Patents by Inventor Yoko Todo

Yoko Todo 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: 6978226
    Abstract: A deterioration diagnosis method, wherein the amount of weight loss of a metallic material due to corrosion in atmospheric air for the exposure days is formulated as a function for environmental assessment points which represents a level of a harmfulness of the atmospheric conditions; and the life span of the metallic material is diagnosed based on the corrosion loss calculated from the function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Katsumi Kanehira, Yoko Todo, Keiichi Sasaki, Akira Sawada, Kenji Adachi, Kazushige Kimura
  • Patent number: 6751577
    Abstract: In a method of degradation diagnosis according to the present invention, an equipment degradation diagnosis request is input through network 4 from a diagnosis requester and a degradation diagnosis requests handler is selected in accordance with execution condition information of degradation diagnosis specified in respect of at least one degradation diagnosis requests handler and condition information in accordance with which an diagnosis requester requests degradation diagnosis. A request for execution of degradation diagnosis is made to this selected degradation diagnosis requests handler and the results of execution of the degradation diagnosis obtained by the selected degradation diagnosis requests handler are acquired and output through network 4 to the diagnosis requester. In this way, a service can be implemented whereby diagnosis of degradation requested by a diagnosis requester from a diagnostic service provider is performed rapidly and easily at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Keiichi Sasaki, Akira Sawada, Yoko Todo, Katsumi Kanehira, Kazushige Kimura, Kenji Adachi, Masaaki Ookubo, Tadayoshi Murayama, Hiromi Imai
  • Publication number: 20020120426
    Abstract: In a method of degradation diagnosis according to the present invention, an equipment degradation diagnosis request is input through network 4 from a diagnosis requester and a degradation diagnosis requests handler is selected in accordance with execution condition information of degradation diagnosis specified in respect of at least one degradation diagnosis requests handler and condition information in accordance with which an diagnosis requester requests degradation diagnosis. A request for execution of degradation diagnosis is made to this selected degradation diagnosis requests handler and the results of execution of the degradation diagnosis obtained by the selected degradation diagnosis requests handler are acquired and output through network 4 to the diagnosis requester. In this way, a service can be implemented whereby diagnosis of degradation requested by a diagnosis requester from a diagnostic service provider is performed rapidly and easily at low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Keiichi Sasaki, Akira Sawada, Yoko Todo, Katsumi Kanehira, Kazushige Kimura, Kenji Adachi, Masaaki Ookubo, Tadayoshi Murayama, Hiromi Imai
  • Publication number: 20020072878
    Abstract: A deterioration diagnosis method, wherein the amount of weight loss of a metallic material due to corrosion in atmospheric air for the exposure days is formulated as a function for environmental assessment points which represents a level of a harmfulness of the atmospheric conditions; and the life span of the metallic material is diagnosed based on the corrosion loss calculated from the function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Katsumi Kanehira, Yoko Todo, Keiichi Sasaki, Akira Sawada, Kenji Adachi, Kazushige Kimura