Max Co., Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi Mito Engineering Co., Ltd.

Takamichi Hoshino

Satoru Toriyabe

Hiroki Yamamoto

Atsuya Fujino

Kenji Yoneda

Yasushi Nakagawa

Kazuhisa Takeuchi

Makoto Kosuge

Toshifumi Yoshikawa

Shunichi Tanae

Takahiro Hatori

Wataru Toriumi

Masayasu Fujiwara

Hiromi Inaba

Yasushi Yokochi

Toru Yamaguchi

Ryo Okabe

Takeo Hattori

Satoshi Hotta

Manabu Katou

Kousuke Moriwaki

Rui Ning

Takashi Suzuki

Hiroshi Tanaka

Akira Omachi

Manabu Kato

Hidemitsu Naya

Kenzi Yoneda

Takao Tsukada

Naoyuki Fukushima

Norimitsu Sekiguchi

Yoshihiko Kondo

Satoshi Shimoyama

Yosei Nodaguchi

Mitugu Takezaki

Keisuke Ida

Ryou Okabe

Masaya Furuhashi

Kazufumi Muraoka

Keiichi Aida

Masaaki Tamada

By using, as input, elevator specification information including at least sizes, quantity, and service floors of a plurality of elevators, a method for installing the plurality of elevators is calculated based on either the quantity of the plurality of elevators or the sizes of the plurality of elevators from arrangements including at least one or more of a planar arrangement where the plurality of elevators are aligned in a row on one side configuring an elevator boarding place, or an opposed arrangement where the elevators are divided and located on two opposite sides configuring the elevator boarding place; the shape of the elevator boarding place is determined by calculating the two sides configuring the elevator boarding place on the basis of the installation method and the sizes and quantity of the plurality of elevators; and furthermore, an elevator boarding place layout is generated by determining each floor where the elevator boarding place is to be installed according to the service floors.

In-building traffic prediction system and elevator boarding place layout generation method and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for storing program for in-building traffic prediction system

An OD matrix estimation device includes: an extraction unit that, on the basis of intra-bank OD matrixes that show traffic flow information in respective elevator banks in plural elevator banks and transfer floor information about a transfer floor where transfers among the elevator banks is possible, extracts transfer-related intra-bank OD matrixes having a common transfer floor from among the intra-bank OD matrixes; a matching unit that, from among the transfer-related intra-bank OD matrixes extracted by the extraction unit, combines first transfer intra-bank OD matrixes each including OD data in which the transfer floor is defined as an arrival floor with second transfer intra-bank OD matrixes each including OD data in which the transfer floor is defined as a departure floor to create transfer-related OD data; and an estimation unit that estimates OD data for users who transfer and move among the banks.

Method for estimating intra-building traffic, and system for estimating intra-building traffic

In a building human flow estimation system having a building human flow simulation section which receives, as input values, building traffic data indicative of floors between which people move by using an elevator in a building, building layout data related to a layout of the building, and an elevator parameter value related to the elevator and estimates a flow of people, there are provided an evaluation section which calculates an evaluation value for evaluating a reproduction degree of the flow of people estimated by the building human flow simulation section based on a first evaluation index related to the flow of people estimated by the building human flow simulation section and a second evaluation index related to an actual flow of people in the building, and an output section which outputs the evaluation value calculated by the evaluation section.

Building human flow estimation system and estimation method

To make it possible to comprehensively predict the movement of people by associating an elevator control system in a facility such as a building and an external system other than this system with each other and thereby provide a new service that has not existed before. There is provided an elevator operation management system for controlling and managing multiple elevator devices in a facility, the system including: a reception unit that acquires information on the number of users to use the elevator devices and elevator car destination information; a learning unit that stores and learns, as past experience data, the information on the number of users and the elevator car destination information acquired from the reception unit; a per-floor number-of-people estimation unit that estimates the number of users getting off at each elevator hall floor using storage information of the learning unit; and a request information output unit that outputs the number of people getting off thus estimated in the facility to a system other than the elevator operation management system.

