Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Gyota

Tomoaki Gyota 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).

  • Publication number: 20230160590
    Abstract: A collector collects operation data indicating an operation status of a facility device system. An operation data storage stores the operation data. An evaluator calculates an evaluation value indicating an evaluation of the collected operation data based on a comparison between the collected operation data and the stored operation data. A determiner determines, based on the evaluation value, compensation for provision of the collected operation data. A presenter presents the determined compensation to a provider of the collected operation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventor: Tomoaki GYOTA
  • Patent number: 11422539
    Abstract: A control system includes a controller that executes, a first control process including acquiring data indicating a state of the facility device, and performing an operation for control of the state of the facility device based on the acquired data, and a second control process including the acquisition and operational processes, in which an amount of processing is less than that of the first control process. The control system also includes a switch that performs, a control to maintain or switch a state of the first control process to the stop state, and switch a state of the second control process to an execution state, and a control to switch a state of one of the first and second control processes to the execution state, based on predicted amounts of decrease in an electric power cost of and increase in the operation cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoaki Gyota
  • Patent number: 11349337
    Abstract: A reduction instruction receiver receives a reduction instruction for energy from a server. An energy setter sets, when the reduction instruction receiver receives the reduction instruction, individual target energies for the respective subsystems, the individual target energies each being a target value of a consumption energy for a corresponding subsystem such that (i) a total of individual target energies that are target values of consumption energies for the respective subsystems is smaller than a total target energy that is a target value of a consumption energy of an entirety of the subsystems, and (ii) a higher correlation among consumption energies of the respective subsystems provides an increase in a total margin energy, the total margin energy being a difference between the total target energy and the sum of the individual target energies. The control-instruction transmitter transmits control-instruction information for control of the facility device based on the set individual target energies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoaki Gyota
  • Publication number: 20210313831
    Abstract: A reduction instruction receiver receives a reduction instruction for energy from a server. An energy setter sets, when the reduction instruction receiver receives the reduction instruction, individual target energies for the respective subsystems, the individual target energies each being a target value of a consumption energy for a corresponding subsystem such that (i) a total of individual target energies that are target values of consumption energies for the respective subsystems is smaller than a total target energy that is a target value of a consumption energy of an entirety of the subsystems, and (ii) a higher correlation among consumption energies of the respective subsystems provides an increase in a total margin energy, the total margin energy being a difference between the total target energy and the sum of the individual target energies. The control-instruction transmitter transmits control-instruction information for control of the facility device based on the set individual target energies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventor: Tomoaki GYOTA
  • Publication number: 20210064011
    Abstract: A control system includes a controller that executes, a first control process including acquiring data indicating a state of the facility device, and performing an operation for control of the state of the facility device based on the acquired data and a second control process including the acquisition and operational processes, in which an amount of processing is less than that of the first control process. The control system also includes a switch that performs, a control to maintain or switch a state of the first control process to the stop state, and switch a state of the second control process to an execution state, and a control to switch a state of one of the first and second control process to the execution state, based on predicted amounts of decrease in an electric power cost of and increase in the operation cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Tomoaki GYOTA
  • Patent number: 10928085
    Abstract: Provided is an air conditioning visualization system including an image capturing unit to capture an image, an air conditioner setting acquisition unit to specify at least one air conditioner exerting an influence on a space included in the captured image from a plurality of air conditioners and to acquire the operation setting of this at least one air conditioner, and a display unit to display a visualization image obtained by visualizing the influence exerted on the space by this at least one air conditioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoaki Gyota
  • Patent number: 10895394
    Abstract: Provided is an air conditioning visualization system including an image capturing unit to capture an image, an air conditioner setting acquisition unit to specify at least one air conditioner exerting an influence on a space included in the captured image from a plurality of air conditioners and to acquire the operation setting of this at least one air conditioner, and a display unit to display a visualization image obtained by visualizing the influence exerted on the space by this at least one air conditioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoaki Gyota
  • Patent number: 10867581
    Abstract: A facility equipment management apparatus includes an image display unit, a display control unit that makes the image display unit display an image, an operation input unit that receives a user operation, a color palette database that stores a color palette that includes a plurality of pieces of display color data, a color palette construction unit that changes the plurality of pieces of display color data of the color palette based on color information designated on the operation input unit, and a component image database that stores component image data which indicates a display component; wherein the display control unit constructs color component image data, which is the component image data including display color data based on the component image data and the color palette, and makes the image display unit display the image by using the color component image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Katsukura, Tomoaki Gyota
  • Publication number: 20200020300
    Abstract: A facility equipment management apparatus includes an image display unit, a display control unit that makes the image display unit display an image, an operation input unit that receives a user operation, a color palette database that stores a color palette that includes a plurality of pieces of display color data, a color palette construction unit that changes the plurality of pieces of display color data of the color palette based on color information designated on the operation input unit, and a component image database that stores component image data which indicates a display component; wherein the display control unit constructs color component image data, which is the component image data including display color data based on the component image data and the color palette, and makes the image display unit display the image by using the color component image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Makoto KATSUKURA, Tomoaki GYOTA
  • Publication number: 20190120517
    Abstract: Provided is an air conditioning visualization system including an image capturing unit to capture an image, an air conditioner setting acquisition unit to specify at least one air conditioner exerting an influence on a space included in the captured image from a plurality of air conditioners and to acquire the operation setting of this at least one air conditioner, and a display unit to display a visualization image obtained by visualizing the influence exerted on the space by this at least one air conditioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Tomoaki GYOTA
