Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Kawano
Hitoshi Kawano 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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Publication number: 20140042911Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lighting control system includes a plurality of luminaire, a sensor device, a luminance sensor, and a lighting control unit. The luminaires are set in a lighting space. The sensor device detects presence of a person in the lighting space. The luminance sensor detects indirect luminance in a predetermined position in the lighting space by the luminaire. The lighting control unit subjects the luminaire to lighting control such that the indirect luminance detected by the luminance sensor does not fall below a predetermined value in a position where the sensor device detects presence of the person.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Yoko NOGUCHI, Tomoko Ishiwata, Makoto Kawagoe, Takayuki Ono, Kenji Takahashi, Hidenori Nishigaki, Junko Takahashi, Shigehisa Kawatsuru, Hitoshi Kawano, Fumie Iwata
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Publication number: 20140042915Abstract: Plural luminaires are installed in a lighting space surrounded by a wall part. A sensor equipment detects existence or nonexistence of a person in the lighting space. If existence of a person in the lighting space is detected, the sensor equipment detects a direction of the person. The sensor equipment detects a distance between the wall part positioned in front of the direction of the person and the person. A lighting control unit selectively switches between a first control for performing lighting control of the luminaires to illuminate the wall part positioned in front of the direction of the person if the detected distance is a specified distance or less, and a second control for performing lighting control of the luminaires to reduce brightness at a place as the place becomes farther from a position of the person if the detected distance is larger than the specified distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Takayuki Ono, Tomoko Ishiwata, Yoko Noguchi, Makoto Kawagoe, Kenji Takahashi, Hidenori Nishigaki, Junko Takahashi, Shigehisa Kawatsuru, Hitoshi Kawano, Fumie Iwata, Katsusuke Uchino
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Patent number: 8643307Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lighting device includes a control circuit that includes a threshold for a case where a pair of the illumination lamps are connected in series between a positive output end and a negative output end of a power supply circuit, and a threshold for a case where one illumination lamp is connected between the positive output end and the negative output end of the power supply circuit. The control circuit determines the connected lamp number of the illumination lamps to a direct-current power supply device based on a voltage between the positive output end and the negative output end of the power supply circuit and a voltage between a non-potential connection end and the positive output end or the negative output end, and selects the threshold corresponding to the connected lamp number to control the direct-current power supply device.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Naoko Iwai, Masahiko Kamata, Hiroshi Terasaka, Hitoshi Kawano, Yosuke Saito
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Publication number: 20140015417Abstract: In an embodiment, a lighting control system includes a plurality of lighting apparatuses and a central control device. In an embodiment, the central control device controls lighting states of the plurality of lighting apparatuses, based on a first illumination which is an illumination of an irradiated surface irradiated by the plurality of lighting apparatuses, and a second illumination which is an illumination at a certain measurement point in a lighting space irradiated by light sources of the plurality of lighting apparatuses and is formed by a reflected light of light emitted by the lighting apparatuses.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Naoko Iwai, Keiichi Shimizu, Makoto Kawagoe, Toshihiko Sasai, Hiroyuki Kudo, Tomoko Ishiwata, Toshitake Kitagawa, Hitoshi Kawano, Shinichi Kumashiro
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Patent number: 8613529Abstract: There is provided a lighting fixture 11 capable of efficiently radiating heat of a lamp device 14 attached to a socket device 13. By attaching the lamp device 14 to the socket device 13, a cap portion 38 of the lamp device is brought into contact with a fixture body 12, and pressed against and brought into contact with the fixture body 12 by an elastic body 30. Heat generated by lighting of LEDs 35 of the lamp device 14 is conducted from the cap portion 38 to the fixture body 12 and efficiently radiated.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2009Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Keiichi Shimizu, Takeshi Osada, Keiichi Shimizu, Toshiya Tanaka, Shigeru Osawa, Takeshi Hisayasu, Hirokazu Otake, Hitoshi Kawano, Makoto Sakai
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Patent number: 8593067Abstract: According to one embodiment, an LED lighting device includes a DC source, a non-insulated step-down chopper and a light emitting diode. The non-insulated step-down chopper includes: a first circuit in which a switching element, a current detecting impedance element and an inductor are connected in series to each other; a second circuit in which the inductor and a freewheel diode are connected in series to each other; and a control portion for controlling the switching element. A power portion including the switching element and the control portion are constituted by a single package IC, and the current detecting impedance element and inductor are attached to the outside of the IC.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignees: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Naoko Iwai, Hajime Osaki, Kenichi Asami, Hitoshi Kawano, Masatoshi Kumagai
