Patents by Inventor Yutaka Watanabe

Yutaka Watanabe 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).

  • Publication number: 20150012704
    Abstract: A storage system includes a first storage apparatus including a first logical volume and a second storage apparatus including a second logical volume. The first and second logical volumes are set as a High Availability pair and associated with a virtual volume. When receiving a write request to the virtual volume, the storage system manages storage area in the first logical volume regarding to the write request as storage area during data duplication, writes data in duplicate, in order from the first logical volume to the second logical volume. When receiving a read request to the virtual volume, the first storage apparatus waits for completion of the data duplication and reads data from the first logical volume if the storage area is during the data duplication, and the first storage apparatus reads data from the first logical volume if the storage area is not during the data duplication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Yutaka WATANABE, Hideo SAITO, Tomohiro KAWAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20140331748
    Abstract: Provided is a lateral rollover limit detection system which can determine the lateral rollover danger of a structure for which the weight or the weight distribution has not been clarified. A placement board, springs, and detection object are provided as a structure in which the placement board is supported with springs on both sides of an oscillation central axis with an acceleration sensor for detecting the reciprocating motion in an up-down direction of the placement board, and an arithmetic part which, on the basis of the inclination angle of the placement board in a direction of rotation around the oscillation central axis with respect to the horizontal plane in a standstill state of the detection object and the detection result by the acceleration sensor, calculates a limit center-of-gravity height beyond which the detection object is rolled over for a center-of-gravity location on the placement board of the structure being provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventor: Yutaka Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20140293051
    Abstract: The present invention obtains a device for displaying the rearward field of view of a hydraulic shovel, the device enabling safe and efficient work by a front working machine. A device for displaying the rearward field of view of a hydraulic shovel is provided with a lower traveling structure, an upper revolving structure provided on the lower traveling structure so as to be rotatable, a front working machine provided in the front part of the upper revolving structure, a camera provided in the rear part of the upper revolving structure in order to obtain the rearward field of view of the revolving structure, and a monitor (21) for displaying an image acquired by the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichiro Nakamura, Yutaka Watanabe, Kazuhiro Shibamori, Hidenobu Tsukada, Kinya Odagiri
  • Patent number: 8847745
    Abstract: A display system for a working machine displays basic information at all times and, in case of an abnormality, displays the details of the warning in addition to the basic information to enable an operator to reliably recognize details of the warning. For example, a first warning display function, upon receiving an abnormality information signal relating to a charge warning, displays an appropriate warning icon in a warning icon display region. A simplified basic-information display function, then displays simplified basic-information images and a second warning display function displays, in a free area of the display, a second warning message inclusive of a “Charge warning” message as display details of the warning icon, and of character information relating to a simplified remedial action. The operator can then reliably recognize the “Charge warning” and understand its details as well, by viewing the second warning message in addition to the warning icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Shibamori, Yutaka Watanabe, Hidenobu Tsukada, Keiichiro Nakamura, Yuuki Gotou, Kouta Fujieda
  • Publication number: 20140260569
    Abstract: There is provided a highly versatile center-of-gravity detecting system which can accurately detect the center of gravity of not only a container cargo vehicle but also various detection objects. It has a placement board for placing a detection object thereon; springs for supporting the placement board with an elastic force; an acceleration sensor for detecting a reciprocating motion of the detection object in an up-down direction; an angular velocity sensor for detecting a simple pendulum motion of the detection object around a roll direction oscillation central axis; and an X-axis restriction guide part for restricting a movement of the placement board in an X-axis direction, a data processing apparatus calculating a center-of-gravity height in the up-down direction from the roll direction oscillation central axis to the center of gravity of the detection object on the basis of the detection results by the acceleration sensor and the angular velocity sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Yutaka Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8814315
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage, a chamber room, a heating part and an agitating part. A recording head is mounted on the carriage. The chamber room covers the carriage while allowing a nozzle face of the recording head to be exposed. The heating part is configured and arranged to heat an atmosphere inside of the chamber room. The agitating part is configured and arranged to agitate the atmosphere heated by the heating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ueno, Yutaka Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8762669
    Abstract: A computer system and a storage migration method capable of simplifying the migration process of a storage apparatus while avoiding the performance degradation of the overall system. A management apparatus for managing data migration from a first storage apparatus to a second storage apparatus is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Watanabe, Hiroshi Taninaka, Keiichi Kaiya
