Patents by Inventor Aki Kimura
Aki Kimura 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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Patent number: 11708992Abstract: An air conditioning control system includes: an air pressure measurement unit (111) configured to measure an air pressure value; an air conditioning unit (136) whose wind direction and airflow volume are changeable; a wind velocity calculation unit (132) configured to calculate a wind velocity of wind received by a portable terminal (110) from a variation in a plurality of atmospheric pressure values and to specify a presence direction that is a direction in which the portable terminal (110) is present with respect to the air conditioner (130); an air conditioning control determination unit (134) configured to determine a wind direction and an airflow volume of the air conditioning unit (136) in accordance with the wind velocity and the presence direction; and an air conditioning control unit (135) configured to control the air conditioning unit (136) so that the determined wind direction and airflow volume are obtained.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Aki Kimura, Yuka Tsuda, Tetsuro Shida, Masataka Baba, Satoko Miki
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Publication number: 20230123181Abstract: An effect determining unit to specify a learning affected period during which room temperature is affected by a temperature controller and a learning unaffected period during which the room temperature is not affected by the temperature controller; a room-temperature-model generating unit configured to learn a state of an outdoor and room temperature in a learning unaffected period to generate a room temperature model indicating the relationship between the state and the room temperature; an unaffected-room-temperature estimating unit configured to estimate learning temporary room temperature, which is the room temperature presumed to be unaffected by the temperature controller, in the learning affected period by using a room temperature model; and a room-temperature-change-model generating unit configured to learn the room temperature and learning temporary room temperature in the learning affected period, to generate a room temperature change model indicating the change in the room temperature caused by theType: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2020Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takeaki SHIMOKAWA, Aki KIMURA, Shogo NAMATAME, Hirotoshi YANO
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Patent number: 10982871Abstract: An equipment control device includes a person region detector that receives a thermal image corresponding to an object of image capture and detects a person region that is a region occupied by a person in the thermal image, a person feature detector that calculates basal metabolism of the person, based on a thermal image part of the person region in the thermal image, and an equipment controller that controls equipment, based on the basal metabolism of the person detected by the person feature detector.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuka Tsuda, Aki Kimura, Satoko Miki
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Publication number: 20200340703Abstract: An air conditioning control system includes: an air pressure measurement unit (111) configured to measure an air pressure value; an air conditioning unit (136) whose wind direction and airflow volume are changeable; a wind velocity calculation unit (132) configured to calculate a wind velocity of wind received by a portable terminal (110) from a variation in a plurality of atmospheric pressure values and to specify a presence direction that is a direction in which the portable terminal (110) is present with respect to the air conditioner (130); an air conditioning control determination unit (134) configured to determine a wind direction and an airflow volume of the air conditioning unit (136) in accordance with the wind velocity and the presence direction; and an air conditioning control unit (135) configured to control the air conditioning unit (136) so that the determined wind direction and airflow volume are obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2018Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Aki KIMURA, Yuka TSUDA, Tetsuro SHIDA, Masataka BABA, Satoko MIKI
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Patent number: 10454008Abstract: A resin composition including an olefin resin, an alkenyl-containing alkoxy silane compound, and at least one inorganic filler selected from the group consisting of titanium oxide, alumina, talc, clay, aluminum, aluminum hydroxide, mica, iron oxide, graphite, carbon black, calcium carbonate, zinc sulfide, zinc oxide, barium sulfate, and potassium titanate; a reflector using the resin composition; a reflector-bearing lead frame; and a semiconductor light-emitting device. Accordingly, provided by the present invention are: a resin composition capable of expressing an excellent heat resistance (especially heat distortion resistance) even when it is made to a formed body; a reflector using the resin composition; a reflector-bearing lead frame; and a semiconductor light-emitting device.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiyuki Sakai, Kei Amagai, Satoru Kanke, Aki Kimura, Toshimasa Takarabe, Katsuya Sakayori, Tomoki Sasou
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Patent number: 10411174Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device including at least a substrate, a reflector having a concave cavity, and an optical semiconductor element, wherein the reflector is formed of a resin composition containing an inorganic substance; in a spectrum obtained when the reflector is measured by an X-ray diffraction method using CuK? radiation (wavelength=1.5418 A), an intensity ratio (P1/P2) of a peak intensity P1 of the highest intensity diffraction peak in a range of diffraction angle 2? of 0° to 24° to the peak intensity P2 of the highest intensity diffraction peak in a range of diffraction angle 2? of more than 24° to 70° is 0.01 or more and 1.0 or less; and an ash content of the reflector is 60% by mass or more. A semiconductor light-emitting device and an optical-semiconductor-mounting substrate, including a reflector having an extremely high light reflection property and excellent dimensional stability.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Aki Kimura, Katsuya Sakayori, Kei Amagai, Satoru Kanke, Toshiyuki Sakai, Toshimasa Takarabe, Makoto Mizoshiri
