Patents by Inventor Takiji KOZAI

Takiji KOZAI 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).

  • Hot-water supply system and program
    Patent number: 11611647
    Abstract: A hot-water supply system (1) remotely controls, via a server (50) and using a portable terminal device (30), a hot-water supply device (10) connectable to an external communication network (40). The hot-water supply system (1) is provided with a control unit which performs a notification process for notifying at least another, already-associated portable terminal device (30) that the portable terminal device (30) for performing remote control has been newly associated with the hot-water supply device (10). For example, a control unit of the server (50) performs the notification process as the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: NORITZ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takiji Kozai, Takashi Furukawa, Akihiko Tsugawa
  • HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20210266391
    Abstract: A hot-water supply system (1) remotely controls, via a server (50) and using a portable terminal device (30), a hot-water supply device (10) connectable to an external communication network (40). The hot-water supply system (1) is provided with a control unit which performs a notification process for notifying at least another, already-associated portable terminal device (30) that the portable terminal device (30) for performing remote control has been newly associated with the hot-water supply device (10). For example, a control unit of the server (50) performs the notification process as the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: NORITZ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takiji KOZAI, Takashi FURUKAWA, Akihiko TSUGAWA