Patents by Inventor Ayumi Konishi

Ayumi Konishi 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: 11940166
    Abstract: An air conditioning system is provided, which includes a transfer fan for transferring air to a room as a space in a house from an air-conditioned room, a motion sensor for detecting whether the room is occupied or unoccupied and an air conditioning system controller for controlling the transfer fan. In the air conditioning system, a target air conditioning environment obtaining section obtains at least a target air conditioning environment of the room, an occupied-room air conditioning environment section controls the transfer fan that transfers air to the occupied room to approximate the occupied room to the target air conditioning environment according to information from the motion sensor and an unoccupied-room air conditioning environment section controls the transfer fan that transfers air to the unoccupied room to approximate the unoccupied room to a quasi-target air conditioning environment where an energy burden is lower than that of the occupied room according to information from the motion sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiomi Takada, Naoyuki Funada, Koki Ando, Ayumi Konishi
  • Patent number: 11635225
    Abstract: A plurality of independent air conditioners, a first air conditioner (AC) (9a), a second AC (9b), and a third AC (9c), are disposed in an air conditioning room. Individual target temperatures of each habitable room that are acquired from an input/output terminal (19) and an outdoor temperature that is acquired by an outdoor temperature sensor (7) are input to a mode setter (32). Based on the individual target temperatures and the outdoor temperature, the mode setter (32) sets a cooling mode and a cooling setpoint temperature for operation in the cooling mode, or a heating mode and a heating setpoint temperature for operation in the heating mode, for each of the first AC (9a), the second AC (9b), and the third AC (9c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kanematsu, Naoyuki Funada, Ayumi Konishi
  • Publication number: 20230105512
    Abstract: An air conditioning system is provided, which includes a transfer fan for transferring air to a room as a space in a house from an air-conditioned room, a motion sensor for detecting whether the room is occupied or unoccupied and an air conditioning system controller for controlling the transfer fan. In the air conditioning system, a target air conditioning environment obtaining section obtains at least a target air conditioning environment of the room, an occupied-room air conditioning environment section controls the transfer fan that transfers air to the occupied room to approximate the occupied room to the target air conditioning environment according to information from the motion sensor and an unoccupied-room air conditioning environment section controls the transfer fan that transfers air to the unoccupied room to approximate the unoccupied room to a quasi-target air conditioning environment where an energy burden is lower than that of the occupied room according to information from the motion sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshiomi TAKADA, Naoyuki FUNADA, Koki ANDO, Ayumi KONISHI
  • Publication number: 20230082958
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system includes a humidifier, a dehumidifier, transfer fans for transferring air of an air-conditioned room to a room, a damper for independently controlling an air volume transferred to the room, a system controller for controlling the humidifier, the dehumidifier and the damper, a room humidity sensor and an air-conditioned room humidity sensor. The system controller further includes an air-conditioned room humidity controller for maintaining the humidity of the air-conditioned room within a specified humidity range defined by a minimum humidity and a maximum humidity, an air volume determiner for determining an air volume passing through the damper according to the humidity of the room obtained by the room humidity sensor and the humidity of the air-conditioned room obtained by the air-conditioned room humidity sensor and a damper controller for controlling the air volume transferred to the room passing through the damper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Masafumi TSUBOUCHI, Ayumi KONISHI, Naoyuki FUNADA, Takuma ARAMAKI, Takaaki NAKASONE
  • Patent number: 11402117
    Abstract: A ventilation and air conditioning system includes: an air conditioner that cools air in an air conditioning room; a plurality of transfer air fans that are installed for a plurality of rooms, which are independent of the air conditioning room, in one-to-one correspondence and each deliver the air in the air conditioning room to a corresponding room; and a system controller. For each of the plurality of rooms, the system controller calculates a dew point temperature in the room on the basis of the temperature and the humidity in the room, determines, on the basis of the calculated dew point temperature in the room and the temperature in the air conditioning room, the occurrence of condensation resulting from delivery of the air in the air conditioning room to the room, and controls, according to the result of the determination, the airflow of the transfer air fan corresponding to the room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Sasaki, Naoyuki Funada, Ayumi Konishi
  • Patent number: 11353233
    Abstract: This air-conditioning system includes an air conditioner: a room temperature sensor; an air-conditioning room temperature sensor; and a system controller. In the system controller, a room target temperature obtainer obtains a plurality of room target temperatures. Moreover, a ventilation airflow determiner determines the ventilation airflow of each of the delivery fans on the basis of the room target temperature, the temperature in the corresponding room, and the temperature in the air-conditioning room, and a fan airflow controller controls the ventilation airflow of each of the delivery fans according to the ventilation airflow determined by the ventilation airflow determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Funada, Ayumi Konishi
  • Publication number: 20220128256
