Ai Inazawa

Title: Ai Inazawa and Overhead Crane Monitoring

Introduction

Ai Inazawa is an inventor based in Tokyo, Japan, and is associated with Nippon Steel Texeng. Co., Ltd. Her patent work addresses monitoring technology for overhead cranes, with a focus on providing operators with a useful view for remote operation.

Latest Patents

Inazawa is credited with 1 patent: “Overhead Crane Monitoring System.” The system monitors an overhead crane with a travelling body that moves along rails, a traverse trolley that travels perpendicular to the travelling body, and a hoisting device mounted on the trolley. A panoramic camera at one end of the travelling body records an image from an overlooking position. The image is displayed on a wide screen in a remote operation room, giving the operator a view intended to support remote crane operation.

Career Highlights

Inazawa’s listed patent reflects work on applying panoramic imaging and remote displays to industrial equipment monitoring. Her association with Nippon Steel Texeng. Co., Ltd. connects her invention to the company’s engineering and technology activities.

Collaborations

Kiyokazu Morooka and Hiroyuki Matsumoto are identified as Inazawa’s coworkers. The available information does not specify their roles in the patent or the development of the monitoring system.

Conclusion

Ai Inazawa’s patent presents a panoramic-camera approach to improving the operator’s view of an overhead crane during remote operation.