Patents by Inventor Tomoko Shibata
Tomoko Shibata 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).
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Publication number: 20240144148Abstract: Provided is a technique for facilitating evaluation of a relationship between persons in work. An information processing device according to one embodiment includes: an acquisition unit that acquires an achievement value for each work representing an achievement of each work obtained when a plurality of workers is combined and allocated to the work; a calculation unit that calculates an evaluation value for each work by comparing the achievement value for each work with a reference value; a determination unit that determines quality of a relationship between the plurality of workers based on the evaluation value for each work; and a setting unit that sets, based on a result of the determination, a relationship value numerically representing the quality of the relationship between the plurality of workers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2021Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi TAKATSU, Tomoko SHIBATA, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Masanobu SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20240046170Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, an information processing device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire first and second restriction conditions that are restriction conditions related to a plurality of tasks or a plurality of workers; an allocation execution unit configured to allocate the plurality of workers to the plurality of tasks based on a time index having a plurality of weights based on the first restriction condition and generate an allocation result; a determination unit configured to determine whether the allocation result satisfies a determination condition based on the second restriction condition; a correction unit configured to correct a weight related to a task which is a factor by which the allocation result is determined not to satisfy the determination condition among the plurality of weights when the allocation result does not satisfy the determination condition; and an output unit configured to output the allocation result when the allocation result satisfieType: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi TAKATSU, Tomoko SHIBATA, Masanobu SAKAMOTO, Hiroshi YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20230351538Abstract: The falling risk determination device includes the acquisition unit, the calculation unit, the measurement unit, and the determination unit. The acquisition unit acquires time-series data related to gravity center oscillation of the worker from a sensor unit provided at a leg portion of a high-place work tool on which the worker rides. The calculation unit calculates an evaluation value related to the gravity center oscillation from the time-series data. The measurement unit carries out a Stroop test on the worker in parallel with processing of acquiring time-series data, and measures the fatigue level of the worker using the result of the Stroop test. The determination unit determines that the falling risk is high in a case where the evaluation value is larger than an average value of past evaluation values corresponding to the fatigue level.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Rie SAKAI, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Tomoko SHIBATA
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Publication number: 20230334397Abstract: In one embodiment, a work assignment support device is configured to: classify past assignment table data indicating assignment of work to workers into data at normal time and data at time of saturation by comparison between a workable amount determined from a number of the workers and an actual amount of work; set a threshold to each of a plurality of items on the basis of information on the plurality of items relating to an attribute of a worker, an attribute of work, or an attribute of a combination of a worker and work related to the data at normal time; and determine whether or not information on each of the plurality of items related to the data at time of saturation satisfies the threshold, and determine priority order of the plurality of items on the basis of a result of the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2020Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Satoshi TAKATSU, Tomoko SHIBATA, Hiroshi Yoshida
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Publication number: 20230281273Abstract: A reliability determination system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a measurement unit, a determination unit, and a storage unit. The measurement unit measures a movement of a center of gravity of an operator who inputs data. The determination unit determines the reliability of the input data using a result of the measurement of the movement of the center of gravity of the operator inputting the data. The storage unit stores the reliability in association with the input data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2020Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Yoshiaki Shoji, Hiroshi Yoshida, Masanobu Sakamoto, Tomoko SHIBATA
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Publication number: 20230259840Abstract: A state detection device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires sensor values related to a center of gravity sway of a worker as time series data from a sensor which is disposed on a leg of equipment for work at height that the worker gets on and which outputs the sensor values; a calculation unit that calculates a feature of a center of gravity sway area and an evaluation value related to the center of gravity sway of the worker from the time series data; an abnormality determination unit that determines whether or not the sensor values are abnormal according to whether or not the feature of the center of gravity sway area satisfies an abnormality determination condition; and a determination unit that determines that the worker is in an unstable state if the sensor values are determined not to be abnormal and the evaluation value is equal to or greater than a threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Taisuke WAKASUGI, Tomoko SHIBATA, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Rie SAKAI
