Patents Assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Managment Co., Ltd
  • Publication number: 20210382971
    Abstract: The time and effort of the user when exchanging batteries can be minimized, and security can be sufficiently ensured in user authentication. A battery exchanger (3) is provided with a camera (11) for capturing an image of a visitor, and a management server (4) performs face verification to determine if the visitor is an authentic user according to face image information of the visitor acquired from the image captured by the camera. Based on the face verification result, the management server determines if battery exchange is permitted, and notifies the determination result to the battery exchanger. Further, based on identification information of the battery pack brought in by the visitor, the management server performs battery verification to determine if the battery pack brought in by the visitor is permitted to be exchanged, and based on the result of the battery verification, determines if the battery exchange should be permitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Managment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu EBISU, Toshiya ZAITSU, Hiroki SHINOHARA, Masashi TAKEMURA, Kenichiro SHIBASAKI, Koji AOTO
  • Patent number: 10744926
    Abstract: An in-vehicle light apparatus for monitoring a region in a first direction outside a vehicle, including: a lamp unit including a light source and a reflector; a radar unit including a circuit board disposed such that a board surface extends substantially along the horizontal direction on a lower side or an upper side of the lamp unit and a plurality of antenna elements disposed in the hoard surface of the circuit hoard to transmit an electromagnetic wave in the first direction; and the plurality of the antenna elements are arranged in an array on the first direction side relative to the reflector in plan view, and an array direction of the plurality of antenna elements is a direction intersecting the first direction and non-parallel to an extending direction of an end portion on the side of the first direction of the reflector in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iwai, Ryosuke Shiozaki, Shuji Akamatsu, Osamu Shibata, Ken Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10706301
    Abstract: A detection device includes an image segmenter and a detector. The image segmenter cuts out a first region image and a second region image from an image of a vehicle interior that is acquired from an imaging device. The first region image shows at least a portion of a first part of a body of an occupant. The second region image shows at least a portion of a region of the vehicle interior around the first part or at least a portion of a second part of the body of the occupant. The detector detects an orientation of the first part of the body of the occupant based on a feature amount of the first region image and a feature amount of the second region image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuzo Noridomi, Koji Arata
  • Patent number: 10662376
    Abstract: A phosphor comprises a crystal phase with a chemical composition (Lu1-p-q, Cep, Mq)x?y?zO. M denotes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Sc, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Yb. ? contains Si, which constitutes 90% or more by mole of ?. ? contains N, which constitutes 90% or more by mole of ?. The variables x, y, z, p, and q satisfy 5.5?x?6.5, 10.5?y?11.5, 19.5?z?20.5, 0<p<0.03, and 0?q?0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Managment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Nitta, Nobuaki Nagao, Yasuhisa Inada
  • Patent number: 10659677
    Abstract: A camera parameter set calculation apparatus calculates three-dimensional coordinate sets based on a first image obtained by a first camera mounted on a mobile apparatus, a second image obtained by a second camera arranged on or in an object different from the mobile apparatus, a camera parameter set of the first camera, and a camera parameter set of the second camera, determines first pixel coordinate pairs obtained by projecting the three-dimensional coordinate sets onto the first image based on the first camera parameter set and second pixel coordinate pairs obtained by projecting the three-dimensional coordinate sets onto the second image based on the second camera parameter set, calculates an evaluation value based on pixel values at the first pixel coordinate pairs and pixel values at the second pixel coordinate pairs, and updates the camera parameter set of the first camera based on the evaluation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunio Nobori, Nobuhiko Wakai, Satoshi Sato, Takeo Azuma
  • Patent number: 10565147
    Abstract: System host (2) requests a command to local device (6), and local host (10) interprets the requested command and issues the command to local device (6). Local device (6) notifies local host (10) of an interrupt of command complete and local host (10) notifies system host (2) of the command complete. Data transfer between system host (2) and local device (6) is performed via advanced switching unit (8), and advanced switching unit (8) converts an address on local host (10) side into an address on system host (2) side and transfers PCI packets between local host (10) and system host (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Yamashita, Takeshi Ootsuka