  • Patent number: 8701530
    Abstract: A method is provided to cut a thin-walled member without causing chattering vibration, without using a chattering vibration preventing retainer, that performs the following: (A) preparing a material having much stock for obtaining a thin-walled material, (B) while rotating the material about a center axis, cutting the inner round surface of the material within a predetermined range by feeding a cutting tool relative to material by the desired distance from one end side to the other end side of the material along the center axis, (C) while rotating the material about the center axis, cutting the outer round surface of the material within a predetermined range by feeding the cutting tool relative to the material by the desired distance from the one end side to the other end side of the material along the center axis, and (D) alternately repeating (B) and (C) to finish cutting the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ochiai, Masaharu Yano, Kiyoshi Fujikake, Yoshio Takimoto, Yutaka Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8665415
    Abstract: An exposure apparatus which projects exposure light from a pattern of an illuminated original onto a substrate, comprises a projection system including an optical element and configured to project the exposure light onto the substrate, an enclosure configured to enclose the projection system, and a cleaning mechanism configured to clean the optical element by irradiating the optical element with ultraviolet light under an environment in which oxygen is present within the enclosure, the cleaning mechanism including a light source configured to generate ultraviolet light, a tubular member including an exit window and configured to partially enclose an optical path between the light source and the optical element, and a regulating device configured to regulate an environment of a space inside the tubular member so that a partial pressure of oxygen becomes lower in the space inside the tubular member than in a space which is outside the tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Nakayama, Shigeru Terashima, Yutaka Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20130312616
    Abstract: An exhaust purification system for a working machine reliably issues filter regeneration warnings to the operator, prompting manual regeneration, so that damage to the DPF device can be avoided. When a PM estimate becomes higher than a given value, a screen displays a warning message prompting manual regeneration. If the warning message fails to prompt the operator to perform manual regeneration and reference time t1 has passed since the display of the warning message, a speaker outputs a first warning sound. When the operator notices the first warning sound and turns on a regeneration switch, regeneration control is started. If the operator fails to notice the first warning sound and reference time t2 passes, the speaker instead outputs a second warning sound louder than the first warning sound. When the operator notices the second warning sound and turns on the regeneration switch, regeneration control is started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Shibamori, Yutaka Watanabe, Hidenobu Tsukada, Keiichiro Nakamura, Akira Kimura, Yuuki Gotou, Kouta Fujieda
  • Patent number: 8578073
    Abstract: The storage system includes a first storage subsystem having a first logical volume to be accessed by a host computer, and a second storage subsystem connected to the first storage subsystem and having a second logical volume to be mapped to the first logical volume. The first storage subsystem includes a memory having definition information for defining a plurality of logical paths that transfer, to the second logical volume, I/O from the host computer to the first logical volume, and a transfer mode of the I/O to the plurality of logical paths. At least two or more logical paths among the plurality of logical paths are defined as active, and the controller transfers the I/O to the at least two or more logical paths set as active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Watanabe, Tamura Keishi
  • Patent number: 8532865
    Abstract: A device diagnostic apparatus (201) comprising: data judgment means (101) for, when device information (121) including operating condition information and internal state information is inputted, comparing the operating condition information of the device information with operating condition information stored in a database (111) beforehand to judge whether or not both of the operating condition information agree with each other, and then outputting judgment result information; and state diagnosis means (103) for, when the judgment result information indicates that both of the operating condition information agree with each other, comparing the internal state information in the device information with internal state information stored in the database beforehand, and then outputting the result of the comparison. This makes it possible to reduce the possibility that false judgment result will be output, and to achieve the efficiency of maintenance work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Suzuki, Yoshinori Furuno, Kouichi Shibata, Hiroshi Watanabe, Yutaka Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8522331
    Abstract: A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for authenticating a user in a site included in an authentication system in which a plurality of sites are linked each other, the process comprising: receiving authentication information; authenticating the user in a first site of the authentication system based on the received authentication information; receiving suspicious behavior information of the user; registering the received suspicious behavior information; determining reliability of the user based on the suspicious behavior information registered in registering of the behavior information registration; in a case where the user accesses a second site of the authentication system, adding the reliability of the user determined, and transmitting the authentication information to which the reliability is added to the second site; and determining a function to be provided to the user in the first site based on the reliability of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Onozawa, Yutaka Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20130175964
