Patents by Inventor Hideki Takahara
Hideki Takahara 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: 11397019Abstract: A remote control for an air-conditioning apparatus includes: an outer button to be operated by a user for changing an operating condition of an air-conditioning apparatus body; an inner button to be operated by the user for changing the operating condition; a cover that is openable and closable and is configured to cover the inner button; a cover opening/closing detection unit configured to detect opening/closing of the cover; a display unit configured to display an enlarged display screen displaying at least one of an operation mode, a set temperature and a set humidity, and a detail display screen displaying a function of the inner button; and a display switching unit configured to, when the cover opening/closing detection unit detects that the cover is closed, make the display unit display the enlarged display screen, and when the cover opening/closing detection unit detects that the cover is open, make the display unit display the detail display screen.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2018Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hideki Takahara, Yukihiko Nagase, Reiji Morioka, Yuki Sakai, Takaki Yagisawa
-
Publication number: 20210055014Abstract: A remote control for an air-conditioning apparatus includes: an outer button to be operated by a user for changing an operating condition of an air-conditioning apparatus body; an inner button to be operated by the user for changing the operating condition; a cover that is openable and closable and is configured to cover the inner button; a cover opening/closing detection unit configured to detect opening/closing of the cover; a display unit configured to display an enlarged display screen displaying at least one of an operation mode, a set temperature and a set humidity, and a detail display screen displaying a function of the inner button; and a display switching unit configured to, when the cover opening/closing detection unit detects that the cover is closed, make the display unit display the enlarged display screen, and when the cover opening/closing detection unit detects that the cover is open, make the display unit display the detail display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2018Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Hideki TAKAHARA, Yukihiko NAGASE, Reiji MORIOKA, Yuki SAKAI, Takaki YAGISAWA
-
Patent number: 10739033Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes an indoor unit including a pair of lateral air-directing vanes each configured to adjust an orientation of an air flow blown from an air outlet in a lateral direction, and a remote control device configured to receive selection of at least two of a plurality of air flow directions in the lateral direction. The indoor unit includes an indoor-unit controller configured to individually adjust operations of the pair of lateral air-directing vanes in accordance with the selection of the plurality of air flow directions in the remote control device such that a left partial air flow does not collide with a right partial air flow.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2015Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Motoshi Tezuka, Daisuke Sugiyama, Tatsuo Seki, Hideki Takahara
-
Patent number: 10030879Abstract: A remote control device includes a flat, plate-like display to display a state of settings of the air-conditioning apparatus or a control command; a touch panel provided on or under the display to receive input of a control command for the air-conditioning apparatus through detection of a change in an electric signal, the change occurring when a display position of the display is touched; a transmitter to transmit to the air-conditioning apparatus a signal of the control command input through the touch panel; and a start/stop button provided at a position different from the touch panel and configured to trigger start of operation of or stop of operation of the air-conditioning apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Junichi Okazaki, Hideki Takahara, Jiro Nakasu, Miho Ishikawa, Hidetoshi Hatta
-
Publication number: 20180119983Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes an indoor unit including a pair of lateral air-directing vanes each configured to adjust an orientation of an air flow blown from an air outlet in a lateral direction, and a remote control device configured to receive selection of at least two of a plurality of air flow directions in the lateral direction. The indoor unit includes an indoor-unit controller configured to individually adjust operations of the pair of lateral air-directing vanes in accordance with the selection of the plurality of air flow directions in the remote control device such that a left partial air flow does not collide with a right partial air flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2015Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Motoshi TEZUKA, Daisuke SUGIYAMA, Tatsuo SEKI, Hideki TAKAHARA
-
Patent number: 9958179Abstract: A control unit includes a mode control unit that, when a test operation switch is turned on, transmits information indicating that a test operation mode is performed to a centralized management device via an adapter and an external network. When the information indicating that the test operation mode is performed is received, the centralized management device restricts an operation on the operation terminal to prevent an operation of the air-conditioning apparatus from being changed via the operation terminal.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2014Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Daisuke Sugiyama, Hideki Takahara
-
Patent number: 9383114Abstract: An indoor equipment of an air-conditioner, the indoor equipment comprising: a casing including an inlet and an outlet, the casing including therein, a heat exchanger, an indoor fan which sends indoor air sucked from the inlet to the outlet through the heat exchanger, an indoor fan motor which drives the indoor fan, the indoor fan motor including a rotor of the motor and a stator having an electric winding, and an electric component box which accommodates a circuit board controlling the indoor fan motor, wherein an inverter circuit controlling a current flowing through the stator is mounted on the circuit board which is accommodated in the electric component box, and wherein at least one element among switching elements and diode elements which configure the inverter circuit is formed of wide bandgap semiconductor.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki Takahara, Takashi Matsumoto
-
Publication number: 20160041742Abstract: A remote control device includes a display unit configured to display various screens including at least one main screen indicating an operating state of an apparatus to be operated, a touch panel disposed over the display unit, and a controller configured to cause at least one custom button to be displayed on the main screen along with the operating state. The custom button is assigned with one of a plurality of functions of the apparatus in accordance with a user operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Hideki TAKAHARA, Junichi OKAZAKI, Jiro NAKASU, Hidetoshi HATTA, Miho ISHIKAWA
