Patents by Inventor Yukihiro Kawano

Yukihiro Kawano 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: 11428118
    Abstract: In a method for predicting a turbine outlet temperature at a future use of a gas turbine based on a past use thereof, the turbine outlet temperature (objective variable) at the future use is predicted by a turbine outlet temperature model by using a parameter (explanatory variable) in environmental and operational conditions planned for the future use and a rotating speed of a fan (explanatory variable) planned for the future use, and coefficients with respect to the explanatory variables are identified through a learning. In the learning, the coefficients are identified based on a regression learning of the explanatory variables and the objective variable of the turbine outlet temperature model made by using the parameter, the rotating speed of the fan and the turbine outlet temperature at the past use of the gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: IHI CORPOTATION
    Inventors: Nicolas Schmit, Masato Kaniwa, Yukihiro Kawano, Shiho Sodekoda
  • Publication number: 20210319368
    Abstract: A fault diagnosis device includes circuitry configured to acquire diagnosis target data including parameter values from the diagnosis target system, to store extraction source data including a plurality of data sets that includes the parameter values of the diagnosis target data representing a normal state of the diagnosis target system, to determine an extraction condition based on the diagnosis target data and on condition setting information, to extract a group of data sets satisfying the extraction condition among the plurality of data sets, to select, as learning data, a number of first data sets of the group, in which the data sets of the group are sorted according to a sorting criterion, to generate learning information from the learning data, and to determine whether the diagnosis target data associated with the diagnosis target system is faulty based on the learning information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Yusuke MOTEGI, Yukihiro KAWANO, Hitomi NAGASHIMA, Takumi KUSAKABE
  • Publication number: 20190032512
    Abstract: In a method for predicting a turbine outlet temperature at a future use of a gas turbine based on a past use thereof, the turbine outlet temperature (objective variable) at the future use is predicted by a turbine outlet temperature model by using a parameter (explanatory variable) in environmental and operational conditions planned for the future use and a rotating speed of a fan (explanatory variable) planned for the future use, and coefficients with respect to the explanatory variables are identified through a learning. In the learning, the coefficients are identified based on a regression learning of the explanatory variables and the objective variable of the turbine outlet temperature model made by using the parameter, the rotating speed of the fan and the turbine outlet temperature at the past use of the gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Nicolas SCHMIT, Masato KANIWA, Yukihiro KAWANO, Shiho SODEKODA
  • Patent number: 8300048
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shape data recording/display method including: a data inputting step S1 for inputting into a computer coordinate values on a three-dimensional shape; a model structuring step S3 for structuring an environment model for partitioning a spatial region into a plurality of voxels made from rectangular solids, of which the boundary surfaces are mutually perpendicular, and stores the positions of the individual voxels; a matching step S4 for setting and recording a representative point and an error distribution within the voxel corresponding to the coordinate value; a model updating step S5 for updating the environment model; and an outputting step S6 for outputting, to an outputting device, at least one of the voxel position, representative point, and error distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Hayashi, Yukihiro Kawano, Hideo Terada
  • Patent number: 8121399
    Abstract: The invention includes a step S1 for inputting into a computer coordinate values on a three-dimensional shape; a step S4 for structuring an environment model that partitions a spatial region, in which a three-dimensional shape exists, into a plurality of voxels of rectangular solids, and stores each position; and a step S5 for setting and recording a representative point and an error distribution thereof, within the voxel corresponding to the coordinate value. If there is no data in a previous measurement position, position matching is performed in a fine position matching step S7 so as to minimize an evaluation value regarding the distances between adjacent error distributions by rotating and translating a new measurement data and error distribution for the environment model for a previous measuring position, or rotating and translating an environment model for a new measuring position, relative to an environment model for a previous measuring position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Hayashi, Yukihiro Kawano, Hideo Terada
  • Patent number: 8116558
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shape data position matching method for measuring a static three-dimensional shape from a plurality of measuring positions, and for combining and position matching the distance data thereof, including: a data inputting step S1 for inputting, into a computer, coordinate values on a three-dimensional shape at a new measuring position; a model structuring step S4 for structuring an environment model that partitions a spatial region in which the three-dimensional shape exists, into a plurality of voxels formed from rectangular solids, of which the boundary surfaces are mutually perpendicular, and stores the positions of the individual voxels; a matching step S5 for setting and recording a representative point and an error distribution thereof, within the voxel corresponding to the coordinate value; a fine matching step S7 for position matching so as to minimize the summation of the distances between adjacent error distributions by rotating and translating a new measured data and error distribu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Hayashi, Yukihiro Kawano, Hideo Terada
  • Publication number: 20090202155
