Patents by Inventor Misuzu Doi

Misuzu Doi 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: 9844103
    Abstract: Provided is a cooking assistance device for providing information that assists cooking using a cooking appliance based on a measurement result of power consumption of the cooking appliance. The cooking assistance device includes a storage unit that stores information that relates to power consumption in cooking, an acquisition unit that acquires a measurement value that relates to power consumption of the cooking appliance, and an output unit that outputs the measurement value and the information that relates to power consumption in cooking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiko Hirukawa, Ataru Okura, Misuzu Doi
  • Patent number: 9513340
    Abstract: A power information display device includes: a power information acquisition unit which acquires information relating to a remaining capacity of a storage battery, and information relating to power consumption of devices that use power of the storage battery; and a display unit which displays usable time of the storage battery when a plurality of devices are operating, and usable time when at least one of the plurality of devices has stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Misuzu Doi, Yumiko Kawazoe, Hirosuke Miki, Norihiro Ochi, Morihiro Katsurada
  • Patent number: 9494625
    Abstract: A management system for managing measurement information on power consumption in at least one electrical appliance which is associated with at least one meter includes a first storage module configured to store measurement information transmitted from each of the at least one meter associated with the at least one electrical appliance, on power consumption in the at least one electrical appliance, in correspondence with the at least one meter. The management system also includes a second storage module configured to store history information on association between each of the at least one meter and the at least one electrical appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Misuzu Doi, Yohhei Iwami, Yumiko Kawazoe, Satoshi Kishi, You Ka, Hirosuke Miki, Hiroyoshi Toda
  • Publication number: 20160219655
    Abstract: Provided is a cooking assistance device for providing information that assists cooking using a cooking appliance based on a measurement result of power consumption of the cooking appliance. The cooking assistance device includes a storage unit that stores information that relates to power consumption in cooking, an acquisition unit that acquires a measurement value that relates to power consumption of the cooking appliance, and an output unit that outputs the measurement value and the information that relates to power consumption in cooking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Keiko HIRUKAWA, Ataru OKURA, Misuzu DOI
  • Publication number: 20150185292
    Abstract: A power information display device includes: a power information acquisition unit which acquires information relating to a remaining capacity of a storage battery, and information relating to power consumption of devices that use power of the storage battery; and a display unit which displays usable time of the storage battery when a plurality of devices are operating, and usable time when at least one of the plurality of devices has stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Misuzu Doi, Yumiko Kawazoe, Hirosuke Miki, Norihiro Ochi, Morihiro Katsurada
  • Publication number: 20140340075
    Abstract: A power management device includes an obtaining portion for obtaining information on power consumption from a plurality of electrical appliances, a display portion, and a controller for causing the display portion to display information on power consumption in the plurality of electrical appliances obtained through the obtaining portion. In each electrical appliance, a plurality of pieces of attribute information are set in advance in association, the controller carries out grouping of the plurality of electrical appliances in a plurality of layers based on the plurality of pieces of attribute information, and for each group categorized through grouping into the plurality of layers, the controller causes information on power consumption in an electrical appliance belonging to the group to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Misuzu Doi, Yohhei Iwami, Yumiko Kawazoe, Satoshi Kishi, You Ka, Hirosuke Miki, Hiroyoshi Toda
  • Publication number: 20130124000
    Abstract: When power failure occurs at a power grid, a controller obtains information related to an operating state of a plurality of electrical appliances; restrict an operation of at least some of electrical appliances currently operating among the plurality of electrical appliances, such that power consumption of the plurality of electric appliances does not exceed a first upper limit during a period in which the remaining amount in a storage battery is below a first threshold value; and restrict an operation of at least some of electrical appliances currently operating among the plurality of electrical appliances, such that power consumption of the plurality of electric appliances does not exceed a second upper limit during a period in which the remaining amount in the storage battery is greater than or equal to a first threshold value and below a second threshold value that is larger than the first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taku Matsumoto, Hironori Kanbara, Misuzu Doi, Kazumasa Honda, Azusa Umemoto, Mitsunori Nojima, Yohhei Iwami, Kohtaroh Saitoh