Patents by Inventor Mayumi Miura

Mayumi Miura 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: 10122172
    Abstract: An air-conditioning control system includes a grouping target apparatus storage unit that stores information about a plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses which are rotation group setting targets; an attribute storage unit that stores an attribute of each of the air-conditioning apparatuses; a group setting rule storage unit that stores a group setting rule for reducing, between the rotation groups, a difference in total power consumption of air-conditioning apparatuses having an identical attribute; a power consumption obtaining unit that obtains information about power consumption values of the air-conditioning apparatuses; a group determination unit that determines rotation groups to which the air-conditioning apparatuses belong in accordance with the power consumption values of the air-conditioning apparatuses and the group setting rule; and a group storage unit that stores grouping information indicating the rotation groups to which the air-conditioning apparatuses belong.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mayumi Miura, Masato Tanaka, Kouji Higashijima, Takashi Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 9995498
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus includes an information obtaining unit that obtains, from a target VAV air conditioning system to be monitored, a room temperature and a variable air volume; a room temperature display processing unit that displays, in a form of a graph, the room temperature obtained from the target VAV air conditioning system to be monitored; a controllable range calculating unit that calculates a length of a bar of a bar graph indicating a controllable range on the basis of the variable air volume; and a controllable range display processing unit that displays the bar graph including the bar having the length calculated by the controllable range calculating unit such that the bar graph is overlapped with the room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Harayama, Mayumi Miura, Masato Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9851117
    Abstract: A need identifying device is provided with a need storing portion that receives, from an informant, a need pertaining to the surrounding environment, an environment state variable controlling portion that calculates an environment state variable for indicating the state of the surrounding environment of the informant based on an environment element measured value collected from a space occupied by the informant, and calculates, from the environment state variable, a dissatisfaction level for the surrounding environment of the informant, and an identification processing portion that identifies, based on the dissatisfaction level, a need from the informant as a temporary need or as a persistent need.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Azbil Corporation
    Inventors: Mayumi Miura, Ryota Dazai, Masato Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9709293
    Abstract: The controlling device includes a set point obtaining portion that obtains a set point from a feedback controlling system for calculating, and outputting to an actuator, a manipulated variable based on the set point and a process variable, and an actuator controlling portion that changes a gain of an actuator so as to have an effect of a change in the process variable that is produced through the change in the gain of the actuator tracking a change in the set point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Azbil Corporation
    Inventors: Mayumi Miura, Masato Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160187021
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus includes an information obtaining unit that obtains, from a target VAV air conditioning system to be monitored, a room temperature and a variable air volume; a room temperature display processing unit that displays, in a form of a graph, the room temperature obtained from the target VAV air conditioning system to be monitored; a controllable range calculating unit that calculates a length of a bar of a bar graph indicating a controllable range on the basis of the variable air volume; and a controllable range display processing unit that displays the bar graph including the bar having the length calculated by the controllable range calculating unit such that the bar graph is overlapped with the room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya HARAYAMA, Mayumi MIURA, Masato TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20160187019
    Abstract: An air-conditioning control system includes a grouping target apparatus storage unit that stores information about a plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses which are rotation group setting targets; an attribute storage unit that stores an attribute of each of the air-conditioning apparatuses; a group setting rule storage unit that stores a group setting rule for reducing, between the rotation groups, a difference in total power consumption of air-conditioning apparatuses having an identical attribute; a power consumption obtaining unit that obtains information about power consumption values of the air-conditioning apparatuses; a group determination unit that determines rotation groups to which the air-conditioning apparatuses belong in accordance with the power consumption values of the air-conditioning apparatuses and the group setting rule; and a group storage unit that stores grouping information indicating the rotation groups to which the air-conditioning apparatuses belong.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mayumi MIURA, Masato TANAKA, Kouji HIGASHIJIMA, Takashi KOYANAGI
  • Patent number: 9008979
    Abstract: A total energy quantity controlling device has a calculation data generating portion for defining, as calculation data, data for the amount of energy used for a processing energy type at a processing location for a processing month in a processing fiscal year, if this data is confirmed, or substitute data if this data for the amount of energy used is not confirmed; a substitute data determining portion for determining the substitute data; a data calculation processing portion for using the calculation data to calculate an aggregate value for the amount of energy used; a substitution rate calculating portion for calculating a substitution rate that is the use rate of the substitute data or the confirmed data within the aggregate value for the amount of energy used; and a displaying portion for displaying the aggregate value for the amount of energy used and the use rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Azbil Corporation
