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1.

CONTROL METHOD, AND ADAPTER

      
Application Number 18465232
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-09-12
First Publication Date 2024-04-18
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hasegawa, Toshiyuki
  • Yamamoto, Nobuyuki

Abstract

A data store comprises a commit management map including an identifier of a distributed transaction. A control method executed by an adapter coupled to the data store includes: alternate processing of, temporarily storing the reception query, and causing a transaction on the data store side to execute the reception query; perpetuation processing of determining whether or not commit is possible using lock information and perpetuating the GXID to be committed and the temporarily stored reception query in a case where commit is possible; settlement processing of causing the transaction on the data store side to execute a GXID addition query that is a query that adds the GXID to be committed to the commit management map and committing the transaction on the data store side; and store restart processing of the adapter starting a new transaction at the data store for a distributed transaction in an in-doubt state.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 16/23 - Updating
  • G06F 16/2458 - Special types of queries, e.g. statistical queries, fuzzy queries or distributed queries

2.

PRODUCTION INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRODUCTION INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PRODUCTION INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

      
Application Number 18373459
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-09-27
First Publication Date 2024-04-18
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tsutsumi, Daisuke
  • Komiyama, Takahiro

Abstract

In a production information processing apparatus, a storage device stores a resource shared among a plurality of machines belonging to a predetermined manufacturing area, 4M data information that is time-series data of operating states per unit time of the machines and the resource related to the machines, and a production loss analysis model that defines a criterion for determining a production loss from a combination of the operating states per unit time in the 4M data information, and a processor identifies a production loss of each of the machines to generate production loss information, and combines the production loss information of one of the machines and 4M data information of another of the machines that is different from the machine and shares the resource, using the production loss information and the shared resource, to classify an occurrence factor of the production loss and generate loss occurrence factor information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G05B 23/02 - Electric testing or monitoring
  • G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control (DNC), flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), integrated manufacturing systems (IMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)

3.

BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18278057
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-02-18
First Publication Date 2024-04-18
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Miura, Naoto
  • Nakazaki, Keiichiro
  • Matsuda, Yusuke
  • Nonomura, Yo
  • Nagasaka, Akio

Abstract

High-accuracy multimodal biometric authentication of a plurality of body organisms is achieved while suppressing postural fluctuation when the plurality of body organisms are captured. An authentication system stores feature quantities for body organisms in association with users and performs biometric authentication on the basis of images from a capture device. The capture device photographs a first body organism of a first user during a first period and captures a second body organism and a third body organism of the first user during a second period. The authentication processing device calculates a first feature quantity from the first body part photographed during the first period, respectively calculates a second feature quantity and a third feature quantity from the second body organism and the third body organism captured during the second period, and compares with the feature quantities for the body organisms of each user stored at the storage device.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 21/32 - User authentication using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints

4.

SENSOR POSITION CALIBRATION DEVICE AND SENSOR POSITION CALIBRATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18481174
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-10-04
First Publication Date 2024-04-18
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sasatani, So
  • Kitamura, Tsuyoshi
  • Osato, Takuma
  • Matono, Haruki

Abstract

A sensor position calibration device includes a moving object information acquisition unit that acquires a self-position measured by a reference moving object moving in a movement area; a moving object measurement unit that measures a position of the reference moving object based on observation information of a camera; a calibration unit that calibrates position information of the camera by using the self-position of the moving object and an estimated position calculated based on the measured position and the position information of the camera; a calibration error calculation unit that calculates an error between a second estimated position and the self-position; a reliability map generation unit that, based on the error, generates a reliability map indicating reliability of position measurement in the movement area using the camera; and a moving object control unit that controls movement of the moving object by using the reliability map.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06T 7/80 - Analysis of captured images to determine intrinsic or extrinsic camera parameters, i.e. camera calibration
  • G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions

5.

STORAGE DEVICE WITH RANSOMWARE ATTACK DETECTION FUNCTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

      
Application Number 18119975
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-10
First Publication Date 2024-04-18
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hironaka, Kazuei
  • Deguchi, Akira

Abstract

A storage device receives an access request specifying one of one or more LDEVs (one or more logical volumes provided to one or more hosts) from one host. In response to the access request, the storage device accesses a page allocated to an access destination area of the LDEV among a plurality of pages (plurality of logical storage areas that can be allocated to one or more LDEVs). The storage device or a storage device management system identifies, based on management information including information representing a write status characteristic for each of the plurality of pages, a mark target page as a low-write frequency page where a certain number or more of writes have occurred during a certain period of time and checks the presence or absence of a ransomware attack possibility that the number of the mark target pages is equal to or greater than a threshold.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 21/56 - Computer malware detection or handling, e.g. anti-virus arrangements

6.

PRODUCTION PLAN MANAGEMENT DEVICE, PRODUCTION PLAN MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PRODUCTION PLAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

      
Application Number 18275574
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-02-18
First Publication Date 2024-04-18
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Bembde, Swapnil
  • Yoshiuchi, Hideya

Abstract

In order to create, in real time, a production plan capable of responding to a sudden plan change in consideration of costs arising due to the production plan and a failure probability of a manufacturing process, a production plan management device includes: a communication unit configured to acquire product order information including a customer request for a first product and cost criterion information specifying a cost criterion for a budget of costs required to manufacture the first product; a storage unit configured to store at least a structural constraint database including structural constraint information specifying a structural constraint defining a condition for manufacturing processes to manufacture the first product in a factory; and a production plan generating unit configured to generate, in real time, a production plan that satisfies the customer request, the cost criterion, and the structural constraint and defines manufacturing processes for manufacturing the first product.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06Q 10/0637 - Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals
  • G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control (DNC), flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), integrated manufacturing systems (IMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)
  • G06Q 10/0635 - Risk analysis of enterprise or organisation activities

7.

CYBER ATTACK COUNTERMEASURE ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, CYBER ATTACK COUNTERMEASURE ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND CYBER ATTACK COUNTERMEASURE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2023029177
Publication Number 2024/079972
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-08-09
Publication Date 2024-04-18
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tsuji, Daisuke
  • Naya, Hidemitsu
  • Endoh, Hiromichi
  • Tamura, Yu
  • Doenhoff, Jens
  • Shigemoto, Tomohiro

Abstract

In the present invention, an appropriate countermeasure against a cyber attack can be designed. A cyber attack countermeasure assistance system 1000 for designing a countermeasure against a cyber attack on a prescribed object system comprises: a storage unit 120 for storing one or more attacker profiles 122 which include an objective of attack and an attack technique of an attacker who carries out a cyber attack, and one or more defender profiles 123 which include an objective of defense and a defense technique of a defender who carries out a defense against a cyber attack; and a countermeasure design unit 111 for designing a countermeasure against respective combinations between the attacker profiles 122 and the defender profiles 123, by using a system model 121 for reproducing the state of the object system and outputting an index value of one or more indexes which indicate performance of the object system and corresponding to the state of the object system.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 21/57 - Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities
  • G06F 21/55 - Detecting local intrusion or implementing counter-measures

8.

ALTITUDE CALCULATION METHOD AND ALTITUDE CALCULATION PROGRAM FOR FLYING BODY, AND FLYING BODY INCLUDING THE SAME

      
Application Number 18377641
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-10-06
First Publication Date 2024-04-18
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mizugaki, Kenichi
  • Igarashi, Yuichi
  • Ishino, Masanori

Abstract

Provided is an altitude calculation method for a flying body including calculating an altitude of the flying body by using information on horizontal coordinates of the flying body, a reception signal strength of a radio signal, and altitude calculation auxiliary information obtained in advance.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01S 5/02 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
  • G01C 5/00 - Measuring height; Measuring distances transverse to line of sight; Levelling between separated points; Surveyors' levels
  • G01S 13/42 - Simultaneous measurement of distance and other coordinates
  • G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
  • H04B 17/318 - Received signal strength

9.

DESIGN SUPPORT DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 18278088
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-02-02
First Publication Date 2024-04-18
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor Kataoka, Ichiro

Abstract

A design support device for performing a check of a defect suppresses defects such as rework in product design and manufacturing and appropriately proposing a criterion, which is an item to be checked in accordance with the actual situation. The design support device includes a memory that stores past subject information for a product designed in the past, thereby storing a correspondence table in which criteria indicating check items are associated, an input unit that receives input of new subject information of a product of a new subject to be checked, a priority calculation unit that calculates a priority of the criterion indicating the check item for the product of the new subject corresponding to the input new subject information, using the correspondence table, and an output unit that outputs the calculated criterion on the screen according to the priority.

IPC Classes  ?

10.

SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE

      
Application Number 18380309
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-10-16
First Publication Date 2024-04-18
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Koguchi, Masanari
  • Kohashi, Teruo
  • Hashizume, Tomihiro

Abstract

To provide a scanning probe microscope capable of easily determining a measurement location even when a numerical aperture of an objective lens is relatively large. The scanning probe microscope comprises: a probe which scans a sample; a light source which irradiates the probe with excitation light via an objective lens; and a detector which detects fluorescence generated at the probe. The scanning probe microscope further includes: a reflective member arranged between the objective lens and the sample; and an imaging device which images a reflecting surface of the reflective member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G02B 21/04 - Objectives involving mirrors
  • G01Q 30/02 - Non-SPM analysing devices, e.g. SEM [Scanning Electron Microscope], spectrometer or optical microscope
  • G01Q 70/14 - Particular materials
  • G02B 21/00 - Microscopes

11.

DESIGN SUPPORTING DEVICE AND DESIGN SUPPORTING METHOD

      
Application Number 18461849
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-09-06
First Publication Date 2024-04-18
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Itabayashi, Yuki
  • Shimizu, Yuuki

Abstract

To provide a design supporting device and a design supporting method capable of presenting a specific improvement plan for solving evaluation indexes having a trade-off relationship. The design supporting device comprises: an input unit which inputs a plurality of evaluation indexes and attribute information; a retrieval unit which acquires information on cases for improvement cases using the input information; a priority order calculation unit which prioritizes the cases; and an output unit which prioritizes cases for improvement plans of evaluation indexes being in a trade-off relationship and presents the same to the outside.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 30/20 - Design optimisation, verification or simulation

12.

ROTATING MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATION DEVICE, MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION DEVICE, AND HYDROGEN LIQUEFACTION DEVICE

      
Application Number 18277106
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-12-28
First Publication Date 2024-04-18
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor Wakuda, Tsuyoshi

Abstract

A rotating magnetic field generation device of the present invention includes: a magnetic field generating unit including disks in which a plurality of magnets are arranged circumferentially, a magnetic field working space formed by stacking the disks at intervals to make the plurality of magnets face each other, and a shaft to which the stacked disks are fixed, the shaft being installed at a central axis of the disks; an adiabatic vacuum vessel in which the magnetic field generating unit is installed; and a drive mechanism that is installed in a room temperature region and rotates the shaft.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F25B 21/00 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects
  • H01F 6/04 - Cooling

13.

WORD EXTRACTION DEVICE, WORD EXTRACTION SYSTEM AND WORD EXTRACTION METHOD

      
Application Number 18470194
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-09-19
First Publication Date 2024-04-18
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Amin, Ekant Muljibhai
  • Homma, Takeshi

Abstract

Aspects relate to improving accuracy of word extraction. A word extraction device includes a lexical representation generation unit for acquiring training data including sentences in which target extraction words are specified, generating a first lexical representation by processing the training data with a first parsing technique, generating a second lexical representation by processing the training data with a second parsing technique, and generating a first combined lexical representation by combining the first lexical representation and the second lexical representation; a query representation generation unit for generating, based on the first combined lexical representation, an extraction query representation indicating a query for extracting the target extraction words from a predetermined target search document; and a word extraction unit for extracting, by using the extraction query representation, extraction information that indicates information about the target extraction words from a second combined lexical representation generated based on the target search document.

IPC Classes  ?

14.

METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CULTURE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CULTURE DEVICE IN ASSOCIATION WITH CELL CULTURE

      
Application Number JP2022038171
Publication Number 2024/079840
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-10-13
Publication Date 2024-04-18
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sone, Hiroyuki
  • Asada, Hiroyuki

Abstract

The purpose is to provide a method for controlling a culture device that permits conducting culture under a more suitable culture environment. The method for controlling a culture device 1 that inputs a set value SV that sets the culture environment to control the culture device that conducts culture, wherein the method comprises: a first step S1 that acquires a present value PV of the culture environment at the set value SV and an analysis value AV of the culture broth c obtained by culture at a predetermined timing; a second step S2 that derives by machine learning a function F for determining a new set value SV that resets the culture environment using the present value PV and analysis value AV acquired at the predetermined timing; and a third step S3 that determines a new set value SV based on a desired target value TV of the culture broth using the function F, inputs this new set value SV, and conducts culture; and the function F used in the third step S3 is a new function F derived from time to time by machine learning, including the newest present value PV and analysis value AV acquired at the predetermined timing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C12N 1/00 - Microorganisms, e.g. protozoa; Compositions thereof; Processes of propagating, maintaining or preserving microorganisms or compositions thereof; Processes of preparing or isolating a composition containing a microorganism; Culture media therefor

15.

INSPECTION CONDITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM

      
Application Number JP2023034056
Publication Number 2024/080087
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-09-20
Publication Date 2024-04-18
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kasai, Hiroaki
  • Miyamoto, Atsushi
  • Osaki, Mayuka

Abstract

The present invention makes it possible to suitably determine inspection conditions in an inspection system. In a computer 200 which comprises a processor 202 and determines the inspection conditions of the inspection system with respect to an inspection object, the processor 202 is configured to: receive, with respect to the inspection in the inspection system, at least two of element evaluation indexes and an input of a user request pertaining to a target of the element evaluation indexes, the element evaluation indexes including a rate of inspection correct answers, a misinformation rate, an inspection time, inspection reproducibility, a training time, the device cost, the operation cost, the device robustness, versatility of inspection, the lifespan, ease of assembly, accuracy of required assembly, robustness to environment, ease of maintenance, clarity of the grounds of determination of recognition processing, or ease of recognition of detection points; generate evaluation indexes based on the plurality of element evaluation indexes for the inspection in the inspection system on the basis of the user request; evaluate, through the evaluation indexes, the inspection result in the plurality of inspection conditions; and determine suitable inspection conditions from among the plurality of inspection conditions.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01N 21/88 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination

16.

ACCELERATOR AND PARTICLE BEAM THERAPY DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023030100
Publication Number 2024/079992
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-08-22
Publication Date 2024-04-18
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nishida, Kento
  • Hori, Chishin
  • Ebina, Futaro

Abstract

Provided is an accelerator with which an excellent and efficient beam can be retrieved. A main electromagnet A101 applies a main magnetic field to a space sandwiched between a plurality of main magnetic poles M202 that are positioned facing each other. An RF kicker M204 displaces a beam circulating in a main magnetic field region to which the main magnetic field is applied to outside of the main magnetic field region. An exit channel magnetic field for retrieving the beam is generated. A canceling-magnetic-field-generating device M214 is provided closer to the inner periphery than an exit channel M207, the canceling-magnetic-field-generating device generating a canceling magnetic field having inverse polarity with respect to a disturbance magnetic field produced by the exit channel.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H05H 7/10 - Arrangements for ejecting particles from orbits
  • H05H 13/02 - Synchrocyclotrons, i.e. frequency-modulated cyclotrons
  • A61N 5/10 - X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy

17.

SENSING DATA CORRECTION SYSTEM AND SENSING DATA CORRECTION METHOD

      
Application Number 18376121
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-10-03
First Publication Date 2024-04-11
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoshimoto, Hiroyuki
  • Yamada, Yu

Abstract

A sensing data correction system corrects sensing data acquired from a glove-type wearable sensor in which a film-like pressure sensor is incorporated into a fingertip, and includes a data correction unit for correcting the sensing data. Three coordinate axis directions in a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system are assumed to be a vertical direction, a longitudinal direction of the pressure sensor, and a width direction of the pressure sensor, and the pressure sensor is obtained by laminating one flexible printed circuit, one sheet-like pressure sensitive element, and one protective film in the vertical direction. An upper surface of the flexible printed circuit and a lower surface of the pressure sensitive element are bonded and fixed to each other, and an upper surface of the pressure sensitive element and a lower surface of the protective film are bonded and fixed to each other. The data correction unit executes sensing data correction processing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01L 5/00 - Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes
  • G01L 1/20 - Measuring force or stress, in general by making use of electrokinetic cells, i.e. liquid-containing cells wherein an electrical potential is produced or varied upon the application of stress

18.

PRESSURE SENSOR AND WEARABLE SENSOR

      
Application Number 18376123
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-10-03
First Publication Date 2024-04-11
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoshimoto, Hiroyuki
  • Yamada, Yu

Abstract

A technique that can emit a sensor signal that accurately reflects only the pressure to be truly detected in a glove-type wearable sensor in which a film-like pressure sensor is incorporated into a fingertip of a thin work glove is disclosed. In a film-like pressure sensor incorporated into a fingertip of a glove-type wearable sensor, three coordinate axis directions in a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system are assumed to be a vertical direction, a longitudinal direction of the pressure sensor, and a width direction of the pressure sensor, at least one or more flexible printed circuits and one sheet-like pressure sensitive element are laminated in the vertical direction, and only the pressure applied to the fingertip of a wearer after wearing the wearable sensor is detected.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01L 5/22 - Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes for measuring the force applied to control members, e.g. control members of vehicles, triggers
  • G01L 5/101 - Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes for measuring tension in flexible members, e.g. ropes, cables, wires, threads, belts or bands using electrical means using sensors inserted into the flexible member

19.

INTELLIGENT ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR PALLETIZING AND DEPALLETIZING

      
Application Number 17962352
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-10-07
First Publication Date 2024-04-11
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor Chang, Yi-Chu

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods, which can include, for receipt of a pallet involving a plurality of objects, controlling a robotic arm to depalletize each of the plurality of objects from the pallet according to a position, orientation, and weight of the each of the plurality of objects retrieved from a database.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B25J 9/00 - Programme-controlled manipulators

20.

LOCALIZATION AND PATH PLANNING OF ELECTRIC SYSTEMS DURING DYNAMIC CHARGING

      
Application Number 17962249
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-10-07
First Publication Date 2024-04-11
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor Kundu, Subrata Kumar

Abstract

Example implementations described herein involve systems and method which can include receiving, from a connected automated electric vehicle (CAEV), vehicle information related to operation of the CAEV; determining one or more candidate routes to a destination of the CAEV based at least on the vehicle information; determining whether the CAEV is on a road segment of the one or more candidate routes to the destination having a dynamic charging system; and sending, to the CAEV, a path planning trajectory while identifying a localization accuracy of one or more sensors of the CAEV to update the localization accuracy of the CAEV based on a battery of the CAEV being charged with the dynamic charging system along the one or more candidate routes.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01C 21/34 - Route searching; Route guidance
  • B60L 53/12 - Inductive energy transfer
  • B60W 60/00 - Drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles

21.

COMPUTER SYSTEM, METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN INTRODUCTION AND OPERATION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR BUSINESS, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2022037419
Publication Number 2024/075241
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-10-06
Publication Date 2024-04-11
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shibai Hiroyuki
  • Aikawa Makoto
  • Mizuno Yoshihiro

Abstract

This computer system for assisting in introduction and operation of EVs for business receives a requirement for simulations, which are executed to generate plans for a travel schedule and infrastructure configuration for operating the EVs, uses the requirement for simulations to determine a candidate infrastructure configuration and determine an EV travel schedule, uses the candidate infrastructure configuration and EV travel schedule to simulate the time evolution of the SoC of the EVs and the time evolution of power usage of infrastructure installation sites, uses the time evolution of the SoC of the EVs to calculate the number of times of occurrence of battery depletion as an evaluation metric for the candidate infrastructure configuration, and generates and outputs display information for displaying a list storing data associating the candidate infrastructure configuration with the evaluation metric.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60L 58/12 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries responding to state of charge [SoC]

22.

BUSINESS PROCESS GENERATION DEVICE, AND BUSINESS PROCESS GENERATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023012192
Publication Number 2024/075323
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-27
Publication Date 2024-04-11
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nagano, Takehiko
  • Ikezawa, Katsunari
  • Ooishi, Satoshi
  • Sakamura, Karen

Abstract

The present invention appropriately generates a business process. This business process generation device 10, which generates a business process which expresses the relationship between a plurality of businesses, is equipped with one or more processors 11 and one or more memory units 12. The processors 11 execute operation of: an input/output card generation unit 15 for generating a plurality of input/output cards for which the input information and output information is defined by business, by executing a prescribed computer program stored in a memory unit 12, and calculating a degree of association between the plurality of input/output cards, on the basis of the input information of one input/output card and the output information of another input/output card among the generated plurality of input/output cards; and a business process generation unit 17 for generating a business process on the basis of the degree of association calculated by the input/output card generation unit 15.

IPC Classes  ?

23.

RECYCLED RESIN MATERIAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, RECYCLED RESIN MATERIAL DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROGRAM, RECYCLED RESIN MATERIAL SALES METHOD, RECYCLED RESIN MATERIAL DATA PROVISION METHOD, WASTE RESIN MATERIAL DISCRIMINATION DEVICE, AND WASTE RESIN MATERIAL DISCRIMINATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023028522
Publication Number 2024/075384
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-08-04
Publication Date 2024-04-11
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakatsuchi Hiroki
  • Shimada Ryotaro
  • Suzuki Hiroyuki
  • Mori Shunsuke
  • Kawamura Kunihito

Abstract

A recycled resin material data management system comprises an input device, a processing device, and an output device. The input device acquires measurement data of recycled resin material, or waste resin material that is the raw material of the recycled resin material. The processing device calculates a characteristic amount pertaining to the composition and/or the physical properties of the recycled resin material or the waste resin material, on the basis of the measurement data, predicts the remaining life of the recycled resin material or the waste resin material on the basis of the characteristic amount thereof, and discriminates whether mechanical recycling or chemical recycling is to be applied to the waste resin material. The output device outputs at least one among the measurement data, the characteristic amount data, the remaining life data, and the discrimination result. Due to this configuration, low-quality waste resin material can be effectively utilized as much as possible, and the quality of recycled resin material can be ensured.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06Q 10/30 - Administration of product recycling or disposal

24.

ELECTRICAL DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023029028
Publication Number 2024/075392
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-08-09
Publication Date 2024-04-11
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoshitake Yuuichiro
  • Kusukawa Junpei
  • Kamizuma Hiroshi
  • Takahata Ryouichi
  • Nakatsu Kinya

Abstract

This electrical device comprising an electrical component, an electrical component support, an outer frame, and an inner frame, wherein an internal space is formed between the electrical component support and the inner frame, the electrical component is installed in the internal space, and a heat insulating layer is provided between the outer frame and the inner frame. As a result, the strength of the electrical device is maintained, and even if the temperature around the electrical device changes suddenly, the temperature change in the internal space of the electrical device can be reduced and condensation on the inner walls that form the internal space can be prevented.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02M 7/48 - Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
  • H01L 23/34 - Arrangements for cooling, heating, ventilating or temperature compensation
  • H01L 23/36 - Selection of materials, or shaping, to facilitate cooling or heating, e.g. heat sinks
  • H01L 23/473 - Arrangements for cooling, heating, ventilating or temperature compensation involving the transfer of heat by flowing fluids by flowing liquids
  • H05K 7/20 - Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating

25.

VIRTUAL OBJECT GENERATING SYSTEM, VIRTUAL OBJECT GENERATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER

      
Application Number JP2023036167
Publication Number 2024/075763
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-10-04
Publication Date 2024-04-11
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakano Michiki
  • Ikegaya Kazuhiro
  • Ninomiya Masato
  • Otsuka Ayane
  • Oishi Moroe
  • Yamaguchi Taiyo
  • Suzuki Takayuki

Abstract

This virtual object generating system comprises a computer including a processor and a memory, and an activity amount measuring device connected to the computer via a network, wherein: the activity amount measuring device transmits a measured amount of activity to the computer; and the computer includes a virtual object generating unit which applies a predetermined calculation coefficient to the amount of activity received from the activity amount measuring device, to calculate an amount of contribution to a decrease in environmental impact, and which generates and updates a predetermined virtual object on the basis of an integrated value of the calculated amount of contribution.

