Patents by Inventor Tomikazu Imai

Tomikazu Imai 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: 11561665
    Abstract: A display method includes: based on at least one of first information obtained by a control device including a display and second information obtained by a device other than the control device, changing an image used as a basic screen that is displayed on the display and is for controlling a control target device other than the control device by a user (S12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Aizu, Jasmeen Julayhi, Minoru Satou, Rikiya Masuda, Masami Ohno, Tomikazu Imai
  • Patent number: 11551157
    Abstract: The reservation management system includes an input device and a reservation management unit. The input device includes a manual operation part movable between a first position and a second position and sends a wireless signal containing movement information of the manual operation part and ID information. The reservation management unit performs reservation management based on the wireless signal sent from the input device. The reservation management unit includes a clock unit, a storage unit, and a determination unit. The clock unit measures time. The storage unit associates reservation information containing a reservation start time, and the ID information with each other and stores them. The determination unit determines a reservation performance status based on a current time, the reservation start time, and the movement information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Morita, Tomikazu Imai, Naoya Tsukamoto, Takayuki Okawa
  • Patent number: 11125460
    Abstract: A device control system includes: a touch panel that receives an execution instruction for scene control that operates at least part of a plurality of devices disposed in a facility in order to approximate an inside of the facility to a predetermined indoor environment; a controller that performs the scene control when the execution instruction for the scene control is received by the touch panel; and a communicator and an obtainer that obtain at least one of information indicating an environment condition in the facility or outside the facility, prediction information of the environment condition in the facility or outside the facility, and information about timing. The controller changes a content of the scene control according to the information obtained by the communicator and the obtainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Aizu, Jasmeen Julayhi, Minoru Satou, Rikiya Masuda, Masami Ohno, Tomikazu Imai
  • Publication number: 20210192396
    Abstract: The reservation management system includes an input device and a reservation management unit. The input device includes a manual operation part movable between a first position and a second position and sends a wireless signal containing movement information of the manual operation part and ID information. The reservation management unit performs reservation management based on the wireless signal sent from the input device. The reservation management unit includes a clock unit, a storage unit, and a determination unit. The clock unit measures time. The storage unit associates reservation information containing a reservation start time, and the ID information with each other and stores them. The determination unit determines a reservation performance status based on a current time, the reservation start time, and the movement information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Morita, Tomikazu Imai, Naoya Tsukamoto, Takayuki Okawa
  • Publication number: 20200200421
    Abstract: A device control system includes: a touch panel that receives an execution instruction for scene control that operates at least part of a plurality of devices disposed in a facility in order to approximate an inside of the facility to a predetermined indoor environment; a controller that performs the scene control when the execution instruction for the scene control is received by the touch panel; and a communicator and an obtainer that obtain at least one of information indicating an environment condition in the facility or outside the facility, prediction information of the environment condition in the facility or outside the facility, and information about timing. The controller changes a content of the scene control according to the information obtained by the communicator and the obtainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiro AIZU, Jasmeen JULAYHI, Minoru SATOU, Rikiya MASUDA, Masami OHNO, Tomikazu IMAI
  • Publication number: 20200125220
    Abstract: A display method includes, based on at least one of first information obtained by a control device including a display and second information obtained by a device other than the control device, displaying, on the display, a recommendation object for a user to instruct a recommended control having, as a control target, a first device that is other than the control device and controllable before the first information and the second information are obtained (S14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiro AIZU, Jasmeen JULAYHI, Minoru SATOU, Rikiya MASUDA, Masami OHNO, Tomikazu IMAI
  • Publication number: 20200064974
    Abstract: A display method includes: based on at least one of first information obtained by a control device including a display and second information obtained by a device other than the control device, changing an image used as a basic screen that is displayed on the display and is for controlling a control target device other than the control device by a user (S12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiro AIZU, Jasmeen JULAYHI, Minoru SATOU, Rikiya MASUDA, Masami OHNO, Tomikazu IMAI
  • Patent number: 9921669
    Abstract: Operation display device includes a display, an operation part, and an arithmetic and control part. The arithmetic and control part includes: an analysis processing part analyzing an operation content of an operation object; and a display processing part determining a shape and a position of a figure for operation displayed on the display according to the operation content analyzed by the analysis processing part. The analysis processing part has a function of classifying the operation content of the operation object into a moving operation for changing the position of the figure for operation and an adjustment operation for adjusting a control amount. When a contact position to the operation part is out of a tracking range set in accordance with the position of the figure for operation, the display processing part displaces the figure for operation so that the contact position of the operation object is within the tracking range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomikazu Imai
  • Publication number: 20150177860
    Abstract: Operation display device includes a display, an operation part, and an arithmetic and control part. The arithmetic and control part includes: an analysis processing part analyzing an operation content of an operation object; and a display processing part determining a shape and a position of a figure for operation displayed on the display according to the operation content analyzed by the analysis processing part. The analysis processing part has a function of classifying the operation content of the operation object into a moving operation for changing the position of the figure for operation and an adjustment operation for adjusting a control amount. When a contact position to the operation part is out of a tracking range set in accordance with the position of the figure for operation, the display processing part displaces the figure for operation so that the contact position of the operation object is within the tracking range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomikazu Imai