Patents by Inventor Asako Tamura
Asako Tamura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9890976Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes an outdoor unit including a compressor configured to compress a first-side refrigerant and a heat-source-side heat exchanger configured to cause heat exchange between air and the first-side refrigerant, plural indoor units including indoor heat exchangers configured to cause heat exchange between the air and a second-side refrigerant, plural intermediate heat exchangers configured to cause heat exchange between the first-side and second-side refrigerants and connected to the outdoor unit by a first-side refrigerant pipe and connected to the indoor units by a second-side refrigerant pipe, and a flow switching device configured to switch combination of connection between the indoor units and the intermediate heat exchangers. The indoor units include convective indoor units and radiant indoor units, the convective indoor units include a convective indoor heat exchanger, and the radiant indoor units include a radiant indoor heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Asako Tamura, Naofumi Takenaka, Shinichi Wakamoto
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Patent number: 9441862Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus in which a primary-side refrigerant in a two-phase gas-liquid state that has flowed into each of intermediate heat exchangers absorbs heat from a secondary-side refrigerant flowing in counterflow to the primary-side refrigerant, and evaporates and turns into a low-temperature, low-pressure gas state. The air-conditioning apparatus ensures high heat exchange efficiency even when a direction of a heat source-side refrigerant (secondary-side refrigerant) flowing through an intermediate heat exchanger changes, and enables an appropriate operation in any operation mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Asako Tamura, Naofumi Takenaka, Shinichi Wakamoto, Susumu Yoshimura, Koji Yamashita
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Publication number: 20150176876Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes an outdoor unit including a compressor configured to compress a first-side refrigerant and a heat-source-side heat exchanger configured to cause heat exchange between air and the first-side refrigerant, plural indoor units including indoor heat exchangers configured to cause heat exchange between the air and a second-side refrigerant, plural intermediate heat exchangers configured to cause heat exchange between the first-side and second-side refrigerants and connected to the outdoor unit by a first-side refrigerant pipe and connected to the indoor units by a second-side refrigerant pipe, and a flow switching device configured to switch combination of connection between the indoor units and the intermediate heat exchangers. The indoor units include convective indoor units and radiant indoor units, the convective indoor units include a convective indoor heat exchanger, and the radiant indoor units include a radiant indoor heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2012Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Asako Tamura, Naofumi Takenaka, Shinichi Wakamoto
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Patent number: 8934012Abstract: A monitoring apparatus includes a video data obtaining section obtaining video data from a monitoring terminal, a metadata obtaining section obtaining metadata describing information on a monitored subject from the monitoring terminal, a filter setting storage section storing a filter setting, a metadata filter section performing filtering processing on the metadata by using a filter setting stored in the filter setting storage section, and an output section outputting a monitoring result based on the filtering processing result obtained by performing filtering processing in the metadata filter section.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hideo Miyamaki, Asako Tamura, Kazuma Tsukuda
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Publication number: 20140007607Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus in which a primary-side refrigerant in a two-phase gas-liquid state that has flowed into each of intermediate heat exchangers absorbs heat from a secondary-side refrigerant flowing in counterflow to the primary-side refrigerant, and evaporates and turns into a low-temperature, low-pressure gas state. The air-conditioning apparatus ensures high heat exchange efficiency even when a direction of a heat source-side refrigerant (secondary-side refrigerant) flowing through an intermediate heat exchanger changes, and enables an appropriate operation in any operation mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2012Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Asako Tamura, Naofumi Takenaka, Shinichi Wakamoto, Susumu Yoshimura, Koji Yamashita
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Patent number: 8174571Abstract: Thumbnails are used, facilitating any operation on an object that changes from time to time as in a moving picture, thereby to prevent failure in capturing important objects.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2005Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Hibi, Masaharu Suzuki, Satoshi Tabuchi, Asako Tamura, Hideo Miyamaki
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Patent number: 8041078Abstract: An information processing system, apparatus and method is disclosed wherein an image of a predetermined region and an image of moving bodies in the region can be picked up and any of images obtained by such image pickup which is desired by a user can be reproduced readily. Sensor images of the predetermined region are stored, and an image of the moving bodies in the region is picked up separately and stored together with reproduction information relating to reproduction of the sensor image from which the moving bodies are detected. When an instruction to reproduce the sensor image is issued, the reproduction information corresponding to the moving body is read out, and the sensor image is reproduced based on the read out reproduction information. The invention can be applied, for example, to a monitoring system.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2010Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hideo Miyamaki, Masaharu Suzuki, Asako Tamura