IPC Classes  ?

26.

CONTROL DEVICE AND AUTOMATIC WORK METHOD

      
Application Number 18273416
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-10-29
First Publication Date 2024-04-11
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor Odai, Masaki

Abstract

A control device according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: a progress information output unit that determines the progress of work on the basis of sensor data, obtained from at least one among a work device and the work environment of the work device, and sensor data during normal progress of the work device, and outputs progress information indicating the progress of work; a management unit that generates an operation command of the work device on the basis of the progress information, and outputs the operation command; and a control unit that generates a driving signal for driving the work device on the basis of the operation command and the sensor data, and outputs said driving signal to the work device.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B25J 9/16 - Programme controls
  • B25J 13/08 - Controls for manipulators by means of sensing devices, e.g. viewing or touching devices

27.

STRADDLE TYPE MONORAIL VEHICLE AND ASSEMBLY METHOD THEREOF

      
Application Number 18371687
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-09-22
First Publication Date 2024-04-11
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hirano, Shuji
  • Furuta, Kazuya
  • Hagihara, Yoshiyuki
  • Chen, Meichuan

Abstract

Provided are a straddle type monorail vehicle in which a center pin provided in a vehicle body can be mechanically fastened to a center pin holding portion provided in a bogie via a cushioning rubber with a small number of work steps, and an assembly method thereof. The center pin has a hollow shape in which both ends are opened, and includes a large cylindrical portion on a bolster beam side and a small cylindrical portion that is connected to the large cylindrical portion and that is coaxial with the large cylindrical portion, the center pin holding portion is elastically supported by a bogie frame forming a frame body of the bogie, and has a hollow portion into which the small cylindrical portion of the center pin is inserted. A fixing metal fitting has a cylindrical rod shape inserted through the center pin that includes first and second threaded portions.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B61B 13/06 - Saddle or like balanced type
  • B61F 5/16 - Centre bearings or other swivel connections between underframes and bolsters or bogies

28.

Object Recognition Apparatus and Object Recognition Method

      
Application Number 18554783
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-04-21
First Publication Date 2024-04-11
Owner HITACHI, LTD (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sakai, Ryo
  • Kimura, Nobutaka

Abstract

The present invention comprises: an input unit that enters scene information indicating the state of a prescribed scene in a container that stores an object; a processing unit that, on the basis of the scene information entered into the input unit, sorts objects in the container by size and, on the basis of the number of sorted objects of different sizes, detects objects of sizes that are not acceptable for storage in the container; and an output unit that outputs the results of processing by the processing unit.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06T 7/62 - Analysis of geometric attributes of area, perimeter, diameter or volume
  • G06Q 10/08 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
  • G06T 7/70 - Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras

29.

GENERAL CONTROL SYSTEM

      
Application Number 18285981
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-03-01
First Publication Date 2024-04-11
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor Ishigooka, Tasuku

Abstract

A control system comprises: moving body detecting units transmitting information about moving bodies; and a control system receives the moving body information and transmits it to a control processing unit. The control system comprises: a surplus time calculation unit that calculates a first surplus time on the basis of the response time and an estimated time required for communication control of the moving body; a processing management unit that determines an execution sequence for the control information; an application unit that calculates control information on the basis of the information about moving bodies and the execution sequence determined by the processing management unit; and a transmission control unit that calculates a second surplus time on the basis of the response time of the moving body and the actual time required for communication control, and transmits control information to the control processing unit according to the second surplus time.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G08B 25/01 - Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems characterised by the transmission medium
  • G08G 1/01 - Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled
  • H04W 4/40 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

30.

ELECTRIC DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023029046
Publication Number 2024/075393
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-08-09
Publication Date 2024-04-11
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoshitake Yuuichiro
  • Kusukawa Junpei
  • Kamizuma Hiroshi
  • Kawashima Tetsuya
  • Nakatsu Kinya

Abstract

This electric device comprises electrical components (1, 60), an electrical component support unit (21), and an outside frame (90). An interior space (92) is formed between the electrical component support unit and the outside frame, the electrical components are installed in the internal space, and gas is enclosed in the internal space at a water vapor pressure of 0.60 Pa or less. In electric devices in which electrical components such as electrolytic capacitors (60), etc., are disposed in a closed space, this makes it possible to prevent the occurrence of condensation on the wall surfaces, etc., of the closed space, and to prevent damage to the electrical components due to air pressure.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02M 7/48 - Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
  • H01L 23/02 - Containers; Seals

31.

STEREO ADAPTER, STEREO CAMERA, AND STEREO CAMERA SYSTEM

      
Application Number JP2023033928
Publication Number 2024/075515
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-09-19
Publication Date 2024-04-11
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Yamazaki Kazuyoshi

Abstract

In order to reduce the size of a stereo camera, the present invention is characterized in that: included are a prism (P10) and a prism (P20) for changing the angle of light rays transmitted from an object; light rays (L) transmitted from the object are transmitted through prism (P10) and prism (P20); and prism (P10) and prism (P20) are disposed so that there is a distance (d) therebetween in the optical axis direction. Prism (P10) inwardly refracts the light rays (L), and prism (P20) outwardly refracts the light rays (L). The refractivity of prism (P10) is greater than the refractivity of prism (P20).

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01C 3/06 - Use of electric means to obtain final indication
  • G02B 5/04 - Prisms
  • G03B 35/08 - Stereoscopic photography by simultaneous recording
  • H04N 13/239 - Image signal generators using stereoscopic image cameras using two 2D image sensors having a relative position equal to or related to the interocular distance

32.

PROCESSING AUTHORITY TRANSFER SYSTEM AND PROCESSING AUTHORITY TRANSFER METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023035633
Publication Number 2024/075647
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-09-29
Publication Date 2024-04-11
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Motomiya Yukie
  • Takahashi Kenta
  • Naganuma Ken
  • Nakamura Wataru
  • Kawana Non
  • Habuchi Takayuki

Abstract

This processing authority transfer system comprises a first terminal and a processing execution subject. The first terminal holds a first certificate that is based on biological information of a mandator of processing, and that indicates an execution condition and execution content for the processing and an identifier of a transferee of the authority for executing the processing. The execution subject transmits, to the first terminal, an identifier of said execution subject and information indicating whether the execution condition has been satisfied. When determining that, on the basis of said information having been received from the execution subject in a first certificate verification, there is an execution subject which has transmitted information indicating that the execution condition has been satisfied, the first terminal determines whether the identifier of said execution subject coincides with the identifier indicated by the first certificate, and performs transfer of the authority of the processing indicated by the execution content to the execution subject on the basis of a result of the first certificate verification.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 9/32 - Arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system
  • G06F 21/32 - User authentication using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
  • G06F 21/33 - User authentication using certificates

33.

DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY SYSTEM

      
Application Number JP2023036404
Publication Number 2024/075817
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-10-05
Publication Date 2024-04-11
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Utsugi, Kei
  • Fujiwara, Takayuki
  • Ohashi, Hiroki

Abstract

Provided is a display method for displaying registration information associated with a parent object in a three-dimensional space, together with the parent object and from the subjective viewpoint of an observer, the display method comprising: an energy map generating process in which one or a plurality of energy maps are created at the viewpoint position of each of one or a plurality of observers, the energy maps being data regarding a two-dimensional plane indicating a region suitable for placement of the registration information; a reference position determining process in which a reference position for displaying the registration information in a second position having lower energy than in the first position is set in the energy maps; and a drawing process in which the registration information to be drawn in a region including the parent object and the reference position is drawn from the subjective viewpoint of the observer.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06T 19/00 - Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
  • G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer

34.

STORAGE SYSTEM

      
Application Number 18114468
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-02-27
First Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoshii, Yoshihiro
  • Yoshihara, Tomohiro
  • Tatsumi, Ryosuke

Abstract

Each controller of a plurality of storage controllers is an old storage controller before replacement or a new storage controller after replacement. The new storage controller can execute a first program and a second program, and the old storage controller can execute at least the second program. When all of the plurality of storage controllers are the new storage controller, the new storage controller processes data input and output to and from the storage drive by using the first program. When the plurality of storage controllers includes at least one of the old storage controllers, each storage controller of the plurality of storage controllers processes the data input and output to and from the storage drive by using the second program.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 11/16 - Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in hardware
  • G06F 11/07 - Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance

35.

COMPUTER SYSTEM AND DATA CONTROL METHOD

      
Application Number 18119336
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-09
First Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Arai, Masahiro
  • Deguchi, Akira
  • Koseki, Hideyuki

Abstract

In failover processing, a CPU restores data stored in a first volume to a second volume of a storage system, associates a unique ID of the first volume with the second volume, and stores the unique ID associated therewith in a memory. After the failover processing is completed, the CPU manages an update difference management bitmap indicating an updated content with respect to data stored in the second volume. The CPU transmits, in failback processing, update data updated after the failover processing among the data stored in the second volume to the first volume identified by the unique ID associated with the second volume based on the update difference management bitmap.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 11/14 - Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in operation, e.g. by using different operation sequences leading to the same result
  • G06F 11/20 - Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in hardware using active fault-masking, e.g. by switching out faulty elements or by switching in spare elements

36.

POWER SYSTEM SUPERVISORY CONTROL APPARATUS, POWER SYSTEM SUPERVISORY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND POWER SYSTEM SUPERVISORY CONTROL METHOD

      
Application Number 18253876
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-10-25
First Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kato, Daichi
  • Watanabe, Masahiro
  • Matsuzaki, Takahisa
  • Murakami, Yohei

Abstract

A power system supervisory control apparatus, a power system supervisory control system, and a power system supervisory control method for reducing social cost and improving resilience of a power system are provided. The power system supervisory control apparatus including multiple renewable energy power supplies includes: a system influence degree evaluation section that evaluates a system influence degree when a renewable energy fluctuation or an assumed fault has an influence on the power system by using, as computation conditions, system data for obtaining a state of the power system, renewable energy fluctuation data indicative of a fluctuation of a power generation output, and assumed fault data of an assumed fault in the power system, and calculates system influence degree evaluation result data; a computation condition selection index calculation section that calculates a selection index for the computation conditions; and a condition selection section that selects the computation conditions.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02J 13/00 - Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network
  • H02J 3/00 - Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks

37.

Cell Peeling Device and Cell Peeling Method

      
Application Number 18370981
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-09-21
First Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sasaki, Kota
  • Kourai, Yuusuke
  • Suzuki, Mutsumi

Abstract

A cell peeling device includes a vibrator that emits an ultrasonic beam onto a cell aggregate across a container wall, a movement mechanism that moves the vibrator to shift a position thereof relative to a culture container, and a control unit that controls beam power output of the ultrasonic beam and the position of the vibrator, in which the control unit carries out mode switching of switching the beam power output of the ultrasonic beam between a first mode in which the cell aggregate is cut and a second mode in which a peeling portion of the cell aggregate, the peeling portion being formed in the first mode, is peeled from the container wall, and, in the first mode, makes a beam size of the beam power output smaller than a beam size in the second mode while makes an intensity of the beam power output larger than an intensity in the second mode.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C12M 1/42 - Apparatus for the treatment of microorganisms or enzymes with electrical or wave energy, e.g. magnetism, sonic wave
  • C12M 1/34 - Measuring or testing with condition measuring or sensing means, e.g. colony counters
  • C12N 13/00 - Treatment of microorganisms or enzymes with electrical or wave energy, e.g. magnetism, sonic waves

38.

