Patents by Inventor Koichiro KUI

Koichiro KUI 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: 9999114
    Abstract: A control system includes: a first human detector that detects the presence or absence of a human within a first detection range; a second human detector that has a second detection range that overlaps with the first detection range, and detects the presence or absence of a human within the second detection range; a determiner that has a plurality of determination modes for determining the presence or absence of a human; a transmitter that transmits a control signal to a control target based on a result of determination made by the determiner; and a load that receives the control signal and serves as the control target whose operation mode is switched according to the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Takenouchi, Yusuke Hashimoto, Hiroshi Matsuda, Yasuhiro Mori, Koichiro Kui
  • Patent number: 9976895
    Abstract: A sensor control device which controls: a first sensor which detects, based on a captured image, whether a person is present in a first detection range, and detects, for each of regions into which the first detection range is divided, whether a person is present in the region, based on a captured image; and a plurality of second sensors which detect, based on infrared radiation, whether a person is present in respective second detection ranges includes a determiner which matches, for each of the regions, an on or off state of a detection function of the first sensor in the region with an on or off state of a detection function of a second sensor whose second detection range overlaps the region, among the plurality of second sensors, by controlling the first sensor and the plurality of second sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Miura, Tomoaki Sasaki, Koichiro Kui, Yoshitaka Kimura, Hirofumi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 9869581
    Abstract: A detection device includes: a first sensor which detects, based on a captured image, whether a person is present in a first detection range; a plurality of second sensors which are disposed around the first sensor, and detect, based on infrared radiation, whether a person is present in respective second detection ranges each of which overlaps at least a portion of the first detection range; and at least one hood which blocks part of infrared radiation directed to at least one of the plurality of second sensors, to reduce a non-overlapping portion of a combined detection range of the first detection range of the first sensor and the second detection ranges of the plurality of second sensors, the non-overlapping portion being a portion in which the first detection range and the second detection ranges do not overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Miura, Tomoaki Sasaki, Koichiro Kui, Yoshitaka Kimura, Hirofumi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 9792493
    Abstract: A sensor control device includes: a determiner which has a first determination mode for determining whether a person is present, based on a result of detection by a first sensor and a result of detection by a second sensor, and a second determination mode for determining whether a person is present, based on a result of detection by the second sensor, wherein the determiner suspends determination as to whether a person is present in the first determination mode, if a brightness change value indicating a change in brightness in a first detection range during a certain time period is greater than a predetermined value in the first determination mode, and determines whether a person is present in the first determination mode, if the brightness change value in the first detection range is less than the predetermined value in the first determination mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Miura, Tomoaki Sasaki, Koichiro Kui, Yoshitaka Kimura, Hirofumi Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20170265276
    Abstract: A control system includes: a first human detector that detects the presence or absence of a human within a first detection range; a second human detector that has a second detection range that overlaps with the first detection range, and detects the presence or absence of a human within the second detection range; a determiner that has a plurality of determination modes for determining the presence or absence of a human; a transmitter that transmits a control signal to a control target based on a result of determination made by the determiner; and a load that receives the control signal and serves as the control target whose operation mode is switched according to the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Toshiharu TAKENOUCHI, Yusuke HASHIMOTO, Hiroshi MATSUDA, Yasuhiro MORI, Koichiro KUI
  • Patent number: 9716863
    Abstract: A load control system includes: an imaging sensor to capture an image of a target space and detect whether or not a human exists in a detection area in the space; and a display terminal including a display unit to display detection area information corresponding to the detection area thereon. The imaging sensor transmits a transmission signal containing area data indicative of the detection area to the transmission control device, and the transmission control device transmits a transmission signal containing the area data and an address of the display terminal to the display terminal, and the display terminal displays the detection area information on the display unit based on the area data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Taku Haraguchi, Koichiro Kui, Toshiharu Takenouchi, Koichiro Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20160265966
    Abstract: A sensor control device which controls: a first sensor which detects, based on a captured image, whether a person is present in a first detection range, and detects, for each of regions into which the first detection range is divided, whether a person is present in the region, based on a captured image; and a plurality of second sensors which detect, based on infrared radiation, whether a person is present in respective second detection ranges includes a determiner which matches, for each of the regions, an on or off state of a detection function of the first sensor in the region with an on or off state of a detection function of a second sensor whose second detection range overlaps the region, among the plurality of second sensors, by controlling the first sensor and the plurality of second sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Kei MIURA, Tomoaki SASAKI, Koichiro KUI, Yoshitaka KIMURA, Hirofumi SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160267322
    Abstract: A sensor control device includes: a determiner which has a first determination mode for determining whether a person is present, based on a result of detection by a first sensor and a result of detection by a second sensor, and a second determination mode for determining whether a person is present, based on a result of detection by the second sensor, wherein the determiner suspends determination as to whether a person is present in the first determination mode, if a brightness change value indicating a change in brightness in a first detection range during a certain time period is greater than a predetermined value in the first determination mode, and determines whether a person is present in the first determination mode, if the brightness change value in the first detection range is less than the predetermined value in the first determination mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Kei MIURA, Tomoaki SASAKI, Koichiro KUI, Yoshitaka KIMURA, Hirofumi SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160265965
    Abstract: A detection device includes: a first sensor which detects, based on a captured image, whether a person is present in a first detection range; a plurality of second sensors which are disposed around the first sensor, and detect, based on infrared radiation, whether a person is present in respective second detection ranges each of which overlaps at least a portion of the first detection range; and at least one hood which blocks part of infrared radiation directed to at least one of the plurality of second sensors, to reduce a non-overlapping portion of a combined detection range of the first detection range of the first sensor and the second detection ranges of the plurality of second sensors, the non-overlapping portion being a portion in which the first detection range and the second detection ranges do not overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Kei MIURA, Tomoaki SASAKI, Koichiro KUI, Yoshitaka KIMURA, Hirofumi SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150226829
    Abstract: A load control system includes: an imaging sensor to capture an image of a target space and detect whether or not a human exists in a detection area in the space; and a display terminal including a display unit to display detection area information corresponding to the detection area thereon. The imaging sensor transmits a transmission signal containing area data indicative of the detection area to the transmission control device, and the transmission control device transmits a transmission signal containing the area data and an address of the display terminal to the display terminal, and the display terminal displays the detection area information on the display unit based on the area data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Taku HARAGUCHI, Koichiro KUI, Toshiharu TAKENOUCHI, Koichiro HASHIMOTO