Hitachi, Ltd.

Gree, Inc.

Sony Corporation

Matsushita Graphic Communication Systems, Inc.

Fujikoki Corporation

Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd.

Hitachi Elevator Engineering & Service Co., Ltd.

Satoshi Fukuda

Yuuichi Suginishi

Takaki Kuroda

Nobuo Beniyama

Yuji Mizote

Kazuhiko Watanabe

Takuya Okamoto

Kenichi Kawasaki

Yoshio Sakai

Hiromi Inaba

Hiroshi Aoki

Kiyoshi Nakamura

Akira Tada

Sadao Hokari

Takeki Ando

Keita Nogi

Mitsunori Satomi

Masayoshi Matsumoto

Masataka Kan

Takumi Tomita

Akinori Nanbu

Masayuki Moteki

Yukari Hashibe

Ikuo Kitajima

Mitsuo Togashi

Yuuji Mizote

Satoru Shinke

Shintaro Urabe

Ryuujirou Abe

Naoyuki Outi

Hidenori Hayashi

Takeshi Namekawa

Kazuo Kobayashi

The time required to modify order allocation rules is shortened in a production planning system. A performance rule is generated, in which a manufacturing condition is set as the input and a manufacturing facility is set as the output, based on allocation performance data representing a performance of allocating the manufacturing facility for the manufacturing condition. A comparison table is generated representing a difference between the performance rule and an existing rule in which the manufacturing condition is set as the input and the manufacturing facility is set as the output. A modification rule is generated in which the existing rule is modified according to a user operation on the comparison table; and an evaluation index is calculated for production plan data corresponding to each of the existing rule and the modification rule. The rule modification unit generates the comparison table including a modification plan for the existing rule.

Production planning system and production planning method

A server apparatus, which may be configured to execute a step of storing one or more first game content associated with a plurality of users, a step of selecting two or more users from among the plurality of users, an establishment step of establishing association between each user and a second game content, and a step of executing a first game part on the basis of the second game content of which association with each user may be established and a user operation on the terminal device used by each user. The second game content associated with the first user among the two or more users may be selected from among one or more first game content associated with the first user and one or more first game content associated with the second user among the two or more users.

Program, server apparatus, and game system

A system performs a loss factor determination which refers to, for each of two or more different Ms from among 4 Ms (Man, Machine, Material, and Method), a time series data group representing a time series of a state of an element belonging to the M, and which determines, for each period between time points, whether or not a state combination in the same period between time points corresponds to one or a plurality of loss state combinations. In each period between time points, the state combination is a combination of two or more states belonging to the period between time points and corresponding to the two or more Ms. The loss state combination is a state combination defined as an opportunity loss. With each loss state combination, a loss factor, which is a factor of an opportunity loss corresponding to the loss state combination, is associated.

Production management support system and production management support method that automatically determine loss factors

A production plan supporting apparatus and method capable of effectively supporting making of a production plan for a product whose production process has a branch(es). According to the production plan supporting apparatus and method when sequentially inputting a work(s) on a production unit basis to a production process in accordance with a predetermined input plan, first models regarding each of which probability of existence of the work in each time slot of each process is calculated are generated for respective production units, and a second model in which all the generated first models for the respective production units are stacked over one another is generated; and the time slot of the process which will become a bottleneck is identified and displayed on the basis of the second model.

Production plan supporting apparatus and method

An object of the invention is to quickly provide an effective recovery plan for a delay problem occurring at a manufacturing site. A dynamic production planning system includes a dynamic production planning device, and the dynamic production planning device includes a process actual result storage unit that includes a record of time spent on production for each item and process, a process plan actual result storage unit that includes a production facility of which usage is planned and assumed work time thereof for each item and process, and a recovery scenario generating unit configured to calculate, for each item and process, an index indicating a risk of a delay using the time spent on production and the production facility of which usage is planned and the assumed work time thereof for each item and process.

Dynamic production planning system and dynamic production planning device

An analog signal is accurately converted into a digital signal. An oscillator generates an oscillation signal having a cycle that depends on a signal level of an input analog signal. A current bit generation unit generates, as a current bit, a bit indicating a value of the oscillation signal at each of a plurality of timings within the cycle. A delay unit delays each current bit over a predetermined period and supplies the delayed current bit as a delayed bit. A determination unit determines whether a change amount of a phase of the oscillation signal changed within the predetermined period is greater than a half cycle of the cycle. An output unit generates and outputs data indicating a period in which respective values of the current bit and the delayed bit form a specific combination when the change amount is not greater than the half cycle, and generates and outputs data indicating a period in which the respective values of the current bit and the delayed bit are the same or form the specific combination when the change amount is greater than the half cycle.