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Publication number: 20100321504Abstract: An information processing system, apparatus and method is disclosed wherein an image of a predetermined region and an image of moving bodies in the region can be picked up and any of images obtained by such image pickup which is desired by a user can be reproduced readily. Sensor images of the predetermined region are stored, and an image of the moving bodies in the region is picked up separately and stored together with reproduction information relating to reproduction of the sensor image from which the moving bodies are detected. When an instruction to reproduce the sensor image is issued, the reproduction information corresponding to the moving body is read out, and the sensor image is reproduced based on the read out reproduction information. The invention can be applied, for example, to a monitoring system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hideo MIYAMAKI, Masaharu Suzuki, Asako Tamura
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Patent number: 7801329Abstract: An information processing system, apparatus and method is disclosed wherein an image of a predetermined region and an image of moving bodies in the region can be picked up and any of images obtained by such image pickup which is desired by a user can be reproduced readily. Sensor images of the predetermined region are stored, and an image of the moving bodies in the region is picked up separately and stored together with reproduction information relating to reproduction of the sensor image from which the moving bodies are detected. When an instruction to reproduce the sensor image is issued, the reproduction information corresponding to the moving body is read out, and the sensor image is reproduced based on the read out reproduction information. The invention can be applied, for example, to a monitoring system.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2006Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hideo Miyamaki, Masaharu Suzuki, Asako Tamura
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Patent number: 7684591Abstract: A information processing apparatus and method is disclosed wherein an image of a predetermined region can be picked up and a desired moving body in the predetermined region can be tracked readily to pick up an image of the moving body. A sensor image acquisition module acquires a sensor image. A moving body detection module detects moving bodies existing in a predetermined region based on the sensor image. A tracking object designation module designates one of the detected moving bodies. When a moving body is designated by the tracking object designation module, an image pickup mode changeover module sets the image pickup mode to a continuous tracking mode in which the designated moving body is tracked to pick up an image of the moving body. The invention can be applied, for example, to a monitoring system.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2006Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Asako Tamura, Hideo Miyamaki, Masaharu Suzuki
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Patent number: 7656430Abstract: An information processing apparatus and method is disclosed wherein a detailed image of a moving body can be picked up accurately. A tracking object pan tilt zoom module reads out moving body information stored in a moving body tracking rank management database at predetermined intervals of time, and pan tilt movement of a zoom camera is controlled based on angle-of-view information as appearance information corresponding to an angle of view of a moving body having the highest priority rank. At this time, an additional tracking object pan tilt module reads out the latest moving body information of the moving body tracking rank management database at intervals of time sufficiently shorter than the predetermined intervals of time at which the tracking object pan tilt zoom process is repeated, and the pan tilt movement of the zoom camera is further controlled repetitively.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2006Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hideo Miyamaki, Masaharu Suzuki, Asako Tamura
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Publication number: 20070250862Abstract: A monitoring apparatus includes a video data obtaining section obtaining video data from a monitoring terminal, a metadata obtaining section obtaining metadata describing information on a monitored subject from the monitoring terminal, a filter setting storage section storing a filter setting, a metadata filter section performing filtering processing on the metadata by using a filter setting stored in the filter setting storage section, and an output section outputting a monitoring result based on the filtering processing result obtained by performing filtering processing in the metadata filter section.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2007Publication date: October 25, 2007Inventors: Hideo Miyamaki, Asako Tamura, Kazuma Tsukuda
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Publication number: 20060221185Abstract: An information processing system, apparatus and method is disclosed wherein an image of a predetermined region and an image of moving bodies in the region can be picked up and any of images obtained by such image pickup which is desired by a user can be reproduced readily. Sensor images of the predetermined region are stored, and an image of the moving bodies in the region is picked up separately and stored together with reproduction information relating to reproduction of the sensor image from which the moving bodies are detected. When an instruction to reproduce the sensor image is issued, the reproduction information corresponding to the moving body is read out, and the sensor image is reproduced based on the read out reproduction information. The invention can be applied, for example, to a monitoring system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2006Publication date: October 5, 2006Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hideo Miyamaki, Masaharu Suzuki, Asako Tamura
