Patents by Inventor Akira Yabuta

Akira Yabuta 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: 10177599
    Abstract: A contactless power feeding system comprises a power feeding device and a movable device. The movable device is installed on a power feeding case of the power feeding device, and a liquid crystal TV (E) is installed on the movable device. The liquid crystal TV (E) can be arranged at a desired position on a wall (W) in a room (R) by moving the movable device along the power feeding case. The liquid crystal TV (E) can be arranged at a desired height by moving the liquid crystal TV (E) in the axial direction of a guide pipe provided on a power receiving case. The liquid crystal TV (E) can be directed in a desired direction by rotating the liquid crystal TV (E) around the guide pipe. The contactless power feeding system feeds power to the liquid crystal TV (E) via the power feeding device and the movable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Abe, Toyohiko Tsujimoto, Mamoru Ozaki, Hiroshi Kohara, Toshihiro Akiyama, Akira Yabuta
  • Publication number: 20150255992
    Abstract: A contactless power feeding system comprises a power feeding device and a movable device. The movable device is installed on a power feeding case of the power feeding device, and a liquid crystal TV (E) is installed on the movable device. The liquid crystal TV (E) can be arranged at a desired position on a wall (W) in a room (R) by moving the movable device along the power feeding case. The liquid crystal TV (E) can be arranged at a desired height by moving the liquid crystal TV (E) in the axial direction of a guide pipe provided on a power receiving case. The liquid crystal TV (E) can be directed in a desired direction by rotating the liquid crystal TV (E) around the guide pipe. The contactless power feeding system feeds power to the liquid crystal TV (E) via the power feeding device and the movable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Hideaki Abe, Toyohiko Tsujimoto, Mamoru Ozaki, Hiroshi Kohara, Toshihiro Akiyama, Akira Yabuta
  • Patent number: 6848320
    Abstract: A mechanical deformation amount sensor includes a sensor structure which is formed by a semiconductor substrate or an insulating substrate and integrally includes a deformation portion deformable, when a physical quantity to be detected is applied to the sensor structure, due to the physical quantity and a support portion for supporting the deformation portion, a carbon nanotube resistance element which is provided on the deformation portion so as to be mechanically deformed in response to deformation of the deformation portion and a wiring pattern which is formed in a pattern on the sensor structure so as to be connected to the carbon nanotube resistance element. By applying a voltage to the carbon nanotube resistance element via the wiring pattern, a change of electrical conductivity of the carbon nanotube resistance element upon mechanical deformation of the carbon nanotube resistance element is fetched as an electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisakazu Miyajima, Masao Arakawa, Akira Yabuta, Jun Sakai
  • Publication number: 20040012062
    Abstract: A mechanical deformation amount sensor includes a sensor structure which is formed by a semiconductor substrate or an insulating substrate and integrally includes a deformation portion deformable, when a physical quantity to be detected is applied to the sensor structure, due to the physical quantity and a support portion for supporting the deformation portion, a carbon nanotube resistance element which is provided on the deformation portion so as to be mechanically deformed in response to deformation of the deformation portion and a wiring pattern which is formed in a pattern on the sensor structure so as to be connected to the carbon nanotube resistance element. By applying a voltage to the carbon nanotube resistance element via the wiring pattern, a change of electrical conductivity of the carbon nanotube resistance element upon mechanical deformation of the carbon nanotube resistance element is fetched as an electrical signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisakazu Miyajima, Masao Arakawa, Akira Yabuta, Jun Sakai
  • Patent number: 6658148
    Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus for detecting pattern matching between an input mage and a template image at high speed by reducing memory access times. The image processing apparatus includes a first memory for storing a reference pattern as a template, a second memory for storing an input image for which pattern matching with the template is to be detected, means for compressing the template from the first memory and the input image from the second memory by a predetermined compression ratio, a compressed data memory for storing the compressed input image and the compressed template from the compressing means, a main processor for computing inter-correlation between the compressed input image and the compressed template by scanning the compressed input image for each sub-block thereof and determining a location of the compressed input mage showing a best match in a current pattern matching mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Fung, Akira Yabuta, Nobuaki Kadowaki, Kazutaka Ikeda, Jun Nishijima
  • Patent number: 5933651
    Abstract: A programmable controller includes a pipeline stage having a first stage IF for executing instruction fetching operations, a second stage ID/RF for decoding the instruction and for fetching data from a general-purpose register, a third stage EX for executing arithmetic and logic operations, data address calculations, or calculation of the effective address of a target branch, a fourth stage MEM for accessing to data memory, and a fifth stage WB/BPU for executing bit operations, writing operations with respect to the general-purpose register, or branching operations, are executed in a pipelined manner. Simplification of hardware and control, and facilitation of formation of a pipeline into multiple stages are realized as a result of a pipeline structure being formed into a unified instruction structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Masuda, Hiroshi Sakai, Akira Yabuta
  • Patent number: 5371860
    Abstract: A programmable controller includes a main processor connected to I/O and peripheral devices for sequential control thereof in a programmed manner. The main processor is associated with a system memory which stores an operating system for the main processor as well as provides a work area used in the operation thereof. A source instruction memory is provided to store a source program for control of the I/O and peripheral devices. The source program is compiled by the main processor into a program including corresponding reduced instructions and stored in an coprocessor instruction memory. A coprocessor is included to retrieve the instructions from the coprocessor instruction memory to execute the instructions in a pipeline mode and in parallel with the execution of the main processor. A data memory is provided for instruction execution of the coprocessor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Joji Mura, Akira Yabuta, Tadaharu Kitadou, Minoru Kuroda