Patents by Inventor Satoko SUGISAKI

Satoko SUGISAKI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240044544
    Abstract: An air conditioning system of the embodiment includes a first indoor unit and a second indoor unit. The first indoor unit controls a temperature of the inside of a space by controlling blowing of warm air from an upper part of the space to the inside of the space. The second indoor unit controls blowing of warm air from under a floor of the space to the inside of the space on the basis of a temperature in a lower part of the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Toshiba Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Satoko SUGISAKI, Keiko KANAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11466885
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an air-conditioning control device includes model storage and a processor. The model storage is configured to store a discomfort probability model which estimates a value of discomfort of an occupant by a pair of time elapsed after an energy-saving operation of an air conditioner is turned on and before the energy-saving operation is turned off by the occupant, and an air-conditioning state at the time when the energy-saving operation is turned off. The processor is configured to acquire a current air-conditioning state during the energy-saving operation of the air conditioner, and turn off the energy-saving operation, based on occupant's discomfort estimated from the discomfort probability model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Fujiwara, Satoko Sugisaki
  • Publication number: 20200208863
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an air-conditioning control device includes model storage and a processor. The model storage is configured to store a discomfort probability model which estimates a value of discomfort of an occupant by a pair of time elapsed after an energy-saving operation of an air conditioner is turned on and before the energy-saving operation is turned off by the occupant, and an air-conditioning state at the time when the energy-saving operation is turned off. The processor is configured to acquire a current air-conditioning state during the energy-saving operation of the air conditioner, and turn off the energy-saving operation, based on occupant's discomfort estimated from the discomfort probability model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi FUJIWARA, Satoko SUGISAKI