Patents by Inventor Hidetoshi Muramatsu

Hidetoshi Muramatsu 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).

  • Publication number: 20230311300
    Abstract: A servo motor includes: a driving section including a rotor and stator; an input shaft configured such that a driving force of the driving section is transferred to the input shaft, wherein the input shaft is configured to be integral and rotated with the rotor; a reduction gear configured to output the driving force from the input shaft by reducing a rotational speed of the input shaft; an output shaft configured such that the driving force which has been transferred to the input shaft is transferred to the output shaft via the reduction gear; an input encoder disc attached to the input shaft; an output encoder disc attached to the output shaft; a circuit board including a predetermined circuit pattern; an input sensor mounted on the circuit board, wherein the input sensor is oriented toward the input encoder disc; and an output sensor mounted on the circuit board, wherein the output sensor is oriented toward the output encoder disc; wherein at least one of the input sensor or the output sensor is mounted on
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Shotaro KUDO, Toru KONO, Ryosei KURAMOTO, Hidetoshi MURAMATSU, Tomohiro KOMIYAMA, Yuri MIYAMA, Hideki OKU
  • Patent number: 11707850
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to reduce the downtime which occurs when changing a servo motor device. A servo motor device includes a motor section and a reduction gear configured to output a driving force by reducing a speed of rotation of the motor section, wherein a control device includes a detecting section configured to acquire detected information about operation of the motor section, and a computing section configured to generate an approximate curve based on a behavior for a time sequence of a parameter and to calculate predicted lifetime information of the servo motor device based on the approximate curve thus generated, wherein the parameter has been calculated by means of the detected information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: Futaba Corporation, Chiba Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Shotaro Kudo, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Toru Kono, Ryosei Kuramoto, Hidetoshi Muramatsu, Takayuki Furuta, Masaharu Shimizu, Hideaki Yamato
  • Publication number: 20230011111
    Abstract: An air conditioning system includes a plurality of air conditioners installed on a wall or a ceiling, and an air conditioning assisting device installed at a position at an equal distance from each of the air conditioners on the wall or the ceiling. The air conditioning assisting device includes a thermal image sensor, an assisting side communication unit that receives information relating to operating states of some or all of the air conditioners from some or all of the air conditioners, and transmits commands for air conditioning to some or all of the air conditioners, a storage unit that stores information obtained by the thermal image sensor and information received by the assisting side communication unit, and a processing unit that analyzes the information obtained by the thermal image sensor and the information received by the assisting side communication unit, and generates the commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Ena KUDO, Hidetoshi MURAMATSU
  • Patent number: 11435107
    Abstract: An air conditioning system according to the present invention includes: a first air conditioner; a second air conditioner; a first operation terminal capable of operating the first air conditioner; a second operation terminal capable of operating the second air conditioner; and a portable terminal that receives, from the first operation terminal, first setting information including first information for operating the first air conditioner or the second air conditioner, and second information that is information on the first operation terminal or the second operation terminal, generates transmission information on the basis of the first setting information, and transmits the transmission information to the second operation terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ino, Hidetoshi Muramatsu, Yoshiaki Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20220024049
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to reduce the downtime which occurs when changing a servo motor device. A servo motor device includes a motor section and a reduction gear configured to output a driving force by reducing a speed of rotation of the motor section, wherein a control device includes a detecting section configured to acquire detected information about operation of the motor section, and a computing section configured to generate an approximate curve based on a behavior for a time sequence of a parameter and to calculate predicted lifetime information of the servo motor device based on the approximate curve thus generated, wherein the parameter has been calculated by means of the detected information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Shotaro KUDO, Yasuyuki SUZUKI, Toru KONO, Ryosei KURAMOTO, Hidetoshi MURAMATSU, Takayuki FURUTA, Masaharu SHIMIZU, Hideaki YAMATO
  • Publication number: 20210370498
    Abstract: The present invention provides a main body with a coupling section, wherein the circuit board includes terminals for power supply and for signal, wherein the coupling section has a first positioning section and a second positioning section, and wherein the assembly is configured so that in a state where positioning has been performed by the first positioning section, positioning by the second positioning section is performed and the coupling section is coupled to another coupling section of another main body. Thus, coupling the coupling section is performed in the state where positioning has been performed, wherein connection of the terminals for power supply and for signal to power supply and signal terminal sections is performed in this state, which may enable the operability for coupling a coupling section to be improved while ensuring a mechanically and electrically correct coupled state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Shotaro KUDO, Yasuyuki SUZUKI, Toru KONO, Ryosei KURAMOTO, Hidetoshi MURAMATSU, Takayuki FURUTA, Masaharu SHIMIZU, Hideaki YAMATO, Yuu OKUMURA
