Patents by Inventor Tetuichi Satonaga

Tetuichi Satonaga 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).

  • Failure diagnosis system, a failure diagnosis device, an information update device, and a computer-readable medium
    Patent number: 8290893
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a failure diagnosis system including: a causal relationship information storage unit configured to store causal relationship information representing a causal relationship between events regarding a diagnosis-target apparatus, the causal relationship information including: common causal relationship information that is commonly used in a plurality of types of failure diagnosis regarding the diagnosis-target apparatus; and specific causal relationship information that is used in each specific type of failure diagnosis among the plurality of types of failure diagnosis; and a diagnosis execution unit configured to selectively execute the plural types of failure diagnosis by using a combined causal relationship information that is a combination of the common causal relationship information and a piece of the specific causal relationship information corresponding to a diagnosis-target type of failure diagnosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norikazu Yamada, Koji Adachi, Kaoru Yasukawa, Shigehiro Furukawa, Koki Uwatoko, Tetuichi Satonaga
  • FAILURE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM, A FAILURE DIAGNOSIS DEVICE, AN INFORMATION UPDATE DEVICE, AND A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20100161546
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a failure diagnosis system including: a causal relationship information storage unit configured to store causal relationship information representing a causal relationship between events regarding a diagnosis-target apparatus, the causal relationship information including: common causal relationship information that is commonly used in a plurality of types of failure diagnosis regarding the diagnosis-target apparatus; and specific causal relationship information that is used in each specific type of failure diagnosis among the plurality of types of failure diagnosis; and a diagnosis execution unit configured to selectively execute the plural types of failure diagnosis by using a combined causal relationship information that is a combination of the common causal relationship information and a piece of the specific causal relationship information corresponding to a diagnosis-target type of failure diagnosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norikazu YAMADA, Koji ADACHI, Kaoru YASUKAWA, Shigehiro FURUKAWA, Koki UWATOKO, Tetuichi SATONAGA