MODEL PROVIDING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND MODEL PROVIDING ASSISTANCE METHOD FOR USING DIGITAL TWIN SIMULATION

      
Application Number 18449031
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-08-14
First Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Laurence, Alexander Adam
  • Muro, Keiro
  • Satoh, Daiwa

Abstract

A system determines a plurality of model classes of a scenario model based on: different factors with respect to a scenario model for a digital twin simulator, the factors being specified from physical or digital asset; and a result of comparison between a value for the factor and a threshold of each factor. For each of the model classes and for each outcome with respect to the scenario model, the system receives, from a user, an outcome value range that is a range of a value of the each outcome and is a range of a value based on heuristics. The system prepares, for each model class, a scenario model having an outcome value belonging to the outcome value range received for the each model class. The system selects an optimal scenario model from among the scenario models prepared for respective ones of the model classes.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 30/27 - Design optimisation, verification or simulation using machine learning, e.g. artificial intelligence, neural networks, support vector machines [SVM] or training a model

39.

SYSTEM FOR MANAGING/MONITORING NATURAL ECOSYSTEM

      
Application Number 18476640
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-09-28
First Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor Matsunaga, Hiromitsu

Abstract

In a system for managing/monitoring a natural ecosystem, comprising: an input unit receiving basic information of a target area as an object to be managed or monitored, management or monitoring plan data of an ecosystem in the target area, environment data including measurement data, and ecosystem data; a storage unit storing the input data and process data; a process unit processing data; and an output unit outputting data, the process unit calculates a deviation between the management or monitoring plan data input in the input unit with respect to the target area and the environment data and the ecosystem data, and when the deviation is smaller than a predetermined threshold, stores the environment data and the ecosystem data regarding the target area into the storage unit and, when the deviation is larger than the predetermined threshold, outputs the deviation, and the environment data and the ecosystem data of the target area from the output unit.

IPC Classes  ?

40.

ELEVATOR CAR TOP HANDRAIL DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022036716
Publication Number 2024/069935
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-09-30
Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kariya Tomoki
  • Shimada Katsuhiro
  • Ito Yasushi

Abstract

This elevator car top handrail device is provided with a left-side handrail, a right-side handrail, and a rear handrail. The rear handrail is provided with a joint portion in which a left-side rear handrail member and a right-side rear handrail member are connected with each other. The joint portion: is provided with an engagement pin provided on one of the left-side rear handrail member and the right-side rear handrail member, and an engagement groove provided on the other; and connects the left-side rear handrail member and the right-side rear handrail member with each other by engaging the engagement pin with the engagement groove. The engagement groove has a first groove portion where the engaging/releasing of the engagement pin can be performed and a second groove portion that is formed continuously with the first groove portion. The second groove portion receives the engagement pin when a downward force has been applied to the joint portion and maintains the joint state between the left-side rear handrail member and the right-side rear handrail member.

IPC Classes  ?

41.

INSULATING PIPING, WATER ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM, AND PIPING DAMAGE DETECTION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023006804
Publication Number 2024/070006
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-02-24
Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Fujita Shinji
  • Sugimasa Masatoshi
  • Gunji Akira
  • Sakuma Hirotaka
  • Mizukami Takaaki
  • Ge Jiachen
  • Kakuya Hiromu

Abstract

In order to enhance the robustness of a water electrolysis system, said system consists of a double pipe consisting of an inner pipe (130) that connects a water electrolysis stack and auxiliary equipment and in which a fluid circulates in the interior thereof and an outer pipe (12) that is provided outside the inner pipe (130) via the inner pipe (130) and an outer-pipe interior space (14), the system being characterized in that: the outer pipe (12) has insulating properties; the water electrolysis stack and the auxiliary equipment are insulated from each other in the inner pipe (130); and a dry gas (13) having a humidity that is equal to or less than a prescribed value is enclosed in the outer-pipe interior space (14), which is a space at a pressure that is higher than the pressure of the fluid circulating in the interior of the inner pipe (130) and the atmospheric pressure.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C25B 9/00 - Cells or assemblies of cells; Constructional parts of cells; Assemblies of constructional parts, e.g. electrode-diaphragm assemblies; Process-related cell features
  • C25B 1/04 - Hydrogen or oxygen by electrolysis of water
  • F16L 55/00 - Devices or appurtenances for use in, or in connection with, pipes or pipe systems
  • F16L 59/06 - Arrangements using an air layer or vacuum

42.

PLANNING LOGIC EVALUATION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023013239
Publication Number 2024/070014
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-30
Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Miyata Kohei
  • Fujii Norisuke
  • Doan Takeru

Abstract

The invention of the present application addresses the problem of providing a tool for facilitating the introduction of a scheduler. One aspect of the present invention is a planning logic evaluation support system comprising a control unit, a storage unit, an input unit, and an output unit, said planning logic evaluation support system further comprising: a process characteristic analysis unit that extracts process characteristics from master data; a productivity reduction factor extraction unit that extracts characteristic parameters of interest that affect productivity on the basis of the process characteristics; and a test production data generation unit that generates test production data by distributing the characteristic parameters of interest within a prescribed range.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control (DNC), flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), integrated manufacturing systems (IMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)
  • G06Q 50/04 - Manufacturing

43.

POWER SYSTEM CONTROL DEVICE AND POWER SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023018616
Publication Number 2024/070039
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-05-18
Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Suenaga, Shinya
  • Tada, Yasuyuki
  • Watanabe, Masahiro

Abstract

The present invention provides a power system control device which makes it possible to suppress an increase in operating costs due to a time-varying state of a power system. A scenario generation unit 120 generates, for each combination of two or more of possible values taken by a scenario, the scenario that indicates whether each of a plurality of future control times is a target time at which an electric apparatus 5 included in a power system 3 is operated. A control plan unit 130 determines, for each scenario, operation details of an operation for the electric apparatus 5 included in the power system 3 in each of the target times on the basis of system time change data. A level-of-validity calculation unit 140 calculates, for each scenario, a level of validity obtained by evaluating the validity of the scenario on the basis of the operating costs pertaining to an operation for the electric apparatus 5 and an index value obtained by evaluating the state of the power system 3. A control determination unit 160 determines a control scenario, which is used for controlling the power system 3, on the basis of the level of validity.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02J 3/00 - Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks
  • H02J 3/12 - Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks for adjusting voltage in ac networks by changing a characteristic of the network load
  • H02J 13/00 - Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network

44.

IRRADIATION POSITION VERIFICATION ASSISTING DEVICE, IRRADIATION POSITION VERIFICATION ASSISTING METHOD, AND IRRADIATION POSITION VERIFICATION ASSISTING PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2023023631
Publication Number 2024/070093
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-06-26
Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoshida Hanae
  • Li Yun
  • Umekawa Tooru

Abstract

This irradiation position verification assisting device comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires a first medical image of the inside of a subject's body, a second medical image of the inside of the subject's body captured after the first medical image has been captured, and a third medical image of the inside of the subject's body captured after the second medical image has been captured; a region analysis unit that analyzes a region contained in the first medical image acquired by the acquisition unit; an association analysis unit that calculates first change information indicating a change related to the same tissue in the first medical image and the second medical image by aligning the first medical image with the second medical image acquired by the acquisition unit, and transforms the region analysis result from the region analysis unit on the basis of the first change information to output the transformed region analysis result; and a generation unit that superimposes the transformed region analysis result from the association analysis unit on the third medical image acquired by the acquiring unit to generate a superimposed image.

IPC Classes  ?

  • A61B 6/03 - Computerised tomographs
  • A61N 5/10 - X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy

45.

ELEVATOR

      
Application Number JP2023027126
Publication Number 2024/070168
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-07-25
Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kariya Tomoki
  • Shimada Katsuhiro
  • Endo Motofumi
  • Ito Yasushi

Abstract

This elevator includes a car that moves up and down through a hoistway, a suspended object connected to the car and suspended in the hoistway, and a swing suppressing member that suppresses swing of the suspended object. The swing suppressing member is located inside the suspended object and is more rigid in the horizontal direction than in the vertical direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B66B 7/06 - Arrangements of ropes or cables

46.

SECONDARY BATTERY SYSTEM AND SECONDARY BATTERY CONTROL METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023033784
Publication Number 2024/070780
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-09-15
Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Komatsu Daiki
  • Kawaji Jun
  • Konishi Hiroaki
  • Amano Takashi
  • Hiruta Tomoaki

Abstract

Provided is a secondary battery system (100) comprising a battery bank 3 which includes: a battery rack (B) that has a plurality of battery cells connected in series; and a power converter (2) for causing a single or plurality of battery racks (B) connected in parallel to charge or discharge a power system, wherein the secondary battery system has a switch (4) which allows a power converter in another battery bank to change over the battery rack (B) included in the battery bank (3) and a controller (5) which monitors a degradation rate or years of use of the battery rack (B) and controls the power converter (2) and the switch (4), and the controller (5) commands, to the switch (4), the power converter (2) to be connected on the basis of the degradation rate or years of use of the battery rack (B).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02J 7/02 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries for charging batteries from ac mains by converters
  • H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
  • H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries

47.

Robot Control System, Robot Control Method, and Program

      
Application Number 18285343
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-02-02
First Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor Nakamura, Satoshi

Abstract

One aspect of the present invention is provided with: a calculation processing unit for, by using a learning model, inferring and outputting progress in a work step and a type of a work target object corresponding to information indicating the current work situation of a robot device, acquired by a work situation sensor; and an operation selection unit that selects an operation pattern generation unit from one or more operation pattern generation units each for generating an operation pattern of a robot device 1 corresponding to the current work step, on the basis of the inferred type of the work target object and the inferred progress in the current work step.

IPC Classes  ?

48.

PROPOSAL SYSTEM AND PROPOSAL METHOD OF PROVIDING PROPOSAL FOR REDUCING RISK

      
Application Number 18465001
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-09-11
First Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Confortola, Giada
  • Takata, Mika
  • Kashiyama, Toshihiko

Abstract

A system is configured to acquire, from history data, entity data similar to target entity data which is data including a feature value of each of plurality of features related to a target entity. The history data includes entity data for each of a plurality of entities at each past time point. For each entity, entity data at a past time point includes a feature value at the time point for each feature of the entity. The system is configured to create, for each controllable feature among the plurality of features related to the target entity, based on statistics of a plurality of feature values in related case data which is data including entity data similar to the target entity data, a proposal of a feature value change for reducing a risk predicted by inputting the target entity data to a prediction model. A user interface which displays the proposal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G16H 50/30 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data mining; ICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for individual health risk assessment

49.

CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND ELECTRICITY AND HYDROGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM

      
Application Number JP2022036214
Publication Number 2024/069801
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-09-28
Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Watanabe Keiji
  • Furuta Futoshi
  • Ozeki Masataka
  • Mizukami Takaaki
  • Sugimasa Masatoshi

Abstract

The present invention is a control device for controlling operation of a water electrolysis stack, the device comprising: a measurement unit for measuring performance of the water electrolysis stack; a prediction unit for predicting the produced amount of hydrogen generated by the water electrolysis stack and the deterioration degree of the water electrolysis stack during a predetermined period by using the performance measured by the measurement unit and characteristics of the water electrolysis stack pertaining to how easily the stack deteriorates; and an operation condition determination unit for determining conditions for controlling operation of the water electrolysis stack on the basis of the prediction result from the prediction unit. Increase in lifecycle costs in a water electrolysis system in which water electrolysis stacks different in performance are present together can be suppressed thereby.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C25B 15/023 - Measuring, analysing or testing during electrolytic production
  • C25B 1/04 - Hydrogen or oxygen by electrolysis of water
  • C25B 9/00 - Cells or assemblies of cells; Constructional parts of cells; Assemblies of constructional parts, e.g. electrode-diaphragm assemblies; Process-related cell features

50.

VIRTUAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE SHARING SYSTEM, VIRTUAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE SHARING METHOD, AND VIRTUAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE SHARING SERVER

      
Application Number JP2023002119
Publication Number 2024/069997
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-01-24
Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakamura Yusuke
  • Ikeda Naohito
  • Kawamata Ryota
  • Mitani Keiichi
  • Ogi Yuya
  • Numata Takashi

Abstract

A virtual three-dimensional space sharing system according to the present invention comprises: a first display device visible by a first user in a first location; a first sensor that observes an object and the first user in the first location; a second sensor that observes movement of a second user in a second location different from the first location; and a server that collects data from the first sensor and the second sensor, wherein the server maps the object and the first user observed by the first sensor and the second user observed by the second sensor in a virtual three-dimensional space, and transmits information about the position and the movement of the second user mapped in the virtual three-dimensional space to the first display device.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
  • G06T 19/00 - Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics

51.

