Patents by Inventor Ryo Takaoka
Ryo Takaoka 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).
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Patent number: 11846472Abstract: A heat exchanger includes flat tubes, a header to which the flat tubes are connected, an inflow plate that separates a refrigerant inflow portion and a lower circulation portion, a vertical dividing plate that separates the lower circulation portion and an upper circulation portion, a lower dividing plate that divides the lower circulation portion into a lower ascent path on an internal side and a lower descent path of an external side, and an upper dividing plate that divides the upper circulation portion into an upper ascent path on a leeward side, and an upper descent path on a windward side, wherein the inflow plate includes an ejection hole on a leeward side and an internal side, and the vertical dividing plate includes a first passing port on a leeward side and an internal side, and a second passing port on a windward external side.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventors: Masatoshi Watanabe, Yoshinari Maema, Ryo Takaoka, Kotaro Oka
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Patent number: 11828544Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a plurality of flat tubes that are stacked in a direction perpendicular to a refrigerant flow direction, and a plurality of fins that have a first flat tube insertion portion into which a first flat tube among the plurality of flat tubes is inserted, and a second flat tube insertion portion into which a second flat tube adjacent to the first flat tube is inserted. A first fin has, formed on the inner periphery of the first flat tube insertion portion, a cut and raised piece for spacing a fin pitch between the first fin and an adjacent second fin. The cut and raised piece has a raised portion of the same length as the fin pitch, and a folded portion that is folded back at the tip of the raised portion and that is in contact with the second fin.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventors: Daiki Shimano, Ryo Takaoka, Masatoshi Watanabe, Yoshinari Maema, Shohei Nakata, Kotaro Oka
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Publication number: 20230296299Abstract: The refrigeration cycle apparatus (1) includes a refrigerant circuit (2) that includes a flow channel (29a) through which a refrigerant in a liquid single-phase state flows, and a filter member (35) that is provided in the flow channel (29a) and that captures acid contained in the refrigerant, which passes through the flow channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventors: Hirofumi HIRANO, Takuto SETOYAMA, Kazuki SUDA, Shohei NAKATA, Masahiro KONDO, Ryo TAKAOKA
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Publication number: 20230133342Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a plurality of flat heat transfer tubes and a header, wherein the header includes an inflow plate that divides an interior portion of the header into an inflow portion and a circulation portion located on an upper side of the inflow portion, a first partition member that divides the circulation portion into ascending path to which the flat heat transfer tubes are connected and a descending path, that forms an upper communication path that communicates the ascending path and the descending path on an upper side of the circulation portion, and a lower communication path that communicates the ascending path and the descending path on a lower side of the circulation portion, and the inflow plate includes a first ejection hole that ejects, on the ascending path side and a downwind side, a refrigerant from the inflow portion to the ascending path.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventors: Kotaro OKA, Masatoshi WATANABE, Yoshinari MAEMA, Ryo TAKAOKA, Shohei NAKATA, Daiki SHIMANO
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Patent number: 11428450Abstract: An air conditioner includes an outdoor unit, a plurality of indoor units, a plurality of expansion valves which are provided upstream of indoor heat exchangers, a plurality of on-off valves which are provided upstream of the expansion valves, and control unit wherein when the indoor units include a stopping indoor unit and an operating indoor unit currently operating, and when a stopping of the stopping unit is due to thermostat-off operation, the control unit performs a procedure to stop the stopping unit, the procedure including closing an on-off valve that corresponds to the stopping unit and driving an indoor fan in the stopping unit until pressure in a part between the on-off valve and an expansion valve that corresponds to the stopping unit and pressure in a part downstream of the first expansion valve are equalized, fully opening the expansion valve, and stopping the indoor fan.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventors: Shintaro Sanada, Yu Hirosaki, Naruhiro Sekine, Ryo Takaoka, Koya Aoki, Tatsuro Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20220243990Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a first-row heat exchange module through which a refrigerant is introduced from the outside, a second-row heat exchange module through which the refrigerant is discharged to the outside, a third-row heat exchange module through which the refrigerant is discharged to the outside, and a flow-splitting module that splits the refrigerant from the first-row heat exchange module into the second-row heat exchange module and the third-row heat exchange module, wherein the refrigerant reciprocates one time in a flow path, the first-row heat exchange module constitutes a forward path of the flow path, and both the second-row heat exchange module and the third-row heat exchange module constitute backward paths of the flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventors: Shohei NAKATA, Masatoshi WATANABE, Yoshinari MAEMA, Ryo TAKAOKA, Daiki SHIMANO, Kotaro OKA