    Inventor: Mayumi Miura
  • Publication number: 20140374496
    Abstract: A need identifying device is provided with a need storing portion that receives, from an informant, a need pertaining to the surrounding environment, an environment state variable controlling portion that calculates an environment state variable for indicating the state of the surrounding environment of the informant based on an environment element measured value collected from a space occupied by the informant, and calculates, from the environment state variable, a dissatisfaction level for the surrounding environment of the informant, and an identification processing portion that identifies, based on the dissatisfaction level, a need from the informant as a temporary need or as a persistent need.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Azbil Corporation
    Inventors: Mayumi MIURA, Ryota DAZAI, Masato TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20140358299
    Abstract: The controlling device includes a set point obtaining portion that obtains a set point from a feedback controlling system for calculating, and outputting to an actuator, a manipulated variable based on the set point and a process variable, and an actuator controlling portion that changes a gain of an actuator so as to have an effect of a change in the process variable that is produced through the change in the gain of the actuator tracking a change in the set point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mayumi MIURA, Masato TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20140358470
    Abstract: An evaluating device includes an environment information controlling portion that obtains, for each individual customer, environment information during an electric power conservation period for customers who have performed electric power conservation measures, an environment information storing portion that stores environment information obtained from the environment information controlling portion, and an environment evaluating portion that calculates, for each individual customer, an environmental degradation level indicating the level of degradation experienced by the customer during previous electric power conservation periods, based on environment information stored in the environment information storing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mayumi MIURA, Masato TANAKA
  • Patent number: 8734575
    Abstract: The airflow controlling device includes a bacteria counting portion counting bacteria of a controlled space; a first smoothing processing portion performing a first smoothing process on the bacteria count; a second smoothing processing portion performing a second smoothing process on the bacteria count; a bacteria reducing capability storing portion storing a bacteria reducing capability relative to each flow rate; a first flow rate evaluating portion selecting a flow rate matching a bacteria reducing capability compatible with an increase in a bacteria count forecasted from the processing result of the first smoothing processing portion; a second flow rate evaluating portion selecting a flow rate matching a bacteria reducing capability compatible with an increase in a bacteria count forecasted from the processing result of the second smoothing processing portion; and a flow rate determining portion selecting a flow rate into the controlled space based on the flow rates selected by the first and second flow r
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Azbil Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Tanaka, Mayumi Miura, Kenji Akai, Shuji Sawada, Yasuko Horiguchi
  • Patent number: 8688242
    Abstract: An operation controlling system is provided with an operation controlling device that is installed removably in a facility equipment, and an operating terminal for sending an instruction signal to the operation controlling device. The operation controlling device not only has communicating means for receiving the instruction signal sent from the operating terminal, but also operation controlling means for turning ON/OFF, in accordance with the instruction signal, the facility equipment that is connected locally, and/or output controlling means for controlling, in accordance with the instruction signal, an output value of the facility equipment that is connected locally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Azbil Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagao, Hiroshi Murata, Mitsuhiro Honda, Masato Tanaka, Mayumi Miura
  • Patent number: 8688285
    Abstract: The total electric power limiting/controlling device comprises: a total allocated electric power inputting portion for receiving information on the total allocated electric power; a heating time estimating portion for estimating a heating time when an operating quantity of an individual controlled loop has been set from its present value to a specific output value; electric power limiting portions for estimating a required output that is the operating quantity that is required in order to change the controlled quantity for an individual loop in accordance with a change in a setting value during the heating time, for finding a required output wherein the electric power use total quantity does not exceed the total allocated electric power, and for setting, as an operating quantity output upper limit value for an individual controlled loop, the required output that has been found; and a controlling portion that is provided for each individual controlled loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Azbil Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Tanaka, Mayumi Miura
  • Patent number: 8666708