LIVING ENVIRONMENT EVALUATION SYSTEM AND LIVING ENVIRONMENT EVALUATION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023028695
Publication Number 2024/070238
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-08-07
Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Matsuba, Hiroya
  • Zhao, Yu
  • Rachmawan, Irene

Abstract

A living environment evaluation system 1 for evaluating a living environment with respect to an indicator specified by a user comprises: a high-resolution data analysis unit 11 which, by using user preference information 132 that holds preference coefficients indicating the user's preference for one or more living environment items that may affect the indicator, analysis instruction information 18 that indicates an analysis range specified by the user, and images that correspond to the analysis range, performs wavelength-based analysis and thereby analyzes characteristics of each of a plurality of regions (meshes) obtained by dividing the analysis range; an indicator calculation unit 13 which calculates an indicator value for the indicator for each region of the analysis range on the basis of the analysis results of the characteristics of the analysis range and the user preference information 132; and a visualization unit 14 which displays and overlays, on a map indicating each region of the analysis range, evaluation results based on the indicator values calculated by the indicator calculation unit 13.

IPC Classes  ?

52.

BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM

      
Application Number JP2023034636
Publication Number 2024/071004
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-09-25
Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kawaji Jun
  • Konishi Hiroaki
  • Komatsu Daiki

Abstract

Provided are: a battery energy storage system that extracts a deterioration parameter for a material of secondary batteries constituting a BESS without stopping the operation of the entire BESS, thereby takes into account not only SOH diagnosis and prediction but also abnormal deterioration, and thus makes it possible for the owner of the BESS to suitably perform operation and maintenance of the BESS; and a management method for the battery energy storage system. The battery energy storage system (BESS) comprises a state management unit that selects a battery bank to be diagnosed having less than 50% of total capacity from among a plurality of battery banks constituting the BESS and extracts a deterioration parameter for a material constituting at least one of battery cells, battery modules, and battery racks constituting the selected battery bank. The state management unit executes charging and discharging on the basis of a request from a grid when extracting the deterioration parameter.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01R 31/392 - Determining battery ageing or deterioration, e.g. state of health
  • G01R 31/367 - Software therefor, e.g. for battery testing using modelling or look-up tables
  • G01R 31/3842 - Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC combining voltage and current measurements
  • G01R 31/385 - Arrangements for measuring battery or accumulator variables
  • G01R 31/389 - Measuring internal impedance, internal conductance or related variables
  • H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
  • H02J 3/32 - Arrangements for balancing the load in a network by storage of energy using batteries with converting means
  • H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
  • H02J 7/34 - Parallel operation in networks using both storage and other dc sources, e.g. providing buffering

53.

PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND PROTECTION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023035325
Publication Number 2024/071276
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-09-28
Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kanno, Yusuke
  • Nakata, Kiyoshi

Abstract

The present invention provides a technology that makes it possible to maintain the safety of a system which employs a multigate IGBT. A representative protection circuit according to the present invention is used in a power conversion device that comprises: a drive circuit including a delay section into which at least one pulse-width modulated command signal is input and which outputs a delay signal obtained by delaying the command signal for a prescribed delay time; and a semiconductor circuit having at least one circuit element into which the signal output from the drive circuit is input, said protection circuit being characterized by outputting a block determination signal for blocking the output of the semiconductor circuit and being connected to the drive circuit such that the block determination signal is input into the drive circuit without passing through the delay section.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02M 1/08 - Circuits specially adapted for the generation of control voltages for semiconductor devices incorporated in static converters

54.

WORK ACTION RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND WORK ACTION RECOGNITION METHOD

      
Application Number 18039693
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-12-22
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Akiyama, Takayuki

Abstract

There are provided an action recognition section that recognizes an action of a worker on the basis of information detected by a sensor worn by the worker and a predetermined action recognition model; a work intensity determination section that determines work intensity of work performed by the worker, on the basis of the information detected by the sensor and a predetermined work intensity determination model; and a control section that associates the action of the worker obtained by the action recognition section with the work intensity of the work performed by the worker, the work intensity being obtained by the work intensity determination section, and outputs the association.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06Q 10/0631 - Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
  • G06Q 10/0639 - Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations

55.

MANAGEMENT METHOD

      
Application Number 18178970
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-06
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ahmad, Avais
  • Hayashi, Shinichi
  • Nakano, Kaori

Abstract

A management method includes accessing API interfaces and collecting data related to primary volumes, remote copy volumes, and shared upload volumes, generating order topology related to the primary, remote copy, and shared upload volumes, calculating a set P of the primary volumes storing data to be deleted and specifying a set Vd of the remote copy volumes directly related to the set P in the order topology, calculating, as a set C, all of the shared upload volumes related to the set P in the order topology and specifying a set Vi of all of the remote copy volumes related to the set C in the order topology, calculating a set Vid as the complementary set of the set Vd in the set Vi, and specifying a set Pid of the primary volumes one level higher than the set Vid in the order topology.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 11/14 - Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in operation, e.g. by using different operation sequences leading to the same result

56.

ALLOCATION CONTROL APPARATUS, COMPUTER SYSTEM, AND ALLOCATION CONTROL METHOD

      
Application Number 18181732
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-10
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nomura, Shimpei
  • Hayasaka, Mitsuo

Abstract

A memory of an application platform stores per site a performance model indicating a relationship between program performance and a resource amount of hardware necessary for realizing program performance, and an electric power consumption model indicating a relationship between a resource allocation amount that is an amount allocated to the program, and an electric power consumption amount consumed when the program is executed. The CPU receives target performance information that indicates target performance for the program, calculates per site a necessary allocation amount and a necessary electric power consumption amount that are a resource allocation amount and an electric power consumption amount necessary for realizing the target performance by using the target performance information, the performance model, and the electric power consumption model, and creates a container/data allocation plan that is an allocation plan of an execution platform of the program and data based on a result of the calculation.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 9/50 - Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]

57.

Wireless Communication Environment Evaluation Method and System

      
Application Number 18244471
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-09-11
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Takei, Ken
  • Igarashi, Yuichi
  • Ohnishi, Masami

Abstract

The position of a movable body is estimated without requiring the movable body to recognize and report its own position, and the position is reflected in a structural model constructed in a computer for the purpose of wireless communication environment evaluation. Provided is a wireless communication environment evaluation method including using an information processing device that includes a central processing unit, an output device, an input device, and a memory device, and that is configured to provide a computational resource, in which the information processing device is configured to construct a structural model of an electromagnetic wave scatterer in the computational resource, calculate a characteristic of an electromagnetic field by using the structural model and a ray that simulates a radio wave traveling in a real space, and obtain, on the basis of a result of the calculation using a first structural model corresponding to a real space including a first object and excluding a second object and electromagnetic wave vector measurement data on a real space including the first object and the second object, position information on a position of the second object.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 17/391 - Modelling the propagation channel
  • H04W 24/06 - Testing using simulated traffic
  • H04W 64/00 - Locating users or terminals for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

58.

POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND POWER CONVERSION DEVICE

      
Application Number 18276097
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-03-08
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Chen, Ti
  • Namba, Akihiro
  • Tokuyama, Takeshi
  • Araki, Takahiro
  • Asai, Kyota

Abstract

A power semiconductor device according to the present invention is provided with: a first circuit body constituting an upper arm of an inverter circuit for converting a DC current into an AC current; a second circuit body constituting a lower arm of the inverter circuit; and a circuit board that has therein a through-hole in which the first circuit body and the second circuit body are disposed and that has an intermediate board between the first circuit body and the second circuit body. The intermediate board has an AC wiring pattern for transmitting the AC current, and the first circuit body and the second circuit body are connected to the AC wiring pattern so as to be in surface contact with the AC wiring pattern.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 25/16 - Assemblies consisting of a plurality of individual semiconductor or other solid state devices the devices being of types provided for in two or more different main groups of groups , or in a single subclass of , , e.g. forming hybrid circuits
  • H01L 23/13 - Mountings, e.g. non-detachable insulating substrates characterised by the shape
  • H01L 23/498 - Leads on insulating substrates

59.

DATA CENTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

      
Application Number 18367369
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-09-12
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ozawa, Yoji
  • Kaneko, Satoshi
  • Tanaka, Hiro
  • Kono, Yasutaka

Abstract

To reduce a power surplus of fluctuating renewable energy. Data center candidate management information indicates a characteristic of renewable energy supplied to each data center candidate. Application program type candidate management information indicates a characteristic of each application program type candidate. The system determines, with reference to the data center candidate management information and the application program type candidate management information, a plurality of combinations each including one or more data center candidates and one or more application program type candidates, determines a score of each combination based on a characteristic of renewable energy supplied to each of the one or more data center candidates and a characteristic of each of the one or more application program type candidates, and selects, based on the score, a combination to be presented.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06Q 10/0637 - Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals
  • G06Q 50/06 - Electricity, gas or water supply

60.

FAILURE AREA IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

      
Application Number 17954119
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-09-27
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Osaki, Hiroyuki
  • Kawaguchi, Tomohiro

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure involve an innovative method for detecting error zones from a plurality of volume groups. The method may include creating a plurality of probe groups for error detection; detecting a new error associated with the plurality of probe groups and the plurality of volume groups; retrieving error information associated with the new error, wherein the error information comprises an error source, an error type, and an error time; retrieving an error correlation rule associated with the error information; determining if the error correlation rule is satisfied by the error information and information of other known errors; and identifying a common zone based on the error information and the information of the other known errors as an error zone.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 11/07 - Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance

61.

AUTOMATIC COPY CONFIGURATION

      
Application Number 17955320
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-09-28
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tsuchiya, Akiyoshi
  • Kawaguchi, Tomohiro

Abstract

Example implementations described herein involve systems and methods that can include, responsive to a request to deploy an application using a storage of a storage system, managing a storage configuration for the application; managing data information and storage configuration information associated with a copy relationship between data used by the application and the storage configuration for the storage system; extracting and evaluating possible configuration patterns from the data information and the storage configuration information; and providing ones of the possible configuration patterns that satisfy specified requirements for the application.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 11/14 - Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in operation, e.g. by using different operation sequences leading to the same result
  • G06F 9/445 - Program loading or initiating

62.

DEGRADATION PREDICTION DEVICE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND DEGRADATION PREDICTION METHOD FOR SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number JP2023006376
Publication Number 2024/062648
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-02-22
Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor Honkura Kohei

Abstract

The present invention enables simple acquisition of a degradation state of a secondary battery. For this purpose, a degradation prediction device (1) for a secondary battery is provided with: a reference degradation characteristic calculation unit (10) that outputs a reference degradation characteristic (DC) for a first battery (110); a correction coefficient calculation unit (20) that calculates a correction coefficient (α) on the basis of a first reference degradation characteristic (DC1) obtained by supplying first usage condition information (US1), which is one piece of usage condition information (US), to the reference degradation characteristic calculation unit (10) and at least one piece of degradation point data (DA1) in a case in which a second battery (120) is used under a usage condition specified in the first usage condition information (US1); and a degradation characteristic correction unit (30) that outputs estimated degradation characteristic information (DP2) on the basis of second reference degradation characteristic (DC2) and the correction coefficient (α).

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01R 31/392 - Determining battery ageing or deterioration, e.g. state of health
  • G01R 31/367 - Software therefor, e.g. for battery testing using modelling or look-up tables
  • G01R 31/382 - Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC
  • G01R 31/385 - Arrangements for measuring battery or accumulator variables
  • H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
  • H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries

63.

