Patents by Inventor Kensaku SAITOU

Kensaku SAITOU 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).

  • Vehicle heating device, and vehicle provided with vehicle heating device
    Patent number: 11919366
    Abstract: A target thermal sensation setter sets target thermal sensations for a finite number of parts into which the occupant is virtually divided. A cabin temperature controller individually controls a cabin air-conditioning unit and an auxiliary heater so that the thermal sensations of the respective parts of the occupant estimated by an occupant thermal sensation estimator fall within a range of the target thermal sensations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., JAPAN CLIMATE SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensaku Saitou, Kou Komori, Mio Furui, Yu Nakashima, Hiroshi Hamamoto, Yoichi Miyazaki, Hideaki Nishii, Hiroaki Shigenaka
  • Vehicle air-conditioning device and vehicle provided with vehicle air-conditioning device
    Patent number: 11766918
    Abstract: A comfort sensation calculation unit quantitatively calculates comfort sensation of an occupant from an RRI of the occupant A, and a target control value of a thermal environment control device is set based on the comfort sensation of the occupant. Therefore, it is possible to achieve air conditioning control that reflects the comfort sensation of the occupant. When a signal output from the comfort sensation calculation unit and a signal output from the occupant thermal sensation calculation unit do not correspond to each other, the signal output from the comfort sensation calculation unit is corrected, and the target control value is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., JAPAN CLIMATE SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Nakashima, Kou Komori, Mio Furui, Kensaku Saitou, Hiroshi Hamamoto, Yoichi Miyazaki, Hideaki Nishii, Hiroaki Shigenaka
  • VEHICLE AIR-CONDITIONING DEVICE AND VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH VEHICLE AIR-CONDITIONING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210039471
    Abstract: A comfort sensation calculation unit quantitatively calculates comfort sensation of an occupant from an RRI of the occupant A, and a target control value of a thermal environment control device is set based on the comfort sensation of the occupant. Therefore, it is possible to achieve air conditioning control that reflects the comfort sensation of the occupant. When a signal output from the comfort sensation calculation unit and a signal output from the occupant thermal sensation calculation unit do not correspond to each other, the signal output from the comfort sensation calculation unit is corrected, and the target control value is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., JAPAN CLIMATE SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu NAKASHIMA, Kou KOMORI, Mio FURUI, Kensaku SAITOU, Hiroshi HAMAMOTO, Yoichi MIYAZAKI, Hideaki NISHII, Hiroaki SHIGENAKA
  • VEHICLE HEATING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH VEHICLE HEATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210008960
    Abstract: A target thermal sensation setter sets target thermal sensations for a finite number of parts into which the occupant is virtually divided. A cabin temperature controller individually controls a cabin air-conditioning unit and an auxiliary heater so that the thermal sensations of the respective parts of the occupant estimated by an occupant thermal sensation estimator fall within a range of the target thermal sensations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., JAPAN CLIMATE SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensaku SAITOU, Kou KOMORI, Mio FURUI, Yu NAKASHIMA, Hiroshi HAMAMOTO, Yoichi MIYAZAKI, Hideaki NISHII, Hiroaki SHIGENAKA