  • Patent number: 10895395
    Abstract: An air-conditioner remote controller in an air conditioner system that includes the air-conditioner remote controller and an air conditioner that performs air-conditioning control using room temperature information received from the air-conditioner remote controller, includes: a storage unit to store room temperature information that is information on room temperature measured by a plurality of temperature sensors and store schedule information that sets, for each time zone, a temperature sensor to measure a room temperature to be used as room temperature information in the air-conditioning control of the air conditioner; and a control unit to perform control such that the room temperature information from the set temperature sensor is acquired from the storage unit and the acquired room temperature information is transmitted to the air conditioner in accordance with the schedule information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kojima, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Hidetoshi Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 10697659
    Abstract: An air-conditioning control system includes a plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses each provided with an indoor unit and an outdoor unit; a master remote control device associated with one or more of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses and adapted to control operation of the associated air-conditioning apparatus or apparatuses; and one or more slave remote control devices connected with the master remote control device using a first communication system, associated with a remaining one or ones of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses, and adapted to control operation of the associated air-conditioning apparatus or apparatuses, in which the indoor units of the air-conditioning apparatuses are connected with an associated one or ones of the master remote control device and the slave remote control device or devices using a second communication system different from the first communication system, and the master remote control device controls the operation of the remaining air-conditioning
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Koizumi, Yoshihisa Kojima, Mitsuru Kitazaki, Hidetoshi Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20200033021
    Abstract: An air conditioning system according to the present invention includes: a first air conditioner; a second air conditioner; a first operation terminal capable of operating the first air conditioner; a second operation terminal capable of operating the second air conditioner; and a portable terminal that receives, from the first operation terminal, first setting information including first information for operating the first air conditioner or the second air conditioner, and second information that is information on the first operation terminal or the second operation terminal, generates transmission information on the basis of the first setting information, and transmits the transmission information to the second operation terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki INO, Hidetoshi MURAMATSU, Yoshiaki KOIZUMI
  • Patent number: 10365002
    Abstract: A remote controller of an air-conditioning system enables operation state diagnosing. A remote controller of an air-conditioning system having an outdoor device, and an indoor device connected to the outdoor device includes a communication unit that performs bidirectional communication with the indoor device in a wired or wireless manner, and a memory that has stored therein operation-state diagnosing tables for every operation mode that are used in maintenance and inspection of the air-conditioning system. An appropriate one of the operation-state diagnosing tables is used according to an operation mode and an operation time of the air-conditioning system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ino, Hidetoshi Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20190003735
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system includes an air-conditioning apparatus including an outdoor unit and an indoor unit having a radiation temperature sensor that detects radiation temperature in a space to be air-conditioned, a controller that communicates with the indoor unit and acquires detection data from the radiation temperature sensor, and a terminal that communicates with the controller and acquires the detection data from the controller. The terminal detects a change in detection data and outputs the change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiaki KOIZUMI, Yoshihisa KOJIMA, Hidetoshi MURAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20180356115
    Abstract: An air-conditioning control system includes a plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses each provided with an indoor unit and an outdoor unit; a master remote control device associated with one or more of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses and adapted to control operation of the associated air-conditioning apparatus or apparatuses; and one or more slave remote control devices connected with the master remote control device using a first communication system, associated with a remaining one or ones of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses, and adapted to control operation of the associated air-conditioning apparatus or apparatuses, in which the indoor units of the air-conditioning apparatuses are connected with an associated one or ones of the master remote control device and the slave remote control device or devices using a second communication system different from the first communication system, and the master remote control device controls the operation of the remaining air-conditioning
