Patents by Inventor Kiichirou Satou
Kiichirou Satou 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: 11959674Abstract: A refrigeration system including a storage in which multiple containers are joined and each include a refrigeration apparatus includes a first communication unit, a second communication unit, and a third communication unit that perform communication so that the refrigeration apparatuses of the containers operate in synchronization with each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kiichirou Satou
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Patent number: 11927531Abstract: A degradation status of a casing containing fresh items is to be grasped. An information processing device includes: an internal information acquisition unit acquiring internal information, which is information regarding an inside of a casing containing a fresh item in a refrigerated state or a frozen state; and a degradation information generation unit generating information regarding degradation of the casing based on the internal information acquired by the internal information acquisition unit. The internal information acquisition unit acquires, as the internal information, atmosphere information, which is information regarding an atmosphere inside the casing, and the degradation information generation unit generates the information regarding the degradation based on the atmosphere information.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hidenori Matsui, Kiichirou Satou, Shouichi Tanno
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Patent number: 11920839Abstract: A refrigeration system including a storage in which multiple containers are joined and each include a refrigeration apparatus includes a first communication unit, a second communication unit, and a third communication unit that perform communication so that the refrigeration apparatuses of the containers operate in synchronization with each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kiichirou Satou
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Publication number: 20230367278Abstract: A selection apparatus according to an aspect of the disclosure includes a calculation unit configured to calculate, based on data correlated with power consumption of portable cold-energy equipment and data related to a set temperature of the cold-energy equipment, an amount of power consumption expected during transportation of the cold-energy equipment to a predetermined destination; and a selection unit configured to select, based on the amount of power consumption calculated by the calculator, a rechargeable battery to be mounted on the cold-energy equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Masataka NAKANO, Kiichirou SATOU, Motomi NISHIMOTO, Hidenori MATSUI
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Publication number: 20230225343Abstract: A ripening controldevice includes a holding unit, a desorption unit, and a supply unit. The holding unit holds a ripening component that is generated from an object and ripens the object. The desorption unit desorbs the ripening component held in the holding unit from the holding unit. The supply unit supplies the ripening component desorbed by the desorption unit into the target spaces (S).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kiichirou SATOU, Motomi NISHIMOTO, Masataka NAKANO, Shouichi TANNO, Hidenori MATSUI
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Publication number: 20230196259Abstract: An information processing device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding an operation of an environment adjustment unit, the environment adjustment unit being configured to adjust an interior environment of a storage storing a perishable product; and a management unit configured to manage, using a distributed ledger, the information regarding the operation of the environment adjustment unit acquired by the acquisition unit. According to the information processing device, it is possible to show evidence for determining whether the cause of a defect of the perishable product is the environment adjustment unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kiichirou SATOU, Hidenori MATSUI, Shouichi TANNO
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Publication number: 20230138886Abstract: Reinforcement learning is performed on control conditions of the perishable product environment by using information regarding freshness of perishable products by a freshness sensor to automatically control the perishable product environment. There are provided: a freshness determination section 520 acquiring information regarding freshness of a perishable product contained in a storage container; and an analysis section 530 learning, by reinforcement learning, an inside environment of the storage container for the freshness of the perishable product acquired by the freshness determination section 520 to decide a reward used in the learning. The analysis section 530 decides the reward based on the decrease in the freshness over a certain period of time under the inside environment for the freshness determined based on the freshness acquired by the freshness determination section 520. Then, the analysis section 530 learns the inside environment for the freshness based on the decided reward.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shouichi TANNO, Kiichirou SATOU, Hidenori MATSUI
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Publication number: 20230117594Abstract: A degradation status of a casing containing fresh items is to be grasped. An information processing device includes: an internal information acquisition unit acquiring internal information, which is information regarding an inside of a casing containing a fresh item in a refrigerated state or a frozen state; and a degradation information generation unit generating information regarding degradation of the casing based on the internal information acquired by the internal information acquisition unit. The internal information acquisition unit acquires, as the internal information, atmosphere information, which is information regarding an atmosphere inside the casing, and the degradation information generation unit generates the information regarding the degradation based on the atmosphere information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hidenori MATSUI, Kiichirou SATOU, Shouichi TANNO
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Publication number: 20230115574Abstract: An adjustment system includes: an accommodation unit configured to contain a perishable product; a first identification unit configured to be capable of identifying condition information about a condition of the perishable product in an accommodation unit; a second identification unit different from the first identification unit and configured to be capable of identifying condition information about a condition of the perishable product in an accommodation unit; and an adjusting unit configured to perform an adjustment to at least one of first condition information and second condition information based on a predetermined criterion, the first condition information being about the condition information for the perishable product identified at a first time by the first identification unit, the second condition information being about the condition information for the perishable product identified at a second time by the second identification unit, the second time being different from the first time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kiichirou SATOU, Shouichi TANNO, Hidenori MATSUI
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Patent number: 11454442Abstract: An abnormality determination device for a transporting refrigeration apparatus includes a determination unit that determines an abnormality of the transporting refrigeration apparatus installed on a container. In pre-trip inspection that is conducted before the container is loaded on a transporting device, a test operation is performed for test operating modes. The pre-trip inspection is conducted multiple times. The abnormality determination device is configured to obtain at least part of time series test data related to a same one of the test operating modes in the pre-trip inspection. The determination unit is configured to determine whether the transporting refrigeration apparatus has an abnormality based on a change trend of the time series test data related to a same one of the test operating modes when the pre-trip inspection is conducted multiple times, and when there is no abnormality, estimate an abnormality occurrence time.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kiichirou Satou
