Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Miharada

Tetsuya Miharada 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).

  • Component cost estimation system, component cost estimation method, cost standard data providing system, cost standard data providing method, recording medium, and computer data signal
    Patent number: 7398254
    Abstract: An external storage device of a component cost estimation system stores various cost information representing a component material and its cost in association with each other, and a component manufacturing step and a cost involved in the step in association with each other. An information processing apparatus specifies a material of a component to be manufactured, and a plurality of manufacturing steps. Then, the information processing apparatus retrieves a cost of the specified material, and costs corresponding to the specified manufacturing steps from the cost information, and estimates a cost of the component based on the retrieved costs. The cost of the component is computed by adding up the cost of the material and the costs involved in all the manufacturing steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ueda, Michikazu Sakurai, Manabu Ogishima, Tetsuya Miharada, Takaaki Katoh, Hiroyuki Shiratori, Masatoshi Watanabe, Yohichiroh Mukunoki, Yoshio Takahashi
  • Component cost estimation system, component cost estimation method, cost standard data providing system, cost standard data providing method, recording medium, and computer data signal
    Publication number: 20020087490
    Abstract: An external storage device of a component cost estimation system stores various cost information representing a component material and its cost in association with each other, and a component manufacturing step and a cost involved in the step in association with each other. An information processing apparatus specifies a material of a component to be manufactured, and a plurality of manufacturing steps. Then, the information processing apparatus retrieves a cost of the specified material, and costs corresponding to the specified manufacturing steps from the cost information, and estimates a cost of the component based on the retrieved costs. The cost of the component is computed by adding up the cost of the material and the costs involved in all the manufacturing steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Masayuki Ueda, Michikazu Sakurai, Manabu Ogishima, Tetsuya Miharada, Takaaki Katoh, Hiroyuki shiratori, Masatoshi Watanabe, Yohichiroh Mukunoki, Yoshio Takahashi