Patents by Inventor Tetsuaki Kurokawa

Tetsuaki Kurokawa 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: 10032128
    Abstract: By using, as decision variables, an initial transfer time (k_it_[i]) ? a final transfer time (k_ft[i]) of each of transfer target steel materials (lots) i including materials to arrive and already arriving materials, a transfer constraint expression regarding the transfer order of the transfer target steel materials (lots) i and a transfer objective function for minimizing the time during which the transfer target steel material (lot) i stays in a course of being transferred to a main pile are expressed, and optimum values (k_itopt[i], k_ftopt[i]) of the initial transfer time ? the final transfer time of the transfer target steel material (lot) i are derived so that the transfer objective function JA is minimized within a range satisfying the transfer constraint expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuaki Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20150012395
    Abstract: By using, as decision variables, an initial transfer time (k_it_[i]) • a final transfer time (k_ft[i]) of each of transfer target steel materials (lots) i including materials to arrive and already arriving materials, a transfer constraint expression regarding the transfer order of the transfer target steel materials (lots) i and a transfer objective function for minimizing the time during which the transfer target steel material (lot) i stays in a course of being transferred to a main pile are expressed, and optimum values (k_itopt[i], k_ftopt[i]) of the initial transfer time • the final transfer time of the transfer target steel material (lot) i are derived so that the transfer objective function JA is minimized within a range satisfying the transfer constraint expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventor: Tetsuaki Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 7865260
    Abstract: A production schedule creation device includes: a production simulator (100) simulating a production process expressing the production state and the production constraint of the production process; a mathematical expression holding device holding a mathematical model (110) created by acquiring information relating to creation of the production schedule in attention as a mathematical model expressing, in a mathematical expression, the production state and the production constraint of the production process; and an optimization calculation device (120) performing the optimization calculation by using a predetermined evaluation function for the mathematical model (110) and calculating a production instruction for the production simulator. The production instruction obtained by the optimization calculation device is supplied to the production simulator (100) so as to execute simulation. Thus, an optimum solution can be obtained by performing only one simulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhito Yaji, Kenji Sugiyama, Tetsuaki Kurokawa, Masanori Shioya, Kuniharu Ito, Hirokazu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7860595
    Abstract: A production schedule creation device includes: a production simulator (100) simulating a production process expressing the production state and the production constraint of the production process; a mathematical expression holding device holding a mathematical model (110) created by acquiring information relating to creation of the production schedule in attention as a mathematical model expressing, in a mathematical expression, the production state and the production constraint of the production process; and an optimization calculation device (120) performing the optimization calculation by using a predetermined evaluation function for the mathematical model (110) and calculating a production instruction for the production simulator. The production instruction obtained by the optimization calculation device is supplied to the production simulator (100) so as to execute simulation. Thus, an optimum solution can be obtained by performing only one simulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhito Yaji, Kenji Sugiyama, Tetsuaki Kurokawa, Masanori Shioya, Kuniharu Ito, Hirokazu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20100168893
    Abstract: A production schedule creation device includes: a production simulator (100) simulating a production process expressing the production state and the production constraint of the production process; a mathematical expression holding device holding a mathematical model (110) crated by acquiring information relating to creation of the production schedule in attention as a mathematical model expressing, in a mathematical expression, the production state and the production constraint of the production process; and an optimization calculation device (120) performing optimization calculation by using a predetermined evaluation function for the mathematical model (110) and calculating a production instruction for the production simulator. The production instruction obtained by the optimization calculation device is supplied to the production simulator (100) so as to execute simulation. Thus, an optimum solution can be obtained by performing only one simulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhito Yaji, Kenji Sugiyama, Tetsuaki Kurokawa, Masanori Shioya, Kuniharu Ito, Hirokazu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20100138023
    Abstract: A production schedule creation device includes: a production simulator (100) simulating a production process expressing the production state and the production constraint of the production process; a mathematical expression holding device holding a mathematical model (110) crated by acquiring information relating to creation of the production schedule in attention as a mathematical model expressing, in a mathematical expression, the production state and the production constraint of the production process; and an optimization calculation device (120) performing the optimization calculation by using a predetermined evaluation function for the mathematical model (110) and calculating a production instruction for the production simulator. The production instruction obtained by the optimization calculation device is supplied to the production simulator (100) so as to execute simulation. Thus, an optimum solution can be obtained by performing only one simulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhito Yaji, Kenji Sugiyama, Tetsuaki Kurokawa, Masanori Shioya, Kuniharu Ito, Hirokazu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7676293
    Abstract: A production schedule creation device includes: a production simulator (100) simulating a production process expressing the production state and the production constraint of the production process; a mathematical expression holding device holding a mathematical model (110) created by acquiring information relating to creation of the production schedule in attention as a mathematical model expressing, in a mathematical expression, the production state and the production constraint of the production process; and an optimization calculation device (120) performing the optimization calculation by using a predetermined evaluation function for the mathematical model (110) and calculating a production instruction for the production simulator. The production instruction obtained by the optimization calculation device is supplied to the production simulator (100) so as to execute simulation. Thus, an optimum solution can be obtained by performing only one simulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhito Yaji, Kenji Sugiyama, Tetsuaki Kurokawa, Masanori Shioya, Kuniharu Ito, Hirokazu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20070168067
    Abstract: A production schedule creation device includes: a production simulator (100) simulating a production process expressing the production state and the production constraint of the production process; a mathematical expression holding device holding a mathematical model (110) crated by acquiring information relating to creation of the production schedule in attention as a mathematical model expressing, in a mathematical expression, the production state and the production constraint of the production process; and an optimization calculation device (120) performing the optimization calculation by using a predetermined evaluation function for the mathematical model (110) and calculating a production instruction for the production simulator. The production instruction obtained by the optimization calculation device is supplied to the production simulator (100) so as to execute simulation. Thus, an optimum solution can be obtained by performing only one simulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2004
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Yasuhito Yaji, Kenji Sugiyama, Tetsuaki Kurokawa, Masanori Shioya, Kuniharu Ito, Hirokazu Kobayashi