Patents by Inventor Masato TANIGAWA

Masato TANIGAWA 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: 10119716
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus controller includes a light-emitting indicator that emits light in a plurality of colors, a main display that displays a setting screen for light-emitting indication by the light-emitting indicator, a touch panel through which an instruction related to settings displayed on the main display is input, a data processing unit of a controller that causes the main display to display the setting screen, and performs setting processing for assigning an indication color to an indication content to be provided by the light-emitting indicator, in accordance with the instruction transmitted from the touch panel, and a data storage unit that stores settings for the processing performed by the data processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Maeda, Hirotaka Masui, Masato Tanigawa
  • Patent number: 9869485
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling an HVAC unit, including: receiving input signals from a thermostat; setting a mode of the HVAC unit to a heating mode when a heating signal is enabled, or to a cooling mode when a cooling signal is enabled; setting a capacity of the HVAC unit to a set capacity based on the input signals; calculating a heating/cooling change rate based on temperature data received from the HVAC unit; comparing the heating/cooling change rate with a threshold; maintaining the HVAC unit at the set capacity percentage if the heating/cooling change rate is equal to the threshold; lowering the current capacity by a first cooling increment, to a minimum of 0%, if the heating/cooling change rate is above the threshold; and raising the current capacity by a second cooling increment, to a maximum of 100%, if the heating/cooling change rate is below the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ushirosako, Matthew Wesley Smithson, Masato Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20160252266
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling an HVAC unit, including: receiving input signals from a thermostat; setting a mode of the HVAC unit to a heating mode when a heating signal is enabled, or to a cooling mode when a cooling signal is enabled; setting a capacity of the HVAC unit to a set capacity based on the input signals; calculating a heating/cooling change rate based on temperature data received from the HVAC unit; comparing the heating/cooling change rate with a threshold; maintaining the HVAC unit at the set capacity percentage if the heating/cooling change rate is equal to the threshold; lowering the current capacity by a first cooling increment, to a minimum of 0%, if the heating/cooling change rate is above the threshold; and raising the current capacity by a second cooling increment, to a maximum of 100%, if the heating/cooling change rate is below the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroaki USHIROSAKO, Matthew Wesley SMITHSON, Masato TANIGAWA
  • Publication number: 20140184418
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus controller includes a light-emitting indicator that emits light in a plurality of colors, a main display that displays a setting screen for light-emitting indication by the light-emitting indicator, a touch panel through which an instruction related to settings displayed on the main display is input, a data processing unit of a controller that causes the main display to display the setting screen, and performs setting processing for assigning an indication color to an indication content to be provided by the light-emitting indicator, in accordance with the instruction transmitted from the touch panel, and a data storage unit that stores settings for the processing performed by the data processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo MAEDA, Hirotaka MASUI, Masato TANIGAWA