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Publication number: 20220196335Abstract: A heat exchanger includes flat tubes, a header to which the flat tubes are connected, an inflow plate that separates a refrigerant inflow portion and a lower circulation portion, a vertical dividing plate that separates the lower circulation portion and an upper circulation portion, a lower dividing plate that divides the lower circulation portion into a lower ascent path on an internal side and a lower descent path of an external side, and an upper dividing plate that divides the upper circulation portion into an upper ascent path on a leeward side, and an upper descent path on a windward side, wherein the inflow plate includes an ejection hole on a leeward side and an internal side, and the vertical dividing plate includes a first passing port on a leeward side and an internal side, and a second passing port on a windward external side.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventors: Masatoshi WATANABE, Yoshinari MAEMA, Ryo TAKAOKA, Kotaro OKA
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Publication number: 20220155029Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a plurality of flat tubes; a fin in which a plurality of notches are arranged side by side in a vertical direction, the fin having a plurality of intermediate portions and a connecting portion connecting the intermediate portions to each other; and a first bulging portion having an upper end edge and a lower end edge provided between a first notch and a second notch, the upper end edge being positioned in the intermediate portion and the lower end edge being positioned in the connecting portion. The upper end edge has a first upper end positioned on an intermediate portion side, and a second upper end positioned on a connecting portion side, the first upper end being positioned to be higher than the second upper end, or the first upper end being positioned at the same height as the second upper end.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventors: Daiki SHIMANO, Masatoshi WATANABE, Yoshinari MAEMA, Ryo TAKAOKA, Shohei NAKATA, Kotaro OKA
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Publication number: 20220128319Abstract: A heat exchanger (5) comprises: a plurality of flat tubes that are stacked in a direction perpendicular to a refrigerant flow direction, and a plurality of fins (111) that have a first flat tube among the plurality of flat tubes, a second flat tube adjacent to the first flat tube, a first flat tube insertion portion (113A) into which the first flat tube is inserted, and a second flat tube insertion portion (113B) into which the second flat tube is inserted. A first fin (111) has, formed on the inner periphery of the first flat tube insertion portion (113A), a cut and raised piece (114) for spacing a fin pitch (P) between the first fin (111) and an adjacent second fin (111). The cut and raised piece (114) has a raised portion of the same length as the fin pitch (P), and a folded portion that is folded back at the tip of the raised portion and that is in contact with the second fin (111).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventors: Daiki SHIMANO, Ryo TAKAOKA, Masatoshi WATANABE, Yoshinari MAEMA, Shohei NAKATA, Kotaro OKA
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Publication number: 20220120451Abstract: An air conditioner includes a heat exchanger that is arranged in a ventilation flue inside a housing, wherein the heat exchanger includes a plurality of flat tubes, and a fin that includes a plurality of notch portions arranged side by side in a vertical direction, to which the plurality of flat tubes are inserted, and includes intermediate regions each formed between two of the notch portions adjacent to each other in a vertical direction, and a connection region connecting the intermediate regions to each other, first bulging portions that are at least partly positioned on the intermediate regions, and a second bulging portion that overlaps with a gap generated between the first bulging portions and the flat tubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventors: Daiki SHIMANO, Masatoshi WATANABE, Yoshinari MAEMA, Ryo TAKAOKA, Shohei NAKATA, Kotaro OKA
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Patent number: 11190678Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an emission unit for emitting a projection image onto a subject, which is to be photographed, so as to allow the subject to perform a predetermined operation, a recognizing unit for recognizing operation performed by the subject, and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing according to the operation of the subject that is recognized by the recognizing unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Ryo Takaoka, Atsushi Matsutani, Kanako Yana
