Patents by Inventor Misayo KOBAYASHI

Misayo KOBAYASHI 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: 9710862
    Abstract: A terminal device sets a beneficial use time slot for regarding the electrical consumption in the beneficial use time slot as the beneficial, a waste use time slot for regarding the electrical consumption in the waste use time slot as the waste, and an efficiency improvement time slot for regarding the electrical consumption in the efficiency improvement time slot as the electrical consumption to be reduced. On the basis of the data of an amount of the electrical consumption of the device to be monitored, calculating an amount of the electrical consumption in each the time slot and displaying an amount of the electrical consumption in each time slot are preformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Misayo Kobayashi, Ryuichi Maeda, Tomoya Sogou, Yoshifumi Murakami, Hiroki Kazuno, Hisashi Takayama
  • Patent number: 9373968
    Abstract: In a charging control device, a determining unit individually determines whether a charging path and a vehicle are in a connected state or non-connected state based on a current value detected by a current detecting means. The state of connection with the vehicle is detected not by an exclusive sensor as it is done in the prior art but by using a current detection result by the current detecting means. Hence the cost for detecting the state of connection with the vehicle can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Misayo Kobayashi, Susumu Iida
  • Patent number: 9170576
    Abstract: An energy conservation diagnosis system manages electrical device K which consumes electricity to operate based on control schedule information, and includes acquiring unit 14a, rule information generation unit 14b, operating determination unit 14c and display unit 12. Acquiring unit acquires operating information obtained by relating an operating condition of electrical device to a clock time. Rule information generation unit generates rule information by relating a rule on use of electrical device to a clock time, based on one or more predetermined time slots depending on a benefit of electricity consumed by electrical device. Operating determination unit acquires control schedule information of electrical device, and generates an image data by superimposing acquired control schedule information and rule information onto operating information so that each clock time is fitted to a clock time of operating information. Display unit displays the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Sogou, Misayo Kobayashi, Yoshifumi Murakami, Hiroki Kazuno, Hisashi Takayama
  • Patent number: 9131286
    Abstract: An information analysis unit of a management apparatus searches for a device existing within a predetermined distance from a portable terminal, namely a device positioned near the portable terminal, based on terminal position information received from the portable terminal by a radio communication unit and device position information stored in an information storage unit. The information analysis unit reads, from the information storage unit, energy usage information of the searched device existing near the portable terminal, and transmits it from the radio communication unit to an information acquisition unit of the portable terminal. Thus, the information acquisition unit acquires only the energy usage information of the device positioned near the portable terminal, so that a display unit displays only the energy usage information of the device positioned near the portable terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Sogo, Misayo Kobayashi, Akio Nakano, Yoshifumi Murakami, Toru Shimotsuma
  • Publication number: 20150116129
    Abstract: An information analysis unit of a management apparatus searches for a device existing within a predetermined distance from a portable terminal, namely a device positioned near the portable terminal, based on terminal position information received from the portable terminal by a radio communication unit and device position information stored in an information storage unit. The information analysis unit reads, from the information storage unit, energy usage information of the searched device existing near the portable terminal, and transmits it from the radio communication unit to an information acquisition unit of the portable terminal. Thus, the information acquisition unit acquires only the energy usage information of the device positioned near the portable terminal, so that a display unit displays only the energy usage information of the device positioned near the portable terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Sogo, Misayo Kobayashi, Akio Nakano, Yoshifumi Murakami, Toru Shimotsuma
  • Patent number: 8664916
    Abstract: A charging control device stores expected driving start time of each of motor vehicles and controls charging operations of the motor vehicles in such a manner as to finish charging a battery mounted to each of the motor vehicles by the corresponding expected driving start time. The charging control device includes a storage unit for storing the expected driving start time of each of the motor vehicles; and a control unit for searching the motor vehicles to find a specific motor vehicle whose charging is expected to be finished by the expected driving start time and causing the specific motor vehicle to discharge an electric power to be used in charging at least one of the motor vehicles other than the specific motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Misayo Kobayashi, Yuya Hasegawa, Susumu Iida
  • Publication number: 20130320934
    Abstract: In a charging control device, a determining unit individually determines whether a charging path and a vehicle are in a connected state or non-connected state based on a current value detected by a current detecting means. The state of connection with the vehicle is detected not by an exclusive sensor as it is done in the prior art but by using a current detection result by the current detecting means. Hence the cost for detecting the state of connection with the vehicle can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Misayo Kobayashi, Susumu Iida
  • Publication number: 20130067478
    Abstract: Provided are: information acquisition unit that periodically acquires usage state information of resource by load; user terminal that creates permitted usage period data; period setting unit that sets each load's permitted usage period based on permitted usage period data; determination unit that determines whether each load's resource usage is within permitted usage period; and display unit that distinctively displays whether resource usage period is within permitted usage period based on determination result by determination unit. User terminal creates single batch permitted usage period data. Period setting unit includes batch setting unit that performs batch setting whereby batch permitted usage period is set as permitted usage periods of all loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Kazuno, Tomoya Sogo, Akio Nakano, Misayo Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20120290231
    Abstract: An energy conservation diagnosis system manages electrical device K which consumes electricity to operate based on control schedule information, and comprises acquiring unit 14a, rule information generation unit 14b, operating determination unit 14c and display unit 12. Acquiring unit acquires operating information obtained by means of relating an operating condition of electrical device to a clock time. Rule information generation unit generates rule information by means of relating a rule on use of electrical device to a clock time, based on one or more predetermined time slots depending on a benefit of electricity consumed by electrical device. Operating determination unit acquires control schedule information of electrical device, and generates an image data by means of superimposing acquired control schedule information and rule information onto operating information so that each clock time is fitted to a clock time of operating information. Display unit displays the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Sogou, Misayo Kobayashi, Yoshifumi Murakami, Hiroki Kazuno, Hisashi Takayama
  • Publication number: 20120277924
    Abstract: A terminal device sets a beneficial use time slot for regarding the electrical consumption in the beneficial use time slot as the beneficial, a waste use time slot for regarding the electrical consumption in the waste use time slot as the waste, and an efficiency improvement time slot for regarding the electrical consumption in the efficiency improvement time slot as the electrical consumption to be reduced. On the basis of the data of an amount of the electrical consumption of the device to be monitored, calculating an amount of the electrical consumption in each the time slot and displaying an amount of the electrical consumption in each time slot are preformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Misayo Kobayashi, Ryuichi Maeda, Tomoya Sogou, Yoshifumi Murakami, Hiroki Kazuno, Hisashi Takayama
  • Publication number: 20120062168
    Abstract: A charging control device stores expected driving start time of each of motor vehicles and controls charging operations of the motor vehicles in such a manner as to finish charging a battery mounted to each of the motor vehicles by the corresponding expected driving start time. The charging control device includes a storage unit for storing the expected driving start time of each of the motor vehicles; and a control unit for searching the motor vehicles to find a specific motor vehicle whose charging is expected to be finished by the expected driving start time and causing the specific motor vehicle to discharge an electric power to be used in charging at least one of the motor vehicles other than the specific motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Misayo KOBAYASHI, Yuya Hasegawa, Susumu Iida