SOFTWARE GENERATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, SOFTWARE GENERATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2023008394
Publication Number 2024/062650
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-06
Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Phan, Huyen Thi Thanh
  • Yasuda, Kazuya
  • Itoh, Shinji

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to assist in efficiently producing software. A software production assistance system 1 executes: a correction pattern extraction step (S1) in which correction pattern information is extracted that has been generated on the basis of test execution information before bug correction that includes an existing source code that contains bugs, a corrected existing source code that is a bug-corrected existing source code, and the result of a test having been executed regarding the existing source code that contains bugs, and test execution information after bug correction that includes the result of a test having been executed regarding the corrected existing source code; and a correction pattern selection step (S2) in which test execution information is acquired that includes the source code to be processed and the result of a test having been executed regarding the source code to be processed, and the correction pattern information to be applied to the source code to be processed is selected from among the extracted correction pattern information, on the basis of the structure of the source code and the test execution information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 8/30 - Creation or generation of source code
  • G06F 11/36 - Preventing errors by testing or debugging of software

64.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMAINING USEFUL LIFE PREDICTION OF A MULTI-COMPONENT OPERATIONAL SYSTEM

      
Application Number SG2022050671
Publication Number 2024/063693
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-09-20
Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Setyawan, Leonardy
  • Lin, Wujuan
  • Kitajima, Yusuke

Abstract

There is provided a method of predicting remaining useful life of a multi-component operational system, the method including: obtaining component remaining useful life information associated to a plurality of components of the operational system, the component remaining useful life information indicates a remaining useful life corresponding to each component of the plurality of components; obtaining component relationships information in relation to the operational system, the component relationships information indicates a relationship between a component and one or more other components of the multi-component operational system; and determining the remaining useful life of the operational system based on the component remaining useful life information associated to the plurality of components and the component relationships information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06Q 10/04 - Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem"
  • G05B 23/00 - Testing or monitoring of control systems or parts thereof

65.

COMPUTER SYSTEM, SYSTEM CONFIGURATION CANDIDATE OUTPUT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SYSTEM CONFIGURATION CANDIDATE OUTPUT PROGRAM

      
Application Number 18110029
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-02-15
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ozaki, Nobuaki
  • Hayashi, Shinichi

Abstract

To support appropriate selection of a configuration of a cloud system. A computer system includes a processor 111, a storage apparatus 112 and an input/output apparatus 141, the storage apparatus 112 stores at least configuration condition information 132 indicating evaluation values for system configurations that can be constructed on cloud, the input/output apparatus 141 accepts a configuration request indicating a condition for a system configuration to be constructed on the cloud, the processor 111 obtains an evaluation value corresponding to the configuration request, compares the evaluation value corresponding to the configuration request with the evaluation values of the configuration condition information and determines a candidate for a system configuration to be proposed on the basis of a result of the comparison, and the input/output apparatus 141 outputs the candidate for the system configuration to be proposed.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 9/445 - Program loading or initiating
  • G06F 9/50 - Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]

66.

DESIGN EXECUTION APPARATUS AND DESIGN EXECUTION METHOD

      
Application Number 18119167
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-08
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kudo, Fumiya
  • Itoh, Masaya
  • Saito, Takeshi
  • Tsukidate, Tsunamichi

Abstract

A design execution apparatus includes: an input unit that inputs task group information indicating a task group including one or more tasks to be executed by an autonomous body and environmental information indicating an environment in which the task is executed; a determining unit that determines an order in which the autonomous body executes tasks included in a task group indicated by the task group information, based on the task group information and the environmental information that are input by the input unit; and a memory unit that stores order information indicating the order determined by the determining unit.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 9/50 - Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]

67.

STORAGE SYSTEM, DATA CONTROL METHOD

      
Application Number 18119255
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-08
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Chujo, Norio
  • Shimada, Kentaro

Abstract

A storage system having a plurality of control units that perform read control of data stored in a storage and write control of the data, the storage system comprising, each of the plurality of control units has a processor, a first memory connected to the processor and storing software for executing a process of read control and write control, a network interface for connecting to a control unit network that connects each of the plurality of control units, and a second memory connected to the network interface and storing control information of the data subject to read control and write control and cache data of the storage.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 3/06 - Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers
  • G06F 12/0804 - Addressing of a memory level in which the access to the desired data or data block requires associative addressing means, e.g. caches with main memory updating

68.

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT METHOD

      
Application Number 18120567
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-13
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nomoto, Tazu
  • Inoue, Teppei
  • Bamoto, Keiichi
  • Yamaguchi, Ayaka

Abstract

A supply chain management system is configured to create supply chain network information including information on a directed graph representing a multi-tiered supply chain network including tiers upstream and downstream of the target enterprise, acquire risk information on the multi-tiered supply chain network, detect, in the directed graph, a risk occurrence node influenced by a risk and a node of the target enterprise influenced by a defect of product supply at the risk occurrence node, search for a substituting node candidate for the risk occurrence node in a node group including a node of an enterprise outside the directed graph based on an item of the risk occurrence node, and present information on a change plan of the multi-tiered supply chain network obtained by adding the substituting node candidate to the directed graph.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06Q 10/0631 - Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
  • G06Q 10/0635 - Risk analysis of enterprise or organisation activities

69.

UNIFIED STORAGE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING UNIFIED STORAGE

      
Application Number 18176517
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-01
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kamo, Yuto
  • Hayasaka, Mitsuo
  • Shimozono, Norio

Abstract

The present invention makes it possible to maintain availability and scale out file performance, while suppressing costs. A unified storage has a plurality of controllers and a storage apparatus (storage device unit), and each of the plurality of controllers is equipped with one or more main processors (CPU) and one or more channel adapters (FE-I/F). Each main processor causes a block storage control program to operate and thereby process data inputted to and outputted from the storage apparatus, each channel adapter has a processor (CPU) that performs transmission and reception to and from a main processor after receiving an access request, and the processors in the plurality of channel adapters cooperate to cause a distributed file system to operate, and distributively store data, written as a file, to the plurality of controllers.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 16/182 - Distributed file systems
  • G06F 3/06 - Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers

70.

COMPUTER AND MODEL GENERATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18182724
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-13
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shimada, Akio
  • Hayasaka, Mitsuo

Abstract

The CPU of the management node measures the power consumption of a computer node while causing the computer node to execute the power measurement benchmark that uses hardware whose resource is allocated to a program to be executed by the computer node, where the CPU is changing the use amount of the resource while causing the computer node to execute the power measurement benchmark. The CPU generates a power consumption model representing a relationship between an allocation amount of the resource to be allocated to the program and the power consumption on the basis of a measurement result obtained by measuring the power consumption.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 9/50 - Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
  • G06F 11/34 - Recording or statistical evaluation of computer activity, e.g. of down time, of input/output operation

71.

Fault Tree Generation Device and Fault Tree Generation Method

      
Application Number 18206374
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-06-06
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor Shimizu, Yuuki

Abstract

A fault tree in which causes for failure events are appropriately developed is generated. A fault tree generation device according to the present invention includes a formula database that stores formulas related to physical phenomena, a formula base causal model generation unit that generates a causal relationship of failure events based on the formulas, a formula base fault tree generation unit that generates a formula base fault tree that is a combination of the causal relationships of the failure events, and an output unit that outputs the formula base fault tree.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06N 5/045 - Explanation of inference; Explainable artificial intelligence [XAI]; Interpretable artificial intelligence

72.

Rail Vehicle Car Body Wall Structure

      
Application Number 18225839
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-07-25
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor Kimura, Sota

Abstract

A wall structure for forming a wall of a rail vehicle car body, the wall structure comprising a metal panel having an aperture formed therein; and a fibre-reinforced-plastic (FRP) strengthening system attached to the metal panel at a corner of the aperture. The FRP strengthening system comprises a stack of FRP laminae arranged such that, progressing through the stack starting from a base lamina, the area of each lamina in the stack is less than that of the previous lamina.

IPC Classes  ?

73.

Welding System, Welding Condition Calculation Apparatus,and Welding Condition Calculation Method

      
Application Number 18265092
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-10-27
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (USA)
Inventor
  • Morihira, Naoki
  • Sugie, Kazutoshi
  • Ogata, Makoto
  • Park, Seunghwan

Abstract

A welding system includes: a setting apparatus configured to move a material to be welded to a desired welding position according to a disturbance condition of the material to be welded 1; a welding robot configured to weld, according to a working condition, the material to be welded moved by the setting apparatus; an inspection apparatus configured to inspect a welding quality of the material to be welded that is welded at a current time; a storage apparatus configured to store the working condition for the current time, the disturbance condition for the current time, and the welding quality of the current time in association with one another; and a determination unit configured to change, when the welding quality of the current time stored in the storage apparatus satisfies a predetermined required quality, the corresponding disturbance condition for the current time and set the changed disturbance condition as a disturbance condition for a next time.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23K 9/095 - Monitoring or automatic control of welding parameters
  • B23K 9/12 - Automatic feeding or moving of electrodes or work for spot or seam welding or cutting

74.

Electronic Computer, Moisture Content Measurement Method, and Moisture Content Measurement System

      
Application Number 18274583
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-11-30
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kobayashi, Yasuko
  • Tanaka, Jun
  • Kambayashi, Takuya
  • Kaga, Yusuke
  • Kono, Shunsuke
  • Kitamura, Kotaro
  • Udagawa, Makiko
  • Miyakawa, Hiroki

Abstract

A moisture content measurement method that calculates moisture content of dehydrated sludge using a calibration curve for calculating the moisture content of the dehydrated sludge, the calibration curve being obtained by performing multivariate regression analysis after first-order differential processing or an offset correction is performed on absorbance for reflected light or reflectance for infrared rays from dehydrated sludge, the absorbance or the reflectance being obtained by measuring the dehydrated sludge using an infrared measurement apparatus provided with a light-receiving unit that can receive at least infrared rays reflected from a target object to be measured and a light source that has a plurality of infrared LEDs that can emit infrared rays having respectively different wavelengths or a light source having an infrared-region tungsten lamp or halogen lamp.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01N 21/3554 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light for determining moisture content
  • C02F 1/00 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
  • C02F 11/12 - Treatment of sludge; Devices therefor by de-watering, drying or thickening

75.

RESEARCH VIEWPOINT PRESENTATION SYSTEM AND RESEARCH VIEWPOINT PRESENTATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18275086
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-08-17
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Teruya, Eri
  • Takeuchi, Tadashi

Abstract

A research viewpoint presentation system calculates, for a document group, a level of potential relevance between two words, using a co-occurrence rate determined based on a meaning of a word or a context in which the word appears, taking into consideration a potential relationship between the two words included in the document group; calculates, for the document group, a level of existing relevance between two words, based on a frequency of actual appearance of the two words; selects a pair of two words for pairs of two words extracted from the document group, based on an index determined by comparing the potential relevance level with the existing relevance level; extracts recommended research viewpoint information concerning the selected pair of two words from the document group; and outputs the extracted recommended research viewpoint information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 40/284 - Lexical analysis, e.g. tokenisation or collocates
  • G06V 30/413 - Classification of content, e.g. text, photographs or tables

76.

POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18364530
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-08-03
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kamizuma, Hiroshi
  • Gao, Hangxian
  • Kawashima, Tetsuya
  • Seo, Masahiro

Abstract

There is provided a power conversion apparatus including a first power semiconductor module, a second power semiconductor module, a control circuit for driving the first power semiconductor module and the second power semiconductor module, and liquid-cooling type cooling jackets, wherein the second power semiconductor module is disposed closer to an upper surface in the gravity direction than the first power semiconductor module is, the cooling jackets include a refrigerant containing hydrogen molecules and a refrigerant flow path at least between the first power semiconductor module and the second power semiconductor module, and the control circuit performs control such that the operating time period of the second power semiconductor module is shorter than the operating time period of the first power semiconductor module.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 23/373 - Cooling facilitated by selection of materials for the device
  • H01L 23/31 - Encapsulation, e.g. encapsulating layers, coatings characterised by the arrangement
  • H01L 23/473 - Arrangements for cooling, heating, ventilating or temperature compensation involving the transfer of heat by flowing fluids by flowing liquids
  • H02M 7/00 - Conversion of ac power input into dc power output; Conversion of dc power input into ac power output
  • H05K 7/14 - Mounting supporting structure in casing or on frame or rack
  • H05K 7/20 - Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating

77.

