| YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION Patent applications |
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| 20120124497 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA VIRTUALIZATION AND DISPLAY - A method of data virtualization and display, the method comprising providing a first data set; providing a first view container for displaying data items therein and associating the first view container with the first data set; loading the first data set with selected data items obtained from a first master data collection; and automatically displaying the selected data items in the first view container. An apparatus for data virtualization and display, the apparatus comprising a first master data collection comprising a number of data items; a first data set configured to be loaded with selected data items from the first master data collection; and a first view container configured to display data items therein, the first view container being associated with the first data set such that the selected data items loaded in the first data set are automatically displayed by the first view container. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120116827 | PLANT ANALYZING SYSTEM - A plant analyzing system which can include an accepting section that accepts a definition of a soft-sensor for creating key information used for diagnosing the plant based on the data obtained from the plant; a storage section that stores the soft-sensor; a monitoring data generating section that generates the key information in real time as data for monitoring the plant based on the data obtained from the plant and using the stored soft-sensor; a monitoring data display section that displays in real time the data for monitoring the plant on a screen for monitoring an operation; a history data accumulating section that accumulates the data obtained from the plant as history data; and an analyzing data generating section that generates the key information, as data for analyzing a plant state of the past, based on the accumulated history data and using the stored soft-sensor. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120110648 | USER AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND PLANT CONTROL SYSTEM HAVING USER AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM - A plant control system may include a manipulation monitoring terminal that includes a local user authentication unit configured to authenticate a user who logs in the manipulation monitoring terminal and a domain controller that includes a domain user authentication unit and communicates with the manipulation monitoring terminal. The manipulation monitoring terminal may include a user authentication alarm unit configured to generate a security alarm when the local user authentication unit performs user authentication on the user in a state in which the domain controller is in normal operation. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120096950 | CORIOLIS MASS FLOWMETER - First and second ΔΣ modulators convert output signals of two sensors into pulse density signals. First and second LPFs convert the pulse density signals into multi-bit signals. A signal computing module calculates a mass flow rate based on the multi-bit signals. A resonance circuit generates an excitation signal based on the output signals of the sensors. A drive output module amplifies the excitation signal. An exciter excites the measurement tube using an amplified excitation signal. A multiplier amplifies one of the pulse density signals to generate a multi-bit signal. An amplification factor controller controls an amplification factor of the multiplier based on the multi-bit signal. A third ΔΣ modulator converts an amplified signal into a pulse density signal. A DAC generates the excitation signal based on the pulse density signal. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120095809 | ENERGY-SAVING EFFECT CALCULATOR - An energy-saving effect calculator which includes a unit for determining a standard value of each of a plurality of patterns created from a past operation mode, a past demand data, and past operation data of a boiler; and a comparing unit for creating patterns of an operation mode, demand data, and operation data at a present time, and comparing a value of the pattern with the standard value, wherein at least one of a reduction in energy cost and a reduction in CO | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120088401 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a base connector and a cylindrical member. The base connector has a cylindrical projection to penetrate through an outside wall of an attachment subject. The cylindrical member is fitted with the cylindrical projection and has a cavity. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120082204 | TWO-WIRE TRANSMITTER - There is provided a two-wire transmitter which is connected to an external circuit by two transmission lines and which outputs a certain current signal to the external circuit using the external circuit as a power source. The two-wire transmitter includes: a sensor configured to convert a physical quantity into a first electrical signal and output the first electrical signal; a signal processing circuit configured to perform certain processing on the first electrical signal and output a second electrical signal; a constant current circuit configured to determine the certain current signal to be output to the external circuit, based on the second electrical signal; a reference voltage output unit configured to output a reference voltage based on the second electrical signal; and a shunt regulator circuit configured to determine a circuit voltage of the two-wire transmitter based on the reference voltage. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081539 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING POSITION AND SHAPE OF PATTERN FORMED ON SHEET - An apparatus for measuring the position and shape of a pattern formed on a sheet includes a sheet on which a pattern is formed, a camera holding mechanism that is disposed perpendicular to a transportation direction of the sheet, at least one camera that is disposed such that the camera is movable in a longitudinal direction of the camera holding mechanism, and an image processing computer that processes an image picked up by the at least one camera. In the measuring apparatus, when calibration is performed, calibration is performed with reference to a picked up image of the coating pattern and a picked up image of a reference body for calibration. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120078387 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TASKS IN AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT - An apparatus for managing tasks in an industrial plant comprises a task generator for generating at least one task to be performed in the industrial plant; a task scheduler for assigning a priority to each of the at least one task by analyzing the information of the plant; and a communication module for exchanging task information with a mobile device. The information of the plant may comprise static information and dynamic information of the plant. Preferably, the at least one task may comprise an event task dynamically generated by the task generator. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120063330 | WIRELESS NETWORK PATH SETTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A wireless network path setting apparatus includes a receiving module configured to receive input of wireless network paths, an investigating module configured to investigate a communication environment and status of each of routes constituting the wireless network paths that have been input through the receiving module, and a registering module configured to register the wireless network paths that have been input through the receiving module as network paths to be used in a field wireless system if the communication environment and status of each route investigated by the investigating module is appropriate. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120060607 | VIBRATION TRANSDUCER AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - A vibration transducer includes a silicon single crystal vibration beam provided over a silicon single crystal substrate, the vibration beam having a sectional shape that is longer in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the silicon single crystal substrate than in a direction parallel with it, a shell made of silicon, surrounding the vibration beam with a gap, and forming a vacuum room together with the silicon single crystal substrate, a plate-like first electrode plate disposed parallel with the surface of the silicon single crystal substrate, the first electrode plate having one end connected to the vibration beam, plate-like second and third electrode plates disposed parallel with the surface of the silicon single crystal substrate so as to be opposed to each other with the vibration beam interposed in between, and asperities formed on confronting side surfaces of the vibration beam and the second and third electrode plates. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120057164 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASURING APPARATUS - Biological information measuring apparatus capable of automatically identifying a subject under test, and executing continuous measurement under a common measurement condition having selected a properly identified site at a high S/N ratio for relatively long hours as necessary, and also improving utilization efficiency of the output light of a laser. In the biological information measuring apparatus using a confocal optical system provided with a laser serving as a light source thereof, the biological information measuring apparatus comprises a laser drive means for effecting AC-driving so as to cause pulsed light to be outputted from the laser, and wherein the skin of a finger is discriminated from a nail thereof on the basis of a detection signal of the confocal optical system, and a portion of the skin, in a range of the nail epithelium of the finger to the first joint thereof, is indicated as a measurement region. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120045174 | LIGHT GUIDE - A light guide may include a light stop part that is formed at a first end of an optical fiber, the light stop part stopping a light that is incident at a second end of the optical fiber and is transmitted through the optical fiber, and a slit part that is formed in the light stop part, the slit part being configured to pass the light that is incident at the second end of the optical fiber and is transmitted through the optical fiber. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120042712 | THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY DETECTOR AND GAS CHROMATOGRAPH USING SAME - The present invention provides a thermal conductivity detector capable of realizing high detection performance even with the use of a miniaturized heating element, and expanding an effective applicable temperature range of a heating element, and to provide a gas chromatograph using the same. The thermal conductivity detector comprises a flow-path through which a measurement gas is caused to flow, a heating element disposed inside the flow-path, the heating element being formed on the substrate, for detecting thermal conductivity of the measurement gas according to magnitude of an amount of heat taken away from the heating element by the measurement gas, wherein said heating element is provided with a beam including a part where the beam is folded at a predetermined angle, the part being formed at the central part of the beam. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120036568 | PROVISIONING DEVICE - There is provided a provisioning device which provides, in advance, setting information necessary for joining in a wireless network to a first field device which is to newly join the wireless network to exchange data with an existing field device that is installed in a plant. The provisioning device includes: a storage unit that stores a white list which contains unique information of the first field device and the setting information such that the unique information and the setting information are correlated with each other; a device information acquiring unit that acquires the unique information from the first field device by wireless communication; an extracting unit that extracts, from the white list, the setting information that is correlated with the acquired unique information; and a setting unit that sends the extracted setting information to the first field device by wireless communication. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120030761 | IMPROPER COMMUNICATION DETECTION SYSTEM - An improper communication detection system that acquires packets that are circulated through a plant network by mirroring and detects improper communication includes a storage unit configured to prestore a session whitelist, which is a list of sessions that can be generated in the plant network; a session determination/separation unit configured to make a determination as to a success or failure of session approval on the basis of the acquired packet and configured to generate session information indicating an approved session; and a first improper communication detection unit configured to compare the session information generated by the session determination/separation unit with the session whitelist, and configured to detect communication related to the relevant session as improper communication when the session information does not match any session in the session whitelist. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120029657 | SEQUENCE CONTROLLER - A sequence controller includes a periodic execution type sequence control module configured to execute each regular processing function block in a predetermined control period, an irregular processing function block storage configured to hold an irregular processing function block generated by a user, and a time-sharing execution type sequence control module configured to execute the irregular processing function block called from the irregular processing function block storage in free time of the control period. The periodic execution type sequence control module is configured to call the irregular processing function block from the irregular processing function block storage and to execute the irregular processing function block in the control period. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026657 | FIELD DEVICE - There is provided a field device activated by a battery and housed in a pressure-resistant and explosion-proof container. The device includes: an external interface unit comprising: an infrared communication unit configured to communicate with an external infrared communication device through a window attached to the container; and a display unit configured to display status information about the field device; and a power controller configured to determine whether power from the battery should be switched on or off, in response to a request from the external interface unit. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120019815 | MULTICHANNEL PHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A multichannel photometric measurement apparatus according to one embodiment includes: a single signal generator for generating an initial signal, the initial signal containing a harmonic component for collectively generating a plurality of modulation signals; a light emitting device including a plurality of light sources that are respectively drivable by each of the plurality of modulation signals having different frequencies; a light detector for detecting a plurality of kinds of light emitted from the light emitting device; and discriminating means for discriminating a detected signal output from the light detector per frequency domain of each of the different frequencies for each of the modulation signals. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120016214 | CALIBRATION METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING BIOGENIC SUBSTANCE, USING NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRAL SPECTROSCOPY - A simple calibration method for calibrating an instrument for measuring a biogenic substance, using near-infrared spectral spectroscopy is realized. The calibration method comprises (1) the step of measuring a specific substance of a biological object with the use of an instrument for measuring a biogenic substance, using a confocal optical system, (2) the step of using an instrument for measuring a biogenic substance, using near-infrared spectral spectroscopy, thereby measuring a specific substance in the same region of the biological object, (3) the step of comparing a measured value of the specific substance, measured in the step (1) with a measured value of the specific substance, measured in the step, and (4) the step of executing an operation in the step at least once after the elapse of predetermined time. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013896 | INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING BIOGENIC SUBSTANCE, USING CONFOCAL OPTICAL SYSTEM - An instrument for measuring a biogenic substance, using the confocal optical system that is simplified and reducing measurement error caused by the difference in physical condition or temperature due to weather of the season is realized. The instrument for measuring a biogenic substance, using the confocal optical system comprises the confocal optical system comprised of a laser source, a lens system for collimating light from the laser source, a half mirror for causing the light collimated by the lens system to be transmitted therethrough, a lens system for converging the light that is transmitted through the half mirror, a lens system, a pinhole and a photodetector, and a body for housing these elements and provided with a run button and an exit aperture. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120011459 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT - An apparatus and method for presenting information of an industrial plant in a distributed control system. The apparatus comprises at least one layout manager configured for displaying and managing at least one layout of view displays; and a plurality of view processes, each view display being controlled by one of the plurality of view processes. The method comprises automatically displaying at least one layout of view displays, each view display being controlled by one of a plurality of view processes. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120002605 | WIRELESS FIELD DEVICE - There is provided a wireless field device that performs a wireless communication with other filed devices in a wireless network through a gateway. The device includes: a battery incorporated in the field device to activate the field device; and a wireless communication module configured to exchange radio signals with the gateway to perform the wireless communication with said other field devices. When the filed device starts procedure for joining in the wireless network, firstly, the wireless communication module continuously accesses the gateway in a first period to receive an advertisement signal from the gateway, and when the wireless communication module fails to receive the advertisement signal in the first period, the wireless communication module intermittently accesses the gateway until receiving the advertisement signal from the gateway. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110318824 | CARTRIDGE SYSTEM FOR CHEMICAL PROCESSING - An end portion of a head has a recess having an inner shape corresponding to a dome shape of a well when the well is in an expanded state. The radius of curvature of the recess is larger than the radius of curvature of the dome shape of the well. Moreover, the depth of the recess is smaller than the height of the dome shape of the well. Therefore, the head first contacts the apex of the well, and the contact area gradually expands toward the outer periphery. At this time, a gap is generated between the head and the cartridge around the well. Thus, the air between the head and the well is expelled from around the well as the head is pressed against the well. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316757 | WIRELESS EXPLOSION-PROOF APPARATUS - A wireless explosion-proof apparatus includes an antenna, an explosion-proof chamber, a communication module disposed in the explosion-proof chamber, the communication module configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal through the antenna, a connector portion having a central conductor, to which the antenna is electrically connected, the central conductor having one end connected to the communication module through a connection line and the other end exposed to the outside of the explosion-proof chamber, and a short stub module disposed in the explosion-proof chamber and disposed on the connection line, the short stub module configured to secure electric conduction between the one end of the central conductor and a ground so as to keep potential of the central conductor at certain potential. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110313549 | FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A field communication system receives data from a field device through a communication network and maps the data onto a register to update the data. The field communication system includes a detection module configured to detect a state of communication with the field device through the communication network, and a writing module configured to write the communication state detected by the detection module in the register as information added to the data. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110313546 | OPERATION AND OBSERVATION APPARATUS - An operation and observation apparatus which supervises and manages a server equipped with at least one main controller and a plurality of sub-controllers each for controlling a process, the sub-controllers being managed by the main controller, has a view definer for defining a plurality of views by selecting a parameter desired by a user to be operated and observed from a list-and-display screen of all parameters registered on the server, the parameters each belonging to a layer of or below the main controller, a user assignor for assigning every user the defined plural views, and a view registerer for registering each of the views assigned to every user on the list-and-display screen as an imaginary controller. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310925 | OPTICAL FIBER TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION MEASURING DEVICE - There is provided an optical fiber temperature distribution measuring device which measures a temperature distribution along an optical fiber ( | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110307187 | SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYZER AND SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS METHOD - A spectroscopic analyzer includes a first measurement section which measures a spectrum of near-infrared region by irradiating a sample with near-infrared light, a second measurement section which measures a spectrum of infrared region by irradiating the sample with infrared light, and an analysis section which analyzes characteristics of the sample using the spectra measured by the first and second measurement sections. The analysis section includes a first calculation module which acquires a integrated spectrum by combining the spectrum of near-infrared region and the spectrum of infrared region, a second calculation module which calculates a difference spectrum of a reference spectrum measured in advance and the integrated spectrum, and a third calculation module which calculates correlation between the spectrum of near-infrared region and the spectrum of infrared region by performing a two-dimensional correlation operation using the difference spectrum. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110305225 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There is provided a wireless communication device which transmits data to destination nodes by time division multiplexing. The device includes: a storage section including a transmission queue region that stores unsent data therein; a communication controller including: a communication situation evaluating section configured to evaluate a communication situation of each of the destination nodes; and a communication slot controller configure to: allocate, in the plurality of communication slots, communication slots for data transmission to the respective destination nodes, retransmission slots for retransmission of the unsent data, and auxiliary retransmission slots for retransmission of the unsent data subjected to a specified destination node, the specified destination node being determined based on the communication situation; and allocate the respective unsent data to a corresponding one of the retransmission slots and the auxiliary retransmission slots based on a given condition. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110296330 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INDUSTRIAL PLANT INFORMATION - The apparatus comprises a display module configured for setting, displaying, and removing marks in a distributed control system and an asset management system of the industrial plant; a mark definition module configured for defining attributes of a plurality of marks including a first mark and a second mark; and a synchronization module configured for selecting the second mark from among the plurality of marks for automatic display by the display module in one of: the DCS and the AMS when the first mark is set in the other of: the DCS and the AMS, based on attributes of the first mark and attributes of the second mark defined with the mark definition module; so as to provide appropriate information to at least one of: a distributed control system operator and an asset management system user. The method comprises setting a first mark in one of: a distributed control system and an asset management system of the industrial plant; and upon setting the first mark, automatically displaying at least a second mark in another of: the distributed control system and the asset management system; wherein attributes of the first mark and attributes of the second mark have been predefined to enable provision of appropriate information to at least one of: a distributed control system operator and an asset management system user. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110293979 | BATTERY HOUSING DEVICE - A battery housing device includes a case configured to house a battery and having a plus terminal and a minus terminal, a plus pole spring provided in the case and having one end connected to the plus terminal and an opposite end configured to come in contact with a plus pole of the battery, a minus pole spring provided in the case and having one end connected to the minus terminal and an opposite end configured to come in contact with a minus pole of the battery, and a battery support configured to support a bottom face of the battery and to support a side wall of the battery. The battery can be attached to and detached from the battery support in a length direction of the battery. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110289450 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING BATCH EXECUTION DATA OF AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT - A method and apparatus for displaying batch execution data of an industrial plant configured for performing a plurality of batch executions. The method comprises selecting a first level element in a first level window; and displaying in a second level window all second level elements comprised by the selected first level element, the second level window being displayed within the first level window directly beneath the selected first level element without obscuring any other first level element in the first level window. The apparatus comprises a window display module configured for displaying at least one second level window within a first level window such that upon selection of a first level element in the first level window, a corresponding second level window is displayed within the first level window directly beneath its corresponding first level element without obscuring any other first level element in the first level window, each second level window displaying all second level elements comprised by its corresponding first level element. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289374 | ANALYZER - An analyzer may include a body housing having a first ID, a first measurement module having a second ID that is different from the first ID, the first measurement module being releasably attachable to the body housing, a first memory in the body housing, the first memory being configured to store the first ID, first setting data and first correction data, a second memory in the first measurement module, the second memory being configured to store the second ID, second setting data and second correction data, a first CPU in the body housing, the first CPU being configured to detect the first measurement module having the second ID, and a first data transmission unit in the body housing, the first data transmission unit being configured to transmit the first setting data and the first correction data to the second memory. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110282614 | CALIBRATION APPARATUS FOR CHEMICAL SENSOR - A calibration apparatus for a chemical sensor may include a conversion calculation unit that acquires a measurement value of a calibration solution that is measured by the chemical sensor and calculates a conversion calculation output, a calibration sensitivity extraction unit that receives the conversion calculation output and extracts a calibration sensitivity from the conversion calculation output, a calibration history storage unit that stores past histories of the calibration sensitivity, and a sensitivity variation curve prediction unit that predicts a sensitivity variation curve based on the past histories of the calibration sensitivity, the sensitivity variation curve prediction unit calculating a sensitivity correction value based on the sensitivity variation curve, the sensitivity variation curve prediction unit supplying the sensitivity correction value to a sensitivity correction part that performs a sensitivity correction in a measurement apparatus. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110280776 | CAPSULE AND CHEMICAL REACTION CARTRIDGE - There are provided a capsule and a chemical reaction cartridge capable of properly handling reagents and so forth. The capsule is formed by laminating two dome-shaped films together at the peripheries thereof. The films are formed by subjecting heat sealable films, to which aluminum vapor deposition is applied, to a drawing process. The films are made of a material (easy-peel material), which can be varied in seal strength by a heating temperature and are thermally welded together at an adhesion area at the peripheries thereof. Thereafter, contents such as reagents and so forth are filled up inside the capsule via a filling section. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110277559 | CORIOLIS FLOW METER - A Coriolis flow meter that measures a flow rate of a fluid flowing through a vibrating tube based on a Coriolis force acting on the vibrating tube, the Coriolis flow meter may include a driving unit that applies a driving force to vibrate the vibrating tube, a change ratio obtaining apparatus that obtains a change ratio of a vibration of the vibrating tube, which has been given the driving force, a calculating unit that calculates a spring constant and a damping coefficient of the vibrating tube as parameters independent of each other, based on the change ratio obtained by the change ratio obtaining apparatus and on the driving force, and a diagnosing unit that diagnoses a state of the vibrating tube based on the parameters, which has been calculated by the calculating unit. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110276955 | FIELD DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A field device management apparatus may include a plurality of COM in-process servers, each of which acquires and manages device data related to a corresponding one of field devices, and a launch-program COM in-process server that stores a launch-program, the launch-program activating an instance in each of the plurality of COM in-process servers, the launch-program preventing four different functions from being executed directly by an OS in the plurality of COM in-process servers. The plurality of COM in-process servers may be initialized on the Microsoft Windows operating system to generate COM objects in different memory spaces. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276294 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - An apparatus is realized which is capable of shortening the updating period of the measurement of a specific channel and lengthening the updating period of the measurement for another channel, thereby making the measurements for all the channels possible. The measurement apparatus includes a multiplexer that sequentially switches between analog input signals of a plurality of channels and internal calibration signals; an analog-to-digital converter that converts the signals from an analog to digital form; and a digital processor to which the signals are input, wherein the digital processor includes a sequence operation unit for sequentially switching between a combination of a channel for which a high-speed update is necessary and another channel, and the internal calibration signal among the input signals of the plurality of channels and supplying, to the multiplexer, an operation signal that is input to the AD converter. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273557 | POSITION MEASURING SYSTEM - In a position measuring system for measuring a position of a preset target portion of a conveyed sheet-like material with a camera, the system comprises a first camera unit installed substantially above one edge of the sheet-like material, including an image pickup device to receive a focused image of the sheet-like material, and taking an image of the target portion of the sheet-like material, a second camera unit installed substantially above the other edge of the sheet-like material, including an image pickup device to receive a focused image of the sheet-like material, and taking an image of the target portion of the sheet-like material, and a measuring unit for, based on variations of positions of the target portion from preset reference positions in the images of the sheet-like material focused on the respective image pickup devices, determining occurrence of a pass line fluctuation that displaces the sheet-like material in a vertical direction, and measuring a position deviation of the target portion. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110261757 | FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND FIELD COMMUNICATION METHOD - A field communication system may include a communication device that transmits and receives data to and from a field device through a wireless communication, the communication device communicating with the field device if field device data corresponds to communication device data, a field device setting unit that generates the field device data related to a device tag of the field device, the field device setting unit setting the field device data to the field device, a storage unit that stores the field device data, and a communication device setting unit that extracts the field device data stored in the storage unit by using the device tag as a key, the communication device setting unit setting the field device data to the communication device as the communication device data. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261357 | OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYZER - An optical spectrum analyzer includes a diffraction-grating control unit configured to change an angle of a diffraction grating to change a wavelength of a dispersed light beam extracted from incident light, a calculator unit configured to calculate an angle of the diffraction grating such that the wavelength of the dispersed light beam has a sampling wavelength, and to store the data indicating the angle, a FIFO memory configured such that part of the data is inputted to it, for outputting the data at each reception of a trigger signal indicating timing of sampling, and an FIFO memory control unit configured to output the subsequent data to the FIFO memory, when a remaining data amount of the FIFO memory reaches a predetermined value or lower. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110258567 | REGISTER CONFIGURATOR AND REGISTER CONFIGURATION METHOD - A register configurator may include a display screen, a data display unit that displays data related to field devices on the display screen, a register space display unit that graphically displays a register space of a register on the display screen, a manipulation reception unit that receives a manipulation for allocating each of the data, which has been displayed by the data display unit, to an area in the register space, which has been displayed by the register space display unit, the manipulation being performed on the display screen by a user, and a correspondence establishing unit that establishes a correspondence between the data and the area, based on the manipulation that has been received by the manipulation reception unit. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110238375 | FIELD DEVICE MAINTENANCE APPARATUS - A field device maintenance apparatus includes a field device connection unit that communicates with a field device whose operation contents are defined by parameters; a work-information acquisition unit that acquires parameter attribute information including whether or not the individual parameters are displayable and work instruction information that shows work contents; a display unit that displays one or more of the parameters of the field device depending on whether or not the individual parameters are displayable according to the parameter attribute information; an operation accepting unit that accepts a changing operation for changing one or more of the parameters displayed by the display unit; and an operation-history-information recording unit that records a history of operations accepted by the operation accepting unit. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238372 | OPERATIONAL STATE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND OPERATION STATE ANALYSIS METHOD - The operational state analysis system may analyze an operational state of a plant based on processed data items related to the plant. The operational state analysis system may include a reception unit that receives a selection of the processed data items, the selection being performed by user of the operational state analysis system, a property value acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of property values, each of the plurality of property values being one of values of the processed data items and statistical values based on the processed data items of which the selection is received by the reception unit, and a waveform display unit that displays the plurality of property values acquired by the property value acquisition unit as waveforms that analyzes the operational state. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238190 | FIELD DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A field device management apparatus that includes a device communication unit that provides a connection with a field device; an operation accepting unit that accepts an operation for the field device; an automatic-operation-program generating unit that generates an automatic operation program which is recorded information representing the accepted operation; a storage unit that stores the generated automatic operation program; and an automatic-operation-program executing unit that executes the automatic operation program stored in the storage unit. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238188 | ENGINEERING TOOL - An engineering tool is provided with a first connector that connects to a first field device, a second connector that connects to a second field device, a controller, and, switch that switches the connection to the controller between the first connector and the second connector. Upon receiving instructions for transferring engineering information, the controller switches the switch to the first connector, acquires predetermined engineering information from the first field device, subsequently switches the switch to the second connector, and configures the second field device with the predetermined engineering information thus acquired. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110228725 | FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND FIELD COMMUNICATION METHOD - A field communication system may perform wireless communication with field devices. The field communication system may include a connection allowing unit that determines whether or not to allow a connection to the field device by referring a field device list, the field device list listing tag names related to the field devices, an address issuance unit that automatically issues a communication address for the field device if the connection allowing unit allows the connection with the field device, an address management unit that establishes correspondences between the communication addresses and the tag names of the field devices by using the field device list, and a communication unit that transmits data to the field device designated by the tag name, the communication unit receiving the data transmitted from the field device, the data being used to control the field device designated by the tag name. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227926 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A MATERIAL FLOW DIAGRAM FOR AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT - A method of generating a material flow diagram for an industrial plant. The method comprises creating at least one data set from at least one graphics file representing at least a portion of the industrial plant; extracting data from the at least one data set to obtain material-specific data for each of a plurality of distinct materials flowing in the industrial plant; and illustrating the material-specific data of a selected at least one of the plurality of distinct materials as a material flow diagram. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227587 | AC IMPEDANCE MEASURING DEVICE - An AC impedance measuring device includes: a signal generator configured to provide a first signal on which a period signal is superimposed to a DUT; a Fourier transform unit configured to perform Fourier transform on current data and voltage data output from the DUT using a transformation window while sequentially shifting a start time of the transformation window, thereby obtaining a plurality of Fourier transform data strings of the voltage data and the current data; a difference sequence calculator configured to sequentially calculate a first difference sequence of the Fourier transform data strings of the voltage data and a second difference sequence of the Fourier transform data strings of the current data; and an impedance calculator configured to calculate an impedance of the DUT based on a ratio of the first difference sequence and the second difference sequence. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110218412 | LIVING-BODY COMPONENT MEASURING APPARATUS - A living-body component measuring apparatus measures a component of an inner tissue of a living body serving as an object to be measured by emitting laser light having two or more wavelengths from a light source and measuring reflected light of the laser light from the inner tissue of the living body. The living-body component measuring apparatus includes a beam splitter that changes optical paths of a part of the laser light and the reflected light, a reference-light measuring unit that measures, as reference light, the part of the laser light having the optical path changed by the beam splitter, a reflected-light measuring unit that measures the reflected light having the optical path changed by the beam splitter, and an analysis unit that analyzes the inner tissue by measuring a spectrum of the reflected light or the reference light. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216404 | CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - There is provided a confocal microscope system configured so as to be compact in size without the needs for a large space, requiring fewer spots for adjustment. In the confocal microscope system, respective units making up the confocal microscope system are integrally housed in a protection cabinet covering the confocal microscope system, and when a specimen disposed opposite to an objective lens is moved toward an external face of the protection cabinet, a side of the external face, adjacent to an opening through which the specimen is taken in, or out, is defined as a front face, the Nipkow disk type scanner unit is disposed backward of the objective lens. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216309 | COMPONENT MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A component measurement apparatus includes a confocal optical system including a laser emitting laser light, a collimating lens collimating the laser light emitted from the laser, an objective lens condensing the collimated light having exited the collimating lens in order to illuminate internal tissue of an object of measurement, a half mirror redirecting reflected light reflected by the internal tissue of the object of measurement and refracted by the objective lens, a pin hole through which the reflected light redirected by the half mirror passes, and a light-receiving element receiving the reflected light having passed through the pin hole. The component measurement apparatus also includes a data analyzer section measuring a component of the object of measurement in accordance with data output from the light-receiving element. In the component measurement the apparatus, a focal position of the objective lens is adjustable along an optical axis. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216308 | COMPONENT MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A component measurement apparatus includes a laser that emits non-collimated laser light, an objective lens that condenses the non-collimated laser light emitted from the laser in order for the laser light to illuminate internal tissue of an object of measurement without collimating the laser light, a half mirror that redirects reflected light reflected by the internal tissue of the object of measurement and refracted by the objective lens, a pin hole through which the reflected light redirected by the half mirror passes, a light-receiving element that receives the reflected light having passed through a pin hole, and a data analyzer section that measures a component of the object of measurement in accordance with data output from the light-receiving element. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110213900 | FIELD COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - There is provided a field communication management apparatus capable of setting configuration information segments with certainty without causing a burden, and an inexpedience at the time of an operation for setting. A reception unit receives download information. A setting unit sets individual information segments contained in download information received by the reception unit in a corresponding field device and a gateway itself. A communication limiting unit prohibits communication between the field device and host devices for a period before the individual information segments are set in the field device and the gateway itself, respectively, by the setting unit. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110209083 | PROCESS ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A process analysis system may include a data collecting unit that collects process data related to a plant, an input unit that receives an analysis logic, a first analyzing unit that performs a first analysis of the process data by using the analysis logic, a storage unit that stores the analysis logic, which has been used by the first analyzing unit, so as to be reused by the first analyzing unit, and a first display control unit that controls a display unit, the display unit displaying a group of screen images of a first analysis result of the first analysis so that the input unit can receive an instruction of performing a series of operations. The series of operations may be performed by the data collecting unit, the input unit, the first analyzing unit, the storage unit, and the display unit based on the instruction to at least one of the group of screen images. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110197135 | MANIPULATION-MONITORING DEVICE - A manipulation-monitoring device may include a storage unit that stores page image data, the page image data being used for displaying a manipulation-monitoring-page, the manipulation-monitoring-page being displayed on a display unit based on data collected from a control device of a plant, the manipulation-monitoring-page being used for controlling operation of the plant, and a display control unit that controls the display unit to display a pseudo-manipulation-monitoring-page instead of the manipulation-monitoring-page, displaying the pseudo-manipulation-monitoring-page being performed by using the page image data without using data from the control device until data collection from the control device is completed, the pseudo-manipulation-monitoring-page showing a summary of the manipulation-monitoring-page. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110187490 | CONTROL NETWORK SYSTEM - A control network system may control a control target by using control data. The control network system may include a wireless field device that transmits the control data through a wireless communication, a relay apparatus that relays the control data from the wireless field device, the relay apparatus including a storage unit that stores identification data of the wireless field device, the storage unit storing a flag associated with the identification data, the flag showing a progress state of commissioning of the wireless field device, and a host system that receives the control data from the wireless field device through the relay apparatus, the host system including a control unit that discontinues operation of controlling the control target when the flag is in a nonsteady state. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110181930 | SPINDLE MOTOR - There is provided a spindle motor having a high speed rotation and a low vibration with high rotation accuracy and capable of installing discs at locations which are spaced apart from a stator core in a thrust direction while employing fluid dynamic bearings and a pivot bearing. The spindle motor comprises a shaft, a bearing housing part provided with fluid dynamic bearings for rotatably supporting the shaft, and a pivot bearing, a stator core fitted to the bearing housing part, a motor hub into which the shaft is fitted, wherein the motor hub has disc fixing parts provided thereon at least at two locations for fitting discs thereto, and the fluid dynamic bearings are fitted the bearing housing part at least at two locations. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110177979 | CARTRIDGE FOR CHEMICAL PROCESSING - A cartridge for chemical processing carries out chemical processing while moving a content by deformation based on an externally applied force, and includes a microarray chip housed in the cartridge for chemical processing; a member having a surface that faces a surface of the microarray chip; a supporting unit for supporting the member such that a width of a gap between the member and the microarray chip is variable by the externally applied force; and a limiting unit for restricting a variable range of the gap by the supporting unit such that the width of the entire gap between the surface of the member and the surface of the microarray chip does not become smaller than a predetermined width. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110176816 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - An optical transmission apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a plurality of optical modulating sections serially connected to each other via optical fibers; driving sections corresponding to the optical modulating sections; delay amount varying sections that provide variable delay amounts for modulating signals to be input to the driving sections, to adjust timing between drive signals to be provided for the optical modulating sections; temperature monitoring sections that monitor the temperature of each of the optical fibers and the like; and a delay amount control section that controls the delay amount in each of the delay amount varying sections based on the monitored temperatures. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110173585 | BATTERY CHARACTERISTIC EVALUATOR - There is provided a battery characteristic evaluator configured to identify a circuit constant of an equivalent circuit model based on a current-voltage characteristic of a battery. The battery characteristic evaluator includes: a current waveform divider configured to divide a certain current waveform into a plurality of step functions with a plurality of infinitesimal time intervals and output the step functions; and a circuit constant optimizing unit configured to calculate the optimized circuit constant of the equivalent circuit model, based on the step functions, a measured voltage value, and equivalent circuit model data. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110167306 | SEMICONDUCTOR TEST APPARATUS - A semiconductor test apparatus sorts addresses corresponding to memory cells in memory provided in a device under test, as well as failure data obtained as a result of testing the memory cells, and stores the sorted addresses and failure data in acquisition memory using burst access. The semiconductor test apparatus is provided with: an address generator configured to generate a burst target signal, which indicates that the addresses and failure data are target data for burst access; and a sort circuit configured to sort the addresses and failure data in order of continuous addresses suitable for burst access, on the basis of the burst target signal. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110166912 | PLANT ANALYSIS SYSTEM - There is provided a plant analysis system capable of enhancing efficiency of works by sharing information within a plant. A storing means stores a logic defined via a reception means. A monitoring data creation means creates KPI (key performance indicator) in real time as data for monitoring the plant based on data to be acquired from the plant by use of the logic stored in the storing means. An analysis data creation means creates the KPI as analyzing data for analyzing a plant state in the past based on historical data stored in a historical data storage means by use of the logic stored in the storing means. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164551 | CONTROL NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A control network management system for relaying first and second wireless communications comprises a first repeater having a packet control means for writing priority information in a header of communication packet data of the first wireless communication, as received and transmitting the communication packet data with a hash value of the header, added thereto, a second repeater having a packet control means for zero-clearing priority information in a header of communication packet data of the second wireless communication, as received, or changing the priority information to a predetermined value before transmitting the communication packet data with a hash value of the header, added thereto, and a third repeater having a priority control means for applying priority control to the header of the communication packet data received from the first repeater or the second repeater, on the basis of priority information, thereby transmitting the communication packet data to a control system. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110154915 | CORIOLIS MASS FLOWMETER - There is provided a Coriolis mass flowmeter. The flowmeter is configured to vibrate a pipe line through which a fluid flows and measure a mass flow rate of the fluid flowing through the pipe line, based on a phase difference between an upstream vibration signal and a downstream vibration signal, wherein the upstream vibration signal is detected in an upstream side of the pipe line, and the downstream vibration signal is detected in a downstream side of the pipe line. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110153883 | DUAL FIELD INSTRUMENT - A dual field instrument may include a first microprocessor that includes a first address bus and a first data bus and performs a first operation process, a second microprocessor that includes a second address bus and a second data bus performs a second operation process that is the same with the first operation process, a first code analysis unit that compresses and encodes histories of data on at least one of the first address bus and the first data bus to generate a first code, a second code analysis unit that compresses and encodes histories of data on at least one of the second address bus and the second data bus to generate a second code, and a first collating unit that collates the first code with the second code so as to determine whether or not the first code corresponds with the second code. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110147603 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS - A radiation detection apparatus includes a radiation detection unit that detects a first intensity of a radiation that has been transmitted through an inspection target to generate a first measurement value, the inspection target being disposed between a radiation source that irradiates the radiation and the radiation detection unit, a transmission ionization chamber that detects a second intensity of the radiation that has not reached the inspection target to generate a second measurement value, the transmission ionization chamber having an enclosed structure, the transmission ionization chamber being disposed between the radiation source and the inspection target, the transmission ionization chamber including an entrance window through which the radiation enters the transmission ionization chamber and an exit window through which the radiation goes out of the transmission ionization chamber, and an operation unit that calculates a physical quantity of the inspection target. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110145767 | OPERATION MONITORING APPARATUS - An operation monitoring apparatus capable of displaying right click menus varying in configuration from each other according to a select object on an operation-monitoring screen is realized. The operation monitoring apparatus comprises an object file holding means for holding a plurality of individual menu definition files registered under object names, respectively, having menu items defined on an object-by-object basis, in an object displayed on an operation-monitoring screen, the object being a target for display on a right click menu screen, a retrieval means for acquiring information on the object name of the object subjected to right click on the operation-monitoring screen, and retrieving the object file holding means | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110132196 | GAS CHROMATOGRAPH COLUMN AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a gas chromatograph column. The gas chromatograph column includes: a flow passage through which gas subjected to gas chromatography is absorbed, wherein an inner wall surface of the flow passage is at least partially provided with a plurality of pores whose sizes are substantially uniform. The gas chromatograph column further includes: a first substrate made of silicon and provided with a groove therein; a second substrate disposed on the first substrate to cover the groove; and a porous layer having the pores therein and formed on an inner wall surface of the groove. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110122993 | X-RAY MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - An X-ray measurement apparatus includes an X-ray source configured to emit an X-ray to irradiate a specimen with the X-ray, a collimator configured to shape a beam of the X-ray emitted from the X-ray source into a sliced fan-shaped beam x-ray, a flux shield configured to block a part of a flux of the fan-shaped beam X-ray so as to suppress beam hardening while adjusting an energy intensity distribution of the flux, the flux shield being placed between the collimator and the specimen, and an X-ray detector configured to detect a dose transmitted through the specimen. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110116080 | METHOD OF MEASURING OPTICAL LOSS AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING OPTICAL LOSS - The invention is to provide an optical loss measuring method and an optical loss measuring apparatus capable of efficiently measuring an optical loss occurring to a target for measurement. The other optical loss measurement method comprising the steps of inputting light outputted from a light source to a target for measurement to thereby measure an output level of the target for measurement with the use of an optical power meter, maintaining the output level of the light source at a predetermined fixed value, and finding the optical loss occurring to the target for measurement on the basis of the output level of the light source maintained at the fixed value for use as the reference value. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110110658 | SPECTRUM DATA CORRECTION SYSTEM AND SPECTRUM DATA CORRECTION METHOD - An object of the invention is to automatically remove noise out of an input spectrum data while rounding in spectral shape is being suppressed. The spectrum data correction system wherein a noise quantity is detected on the basis of a difference in value between an extremal point of measurement data-blocks making up input spectrum data, and a mean value of measurement data-blocks in the vicinity of the extremal point, and a count of moving-average points of measurement data-blocks subjected to moving average processing is controlled according to the noise quantity, the spectrum data correction system comprises means for using an optical power, detected by a photo-detector of an optical spectrum analyzer, as the measurement data-block, thereby controlling the count of the moving-average points of the measurement data-blocks according to magnitude of a signal level of the measurement data-block. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110110291 | RELAY DEVICE AND WIRELESS CONTROL NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING THE SAME - There is provided a relay device for relaying first wireless communication and second wireless communication. The first wireless communication is based on a process control wireless communication standard, and the second wireless communication is based on another wireless communication standard than the process control wireless communication standard. The device includes: a superframe management unit configured to receive a first superframe of the first wireless communication from the outside and generate a second superframe of the second wireless communication based on the first superframe; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the second superframe to a wireless communication terminal performing the second wireless communication. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110107849 | CORIOLIS MASS FLOWMETER - A Coriolis mass flowmeter includes a vibrator configured to vibrate a measurement conduct line, an upstream sensor and a downstream sensor, which are placed at a certain distance in the measurement conduct line and are configured to detect the vibration of the measurement conduct line, a first effective value reception section configured to receive an effective value of the first signal, a second effective value reception section configured to receive an effective value of the second signal, a ratio computation section configured to receive the effective value of the first signal and the effective value of the second signal and to compute the ratio of both values, and an anomaly diagnosis section configured to make a comparison between the computed ratio and a certain value and to generate an alarm. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110102812 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING THICKNESS OF MULTILAYER FILM - There is provided a method of measuring a physical thickness of each of layers of a multilayer film, based on an optical thickness thereof. The method includes: (a) setting refractive indexes of the layers; (b) calculating a coefficient matrix using the refractive indexes; (c) providing light to the multilayer film so as to measure the optical thickness based on the light reflected by the multilayer film; and (d) calculating the physical thickness, based on the optical thickness and the coefficient matrix. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110093097 | DEVICE INFORMATION SETTING APPARATUS AND DEVICE INFORMATION SETTING METHOD - There is provided a device information setting apparatus. The apparatus includes: a storage format storing unit configured to store a first storage format of first device information in a first field device and a second storage format of second device information in a second field device; an acquiring unit configured to acquire the first device information based on the first storage format; a conversion unit configured to convert the first device information into the second device information, based on the second storage format; and a writing unit configured to write the second device information in the second field device. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090553 | CONFOCAL OPTICAL SCANNER - There is provided a confocal optical scanner capable of coping with variation of optical system magnification, a bright field image, and so forth. The confocal optical scanner comprising a pinhole disc with pinholes provided thereon, and rotation means for rotating the pinhole disc for obtaining a confocal image by rotating the pinhole disc with the use of the rotation means to thereby scan with illumination light and by causing optical feedback from the illumination light passing through the pinholes to form an image, wherein the confocal optical scanner is provided with a transfer mechanism for causing the pinhole disc to undergo reciprocating transfer between a position where the pinhole disc resides in an optical path of the illumination light, and a position where the pinhole disc is evacuated from the optical path of the illumination light. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110069813 | RADIATION INSPECTION APPARATUS - A radiation inspection apparatus includes a conveying unit configured to convey a sheet-like sample, a radiation source configured to emit radiation to the sheet-like sample, a line sensor configured to measure a physical property of the sheet-like sample, the liner sensor disposed to be opposed to the radiation source across the sheet-like sample, and a gas ejecting unit configured to eject gas to the sheet-like sample to reduce vertical conveyance swinging produced by a tension of the sheet-like sample, the gas ejecting unit placed in close proximity to at least one side face of the line sensor. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110062943 | TIMING DETECTION DEVICE - A timing detection device includes a draw back amount acquiring unit and a detecting unit. The draw back amount acquiring unit is configured to acquire a draw back amount of a received signal with respect to a peak value of the signal. The detecting unit is configured to detect the timing at which the draw back amount acquired by the draw back amount acquiring unit has exceeded a constant value as the timing at which a value of the signal is switched. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110060136 | DENDRIMER-COATED MAGNETIC FINE PARTICLES, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME AND UTILITY THEREOF - Dendrimer-coated magnetic fine particles comprise magnetic fine particles, a lipid bilayer covering a surface of individual magnetic fine particles, and a dendrimer bound to an outer layer of the lipid bilayer. With the dendrimer-coated magnetic fine particles, the dendrimer is positively charged are brought into contact with a nucleic acid-containing solution to adsorb the nucleic acid on the dendrimer, while the nucleic acid-adsorbed fine particles are collected by magnetic force to recover the nucleic acid from the solution. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110058044 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - [Object] To provide a measurement apparatus capable of causing different data display forms to coexist in each of a plurality of measurement channels on a common display screen with comparatively simple operation. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057145 | METHOD FOR PREPARING DENDRIMER-MODIFIED, MAGNETIC FINE PARTICLES - There is provided a method for preparing dendrimer-modified magnetic fine particles wherein such particles can be made within a shorter time and more inexpensively than in the above-stated prior art processes and lot-to-lot variations in properties are lessened. The method for preparing dendrimer-fixed magnetic fine particles comprises the steps of providing magnetic particles having a functional group at a surface thereof, providing a dendrimer having a functional group at a base end portion thereof and synthesized to a desired generation and binding the functional group of the magnetic particles and the functional group of the dendrimer directly or indirectly through a crosslinking agent. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110044331 | NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEM - A network control system enabling stable plant control thanks to controller compensation made in view of a packet loss. In the network control system, the amount of operation of a controller for computing the difference between the controlled variable from a sensor for measuring a physical quantity of a controlled plant and a target value is transmitted by means of a packet through a network to an actuator provided in the controlled plant, and the actuator inputs the amount of operation into the controlled plant. The network control system comprises MV complementing means for giving the actuator a complement value of the amount of operation if a packet transmission error occurs, MV buffer means for back-answering trend data on the inputted amount of operation or the complement value given to the actuator through the network to the controller, and MV compensating means for correcting the calculation of the amount of operation of the controller according to the back-answered trend data or complement value. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043790 | LIGHT PULSE GENERATOR AND OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER USING THE SAME - There is provided a light pulse generator. The light pulse generator includes: a laser diode; a voltage source that provides a bias voltage to the laser diode; a switching element that causes the laser diode to emit a light pulse by directly modulating the laser diode; and an auxiliary current circuit which starts to charge immediately after turn-on of the switching element and which starts to discharge after a forward current flows through the laser diode so as to provide a auxiliary current to the laser diode in the same direction as the forward current. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110040510 | FILM THICKNESS MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A film thickness measurement apparatus may include a spectrum acquisition unit that irradiates a light onto a film and acquires a spectrum of a reflection light or a transmission light, a power spectrum calculating unit that calculates a power spectrum, a film thickness calculating unit that detects a peak position of the power spectrum and calculates a thickness of the film, a measurement quality calculating unit that calculates a measurement quality of the thickness, a measurement quality determining unit that determines whether the thickness is valid or invalid, and a film thickness output unit that outputs the thickness if the measurement quality determining unit determines that the thickness is valid. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110032236 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A measurement apparatus includes a display unit, a current detection unit configured to output a detection signal if an increase in a consumption current of the display unit is detected, a plurality of setting units each of which is configured to output an output signal, each of the plurality of setting units changing the output signal if the detection signal is received, and a diagnosis unit configured to receive the output signal, the diagnosis unit diagnosing the increase in the consumption current. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110031410 | METHOD FOR MEASURING FLUORESCENT LIGHT AMOUNT OR LIGHT ABSORPTION AMOUNT AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE SAME - An amount of fluorescent light generated from the specimen is quantitatively measured as “a light-amount value per unit area traceable to the national standard” instead of in terms of a ratio (a ratio value) as in the past. A method for measuring a fluorescent light amount, whereby a specimen is irradiated with excitation light, and fluorescent light generated from the specimen is measured by a light-receiving element via a receiving optical system, said method comprising the steps of irradiating the specimen with excitation light having a light-amount value per specified unit area traceable to the national standard, and designated on the surface of the specimen beforehand, causing the light-receiving element to measure the fluorescent light generated from the specimen via the receiving optical system, and computing a fluorescent light-amount as measured by the light-receiving element via the receiving optical system on the basis of an excitation light-amount per the specified unit area, optical coefficients of the receiving optical system, and the acceptance coefficient of the light-receiving element, thereby working out a light amount value per the unit area traceable to the national standard. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110016967 | FLUID DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, MICRO PLANT, METHOD OF DESIGNING FLUID DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DETECTING BLOCKAGE OF FLOW CHANNEL - The present invention provides a fluid distribution device for uniformly distributing and outputting a fluid, which is supplied to an input flow channel, into at least three output flow channels, comprising a plurality of branch flow channels, at least three fluid bifurcation portions, and at least one fluid converging portion, wherein the fluid distribution device is configured to correspond to a pressure drop compartment connection model composed of a fluid balance equation and a pressure balance equation. Furthermore, the present invention provides a micro plant using the fluid distribution device, a method of designing the fluid distribution device and a method of detecting blockage of flow channels of the fluid distribution device. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110013748 | RADIATION INSPECTION APPARATUS - A radiation inspection apparatus includes a radiation source, a measurement radiation detecting unit being a rectangle having a long side, and a reference radiation detecting unit that is disposed between the radiation source and an inspection target, the reference radiation detecting unit being disposed near a path of a radiation from the radiation source to the measurement radiation detecting unit not to interrupt the radiation from the radiation source to the measurement radiation detecting unit. An intensity of the radiation source are corrected by calculating a change value of the intensity and the intensity distribution from an output of the reference radiation detecting unit and by correcting the output of the measurement radiation detecting unit based on the change value. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110011186 | CORIOLIS FLOWMETER - A Coriolis flowmeter | 01-20-2011 |
| 20100306310 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REGULATING BANDWIDTH - The present invention provides a method and system for regulating bandwidth by regulating data transmission between a transmission station and a receiving station at an application level. By regulating bandwidth at the application level, there is no need for complicated network programming required at a low level, such as the device level, whenever changes to the bandwidth need to be made. As such, bandwidth can be easily regulated and customised without having to carry out complicated network programming. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100300211 | ELECTROMAGNETIC FLOW METER - There is provided an electromagnetic flow meter that applies magnetic fields with a first frequency and a second frequency, to a fluid to be measured, calculates a first flow rate, calculates a second flow rate, performs low-pass filtering on the first flow rate to calculate a first low-pass filtered flow rate, and performs low-pass filtering on the second flow rate to calculate a second low-pass filtered flow rate, the electromagnetic flow meter including: an abnormality detecting unit that detects an abnormal state in which, the fluid is at non-full level on the basis of at least one of the first flow rate and the second flow rate; and an abnormality removing unit that removes the abnormal state on the basis of the first low-pass filtered flow rate and the second low-pass filtered flow rate, when the abnormality detecting unit does not determine that the fluid is in the abnormal state. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100289332 | POWER SUPPLY AND SEMICONDUCTOR TEST DEVICE USING THE SAME - A negative polarity side of a positive-side parallel circuit and a positive polarity side of a negative-side parallel circuit are connected to a common potential point. Both parallel circuits have a primary-side power supply and a by-pass capacitor connected in parallel, respectively. A series circuit has one end connected to a positive polarity side of the positive-side parallel circuit and other end connected to a negative polarity side of the negative-side parallel circuit. A third switch has one end connected to a connection point between a first switch and a second switch of the series circuit and other end connected to the common potential point. A load has one end connected to a connection point of the first switch, the second switch and the third switch via an inductor and other end connected to the common potential point. A switch control circuit is configured to drive selectively respective switches. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100288789 | CHEMICAL REACTION CARTRIDGE AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A chemical reaction cartridge enabling chemical reaction to be stably and safely carried out therein, and a method of using the same are provided. A chemical reaction cartridge is provided with a substrate, and an elastic member | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100286969 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS - An apparatus for monitoring an industrial process comprising a plurality of variables. The apparatus comprises a defining module configured for defining a normal-condition data set may comprise data values of the variables when the industrial process is operating under a normal condition and for defining an abnormal-condition data set may comprise data values of the variables when the industrial process is operating under an abnormal condition; a modelling module configured for modelling a normal-condition model from the normal-condition data set and modelling an abnormal-condition model from the abnormal-condition data set; a plotting module configured for plotting a normal-condition plot from the normal-condition model and plotting an abnormal-condition plot from the abnormal-condition model; and an analysis module configured for analysing live data values of the variables for simultaneous display with the normal-condition plot and the abnormal-condition plot. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100276099 | SIMULATION METHOD, FIBER ORIENTATION CONTROL METHOD AND FIBER ORIENTATION CONTROL APPARATUS - A method includes steps of: expressing changes of velocity components of a paper material at an exit of a slice lip by using a mathematical model, wherein the changes of velocity components are caused by manipulating an edge flow adjustment means (or a side bleed adjustment means) of a headbox when supplying the paper material on a wire; without changing a velocity component of a flow of the paper material in the mathematical model, setting the mathematical model based on an assumption in which a velocity component orthogonally crossing a flow direction of the paper material is proportionally changed by changes of an edge flow (or a side bleed) of a certain response width from the exit of the slice lip; and conducting a forecasting calculation of changes of a fiber orientation profile in a cross direction by using the mathematical model. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100268652 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A WORKFLOW - An apparatus for configuring a workflow, the workflow comprising at least one activity. The apparatus comprises a template editor for creating or editing a template of an activity implementation for the activity, wherein the template comprises computer-readable instructions and at least one editable variable. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265253 | WAVEFORM DISPLAY DEVICE AND WAVEFORM DISPLAY METHOD - The invention aims to implement a waveform display device capable of visibly displaying a comparison waveform in an arbitrary range and a waveform display method. The waveform display device for executing waveform display of waveform data on a display section comprises an input section for inputting at least two data ranges of the waveform data, and comparison waveform display means for executing waveform display of the waveform data while overlaid on one another on the display section based on at least two data ranges inputted by the input section. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100258349 | COAXIAL CABLE UNIT AND TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT USING THE SAME - A coaxial cable has a center conductor and an outer conductor, and a connector of a non-coaxial structure is attached to the center conductor and the outer conductor on an output side of the coaxial cable. A bypass wire is connected to the outer conductor at a portion, which is on an input side with respect to a position where the connector of a non-coaxial structure is connected to the outer conductor, and in which the outer conductor is concentrically with the center conductor. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100235839 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATION OF A BUSINESS PROCESS - An apparatus for automation of a business process, the business process comprising a plurality of tasks. The apparatus comprises a diagram editor for creating and editing a business process diagram, the business process diagram including the plurality of tasks. The apparatus also comprises an implementation editor for creating and editing an implementation of at least one of the plurality of tasks in the business process diagram, the implementation comprising a number of activities. The business process diagram and the implementation together form an executable business process definition. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100228725 | PLANT INFORMATION MANAGING DEVICE AND PLANT INFORMATION MANAGING METHOD - Terminal device | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100228364 | PLANT INFORMATION MANAGING DEVICE AND PLANT INFORMATION MANAGING METHOD - Terminal devices | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100226199 | CHEMICAL REACTION CARTRIDGE, MIXTURE GENERATING METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE OF CHEMICAL REACTION CARTRIDGE - Disclosed is a chemical reaction cartridge including an elastic body as a construction material and a flow path and two or more chambers connected by the flow path formed inside the cartridge, and the cartridge is structured so as to move or block a fluid substance in the flow path or the chambers by partially sealing the flow path, the chambers or both the flow path and the chambers by applying external force to the elastic body from outside, as the chambers, the cartridge has two or more mixing chambers each of which is to contain a mixture in a fluid state and the cartridge has two or more ingredient chambers provided for each of the mixing chambers by being connected with the flow path, in each of which an ingredient of the mixture divided in an amount according to a mixing ratio is to be contained. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225900 | OPTICAL-FIBER-CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING DEVICE AND OPTICAL-FIBER-CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING METHOD - A measurement precision is improved and a measurement range is extended by efficiently suppressing a noise level of integrated unnecessary components from non-correlation positions. Measuring means | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100211538 | ALARM DEFINING DEVICE AND ALARM DEFINING METHOD - An alarm defining device includes a rule input accepting section which accepts an input of an attribute rule, and an attribute defining section which defines an attribute for each alarm status in a plant according to the rule accepted by the rule input accepting section. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100211211 | DRUG DISCOVERY SCREENING APPARATUS - The invention is to provide a drug discovery screening apparatus capable of improving a testing operation efficiency. The drug discovery screening apparatus comprises an image measurement unit, an incubator unit integrally connected to the image measurement unit, a fixed stage disposed at the incubator unit, first conveyance means for taking out one of plates stored in a carousel of the incubator unit and conveying the plate onto the fixed stage, second conveyance means for taking out the plate conveyed onto the fixed stage and conveying the plate onto an XY stage disposed at the image measurement unit, and a control unit, wherein the second conveyance means comprises first and second conveyance arms, respectively supported horizontally by a conveyance unit support section, which convey the plates onto the fixed stage and XY stage so as to allow the respective plates to cross each other. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100210294 | LOGGING SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND WIRELESS DEVICE - A logging system includes a plurality of receiving wireless devices, and a logging device. Each receiving wireless device receives a communication content of a target wireless device by using a corresponding channel. Each receiving wireless device outputs a log that shows a communication status of the corresponding channel. A logging device collects the log that is output from each of the plurality of receiving wireless devices. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100199049 | PARAMETER COPYING METHOD AND PARAMETER COPYING DEVICE - A parameter copying method is applied to a duplex system in which MPU and a main memory are duplicated and duplex operations on a hot standby system are performed. The parameter copying method includes cache reading data in the main memory corresponding to one MPU, cache writing the data read in the cache reading step on an as-is basis, and writing the data into the main memory corresponding to the one MPU by a block write that is produced by a cache replace caused due to the cache writing step, and also writing the same data into the main memory corresponding to the other MPU by the block write on a basis of a mirrored write. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100199003 | FIELD CONTROL SYSTEM - The field control system includes: a field device; a field controller which is connected to a control network and which executes a computation processing for controlling the field device according to a given control cycle while executing a data communication between the field controller and the field device, the field controller including a communication unit configured to execute the data communication with the field device, and a control computation unit configured to execute the computation processing independently from the communication unit; and an operation monitor which is connected to the control network and which operates and monitors the field device, the operation monitor including a network clock which provides a common network time to the control network. The control computation unit and the communication unit execute the computation processing and the data communication in synchronism with each other in accordance with a timer clock based on the network time. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198991 | DUPLEXED FIELD CONTROLLER - There is provided a duplexed field controller. The duplexed field controller includes: first and second control units between which a control authority is switchable; a first application clock that is updated based on a reference clock so as to define a timing of an application operation of the first control unit; a second application clock that is updated based on the reference clock so as to define a timing of an application operation of the second control unit; and an update control unit that bypasses the first update of the second application clock after switching of the control authority, if the first application clock is ahead of the second application clock when the control authority is switched from the first control unit to the second control unit. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198366 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM - A control device includes a communication unit which has a switch function of switching the control device into an energy saving mode, the communication unit communicating with an upper terminal via a first network; and a mode control unit which controls switching the communication unit into the power saving mode, the control being made using a network control library which is generated by a programming language. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198363 | DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEM - There is provided a distributed control system including a plurality of field controllers which are connected through a control network. Each of the field controllers includes: a control clock that defines a control timing of the field controller; and an adjustment unit that adjusts a control time of the control clock depending on a network time obtained through the control network. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195649 | IP NETWORK SYSTEM - The invention implements an IP network system capable of causing a packet to reach a destination with reliability even if a trouble occurs to any of routers. The IP network system wherein packet communication is executed between respective hosts through the intermediary of a ring network comprised of at least a plurality of repeaters, the respective repeaters comprising an arithmetic and control unit for transferring a packet to the host at a transmission destination via a clockwise route, and a counterclockwise route, in the ring network, respectively, on the basis of transfer direction information contained in a tunneling packet generated on the basis of a packet transmitted from the host at a transmission source, as one of the respective hosts, to the host at the transmission destination, and subjected to multicast transmission to a multicast address where the host at the transmission destination belongs. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194397 | MEASURING SYSTEM - There is provided a measuring system capable of rendering a power source voltage of an internal circuit higher than a drivable voltage of the internal circuit by removing or reducing a chloride film with greater certainty, thereby enabling operation, and initial activation of the internal circuit to be normally executed, or preventing the internal circuit from running away. The measuring system comprises a thionyl chloride based primary cell, a cell voltage measurement unit, and an internal circuit provided with state-transition controller wherein in the case of transition of the internal circuit to a state thereof, having a discharge current larger than the discharge current in the present state thereof, the transition is made according to results of comparison of a voltage measured by the cell voltage measurement unit with a threshold on the basis of a discharge current in a state before, or after the transition of the internal circuit. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100191872 | CONTROLLER - A controller includes an inputting/outputting portion, which receives data from a field device and outputs operated data to the field device, a flash memory including a file system, and a file system driver, which reads data held on a shared memory and writes the read data into the file system to save the data in the file system. The file system driver has a power-failure-safe function. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100191869 | REDUNDANT I/O MODULE - A redundant I/O module includes: a control I/O module that communicates with a controller and that comprises a first IOM setting information holding section for storing IOM setting information downloaded from a high-level apparatus, and a standby I/O module that communicates with the controller and that comprises a second IOM setting information holding section for storing IOM setting information downloaded from the high-level apparatus, wherein the controller includes: an IOM status generation section that detects a status of replacement of the standby I/O module; an IOM setting information acquisition section that makes an access to the first IOM setting information holding section of the control I/O module; an IOM setting information generation section that generates IOM setting information about the standby I/O module; and an IOM download section that downloads the generated IOM setting information into the second IOM setting information holding section of the standby I/O module. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100191568 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TASK INFORMATION OF A PLANT - An apparatus for managing task information of a plant, the plant being controlled by a control system and configured to be operated in shifts. The apparatus comprises a server for automatically obtaining and storing information from a current work shift of the plant from the control system; and at least one client connected to the server and comprising a logbook application module for manipulating the obtained information. Preferably, the server is configured to automatically transmit manipulated information to identified users of a subsequent work shift. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100180279 | FIELD CONTROL DEVICE AND FIELD CONTROL METHOD - A field control device is provided. The field control device includes: a task executing unit configured to selectively and sequentially execute a control task relating to a field control and other tasks in a same control period; and a priority switching unit configured to switch a relative priority of the control task relative to the other tasks in the control period, wherein the priority is a priority of an execution sequence of tasks in the task executing unit. The priority switching unit is configured to: i) set the priority higher than a certain priority, before the control task is started; and ii) set the priority lower than the certain priority, after the control task is ended. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100179677 | PRODUCTION OPERATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - There is provided a production operation management system capable of executing efficient management of production operation by enabling exchange of information with a distributed control system. The production operation management system comprises registration-acceptance means for accepting registration of jobs necessary for the production operation, progress-state acceptance means for accepting an input of a progress-state of each of the jobs, the registration thereof being accepted by the registration-acceptance means, progress-state storage means for storing a progress-state of each of the jobs, inputted by the progress-state acceptance means, presentation-request acceptance means for accepting a presentation-request for a progress-state of each of the jobs, stored by the progress-state storage means, progress-state presentation means for presenting the progress-state of each of the jobs, stored by the progress-state storage means, according to the presentation-request accepted by the presentation-request acceptance means, and information processing means for executing exchange of information with a distributed control system for controlling respective sections of the plant according to the progress-state. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100172614 | BIDIRECTIONAL OPTICAL MODULE AND OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER - A bidirectional optical module according to the present invention emits light to an optical fiber and allows returning light from the optical fiber to enter and includes a plurality of light emitting elements that emit light to enter the optical fiber, a light receiving element that receives light having exited the optical fiber, and a non-reciprocal unit for making an optical path in a forward direction from the light emitting element to the optical fiber and an optical path in a backward direction from the optical fiber to the light emitting element different. Then, polarization planes of light incident on the optical fiber after being emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements are mutually orthogonal, and the non-reciprocal unit emits returning light of light emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements from the optical fiber toward the light receiving element to one light receiving element. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100154562 | ULTRASONIC METER - An ultrasonic meter may include, but is not limited to, an emitter that emits a series of ultrasonic burst signals towards a fluid containing bubbles and/or particles, the series of ultrasonic burst signals being reflected by the air bubbles and/or particles in the fluid to be a series of reflected signals, a receiver that receives the series of reflected signals, and a calculator that calculates a plurality of correlation coefficients by performing a correlation processing on a series of received signals outputted from the receiver, the calculator calculating a physical quantity of the fluid based on the plurality of correlation coefficients. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100151475 | Chemical reaction cartridge, its fabrication method, and a chemical reaction cartridge drive system - The present invention makes it possible to realize a chemical reaction cartridge, which enables prescribed protocols to be achieved easily without differences among operators, which is sealed and disposable, and which has a safe structure against viruses or dangerous drugs. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100150783 | CHEMICAL REACTION APPARATUS - A chemical reaction apparatus in which a chemical reaction of solutions is carried out by transferring the solutions includes moving units to seal or move the solutions in a flow passage or a plurality of chambers of a container by applying an external force to an elastic body of the container by moving on a surface of the elastic body while the moving units contact with the surface of the elastic body, the moving units being movable independently from each other with respect to a cartridge including the container which is at least partially structured with the elastic body, the container including the plurality of chambers to contain the solutions and the flow passage to connect the plurality of chambers, and a detection unit to detect a state of solution pool in the flow passage or the chamber. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100150072 | GATEWAY DEVICES AND WIRELESS CONTROL NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An object of the invention is to improve the reliability of a wireless control network management system. Gateway devices for relaying data communication between a monitoring/controlling host connected thereto via a wired network and a plurality of wireless nodes connected thereto via wireless circuit and constituting a wireless network, wherein the gateway device comprises wireless communication means for sending data from the host to at least any one of the wireless nodes, and redirect means for causing the wireless communication means to send the data to one of the wireless nodes and to transfer the data to the other gateway device connected to the wired network. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100145478 | FIELD DEVICE - There is provided a field device performing a communication through a communication line. The field device includes: first circuits involved with a smart communication; second circuits involved with a fieldbus communication; a token detecting circuit that detects a token in the fieldbus communication; and a control circuit. The control circuit is operable to: i) cause the second circuits to operate when the token is detected within a given time by the token detecting circuit; and ii) cause the second circuits not to operate when the token is not detected within the given time by the token detecting circuit. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100129088 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - An optical transmission apparatus includes a Mach-Zehnder modulator, transmission lines which transmit modulation data to the Mach-Zehnder modulator, a phase varying section which is connected to at least one of the transmission lines, and a phase synchronization loop which is connected to the phase varying section, and which applies a control voltage on which a dither signal is superimposed to the phase varying section. The phase varying section adjusts a skew between the transmission lines to remain constant, based on the control voltage on which the dither signal is superimposed. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100124624 | CAPSULE AND CHEMICAL REACTION CARTRIDGE - There are provided a capsule and a chemical reaction cartridge capable of properly handling reagents and so forth. The capsule is formed by laminating two dome-shaped films together at the peripheries thereof. The films are formed by subjecting heat sealable films, to which aluminum vapor deposition is applied, to a drawing process. The films are made of a material (easy-peel material), which can be varied in seal strength by a heating temperature and are thermally welded together at an adhesion area at the peripheries thereof. Thereafter, contents such as reagents and so forth are filled up inside the capsule via a filling section. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100122245 | FIELD DEVICE AND FIELD DEVICE SOFTWARE UPDATE SYSTEM THEREWITH - There is provided a field device for downloading a new software through a field bus from a host system and replacing a current software which is currently executed with the new software. The field device includes: a history information generation and management section which generates and stores history information of the current software when the new software is downloaded from the host system. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118717 | UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS INFORMATION COLLECTION SYSTEM - In an unauthorized access information collection system for monitoring unauthorized access to a honeynet so as to collect unauthorized access information, the system includes: a plurality of honey pots in which a private address or a global address is respectively set and which construct the honeynet; and an unauthorized access information collection device which is disposed between an Internet and the honeynet and which allocates a plurality of global addresses to the private address or the global address by setting of a routing table to transfer a received packet and which performs a communication control from the honeynet side to the Internet side based on a communication control list and records the packets passing through the unauthorized access information collection device. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100112583 | BLOOD DIAGNOSIS METHOD FOR DIALYSIS PATIENT AND DIALYSIS MACHINE - Provided is a blood diagnosis method and a dialysis machine, using a diagnostic marker which is versatile and which can contribute to the improvements in dialysis treatment and the evaluation of clinical effects,
| 05-06-2010 |
| 20100088471 | FIELD DEVICE - Disclosed is a field device comprising: a storage section to store shared data which is shared between user modules; an interface section to obtain trigger information to access the shared data, and to output access information which includes an access content of the shared data and an access request of the shared data, based on the obtained trigger information; and a control section to access the shared data which is stored in the storage section, based on the access information which has been output by the interface section. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100083168 | DEVICE INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A device information display apparatus for displaying multiple pieces of device information respectively obtained from field devices through communication therewith on a display unit based on the Enhanced EDD standard is structured such that it includes: a multi document generating unit for generating multiple pieces of device information including a dialog menu on WINDOWS (registered trade mark) standard child windows; and, a display information queuing unit for queuing the thus generated child windows therein and also for delivering such child windows to the display unit. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100082128 | FIELD COMMUNICATION TEST DEVICE AND FIELD COMMUNICATION TEST SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A field communication test device is provided on a field bus, to which a plurality of field equipments are connected, and also connected to a debug network to apply a communication test to respective field equipments. The field communication test device transmits/receives cooperation data, which is used to apply the communication test in cooperation with each other, to and from other field communication test device provided on the field bus, via the debug network, and transmits test data for the communication test to the respective field equipments via the field bus base on the cooperation data. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100076800 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PLANT ASSETS - The invention is a method and system for monitoring plant assets automatically comprising the steps of calculating a sum of the plant assets to be monitored, storing the calculated sum in a database, calculating a sum of the bad actors, computing the percentage of bad actors from the calculated sum, storing the computed percentage of bad actors into the database, calculating a current sum of the plant assets to be monitored after a predetermined interval, retrieving the stored sum of the plant assets, determining whether the current sum of the plant assets corresponds to the stored sum. When the stored sum corresponds to the current sum, the current sum of bad actors is calculated, the percentage of bad actors is computed from the calculated sum to determine an Asset Health Risk Index (“ARI”). | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100067103 | MICROSCOPE DEVICE - With a microscope device according to the invention, it is possible to acquire information on a deeper part of a living organism than that in the case of a conventional microscope device. The microscope device according to a first invention comprises an illumination optical system for irradiating an object with illumination rays in a line-like form, a detection optical system for receiving light rays generated by the illumination rays. The second invention relates to a microscope device wherein an objective lens of an illumination optical system, and an objective lens of a detection optical system are at respective positions. The third invention relates to a microscope device wherein a separation filter is structured such that a laser beam can pass through only a part (a region) thereof. The fourth invention relates to a microscope device wherein illumination rays having coherence are separated into two portions. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066456 | CLOCK REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A clock reproducing apparatus includes a clock reproducing circuit having: a gated oscillator having an oscillating circuit of two routes; and a frequency control circuit for comparing a phase of an output of the gated oscillator with a phase of a reference clock, and supplying a phase control signal to the gated oscillator based on the comparison result so as to set a delay time, input data is input to a reset input terminal of the gated oscillator, and different route of the two routes of the oscillating circuit operates depending on a case where the input data is “H” and a case where the input data is “L”. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100060502 | A/D CONVERTER - There is provided an A/D converter capable of changing specification and function of the A/D converter with the use of a programmable circuit by combining comparators with the programmable circuit. The A/D converter comprises a parallel-connected comparison circuit including a plurality of comparators, an analog signal being inputted to one of input terminals of the respective comparators while respective predetermined reference voltages being inputted to the other of the input terminals of the respective comparators, and a digital processing circuit for receiving output signals from the parallel-connected comparison circuit, and executing predetermined digital processing as set on the basis of a program. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100057947 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A device management apparatus may include, but is not limited to, a device controller that controls a device, a communication controller, a management unit, and a monitoring unit. The communication controller controls a communication between the device and the device controller. The management unit manages the device controller and the communication controller. The monitoring unit is disposed between the device controller and the communication controller. The monitoring unit formats data that is transmitted between the device controller and the communication controller so as to create formatted data. The monitoring unit supplies the formatted data to the management unit. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100045387 | OPTICAL RECEIVER-AMPLIFIER - There is provided an optical receiver-amplifier wherein the need for a large capacitance capacitor for AC coupling is eliminated to thereby enable miniaturization of a receiver in whole, and output waveforms of a differential limiter amp can be rendered symmetrical with high precision while a transimpedance amp and a limiter amp can be integrated on one chip. The optical receiver-amplifier comprises a photodiode, a transimpedance amp for amplifying an output signal of the photodiode, and a DC current compensating circuit connected in parallel with the transimpedance amp for compensating for a DC-current component of an output current of the differential amp. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100033718 | BIOCHIP READER AND ELECTROPHORESIS SYSTEM - A biochip reader wherein spectroscopic information of a sample under analysis is arranged in spaces between images of the sample arranged on a biochip. The reader comprises a confocal microscope and the biochip comprises a transparent substrate to allow passage of the excitation light and fluorescent light from the sample with the excitation light being applied from the side opposite that on which the samples are arranged so that noise from dust and the like is avoided by the transmitted light avoiding contact with the dust. Another aspect is an electrophoresis system wherein different coloring material are used for each of a variety of target substances, so that the same lane and area are utilizable to concurrently detect a polychrome fluorescent pattern of the different targets. A confocal scanner or fluorescence imaging system is used with a plurality of filters to detect the multi-colored fluorescences of the target substance. Advantageously, in the biochip reader, a lower S/N ration is obtained together with lower cost; and in the electrophoresis system, concurrent detection of multiple polychromatic fluorescence patters is attained. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100028023 | OPTICAL RECEIVER - There is provided an optical receiver capable of coping with a balanced optical input, and having neither the need for adjustment of the reference voltage for single-differential conversion, nor the need for a large-capacitance capacitor corresponding to a wideband signal, for connecting the output of the trans-impedance amp to the input of the limiter amp. The optical receiver comprises a balanced photodiode composed of two units of light-sensitive elements connected in series in the direction of an identical polarity, having a bidirectional current, a differential amplifier comprising differential input pair-transistors, an emitter follower section for causing respective output signals of the differential amplifier to undergo level shift, feedback resistance for feeding back output signals of the emitter follower section to respective input terminals of the differential amplifier, and a capacitor coupled to the base of the other transistor of the differential input pair-transistors. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100023140 | FIELD DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND FIELD DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - There is provided a field device management apparatus for acquiring and managing device information about a field device. The apparatus includes: a device information description unit having: an activation processing algorithm that activates a device information processing algorithm for acquiring the device information from the field device; and a description information that describes the device information; and a device information acquisition control unit that activates the device information processing algorithm using the activation processing algorithm so as to acquire the device information through the device information description unit. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100021182 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER - An optical transmitter includes a modulation unit, an optical coupler, a photodetector and a control unit. The modulation unit sets up a phase difference between first and second optical signals acquired by branching an input light. The modulation unit modulates the first and second optical signals based on first and second input data signals, respectively. The optical coupler couples the first and second optical signals to generate a phase-modulated optical signal. The photodetector generates a received signal based on the phase-modulated optical signal. The control unit superimposes a dither signal having a frequency on at least one of the first and second optical signals. The control unit performs detection on the dither signal that is included in the received signal output from the photodetector. The control unit controls the phase difference that is to be set up by the modulation unit. The control of the phase difference is made based on a result of the detection. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100019894 | ALARM MANAGEMENT DEVICE - The invention achieves an alarm management device capable of constructing logics for suppressing tailgate alarm without depending on controllers, and of managing engineering and management thereof with concentration. The invention relates to an alarm management device for managing alarms issued in a plant. The alarm management device is provided with alarm state management means for managing issuance states of acquired alarms, alarm engineering means for setting alarm issuance patterns, alarm suppression judgment means for judging suppression target alarms from the alarm issuance states and alarm issuance patterns, and alarm processing means for executing suppression of the suppression target alarms among the acquired alarms in response to an instruction of the alarm suppression judgment means. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20090323050 | OPTICAL PATH MONITORING DEVICE AND OPTICAL PATH MONITORING SYSTEM - An optical path monitoring device according to the present invention includes: a measurement unit which irradiates optical pulses to an optical path as a monitoring target to cause back scattered lights, the measurement unit generating measurement data based on the back scattered lights; and a processing unit which controls operation of the measurement unit, the processing unit acquiring the measurement data from the measurement unit, the processing unit performing an arithmetic processing of the measurement data to identify an abnormal point of the optical path, and after acquiring the measurement data the processing unit sending the measurement unit instructions to start the next measurement. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090313560 | FIELD DATA DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING FIELD DATA - There are provided a field data display apparatus capable of flexibly coping with field data elements differing in collection period from each other, and a method for displaying the field data. A trend data collection server collects field data elements from control stations, in predetermined periods, respectively, to be stored as trend data elements corresponding to tag names, respectively, in a trend data storage. A display unit displays selected trend data elements selected by a selective operation acceptance unit on a display screen. The selective operation acceptance unit accepts an operation for selecting trend data elements, the trend data elements each having a plurality of collection periods differing from each other, mixedly present in the collection period of the field data element. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090312886 | Temperature controller system - In a temperature controller system, a plurality of temperature controllers that adjust a temperature of a control object are to be connected to a programmable logic controller. One of the temperature controllers includes a PLC communicating portion which exchanges data with the programmable logic controller through a dedicated cable, a serial communication portion which exchanges data with the temperature controllers that are connected in a downstream side, through serial communication cable, and a communication and conversion CPU which controls the data exchange performed between the PLC communicating portion and the programmable logic controller, and which controls a serial communication performed by the serial communication portion. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090304394 | DELAY INTERFEROMETER - In a delay interferometer in which a Michelson delay interferometer unit is mounted in a package, the delay interferometer includes a Michelson delay interferometer unit which outputs first interference output light from a first output port, the first interference output light being obtained by optically processing input light received through an input port by a beam splitter and reflectors, and which outputs second interference output light from a second output port, and the splitting portion and the beam splitter are integrally structured. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303568 | OPTICAL PHASE SHIFTING PLATE - An optical phase shifting plate includes: an optical substrate configured to change a refractive index for light which passes through the optical substrate by a thermooptical effect; a thin-film heater formed on a surface of the optical substrate; a wiring member disposed to be substantially perpendicular to the surface of the optical substrate; an intermediate member disposed between the optical substrate and the wiring member, the intermediate member having: a first surface that is substantially flush with a surface of the thin-film heater; and a second surface that is substantially flush with a surface of the wiring member and that is perpendicularly adjacent to the first surface, a first bonding wire which electrically connects the surface of the thin-film heater to the first surface of the intermediate member; and a second bonding wire which electrically connects the surface of wiring member to the second surface of the intermediate member. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303492 | DELAY INTERFEROMETER - In a delay interferometer in which a Michelson delay interferometer unit is mounted in a package, the delay interferometer includes: a Michelson delay interferometer unit in which A-channel interference output light obtained by optically processing input light that is formed by splitting input light received through an input port, into A and B channels through a splitting portion is output from an A-channel first output port and an A-channel second output port disposed, and B-channel interference output light is output from a B-channel first output port and a B-channel second output port; and a first optical path length compensating member which is interposed between the A-channel interference output light or the B-channel interference output light, and the A-channel first output port or the B-channel first output port. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303491 | DELAY INTERFEROMETER - In a delay interferometer in which a Michelson delay interferometer unit is mounted in a package having first and second sidewall portions that are perpendicular to each other, the delay interferometer includes: a Michelson delay interferometer unit in which first interference output light obtained by processing input light that is received through an input port disposed in the first sidewall portion is output through a first output port disposed in the first sidewall portion, and second interference output light is output from a second output port disposed in the second sidewall portion; and a first optical axis shifting member which shifts an optical axis position of the first interference output light in parallel to the first sidewall portion, to cause the light to be supplied into the first output port. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303490 | DELAY INTERFEROMETER - In a delay interferometer, a Michelson delay interferometer unit is mounted on a package made of a Kovar material. The Michelson delay interferometer unit has optical components including a beam splitter which splits an optical signal, reflectors which reflect the split optical signals, and an optical phase adjusting plate which is inserted into an optical path of the optical signal, and which is used for temperature compensation. The delay interferometer includes a glass substrate on which the optical components are bonded and mounted, and an elastic member which is interposed between the delay interferometer unit configured by the optical components mounted on the glass substrate, and a bottom portion of the package. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090292915 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND DEVICE SETTING METHOD OF NETWORK SYSTEM - Disclosed is a network system including: a provisioning server to provide setting information to a device newly connected to a network; and a mediating device to mediate information transmission between the device newly connected to the network and other device, wherein the mediating device includes: a communication function to communicate with the device newly connected to the network; an access control function to restrict access to the other device to a certain amount or less; and a data transfer function to transfer data, and when there is a transfer request of the setting information from the device newly connected to the network, the mediating device sends the transfer request to the provisioning server by restricted access based on the access control function, and when the setting information is sent from the provisioning server, the mediating device transfers the setting information to the device newly connected to the network. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090292373 | FIELDBUS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - Disclosed is a fieldbus communication system, comprising: a field device to transmit data; a receiving device to receive the transmitted data; and a data management apparatus which is connectable to a communication system in which the field device and the receiving device are connected to a fieldbus, wherein the receiving device comprises a processing section to perform a transmission request regarding the transmitted data to the data management apparatus, and wherein the data management apparatus comprises: a transmitting/receiving section which is connectable to the fieldbus; a storage section to store the data transmitted from the field device; and a control section to read the stored data corresponding to the transmission request, from the storage section so as to transmit the read data to the receiving device, when the transmission request is received from the receiving device. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090287322 | INSTRUMENTATION CONTROL SYSTEM - Disclosed is an instrumentation control system, including: a first field device; and a second field device coupled to the first field device via a fieldbus. The first field device includes: a transmitting buffer to store data to be transmitted; a transmitter; and an inquiry processing section to cause the transmitter to retransmit the data stored in the transmitting buffer to the second field device in response to a request from the second field device. The second field device includes: a receiving buffer to store the data transmitted from the first field device; a checking section to determine whether the data stored in the receiving buffer is normal or not, and to make a data retransmission request to the first field device if the data stored in the receiving buffer is not normal; and a processing unit to perform predetermined processing based on the data which is determined to be normal. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090270762 | MEDICAL ADAPTER AND CHEMICAL REACTION CARTRIDGE - A medical adapter ensuring a safety and a chemical reaction cartridge adapted to the medical adapter are provided. Both ends of an injection needle are covered with a cover member. When the blood collection tube is inserted in the interior of the cover member via one opening section, one end of the injection needle smashes into a plug to be inserted in the blood collection tube, and the tip end of the injection needle reaches blood inside the blood collection tube. Further, when an insertion section of the cartridge is inserted in the interior of the cover member via the other opening section, the other end of the injection needle in inserted in the interior of the cartridge. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090263294 | CHEMICAL REACTION CARTRIDGE - Disclosed is a chemical reaction cartridge including an elastic body as a construction material and a flow path and two or more chambers connected by the flow path formed inside the cartridge, and the cartridge is structured so as to move or block a fluid material in the flow path or the chambers by partially sealing the flow path, the chambers or both the flow path and the chambers by applying external force to the elastic body from outside, as one of the chambers, the cartridge has a reaction chamber, the reaction chamber is a chamber in which a chemical reaction of a reaction liquid to be introduced in the reaction chamber is carried out, and a specific liquid to fill a space in the reaction chamber is filled in the reaction chamber before the reaction liquid is introduced in the reaction chamber. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090263288 | MICROCHIP DEVICE - A microchip device of the present invention includes: a microchip in which a liquid flow path is formed for liquid to flow; a gas flow path provided along the liquid flow path; and a plurality of gap sections formed between the liquid flow path and the gas flow path and having one opening thereof facing the liquid flow path and the other opening thereof facing the gas flow path, the gap of the gap section being made so as to be gap through which gas can pass but the liquid cannot pass, and a gas liquid interface being formed at the gap section. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090263006 | BIOCHIP INSPECTING DEVICE AND BIOCHIP INSPECTING METHOD - There is provided a biochip inspecting device capable of showing a manifestation state as a graphical display that can be intuitively grasped. Reading means optically reads respective sites over a biochip, on the basis of an imaging signal from an optical reader. Digitizing means digitizes manifestation states in respective sites on the basis of results of reading by the reading means. Scaling means scales the numerical values of the respective sites acquired via the digitizing means. Image-outputting means outputs an image (a graphical chip image) obtained by disposing spot images having gradation values acquired via the scaling means at respective positions specified on a site-by-by-site basis. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262347 | SPECTROSCOPE - An improvement is added to a spectroscope for performing wavelength dispersion of measured light with a wavelength dispersion element and receiving the light at a light reception element. The spectroscope has a first compound lens made up of a plurality of lenses for converting measured light into parallel light and emitting the parallel light to the wavelength dispersion element; a second compound lens made up of a plurality of lenses for gathering the measured light subjected to the wavelength dispersion in the wavelength dispersion element and causing the light reception element to receive the light; and a base for fixing the wavelength dispersion element, the first compound lens, and the second compound lens. The linear expansion coefficient of the compound focal length of the first compound lens, the linear expansion coefficient of the compound focal length of the second compound lens, and the linear expansion coefficient of a material forming the base are substantially equal. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090245785 | OPTICAL RECEIVER - An optical receiver in which a failure in a certain channel affects no other channels is provided. An optical receiver inputs DQPSK optical signals supplied from the outside into each of first and second delay interferometers and reproduces optical output from the first and second delay interferometers as binary non-return-to-zero (NRZ) signals of first and second channels by first and second An optical receiving elements. The delay time of the first and second delay interferometers is performed a feedback control by a control system independent for each of the first and second channels. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090240349 | Digital indicating controller - A digital indicating controller outputs data provided by performing control computation of input data and has a communication function with an external apparatus. The digital indicating controller includes a sequence computation section which executes a ladder program with at least any of the input data, the data provided by performing control computation, internal and external setup data, internal and external setup parameters, or data from the external apparatus as condition input and outputs the execution result. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090238081 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DATA ACQUISITION APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CHECKING OPERATING CONDITIONS OF NODES - Disclosed is a network management system, including: a data acquisition apparatus to receive data sent from each of a plurality of nodes to store at least latest receipt time of the data; and a management apparatus to check an operating condition of each of the nodes based on the latest receipt time stored in the data acquisition apparatus. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235264 | DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM - The allocation of hardware resources to distribution applications is enabled without using effective task priority available only in field devices. A distribution system makes a plurality of field devices connected with each other through a network (N) operate a plurality of distribution applications (distribution AP) in parallel. The distribution system is provided with an importance adjustment unit ( | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090222242 | FIELD INSTRUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A field instrument management apparatus, which manages a field instrument by communicating with the field instrument via a field bus, transfers a request for an instrument address to the field instrument, and provides the instrument address to an outside when the instrument address is acquired from the field instrument. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090221091 | CHEMICAL REACTION CARTRIDGE, MIXTURE GENERATING METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE OF CHEMICAL REACTION CARTRIDGE - Disclosed is a chemical reaction cartridge including an elastic body as a construction material and a flow path and two or more chambers connected by the flow path formed inside the cartridge, and the cartridge is structured so as to move or block a fluid substance in the flow path or the chambers by partially sealing the flow path, the chambers or both the flow path and the chambers by applying external force to the elastic body from outside, as the chambers, the cartridge has two or more mixing chambers each of which is to contain a mixture in a fluid state and the cartridge has two or more ingredient chambers provided for each of the mixing chambers by being connected with the flow path, in each of which an ingredient of the mixture divided in an amount according to a mixing ratio is to be contained. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090217261 | RECORDING MEDIUM, INSTALL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - n (where n is a natural number) divided software components divided from software to be installed are individually recorded in n recording mediums. Each of the second to n-th recording mediums from among the n recording mediums includes an install execution file that executes an install processing of a corresponding divided software component, an install assistant file that executes a run determination processing for determining whether or not the install of the divided software component recorded in the first recording medium is executed and when the install is not executed, runs the install execution file, and an autorun setup file that enables the install assistant file to be automatically run on an operating system. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090208370 | DRUG DISCOVERY SCREENING DEVICE - An object of the invention is to implement a drug discovery screening device having high throughput and high accuracy. The drug discovery screening device is provided with a Nipkow disc type confocal scanner for irradiating excitation light on samples placed on a well plate, and executing image processing based on fluorescent signals from the samples, and comprises a confocal scanner for irradiating a plurality of excitation lights and to which a plurality of fluorescent signals are incident, and a plurality of objectives lenses for irradiating a plurality of excitation lights emitted from the confocal scanner on the plurality of samples, to which the plurality of fluorescent signals generated from the plurality of samples are incident, and bringing the plurality of fluorescent signals to the confocal scanner. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090204687 | System and Field Device for Performing Operation of Linkage Between Application Programs - In a system for performing an operation of linkage between application programs operating on each of the plural field devices mutually connected through a network, the system comprises a first field device and a second field device in which an application management function operating on an operating system respectively reads an application program, a slot and a connector out of a storage part and the application program, the slot and the connector are respectively activated and also the operating system in which the slot is registered in the application and the connector is registered in the slot runs, and the application programs respectively operating on the first field device and the second field device make connection to a virtual channel configured by a pair of the connector activated in the first field device and the connector activated in the second field device through a channel interface configured by a pair of the slot activated in the first field device and the slot activated in the second field device and perform sending and receiving of data. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201506 | MOLECULARITY MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT AND MOLECULARITY MEASUREMENT METHOD - There is provided a molecularity measurement instrument capable of working out the number of molecules in a sample by comparing a measured value of a light quantity with a theoretical light quantity per a single molecule, and a molecularity measurement method using the same. The molecularity of the sample is quantitatively estimated on the basis of a light quantity having correlation with the molecularity. The molecularity measurement method comprises the step of working out a theoretical light quantity per a single molecule, the step of measuring a light quantity of the sample by use of an image detector, and the step of working out the molecularity of the sample on the basis of a ratio of the light quantity of the sample to the theoretical light quantity as worked out. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201144 | Alarm management apparatus - The invention relates to an alarm management apparatus for managing an alarm occurring in a plant. The alarm management apparatus includes an alarm collection unit for collecting an alarm; a process data collection unit for collecting process data; an alarm suppression determination unit for determining whether or not suppressing an alarm from an alarm suppression target is adequate using the process data upon reception of an alarm suppression command; and an alarm processing unit for suppressing the alarm from the alarm suppression target if the alarm suppression determination unit determines that the alarm suppressing is adequate. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090190127 | SPECTROSCOPE HAVING SPECTROSCOPIC PATHS WITH INDIVIDUAL COLLIMATORS - A spectroscope includes a diffraction grating having a plurality of ruled parallel lines; and a plurality of spectroscopic paths, each of which has a collimator for collimating incident light, emits the collimated light to the diffraction grating, and emits return light, which returns from the diffraction grating, through a slit provided on the path. In the spectroscope, measured light is emitted through the plurality of spectroscopic paths so as to extract light which is included in the measured light and has a predetermined wavelength; and the collimators of the spectroscopic paths are arranged so that irradiation areas of light emitted from the collimators are offset from each other at least in a direction along the ruled parallel lines. The collimators of the spectroscopic paths may be arranged so that incident angles of light emitted from the collimators coincide with each other. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090185408 | MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGN OF MEMORY DEVICE - A memory device may include, but is not limited to, at least one memory module, and a plurality of lumped constant circuit elements. The at least one memory module is electrically coupled to a transmission system that has a characteristic impedance. The plurality of lumped constant circuit elements with an inductance is placed on the transmission system symmetrically with reference to the at least one memory module. The plurality of lumped constant circuit elements in cooperation with the at least one memory module performs as at least one low-pass filter. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090179273 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: a first region having a first conductive type; a plurality of second regions having a second conductive type that differs from the first conductive type, and formed to be arranged in the first region; a plurality of third regions having the first conductive type and formed in the second regions; an electrode forming a channel between the first region and the third region; and a plurality of extended second regions having the second conductive type, arranged in the first region such as to individually include one of the second regions and having an impurity density that is lower than an impunity density of the second regions. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090175284 | GATEWAY UNIT - The invention is to solve the problem in that mutual communication between an IPv6-capable device and an IPv4-capable device has not been carried out in a system wherein the IPv6-capable device and the IPv4-capable device are mixed. An entry of a live list is retrieved when SM Device Annunciation is received from the IPv6-capable device, and a transmission IPv4 address is acquired from an IPv4 address pool if the entry is not found, thereby preparing translation rules so as to be stored in a translation rules storage section, while preparing an entry to be registered in the live list, whereby an IP address in a message is translated with reference to the translation rules. Further, a timestamp of the entry is updated every time when the SM Device Annunciation is received. Even if the address is contained in the message, the mutual communication between the IPv6-capable device and the IPv4-capable device can be carried out, and devices connected to the system can be controlled. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090170544 | Field device search system - The field device search system is composed of a plurality of field devices having a wireless transmitting/receiving capability and an information terminal having a receiving capability to receive radio waves from a field device, wherein the information terminal includes a radio wave receiver, a CPU (arithmetic means), a display part, a memory, and member for identifying one of the plurality of field devices. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090147784 | Field network system - A field network system is provided. The field network system includes a plurality of field devices and a plurality of tunneling units. The field devices are coupled to each other through an IP network. The IP network is divided into a plurality of subnetworks. Each of the tunneling units is provided in each of the subnetworks to conduct tunneling communication. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090144643 | System and method for configuration of a graphical user interface - The invention is a system for configuring and applying a graphical user interface which is used to monitor and control the process of making or treatment of a product. The system comprising a first repository having a plurality of function sources implementing pre-defined first and second interfaces, a second repository for storing the configured graphical user interface and the information of the selected function source, and a function link component. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090141267 | OPTICAL-FIBER-CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL-FIBER-CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING METHOD - A measurement range is extended while maintaining the spatial resolution high by completely separating the increment of a probe light from noises. Modulations are performed on both probe light and pump light to differentiate both lights. Using the modulations, only the change in the probe light necessary for measuring the characteristic of a measurement-target optical fiber FUT can be separated. Accordingly, unlike the conventional technology, an optical wavelength filter becomes unnecessary. Further, in a case where an amplitude Δf of the frequency modulation of a light source | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090134891 | IC TESTER - An object of the invention is to implement an IC tester wherein an analog test module can be provided at a test head while maintaining flexibility of the test head. The IC tester comprises an analog test module for testing an analog signal against the device under test. The analog test module comprises a main substrate, connected to the device under test, a first sub-substrate connected to the main substrate, the first sub-substrate comprising first analog circuits and first digital circuits electrically connected to the first analog circuits, wherein an analog test is conducted by the first analog circuits, and the first digital circuits, and a second sub-substrate connected to the main substrate, the second sub-substrate comprising second analog circuits and second digital circuits electrically connected to the second analog circuits, wherein an analog test is conducted by the second analog circuits, and the second digital circuits. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090121738 | SEMICONDUCTOR TEST DEVICE - A semiconductor test device of the present invention for conducting a test on a device under test, includes: a plurality of comparison units which compare a signal obtained from the device under test with a predetermined reference voltage and output a comparison result; a plurality of measuring units which are provided in correspondence with the plurality of comparison units, and measure a time from when a measurement start signal is input thereto to when the comparison result from a corresponding comparison unit is input thereto, and output a measuring result; a start signal output unit which outputs the measurement start signal at a same timing to each of the plurality of measuring units; and a computation unit which computes time differences between a plurality of signals obtained from the device under test based on the measuring results of the plurality of measuring units. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090118843 | System and method for displaying status of field devices - The invention is a system for monitoring the status of a field device having data including a data acquisition module, a first and a second diagnosis engine, and a client having a user input element for receiving user input status. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090116407 | Wireless network construction system - A wireless network construction system includes: first wireless nodes being previously installed in a wireless network; a wireless node installation support terminal carried in a location capable of conducting wireless communication, the wireless node installation support terminal serving as a wireless node being previously installed in the wireless network; and a second wireless node being newly installed in the wireless network and adjacent to the wireless node installation support terminal. The second wireless node performs a procedure of participation in the wireless network via the wireless node installation support terminal using the wireless communication. The wireless node installation support terminal allocates and distributes a network address to the second wireless node upon performing the procedure of participation in the wireless network. The second wireless node performs a path search and establishes a wireless line between the first wireless nodes and the second wireless node. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090115565 | LIQUID METAL RELAY - A liquid metal relay includes passages formed by bonding a first substrate and a second substrate together, a liquid chamber formed in a middle of the passages, a plurality of electrodes arranged in the liquid chamber, a first gas chamber and a second gas chamber arranged to communicate with both ends of the passages, a gas sealed into the first gas chamber and the second gas chamber, and a heating section for heating the gas, a liquid metal sealed in the liquid chamber, and through electrodes led to an outside of the first substrate from the plurality of electrodes and the heating section. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090108726 | INFRARED LIGHT SOURCE - An infrared light source has a filament fabricated on a first substrate in the shape of a microbridge and energizes the filament so as to generate heat, thereby causing the filament to emit infrared radiation. The infrared light source has a second substrate that is bonded to the first substrate and seals the filament, and feedthrough electrodes that lead electrodes of the filament to the outside of the first substrate. Thereby, the function of the package is imparted to the device itself, to thus realize a highly-reliable device at low cost. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090106461 | Information Processing Apparatus and Information Processing Method - An information processing apparatus comprises a first device and a second device of which each executes the same processing independently, a status acquiring part which acquires a status of the first device, and an event generating part which generates a common event according to the acquired status in the first device and the second device. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090105865 | Metric based performance monitoring method and system - A metric based performance monitoring A process control system is disclosed in which diagnostics are performed at multiple levels of the plant, results of the diagnostics converted into Key Performance Indicators and compared to predetermined benchmarks such that an integrated and overall determination of the plants' performance may be displayed. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090105850 | Field control system and field control method - In a field control system in which a plurality of field equipments that are operated in a previously set schedule and constitute a control loop perform a packet communication via a network, there is provided a configurator for collecting measured result packets to which a time stamp of each field equipment is affixed respectively, grasping at least any one of communication times between respective field equipments based on the time stamp, and adjusting operation schedules of respective field equipments in response to the communication times. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090104354 | Biochip, biochip reader and biochip reading method - A biochip for implementing analysis on the basis of the distribution of a quantity of light of fluorescent light generated at sites disposed thereon, the biochip having, markers formed thereon and defined previously in a positional relationship relative to the sites; and a processor for recognizing positions of the sites on the biochip on the basis of the positions of the markers, wherein the markers are formed of at least one of dyes, pigment, metal colloid bonded to biopolymer, dyes bonded to biopolymer, and pigment bonded to biopolymer. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090103550 | IP network system - There is provided an IP network system. The IP network system includes: a plurality of relays making up a ring network; a source host for transmitting a packet and connected to the ring network; and a destination host which conducts a packet communication with the source host through the ring network. Each of the relays is operable to transfer received packets containing a transfer direction information to the destination host through a right-handed route of the ring network and through a left-handed route of the ring network, based on the transfer direction information. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090097502 | Field equipment control system - A field equipment control system including: a plurality of field equipments installed in a field; and a control device for controlling the plurality of field equipments, wherein each of the field equipments has a wireless communication section for transmitting/receiving data between the field equipments, and at least one field equipment out of the plurality of field equipments, which is connected to the control device, has a communication relaying section for carrying out a data conversion between different protocols. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090097411 | COMMUNICATION QUALITY DIAGNOSTIC UNIT - The invention achieves a communication quality diagnostic unit capable of detecting an omen phenomenon of a communication trouble early in a stage prior to actual emergence of the communication trouble due to a noise, thereby issuing a warning. The communication quality diagnostic unit for diagnosing quality of communication for transmitting and receiving frames at predetermined interval time, comprising a frame-interval time detector for monitoring interval time between the frames, a frame-interval abnormality determiner for making determination as the case of diagnostic abnormality when a predetermined threshold value is exceeded by frame-interval time as detected, and a diagnostic abnormality notifier for notifying a host unit of the diagnostic abnormality as an alarm. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090091480 | HIGH-FREQUENCY MODULE FOR PERFORMING EFFECTIVE PHASE COMPENSATION OF CLOCK FOR INPUT DIGITAL SIGNAL - A high-frequency module includes a high-speed logic circuit for processing an input digital signal having a transmission rate of several tens of Gbps by detecting the level of the input digital signal by using a clock having a frequency of several tens of GHz; a variable delay circuit for adding a specific amount of delay to the clock, and outputting the clock to the high-speed logic circuit, wherein the amount of delay is variably set in accordance with a manipulation signal; a phase comparator for measuring a phase difference between the input digital signal and the clock which is input into the high-speed logic circuit, and outputting a phase-difference signal in accordance with the phase difference; a filter for extracting a direct-current signal, which indicates the phase difference, from the phase-difference signal input from the phase comparator; and a controller for generating the manipulation signal assigned to the variable delay circuit, by using the direct-current signal input from the filter. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090089333 | Method and system for analyzing operating condition - An apparatus has an information collecting section serving as information acquisition section that collects data which are to serve as original data for an index value and a report receiving section that receives a report. A report preparation system has an index value receiving section that receives an index value transmitted from the apparatus; an index value storage section that stores received index values; an index value analysis section serving as analysis section that performs predetermined analysis by use of the stored index values; a report preparation section that makes up a report on the basis of a result of analysis performed by the index value analysis section; a report storage section that stores prepared reports; and a report transmission section that transmits, as required, the stored reports. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090086193 | OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER - An improvement is added to an optical time domain reflectometer for emitting pulsed light of invisible light to a measured optical fiber, receiving return light of the pulsed light by a light detection section, measuring the measured optical fiber, and emitting visible light for visible inspection of a fault point of the measured optical fiber to the measured optical fiber. The optical time domain reflectometer includes an incidence-emission port for emitting the invisible light and the visible light to the measured optical fiber and an output judgment section for judging that a communication light exists in the measured optical fiber based on the light power of the light detection section receiving light incident through the incidence-emission port in a state in which the pulsed light of the invisible light is not emitted. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090080394 | WIRELESS CONTROL SYSTEM - The invention realizes a wireless control system capable of reducing loads on a wireless network and gateway nodes and improving reliability of the system. The wireless control system for collecting data from a plurality of wireless nodes constituting a wireless network to a supervisory node via gateway nodes, wherein said each gateway node and said each wireless node have group IDs assigned thereto in advance and said each wireless node selects a route having the most excellent communication quality of routes leading to the gateway nodes having the same group ID as a self-node and transmits data to the selected route. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090080347 | Wireless device and network system - It is to improve the robustness and the data transfer reliability of a network. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090072675 | PULSE MOTOR - A pulse motor includes: a first iron core having a plurality of iron core teeth; a second iron core having a plurality of iron core teeth, the second iron core being arranged to oppose to the first iron core through an air gap; and commutating pole teeth formed between the iron core teeth; wherein a level difference is provided between a tooth tip of the iron core tooth and a tooth tip of the commutating pole tooth | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090067782 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL SWITCH - A semiconductor optical switch may include an optical waveguide, a first electrode, and a first reflector. The optical waveguide may include a branching point, a first incoming path and first and second outgoing paths. The first electrode is provided at the branching point to give carrier injection into the branching point to allow that the branching point reflects an optical signal that is propagating through the first incoming path so that the reflected optical signal propagates through the second outgoing path. The first electrode may give no carrier injection into the branching point to allow that the branching point allows the optical signal to transmit through the branching point and propagate through the first outgoing path. The first reflector is provided on the first outgoing path. The first reflector reflects a leakage of light that has propagated from the branching point. | 03-12-2009 |
