Patents by Inventor Katsuji Yoshii
Katsuji Yoshii 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: 9388997Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuji Yoshii, Shigeru Okada, Kazuhiro Sekiguchi, Shigeo Tera, Junya Nakasone, Koichi Yamana, Yoshiaki Gouda, Masaaki Meguro
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Patent number: 8649913Abstract: An electrical equipment management system includes: a total electrical energy information acquiring unit disposed in a building having a plurality of sections, the unit to acquire total electrical energy information indicative of total electrical energy consumed in a whole of the sections; an individual electrical energy acquiring unit to acquire individual electrical energy information indicative of electrical energy consumption in each section depending on the total electrical energy; and a control information output unit to output control information for controlling operation of electrical equipment disposed in the sections so that electrical energy consumption thereof does not exceed an upper limit, in accordance with difference between the individual electrical energy information and upper limit information indicative of an upper limit of electrical energy consumption for each predetermined period for each of the sections as well as remaining period information indicative of a remaining period before a lType: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuji Yoshii, Shigeo Tera
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Patent number: 8456102Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuji Yoshii, Yoshiaki Gouda, Masaaki Meguro, Junya Nakasone
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Publication number: 20110210672Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuji Yoshii, Yoshiaki Gouda, Masaaki Meguro, Junya Nakasone
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Publication number: 20110189938Abstract: A ventilation control apparatus of an indoor ventilation system including an intake device configured to take outside air into an indoor space, the intake device capable of changing an intake amount of the outside air, the ventilation control apparatus includes: a people count detection unit configured to determine the number of people who are present in the indoor space, to be outputted as people count information; and a control unit configured to obtain the people count information and control the intake device so that the more the number of people indicated by the people count information is increased, the greater an amount of the outside air to be taken in becomes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuji Yoshii, Shigeru Okada, Kazuhiro Sekiguchi
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Publication number: 20110190945Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuji Yoshii, Junya Nakasone, Koichi Yamana
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Publication number: 20110186644Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuji Yoshii, Shigeru Okada, Kazuhiro Sekiguchi, Shigeo Tera, Junya Nakasone, Koichi Yamana, Yoshiaki Gouda, Masaaki Meguro
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Publication number: 20110077791Abstract: An electrical equipment management system includes: a total electrical energy information acquiring unit disposed in a building having a plurality of sections, the unit to acquire total electrical energy information indicative of total electrical energy consumed in a whole of the sections; an individual electrical energy acquiring unit to acquire individual electrical energy information indicative of electrical energy consumption in each section depending on the total electrical energy; and a control information output unit to output control information for controlling operation of electrical equipment disposed in the sections so that electrical energy consumption thereof does not exceed an upper limit, in accordance with difference between the individual electrical energy information and upper limit information indicative of an upper limit of electrical energy consumption for each predetermined period for each of the sections as well as remaining period information indicative of a remaining period before a lType: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuji Yoshii, Shigeo Tera
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Publication number: 20080142607Abstract: In an air conditioning system containing at least one outdoor unit and plural indoor units and a central control device for concentrically controlling the overall air conditioning system and calculating an energy using charge corresponding to an energy using amount of each indoor unit as a charge proration data, the central control device includes an operation data obtaining unit for obtaining operation data based on an operation state of each indoor unit every predetermined time, a storing unit for successively storing the obtained operation data in a database, and a calculation unit for extracting the operation data used to calculate the charge proration data from the database and calculating the charge proration data on the basis of the extracted operation data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2007Publication date: June 19, 2008Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuji Yoshii, Shigeo Yatsu