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Publication number: 20230252378Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to one embodiment includes an assignment cost value list acquisition unit that acquires a first assignment cost value list including an assignment cost value of an individual worker of a plurality of workers for an individual task of a plurality of tasks, a constraint information acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a constraint for an assignment of the individual task, and a constraint reflection unit that generates a second assignment cost value list in accordance with a change of one or more of the assignment cost values including the first assignment cost value list in accordance with the constraint.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2020Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Satoshi TAKATSU, Tomoko SHIBATA, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Masanobu SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20230235581Abstract: A measurement system according to the present embodiment includes a work tool, a sensor unit, an acquisition unit, a change unit, and a calculation unit. The work tool has a tread board with a variable width. The sensor unit is provided in the work tool. The acquisition unit acquires, from the sensor unit, time-series data on gravity center sway of a worker, in a state where the worker is standing on the tread board. The change unit reduces the width of the tread board in response to a trigger. The calculation unit calculates, from the time-series data, an evaluation value for the gravity center sway of the worker, for each width of the tread board.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2020Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Rie SAKAI, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Hiroshi OIWA, Tomoko SHIBATA
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Publication number: 20230135334Abstract: An information processing device calculates multiple types of assignment cost values for realizing realistic task assignment. The information processing device includes a first assignment cost value calculation unit, a classification unit, and a second assignment cost value calculation unit. The first assignment cost value calculation unit calculates a first assignment cost value by using a first coefficient based on a first restriction in accordance with work skills of workers, on the basis of past task assignment results indicating tasks done by workers on each day. The classification unit classifies the workers based on the past task assignment results. The second assignment cost value calculation unit calculates a second assignment cost value by using a second coefficient based on a second restriction in accordance with classifications of the workers determined by the classification unit, on the basis of the past task assignment results.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2020Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Satoshi TAKATSU, Tomoko SHIBATA, Hiroshi Yoshida
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Publication number: 20220351114Abstract: An information collecting apparatus according to an embodiment includes a sensor data acquisition unit configured to acquire sensor data related to work performed by a worker, a work information data generation unit configured to generate work information data related to work performed by the worker for a specific period of time based on the sensor data acquired by the sensor data acquisition unit, and a danger information specification unit configured to specify work information data related to an action that indicates danger as dangerous work information data indicating dangerous work performed by the worker when an action of the worker in a predetermined period of time, which is indicated by the work information data generated, is the action that indicates danger.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2019Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Rie SAKAI, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Naoki NISHIYAMA, Tomoko SHIBATA
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Publication number: 20220343261Abstract: An arrangement apparatus (10) includes: an acquisition unit (111) configured to acquire the number of tasks and the number of human resources who address the tasks; a calculation unit (112) configured to calculate a result of arranging the human resources to each of the tasks to Pareto-optimize a first element and a second element, based at least on a first evaluation value related to the first element that is to be emphasized when the human resources are arranged for the tasks and a second evaluation value related to the second element that is an element to be emphasized when the human resources are arranged for the tasks and is different from the first element; and an output unit (113) configured to output an arrangement result calculated by the calculation unit (112).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Masahide TAKASUKA, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Tomoko SHIBATA, Masateru INOUE
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Publication number: 20220341263Abstract: It is possible to easily detect a state of a worker while securing a safety of the worker. A state detection device according to a present embodiment includes a sensor unit, an acquisition unit, a calculation unit, and a determination unit. The sensor unit is disposed on a leg portion of a high-place work tool on which a worker stands. The acquisition unit acquires time-series data related to gravity center sway of the worker from the plurality of sensors. The calculation unit calculates an evaluation value for the gravity center sway from the time-series data. The determination unit determines that a state of the worker working is unstable when the evaluation value is equal to or greater than a threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Rie SAKAI, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Tomoko SHIBATA
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Publication number: 20220335364Abstract: A human resource arrangement apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a first storage unit (14) that stores predetermined assignment information indicating a result of assigning human resources who process a plurality of types of tasks to each of the tasks; a second storage unit (14) that stores processing information including values indicating processing abilities of the human resources for each of the plurality of types of tasks, a generation section (111) that generates, for the tasks, assignment information indicating a result of assigning the human resources who process the tasks, based on the processing information stored in the second storage unit (14); a determination section (112) that determines whether the generated assignment information is proper, through comparison between the assignment information stored in the first storage unit (14) and the assignment information generated by the generation section (111); and a decision section (114) that decides, in accordance with a determination ofType: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Masahide TAKASUKA, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Tomoko SHIBATA