  • Patent number: 10543660
    Abstract: A heat-insulation sheet includes a first silica xerogel layer, a second silica xerogel layer, and a composite layer. The first silica xerogel layer includes a first silica xerogel, and the second silica xerogel layer includes a second silica xerogel. The composite layer is located between the first silica xerogel layer and the second silica xerogel layer, and includes at least one type of unwoven fabric fibers, and a third silica xerogel. The third silica xerogel is located in a spatial volume of the unwoven fabric fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Managment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuma Oikawa, Kei Toyota, Shinji Okada, Shigeaki Sakatani
  • Patent number: 9824741
    Abstract: Provided is a refresh control device including: an arbitration operating unit configured to arbitrate (i) a memory access request for accessing a volatile memory that requires a refresh operation for holding data and (ii) a refresh trigger for requesting execution of the refresh operation; and a trigger generating unit configured to generate refresh triggers in a non-constant cycle to satisfy refresh-rate requirements defining the number of refresh operations necessary to be executed per predetermined period for the volatile memory to hold the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shiro Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9789569
    Abstract: Solder material used in soldering of an Au electrode including Ni plating containing P includes Ag satisfying 0.3?[Ag]?4.0, Bi satisfying 0?[Bi]?1.0, and Cu satisfying 0<[Cu]?1.2, where contents (mass %) of Ag, Bi, Cu and In in the solder material are denoted by [Ag], [Bi], [Cu], and [In], respectively. The solder material includes In in a range of 6.0?[In]?6.8 when [Cu] falls within a range of 0<[Cu]<0.5, In in a range of 5.2+(6?(1.55×[Cu]+4.428))?[In]?6.8 when [Cu] falls within a range of 0.5?[Cu]?1.0, In in a range of 5.2?[In]?6.8 when [Cu] falls within a range of 1.0<[Cu]?1.2. A balance includes only not less than 87 mass % of Sn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Managment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Furusawa, Kiyohiro Hine, Masato Mori, Taichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9785039
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion member includes a substrate, a dichroic mirror layer, an SiO2 layer, a ZnO layer, and a phosphor layer, which are sequentially stacked from the substrate. The dichroic mirror layer reflects at least part of light incident from the above. The phosphor layer includes a plurality of phosphors and ZnO between the phosphors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Motoya, Kenta Watanabe, Ran Zheng, Sachiko Azuma, Yoshihisa Nagasaki, Takahiro Hamada, Mitsuru Nitta, Takashi Maniwa, Toshio Mori, Kazuhiro Matsuo
  • Patent number: 9716816
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a dome cover whose inside is a housing space for housing a lens module, an apparatus main body that is attached with the dome cover, a first support member that is supported at the apparatus main body in a free pan rotation manner inside the dome cover, a second support member that is supported at the first support member in a free tilt rotation manner and supports the lens module, an illumination mount that is provided with an illumination member and is supported at the second support member, and a ring-shaped light shielding cover that is provided on the illumination mount, surrounds the illumination member, and comes into close contact with an inner surface of the dome cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji Urano, Hirokazu Tasaka, Akito Omata
  • Patent number: 9679692
    Abstract: Provided is a reactor device which is inexpensive, has high heat radiation and with which there is a high degree of freedom when positioning the transformer core. A heat-radiating plate (105) of U-shaped cross section is contacted onto an upper face and both side faces of an upper part E core (102) forming a transformer (101) upper part, and a transformer (101) provided with the heat-radiating plate (105) is housed from one face which is open of a reactor case (106), and a potting resin material is charged into the gap between the transformer (101) and the reactor case (106) until a lower edge part of the heat-radiating plate (105) is submerged. The reactor case (106) housing the transformer (101) is installed and secured onto a base providing a cooling mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamashima, Yuuji Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9674916
    Abstract: A lighting control device includes: a power supply circuit and a first controller. The first controller includes a first control circuit, a signal output circuit and a first interface. The first control circuit is configured to allow the signal output circuit to output a light control signal to the power supply circuit. The signal output circuit is configured to output the light control signal for indicating magnitude of the output power to the power supply circuit. The first control circuit is configured to transmit control information to and receive the control information from a second controller through the first interface. When the control information is received from the second controller through the first interface, the first control circuit is configured to allow the signal output circuit to output the light control signal corresponding to the control information to the power supply circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomomi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20160134971