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shape data position matching method for measuring a static three-dimensional shape from a plurality of measuring positions, and for combining and position matching the distance data thereof, including: a data inputting step S1 for inputting, into a computer, coordinate values on a three-dimensional shape at a new measuring position; a model structuring step S4 for structuring an environment model that partitions a spatial region in which the three-dimensional shape exists, into a plurality of voxels formed from rectangular solids, of which the boundary surfaces are mutually perpendicular, and stores the positions of the individual voxels; a matching step S5 for setting and recording a representative point and an error distribution thereof, within the voxel corresponding to the coordinate value; a fine matching step S7 for position matching so as to minimize the summation of the distances between adjacent error distributions by rotating and translating a new measured data and error distribu
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Hayashi, Yukihiro Kawano, Hideo Terada
  • Publication number: 20090184961
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shape data recording/display method including: a data inputting step S1 for inputting into a computer coordinate values on a three-dimensional shape; a model structuring step S3 for structuring an environment model for partitioning a spatial region into a plurality of voxels made from rectangular solids, of which the boundary surfaces are mutually perpendicular, and stores the positions of the individual voxels; a matching step S4 for setting and recording a representative point and an error distribution within the voxel corresponding to the coordinate value; a model updating step S5 for updating the environment model; and an outputting step S6 for outputting, to an outputting device, at least one of the voxel position, representative point, and error distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Hayashi, Yukihiro Kawano, Hideo Terada
  • Publication number: 20090167761
    Abstract: The invention includes a step S1 for inputting into a computer coordinate values on a three-dimensional shape; a step S4 for structuring an environment model that partitions a spatial region, in which a three-dimensional shape exists, into a plurality of voxels of rectangular solids, and stores each position; and a step S5 for setting and recording a representative point and an error distribution thereof, within the voxel corresponding to the coordinate value. If there is no data in a previous measurement position, position matching is performed in a fine position matching step S7 so as to minimize an evaluation value regarding the distances between adjacent error distributions by rotating and translating a new measurement data and error distribution for the environment model for a previous measuring position, or rotating and translating an environment model for a new measuring position, relative to an environment model for a previous measuring position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Hayashi, Yukihiro Kawano, Hideo Terada
  • Patent number: 7008662
    Abstract: Warm and wet air are applied to brown rice with germinated germs, produced by adding water to the brown rice, for removing water attached to a surface of the rice. A surface of the germinated brown rice is polished by a rice-polishing machine while remaining the germinated germs to obtain rice with germinated germs. Water of about 1 to 10% of rice weight is added to soften the rice surface. The rice and granules whose granule size is set to a constant granule size smaller than that of the rice and which is heated to 60° C. or higher are mixed with the rice and stirred. Rice bran remaining on a rice surface after polishing is absorbed by the granules and is removed. And, the rice and granules are separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Satake Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiko Satake, Shigeharu Kanemoto, Yukihiro Kawano, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Kazuo Hironaka
  • Patent number: 6832545
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing no-bran cereal such as no-bran rice which require no washing before cooking. With the apparatus, bran stuck on a surface of a grain of the polished cereal is easily removed without imparting any damage on the surface, and further moisture in the grain is maintained to increase taste of the cereal. Moisture is added to the polished cereal and granular material is mixed and stirred with the moistened polished cereal to polish a surface of each grain of the polished cereal and remove bran stuck on the surface of the polished cereal. Then, the polished cereal is separated from the granular material to obtain the no-bran rice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Satake Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Satake, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Takeshi Munesada, Yukihiro Kawano, Akihiko Kato, Kazuto Nonaka, Katsunori Chikamune, Yosuke Inomoto, Kaoru Shitadera
  • Publication number: 20030177916
    Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for manufacturing no-bran cereal such as no-bran rice which require no washing before cooking. With the method and the apparatus, bran stuck on a surface of a grain of the polished cereal is easily removed without imparting any damage on the surface, and further moisture in the grain is maintained to increase taste of the cereal. Moisture is added to the polished cereal and granular material is mixed and stirred with the moistened polished cereal to polish a surface of each grain of the polished cereal and remove bran stuck on the surface of the polished cereal. Then, the polished cereal is separated from the granular material to obtain the no-bran rice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: SATAKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Satake, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Takeshi Munesada, Yukihiro Kawano, Akihiko Kato, Kazuto Nonaka, Katsunori Chikamune, Yosuke Inomoto, Kaoru Shitadera
  • Patent number: 6610345
    Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for manufacturing no-bran cereal such as no-bran rice which require no washing before cooking. With the method and the apparatus, bran stuck on a surface of a grain of the polished cereal is easily removed without imparting any damage on the surface, and further moisture in the grain is maintained to increase taste of the cereal. Moisture is added to the polished cereal and granular material is mixed and stirred with the moistened polished cereal to polish a surface of each grain of the polished cereal and remove bran stuck on the surface of the polished cereal. Then, the polished cereal is separated from the granular material to obtain the no-bran rice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Satake Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Satake, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Takeshi Munesada, Yukihiro Kawano, Akihiko Kato, Kazuto Nonaka, Katsunori Chikamune, Yosuke Inomoto, Kaoru Shitadera
  • Publication number: 20030064132
