Patents by Inventor Ichirou Terayama

Ichirou Terayama 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: 8593264
    Abstract: A remote lighting control system is for remote lighting control of a plurality of discharge lamps. This system has the installed electronic ballasts of each discharge lamp. Each electronic ballast has a transceiver and a controller, the transceiver exchanges control information with the controller. The control command contains the identifiable information to specify one of a plurality of electronic ballasts. When the transmitter is received the control command, the transceiver transfers the received control command to other electronic ballasts further. Moreover, if the control command is the one that the identifiable information specifies own ballasts, the control information based on the received control command is send to own controller, and the controller control the discharge lamp. According to this system, when a lot of lamps was arranged the factory etc. comparatively widely, the user's remote control is not limited to the narrow scope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignees: Eye Lighting Systems Corporation, Nippon Antenna Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Umezawa, Ichirou Terayama, Masakazu Ikeda, Yusuke Tainaka
  • Publication number: 20100259193
    Abstract: A remote lighting control system is for remote lighting control of a plurality of discharge lamps. This system has the installed electronic ballasts of each discharge lamp. Each electronic ballast has a transceiver and a controller, the transceiver exchanges control information with the controller. The control command contains the identifiable information to specify one of a plurality of electronic ballasts. When the transmitter is received the control command, the transceiver transfers the received control command to other electronic ballasts further. Moreover, if the control command is the one that the identifiable information specifies own ballasts, the control information based on the received control command is send to own controller, and the controller control the discharge lamp. According to this system, when a lot of lamps was arranged the factory etc. comparatively widely, the user's remote control is not limited to the narrow scope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicants: EYE LIGHTING SYSTEMS CORPORATION, NIPPON ANTENNA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Umezawa, Ichirou Terayama, Masakazu Ikeda, Yusuke Tainaka