Patents by Inventor Akira Komatsu
Akira 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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Patent number: 11971188Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to realize a fan unit capable of determining occurrence or non-occurrence of a backflow during operation. In a second unit, a second controller calculates front-rear differential pressure by substituting a rotation speed and a volume of air or a wind speed that can be acquired in real time into a relational expression. The relational expression derives, from two values of the rotation speed, the volume of air or the wind speed, and the front-rear differential pressure, the remaining one value. Then, the second controller determines that a backflow occurs if the calculated front-rear differential pressure is within a range that cannot occur under a normal condition. Therefore, the occurrence of a backflow can be detected without using an expensive pressure sensor or a directional wind speed sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akira Komatsu, Shuuichi Tanaka, Tooru Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20240128949Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to an acoustic wave filter with an acoustic wave resonator arranged to concentrate a transverse spurious mode at a frequency. Such an acoustic wave resonator can have a narrow aperture to concentrate the transverse spurious mode. The transverse spurious mode can increase steepness of a skirt of the acoustic wave filter. Related methods, acoustic wave devices, multiplexers, radio frequency front ends, radio frequency modules, and wireless communication devices are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Tomoya Komatsu, Yiliu Wang, Akira Ochiai, Joshua James Caron
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Patent number: 11920818Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to realize a fan unit capable of determining occurrence or non-occurrence of a backflow during operation. In a second unit, a second controller calculates front-rear differential pressure by substituting a rotation speed and a volume of air or a wind speed that can be acquired in real time into a relational expression. The relational expression derives, from two values of the rotation speed, the volume of air or the wind speed, and the front-rear differential pressure, the remaining one value. Then, the second controller determines that a backflow occurs if the calculated front-rear differential pressure is within a range that cannot occur under a normal condition. Therefore, the occurrence of a backflow can be detected without using an expensive pressure sensor or a directional wind speed sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akira Komatsu, Shuuichi Tanaka, Tooru Fujimoto
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Patent number: 11821438Abstract: A fan unit includes a centrifugal fan, an air flow volume detector, and a main body casing housing the centrifugal fan and the air flow volume detector. The centrifugal fan includes a fan casing and a rotor. The air flow volume detector includes main body, and a probe that detects an air flow volume equivalent quantity equivalent to an air flow volume provided by the centrifugal fan. The fan casing includes a bell mouth defining an air inlet and having a convex surface. A distance from the probe to the surface of the bell mouth is larger than 0 and smaller than one third of a radius of the air inlet. A thermal air velocity sensor detects, as the air flow volume equivalent quantity, an air velocity of air flowing through the air inlet not connected to a duct by measuring an amount of heat dissipated from the probe.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2023Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shuuichi Tanaka, Akira Komatsu, Tooru Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20230296110Abstract: A fan unit includes a centrifugal fan, an air flow volume detector, and a main body casing housing the centrifugal fan and the air flow volume detector. The centrifugal fan includes a fan casing and a rotor. The air flow volume detector includes main body, and a probe that detects an air flow volume equivalent quantity equivalent to an air flow volume provided by the centrifugal fan. The fan casing includes a bell mouth defining an air inlet and having a convex surface. A distance from the probe to the surface of the bell mouth is larger than 0 and smaller than one third of a radius of the air inlet. A thermal air velocity sensor detects, as the air flow volume equivalent quantity, an air velocity of air flowing through the air inlet not connected to a duct by measuring an amount of heat dissipated from the probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Shuuichi TANAKA, Akira KOMATSU, Tooru FUJIMOTO
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Publication number: 20230204245Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to realize a fan unit capable of determining occurrence or non-occurrence of a backflow during operation. In a second unit, a second controller calculates front-rear differential pressure by substituting a rotation speed and a volume of air or a wind speed that can be acquired in real time into a relational expression. The relational expression derives, from two values of the rotation speed, the volume of air or the wind speed, and the front-rear differential pressure, the remaining one value. Then, the second controller determines that a backflow occurs if the calculated front-rear differential pressure is within a range that cannot occur under a normal condition. Therefore, the occurrence of a backflow can be detected without using an expensive pressure sensor or a directional wind speed sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akira KOMATSU, Shuuichi TANAKA, Tooru FUJIMOTO
