Patents by Inventor Yutaka Shimamura

Yutaka Shimamura 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: 11933762
    Abstract: A metal structure evaluator for rolled steel sheets includes: a magnetic property measuring unit configured to measure a magnetic property of an evaluation target point in at least two or more different magnetization directions by performing, in the at least two or more different magnetization directions, processing of: applying a magnetic field on a surface of a rolled steel sheet in one direction; and measuring a magnetic property of the evaluation target point on the surface of the rolled steel sheet; and a determination unit configured to determine a metal structure of the evaluation target point based on the magnetic property measured by the magnetic property measuring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi Ozeki, Yutaka Matsui, Kenji Adachi, Junji Shimamura
  • Patent number: 11874012
    Abstract: A server device includes a collecting unit that stores operation history data collected from an air conditioner in a server-side storage device, a learning unit that stores a learning model generated based on the operation history data in the server-side storage device, a sending unit that sends the learning model to the air conditioner such that the air conditioner performs air conditioning inside a room by using the learning model, and an erasing unit that erases the operation history data and the learning model from the server-side storage device when an erasure instruction signal sent from the air conditioner is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Yutaka Shimamura, Tomofumi Kawai
  • Patent number: 11828479
    Abstract: An air conditioning system includes an air conditioner and an adapter that connects the air conditioner and an external server device. The adapter includes a first updating unit and a second updating unit. The first updating unit updates, when a new learning model that provides a recommended operation to a control unit included in the air conditioner is received from the external server device, the learning model by using a first update method. The second updating unit updates, when an update purpose control program that updates a control program for the air conditioner is received from the external server device, the update purpose control program by using a second update method that is different from the first update method. It is possible to reduce an adapter load by updating the learning model and the control program by using different methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomofumi Kawai, Yutaka Shimamura, Masae Kitajima, Koichi Kitami
  • Publication number: 20220373208
    Abstract: An air conditioner of the present embodiment includes a heat exchanger unit in which an installation position of a suction temperature sensor can be changed and the air conditioner is capable of determining whether the installation position of the suction temperature sensor is correct. During a cooling operation, a heat exchange temperature is lower than a suction temperature, and during a heating operation, the heat exchange temperature is higher than the suction temperature. However, if a suction temperature sensor is incorrectly disposed on a downstream side of a flow of air in an indoor heat exchanger, the suction temperature detected by the suction temperature sensor is a temperature of indoor air after exchanging heat with a refrigerant in the indoor heat exchanger, so that the heat exchange temperature and the suction temperature are close to each other regardless of the cooling operation or the heating operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventor: Yutaka SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220349611
    Abstract: In an air conditioner of the present embodiment capable of selecting either a fan rotation speed determined on the basis of a static pressure value and an air volume or a required fan rotation speed, motor control means determines, on the basis of the static pressure Pt, the fan rotation speed Rm of a fan motor that provides the air volume Av required by the user, and transmits the determined fan rotation speed Rm to an indoor unit control means. When the fan rotation speed Rm received from the motor control means is a prohibited rotation speed, the indoor unit control means transmits a correction fan rotation speed different from the prohibited rotation speed to the motor control means, and the motor control means drives the fan motor at the received correction fan rotation speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Yutaka SHIMAMURA, Takashi MATSUZAKI, Toshihiko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220113048
    Abstract: An air conditioning system includes an air conditioner and an adapter that connects the air conditioner and an external server device. The adapter includes a first updating unit and a second updating unit. The first updating unit updates, when a new learning model that provides a recommended operation to a control unit included in the air conditioner is received from the external server device, the learning model by using a first update method. The second updating unit updates, when an update purpose control program that updates a control program for the air conditioner is received from the external server device, the update purpose control program by using a second update method that is different from the first update method. It is possible to reduce an adapter load by updating the learning model and the control program by using different methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomofumi KAWAI, Yutaka SHIMAMURA, Masae KITAJIMA, Koichi KITAMI