Analog-to-digital converter, electronic device, and method of controlling analog-to-digital converter

A signal transmission system includes: a transmitting section including a first carrier signal generating section configured to generate a carrier signal for modulation and a first frequency converting section configured to generate a transmission signal by frequency-converting a transmission object signal by the carrier signal for modulation, the carrier signal for modulation being generated by the first carrier signal generating section; and a receiving section including a second carrier signal generating section configured to generate a carrier signal for demodulation and a second frequency converting section configured to frequency-convert the transmission signal received by the carrier signal for demodulation, the carrier signal for demodulation being generated by the second carrier signal generating section.

Signal transmission system, transmitting device, receiving device, electronic device, and signal transmission method

A management apparatus for managing a computer system stores configuration information of multiple management-target apparatuses based on multiple first information received from multiple management-target apparatuses. The management apparatus, based on the configuration information and multiple additional component application condition information, determines whether or not to use multiple additional component information to acquire multiple second information from the multiple management-target apparatuses. The management apparatus, in a case where a determination to carry out acquisition is made, uses the multiple additional component information to receive the multiple second information from the multiple management-target apparatuses, and based on the multiple second information, either creates or updates the management information of the multiple management-target apparatuses.

Management system and computer system management method

A storage management apparatus performs migration considering an I/O load that will be generated during migration between a source array group and a destination array group. To migrate data from the source array group to the destination array group, a bandwidth that is available for use between the source and destination array groups is calculated. A volume that is within the source array group, and that has a write I/O amount that is smaller than the calculated bandwidth, is selected as the source volume for the migration, wherein the write I/O amount is the information transmission amount of information that is written. Data is thus migrated from the selected volume to the movement destination array group.

Storage management apparatus, a storage management method and a storage management program

A data migration method is provided which can provide a user at a low cost with a function of migrating data from an existing storage when an additional storage is installed. A business application is operated by using a business server and a first storage. When the capacity and performance of data used by a business application become insufficient, a second storage is installed to compensate for insufficiency. In this case, the management server collectively copies data and configuration information of the first storage to the second storage, the data and configuration information are deleted at a later time in accordance with migration command information selected from a GUI screen. It is therefore possible to migrate necessary data and configuration information of the first storage to the second storage, without making a user be conscious of the details of the configuration information of logical devices of a storage.

Method and a system for data migration

A performance margin of a disk group is calculated upon allocating volumes to disk groups based on a condition on performance requested per operating time zone of a volume designated by a client and on history information obtained from a result of actually operating the disk groups. In accordance therewith, a volume candidate is obtained, as an allocation target, from the disk groups and the obtained volume candidate is presented to the client. The client selects one of the volume candidates. It is possible to prevent deterioration in performance which is caused by excessive access performance of the allocated disk group when the volume is allocated and is operated.

Volume allocation within a storage management system

The invention provides an expansion valve maintaining the functions of the prior art expansion valve and at the same time realizing a simple arrangement with less components and less required number of assembly steps, and enabling to cut down assembly costs. A first passagethrough which refrigerant flowing toward an evaporatortravels and a second passagethrough which refrigerant flowing from the evaporatortoward a compressortravels are formed within a valve body. In response to the temperature of the refrigerant traveling in the second passage, a valve actuating member' actuates a valve meansdisposed in the valve bodyto control the flow of the refrigerant entering the evaporator. A seal membersealing the area between the first and second passagesandis disposed between the valve bodyand the valve actuating member&#x2032;. A stopper portionof the seal memberis integrally formed in advance to the valve actuating member

Expansion valve

A communication (comm) apparatus coupled to a telephone (tel) line comprises a base having a tel portion, a fax portion including a fax modem, a first switch for switching the mode between fax and tel, and a first wireless comm portion, and at least a cordless unit having a second wireless comm portion for communicating with the base, and a second fax portion including a recording/reading portion. The cordless unit may further comprise a second tel portion and a second switch for switching the mode between fax and tel wherein the base can change the second switch to the other mode if necessary. A cordless phone may be further provided. In response to a fax call, the base holds the line but the cordless unit does the fax procedure and if there is no response from the cordless unit within a given interval, the line is disconnected wherein each of cordless unit responds with a different delay time to have a priority. During facsimile comm, an erroneous on-hook is neglected. A cordless unit has a guidance portion for outputting a given message and if there is an extension call to other cordless unit in fax mode, the other cordless unit transmits a control signal and the cordless unit outputs the message. The wireless comm portion has multi-channels to provide a comm between cordless units even when a cordless unit receives a fax signal.

Communication apparatus with wireless intercommunication

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Tokyo, Japan

Satoshi Fukuda