Patents by Inventor Tohru Akatsu

Tohru Akatsu 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: 9740195
    Abstract: To further optimize an operation of a power plant. The system has a storage cell which charges utilizing surplus electric power generated by a power plant 10 and a database 23 which accumulates at least information on power consumption for each power plant apparatus 11 (hereinafter, described as an in-plant apparatus). An integrated controller 225 compares power consumption of the power plant apparatus 11 in operation in the case of executing each function among a plurality of functions and an electric discharge capacity of the storage cell, and selects an executable function within a range of the electric discharge capacity of the storage cell. Then, it controls to execute the selected function utilizing electric power supplied from the storage cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhide Kitagawa, Kazuyasu Asakura, Tohru Akatsu, Hiroto Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 9223309
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus has: an abnormality detecting unit which can detect an abnormality of a self apparatus; a second communication unit for receiving state information through a second communication network; a plant information forming unit for forming plant information as information regarding the whole plant equipment based on a plurality of state information; a first communication unit for transmitting the plant information to a maintenance tool through a first communication network; and an abnormal-case control unit constructed in such a manner that when the abnormality detecting unit detects the abnormality, a substituting request is transmitted to the other control unit, when a response to the substituting request is affirmative, an operation of the self apparatus is stopped, and when the response to the substituting request is negative or when the response to the substituting request is not received, the state information is transferred to the maintenance tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamada, Yoshio Maruyama, Tohru Akatsu
  • Publication number: 20150277437
    Abstract: To further optimize an operation of a power plant. The system has a storage cell which charges utilizing surplus electric power generated by a power plant 10 and a database 23 which accumulates at least information on power consumption for each power plant apparatus 11 (hereinafter, described as an in-plant apparatus). An integrated controller 225 compares power consumption of the power plant apparatus 11 in operation in the case of executing each function among a plurality of functions and an electric discharge capacity of the storage cell, and selects an executable function within a range of the electric discharge capacity of the storage cell. Then, it controls to execute the selected function utilizing electric power supplied from the storage cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhide Kitagawa, Kazuyasu Asakura, Tohru Akatsu, Hiroto Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 8930000
    Abstract: This invention includes a control device and a maintenance support device. The maintenance support device included in the plant monitor and control device selects temporary setting target logic element among logic elements contained in a control logic data, generates a temporary setting target logic element data, and generates a temporary setting logic element parameter data in accordance with a value of logic element parameter inputted by an operator. The control device memorizes the temporary setting target logic element data sent from the maintenance support device as the temporary setting target logic element data, and also the logic element parameter data before the temporary setting corresponding to the logic element designated by the temporary setting target logic element data among the logic element parameter data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamada, Yoshio Maruyama, Tohru Akatsu
  • Patent number: 8374708
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a plant system has data input/output units for inputting measured data obtained from a plant and a control command for the plant, a data transmission unit for transmission of data between a control unit and a plant monitor unit which are coupled to each other through a network, and a stimulated data mass setting and cancelling unit for performing mass setting of data handled by the data input/output unit and/or data handled by the data transmission unit to simulated data managed in the form of a list table by means of a maintenance tool and performing mass cancelling of the stimulated data set in the list table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamada, Yoshio Maruyama, Tohru Akatsu
  • Publication number: 20110224806
    Abstract: This invention includes a control device and a maintenance support device. The maintenance support device included in the plant monitor and control device selects temporary setting target logic element among logic elements contained in a control logic data, generates a temporary setting target logic element data, and generates a temporary setting logic element parameter data in accordance with a value of logic element parameter inputted by an operator. The control device memorizes the temporary setting target logic element data sent from the maintenance support device as the temporary setting target logic element data, and also the logic element parameter data before the temporary setting corresponding to the logic element designated by the temporary setting target logic element data among the logic element parameter data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Takahiro YAMADA, Yoshio Maruyama, Tohru Akatsu
  • Publication number: 20100262306
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a plant system has data input/output units for inputting measured data obtained from a plant and a control command for the plant, a data transmission unit for transmission of data between a control unit and a plant monitor unit which are coupled to each other through a network, and a stimulated data mass setting and cancelling unit for performing mass setting of data handled by the data input/output unit and/or data handled by the data transmission unit to simulated data managed in the form of a list table by means of a maintenance tool and performing mass cancelling of the stimulated data set in the list table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamada, Yoshio Maruyama, Tohru Akatsu
  • Patent number: 7292897
    Abstract: A multiplexing control system has a common process input/output unit for distributing process signals from sensors for measuring the same state variable of a process to digital controllers. One process input/output unit for inputting/outputting a process signal between the multiplexing control system and plant is provided for each process signal. The process input/output unit for the process signal of high importance is triplexed. A process controller having an operating function is provided to each of the triplexed process input/output units. A process input/output unit for the process signal of intermediate importance is diplexed. A process input/output unit for the process signal of low importance is monoplexed. The process signals of the diplexed process input/output units and the monoplexed process input/output unit are controlled by a controller having a master right among the process controllers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Miura, Shoei Takahashi, Kazuyasu Asakura, Yoshio Maruyama, Katsuhito Shimizu, Yukiko Mori, Tohru Akatsu
  • Patent number: 7292896
    Abstract: A multiplexing control system has a common process input/output unit for distributing process signals from sensors for measuring the same state variable of a process to digital controllers. One process input/output unit for inputting/outputting a process signal between the multiplexing control system and plant is provided for each process signal. The process input/output unit for the process signal of high importance is triplexed. A process controller having an operating function is provided to each of the triplexed process input/output units. A process input/output unit for the process signal of intermediate importance is diplexed. A process input/output unit for the process signal of low importance is monoplexed. The process signals of the diplexed process input/output units and the monoplexed process input/output unit are controlled by a controller having a master right among the process controllers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Miura, Shoei Takahashi, Kazuyasu Asakura, Yoshio Maruyama, Katsuhito Shimizu, Yukiko Mori, Tohru Akatsu
  • Publication number: 20040114509
    Abstract: A multiplexing control system has a common process input/output unit for distributing process signals from sensors for measuring the same state variable of a process to digital controllers. One process input/output unit for inputting/outputting a process signal between the multiplexing control system and plant is provided for each process signal. The process input/output unit for the process signal of high importance is triplexed. A process controller having an operating function is provided to each of the triplexed process input/output units. A process input/output unit for the process signal of intermediate importance is diplexed. A process input/output unit for the process signal of low importance is monoplexed. The process signals of the diplexed process input/output units and the monoplexed process input/output unit are controlled by a controller having a master right among the process controllers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Miura, Shoei Takahashi, Kazuyasu Asakura, Yoshio Maruyama, Katsuhito Shimizu, Yukiko Mori, Tohru Akatsu
  • Publication number: 20030137998
    Abstract: A multiplexing control system has a common process input/output unit for distributing process signals from sensors for measuring the same state variable of a process to digital controllers. One process input/output unit for inputting/outputting a process signal between the multiplexing control system and plant is provided for each process signal. The process input/output unit for the process signal of high importance is triplexed. A process controller having an operating function is provided to each of the triplexed process input/output units. A process input/output unit for the process signal of intermediate importance is diplexed. A process input/output unit for the process signal of low importance is monoplexed. The process signals of the diplexed process input/output units and the monoplexed process input/output unit are controlled by a controller having a master right among the process controllers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Miura, Shoei Takahashi, Kazuyasu Asakura, Yoshio Maruyama, Katsuhito Shimizu, Yukiko Mori, Tohru Akatsu