Patents by Inventor Masayuki Komatsu
Masayuki Komatsu 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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Publication number: 20190129176Abstract: An apparatus control system includes smart glasses worn by a user, a home electrical apparatus that is a target of control, and a controller that controls the home electrical apparatus. In the smart glasses, a sensor detects information including at least one of image information, motion information, biological information, or environmental information. A communicator transmits to the controller the information detected by the sensor. The controller, based on the information detected by the sensor, determines a recommended operation indicating operational content recommended with respect to a recommended apparatus, and transmits the determined recommended operation to the smart glasses. The communicator receives the recommended operation transmitted from the controller. The display displays a candidate group for selection of the home electrical apparatus along with a recommended operation received from the communicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2016Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Satoshi ENDO, Masayuki KOMATSU, Satoshi HANAI
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Patent number: 10269237Abstract: Upon receiving a command signal transmitted from a remote controller (100), based on contents of the received command signal, a setter of an electrical apparatus sets a time interval for prohibition of operation from an operation terminal. During the time interval set by the setter, an operation controller of the electrical apparatus does not control based on the received command signal, even if a command signal transmitted from the operation terminal is received via a HEMS controller.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Satoshi Endo, Hirotoshi Yano, Masaaki Yabe, Satoshi Minezawa, Ichiro Maruyama, Masayuki Komatsu, Yuki Ogawa, Kaori Sato
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Communication system, communication device, communication adapter, communication method, and program
Patent number: 10256988Abstract: A standardized information acquirer acquires standardized information from an electric device. A standardized telegraphic message sender sends a standardized telegraphic message including the standardized information to a communication device. An unstandardized information acquirer acquires unstandardized information from the electric device. A standardized telegraphic message receiver receives the standardized telegraphic message including the standardized information. An electric device determiner determines whether the electric device meets a specific condition based on the standardized information included in the received standardized telegraphic message. When the electric device is determined to meet the specific condition, an unstandardized telegraphic message sender sends the unstandardized telegraphic message including the unstandardized information. An unstandardized telegraphic message receiver receives the unstandardized telegraphic message including the unstandardized information.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2014Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masayuki Komatsu, Hirotoshi Yano, Masaaki Yabe, Satoshi Minezawa, Ichiro Maruyama, Shinji Nakamura, Shiro Suzuki, Yuki Ogawa, Kaori Sato -
Publication number: 20190086102Abstract: A settings data storage stores unique serial numbers and information regarding a plurality of patterns for alternately switching between normal operation for operating at high capacity and suppressed operation for operating at low capacity each unit time. A pattern specifier determines information for a pattern set in accordance with even and odd serial numbers. A water-heating heat amount determiner determines a heat amount necessary for water heating. A water heating scheduler establishes a water heating plan based on information regarding the pattern determined by the pattern determiner and the water-heating heat amount as determined by the water-heating heat amount determiner. A water heating controller alternately switches between normal operating and suppressed operation to heat water in accordance with the water heating plan established by the water heating scheduler.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2015Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Masayuki KOMATSU, Kei YANAGIMOTO, Yuki OGAWA, Keisuke TAKAYAMA, Takashi OGAWA, Naoki BARADA, Satoshi NOMURA, Tadahiko INABA
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Publication number: 20190001791Abstract: A register includes an annular fin that can improve the directivity of air conditioning air while suppressing increase in the number of parts. A front fin includes an annular-shaped annular fin portion. A bezel has upstream side inclined surfaces formed on inner peripheral surfaces facing with each other in the shorter side direction (vertical direction) of an air blow outlet. The upstream side inclined surfaces incline toward a direction of approaching the annular fin portion from an upstream side toward a downstream side of an air blowing direction. An air conditioning air flowing in the air blowing direction is guided to the annular fin portion side by the upstream side inclined surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicants: HOWA PLASTICS CO., LTD., KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yosuke MATSUZAWA, Hidekazu MAKIMURA, Masayuki KOMATSU, Hiroki TAKADA
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Patent number: 10110723Abstract: A controller in an energy management system is configured to acquire environmental parameters indicating an environment within a home. The controller is configured to receive a request from a terminal device installed outside the home for remotely operating a unit installed in the home such as an air-conditioning system. The controller is configured to transmit to the terminal device query data containing the acquired environmental parameters, and a query on whether to control the unit according to the request, when receiving the request. The controller is configured to control the unit based on a response to the query from the terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Satoshi Minezawa, Hirotoshi Yano, Masaaki Yabe, Yuki Ogawa, Ichiro Maruyama, Shinji Nakamura, Shiro Suzuki, Masayuki Komatsu
