Patents by Inventor Maki Hayashi

Maki Hayashi 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: 9651972
    Abstract: The priority of a demand regulating control for a device is changed in accordance with a simple operation by a consumer. A demand regulating system has an operation unit that selects from among a plurality of consumption devices, on the basis of priority information and a regulating quantity, a plurality of control-target devices, which are targeted for demand regulating control reducing consumption of the resource. A control unit executes the demand regulating control on the basis of a control instruction; and an input unit receives a first operation by the consumer, and transmits first request information requesting a change in the priorities of the plurality of control-target devices, to the operation unit in accordance with the first operation. The operation unit, upon receiving the first request information, specifies the plurality of control-target devices, and changes the priorities of the plurality of control-target devices in the priority information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Takahashi, Yasushi Tomita, Ikuma Sugamata, Maki Hayashi, Kahoru Kakimoto
  • Publication number: 20140350741
    Abstract: The priority of a demand regulating control for a device is changed in accordance with a simple operation by a consumer. A demand regulating system has an operation unit that selects from among a plurality of consumption devices, on the basis of priority information and a regulating quantity, a plurality of control-target devices, which are targeted for demand regulating control reducing consumption of the resource. A control unit executes the demand regulating control on the basis of a control instruction; and an input unit receives a first operation by the consumer, and transmits first request information requesting a change in the priorities of the plurality of control-target devices, to the operation unit in accordance with the first operation. The operation unit, upon receiving the first request information, specifies the plurality of control-target devices, and changes the priorities of the plurality of control-target devices in the priority information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka TAKAHASHI, Yasushi TOMITA, Ikuma SUGAMATA, Maki HAYASHI, Kahoru KAKIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8234584
    Abstract: Provided is a computer system including an information providing server and a computer which is coupled to the information providing server, and which collects information, the computer being configured to: record status histories including a history of an operation to a screen which shows a status of the computer, and which is displayed on the computer in chronological order to constitute a set of the status histories; and divide, in a case where a history of an operation of switching the screen is detected from the set of the status histories, based on the history of the operation of switching the screen, the set of the status histories. Accordingly, when a user collects information, navigation information is provided by taking the fact that the user has actually reached useful information into consideration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Motobayashi, Toshio Okochi, Michiko Sakai, Maki Hayashi, Akio Azuma
  • Publication number: 20100031178
    Abstract: Provided is a computer system including an information providing server and a computer which is coupled to the information providing server, and which collects information, the computer being configured to: record status histories including a history of an operation to a screen which shows a status of the computer, and which is displayed on the computer in chronological order to constitute a set of the status histories; and divide, in a case where a history of an operation of switching the screen is detected from the set of the status histories, based on the history of the operation of switching the screen, the set of the status histories. Accordingly, when a user collects information, navigation information is provided by taking the fact that the user has actually reached useful information into consideration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Masahiro Motobayashi, Toshio Okochi, Michiko Sakai, Maki Hayashi, Akio Azuma