Patents by Inventor Junya Nakasone

Junya Nakasone 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).

  • Patent number: 9388997
    Abstract: An air-conditioning control apparatus for controlling an air conditioner configured to supply conditioned air into a space to be air-conditioned so that a temperature of a predetermined section in a plurality of sections in the space to be air-conditioned becomes a set temperature, the air-conditioning control apparatus comprising: a detecting device configured to determines the number of people in the predetermined section; and a controller configured to correct the set temperature so as to be decreased if the number of people is increased and so as to be increased if the number of people is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuji Yoshii, Shigeru Okada, Kazuhiro Sekiguchi, Shigeo Tera, Junya Nakasone, Koichi Yamana, Yoshiaki Gouda, Masaaki Meguro
  • Patent number: 8456102
    Abstract: An illumination control apparatus configured to control brightness of a plurality of illumination devices that is provided in a plurality of sections, respectively, includes: a detection unit configured to detect presence or absence of a person in each of the plurality of sections based on an output of a video camera configured to take images of the plurality of sections; and a control unit configured to turn on an illumination device of a detected section among the plurality of illumination devices, the detected section being a section where a person is detected, turn off an illumination device of a section other than the detected section and an adjacent section among the plurality of illumination devices, the adjacent section being a section adjacent to the detected section, and control brightness of the illumination device of the adjacent section so that illuminance of the detected section becomes predetermined illuminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuji Yoshii, Yoshiaki Gouda, Masaaki Meguro, Junya Nakasone
  • Publication number: 20110210672
    Abstract: An illumination control apparatus configured to control brightness of a plurality of illumination devices that is provided in a plurality of sections, respectively, includes: a detection unit configured to detect presence or absence of a person in each of the plurality of sections based on an output of a video camera configured to take images of the plurality of sections; and a control unit configured to turn on an illumination device of a detected section among the plurality of illumination devices, the detected section being a section where a person is detected, turn off an illumination device of a section other than the detected section and an adjacent section among the plurality of illumination devices, the adjacent section being a section adjacent to the detected section, and control brightness of the illumination device of the adjacent section so that illuminance of the detected section becomes predetermined illuminance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuji Yoshii, Yoshiaki Gouda, Masaaki Meguro, Junya Nakasone
  • Publication number: 20110190945
    Abstract: An air-conditioning-control apparatus of an air-conditioning system, which includes a plurality of air conditioners respectively provided in a plurality of sections obtained by virtually dividing a space to be air-conditioned, the conditioners configured to set the sections at desired temperatures, respectively, includes: a people-detection unit to detect presence or absence of a person in each of the sections; a memory to store temperature-adjustment data, for adjusting a setting temperature in each of the air conditioners, which is of a plurality of types each in accordance with a pattern of presence or absence of a person in each of the sections; and an adjustment unit to select the temperature-adjustment data of a pattern corresponding to a detection result of the people-detection unit from among the temperature-adjustment data of a plurality of types, and adjust the setting temperature of each of the air conditioners in accordance with the selected temperature-adjustment data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuji Yoshii, Junya Nakasone, Koichi Yamana
  • Publication number: 20110186644
    Abstract: An air-conditioning control apparatus for controlling an air conditioner configured to supply conditioned air into a space to be air-conditioned so that a temperature of a predetermined section in a plurality of sections in the space to be air-conditioned becomes a set temperature, the air-conditioning control apparatus comprising: a detecting device configured to determines the number of people in the predetermined section; and a controller configured to correct the set temperature so as to be decreased if the number of people is increased and so as to be increased if the number of people is decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuji Yoshii, Shigeru Okada, Kazuhiro Sekiguchi, Shigeo Tera, Junya Nakasone, Koichi Yamana, Yoshiaki Gouda, Masaaki Meguro