CALCULATION SYSTEM AND CALCULATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18465655
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-09-12
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Muro, Keiro
  • Hori, Yoshinari

Abstract

A calculation system that, in an environment based on a digital twin to which the assets are hierarchically connected, executes a simulation regarding the assets on the basis of an output specification regarding a sampling rate and target accuracy that is target accuracy of calculation processing, the calculation system includes a requirement condition calculation unit configured to calculate an output specification to be required for a downstream hierarchy, and a requirement adjustment unit configured to adjust the output specification of a hierarchy that receives a requirement on the basis of the requirement received from the downstream hierarchy, and the requirement condition calculation unit calculates an output specification to be required for an upstream hierarchy on the basis of the output specification adjusted by the requirement adjustment unit.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control (DNC), flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), integrated manufacturing systems (IMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)

78.

PCR MEASURING METHOD AND MEASUREMENT DEVICE

      
Application Number 18529759
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-12-05
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tanaka, Junko
  • Yokoi, Takahide
  • Kamahori, Masao
  • Kohara, Yoshinobu

Abstract

The present invention is directed to provide new PCR measuring method and device. As one embodiment of the present invention, a DNA detection method for detecting DNA in a droplet being present in oil, the droplet containing the DNA and a fluorescent labeled probe, the fluorescent labeled probe being hybridized to the DNA, the method including: a first step of amplifying the DNA in the droplet by a nucleic acid amplification reaction; and a second step of measuring a melting temperature of the fluorescent labeled probe and the DNA in the droplet is provided.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C12Q 1/686 - Polymerase chain reaction [PCR]
  • C12Q 1/6848 - Nucleic acid amplification reactions characterised by the means for preventing contamination or increasing the specificity or sensitivity of an amplification reaction

79.

ENVIRONMENT CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM AND ENVIRONMENT CONSTRUCTION METHOD

      
Application Number 17950194
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-09-22
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nishida, Toshio
  • Ukeda, Masaharu

Abstract

An environment construction system holds resource price information indicating a price of available resources in a second environment and communication distance information indicating a distance of a communication path between the second environment and a first environment when the available resources are used for the second environment, acquires system configuration information of an information system and environment arrangement information indicating a physical location where the first environment is disposed, analyzes the system configuration information to generate an analysis result indicating a configuration of the system, determines an environment arrangement policy indicating a requirement required for the second environment based on the analysis result, selects a resource to be used for the second environment based on the resource price information, the communication distance information, and the environment arrangement policy, converts the system configuration information to use the selected resource, and constructs the second environment using the selected resource.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 9/50 - Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]

80.

ALERT RULE MANIPULATION IN SYNC OF TEMPORARY CONFIGURATION CHANGE

      
Application Number 17955275
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-09-28
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor Osaki, Hiroyuki

Abstract

Systems and methods described herein involve a storage system and one or more devices associated with the storage system, the one or more devices external to the storage system, which can include managing a configuration rule difference mapping information that maps configuration detection filter information and required rule manipulation responsive to the configuration detection filter information, the required rule manipulation indicative of a modification to alert properties of the storage system; for detection of a configuration change to the one or more devices based on the configuration detection filter information, identifying one or more rule manipulations from the required rule manipulation information from the configuration rule difference mapping information, and generating a rule manipulation draft to modify the alert properties of the storage system based on the required rule manipulation.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 11/32 - Monitoring with visual indication of the functioning of the machine
  • G06F 11/30 - Monitoring

81.

COMPUTER SYSTEM AND EVALUATION METHOD FOR CYBER SECURITY INFORMATION

      
Application Number 17912030
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-02-17
First Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Chen, Yiwen
  • Kasuya, Momoka
  • Yamazaki, Hiroki
  • Higaki, Hiroyuki

Abstract

A computer system comprises a freshness evaluation module configured to evaluate freshness of cyber security information; a reliability evaluation module configured to evaluate a level of reliability of an information source of the cyber security information; a richness evaluation module configured to evaluate richness of a content of the cyber security information; and a value evaluation module configured to evaluate a value of the cyber security information based on evaluation results obtained by the freshness evaluation module, the reliability evaluation module, and the richness evaluation module. The richness evaluation module is configured to: identify a target of application of the cyber security information; and evaluate the richness of the content of the cyber security information in the identified target.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 21/57 - Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities

82.

COMPUTER SYSTEM AND MODEL TRAINING METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023001800
Publication Number 2024/062639
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-01-20
Publication Date 2024-03-28
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ogino Masahiro
  • Li Zisheng

Abstract

This system manages a first model for solving one or more tasks, and a second model for generating replay input data obtained by reproducing input data constituting training data used for learning of past tasks. When receiving new training data for a new task, the system uses the first model and the second model to generate replay training data, executes training processing for updating the first model by using the new training data and the replay training data, calculates an indicator representing uncertainty of the replay input data on the basis of an output obtained by inputting the replay input data into the updated first model, selects replay training data to be used for training on the basis of the indicator, and executes training processing by using the new training data and the selected replay training data.

IPC Classes  ?

83.

QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD OF QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

      
Application Number 18115092
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-02-28
First Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Lee, Noriyuki
  • Hisamoto, Digh
  • Tsuchiya, Ryuta

Abstract

A quantum bit array including a plurality of quantum dots capable of confining a quantum bit and a plurality of gate electrodes used to control of the plurality of quantum dots, and a control device controlling a plurality of quantum bits using the plurality of gate electrodes, the quantum bit array includes a storage region including a plurality of quantum dots storing the quantum bit, and an operation region including a plurality of quantum dots capable of applying a quantum gate operation of changing a spin state to the confined quantum bit, the stored quantum bit is moved from the storage region to the operation region by a shuttle operation of moving the quantum bit with a Coulomb force generated by using the plurality of gate electrodes, and the quantum gate operation of changing the spin state to the quantum bit is performed in the operation region.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06N 10/40 - Physical realisations or architectures of quantum processors or components for manipulating qubits, e.g. qubit coupling or qubit control
  • G06N 10/20 - Models of quantum computing, e.g. quantum circuits or universal quantum computers

84.

OPERATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD

      
Application Number 18170812
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-02-17
First Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor Mizuno, Jun

Abstract

A data migration apparatus and method for performing low cost data migration while preventing stoppages during migration of a job net between cloud services by acquiring an execution schedule of the job net, estimate execution time of each of the jobs, and further estimate volume copy time from a first to a second cloud service regarding each of the volumes to be used; calculate a starting time of each job on the basis of the execution schedule and time of each job; and calculate a starting time of volume copy on the basis of the calculated starting time of day of each job and the volume copy time of each volume, so that the volume copy of each volume from the first to the second cloud service will start at the starting time of the volume copy which has been calculated regarding each relevant volume.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 9/48 - Program initiating; Program switching, e.g. by interrupt
  • G06F 11/34 - Recording or statistical evaluation of computer activity, e.g. of down time, of input/output operation

85.

Rotating Electric Machine, Electric Wheel, and Vehicle

      
Application Number 18267286
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-11-25
First Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Takahashi, Akeshi
  • Suto, Tetsuya
  • Ito, Makoto

Abstract

This rotating electric machine comprises: a stator having a stator core around which a plurality of coils are wound; a rotor supported to be rotatable relative to the stator with a predetermined gap therebetween; a rotor case that holds the rotor; and a first bearing and a second bearing that rotatably support the rotor case. The rotating electric machine includes: a first flow path formation body that forms a first flow path through which a refrigerant flows to a coil end part protruding from the stator core; a first case part which forms an accommodation space of the first bearing, is connected to the first flow path of the first flow path formation body, and fills the accommodation space with the refrigerant; a second flow path formation body which forms a second flow path through which the refrigerant flows to a coil end part disposed on the opposite side from the coil end part in the axial direction; and a second case part which forms an accommodation space of the second bearing, is connected to the second flow path of the second flow path formation body, and fills the accommodation space with the refrigerant.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 5/20 - Casings or enclosures characterised by the shape, form or construction thereof with channels or ducts for flow of cooling medium
  • B60K 7/00 - Disposition of motor in, or adjacent to, traction wheel
  • H02K 5/16 - Means for supporting bearings, e.g. insulating supports or means for fitting bearings in the bearing-shields
  • H02K 9/197 - Arrangements for cooling or ventilating for machines with closed casing and closed-circuit cooling using a liquid cooling medium, e.g. oil in which the rotor or stator space is fluid-tight, e.g. to provide for different cooling media for rotor and stator

86.

WORK SUPPORT SYSTEM AND WORK SUPPORT METHOD

      
Application Number 18362666
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-07-31
First Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Rojas Ferrer, Cesar Daniel
  • Fujiwara, Takayuki

Abstract

The invention is to appropriately support work of a worker. A work support system includes an imaging unit, a control unit, and a display unit. The imaging unit captures an image of a work site. The control unit specifies a region selected by the worker at the work site in the image as a work target region including a work target. The display unit displays text for supporting the work of the worker in the vicinity of the work target region of the image. The work support system includes a sensor unit configured to recognize a line of sight of the worker, and the control unit specifies a predetermined region from a center of the line of sight recognized by the sensor unit as the work target region.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G09B 5/02 - Electrically-operated educational appliances with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip
  • G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
  • G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
  • G06F 3/04815 - Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
  • G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
  • G06T 11/60 - Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
  • G10L 17/22 - Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces

87.

RESOURCE CONTROL FOR SYSTEM LOGGING

      
Application Number 17945948
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-09-15
First Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor Maruyama, Tatsuya

Abstract

In example implementations described herein, there are an apparatus, systems, and methods for identifying a state of a plurality of synchronized devices at a particular time. The method may further include allocating, based on the identified state of each of the plurality of synchronized devices, a set of time-synchronization resources for transmitting time-synchronization information from at least one device in the plurality of devices. The method may also include transmitting a control message to the at least one device in the plurality of devices indicating the allocated set of time-synchronization resources determined for transmitting the time-synchronization information from the at least one device.

IPC Classes  ?

88.

TRAVEL DEMAND ANALYSIS SYSTEM, AND TRAVEL DEMAND ANALYSIS METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023004386
Publication Number 2024/057573
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-02-09
Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kinoshita Yukiko
  • Adachi Shingo
  • Mizukawa Hideo
  • Teshima Hisanori

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a travel demand analysis method and a travel demand analysis system which, in order to provide a travel solution for examining a travel means suitable for a real travel demand, utilize a virtual space to extract a travel demand released from the effects of actual constraints, and investigate a relationship with travel demand in a real space to change the travel means. This travel demand analysis system has a configuration comprising a storage device, a computing device, a user interface device, and a communication device, and utilizes a virtual space in which tourist spots that actually exist can be arranged freely, to generate a travel demand released from actual constraints and a change proposal for an actual travel means, the travel demand analysis system including: an avatar travel distance calculating unit for calculating an avatar travel distance in the virtual space from actual travel means information; a virtual space configuring unit for reconfiguring the arrangement of the tourist spots in accordance with the avatar travel distance, to configure a plurality of virtual spaces; a virtual traveler data acquiring unit for acquiring stay behavior data and travel data of the virtual traveler who has visited the virtual space; a virtual travel demand extracting unit for extracting an avatar demand travel distance having a prescribed travel satisfaction degree with respect to a travel route to each tourist spot, while changing the avatar travel distance; and an actual travel means proposing unit for generating a proposed travel means, which is a change proposal for the actual travel means, from the avatar demand travel distance.

IPC Classes  ?

89.

TRUST FEDERATION SYSTEM, TRUST FEDERATION METHOD, AND TRUST CONNECTOR

      
Application Number JP2023004811
Publication Number 2024/057575
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-02-13
Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Uchiyama Hiroki
  • Kono Misako

Abstract

According to the present invention, a data collection device collects data, requests a trust assignment device for trust information to be assigned to the data according to a predetermined trust setting, and transmits the data with assigned trust information to a trust connector as trust data. The trust connector receives the trust data, extracts the trust information contained in the trust data, causes a trust verification device to verify the trust information, and assigns a connector signature to the data of the trust data when the verification result is valid, and transmits the data to a business device as transfer data. The business device receives the transfer data, extracts the connector signature contained in the transfer data, verifies that the connector signature is valid, extracts the data contained in the transfer data when the connector signature is valid, and executes predetermined processing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 21/64 - Protecting data integrity, e.g. using checksums, certificates or signatures

90.