    Abstract: A PID adjustment support device has: a recognition tolerance interval storing portion for storing, in advance, a recognition tolerance interval understood by a user regarding target quantity data of a model to be controlled; and a display processing portion for graphing and displaying, on a displaying portion, the target quantity data and, as a modeling result, a model-response waveform that is a control-response waveform calculated based on the model to be controlled, and for overlaying with the modeling result and displaying the recognition tolerance interval stored in the recognition tolerance interval storing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Azbil Corporation
    Inventor: Mayumi Miura
  • Publication number: 20130325189
    Abstract: A need identifying device includes an inputting unit and a need identifying unit. The inputting unit receives, from an informant, a need pertaining to air-conditioning. The need identifying unit identifies whether the need from the informant is a temporary need or a persistent need, based on information pertaining to an activity that stabilizes the metabolic rate of the informant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventor: Mayumi MIURA
  • Publication number: 20120239324
    Abstract: Reported information is classified as to if it is transient reported information due to a transient factor. Time bands within an evaluating interval that are other than time bands wherein air conditioning control has occurred in response to a transient report are defined as evaluation-applicable time bands, and the average energy consumption in the evaluation-applicable time bands is calculated as an energy consumption that serves as a basis value. Moreover, an average of the historical values of energy consumption in the transient report response-controlled air-conditioning time bands is calculated as an energy consumption to serve as a comparison value, and the difference between this energy consumption that is the comparison value and the energy consumption Wbase that is the basis value is calculated as a possible energy savings, and used as un evaluation index indicating the operating status of an air-conditioning device in terms of energy savings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: YAMATAKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruka Ueda, Mayumi Miura
  • Publication number: 20120095708
    Abstract: A total energy quantity controlling device has a calculation data generating portion for defining, as calculation data, data for the amount of energy used for a processing energy type at a processing location for a processing month in a processing fiscal year, if this data is confirmed, or substitute data if this data for the amount of energy used is not confirmed; a substitute data determining portion for determining the substitute data; a data calculation processing portion for using the calculation data to calculate an aggregate value for the amount of energy used; a substitution rate calculating portion for calculating a substitution rate that is the use rate of the substitute data or the confirmed data within the aggregate value for the amount of energy used; and a displaying portion for displaying the aggregate value for the amount of energy used and the use rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: YAMATAKE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mayumi Miura
  • Publication number: 20120053747
    Abstract: The total electric power limiting/controlling device comprises: a total allocated electric power inputting portion for receiving information on the total allocated electric power; a heating time estimating portion for estimating a heating time when an operating quantity of an individual controlled loop has been set from its present value to a specific output value; electric power limiting portions for estimating a required output that is the operating quantity that is required in order to change the controlled quantity for an individual loop in accordance with a change in a setting value during the heating time, for finding a required output wherein the electric power use total quantity does not exceed the total allocated electric power, and for setting, as an operating quantity output upper limit value for an individual controlled loop, the required output that has been found; and a controlling portion that is provided for each individual controlled loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: YAMATAKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Tanaka, Mayumi Miura
  • Publication number: 20120049922
    Abstract: A total electric power limiting and controlling device has a total allocated electric power inputting portion receiving information for the total allocated electric power specifying the amount of electric power used by heaters in multiple controlled loops. An electric power value obtaining portion obtains an electric power consumption value for the individual loops. Electric power limiting portions calculate an electric power surplus of the individual loops, from the electric power consumption values, and calculates an operating quantity output upper limit value for each of the loops based on the ratios of the electric power surpluses of the individual loops relative to the total electric power surplus and on the total allocated electric power. A controlling portion, provided for each loop, calculates the operating quantity, performs an upper limit process on the operating quantity, and outputs the operating quantity, after the upper limit process, to the heater of the corresponding loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: YAMATAKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Tanaka, Mayumi Miura
  • Publication number: 20120029658
    Abstract: An operation controlling system is provided with an operation controlling device that is installed removably in a facility equipment, and an operating terminal for sending an instruction signal to the operation controlling device. The operation controlling device not only has communicating means for receiving the instruction signal sent from the operating terminal, but also operation controlling means for turning ON/OFF, in accordance with the instruction signal, the facility equipment that is connected locally, and/or output controlling means for controlling, in accordance with the instruction signal, an output value of the facility equipment that is connected locally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: YAMATAKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagao, Hiroshi Murata, Mitsuhiro Honda, Masato Tanaka, Mayumi Miura