device configured to individually set the I/O modules attached to the slots to have a redundant configuration or a non-redundant configuration and to operate a first I/O module having the non-redundant configuration, among the I/O modules attached to the slots, in a pseudo redundant configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahisa GOTO, Tatsuzou SAKURAMOTO, Koji NAGATOMI, Hiroaki HIGUCHI, Ryuichiro HOSHINA