    Abstract: An air conditioning system controller is provided, which performs an air conditioning of a house through an air conditioning controller. The air conditioning system controller includes an in-house power generation amount obtaining section for obtaining a power generation amount generated by a natural energy power generator (for example, a solar power generation panel), an electric power amount obtaining section for obtaining a consumed electric power amount used in the house, a comparing section for comparing the power generation amount obtained by the in-house power generation amount obtaining section with a consumed electric power amount obtained by the electric power amount obtaining section and an air conditioning controlling section for controlling the air conditioning controller according to a comparison result provided by the comparing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Daisuke KANEMATSU, Koki ANDO, Ayumi KONISHI
  • Publication number: 20220113044
    Abstract: Provided is an air-conditioning system that air-conditions a house having an upper floor and a lower floor positioned at a lower position than the upper floor. The air-conditioning system includes an air-conditioning apparatus that conditions air in an air-conditioning room provided at the upper floor or at a higher position than the upper floor, a plurality of conveyance fans that conveys the air in the air-conditioning room to a plurality of upper rooms positioned at the higher floor independent of the air condition room, and is provided to correspond to the plurality of upper rooms, coupling fans that couple the upper rooms and lower rooms positioned at lower positions of the upper rooms to blow air from the upper rooms to the lower rooms, and a system controller that controls the air-conditioning apparatus, the conveyance fans, and the coupling fans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Koki ANDO, Naoyuki FUNADA, Ayumi KONISHI
  • Patent number: 11168903
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system includes a humidifier for humidifying air and a dehumidifier for dehumidifying air of an air-conditioned room, respectively, multiple transfer fans in each of multiple rooms to transfer air of the air-conditioned room to the rooms, a room humidity sensor for obtaining an indoor humidity of rooms, an air-conditioned room humidity sensor for obtaining a humidity of the air-conditioned room and a system controller. The system controller includes a humidity control section for controlling the humidifier and/or the dehumidifier to maintain the humidity within a humidity range, an air volume determining section for determining an air volume of each of the transfer fans according to the indoor humidity obtained by the room humidity sensor and the humidity obtained by the air-conditioned room humidity sensor and a fan air volume control section for controlling the air volume of the transfer fans according to the determined air volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Tsubouchi, Takuma Aramaki, Takaaki Nakasone, Naoyuki Funada, Ayumi Konishi
  • Publication number: 20210310685
    Abstract: A plurality of independent air conditioners, a first air conditioner (AC) (9a), a second AC (9b), and a third AC (9c), are disposed in an air conditioning room. Individual target temperatures of each habitable room that are acquired from an input/output terminal (19) and an outdoor temperature that is acquired by an outdoor temperature sensor (7) are input to a mode setter (32). Based on the individual target temperatures and the outdoor temperature, the mode setter (32) sets a cooling mode and a cooling setpoint temperature for operation in the cooling mode, or a heating mode and a heating setpoint temperature for operation in the heating mode, for each of the first AC (9a), the second AC (9b), and the third AC (9c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Daisuke KANEMATSU, Naoyuki FUNADA, Ayumi KONISHI
  • Publication number: 20210310684
    Abstract: A ventilation and air conditioning system includes: an air conditioner that cools air in an air conditioning room; a plurality of transfer air fans that are installed for a plurality of rooms, which are independent of the air conditioning room, in one-to-one correspondence and each deliver the air in the air conditioning room to a corresponding room; and a system controller. For each of the plurality of rooms, the system controller calculates a dew point temperature in the room on the basis of the temperature and the humidity in the room, determines, on the basis of the calculated dew point temperature in the room and the temperature in the air conditioning room, the occurrence of condensation resulting from delivery of the air in the air conditioning room to the room, and controls, according to the result of the determination, the airflow of the transfer air fan corresponding to the room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Masayuki SASAKI, Naoyuki FUNADA, Ayumi KONISHI
  • Publication number: 20210293247
    Abstract: The air blower capable of exercising constant airflow rate control and a static pressure evaluation apparatus connectable to the air blower are provided, in which the air blower provides information for improving a duct shape and a duct path by calculating a static pressure in a duct connected to the air blower from a value of a current flowing through a brushless DC motor built in the air blower, a rotation speed of the brushless DC motor, a target airflow rate, and data on relations among these values; displaying at least one of a static pressure value and an evaluation, stored beforehand in accordance with a static pressure level, of the calculated static pressure; and, during installation of a ventilation fan, evaluating a duct resistance from the static pressure in the duct connected to the ventilation fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki UNO, Koki ANDO, Ayumi KONISHI
  • Publication number: 20210247079
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system includes a humidifier for humidifying air and a dehumidifier for dehumidifying air of an air-conditioned room, respectively, multiple transfer fans in each of multiple rooms to transfer air of the air-conditioned room to the rooms, a room humidity sensor for obtaining an indoor humidity of rooms, an air-conditioned room humidity sensor for obtaining a humidity of the air-conditioned room and a system controller. The system controller includes a humidity control section for controlling the humidifier and/or the dehumidifier to maintain the humidity within a humidity range, an air volume determining section for determining an air volume of each of the transfer fans according to the indoor humidity obtained by the room humidity sensor and the humidity obtained by the air-conditioned room humidity sensor and a fan air volume control section for controlling the air volume of the transfer fans according to the determined air volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Masafumi TSUBOUCHI, Takuma ARAMAKI, Takaaki NAKASONE, Naoyuki FUNADA, Ayumi KONISHI
