Patents by Inventor Yuichi Satoguchi

Yuichi Satoguchi 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).

  • FLOW CONVERSION SYSTEM FOR A MANUFACTURING PROCESS, METHOD FOR CONVERTING A PROCESS FLOW, SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MANUFACTURING PROCESS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
    Patent number: 6925343
    Abstract: A flow conversion system for a manufacturing process includes a flow decomposition module decomposing a process in a target process flow into lower processes based on a process decomposition table to create an intermediate lower process flow; a compatible flow generation module replacing the lower processes with a lower compatible process based on a lower process compatibility table to create an intermediate lower compatible process flow; a flow check module creating a lower process flow including all the lower processes available in production facilities from the intermediate and intermediate lower compatible process flows based on an available process table; a flow selection module selecting the lower process flow by calculating an attribute based on an attribute definition table. An external storage unit stores the process decomposition table, the lower process compatibility table, the available process table, and the attribute definition table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuichi Satoguchi, Shoichi Harakawa, Takeshi Asamura, Koji Kitajima
  • Flow conversion system for a manufacturing process, method for converting a process flow, system for controlling manufacturing process, method for controlling a manufacturing process and a computer program product
    Publication number: 20040236449
    Abstract: A flow conversion system for a manufacturing process includes a flow decomposition module decomposing a process in a target process flow into lower processes based on a process decomposition table to create an intermediate lower process flow; a compatible flow generation module replacing the lower processes with a lower compatible process based on a lower process compatibility table to create an intermediate lower compatible process flow; a flow check module creating a lower process flow including all the lower processes available in production facilities from the intermediate and intermediate lower compatible process flows based on an available process table; a flow selection module selecting the lower process flow by calculating an attribute based on an attribute definition table. An external storage unit stores the process decomposition table, the lower process compatibility table, the available process table, and the attribute definition table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuichi Satoguchi, Shoichi Harakawa, Takeshi Asamura, Koji Kitajima
  • Semiconductor production system
    Patent number: 5694325
    Abstract: A system for automatically producing semiconductor products has a section for preparing a process flow containing a series of processes and process conditions for producing different semiconductor products in different quantities in a production line; a section for simulating the producing of semiconductor products according to the process flow; a section for feeding a result of the simulation back to the process flow preparation section, which optimizes the process flow according to the simulation result; and a section for producing semiconductor products according to the optimized process flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Etsuo Fukuda, Masayoshi Tazawa, Kazuyuki Miura, Tomiko Takano, Yuichi Satoguchi, Yuichiro Ozaki
  • System for automatically producing different semiconductor products in different quantities through a plurality of processes along a production line
    Patent number: 5495417
    Abstract: A system for automatically producing semiconductor products has a section for preparing a process flow containing a series of processes and process conditions for producing different semiconductor products in different quantities in a production line; a section for simulating the producing of semiconductor products according to the process flow; a section for feeding a result of the simulation back to the process flow preparation section, which optimizes the process flow according to the simulation result; and a section for producing semiconductor products according to the optimized process flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Etsuo Fuduka, Masayoshi Tazawa, Kazuyki Miura, Tomiko Takano, Yuichi Satoguchi, Yuichiro Ozaki