Elevator operation management system and elevator operation management method

A striking tool includes: a driver which is provided to be slidable toward an ejecting port provided in a tip end of the striking tool so as to strike out a fastener from the ejecting port; a plunger to which the driver is coupled; a plunger urging member which is configured to urge the plunger toward the ejecting port: and a drive mechanism which is configured to move the plunger to accumulate urging force in the plunger urging member. A standby position of the plunger before striking out the fastener can be switched between a usual standby position and a standby position for maintenance closer to the ejecting port than the usual standby position.

Striking tool

A driving tool drives a fastener by a striking mechanism. The driving tool includes a trigger, a contact arm, a contact lever and a regulator. The trigger and the contact arm receive manipulations which operate the striking mechanism. The contact lever is movable according to operations of the trigger and the contact arm and switches operating states of the striking mechanism. The regulator regulates a movement of the contact lever according to a movement of the contact arm in which another manipulation is released. The regulator operates with a fluid for operating the striking mechanism, and keeps the contact lever at an operation standby position where the contact lever is operated by manipulation of the contact arm for a predetermined time period by controlling a flow rate of the fluid.

Driving tool

A fastener driving tool injects a fastener from an injection passage formed in a leading end of a tool main body. The injection passage includes therein a guide portion formed along a driving direction of the fastener for guiding the fastener. The guide portion is formed by providing contours having mutually different distances from a center of the injection passage in a cross-section of the injection passage.

Fastener driving tool

A fastener driving tool includes a nose portion, a supply passage and a fastener supply mechanism. The nose portion includes an injection passage for injecting a fastener. The supply passage is connected to the injection passage. The fastener supply mechanism feeds connected fasteners to the injection passage. The fastener supply mechanism includes a feed member which advances and retreats in a feed direction and which oscillates in a direction to retreat from the supply passage. The feed member includes a feed tooth which feeds the fastener to the injecting passage by engaging with a rear portion of the fastener and an auxiliary tooth which is disposed on a foot side of the fastener to prevent the fastener from deviating from the injection passage. When the feed tooth of the feed member projects into the supply passage, the auxiliary tooth projects into the supply passage longer than the feed tooth.

A gas combustion type driving tool is provided with a fuel container storing portion, a lid that covers an opening of the fuel container storing portion, a connecting section which is formed in the fuel container storing portion and to which a nozzle of a fuel container is connected; and a cover member that covers the connecting section. The fuel container storing portion is adapted so that the fuel container stored within the fuel container storing portion is attachable and detachable by opening the lid. The connecting section is adapted to be exposed to an outside of the tool by opening the cover member.

Gas combustion type driving tool

A driving tool is provided with a nose portionfrom which a fastener is driven out, and a contact armwhich is slidable along the nose portion. The contact armincludes a U-type leading end portion. A leading end of the nose portionenters an inside of a U-type part of the leading end portionof the contact armwhen the contact armslides toward a base end of the nose portion. The leading end portion of the nose portionincludes a receiving portionby which a load applied to the contact arm is received.

Driving tool including a contact arm

A gas combustion type driving tool is provided with a combustion portion; a fuel container for containing a fuel; an electromagnetic valve device for injecting the fuel into the combustion portion; and a grip portion. A distance from the fuel container to the combustion portion is set substantially equal to or less than a distance from the electromagnetic valve device () to the combustion portion.

In a connected fastener assembly, the shaft sections of multiple fasteners are connected using a connecting band made of a synthetic resin. Retaining sections for allowing the shaft sections of the fasteners to be inserted therein and connecting sections for connecting the adjacent retaining sections are formed continuously. The connecting sections are offset from the center line 'a' connecting the centers of the adjacent fasteners (retaining sections).

Connected fastener assembly

In a connecting fastener consisting of a plurality of fasteners connected through a connecting member of synthetic resin, the connecting member includes a ring-shaped portion attached to so as to encircle the shaft of each of the fasteners to be connected and a connecting portion connected to the ring-shaped portions encircling adjacent fasteners. When the fasteners each suffers from the blow at the time of driving by a fastener driving tool, the ring-shaped portions each has strength enough to be held over the shaft and the connecting portion has strength enough to be broken.

Connecting fastener

Portable nailer

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Takamichi Hoshino