  • Patent number: 11028525
    Abstract: An apparatus management system is provided which includes a bathroom heating and drying apparatus configured to control an air environment in a bathroom space; and a control terminal connected to the bathroom heating and drying apparatus to transmit and receive information to and from the bathroom heating and drying apparatus. The control terminal includes: condition acquisition unit configured to acquire operation information related to a control condition of the bathroom heating and drying apparatus; control condition determination unit configured to determine the control condition of the bathroom heating and drying apparatus, based on the operation information acquired by the condition acquisition unit; and an operating unit configured to operate the bathroom heating and drying apparatus under the control condition determined by the control condition determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Meitoku Okumura, Masamichi Kachi, Tsuraki Nakajima, Ayumi Konishi
  • Patent number: 10965486
    Abstract: A home appliance management system includes an outlet plug, a home appliance, and a control terminal. The outlet plug includes a position information storage which stores position information and a position information transmitting unit. The home appliance includes a position information receiving unit, a function providing unit, a type information storage, and a position and type information transmitting unit. The control terminal includes a position and type information receiving unit, a position and type information storage, an operating condition determining unit, and an operation controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masamichi Kachi, Kazuki Doumoto, Tsuraki Nakajima, Ayumi Konishi, Masato Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200292198
    Abstract: This air-conditioning system includes an air conditioner an air-conditioning room temperature sensor; and a system controller. In the system controller, a room target temperature obtainer obtains a plurality of room target temperatures. Moreover, a ventilation airflow determiner determines the ventilation airflow of each of the delivery fans on the basis of the room target temperature, the temperature in the corresponding room, and the temperature in the air-conditioning room, and a fan airflow controller controls the ventilation airflow of each of the delivery fans according to the ventilation airflow determined by the ventilation airflow determiner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Naoyuki FUNADA, Ayumi KONISHI
  • Patent number: 10760810
    Abstract: Equipment management system including two or more indoor environment control devices controlling the air environment in an indoor space; and control terminal connected to each of indoor environment control devices and configured to send and receive information to and from them. Control terminal includes external communication unit that communicates with mobile communication device connected through a public line; condition acquiring unit that acquires information related to an operating condition of indoor environment control devices from mobile communication device through external communication unit; operating condition determination unit that determines an operating condition of indoor environment control devices based on information acquired by condition acquiring unit; and control unit that operates indoor environment control devices under the operating condition determined by operating condition determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuusuke Nakashima, Masamichi Kachi, Tsuraki Nakajima, Ayumi Konishi
  • Publication number: 20200011005
    Abstract: An apparatus management system is provided which includes a bathroom heating and drying apparatus configured to control an air environment in a bathroom space; and a control terminal connected to the bathroom heating and drying apparatus to transmit and receive information to and from the bathroom heating and drying apparatus. The control terminal includes: condition acquisition unit configured to acquire operation information related to a control condition of the bathroom heating and drying apparatus; control condition determination unit configured to determine the control condition of the bathroom heating and drying apparatus, based on the operation information acquired by the condition acquisition unit; and an operating unit configured to operate the bathroom heating and drying apparatus under the control condition determined by the control condition determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Meitoku OKUMURA, Masamichi KACHI, Tsuraki NAKAJIMA, Ayumi KONISHI
  • Publication number: 20190323721
    Abstract: A home appliance management system includes an outlet plug, a home appliance, and a control terminal. The outlet plug includes a position information storage which stores position information and a position information transmitting unit. The home appliance includes a position information receiving unit, a function providing unit, a type information storage, and a position and type information transmitting unit. The control terminal includes a position and type information receiving unit, a position and type information storage, an operating condition determining unit, and an operation controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Masamichi KACHI, Kazuki DOUMOTO, Tsuraki NAKAJIMA, Ayumi KONISHI, Masato SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190086114
    Abstract: Equipment management system including two or more indoor environment control devices controlling the air environment in an indoor space; and control terminal connected to each of indoor environment control devices and configured to send and receive information to and from them. Control terminal includes external communication unit that communicates with mobile communication device connected through a public line; condition acquiring unit that acquires information related to an operating condition of indoor environment control devices from mobile communication device through external communication unit; operating condition determination unit that determines an operating condition of indoor environment control devices based on information acquired by condition acquiring unit; and control unit that operates indoor environment control devices under the operating condition determined by operating condition determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yuusuke NAKASHIMA, Masamichi KACHI, Tsuraki NAKAJIMA, Ayumi KONISHI