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Publication number: 20230184451Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to enhance the reliability of determination of occurrence or non-occurrence of surging. Whether or not surging occurs depends on front-rear differential pressure. Therefore, by determining occurrence or non-occurrence of surging on the basis of the front-rear differential pressure, a second unit can detect and avoid surging with higher accuracy than when determining by using the pressure on an outlet side of a second fan.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akira KOMATSU, Shuuichi TANAKA, Tooru FUJIMOTO
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Publication number: 20230184456Abstract: A fan unit reduces the number of man-hours for a preliminary test and eliminates the need for a trial run at the time of duct connection are realized. A second controller acquires: a rotation speed of a fan motor of a second fan; a volume of air, a wind speed, or front-rear differential pressure of the second fan; and an air volume target value or a wind speed target value for the second fan, and calculates a rotation speed target value Ny for the fan motor 31b by using a first function: Ny=(Qy/Qx)2×?Px×{m×(Qy/Qx)×Vx+p}+n×(Qy/Qx)×Vx+q. Furthermore, when the front-rear differential pressure fluctuates and the wind speed is decreased from Vt to V, the second controller calculates a rotation speed change amount to the rotation speed target value by using a second function: ?N=a×(Vt?V).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akira KOMATSU, Shuuichi TANAKA, Tooru FUJIMOTO
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Publication number: 20230151999Abstract: A blow-out unit disposed at a blow-out port on an air flow path and configured to blow out air supplied through the air flow path, toward the room, includes: a first member disposed in the blow-out port and including a plate member having a first side and configured to turn around a rotating shaft disposed away from the first side such that the first side moves away from the blow-out port toward the air flow path; and a second member disposed in the blow-out port at a different position from the plate member and extending along the first side of the plate member. The plate member and the second member change a direction of air to be blown out toward the blow-out port through the air flow path from a first air flow direction to a second air flow direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akira Komatsu, Kentarou Niki, Shuuichi Tanaka, Tooru Fujimoto
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Patent number: 11640060Abstract: A head-mounted display includes an image display device including a panel unit serving as a display element configured to display an image, a colored optical member disposed on a light path of imaging light emitted from the panel unit and having a yellowness of a predetermined value or greater, and a coloring correction optical member configured to correct a degree of coloring of the imaging light of the entire light path in accordance with the yellowness of the colored optical member.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Tokito Yamaguchi, Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao, Akira Komatsu, Takashi Takeda
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Patent number: 11480799Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a display device configured to display an image, a diopter adjustment device configured to adjust a diopter, and a correction processing circuit serving as an image correction device configured to correct a display image in accordance with a degree of diopter adjustment. In the adjustments made on a left side and a right side, respectively, after diopter adjustment, the display image is corrected in accordance with the degree of diopter adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Takagi, Akira Komatsu, Takashi Takeda, Toshiaki Miyao, Tokito Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11473805Abstract: The indoor unit includes a plurality of outlet openings. In airflow rotation of the indoor unit, a full blowout mode and a partial blowout mode are executed. In the full blowout mode, all the outlet openings blow conditioned air. In the partial blowout mode, the flow of the blowing air of part of the outlet openings are blocked by the air current blocking mechanism, and thus the blowing wind speeds of the remaining outlet openings increases. As a result, an air temperature difference among parts of the indoor space decreases, and the comfort of the indoor space is improved.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akira Komatsu, Nobuyuki Kojima, Ryouta Suhara, Masaaki Murata, Natsumi Furo
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Patent number: 11397326Abstract: A panel unit configured to, for imaging light, use different opening ratios depending on a wavelength band for displaying an image, a yellowing optical member that is disposed on an optical path of imaging light emitted from the panel unit, and turns yellow with age, a yellowing degree estimation unit configured to estimate, by prediction, a yellowing degree of the yellowing optical member with age, and a luminance adjustment unit configured to, depending on yellowing of the yellowing optical member, based on data of the yellowing degree estimation unit, adjust luminance of an image in the panel unit, are provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Tokito Yamaguchi, Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao, Akira Komatsu, Takashi Takeda
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Publication number: 20220214072Abstract: A control load is reduced in a fan unit capable of controlling air flow volume. The rotation speed of a fan can be changed. An air flow volume detector detects air flow volume of the fan or equivalent air flow volume that is a physical quantity corresponding to the air flow volume of the fan. A unit casing houses, therein, the fan and the air flow volume detector. A fan controller, which is a controller, controls the rotation speed of the fan. The fan controller controls the rotation speed of the fan on the basis of a command value of the air flow volume of the fan given from outside the unit and a detected value of the air flow volume or the equivalent air flow volume detected by the air flow volume detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shuuichi TANAKA, Akira KOMATSU, Toru FUJIMOTO, Yoshiteru NOUCHI, Kouji TATSUMI, Ryouta SUZUKI, Taishi NAKASHIMA