  • Patent number: 10107516
    Abstract: A remote controller includes a user interface, a rotational state detector, and a controller. The rotational state detector detects a rotational state of the remote controller. The controller, based on the rotational state detected by the rotational state detector, selects a display mode from among a plurality of display modes depending on different user tiers. Then the controller causes the user interface to display an operation screen in the selected display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Komiya, Takahiro Ito, Tomoaki Gyota, Hiroko Izumihara, Masatoshi Ito, Yuri Nakano
  • Patent number: 10054328
    Abstract: A control device controls a plurality of equipment items for conditioning the environment in a room. The control device comprises an installation information memory and a space information memory configured to store information regarding the space the environment in which can be conditioned by each of the plurality of equipment items; a target setter configured to set a target location in the room and a target environment at the target location; a unit identifier configured to identify the equipment item that can condition the environment at the target location; and a controller configured to select one control pattern based on the power consumption when the control according to each control pattern is executed from among a plurality of control patterns for controlling the equipment item so as to condition the environment at the target location to the target environment and control the equipment item with the selected control pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroko Kobori, Tomoaki Gyota, Masanori Nakata
  • Publication number: 20180094828
    Abstract: A remote controller includes a user interface, a rotational state detector, and a controller. The rotational state detector detects a rotational state of the remote controller. The controller, based on the rotational state detected by the rotational state detector, selects a display mode from among a plurality of display modes depending on different user tiers. Then the controller causes the user interface to display an operation screen in the selected display mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki KOMIYA, Takahiro ITO, Tomoaki GYOTA, Hiroko IZUMIHARA, Masatoshi ITO, Yuri NAKANO
  • Patent number: 9928558
    Abstract: The storage unit prestores element image data presenting an element image contained in a display image in an image data region that is a continuous storage region, and prestores draw command data containing data for creating display data presenting the display image in which the element image is placed in a draw command region that is a continuous storage region. The central processing unit makes reference to a screen management table when a predetermined drawing condition is satisfied to identify and output the draw command identification data corresponding to the satisfied drawing condition. The draw processing unit acquires from the storage unit the draw command data identified with the output draw command identification data, and creates and outputs to the display unit the display data placing the element image based on the acquired draw command data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Gyota, Takuya Mukai, Masanori Nakata
  • Patent number: 9816718
    Abstract: A device control determiner outputs a control information request containing a condition of facility devices in a data possessing device group possessing control information, and a kind of the control information. A connection relationship manager manages information regarding a connection relationship among each of the plurality of facility devices. A connection route database stores information regarding a connection route from a reference device that is a reference among the plurality of facility devices to another facility device. The device grouper creates a data possessing device group based on the control information request, the connection route database and information managed by the connection relationship manager. An information collective obtainer obtains control information from the facility device in the data possessing device group through a communicator, and creates a data array of the obtained control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroko Kobori, Tomoaki Gyota, Masanori Nakata
  • Patent number: 9715240
    Abstract: A facility equipment operation device includes an affected section determiner and a mismatch detector. An affected section determiner computes an affected section that is affected by a controlled equipment that is facility equipment with a changed control parameter, by referencing data including an installation position of facility equipment in an objective space, and a capability related to an area affected by the facility equipment. The mismatch detector detects a mismatched state on the basis of whether or not an effect exerted by the controlled equipment on the affected section when the controlled equipment operates according to the changed control parameter, and an effect exerted on the affected section by a facility equipment currently operating, are in a predetermined relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroko Izumihara, Tomoaki Gyota, Masanori Nakata
  • Patent number: 9535430
    Abstract: By efficiently holding only information necessary for a desired control from among information that can be obtained from equipment such as air conditioners, lighting devices and other devices, the control of the air conditioners and other devices according to the situation is obtained with small-capacity memory resources. This facilitates uploading to an air conditioner control device having a relatively small memory capacity and makes it possible to efficiently customize the installed control program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Gyota, Masanori Nakata, Noriyuki Komiya
  • Patent number: 9454221
    Abstract: A control device includes a storage device for prestoring rendering command data, a central processing device, and a rendering processing device. The rendering command data is data for generating a rendering command executed in order to generate display data indicating a display image to be displayed on a display device. The central processing device refers to a screen management table when a predetermined rendering condition is satisfied, and specifies and outputs rendering command specifying data corresponding to the satisfied rendering condition. The rendering processing device acquires the rendering command data specified by the outputted rendering command specifying data from storage device, generates display data based on the acquired rendering command data, and outputs the display data to the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Mukai, Tomoaki Gyota, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Masanori Nakata, Noriyuki Kushiro
  • Patent number: 9335150
    Abstract: Probes of a conductor length measurement device are connected to piping, and an output voltage is applied to the piping through the probes. A frequency spectrum curve is subsequently calculated by subjecting a voltage signal to FFT. Resonant frequencies of the piping are then determined from this frequency spectrum curve, and the total length of the piping is calculated on the basis of the resonant frequencies. The total length of the piping can therefore be easily measured without the need to install, for example, any measurement instruments at branch terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Higuma, Naoyuki Hibara, Tomoaki Gyota
  • Publication number: 20160033154
    Abstract: A communication relay device comprises a processor, a reception unit, and a transmission unit. The communication relay device is connected to air conditioning units via a network. The air conditioning units comprise sensors and send unit signals containing output values of the sensors to a control device controlling the air conditioning units via the communication relay device. The reception unit receives the unit signals. The processor converts the unit signals received by the reception unit to unit signals containing values used for testing the operation of the control device and different from the output values of the sensors. Then, the transmission unit sends the unit signals converted by the processor to the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Tomoaki GYOTA, Masanori NAKATA, Hiroko KOBORI