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Publication number: 20180252417Abstract: A water heater control system includes: a photovoltaic power generator interconnected with a commercial power supply, an electrical load circuit including a storage-type electric water heater using power from the commercial power supply and generated power of the photovoltaic power generator to perform a water heating operation of heating low temperature water to high temperature water and storing the high temperature water, and a HEMS controller limiting a water heating operation of the storage-type electric water heater by stopping or suppressing the water heating operation of the storage-type electric water heater when a power fee data for purchased power supplied to the electrical load circuit from the commercial power supply exceeds a standard monetary amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2015Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Masayuki KOMATSU, Kei YANAGIMOTO, Yuki OGAWA, Keisuke TAKAYAMA, Takashi OGAWA, Naoki BARADA, Satoshi NOMURA, Tadahiko INABA
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Patent number: 10054332Abstract: First and second upstream fins and first and second downstream fins are arranged in the air passage of air-conditioning air to pivot. The first upstream fin includes an upstream body with a cutout extending upstream from the downstream edge. A transmission shaft, which extends along upstream fin shafts, is arranged in the cutout. The first downstream fin includes a downstream body with a slidable operation knob. The operation knob includes a fork that is rotationally supported with a support shaft. The fork includes a pair of transmission pieces, which extends upstream from the operation knob and sandwiches the transmission shaft. The transmission shaft includes a pair of stoppers, which is located at positions that are spaced from each other in the extending direction of the transmission shaft and that sandwich the transmission pieces. The stoppers are caused to contact the transmission pieces by operation of the operation knob.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2015Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignees: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Kazushige Suzuki, Yasuyuki Mitsui, Masaki Otake, Masayuki Komatsu, Yuya Inagaki, Yusuke Katsuno
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Patent number: 9946288Abstract: An acquirer acquires information concerning an energy management system for controlling a plurality of apparatuses installed in a dwelling. A display displays, in a first display region, the information acquired by the acquirer, and displays, in a second display region, a layout diagram in which images indicating the apparatuses are arranged at positions corresponding to installation locations of the apparatuses in the dwelling. Upon a determination that the information displayed in the first display region includes information concerning a specific apparatus among the plurality of apparatuses, the display displays with relative emphasis an image indicating the specific apparatus in the second display region.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2014Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kaori Sato, Hirotoshi Yano, Masaaki Yabe, Yuki Ogawa, Satoshi Minezawa, Ichiro Maruyama, Satoshi Endo, Masayuki Komatsu
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Patent number: 9928729Abstract: A remote operation receiver (111) is configured to communicate with a communication terminal and receive a remote operation from outside a home. A remote operation monitor (112) is configured to monitor a state of communication with the communication terminal at the remote operation receiver (111) during an operation based on the remote operation. A notifier (114) is configured to provide in the home guidance to urge a user to conduct a manual operation on a manual operation receiver (121) when the remote operation monitor (112) detects that the communication with the communication terminal is discontinued. Then, an indoor device (10) is configured to make a shift to normal operation upon reception of the manual operation within a reference time period.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masayuki Komatsu, Satoshi Minezawa, Masaaki Yabe, Satoshi Endo, Ichiro Maruyama, Hiroaki Ushirosako, Hirotoshi Yano
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Patent number: 9799211Abstract: A control signal receiver of an equipment control device receives a control signal for equipment transmitted by a remote control terminal from a communication device via the Internet. A remote control authorization receiver receives, from a resident of a home, an authorization with respect to the control signal received by the control signal receiver. When the authorization receiver receives an authorization from the resident of the home, an equipment controller controls the equipment on the basis of the received control signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2013Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tadaaki Sakamoto, Masayuki Komatsu, Shinji Nakamura, Satoshi Minezawa, Yuki Ogawa, Shiro Suzuki, Masaaki Yabe
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Patent number: 9741243Abstract: A device control apparatus acquires information on the environment surrounding devices from an environment acquisition sensor. The device control apparatus determines, on the basis of the acquired environment information, whether the devices can be remotely controlled safely. When remote operation instruction data is received from a terminal apparatus via an external network (N2), the device control apparatus generates a control signal for controlling devices to be operated and transmits the generated control signal to such devices via an in-house network only in a case where it is determined that such devices can be remotely controlled safely.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2013Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Satoshi Minezawa, Masaaki Yabe, Masayuki Komatsu, Tadaaki Sakamoto, Yuki Ogawa, Shinji Nakamura, Shiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 9722433Abstract: A power transmitting device includes power transmitting coils, which contactlessly transmit electric power to a power receiving coil, and a switching device. When the power receiving coil is a solenoid coil, the switching device connects the power transmitting coils in parallel with each other such that magnetic fluxes generated inside the power transmitting coils flowing in the same direction along a winding axis. When the power receiving coil is a circular coil, the switching device connects the power transmitting coils in series with each other such that magnetic fluxes generated inside the power transmitting coils flowing in opposite directions along the winding axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SAITAMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Shinji Ichikawa, Masayuki Komatsu, Shigeru Abe, Hiroyoshi Kaneko