CHARGE-STATE CALCULATION DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023008013
Publication Number 2024/057581
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-03
Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kouno Toru
  • Tsunoda Jun
  • Isozaki Eri
  • Akizuki Keito
  • Yoshida Naoki

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a technology capable of accurately determining, on the basis of a weather prediction, a charge state necessary for maintaining a storage cell in a self-consignment system. A charge-state calculation device according to the present invention determines the charge state of a storage cell so that even if the actual amount of power generated by a solar cell is less than a predicted power generation amount, the shortfall can be supplemented by discharge from the storage cell, the charge state being determined for a transmission period in which weather, having with the largest range of fluctuation and the largest number of instances of fluctuation with respect to the amount of solar radiation, is predicted.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02J 3/38 - Arrangements for parallelly feeding a single network by two or more generators, converters or transformers
  • H02J 3/32 - Arrangements for balancing the load in a network by storage of energy using batteries with converting means
  • H02J 3/46 - Controlling the sharing of output between the generators, converters, or transformers
  • H02J 13/00 - Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network

91.

OBJECT RECOGNITION DEVICE, ROBOT SYSTEM, AND OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023019831
Publication Number 2024/057627
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-05-29
Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yano Taiki
  • Kimura Nobutaka
  • Ito Kiyoto

Abstract

The present invention provides an object recognition device that can recognize a lump of transport target objects (group of the same articles) as a transport unit on the basis of an arrangement of individual articles in an article group. The object recognition device recognizes the group of the same articles, which is a unit of transport in an environment where a plurality of articles exist, the object recognition device characterized by comprising: an input unit that acquires an image of the plurality of articles; an article detection unit that detects, from the image, article areas where the articles exist; and a group-of-same-articles area estimation unit that acquires inter–article area information, which is information related to an arrangement of the article areas, calculates a frequency distribution of the inter–article area information, and estimates an area of the group of the same articles on the basis of the frequency distribution.

IPC Classes  ?

92.

RADIONUCLIDE PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND RADIONUCLIDE PRODUCTION METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023028331
Publication Number 2024/057756
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-08-02
Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ueno Yuichiro
  • Tadokoro Takahiro
  • Maeda Mizuho
  • Watanabe Takahiro
  • Sasaki Takahiro

Abstract

The present invention provides a radionuclide production system and a radionuclide production method with which it is possible to produce radionuclides efficiently by improving the cooling of a target material containing a raw material nuclide and reducing contamination of the target material with impurities. A radionuclide production system (1) comprises a particle beam irradiation device (10) that generates a particle beam (11), and a target (20) that generates radionuclides through irradiation with the particle beam (11). In the target (20), a target material (21) containing a raw material nuclide that generates radionuclides is mounted on a target cooling plate (22) for cooling the target material (21). The radionuclide production method comprises: forming a target (20) in which a target material (21) containing a raw material nuclide is mounted on a target cooling plate (22) for cooling the target material (21); and producing radionuclides by irradiating the target (20) with a particle beam (11) or bremsstrahlung radiation while cooling the target material (21) using the target cooling plate (22).

IPC Classes  ?

  • G21G 4/08 - Radioactive sources other than neutron sources characterised by constructional features specially adapted for medical applications
  • H05H 9/00 - Linear accelerators
  • G21G 1/10 - Arrangements for converting chemical elements by electromagnetic radiation, corpuscular radiation, or particle bombardment, e.g. producing radioactive isotopes outside of nuclear reactors or particle accelerators by bombardment with electrically-charged particles
  • G21K 5/08 - Holders for targets or for objects to be irradiated
  • A61N 5/10 - X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy

93.

SERVER AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING SUPPLIER SCORE

      
Application Number SG2022050661
Publication Number 2024/058708
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-09-15
Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Patit Paban Goswami, Rajat Goswami
  • Ishii, Toshiki
  • Kitajima, Yusuke

Abstract

A server for calculating a supplier score is provided. The server comprises: a memory for storing instructions; and a processor for executing the stored instructions and configured to: receive a request for an item from a buyer; upon the receipt of the request from the buyer, for each supplier of a plurality of suppliers capable of supplying the item: collect first information about performance of a supplier; and calculate the supplier score for the supplier based on the first information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06Q 30/06 - Buying, selling or leasing transactions
  • G06Q 30/02 - Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

94.

SOURCING SUPPORT SYSTEM AND SOURCING SUPPORT METHOD

      
Application Number 18181740
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-10
First Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Inoue, Teppei
  • Nomoto, Tazu
  • Bamoto, Keiichi
  • Bakke, Yasuo

Abstract

A sourcing support system comprises: a weight calculation unit configured to calculate the name of the related parts group related to the target part when target part specifying information is input; calculate the name of the related parts group; and calculate the evaluation index weights of the evaluation indexes of the supply capacity; and a score calculation unit configured to calculate a name of a candidate supplier who can purchase the target part; calculate the evaluation index score of the evaluation index of supply capacity and the evaluation index of soundness for the calculated names of the candidate suppliers; calculate the sum of the products of the evaluation index weight and the evaluation index score, with respect to the evaluation index of supply capacity as a supply capacity score; calculate the sum of the evaluation index score S of the evaluation index of soundness as the soundness score.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06Q 10/0631 - Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations

95.

ROTARY ELECTRICAL MACHINE

      
Application Number 18289410
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-05-17
First Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwano, Ryuuichirou
  • Suto, Tetsuya

Abstract

A stator of a rotary electrical machine includes a stator core, a coil, and at least one of a connection wire and a jumper wire. The coil has a first coil end which is located on one end side of the stator core in the axial direction and a second coil end which is located on the other end side of the stator core in the axial direction. A coolant flow path for cooling the rotor and the stator has: a coolant inflow port; a first annular flow path which faces an air gap in the axial direction; a relay flow path which is provided on the second coil end side and which faces the air gap in the axial direction; and a second annular flow path which is in communication with the relay flow path and which is provided as shifted radially outward with respect to the air gap.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02K 5/20 - Casings or enclosures characterised by the shape, form or construction thereof with channels or ducts for flow of cooling medium
  • H02K 9/19 - Arrangements for cooling or ventilating for machines with closed casing and closed-circuit cooling using a liquid cooling medium, e.g. oil

96.

PARTICLE THERAPY SYSTEM, IRRADIATION CONTROL APPARATUS, AND IRRADIATION CONTROL METHOD

      
Application Number 17945180
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-09-15
First Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Miyoshi, Takuto
  • Nomura, Takuya
  • Ito, Yuki
  • Toyoda, Takashi
  • Yamada, Takahiro

Abstract

A dose monitor measures a dose of a beam. The position monitor measures the beam size of the beam. The irradiation control apparatus calculates the measurement characteristic of the dose monitor based on the dose and the beam size of the beam, and controls the irradiation of the patient with the beam based on the measurement characteristic and the dose.

IPC Classes  ?

  • A61N 5/10 - X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy

97.

GAS PRICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND GAS PRICE MANAGEMENT METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023003554
Publication Number 2024/057569
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-02-03
Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Watanabe Ayumi
  • Yashiki Tatsurou
  • Mizukami Takaaki
  • Sasaki Takashi
  • Iizuka Hidehiro
  • Ishida Naoyuki
  • Fujita Shinji
  • Kawahara Yohei
  • Yoshimoto Naoki
  • Kani Yuko
  • Inagaki Ryohei

Abstract

Provided is a gas price management system comprising a gas information management unit that manages information regarding supply gas including gas components having a plurality of origins with differing environmental values, and a gas price determination unit that determines the price of the supply gas, wherein the gas information management unit sends concentration information of the supply gas to the gas price determination unit, and the gas price determination unit sets the price of the supply gas using the respective proportions of the gas components in the supply gas obtained from the concentration information of the supply gas and gas prices set on the basis of the respective environmental values of the gas components. It is thereby possible to set a gas price reflecting the environmental values of each among gas components constituting mixed gas when mixed gas including gas components whose environmental values differ due to production method and origin is supplied.

IPC Classes  ?

98.

DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF WATER TREATMENT PLANT

      
Application Number JP2023004266
Publication Number 2024/057572
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-02-08
Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nishida Yoshinori
  • Sangu Yutaka
  • Yamanoi Ichiro
  • Embutsu Ichiro
  • Kageyama Kouji
  • Sumikura Misaki

Abstract

The present invention provides a device for controlling the operation of a water treatment plant and a method for controlling the operation of a water treatment plant that enable stable treatment under diverse water quality requirements in existing facilities. A device for controlling the operation of a water treatment plant in which a plurality of sets of water treatment systems including reaction tanks and final settling tanks are arranged in parallel, water to be treated is branched and routed to a plurality of sets of water treatment systems, and treated water having been treated by the water treatment systems is merged and used as discharged water, wherein the device for controlling the operation of a water treatment plant is characterized in comprising: a discharged water quality target value setting unit that sets the target value of water quality of the discharged water; an operation condition setting unit that sets the target value of the treated water quality for the treated water of each of the plurality of sets of water treatment systems, and the ratio at which the water to be treated flows to each water treatment system; and an operation control unit that controls the water treatment plant on the basis of the value set by the operation condition setting unit, the operation control unit controlling the flow ratio of the water to be treated that is branched and routed to the plurality of sets of water treatment systems.

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99.

ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023007022
Publication Number 2024/057579
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-02-27
Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kouno Toru
  • Tsunoda Jun
  • Isozaki Eri
  • Akizuki Keito
  • Yoshida Naoki

Abstract

The objective of the present invention is to provide a technology that can precisely control, according to a predetermined plan, transmitted power when power generated by a power generation system formed of a solar cell and a storage battery is transmitted between sites via a power transmission network. An electric power control device according to the present invention calculates power to be charged to or discharged from the storage battery and power required to be generated by the solar cell on the basis of a difference between a planned power scheduled to be transmitted via the power transmission network and resulting power that has actually been transmitted (see FIG. 8).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02J 3/00 - Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks
  • H02J 3/32 - Arrangements for balancing the load in a network by storage of energy using batteries with converting means
  • H02J 3/38 - Arrangements for parallelly feeding a single network by two or more generators, converters or transformers
  • H02J 7/35 - Parallel operation in networks using both storage and other dc sources, e.g. providing buffering with light sensitive cells
  • H02J 13/00 - Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network

100.

FLYING VECHICLE LOCATION MONITORING SYSTEM, AND FLYING VEHICLE LOCATION MONITORING METHOD

      
Application Number JP2023019843
Publication Number 2024/057628
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-05-29
Publication Date 2024-03-21
Owner HITACHI, LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Bando Mikio
  • Ito Takahiro
  • Kawaguchi Daisuke

Abstract

Provided is a flying vehicle location monitoring system that can ensure midflight safety of a flying vehicle under monitoring even in circumstances where the current location or the like of the flying vehicle can no longer be ascertained. This flying vehicle location monitoring system is provided with: a body model database storing a plurality of flying vehicle body models; a body model acquisition unit for acquiring, from the body model database, either a body model of a flying vehicle under monitoring or a body model of a flying vehicle of high similarity to the flying vehicle under monitoring; a spatial information generation unit for generating spatial information affecting operation of the flying vehicle on the basis of environmental information of a flight path of the flying vehicle under monitoring; a location inference unit for inferring the location of the flying vehicle at respective times on the basis of the body model, the spatial information, the weight of the flying vehicle, and information specifying the flight path; and an update unit for updating the body model on the basis of the difference between the location of the flying vehicle at each of the times as inferred by the location inference unit and the location of the flying vehicle at each of the times as actually measured by the flying vehicle or by a flying vehicle monitoring sensor.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G08G 5/00 - Traffic control systems for aircraft
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