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Patent number: 11428462Abstract: A set temperature calculating apparatus, a low temperature treatment system, a set temperature calculating method, and a set temperature calculating program are provided for realizing a low temperature treatment. The set temperature calculating apparatus includes: a first obtaining unit configured to obtain data correlating with a heat load in a container storage; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a set temperature when performing temperature control in the container storage; and a learning unit configured to learn a cargo core temperature in the container storage according to a data set including a combination of the data correlating with the heat load and the set temperature.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kiichirou Satou
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Publication number: 20220205658Abstract: An air circulation device includes a suction section configured to suck indoor air, and a blower section configured to blow the air sucked by the suction section into a room. The air is in a form of a vortex ring. The air circulation device is operable in at least a first mode in which the vortex ring blown therefrom reaches a wall surface of the room.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2022Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Masafumi UDA, Yousuke IMAI, Keita KAWAHARA, Kiichirou SATOU
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Publication number: 20220185064Abstract: A quality determination apparatus includes a state detector and a main processing unit. The state detector detects a state index. The state index is an index indicating a state of a target article contained in a storage space where an internal environment is controlled. The main processing unit performs a determination operation. The determination operation is an operation of determining whether a sign condition indicating a sign of degradation of the target article is met based on the state index detected by the state detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2022Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hidenori MATSUI, Naohiro TANAKA, Shouichi TANNO, Masataka NAKANO, Motomi NISHIMOTO, Kiichirou SATOU
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Publication number: 20220099362Abstract: A set temperature calculating apparatus, a low temperature treatment system, a set temperature calculating method, and a set temperature calculating program are provided for realizing a low temperature treatment. The set temperature calculating apparatus includes: a first obtaining unit configured to obtain data correlating with a heat load in a container storage; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a set temperature when performing temperature control in the container storage; and a learning unit configured to learn a cargo core temperature in the container storage according to a data set including a combination of the data correlating with the heat load and the set temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventor: Kiichirou SATOU
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Publication number: 20220042730Abstract: An abnormality determination device (60) includes a calculator (66) calculating a deviation degree of a compressor (11) from a normal state based on data related to operation of a refrigeration apparatus (1) and a determination unit (62) determining whether the compressor (11) has an abnormality or estimating an abnormality occurrence time based on a calculation result of the calculator (66). The calculator (66) calculates a first index value from data related to operation of the refrigeration apparatus (1) in a first period and a second index value from data related to operation of the refrigeration apparatus (1) in a second period that differs in length from the first period. The calculator (66) calculates the deviation degree of the compressor (11) from the normal state based on the first index value and the second index value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2019Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kiichirou SATOU, Masataka NAKANO
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Publication number: 20220034568Abstract: A refrigerant leakage determination device includes a calculator and a determination unit. The calculator calculates a deviation degree of a refrigerant circuit from a normal state based on data related to operation of a refrigeration apparatus. The determination unit determines refrigerant leakage or estimates refrigerant leakage occurrence time based on a calculation result of the calculator. The calculator calculates first and second index values respectively from data related to operation of the refrigeration apparatus in a first period and a second period that differs in length from the first period and calculates the deviation degree of the refrigerant circuit from the normal state based on the first and second index values. The determination unit determines refrigerant leakage or estimates refrigerant leakage occurrence time based on the deviation degree of the refrigerant circuit from the normal state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kiichirou SATOU, Masataka NAKANO
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Publication number: 20210310727Abstract: An abnormality determination device for a transporting refrigeration apparatus includes a determination unit that determines an abnormality of the transporting refrigeration apparatus installed on a container. In pre-trip inspection that is conducted before the container is loaded on a transporting device, a test operation is performed for test operating modes. The pre-trip inspection is conducted multiple times. The abnormality determination device is configured to obtain at least part of time series test data related to a same one of the test operating modes in the pre-trip inspection. The determination unit is configured to determine whether the transporting refrigeration apparatus has an abnormality based on a change trend of the time series test data related to a same one of the test operating modes when the pre-trip inspection is conducted multiple times, and when there is no abnormality, estimate an abnormality occurrence time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2019Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kiichirou SATOU
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Publication number: 20200340723Abstract: A refrigeration system including a storage in which multiple containers are joined and each include a refrigeration apparatus includes a first communication unit, a second communication unit, and a third communication unit that perform communication so that the refrigeration apparatuses of the containers operate in synchronization with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2018Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kiichirou SATOU
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Patent number: 10215481Abstract: A refrigeration device includes a blow-out temperature detector that detects the blow-out temperature of air blown out into the interior of the device, a cargo temperature detector that detects the temperature of a cargo, an operation controller that performs cooling control of the interior on the basis of the detection temperature from the blow-out temperature detector and the detection temperature from the cargo temperature detector, a storage unit that stores a first set temperature as a control target value for the blow-out temperature and a cargo target temperature as a target value for the temperature of the cargo, and a time measurement unit that measures a treatment time elapsed for low-temperature treatment of the cargo. The operation controller is configured to control the refrigerant circuit so that the blow-out temperature approaches the first set temperature.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kiichirou Satou, Yuusuke Fujimoto, Kenji Takata, Norio Iga
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Patent number: 10012424Abstract: The refrigeration apparatus includes a controller. The controller performs normal operation control for controlling drive of the exterior fan and the compressor in order to bring the interior temperature to a target temperature, dehumidification control in which the interior humidity is adjusted to a predetermined target range of the high-humidity region, and power-saving control which is implemented by the control of drive of the exterior fan and the compressor such that a change in the interior temperature is kept within a temperature range based on the target temperature. The controller switches from the dehumidification control to the power-saving control in the case where the interior humidity has become a lower limit value of the target range of the high-humidity region or less.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2012Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kiichirou Satou, Hisaaki Takaoka