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Publication number: 20060192856Abstract: A information processing apparatus and method is disclosed wherein an image of a predetermined region can be picked up and a desired moving body in the predetermined region can be tracked readily to pick up an image of the moving body. A sensor image acquisition module acquires a sensor image. A moving body detection module detects moving bodies existing in a predetermined region based on the sensor image. A tracking object designation module designates one of the detected moving bodies. When a moving body is designated by the tracking object designation module, an image pickup mode changeover module sets the image pickup mode to a continuous tracking mode in which the designated moving body is tracked to pick up an image of the moving body. The invention can be applied, for example, to a monitoring system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2006Publication date: August 31, 2006Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Asako Tamura, Hideo Miyamaki, Masaharu Suzuki
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Publication number: 20060192887Abstract: An information processing apparatus and method is disclosed wherein a detailed image of a moving body can be picked up accurately. A tracking object pan tilt zoom module reads out moving body information stored in a moving body tracking rank management database at predetermined intervals of time, and pan tilt movement of a zoom camera is controlled based on angle-of-view information as appearance information corresponding to an angle of view of a moving body having the highest priority rank. At this time, an additional tracking object pan tilt module reads out the latest moving body information of the moving body tracking rank management database at intervals of time sufficiently shorter than the predetermined intervals of time at which the tracking object pan tilt zoom process is repeated, and the pan tilt movement of the zoom camera is further controlled repetitively.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2006Publication date: August 31, 2006Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hideo Miyamaki, Masaharu Suzuki, Asako Tamura
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Publication number: 20060119714Abstract: The present invention extracts picked up image data picked up by a specialized apparatus and converts the extracted picked up image data into a data format capable of being handled in a general apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2005Publication date: June 8, 2006Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Asako Tamura, Hideo Miyamaki, Satoshi Tabuchi, Masaharu Suzuki, Hiroshi Hibi
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Publication number: 20060119703Abstract: Thumbnails are used, facilitating any operation on an object that changes from time to time as in a moving picture, thereby to prevent failure in capturing important objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2005Publication date: June 8, 2006Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Hibi, Masaharu Suzuki, Satoshi Tabuchi, Asako Tamura, Hideo Miyamaki
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Publication number: 20060077262Abstract: To effectively and reliably acquire detailed images of plural moving subjects in the case where a fixed camera or a pan/tilt camera for searching the moving subject and another pan/tilt camera for taking an image of the details of the moving subject by zooming the moving subjects are used to detect the moving subjects.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2005Publication date: April 13, 2006Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hideo Miyamaki, Masaharu Suzuki, Asako Tamura, Hiroshi Hibi, Satoshi Tabuchi
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Publication number: 20050128292Abstract: The motion of a moving subject is captured at a short time interval up to a wide area by tracking and photographing the moving subject. A wide angle area is photographed by a first camera, an area narrower than the wide angle area is photographed by a second camera, the presence or absence of the motion in an image is detected by a motion detecting section by comparing the first image with the second image in terms of the difference of luminance levels. The correlation of the positions of the first image and the second image is recorded by a memory, and the photographing direction of the second camera is controlled by a controller by using the correlation information when the presence of the motion is detected by the motion detecting section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2004Publication date: June 16, 2005Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hideo Miyamaki, Asako Tamura, Hiroshi Hibi, Satoshi Tabuchi, Masaharu Suzuki, Yuichi Koiwa, Hirofumi Sugitani
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Patent number: 5566271Abstract: An instruction for operation mode control of a VTR 40 and information on the video recording reservation is voice inputted. The voice input is recognized by a voice recognition circuit 13 and is fed to a control circuit 15. The control circuit 15 controls the VTR 40 in response to the instruction or information of the voice input and causes an animation character generating circuit 16 to generate a video image of an animation character AC for displaying it on the screen of a CRT display 30. A message from the animation character AC is voice synthesized in a voice synthesizing circuit 19 and the synthesized voice is outputted from a speaker 20.The electronic equipment can be operated as if the user were talking with the animation character, so that a natural man-machine interface can be realized.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1994Date of Patent: October 15, 1996Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hidemi Tomitsuka, Asako Tamura, Yasuhiro Chigusa, Shiro Omori