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Publication number: 20130293144Abstract: A light source lighting device includes a first light source 1, a second light source 2 having a color temperature lower than a color temperature of the first light source, the color temperature of the second light source being 2500 to 3200 K, a lighting circuit 3 configured to light each of the first and second light sources, and a control unit 4 which is capable of selecting a fadeout mode for continuously dimming and fading out both the first and second light sources and, when the fadeout mode is selected, in a period of a latter stage controls the lighting circuit to increase a light amount of the second light source to be larger than a light amount of the first light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2011Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Sayaka Tomiyama, Masahiko Kamata, Toshihiko Sasai, Hitoshi Kawano, Naoko Iwai, Masatoshi Kumagai, Toru Ishikita, Horomichi Nakajima
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Patent number: 8567990Abstract: A lighting device may include a substrate attached to one edge side of a radiator and a cover may be attached to cover the substrate. Heat-radiating fins may be provided on the other edge side of the radiator and an air-cooling unit may be rotatably provided inside the heat-radiating fins, thereby enabling freely rotation. In one or more examples, a case storing a circuit part is attached to the other edge side of the radiator and a cap is provided to the case. By the air flow from the air-cooling unit, the heat-radiating fins are caused to be a part of the ventilation path to allow for ventilation of the inside of the radiator.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Nobuhiko Betsuda, Takumi Suwa, Hitoshi Kawano, Akiko Saito, Makoto Bessho, Yusuke Shibahara, Hiroki Tamai, Nobuo Shibano, Keiichi Shimizu
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Publication number: 20130271030Abstract: According to one embodiment, a road lamp system includes a light-emitting section configured to irradiate light and an image pickup section. A power supply section operates as a driving power supply for the light-emitting section and performs power line communication with an external management apparatus. A road-lamp control section receives a control signal from the management apparatus via the power supply section and controls the light-emitting section on the basis of the control signal. A camera control section receives the control signal and determines, on the basis of image information transmitted from the image pickup section, whether a control operation instructed by the received control signal is executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Hidenori Nishigaki, Kenji Takahashi, Hitoshi Kawano, Shinichi Kumashiro
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Publication number: 20130247352Abstract: A method for designing indoor lighting includes disposing a first luminaire on a ceiling surface that forms an indoor space, the first luminaire having a luminous intensity distribution characteristic that a luminous flux over a range of luminous intensity distribution angles no smaller than 90 degrees but no greater than 120 degrees with respect to a vertically downward direction, which represents 0 degrees, is 20% of a luminous flux of the luminaire or greater and a luminous flux over a range of luminous intensity distribution angles no smaller than 60 degrees but smaller than 90 degrees is 20% of the luminous flux of the luminaire or smaller; and disposing a second luminaire in the indoor space, the second luminaire illuminating a wall surface present in a region corresponding to the luminous intensity distribution angles of light from the first luminaire no less than 60 degrees but smaller than 90 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoko Noguchi, Tomoko Ishiwata, Kazunori Yashiro, Masaru Inoue, Makoto Kawagoe, Hitoshi Kawano, Shigehisa Kawatsuru, Fumie Iwata
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Publication number: 20130250554Abstract: According to one embodiment, a luminaire is provided which can enhance the feeling of brightness of a space and can reduce glare. The luminaire includes an equipment mounted on a ceiling surface. The equipment includes a light source and a light control unit. When an amount of light emitted outside from the equipment is an equipment luminous flux, and a direction right under the equipment has a luminous intensity distribution angle of 0°, the light control unit controls to cause a luminous flux falling within a range of a luminous intensity distribution angle of 90° to 120° to be 20% or more of the equipment luminous flux and to cause a luminous flux falling within a range of a luminous intensity distribution angle of 60° to 90° to be 20% or less of the equipment luminous flux.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Yoko NOGUCHI, Tomoko Ishiwata, Kazunori Yashiro, Masaru Inoue, Makoto Kawagoe, Fumie Iwata, Hitoshi Kawano, Shigehisa Kawatsuru
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Patent number: 8540399Abstract: A lighting fixture capable of efficiently radiating heat of a lamp device may be configured to be attached to a socket device. In some examples, by attaching the lamp device to the socket device, a cap portion of the lamp device is brought into contact with a fixture body, and pressed against and brought into close contact with the fixture body by an elastic body. Heat generated by lighting of LEDs of the lamp device is conducted from the cap portion to the fixture body and efficiently radiated.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Keiichi Shimizu, Takeshi Osada, Keiichi Shimizu, Toshiya Tanaka, Shigeru Osawa, Takeshi Hisayasu, Hirokazu Otake, Hitoshi Kawano, Makoto Sakai