-
Publication number: 20160033156Abstract: A remote control device includes a flat, plate-like display to display a state of settings of the air-conditioning apparatus or a control command; a touch panel provided on or under the display to receive input of a control command for the air-conditioning apparatus through detection of a change in an electric signal, the change occurring when a display position of the display is touched; a transmitter to transmit to the air-conditioning apparatus a signal of the control command input through the touch panel; and a start/stop button provided at a position different from the touch panel and configured to trigger start of operation of or stop of operation of the air-conditioning apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Junichi OKAZAKI, Hideki TAKAHARA, Jiro NAKASU, Miho ISHIKAWA, Hidetoshi HATTA
-
Publication number: 20150068234Abstract: A control unit includes a mode control unit that, when a test operation switch is turned on, transmits information indicating that a test operation mode is performed to a centralized management device via an adapter and an external network. When the information indicating that the test operation mode is performed is received, the centralized management device restricts an operation on the operation terminal to prevent an operation of the air-conditioning apparatus from being changed via the operation terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Daisuke SUGIYAMA, Hideki TAKAHARA
-
Patent number: 8508165Abstract: A rectifier connected with an AC source through a reactor, a plurality of capacitors connected in series between output terminals of the rectifier, first switching means connected between one input terminal of the rectifier and a connection point of a plurality of capacitors, second switching means connected between the other input terminal of the rectifier and the connection point of a plurality of capacitors, and a plurality of diodes connected with the plurality of capacitors in inverse-parallel are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2008Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yosuke Shinomoto, Hideki Takahara, Masato Handa, Makoto Tanikawa, Mitsuo Kashima
-
Patent number: 8498136Abstract: An AC-DC converter is provided which suppresses a harmonic current and improves power factor at low cost. Such an AC-DC converter includes a rectifier connected to an AC power supply via a reactor, capacitors connected in series across the output terminals of the rectifier, a first bidirectional switch having one end connected to one input terminal of the rectifier and the other end connected to a connecting point of capacitors, a second bidirectional switch having one end connected to the other input terminal of the rectifier and the other end connected to the other end of the first bidirectional switch, and a control circuit for actuating the first and second bidirectional switches during a half cycle of the AC power supply so as to control a voltage inputted to the rectifier to a desired output voltage.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2007Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yosuke Shinomoto, Kazunori Sakanobe, Hideki Takahara, Isao Kawasaki, Satoshi Azuma
-
Publication number: 20120252346Abstract: An indoor equipment of an air-conditioner, the indoor equipment comprising: a casing including an inlet and an outlet, the casing including therein, a heat exchanger, an indoor fan which sends indoor air sucked from the inlet to the outlet through the heat exchanger, an indoor fan motor which drives the indoor fan, the indoor fan motor including a rotor of the motor and a stator having an electric winding, and an electric component box which accommodates a circuit board controlling the indoor fan motor, wherein an inverter circuit controlling a current flowing through the stator is mounted on the circuit board which is accommodated in the electric component box, and wherein at least one element among switching elements and diode elements which configure the inverter circuit is formed of wide bandgap semiconductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hideki Takahara, Takashi Matsumoto
-
Publication number: 20110101898Abstract: A rectifier connected with an AC source through a reactor, a plurality of capacitors connected in series between output terminals of the rectifier, first switching means connected between one input terminal of the rectifier and a connection point of a plurality of capacitors, second switching means connected between the other input terminal of the rectifier and the connection point of a plurality of capacitors, and a plurality of diodes connected with the plurality of capacitors in inverse-parallel are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2008Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventors: Yosuke Shinomoto, Hideki Takahara, Masato Handa, Makoto Tanikawa, Mitsuo Kashima
-
Publication number: 20110019452Abstract: An AC-DC converter is provided which suppresses a harmonic current and improves power factor at low cost. Such an AC-DC converter includes a rectifier connected to an AC power supply via a reactor, capacitors connected in series across the output terminals of the rectifier, a first bidirectional switch having one end connected to one input terminal of the rectifier and the other end connected to a connecting point of capacitors, a second bidirectional switch having one end connected to the other input terminal of the rectifier and the other end connected to the other end of the first bidirectional switch, and a control circuit for actuating the first and second bidirectional switches during a half cycle of the AC power supply so as to control a voltage inputted to the rectifier to a desired output voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2007Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: Mitsucishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yosuke Shinomoto, Kazunori Sakanobe, Hideki Takahara, Isao Kawasaki, Satoshi Azuma
-
Patent number: 5394259Abstract: A modulation/demodulation apparatus includes a modulator for modulating data. When a central processing unit is operating in a first operating mode, a changeover unit selects and outputs modulated data signals provided by the modulator. When the central processing unit is operating in a second operating mode, the changeover unit selects and outputs unmodulated data signals. An IR light emitter outputs IR light corresponding to the data signals selected and output by the changeover unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 1993Date of Patent: February 28, 1995Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Hideki Takahara