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Patent number: 10400085Abstract: Provided are an electron beam curable resin composition including an olefin resin, a crosslinking agent, and a white pigment, in which the crosslinking agent has a saturated or unsaturated ring structure, at least one atom among atoms forming at least one ring is bonded to any allylic substituent of an allyl group, a methallyl group, an allyl group through a linking group, and a methallyl group through a linking group, and the white pigment is blended in an amount of more than 200 parts by mass and 500 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of olefin resin, a reflector resin frame using the resin composition, a reflector, a semiconductor light-emitting device, and a molding method using the resin composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Aki Kimura, Katsuya Sakayori, Toshiyuki Sakai, Toshimasa Takarabe, Kei Amagai, Kazunori Oda, Megumi Ooishi, Takeshi Sekiguchi, Kenzaburou Kawai, Kurumi Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20190162439Abstract: An equipment control device includes a person region detector that receives a thermal image corresponding to an object of image capture and detects a person region that is a region occupied by a person in the thermal image, a person feature detector that calculates basal metabolism of the person, based on a thermal image part of the person region in the thermal image, and an equipment controller that controls equipment, based on the basal metabolism of the person detected by the person feature detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuka TSUDA, Aki KIMURA, Satoko MIKI
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Publication number: 20170207376Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device including at least a substrate, a reflector having a concave cavity, and an optical semiconductor element, wherein the reflector is formed of a resin composition containing an inorganic substance; in a spectrum obtained when the reflector is measured by an X-ray diffraction method using CuK? radiation (wavelength=1.5418 A), an intensity ratio (P1/P2) of a peak intensity P1 of the highest intensity diffraction peak in a range of diffraction angle 2? of 0° to 24° to the peak intensity P2 of the highest intensity diffraction peak in a range of diffraction angle 2? of more than 24° to 70° is 0.01 or more and 1.0 or less; and an ash content of the reflector is 60% by mass or more. A semiconductor light-emitting device and an optical-semiconductor-mounting substrate, including a reflector having an extremely high light reflection property and excellent dimensional stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2015Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Aki KIMURA, Katsuya SAKAYORI, Kei AMAGAI, Satoru KANKE, Toshiyuki SAKAI, Toshimasa TAKARABE, Makoto MIZOSHIRI
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Publication number: 20160372645Abstract: A resin composition including an olefin resin, an alkenyl-containing alkoxy silane compound, and at least one inorganic filler selected from the group consisting of titanium oxide, alumina, talc, clay, aluminum, aluminum hydroxide, mica, iron oxide, graphite, carbon black, calcium carbonate, zinc sulfide, zinc oxide, barium sulfate, and potassium titanate; a reflector using the resin composition; a reflector-bearing lead frame; and a semiconductor light-emitting device. Accordingly, provided by the present invention are: a resin composition capable of expressing an excellent heat resistance (especially heat distortion resistance) even when it is made to a formed body; a reflector using the resin composition; a reflector-bearing lead frame; and a semiconductor light-emitting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2015Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiyuki SAKAI, Kei AMAGAI, Satoru KANKE, Aki KIMURA, Toshimasa TAKARABE, Katsuya SAKAYORI, Tomoki SASOU
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Publication number: 20150372205Abstract: Provided are an electron beam curable resin composition including an olefin resin, and a crosslinking agent, in which the crosslinking agent has a saturated or unsaturated ring structure, at least one atom among atoms forming at least one ring is bonded to any allylic substituent of an allyl group, a methallyl group, an allyl group through a linking group, and a methallyl group through a linking group, and the crosslinking agent is blended in an amount of more than 15 parts by mass and 40 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of olefin resin, a reflector resin frame using the resin composition, a reflector, a semiconductor light-emitting device, and a molding method using the resin composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2014Publication date: December 24, 2015Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Aki KIMURA, Katsuya SAKAYORI, Toshiyuki SAKAI, Toshimasa TAKARABE, Kei AMAGAI, Kazunori ODA, Megumi OOISHI, Takeshi SEKIGUCHI, Kenzaburou KAWAI, Kurumi HASHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20150361246Abstract: Provided are an electron beam curable resin composition including an olefin resin, a crosslinking agent, and a white pigment, in which the crosslinking agent has a saturated or unsaturated ring structure, at least one atom among atoms forming at least one ring is bonded to any allylic substituent of an allyl group, a methallyl group, an allyl group through a linking group, and a methallyl group through a linking group, and the white pigment is blended in an amount of more than 200 parts by mass and 500 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of olefin resin, a reflector resin frame using the resin composition, a reflector, a semiconductor light-emitting device, and a molding method using the resin composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2014Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Aki KIMURA, Katsuya SAKAYORI, Toshiyuki SAKAI, Toshimasa TAKARABE, Kei AMAGAI, Kazunori ODA, Megumi OOISHI, Takeshi SEKIGUCHI, Kenzaburou KAWAI, Kurumi Hashimoto
