Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Motohashi

Yoshihiko Motohashi 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: 10677101
    Abstract: A combined heat and power system is provided with a Rankine cycle passage, a heat medium passage, an evaporator, an expander, a condenser, a pump, a temperature sensor, a sensor, and a controller. The evaporator receives the heat from the heat medium to heat a working fluid. The temperature sensor detects the temperature of the heat medium after radiating heat for heating the working fluid. The sensor detects the pressure of the working fluid flowing between the outlet of the evaporator and the inlet of the expander. The controller adjusts the rotation speed of the pump based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor, and in addition, adjusts the rotation speed of the expander based on the pressure detected by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi Hikichi, Yoshihiko Motohashi, Osamu Kosuda
  • Publication number: 20190024538
    Abstract: A combined heat and power system is provided with a Rankine cycle passage, a heat medium passage, an evaporator, an expander, a condenser, a pump, a temperature sensor, a sensor, and a controller. The evaporator receives the heat from the heat medium to heat a working fluid. The temperature sensor detects the temperature of the heat medium after radiating heat for heating the working fluid. The sensor detects the pressure of the working fluid flowing between the outlet of the evaporator and the inlet of the expander. The controller adjusts the rotation speed of the pump based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor, and in addition, adjusts the rotation speed of the expander based on the pressure detected by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: TAKUMI HIKICHI, YOSHIHIKO MOTOHASHI, OSAMU KOSUDA
  • Patent number: 7956766
    Abstract: Each apparatus transmits to a control server a notification signal indicative of a pending change or a change in an output state of the apparatus. The control server has stored therein a control rule which associates an output state of one apparatus with an output state to be taken by another apparatus when the one apparatus is in the output state. The control server acquires location-related information which is set in association with a location of each apparatus. Then, the control server receives a notification signal from any one of the apparatuses, and in response to the notification signal, determines an output state to be taken by an operation target apparatus which is other than an apparatus having transmitted the notification signal, based on the control rule and the location-related information. Further, the control server operates the operation target apparatus so as to transition into an output state determined by a determination section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Yasuda, Yoshihiko Motohashi, Kohji Okuno
  • Patent number: 7493662
    Abstract: In a data nullification device for nullifying target data recorded on a recording medium, target data is made up of a plurality of data blocks. A judging unit judges, in units of data blocks, whether the target data needs to be nullified. A nullifying unit nullifies, when a predetermined number of data blocks are judged as needing to be nullified or when one or more data blocks whose total amount of data reaches a predetermined amount are judged as needing to be nullified, the judged data blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Murase, Yoshihiko Motohashi, Masaya Miyazaki, Yoshikatsu Ito
  • Publication number: 20040135701
    Abstract: Each apparatus transmits to a control server a notification signal indicative of a pending change or a change in an output state of the apparatus. The control server has stored therein a control rule which associates an output state of one apparatus with an output state to be taken by another apparatus when said one apparatus is in said output state. The control server acquires location-related information which is set in association with a location of each apparatus. Then, the control server receives a notification signal from any one of the apparatuses, and in response to the notification signal, determines the output state to be taken by an operation target apparatus which is other than an apparatus having transmitted the notification signal, based on the control rule and the location-related information. Further, the control server operates the operation target apparatus so as to transition into the output state determined by a determination section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2004
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Kei Yasuda, Yoshihiko Motohashi, Kohji Okuno
  • Patent number: 6457174
    Abstract: A code export symbol offset table A 1128 stores sets of the identifier and the offset of the area of a code symbol. In an export symbol import step 1160, the identifier that matches the identifier of a symbol is retrieved from the code export symbol offset table A 1128, the offset corresponding to the retrieved identifier is extracted, and a predetermined calculation is performed to create an absolute address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyoharu Kuroda, Kiyoshi Owada, Yoshihiko Motohashi
  • Publication number: 20020126843
    Abstract: A data nullification device for nullifying target data recorded on a recording medium is provided. The target data is made up of a plurality of data blocks. A judging unit judges, in units of data blocks, whether the target data needs to be nullified. A nullifying unit nullifies, when a predetermined number of data blocks are judged as needing to be nullified or when one or more data blocks whose total amount of data reaches a predetermined amount are judged as needing to be nullified, the judged data blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Kaoru Murase, Yoshihiko Motohashi, Masaya Miyazaki, Yoshikatsu Ito