    Abstract: A diaphragm for loudspeaker contains resin and single-crystal diamond powder dispersed in the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YOSHIMICHI KAJIHARA, YOHEI JIN
  • Patent number: 9167134
    Abstract: A technology is disclosed that provides an imaging control device and the like capable of actualizing immersive zoom enlargement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Hirano
  • Patent number: 9154582
    Abstract: The present distribution system is formed by a plurality of clients enabled to receive a plurality of channels of signals and a distribution server enabled to output the plurality of channels of signals to respective clients. Each of the plurality of clients includes a switch unit and a transmission unit. The distribution server includes a plurality of transceiver units, a delay amount determining unit and a delay adjusting unit. The respective transceiver units output the plurality of channels of signals to the plurality of clients and receive selection information and dependent information from the respective plurality of clients. The delay amount determining unit determines delay amount to be instructed to the respective plurality of transceiver units based on the dependent information. The delay adjusting unit controls delay amount for the respective plurality of transceiver units based on the delay amount determined by the delay amount determining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Hisataka Ueda
  • Patent number: 9047876
    Abstract: Disclosed is an audio device that plays back compressed audio signals that can be sufficiently comfortable to be audible even in a play back environment with improved acoustic quality. In order to correct a weak signal component near a frequency with a high output level of a compressed audio, weak-signal component adding unit (121) extracts a specific frequency region based on input audio signals, generates a weak-signal component composed of harmonics signals composed of a harmonic component and the like, and a noise signal and adds the generated weak-signal component to the input audio signal. In order to correct a high-frequency band output level from which compressed audio signals are omitted, high-frequency band audio adding unit (122) generates audio of a high-frequency band composed of a harmonic signal and a noise signal and adds the generated high-frequency band audio to the input audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Koike
  • Patent number: 9036097
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical device which includes: an optical component configured to be electrically actuated such that a light transmission state is variable; a driver circuit for the optical component; a power source unit for driving the optical component; a rim for supporting the optical component; a temple having front and rear ends and connected at the front end to the rim; and an earpiece formed at the rear end of the temple. The power source unit includes a secondary battery, a power switch, a power switch control portion, and a use-status sensing portion for sensing the status of use by a user of the optical device. The power switch control portion performs control to turn off the power switch when the use-status sensing portion does not sense any use by the user of the optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Kakinuma, Keisuke Yoneda, Fumio Kato
  • Patent number: 9035253
    Abstract: An infrared sensor element according to the present invention includes a substrate, and a lower electrode layer, a pyroelectric layer, and an upper electrode layer sequentially formed on the substrate. The substrate has a linear thermal expansion coefficient higher than that of the pyroelectric layer, and the pyroelectric layer includes a polycrystalline body having an in-plane stress in a compressive direction. Thus, the infrared sensor element realizes the pyroelectric layer having a high orientation in a polarization axis direction, an excellent pyroelectric property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Managment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinari Noda, Kazuki Komaki
  • Patent number: 8934177
    Abstract: A zoom lens system wherein a positive lens unit located closest to an object side is fixed with respect to an image surface in zooming, a negative lens unit, among lens units located on an image side relative to an aperture diaphragm, is a focusing lens unit which moves along an optical axis in focusing, and the conditions: ?1.8<fn/fW<?0.3 and 0.1<T1/fW<1.5 (fn: a composite focal length of the negative lens unit, T1: an axial thickness of the positive lens unit located closest to the object side, fW: a focal length of the entire system at a wide-angle limit) are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Managment Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Takuya Imaoka, Kyoichi Miyazaki