Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Nakagawa
Yoshihiro Nakagawa 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: 11967094Abstract: To reduce the feel of incongruity in a model, provided is a detection device comprising: a texture detector that detects texture information of a target object from a first position; a position detector that detects depth information to each point in the target object from a second position different from the first position; a region detector that detects a data deficient region in which the depth information has been acquired but the texture information has not been acquired, on the basis of a detection result of the texture detector and a detection result of the position detector; and an adder that adds specific texture information to the data deficient region.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Hasegawa, Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Masashi Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20240127505Abstract: [Object] To contribute to improvement in convenience regarding setting of a target value in demand control by providing in a graph indicating, for each time period, a power consumption record in the time period, information on the date and time of the time period. [Solution] An information processing device includes a display unit, a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display a screen, and a reception unit configured to receive a setting related to control on power consumption by a user. The display control unit causes the display unit to display power consumption records in predetermined respective time periods in a graph 411 of the time periods, and to display information on the date and time of the time periods in the graph 411.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Yoshihiro NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20240127272Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to, when a target value in demand control is changed, acquire and store information on the target value and provide the information as necessary. [Solution] An information processing system performs setting related to demand control of an equipment appliance, and includes: a storage unit 120 that stores a demand target value in the demand control; and a history information generation unit 160 that acquires information on the demand target value input by a user. The storage unit 120 further stores a change history of the demand target value based on the information on the demand target value acquired by the history information generation unit 160.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Yoshihiro NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20240118737Abstract: [Object] To correct a power consumption record in a period in which energy-saving control is performed and a power consumption record in a period in which the energy-saving control is not performed in accordance with a purpose of the comparison, and to enable evaluation of power consumption from various viewpoints. [Solution] A terminal device configured to evaluate power consumption of equipment includes a communication control unit configured to acquire a power consumption record of the equipment, and a processing unit configured to output data related to power consumption records before and after an energy-saving operation of the equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro NAKAGAWA, Shuji FURUI
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Patent number: 11899431Abstract: [Object] To suppress increase in load on a calculator for processing electricity charges, in a case in which an electricity retailer that purchased power of which the price fluctuates sells power on the basis of metered charges in accordance with an amount of power usage of a consumer, by controlling facility equipment of the consumer on the basis of a relation between purchase prices and metered charges of the power.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takuya Nakao, Shuji Furui, Yoshihiro Nakagawa
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Patent number: 11885611Abstract: A detection device includes: a first detector which irradiates light onto the target object and detects light emitted from the target object; a first shape information generator which generates first shape information representing a first shape of the target object on the basis of a detection result of the first detector; and a second shape information generator which adds a second shape, which is based on information different from the detection result of the first detector, to the first shape, and which generates second shape information representing a shape including the first shape and the second shape.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Taro Matsuo
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Publication number: 20230369858Abstract: [Object] To control (limit) the power usage of a group including a plurality of consumers so as to reduce failures caused by communication between a server serving as a controller and a consumer facility to be controlled. [Solution] A power control system for performing power control such that a target power set for a group including a plurality of consumers is not exceeded includes a server 300 that generates control information, and a control device 100 that controls power usage of an equipment device 200 in accordance with the control information. The server 300 sets a limit value of power usage of each consumer in the group, generates control information including the limit value, and transmits, before a corresponding time period starts, the generated control information to the control device 100 that performs control.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro NAKAGAWA, Shuji FURUI, Takuya NAKAO, Nobuki MATSUI
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Publication number: 20230361563Abstract: [Object] To control the power usage by plural facilities such that information related to the power usage is acquired from equipment devices and the power usage per equipment device is accurately predicted based on the acquired information. [Solution] A power control system for performing power control such that a total power usage of plural facilities satisfies a predetermined power usage condition, the power control system including an actual result information acquisition unit 360 that acquires information on power usages by equipment devices installed in the facilities; a first prediction unit 320 that predicts power usages of the facilities in which the equipment devices are installed, based on the information on the power usages by the equipment devices; and a control information generation unit 340 that controls the total power usage of the plural facilities, based on the power usages of the facilities predicted by the first prediction unit 320.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro NAKAGAWA, Shuji FURUI, Takuya NAKAO
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Publication number: 20230361567Abstract: A system that performs power control such that a target value set for a group including a plurality of consumers is not exceeded includes a first prediction unit that acquires a predicted value of power usage for each of the plurality of consumers, and a limit value setting unit that sets a limit value correlated with available power set for each consumer for a specific time period. The limit value setting unit sets the limit value such that when a predicted value of each of the plurality of consumers for the specific time period is relatively small, a value obtained by dividing the limit value by the predicted value is larger than when the predicted value is relatively large.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro NAKAGAWA, Shuji FURUI, Takuya NAKAO, Nobuki MATSUI
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Publication number: 20230273581Abstract: [Object] To control power usage by a group including a plurality of consumers by performing additional adjustment according to a specific operation condition of each individual piece of consumer equipment and appropriately controlling power usage per piece of consumer equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro NAKAGAWA, Shuji FURUI, Takuya NAKAO, Nobuki MATSUI