    Abstract: An electric compressor capable of following temperature changes of a power element even if a temperature measurement unit is disposed separately from the power element. In the electric compressor, the temperature measurement unit (34) measures the temperature of a substrate (36) on which the power element (31) is disposed. A rotational speed detection unit (35) detects the rotational speed of a motor. A control unit (33) estimates the temperature of the power element (31) on the basis of the rotational speed of the motor detected by the rotational speed detection unit (35) and the temperature measured by the temperature measurement unit (34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yutaka Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20130176120
    Abstract: A display system for a working machine displays basic information at all times and, in case of an abnormality, displays the details of the warning in addition to the basic information to enable an operator to reliably recognize details of the warning. For example, a first warning display function, upon receiving an abnormality information signal relating to a charge warning, displays an appropriate warning icon in a warning icon display region. A simplified basic-information display function, then displays simplified basic-information images and a second warning display function displays, in a free area of the display, a second warning message inclusive of a “Charge warning” message as display details of the warning icon, and of character information relating to a simplified remedial action. The operator can then reliably recognize the “Charge warning” and understand its details as well, by viewing the second warning message in addition to the warning icon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Shibamori, Yutaka Watanabe, Hidenobu Tsukada, Keiichiro Nakamura, Yuuki Gotou, Kouta Fujieda
  • Patent number: 8483942
    Abstract: A center-of-gravity detection system includes a vehicle capable of carrying cargo and adapted to be towed by a towing vehicle, a shake detector configured to detect shakes in the directions of the self-weight and width of the towed vehicle during travel of the towed vehicle, and an arithmetic unit. The arithmetic unit is configured to derive, based upon physical quantities that correlate with the shakes, the location of the center of gravity, in three-dimensional space, of the towed vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: National University Corporatioin Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
    Inventor: Yutaka Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20130132025
    Abstract: A center-of-gravity detecting system includes a motion detector for detecting a vertical motion of a travelling object and a horizontal motion of the travelling object and an arithmetic unit that calculates a center-of-gravity location of the travelling object using the frequency of a vertical motion of the travelling object, a frequency of the horizontal motion of the travelling object, a central angle of the horizontal motion of the travelling object, and the width of the traveling object. The arithmetic unit calculates a center-of-gravity location, using the frequency of the vertical motion, a frequency of the horizontal motion, the center-of-gravity location, and the length of the travelling object in the travel direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Yutaka Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20130057839
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lithography system including an obtaining unit which obtains a transfer function describing a relationship between first vibration generated in one lithography apparatus of two lithography apparatuses among at least three lithography apparatuses, and second vibration generated in the other lithography apparatus upon transmission of the first vibration to the other lithography apparatus, and a calculator which calculates, based on the transfer function, an amount of vibration of a first lithography apparatus among the at least three lithography apparatuses due to vibration of lithography apparatuses, other than the first lithography apparatus, and a controller which controls the lithography apparatuses other than the first lithography apparatus, so that the amount of vibration calculated falls below a tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumiaki Mizutani, Yutaka Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8376476
    Abstract: A brake system in an electric drive dump truck. The electric drive dump truck has a generator 11 driven by an engine 10 and traveling motors 13L, 13R driven with electric power generated by the generator 11. Hydraulic brakes 20L, 20R, 21L, 20R are operated by brake pedal 18. An oil pressure sensor 22 detects hydraulic fluid pressure produced in accordance with the amount of depression of the brake pedal 18 and a control unit 14 controls the traveling motors 13L, 13R so as to operate them as generator-type retarders when the hydraulic fluid pressure P detected by the oil pressure sensor 22 is not smaller than a predetermined value P1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Ikeda, Takashi Yagyu, Tomohiko Yasuda, Yutaka Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20130035824
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device that includes a display unit provided in a cabin of a construction machine, an operating unit with a switch for operating the display unit, and a monitor controller for controlling the display unit and the operating unit, wherein: upon some kind of abnormality being detected by abnormality detection means for detecting abnormalities in mechanisms equipped in/on the construction machine, a warning logo corresponding to the kind of abnormality is displayed on the display unit, and a warning item for displaying information inclusive of details of the abnormality is added to a menu in a list format that contains items, each for executing a previously assigned specific function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichiro Nakamura, Kazuhiro Shibamori, Hidenobu Tsukada, Kinya Odagiri, Yutaka Watanabe