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Patent number: 8540396Abstract: A lighting fixture capable of efficiently radiating heat of a lamp device may be configured to be attached to a socket device. In some examples, by attaching the lamp device to the socket device, a cap portion of the lamp device is brought into contact with a fixture body, and pressed against and brought into close contact with the fixture body by an elastic body. Heat generated by lighting of LEDs of the lamp device is conducted from the cap portion to the fixture body and efficiently radiated.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Keiichi Shimizu, Takeshi Osada, Keiichi Shimizu, Toshiya Tanaka, Shigeru Osawa, Takeshi Hisayasu, Hirokazu Otake, Hitoshi Kawano, Makoto Sakai
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Publication number: 20130241439Abstract: A lighting control system includes a plurality of lighting fixtures for ambient lighting, a plurality of lighting fixtures for task lighting, and a smart phone of a worker. The smart phone can execute an application program which controls a corresponding lighting fixture for ambient lighting, and starts up the application program when an ON state of a lighting fixture for task lighting is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Hidenori Nishigaki, Junko Takahashi, Hitoshi Kawano, Shinichi Kumashiro
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Patent number: 8523402Abstract: A lighting fixture capable of efficiently radiating heat of a lamp device may be configured to be attached to a socket device. In some examples, by attaching the lamp device to the socket device, a cap portion of the lamp device is brought into contact with a fixture body, and pressed against and brought into close contact with the fixture body by an elastic body. Heat generated by lighting of LEDs of the lamp device is conducted from the cap portion to the fixture body and efficiently radiated.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Keiichi Shimizu, Takeshi Osada, Keiichi Shimizu, Toshiya Tanaka, Shigeru Osawa, Takeshi Hisayasu, Hirokazu Otake, Hitoshi Kawano, Makoto Sakai
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Publication number: 20130127346Abstract: In the lighting control device according to the exemplary embodiment, the detection section detects the presence or absence of a person in a lighting area and a movement speed of a person, based on an image data of the lighting area that is lighted by a light source of a plurality of lighting apparatuses and is acquired from an imaging device. A decision section decides whether each of division areas is a stay area or a non-stay area based on the movement speed of a person detected by the detection section. A lighting control section performs different lighting controls on the lighting apparatus of the division area decided as the stay area by the decision section and the lighting apparatus of the division area decided as the non-stay area.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2012Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Takahashi, Yasushi Morimoto, Kenji Takahashi, Yukio Ishida, Hitoshi Kawano, Shinichi Kumashiro, Sayaka Kikuta
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Publication number: 20130119860Abstract: A switching power supply apparatus according to an embodiment includes a switching element, an inductor, a drive circuit, a mounting substrate, and an insulating substrate. The switching element is connected between a power supply and a lighting load. The inductor is connected in series to the switching element. The drive circuit controls the switching element, converts a voltage supplied from the power supply, and is mounted on the mounting substrate. The insulating substrate is thermally connected to the switching element, and has thermal conductivity higher than the mounting substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Noriyuki Kitamura, Yuji Takahashi, Hitoshi Kawano, Masatoshi Kumagai, Yosuke Saito
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Patent number: 8434908Abstract: A lighting fixture capable of efficiently radiating heat of a lamp device may be configured to be attached to a socket device. In some examples, by attaching the lamp device to the socket device, a cap portion of the lamp device is brought into contact with a fixture body, and pressed against and brought into close contact with the fixture body by an elastic body. Heat generated by lighting of LEDs of the lamp device is conducted from the cap portion to the fixture body and efficiently radiated.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Keiichi Shimizu, Takeshi Osada, Keiichi Shimizu, Toshiya Tanaka, Shigeru Osawa, Takeshi Hisayasu, Hirokazu Otake, Hitoshi Kawano, Makoto Sakai
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Publication number: 20130106311Abstract: According to one embodiment, in a power supply device, a power conversion circuit which outputs a power supply voltage to a load by converting the power supply voltage into a predetermined output voltage, and control circuit which has a ground potential which is different from that of the power conversion circuit, and controls the power conversion circuit are provided. In addition, a power supply circuit which supplies the power supply voltage to the control circuit by converting the power supply voltage into a control power supply which is insulated with respect to the ground voltage of the power conversion circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Go Kato, Shinichiro Matsumoto, Hiromichi Nakajima, Masahiko Kamata, Shinichi Kumashiro, Hitoshi Kawano, Koji Takahashi
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Patent number: 8430535Abstract: There is provided a lighting fixture capable of efficiently radiating heat of a lamp device attached to a socket device. By attaching the lamp device to the socket device, a cap portion of the lamp device is brought into contact with a fixture body, and pressed against and brought into close contact with the fixture body by an elastic body. Heat generated by lighting of LEDs of the lamp device is conducted from the cap portion to the fixture body and efficiently radiated.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2011Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Keiichi Shimizu, Takeshi Osada, Keiichi Shimizu, Toshiya Tanaka, Shigeru Osawa, Takeshi Hisayasu, Hirokazu Otake, Hitoshi Kawano, Makoto Sakai