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Publication number: 20220146123Abstract: An air treatment system controls airflow volume in accordance with momentarily varying airflow volume to be demanded. A supply fan unit is disposed separately from an air treatment unit, and sends outdoor air from an outdoor space to the air treatment unit and sends outdoor air treated by the air treatment unit to an indoor space. An exhaust fan unit is disposed separately from the air treatment unit, and sends indoor air from the indoor space to the air treatment unit and sends indoor air treated by the air treatment unit to the outdoor space. A controller controls a rotation speed of a first fan in accordance with a first detection value of a first airflow volume detection unit, and controls a rotation speed of a second fan in accordance with a second detection value of a second airflow volume detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Toru FUJIMOTO, Shuuichi TANAKA, Akira KOMATSU, Yoshiteru NOUCHI, Kouji TATSUMI, Ryouta SUZUKI, Taishi NAKASHIMA
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Patent number: 11327301Abstract: A virtual image display device includes an image element configured to display an image, a first lens disposed in an extraction position of image light and including at the image element side thereof a convex surface, a second lens disposed further toward the image element side than the first lens and including a concave surface bonded to the convex surface of the first lens, a half mirror provided in a bonding portion for bonding together the convex surface and the concave surface, a transmission/reflection selection member provided at a light emitting side of the first lens and configured to selectively perform transmission or reflection of the light depending on a polarization state of the light, and a light-guiding portion keeping close contact between the image element and the second lens and configured to guide the image light.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Takagi, Akira Komatsu, Takashi Takeda, Toshiaki Miyao, Tokito Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11275246Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a display device, a projection optical member, a prism member, and a light condensing and reflecting surface. The prism member includes a first prism, and a second prism that is disposed further toward an exit pupil side than the first prism. The first prism includes an incident surface, a reflection surface that totally reflects the image light, and a first joining surface that is joined with the second prism via a semi-transmissive reflection surface. The second prism includes a second joining surface that is joined with the first joining surface, and an opposing flat surface that is disposed parallel to the reflection surface to face the reflection surface and configured to transmit the image light, reflected by the semi-transmissive reflection surface and then by the light condensing and reflecting surface and thereafter passing through the semi-transmissive reflection surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Komatsu, Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao, Takashi Takeda, Tokito Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11249311Abstract: Image formation is performed by using a synthesis optical system, and in a first dichroic film and a second dichroic film that are the synthesis surfaces in the synthesis optical system, a direction in which the cross axis that is the intersecting axis extends corresponds to a direction of alignment of eyes of an observer.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Takeda, Mitsutaka Ide, Akira Komatsu, Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao, Tokito Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20220020993Abstract: The present invention is aimed to provide carboxymethylcellulose or a salt thereof for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, an electrode composition containing the same for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, an electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, with a small reduction in the capacity even when charging and discharging are repeated, and with high durability. The carboxymethylcellulose or the salt thereof is used as a binder for an electrode of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, in which the degree of substitution with carboxymethyl of the carboxymethylcellulose or the salt thereof is 0.5 to 1.5, and a thermal rate of change T that is a difference (WB?WA) between a thermal weight reduction rate WA at a thermal decomposition start point and a thermal weight reduction rate WB at a thermal decomposition end point measured by a thermogravimetric-differential thermal analyzer is 45% or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayuki SAKAJIRI, Kazuhiko INOUE, Akira KOMATSU
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Patent number: 11226111Abstract: Disclosed herein is an indoor unit which can easily create a plurality of areas having different temperatures in a single indoor space, with even a single indoor unit. An indoor space is divided into a plurality of areas. An airflow direction adjusting flap provided at a blow-out opening is capable guiding blown air to each of the areas. An amount of heat to be processed for each of the plurality of areas by the air blown out of the blow-out opening is adjusted so that temperatures of at least two of the areas are different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2017Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Akira Komatsu