Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Imada

Nobuhiro Imada 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: 7784706
    Abstract: A facility working apparatus includes objects (1), a management apparatus (2), and an exterior information source (3) such as a weather company, a power company or the like. Each object (1) and the management apparatus (2), the exterior information source (3) and the management apparatus (2) are connected via a network. Each object (1) includes a facility (1a) such as a heat storage air conditioner, power storage air conditioner or the like, and a controlling apparatus (1b) for working and controlling the facility (1a) and for extracting facility information of the facility (1a) and user determination information. The management apparatus (2) includes a database (2a) and a data processing section (2b). The data processing section (2b) in the management apparatus (2) carries out processing based upon facility information, user determination data, and exterior information, and generates working and controlling information. The information is transferred to corresponding controlling apparatus (1b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Ishida, Kenji Nagashima, Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Hidetaka Nakane, Nobuhiro Imada, Akira Murai, Mitsuhiko Yamamoto, Naofumi Takenaka
  • Publication number: 20100065245
    Abstract: An An air conditioning system includes an indoor heat exchanger, a fan, a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, and a control device. The fan sends air cooled or heated by the indoor heat exchanger and the like to a room in a house via a duct. The compressor is installed outside the house and the capacity thereof can be controlled. The outdoor heat exchanger, together with the indoor heat exchanger and the compressor, forms a heat pump. The control device controls the capacity of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Imada, Masamitsu Kitagishi
  • Patent number: 7178738
    Abstract: A control system for an air conditioner is configured that can wirelessly transmit control signals, and allow the output power settings of transceiver units arranged in the outdoor unit and indoor units to be reduced. The air conditioner control system includes an outdoor unit transceiver unit, indoor unit transceiver units, and a center. The outdoor unit transceiver unit is arranged in an outdoor unit, and transmits and receives control signals. The indoor unit transceiver units are respectively arranged in the indoor units, and transmit and receive control signals. The center wirelessly relays control signals between the outdoor unit transceiver unit and the indoor unit transceiver units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Yamamoto, Nobuhiro Imada
  • Patent number: 6970539
    Abstract: Connection is established from a communication device having a plurality of platforms, such as a push-button-type telephone 13, a personal computer 14 and a cellular phone 15, to a base station 12 through a public line network 22 and the Internet 20, and an operation guidance is given by means of a voice guidance or a Web page from base station 12, so that the base station 12 remote-controls an electric apparatus 11 in accordance with the user's operation on the communication devices 13 to 15. The guide program, voice guidance and Web pages in the base station 12 are made to be updateable in storing operations 24a, 27a, 27b, 27c in the base station 12, so that it is possible to easily add a function thereto and also change the functions. It becomes possible to correspond to various platforms, easily add various functions, and also to easily update the operation menu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Yamamoto, Akira Murai, Nobuhiro Imada
  • Publication number: 20040261432
    Abstract: A control system for an air conditioner is configured that can wirelessly transmit control signals, and allow the output power settings of transceiver units arranged in the outdoor unit and indoor units to be reduced. The air conditioner control system includes an outdoor unit transceiver unit indoor unit transceiver units, and a center. The outdoor unit transceiver unit is arranged in an outdoor unit, and transmits and receives control signals. The indoor unit transceiver units are respectively arranged in the indoor units, and transmit and receive control signals. The center wirelessly relays control signals between the outdoor unit transceiver unit and the indoor unit transceiver units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Yamamoto, Nobuhiro Imada
  • Publication number: 20040035125
    Abstract: A facility working apparatus includes objects (1), a management apparatus (2), and an exterior information source (3) such as a weather company, a power company or the like. Each object (1) and the management apparatus (2), the exterior information source (3) and the management apparatus (2) are connected via a network. Each object (1) includes a facility (1a) such as a heat storage air conditioner, power storage air conditioner or the like, and a controlling apparatus (1b) for working and controlling the facility (1a) and for extracting facility information of the facility (1a) and user determination information. The management apparatus (2) includes a database (2a) and a data processing section (2b). The data processing section (2b) in the management apparatus (2) carries out processing based upon facility information, user determination data, and exterior information, and generates working and controlling information. The information is transferred to corresponding controlling apparatus (1b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Koichi Ishida, Kenji Nagashima, Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Hidetaka Nakane, Nobuhiro Imada, Akira Murai, Mitsuhiko Yamamoto, Naofumi Takenaka
  • Publication number: 20030140275
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a technique which, upon detection of failure in a device such as an air conditioner, performs diagnosis of the failure, an emergency run and the like of the appliance. When failure occurs on devices (31, 32 33, . . . ), failure information (51) is transmitted to a control center (4) through a communication network (9). The control center (4) allows the device (3) which is the transmission side of the failure information (51) to load failure diagnosis program (61). The device (3) activates the failure diagnosis program (61), so that the failure diagnosis is carried out, and failure position information (53) is transmitted to the control center (4). When it is possible to perform the emergency run, the device (3) is allowed to load an emergency run program (62) from the control center (4), so that the device (3) performs the emergency run.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Imada
  • Publication number: 20030131089
    Abstract: Connection is established from a communication device having a plurality of platforms, such as a push-button-type telephone 13, a personal computer 14 and a cellular phone 15, to a base station 12 through a public line network 22 and the Internet 20, and an operation guidance is given by means of a voice guidance or a Web page from base station 12, so that the base station 12 remote-controls an electric apparatus 11 in accordance with the user's operation on the communication devices 13 to 15. The guide program, voice guidance and Web pages in the base station 12 are made to be updateable in storing operations 24a, 27a, 27b, 27c in the base station 12, so that it is possible to easily add a function thereto and also change the functions. It becomes possible to correspond to various platforms, easily add various functions, and also to easily update the operation menu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Yamamoto, Akira Murai, Nobuhiro Imada