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Publication number: 20220156672Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a registration processing unit configured to register, in a storage device, a work node made up of basic blocks, corresponding to respective processes, connected to each other by a link, the work node including a first node indicating a device/tool used by a worker for performing their work, a second node indicating the worker, a third node indicating a process that is a unit of the work activity, and a fourth node indicating a work target object of the worker in the process; and an analysis processing unit configured to execute analysis processing of analyzing at least one of a history of a work activity performed by a predetermined worker, a history of a work activity performed on a predetermined work target object, and a history indicating a worker and a work target object related to a predetermined work, based on the work node registered in the storage device by the registration processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki SHOJI, Masateru INOUE, Tomoko SHIBATA, Hiroshi YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20100210887Abstract: A catalyst for producing a light olefin including a pentasil-type zeolite, alkaline earth metal atoms and aluminum atoms contained in the pentasil-type zeolite satisfying the following atomic ratio: [alkaline earth metal atom/aluminum atom]=0.2 to 15, the average value of the gradient of an adsorption isotherm of the pentasil-type zeolite measured by the nitrogen adsorption method being 30 or more at a relative pressure of 0.2 to 0.7.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicants: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD., NIKKI-UNIVERSAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoko Shibata, Kenichi Wakui, Kinsho Furusawa, Tetsuya Saruwatari, Takashi Umeki, Masami Sawai, Nobuyuki Aoi, Kazuo Osada
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Patent number: 7566839Abstract: A contact-breaker device that can be miniaturized, realize low power consumption and low cost, and generate an irregular pulse current by causing irregular electrical conduction and insulation of a circuit. The contact-breaker device comprises: fixed terminals 12A and 12B secured at positions spaced apart from each other; and a movable member 11 capable of moving relative to the fixed terminals 12A and 12B and coming into or avoiding contact with the fixed terminals 12A and 12B based on its movement, thereby causing electrical conduction or insulation between the fixed terminals 12A and 12B; wherein the movable member 11 irregularly moves in accordance with externally applied vibration, thereby causing irregular electrical conduction or insulation between the fixed terminals 12A and 12B.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2005Date of Patent: July 28, 2009Assignee: Hukuba Dental Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Hukuba, Akira Ikegami, Keisabro Tozawa, Yukito Kohno, Akiko Saeki, legal representative, Satoshi Saeki, legal representative, Tomoko Shibata, legal representative, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Toshio Tobe, Kiyoshi Ikegami, Kimihiro Saeki
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Publication number: 20060028306Abstract: A contact-breaker device that can be miniaturized, realize low power consumption and low cost, and generate an irregular pulse current by causing irregular electrical conduction and insulation of a circuit. The contact-breaker device comprises: fixed terminals 12A and 12B secured at positions spaced apart from each other; and a movable member 11 capable of moving relative to the fixed terminals 12A and 12B and coming into or avoiding contact with the fixed terminals 12A and 12B based on its movement, thereby causing electrical conduction or insulation between the fixed terminals 12A and 12B; wherein the movable member 11 irregularly moves in accordance with externally applied vibration, thereby causing irregular electrical conduction or insulation between the fixed terminals 12A and 12B.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2005Publication date: February 9, 2006Applicant: HUKUBA DENTAL KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Hukuba, Akira Ikegami, Keisabro Tozawa, Yukito Kohno, Kimihiro Saeki, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Toshio Tobe, Kiyoshi Ikegami, Akiko Saeki, Satoshi Saeki, Tomoko Shibata
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Patent number: 6640650Abstract: A flow rate sensor high in pressure resistance has a structure to facilitate the measurement of a minuscule differential pressure for measurement of a very small flow rate. A chamber (20) is defined into a primary chamber (21) and a secondary chamber (25) by two diaphragms (31, 32) arranged in an opposed relation to each other. A fluid is passed from the primary chamber to the secondary chamber through a bypass (35) having an orifice portion (40) thereby to generate a differential pressure. The load generated by the fluid pressure fluctuations received by the first and second diaphragms is detected as a difference of displacement by a load difference sensor (50) arranged between the first and second diaphragms thereby to detect the flow rate of the fluid. Displacement limiting members (61, 62) are provided for the diaphragms or the load difference sensor so that the displacement due to the fluid pressure fluctuations received by the first and second diaphragms may not exceed a predetermined amount.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2003Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: Advance Denki Kougyou Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hironori Matsuzawa, Tomoko Shibata
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Publication number: 20030172744Abstract: A novel flow rate sensor high in pressure resistance, which has such a structure as to facilitate the measurement of a minuscule differential pressure for measurement of a very small flow rate, is disclosed. A chamber (20) is defined into a primary chamber (21) and a secondary chamber (25) by two diaphragms (31, 32) arranged in an opposed relation to each other. A fluid is passed from the primary chamber to the secondary chamber through a bypass (35) having an orifice portion (40) thereby to generate a differential pressure. The load generated by the fluid pressure fluctuations received by the first and second diaphragms is detected as a difference of displacement by a load difference sensor (50) arranged between the first and second diaphragms thereby to detect the flow rate of the fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2003Publication date: September 18, 2003Inventors: Hironori Matsuzawa, Tomoko Shibata
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Patent number: 6471143Abstract: An injector is disclosed, in which the change in the internal pressure of each chamber is relaxed when a pressure application mechanism is reciprocating thereby to lengthen the service life of the component parts including a diaphragm portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2001Date of Patent: October 29, 2002Assignee: Advance Denki Kougyou Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hironori Matsuzawa, Rokurou Ozaki, Tomoko Shibata