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki KOIZUMI, Yoshihisa KOJIMA, Mitsuru KITAZAKI, Hidetoshi MURAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20180320918
    Abstract: An air-conditioner remote controller in an air conditioner system that includes the air-conditioner remote controller and an air conditioner that performs air-conditioning control using room temperature information received from the air-conditioner remote controller, includes: a storage unit to store room temperature information that is information on room temperature measured by a plurality of temperature sensors and store schedule information that sets, for each time zone, a temperature sensor to measure a room temperature to be used as room temperature information in the air-conditioning control of the air conditioner; and a control unit to perform control such that the room temperature information from the set temperature sensor is acquired from the storage unit and the acquired room temperature information is transmitted to the air conditioner in accordance with the schedule information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshihisa KOJIMA, Yoshiaki KOIZUMI, Hidetoshi MURAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20180038608
    Abstract: An object is to provide a remote controller of an air-conditioning system that enables operation state diagnosing with high accuracy even after a long-term use. A remote controller of an air-conditioning system having an outdoor device, and an indoor device connected to the outdoor device includes a communication unit that is capable of performing bidirectional communication with the indoor device in a wired or wireless manner, and a memory that has stored therein a plurality of operation-state diagnosing tables for every operation mode that are used in maintenance and inspection of the air-conditioning system. An appropriate one of the operation-state diagnosing tables is used according to an operation mode and as operation time of the air-conditioning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroyuki INO, Hidetoshi MURAMATSU
  • Patent number: 9829208
    Abstract: An operating terminal that is capable of controlling an air conditioner including an indoor device and an outdoor device. The operating terminal includes a display unit that displays at least state information of an air conditioner, a memory that stores therein setting information recorded on an outdoor/indoor control substrate, a communication unit that performs information communication with the indoor device, and an information processing unit that reads setting information set in the outdoor/indoor control substrate through the communication unit, records this setting information 32a in the memory, and causes the display unit to display the setting information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ino, Hidetoshi Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20150032268
    Abstract: An operating terminal that is capable of controlling an air conditioner including an indoor device and an outdoor device. The operating terminal includes a display unit that displays at least state information of an air conditioner, a memory that stores therein setting information recorded on an outdoor/indoor control substrate, a communication unit that performs information communication with the indoor device, and an information processing unit that reads setting information set in the outdoor/indoor control substrate through the communication unit, records this setting information in the memory, and causes the display unit to display the setting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ino, Hidetoshi Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 8655492
    Abstract: A control device that controls a plurality of air conditioners includes a data memory section for storing performance model data representing the relationship between air conditioning capability and power consumption for each of the plurality of air conditioners. An overall air conditioning load calculating section calculates an overall load that is the sum of air conditioning loads of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses. An air conditioning capability allocation calculating section an air conditioning capability for each of the plurality of air conditioners on the basis of the performance model data and the overall load so that the sum of the air conditioning capability of the plurality of air conditioners is the overall load and the sum of the power consumption of the plurality of air conditioners is minimum. A control signal section sends a control signal related to the air conditioning capability to each of the plurality of air conditioners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Wakuta, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Yasuhiro Kojima, Hidetoshi Muramatsu, Hirokuni Shiba
  • Publication number: 20110093121
    Abstract: A control device that controls a plurality of air conditioners includes a data memory section for storing performance model data representing the relationship between air conditioning capability and power consumption for each of the plurality of air conditioners. An overall air conditioning load calculating section calculates an overall load that is the sum of air conditioning loads of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses. An air conditioning capability allocation calculating section an air conditioning capability for each of the plurality of air conditioners on the basis of the performance model data and the overall load so that the sum of the air conditioning capability of the plurality of air conditioners is the overall load and the sum of the power consumption of the plurality of air conditioners is minimum. A control signal section sends a control signal related to the air conditioning capability to each of the plurality of air conditioners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Wakuta, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Yasuhiro Kojima, Hidetoshi Muramatsu, Hirokuni Shiba