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Patent number: 9532436Abstract: The centralized lighting and air conditioning controller controls the light emission of lighting devices using brightness configuration values, and an environmental sensor transmits illuminance measurement values to the centralized lighting and air conditioning controller by wireless communication. The centralized lighting and air conditioning controller receives the illuminance measurement values, and based on the change in the illuminance measurement values and the change in the RSSI when the illuminance measurement values are received, acquires the degree of influence on the environmental sensor by the light from each of the lighting devices, and acquires the unknown or indeterminate position of the environmental sensor based on the degree of influence.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Ushirosako, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Naoyuki Hibara, Masayuki Komatsu
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Publication number: 20160301543Abstract: In an appliance control system, a receiver receives, from a terminal device used by a first user, an instruction for remotely controlling an appliance installed in a home. A determiner determines whether a second user is present in a location in which an appliance-to-be-instructed is installed. When it is determined that the second user is not present in a location in which the appliance-to-be-instructed is installed, an appliance controller controls the appliance on the basis of the instruction. On the other hand, when it is determined that the second user is present in the location in which the appliance-to-be-instructed is installed, the appliance controller does not control the appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: Satoshi MINEZAWA, Ichiro MARUYAMA, Masaaki YABE, Toshiaki YOSHIKAWA, Hirotoshi YANO, Daisuke IIZAWA, Kenichiro TANAKA, Takashi OGINO, Shinji NAKAMURA, Masayuki KOMATSU, Yuki OGAWA
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Patent number: 9409491Abstract: A parking assist system for a vehicle includes a target position setting unit setting a vehicle target parking position on the basis of a coil type and position of a power transmitting unit. When the coil type is a composite coil having a configuration such that an annular coil wound to surround a first axis and a solenoid coil wound to surround a second axis intersecting with the first axis are serially connected, the target position setting unit sets the target parking position such that a center of a power receiving unit mounted on the vehicle is located at a predetermined distance from the first axis along the second axis. The solenoid coil is set at a position with respect to the annular coil such that the first axis extends through a side face center portion of the solenoid coil.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2013Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Shinji Ichikawa, Masayuki Komatsu, Hidetoshi Matsuki, Fumihiro Sato, Tetsuya Takura, Hiroto Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 9403342Abstract: A cermet coating includes a hard phase and a binder phase that binds the hard phase, wherein the hard phase includes a carbide phase composed of at least one type of WC and CrC; and the binder phase includes at least one type of metal phase selected from Co, Ni, NiCr, and CoCr, has a structure of a metal polycrystalline body, and is bonded directly to a metal substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: National Institute for Materials ScienceInventors: Makoto Watanabe, Seiji Kuroda, Masayuki Komatsu
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Publication number: 20160189538Abstract: Upon receiving a command signal transmitted from a remote controller (100), based on contents of the received command signal, a setter of an electrical apparatus sets a time interval for prohibition of operation from an operation terminal. During the time interval set by the setter, an operation controller of the electrical apparatus does not control based on the received command signal, even if a command signal transmitted from the operation terminal is received via a HEMS controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Satoshi ENDO, Hirotoshi YANO, Masaaki YABE, Satoshi MINEZAWA, Ichiro MARUYAMA, Masayuki KOMATSU, Yuki OGAWA, Kaori SATO
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Publication number: 20160182704Abstract: A controller in an energy management system is configured to acquire environmental parameters indicating an environment within a home. The controller is configured to receive a request from a terminal device installed outside the home for remotely operating a unit installed in the home such as an air-conditioning system. The controller is configured to transmit to the terminal device query data containing the acquired environmental parameters, and a query on whether to control the unit according to the request, when receiving the request. The controller is configured to control the unit based on a response to the query from the terminal device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Satoshi MINEZAWA, Hirotoshi YANO, Masaaki YABE, Yuki OGAWA, Ichiro MARUYAMA, Shinji NAKAMURA, Shiro SUZUKI, Masayuki KOMATSU
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Publication number: 20160172906Abstract: First electrical power meters measure electrical power supplied from a commercial power system to a residence. A second electrical power meter measures electrical power generated by a distributed power source. Third power meters measure electrical power supplied to each of a plurality of electric devices. A auxiliary memory stores the power measurement results. An inputter is used for selecting an object included in an image displayed by a display part. Each time a user uses the inputter to select an object included in the image, the controller changes the image displayed by the display part to a new image in accordance with the selected object.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Ichiro MARUYAMA, Satoshi MINEZAWA, Masaaki YABE, Toshiaki YOSHIKAWA, Hirotoshi YANO, Daisuke IIZAWA, Kenichiro TANAKA, Takashi OGINO, Masayuki KOMATSU, Yuki OGAWA