  • Patent number: 11255564
    Abstract: Provided is a program update system for an air conditioner, which can complete update of a program without delay. A controller 51 determines whether it is summer or winter. If it is summer or winter, the controller 51 updates a communication program 52a to a downloaded update program. Or, the controller 51 determines whether a user has set timer on/off. If the user has set the timer on/off, the controller 51 updates the communication program 52a to the downloaded update program. Or, the controller 51 captures room temperature Ti and set temperature Tp, and determines whether a temperature difference ?T calculated using the captured room temperature Ti and the set temperature Tp is greater than or equal to a threshold temperature difference Tth. If the temperature difference ?T is greater than or equal to the threshold temperature difference Tth, the controller 51 updates the communication program 52a to the downloaded update program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventor: Yutaka Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20220011000
    Abstract: A server device includes a collecting unit that stores operation history data collected from an air conditioner in a server-side storage device, a learning unit that stores a learning model generated based on the operation history data in the server-side storage device, a sending unit that sends the learning model to the air conditioner such that the air conditioner performs air conditioning inside a room by using the learning model, and an erasing unit that erases the operation history data and the learning model from the server-side storage device when an erasure instruction signal sent from the air conditioner is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Yutaka SHIMAMURA, Tomofumi KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20210190358
    Abstract: Provided is a program update system for an air conditioner, which can complete update of a program without delay. A controller 51 determines whether it is summer or winter. If it is summer or winter, the controller 51 updates a communication program 52a to a downloaded update program. Or, the controller 51 determines whether a user has set timer on/off. If the user has set the timer on/off, the controller 51 updates the communication program 52a to the downloaded update program. Or, the controller 51 captures room temperature Ti and set temperature Tp, and determines whether a temperature difference ?T calculated using the captured room temperature Ti and the set temperature Tp is greater than or equal to a threshold temperature difference Tth. If the temperature difference ?T is greater than or equal to the threshold temperature difference Tth, the controller 51 updates the communication program 52a to the downloaded update program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Yutaka SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210127879
    Abstract: A tufted carpet constructed by embedding pile yarns on a primary base fabric, where a ratio at which a surface of the primary base fabric is visible accounts for 5% to 85% as viewed from above the tufted carpet. The primary base fabric is formed by entangling a color fiber, a characteristic fiber, and a low melt fiber on a spunbonded base fabric or a woven base fabric. The color fiber imparts an appearance design to the surface of the primary base fabric; the characteristic fiber has at least one function selected from the group consisting of deodorization, antibacterial, anti-allergen, and anti-mite; and the low melt fiber melts at a lower temperature than melting points of the other color fiber and characteristic fiber, and fixes these fibers on the surface of the primary base fabric by thermocompression-bonding. The resulting carpet exhibits excellent shape stability, economical efficiency, and lightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuto HASHINO, Katsumasa MAKITA, Shigenori KOJIMA, Yutaka Shimamura
  • Patent number: 10671102
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes an air-conditioner body performing air-conditioning operation, and a remote controller to operate the air-conditioner body. The air-conditioner body includes control unit that performs operation control of the air-conditioner body, and body receiving unit that receives a transmission signal from the remote controller. The remote controller includes temperature detecting unit for detecting temperatures around the remote controller, and remote-controller transmission unit. At the time of cooling operation, the control unit compares the detected temperature received from the remote controller and a preset temperature predetermined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomofumi Kawai, Yutaka Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20140312130
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes an air-conditioner body performing air-conditioning operation, and a remote controller to operate the air-conditioner body. The air-conditioner body includes control unit that performs operation control of the air-conditioner body, and body receiving unit that receives a transmission signal from the remote controller. The remote controller includes temperature detecting unit for detecting temperatures around the remote controller, and remote-controller transmission unit. At the time of cooling operation, the control unit compares the detected temperature received from the remote controller and a preset temperature predetermined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Tomofumi Kawai, Yutaka Shimamura