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Publication number: 20230273580Abstract: [Object] To control power usage of a group including a plurality of units of power consumption such that control for each unit of power consumption is adjusted in accordance with the use of power by each individual unit of power consumption over each time period to reduce unused power in the entire group. [Solution] A power control system of the present disclosure is a power control system for performing power control such that a target power set for a group including a plurality of units of power consumption is not exceeded, the system including a limit value setting unit 330 that sets, for each of the units of power consumption, a limit value of power usage for a predetermined time period, based on the target power; and a limit value adjustment unit 370 that adjusts, within the predetermined time period, the limit value of each of the units of power consumption for the predetermined time period, based on an actual result of power usage within the predetermined time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro NAKAGAWA, Shuji FURUI, Takuya NAKAO
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Publication number: 20230221110Abstract: A detection device includes: a detector that detects an object from a first viewpoint; an information calculator that calculates first model information including shape information on the object from the first viewpoint by using detection results of the detector; a light source calculator that calculates light source information on the light source by using a first taken image obtained by imaging a space including a light source that irradiates the object with illumination light and including the object; and a position calculator that calculates a positional relation between the first viewpoint and the object by using the light source information as information used to integrate the first model information and second model information including shape information obtained by detecting the object from a second viewpoint different from the first viewpoint.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro NAKAGAWA, Takeaki SUGIMURA, Yoshiyuki YAMARIKU
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Publication number: 20230213919Abstract: [Object] To suppress increase in load on a calculator for processing electricity charges, in a case in which an electricity retailer that purchased power of which the price fluctuates sells power on the basis of metered charges in accordance with an amount of power usage of a consumer, by controlling facility equipment of the consumer on the basis of a relation between purchase prices and metered charges of the power.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takuya NAKAO, Shuji FURUI, Yoshihiro NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20230213230Abstract: [Object] To realize control that, in control of facility equipment, reduces electricity charges, taking into consideration fluctuation in power amount charge unit prices, and also a relation between a prediction value of power usage and a greatest value in a relevant period. [Solution] A control device that generates control information for controlling facility equipment of a consumer includes an information acquisition unit that acquires information of a power amount charge unit price that fluctuates and information of power usage of the consumer, and a control information generating unit that, on the basis of the power amount charge unit price in an object interval that is an interval in which control of the facility equipment is performed and information of power usage of the consumer in an interval after the object interval, generates control information for the facility equipment of the consumer in the object interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takuya NAKAO, Shuji FURUI, Yoshihiro NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20230194246Abstract: A detection device includes: a first detector which irradiates light onto the target object and detects light emitted from the target object; a first shape information generator which generates first shape information representing a first shape of the target object on the basis of a detection result of the first detector; and a second shape information generator which adds a second shape, which is based on information different from the detection result of the first detector, to the first shape, and which generates second shape information representing a shape including the first shape and the second shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro NAKAGAWA, Taro MATSUO
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Patent number: 11682134Abstract: A detection device including: a detector that detects an object from one viewpoint; a reliability calculator that calculates reliability information on the object at the one viewpoint by using a detection result of the detector; and an information calculator that calculates shape information on the object at the one viewpoint by using the detection result of the detector and the reliability information and calculates texture information on the object at the one viewpoint by using the detection result, the information calculator generates model information on the object at the one viewpoint based on the shape information and the texture information.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Takeaki Sugimura, Yoshihiro Nakagawa
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Patent number: 11629950Abstract: A detection device includes: a detector that detects an object from a first viewpoint; an information calculator that calculates first model information including shape information on the object from the first viewpoint by using detection results of the detector; a light source calculator that calculates light source information on the light source by using a first taken image obtained by imaging a space including a light source that irradiates the object with illumination light and including the object; and a position calculator that calculates a positional relation between the first viewpoint and the object by using the light source information as information used to integrate the first model information and second model information including shape information obtained by detecting the object from a second viewpoint different from the first viewpoint.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Takeaki Sugimura, Yoshiyuki Yamariku
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Patent number: 11599036Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a binder resin and a wax, wherein the toner particle contains an organosilicon polymer as given by formula (1) below; R1—SiO3/2??(1), in formula (1), R1 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbons; in a cross section of the toner particle observed using a transmission electron microscope, in terms of a distance A from the centroid of the cross section of the toner particle to a contour of the cross section, the organosilicon polymer is present in a region that is not more than 80% of the distance A from the centroid; and an absolute value of a difference between an SP value of the organosilicon polymer and an SP value of the wax is not more than 0.70 (cal/cm3)1/2.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koki Inoue, Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Junya Asaoka, Yuu Sasano, Yuhei Terui, Kenta Katayama
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Patent number: 11593956Abstract: A detection device includes: a first detector which irradiates light onto the target object and detects light emitted from the target object; a first shape information generator which generates first shape information representing a first shape of the target object on the basis of a detection result of the first detector; and a second shape information generator which adds a second shape, which is based on information different from the detection result of the first detector, to the first shape, and which generates second shape information representing a shape including the first shape and the second shape.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Taro Matsuo
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Patent number: 11467510Abstract: Provided is a toner containing a toner particle comprising a binder resin and an organosilicon polymer, wherein the organosilicon polymer contains an organosilicon polymer particle, the organosilicon polymer particle has a structure represented by the following formula (1): R1—SiO3/2??(1) in formula (1), R1 is a C1-4 alkyl group, and in cross-sectional observation of the toner particle by transmission electron microscopy, the organosilicon polymer particle is present in a region extending up to 80% of the distance A from the centroid out of the total distance A from the centroid of the toner particle cross-section to the contour of the cross-section, and the particle diameter of the organosilicon polymer particle is from 10 nm to 200 nm.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuhei Terui, Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Junya Asaoka, Yuu Sasano, Koki Inoue, Kenta Katayama