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Publication number: 20210018236Abstract: An air conditioner includes an outdoor unit, a plurality of indoor units, a plurality of expansion valves which are provided upstream of indoor heat exchangers, a plurality of on-off valves which are provided upstream of the expansion valves, and control unit wherein when the indoor units include a stopping indoor unit and an operating indoor unit currently operating, and when a stopping of the stopping unit is due to thermostat-off operation, the control unit performs a procedure to stop the stopping unit, the procedure including closing an on-off valve that corresponds to the stopping unit and driving an indoor fan in the stopping unit until pressure in a part between the on-off valve and an expansion valve that corresponds to the stopping unit and pressure in a part downstream of the first expansion valve are equalized, fully opening the expansion valve, and stopping the indoor fan.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventors: Shintaro SANADA, Yu HIROSAKI, Naruhiro SEKINE, Ryo TAKAOKA, Koya AOKI, Tatsuro YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20200267312Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an emission unit for emitting a projection image onto a subject, which is to be photographed, so as to allow the subject to perform a predetermined operation, a recognizing unit for recognizing operation performed by the subject, and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing according to the operation of the subject that is recognized by the recognizing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shunichi KASAHARA, Ryo TAKAOKA, Atsushi MATSUTANI, Kanako YANA
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Patent number: 10659681Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an emission unit for emitting a projection image onto a subject, which is to be photographed, so as to allow the subject to perform a predetermined operation, a recognizing unit for recognizing operation performed by the subject, and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing according to the operation of the subject that is recognized by the recognizing unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Ryo Takaoka, Atsushi Matsutani, Kanako Yana
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Publication number: 20190253612Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an emission unit for emitting a projection image onto a subject, which is to be photographed, so as to allow the subject to perform a predetermined operation, a recognizing unit for recognizing operation performed by the subject, and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing according to the operation of the subject that is recognized by the recognizing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shunichi KASAHARA, Ryo TAKAOKA, Atsushi MATSUTANI, Kanako YANA
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Patent number: 10306136Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an emission unit for emitting a projection image onto a subject, which is to be photographed, so as to allow the subject to perform a predetermined operation, a recognizing unit for recognizing operation performed by the subject, and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing according to the operation of the subject that is recognized by the recognizing unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Ryo Takaoka, Atsushi Matsutani, Kanako Yana
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Publication number: 20180278838Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an emission unit for emitting a projection image onto a subject, which is to be photographed, so as to allow the subject to perform a predetermined operation, a recognizing unit for recognizing operation performed by the subject, and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing according to the operation of the subject that is recognized by the recognizing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shunichi KASAHARA, Ryo TAKAOKA, Atsushi MATSUTANI, Kanako YANA
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Patent number: 10015392Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an emission unit for emitting a projection image onto a subject, which is to be photographed, so as to allow the subject to perform a predetermined operation, a recognizing unit for recognizing operation performed by the subject, and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing according to the operation of the subject that is recognized by the recognizing unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Ryo Takaoka, Atsushi Matsutani, Kanako Yana
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Patent number: 9891814Abstract: A display control apparatus, method and computer program storage device detect when an object is in a proximity position relative to a display. In response, a display state of a displayed item is changed. Then, a processing circuit causes a relation item to be displayed adjacent to the proximity position, the relation item being related to the displayed item. The displayed state may be changed in size, position, color and other ways to reflect the recognition of the object being detected as being proximate to a predetermined proximity location.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2011Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ryo Takaoka, Takashi Nunomaki, Ryoko Amano, Kenzo Nishikawa, Ritsuko Kano, Shunichi Kasahara, Tomoya Narita
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Publication number: 20170048453Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an emission unit for emitting a projection image onto a subject, which is to be photographed, so as to allow the subject to perform a predetermined operation, a recognizing unit for recognizing operation performed by the subject, and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing according to the operation of the subject that is recognized by the recognizing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shunichi KASAHARA, Ryo TAKAOKA, Atsushi MATSUTANI, Kanako YANA