Patents by Inventor HIROSHI TANIOKU

HIROSHI TANIOKU 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: 20230228646
    Abstract: An inspection device includes an output unit, a storage unit, and an inspection unit. The output unit outputs a control signal for controlling a water supply valve to control supply and no supply of irrigation water from a water supply pipe in an open farm field, between an open state and a closed state. The storage unit stores water pressures of irrigation water as detected in a period from a state where the water supply valve becomes in the open state and irrigation water is supplied from the water supply pipe until an expected time elapses after the water supply valve becomes in the closed state and the water supply pipe is expected to be filled with irrigation water. The inspection unit calculates a time constant of water pressure based on the water pressures and inspects the water supply pipe based on the time constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Naohisa NIIMI, Gentaro MASUDA, Hiroshi TANIOKU, Yoshihiko SHIRAISHI, Naoki HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230225266
    Abstract: A control device controls a water supply device that supplies irrigation water to an open farm field in which a plant grows. The control device includes a storage unit, a calculation unit, and an output unit. The storage unit stores an environment value of each of a plurality of divided areas obtained by dividing the farm field and weather forecast of the farm field. The calculation unit calculates, based on an environment value and the weather forecast, an irrigation schedule in which supply time and amount of the irrigation water individually supplied to each of the plurality of divided areas during the irrigation period are determined. The output unit outputs to the water supply device, a control signal to control supply and no supply of the irrigation water to each of the plurality of divided areas based on the irrigation schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: NAOHISA NIIMI, MICHITAKE KURODA, HIROSHI UCHIGASHIMA, TOMOHIRO YOKOCHI, HIROSHI TANIOKU, NAOKI HASEGAWA