Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Chiken
Yoshihiro Chiken 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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Patent number: 11536600Abstract: A Coriolis flowmeter includes a change ratio obtainer configured to obtain a change ratio of vibration of a vibration tube when the vibration tube is vibrated with a constant driving force by causing a switch to select a fixed gain setting voltage, a calculator configured to calculate a first parameter indicating at least one of a spring constant of the vibration tube and a damping coefficient of the vibration tube on the basis of the change ratio obtained by the change ratio obtainer and the constant driving force, and a predictor configured to predict at least one of a time, an operating time, and an integrated flow rate of a fluid flowing in the vibration tube required for a state of the vibration tube to become a state requiring maintenance, using the first parameter calculated by the calculator or a second parameter obtained by performing a predetermined calculation on the first parameter.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CornorationInventor: Yoshihiro Chiken
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Patent number: 10794746Abstract: A field device configured to measure a state amount of a fluid as a measured value, the field device includes a slug flow detector configured to detect an occurrence of a slug flow, and a controller configured to hold a hold value of the measured value if the occurrence of the slug flow is detected by the slug flow detector, the hold value being a value based on at least one measured value in a predetermined period from a predetermined time before a time at which the slug flow has been detected.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignees: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Rota Yokogawa GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Soichiro Katsushima, Janus Slotwinski, Yoshihiro Chiken
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Publication number: 20190242737Abstract: A Coriolis flowmeter includes a change ratio obtainer configured to obtain a change ratio of vibration of a vibration tube when the vibration tube is vibrated with a constant driving force by causing a switch to select a fixed gain setting voltage, a calculator configured to calculate a first parameter indicating at least one of a spring constant of the vibration tube and a damping coefficient of the vibration tube on the basis of the change ratio obtained by the change ratio obtainer and the constant driving force, and a predictor configured to predict at least one of a time, an operating time, and an integrated flow rate of a fluid flowing in the vibration tube required for a state of the vibration tube to become a state requiring maintenance, using the first parameter calculated by the calculator or a second parameter obtained by performing a predetermined calculation on the first parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventor: Yoshihiro CHIKEN
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Publication number: 20180202849Abstract: A field device configured to measure a state amount of a fluid as a measured value, the field device includes a slug flow detector configured to detect an occurrence of a slug flow, and a controller configured to hold a hold value of the measured value if the occurrence of the slug flow is detected by the slug flow detector, the hold value being a value based on at least one measured value in a predetermined period from a predetermined time before a time at which the slug flow has been detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicants: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Rota Yokogawa GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Soichiro KATSUSHIMA, Janus SLOTWINSKI, Yoshihiro CHIKEN
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Patent number: 9753891Abstract: A field device includes a first program area storing a first program, a second program area storing a second program designed such that if a program execution portion executes each of the first and second programs using the same data, a result of a calculation performed according to the second program is the same as a result of a calculation performed according to the first program, a first calculation result storage buffer storing a result of the calculation performed by the program execution portion according to the first program, and a second calculation result storage buffer storing a result of the calculation performed by the program execution portion according to the second program, and a calculation result comparator comparing the calculation result stored in the first calculation result storage buffer with the calculation result stored in the second calculation result storage buffer.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventor: Yoshihiro Chiken
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Publication number: 20150095386Abstract: A field device includes a first program area storing a first program, a second program area storing a second program designed such that if a program execution portion executes each of the first and second programs using the same data, a result of a calculation performed according to the second program is the same as a result of a calculation performed according to the first program, a first calculation result storage buffer storing a result of the calculation performed by the program execution portion according to the first program, and a second calculation result storage buffer storing a result of the calculation performed by the program execution portion according to the second program, and a calculation result comparator comparing the calculation result stored in the first calculation result storage buffer with the calculation result stored in the second calculation result storage buffer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshihiro CHIKEN
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Patent number: 8001847Abstract: There is provided a Coriolis mass flowmeter. The flowmeter is configured to vibrate a pipe line through which a fluid flows and measure a mass flow rate of the fluid flowing through the pipe line, based on a phase difference between an upstream vibration signal and a downstream vibration signal, wherein the upstream vibration signal is detected in an upstream side of the pipe line, and the downstream vibration signal is detected in a downstream side of the pipe line.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2010Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventor: Yoshihiro Chiken
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Publication number: 20110154915Abstract: There is provided a Coriolis mass flowmeter. The flowmeter is configured to vibrate a pipe line through which a fluid flows and measure a mass flow rate of the fluid flowing through the pipe line, based on a phase difference between an upstream vibration signal and a downstream vibration signal, wherein the upstream vibration signal is detected in an upstream side of the pipe line, and the downstream vibration signal is detected in a downstream side of the pipe line.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshihiro CHIKEN