Patents by Inventor Yoshikuni Tamura

Yoshikuni Tamura 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: 11137277
    Abstract: A gas meter includes flow rate measurer that measures a flow rate of gas in time series and storage unit that stores the flow rate measured by flow rate measurer as flow rate data. The gas meter also includes storage condition setting unit that determines a condition for storing the flow rate data in storage unit and communication unit that communicates with center device. Storage unit stores the flow rate data to satisfy the condition set by storage condition setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadanori Shirasawa, Nobuaki Murabayashi, Yoshikuni Tamura, Kazuki Shiota
  • Patent number: 11112289
    Abstract: Gas meter and center device are provided. Gas meter includes flow rate measurer that measures a flow rate of gas in time series. Center device receives and analyzes flow rate data from gas meter, and monitors states of use of gas appliances. Gas meter detects the start of operation of gas appliances, and transmits flow rate data during predetermined periods before and after the start of operation in accordance with a request from center device. Center device monitors the states of use of gas appliances based on the received flow rate data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Murabayashi, Yoshikuni Tamura, Tadanori Shirasawa, Kazuki Shiota
  • Patent number: 11002561
    Abstract: Gas meter and center device are included. Gas meter is installed in a residence or the like of each customer, and includes flow rate measurer. Center device collects information obtained by gas meter. In addition, center device manages positional information indicating a position of gas meter, and displays information including a result of analyzing information obtained from gas meter, together with the position of gas meter on a map. By employing this configuration, the information obtained from gas meter is collected by center device, and information based on collected data is displayed on a map on which gas meter is positioned. This enables the information obtained from gas meter to be visually reported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kawauchi, Yoshikuni Tamura, Nobuaki Murabayashi, Tadanori Shirasawa
  • Patent number: 10935393
    Abstract: A gas meter and a center device, including an analyzer, analyze a cause of an abnormality determination. The center device requests analysis-use data necessary to analyze the cause of the abnormality determination from the gas meter, through a communication by a center communication unit, based on the abnormality type data received from the gas meter. The gas meter transmits the analysis-use data requested by the center device to the center device by a meter communication unit, and the analyzer of the center device determines the cause of the abnormality determination based on the received analysis-use data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Shiota, Tadanori Shirasawa, Nobuaki Murabayashi, Yoshikuni Tamura
  • Publication number: 20200284613
    Abstract: There are equipped: gas meter; and center device including analyzer to analyze a cause of a determination of abnormality. Center device requests analysis-use data necessary to analyze the cause of the determination of abnormality from gas meter, through a communication by center communication unit, based on the abnormality type data received from gas meter. Gas meter transmits the analysis-use data requested from center device to center device by meter communication unit, and analyzer of center device determines the cause of the determination of abnormality based on the received analysis-use data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: KAZUKI SHIOTA, TADANORI SHIRASAWA, NOBUAKI MURABAYASHI, YOSHIKUNI TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200182654
    Abstract: Gas meter and center device are included. Gas meter is installed in a residence or the like of each customer, and includes flow rate measurer. Center device collects information obtained by gas meter. In addition, center device manages positional information indicating a position of gas meter, and displays information including a result of analyzing information obtained from gas meter, together with the position of gas meter on a map. By employing this configuration, the information obtained from gas meter is collected by center device, and information based on collected data is displayed on a map on which gas meter is positioned. This enables the information obtained from gas meter to be visually reported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: AKIYOSHI KAWAUCHI, YOSHIKUNI TAMURA, NOBUAKI MURABAYASHI, TADANORI SHIRASAWA
  • Publication number: 20200182674
    Abstract: Gas meter and center device are provided. Gas meter includes flow rate measurer that measures a flow rate of gas in time series. Center device receives and analyzes flow rate data from gas meter, and monitors states of use of gas appliances. Gas meter detects the start of operation of gas appliances, and transmits flow rate data during predetermined periods before and after the start of operation in accordance with a request from center device. Center device monitors the states of use of gas appliances based on the received flow rate data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: NOBUAKI MURABAYASHI, YOSHIKUNI TAMURA, TADANORI SHIRASAWA, KAZUKI SHIOTA
  • Publication number: 20200116541
    Abstract: A gas meter includes flow rate measurer that measures a flow rate of gas in time series and storage unit that stores the flow rate measured by flow rate measurer as flow rate data. The gas meter also includes storage condition setting unit that determines a condition for storing the flow rate data in storage unit and communication unit that communicates with center device. Storage unit stores the flow rate data to satisfy the condition set by storage condition setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: TADANORI SHIRASAWA, NOBUAKI MURABAYASHI, YOSHIKUNI TAMURA, KAZUKI SHIOTA
  • Patent number: 6480240
    Abstract: A television system includes a television receiver (11) and a remote control (18, 72). If an RGB bias level adjusting mode is set by the remote control, the CPU (74) disables the ramp waveform generator (36) but enables a brightness component cutoff circuit (58a) and color component cutoff circuit (58b) that are included in an YC mixing circuit (58). In response, vertical deflection is suspended, and a video signal having a pedestal level is outputted onto a display (70). Accordingly, luminescence occurs on the display at a vertically center thereof. Meanwhile, the bias level is adjusted optimal by user's operation of a numeral key provided on the remote control while observing on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Tamura, Munetoshi Kajiya