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Patent number: 9043858Abstract: A digital broadcast receiver on a mobile body includes: a tuner that receives a broadcast signal of a physical channel; a signal intensity detector that detects a signal intensity of the broadcast signal; a current position detector that detects a current position of the mobile body; a movement direction detector that detects a movement direction of the mobile body; a reception judging unit that controls the tuner to judge whether the physical channel can be received; an area information storage unit that stores receivable area information indicating a receivable area of the physical channel; and an area information updating unit that determines, when it is judged that the physical channel can be received, a position apart from the current position in the movement direction according to the signal intensity as a receivable position, and updates the receivable area information to extend the receivable area to the receivable position.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Aki Kimura, Keiichi Shirasuka, Kazuya Takaki, Soichiro Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20140173679Abstract: A digital broadcast receiver on a mobile body includes: a tuner that receives a broadcast signal of a physical channel; a signal intensity detector that detects a signal intensity of the broadcast signal; a current position detector that detects a current position of the mobile body; a movement direction detector that detects a movement direction of the mobile body; a reception judging unit that controls the tuner to judge whether the physical channel can be received; an area information storage unit that stores receivable area information indicating a receivable area of the physical channel; and an area information updating unit that determines, when it is judged that the physical channel can be received, a position apart from the current position in the movement direction according to the signal intensity as a receivable position, and updates the receivable area information to extend the receivable area to the receivable position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Aki KIMURA, Keiichi SHIRASUKA, Kazuya TAKAKI, Soichiro MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 7620964Abstract: A recommended program search device includes a viewing history information acquiring block which acquires a viewing channel and a viewing time by the user for each area corresponding to a time division and stores viewing history information including the viewing channel and the viewing time that are associated with each area in the storage, a program information acquiring block which acquires scheduled broadcast program information, including program time information enabling calculation of a program start time and a program broadcast time for a scheduled broadcast program and channel information about the scheduled broadcast program, and a search block which determines a user's favorite program from the scheduled broadcast program on the basis of a result of comparison between the program time information and the channel information included in the scheduled broadcast program information and the viewing channel and the viewing time stored in the storage.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2006Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takayuki Kushida, Aki Kimura, Eiji Matsuo, Jun Yukawa
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Patent number: 7599564Abstract: Image feature values Va and Vb are derived from image data, coefficients C and D are determined based on the image feature values Va and Vb, and an approximate expression expressed with the file size Sfj of the JPEG compression file and the quantization data coefficient value Aqt is derived. Next, by designating the file size of a desired predetermined JPEG compression file based on the approximate expression, the quantization data coefficient value Aqt is derived, and a first quantization table as a reference is multiplied by the quantization data coefficient value Aqt, whereby a second quantization table is obtained. Then, using the second quantization table, the image data is actually JPEG-compressed.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2004Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shigeo Ando, Yasuo Maeda, Mitsunobu Yoshinaga, Kanae Ikeda, Satoshi Minami, Kyosuke Yoshimoto, Aki Kimura
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Publication number: 20070174862Abstract: A recommended program search device includes a viewing history information acquiring block which acquires a viewing channel and a viewing time by the user for each area corresponding to a time division and stores viewing history information including the viewing channel and the viewing time that are associated with each area in the storage, a program information acquiring block which acquires scheduled broadcast program information, including program time information enabling calculation of a program start time and a program broadcast time for a scheduled broadcast program and channel information about the scheduled broadcast program, and a search block which determines a user's favorite program from the scheduled broadcast program on the basis of a result of comparison between the program time information and the channel information included in the scheduled broadcast program information and the viewing channel and the viewing time stored in the storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2006Publication date: July 26, 2007Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takayuki Kushida, Aki Kimura, Eiji Matsuo, Jun Yukawa
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Publication number: 20070036451Abstract: Image feature values Va and Vh are derived from image data, coefficients C and D are determined based on the image feature values Va and Vb, and an approximate expression expressed with the file size Sfj of the JPEG compression file and the quantization data coefficient value Aqt is derived. Next, by designating the file size of a desired predetermined JPEG compression file based on the approximate expression, the quantization data coefficient value Aqt is derived, and a first quantization table as a reference is multiplied by the quantization data coefficient value Aqt, whereby a second quantization table is obtained. Then, using the second quantization table, the image data is actually JPEG-compressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2004Publication date: February 15, 2007Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeo Ando, Yasuo Maeda, Mitsunobu Yoshinaga, Kanae Ikeda, Satoshi Minami, Kyosuke Yoshimoto, Aki Kimura