    Abstract: Warm and wet air are applied to brown rice with germinated germs, produced by adding water to the brown rice, for removing water attached to a surface of the rice. A surface of the germinated brown rice is polished by a rice-polishing machine while remaining the germinated germs to obtain rice with germinated germs. Water of about 1 to 10% of rice weight is added to soften the rice surface. The rice and granules whose granule size is set to a constant granule size smaller than that of the rice and which is heated to 60° C. or higher are mixed with the rice and stirred. Rice bran remaining on a rice surface after polishing is absorbed by the granules and is removed. And, the rice and granules are separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: Satake Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiko Satake, Shigeharu Kanemoto, Yukihiro Kawano, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Kazuo Hironaka
  • Patent number: 6457404
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing polished cereal to obtain no-bran cereal having a reduced size. The apparatus comprises a polished cereal processing section for removing bran remaining on surfaces of polished cereal by mixing granular material with the polished cereal so that the remaining bran is captured by the granular material, and separating the polished cereal with bran removed and the granular material with bran captured; and a granular material reprocessing section for reprocessing the granular material with bran captured and feeding back the reprocessed granular material to the polished cereal processing section for recycling the granular material. The granular material reprocessing section includes a screen tube for separating the granular material within a predetermined granularity range and a removing roller arranged to rotate in the screen tube for removing the bran captured on surfaces of the granular material fed into the screen tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Satake Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Munesada, Yukihiro Kawano, Hidefumi Fujikawa, Syuji Uda
  • Publication number: 20020104447
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing polished cereal to obtain no-bran cereal having a reduced size. The apparatus comprises a polished cereal processing section for removing bran remaining on surfaces of polished cereal by mixing granular material with the polished cereal so that the remaining bran is captured by the granular material, and separating the polished cereal with bran removed and the granular material with bran captured; and a granular material reprocessing section for reprocessing the granular material with bran captured and feeding back the reprocessed granular material to the polished cereal processing section for recycling the granular material. The granular material reprocessing section includes a screen tube for separating the granular material within a predetermined granularity range and a removing roller arranged to rotate in the screen tube for removing the bran captured on surfaces of the granular material fed into the screen tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Applicant: Satake Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Munesada, Yukihiro Kawano, Hidefumi Fujikawa, Syuji Uda
  • Publication number: 20010033885
    Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for manufacturing no-bran cereal such as no-bran rice which require no washing before cooking. With the method and the apparatus, bran stuck on a surface of a grain of the polished cereal is easily removed without imparting any damage on the surface, and further moisture in the grain is maintained to increase taste of the cereal. Moisture is added to the polished cereal and granular material is mixed and stirred with the moistened polished cereal to polish a surface of each grain of the polished cereal and remove bran stuck on the surface of the polished cereal. Then, the polished cereal is separated from the granular material to obtain the no-bran rice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: Satoru Satake, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Takeshi Munesada, Yukihiro Kawano, Akihiko Kato, Kazuto Nonaka, Katsunori Chikamune, Yosuke Inomoto, Kaoru Shitadera
  • Patent number: 6258167
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a film of a process liquid, comprising a mounting table for supporting the substrate to be processed substantially horizontally, a process liquid supply device for supplying a process liquid for processing the substrate, a linear nozzle having a header space which has a length substantially corresponding to a diameter of the substrate and a liquid discharge portion, the header space mutually communicating with the liquid discharge portion, a liquid inlet port which communicates with the process liquid supply device and whose opening is formed above the header space, a moving device for relatively moving the linear nozzle and the mounting table while the liquid discharge portion faces the substrate on the mounting table, and a control device for controlling a viscosity of the photoresist solution within the header space or controlling a temperature of the developing liquid in the header space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kawano, Takashi Takekuma
  • Patent number: 6005962
    Abstract: A personal identification system for collating an article requiring personal identification with a person using the article has a personal identification data reader for reading the image of a characteristic portion of a human body capable of identifying a person such as his fingerprint and digitizing the image data. Moreover, the system has a label printer for printing the personal identification data on a label as two-dimensional data codes and the personal identification data printed on the label is read by a label data reader serving as a two-dimensional data code reader. The personal identification data read by the personal identification data reader and acceptance or rejection of the collation result is decided. These operation histories are recorded and preserved in a hard disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Kawasumi Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Atushi Hirota, Yukihiro Kawano, Takeo Juji, Kei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5976256
    Abstract: The film coating apparatus comprising a mounting table for holding an LCD substrate substantially horizontally, a nozzle having a slit-form liquid discharge port extending from one end to the other end of the substrate, coating solution supply mechanism for supplying a resist solution to the nozzle, and moving means for moving the nozzle in parallel to the substrate in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the liquid discharge port in such a manner that the liquid discharge port keeps a constant clearance with the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Yukihiro Kawano