Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Takeda
Kazuhiro Takeda 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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Patent number: 9867748Abstract: An air mattress include a plurality of air cell groups including a plurality of bladder-shaped cells and lined up with respect to the lengthwise direction of the air mattress so as to support at least a head area, shoulder area, back area, buttock, thigh area, knee area, and heel area of a person lying on the air mattress, an air supply/release pump; and an air tube connecting the bladder-shaped cells and the air supply/release pump in one or a plurality of independent first systems for each of the air cell groups out of the air cell groups and one or a plurality of independent second systems for each of specific bladder-shaped cells out of the plurality of air cell groups. Each of the air cell groups corresponding to the back area, buttock area, and thigh area includes a lower section of bladder-shaped cells and an upper section of bladder-shaped cells.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Takeda, Shuichi Aoki, Shinji Ueki, Kenta Ohno
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Patent number: 9845807Abstract: Provided is a compressor control device configured to control a flow rate of a compressor having a plurality of impellers connected to an outlet port-side flow path in parallel and a flow rate regulation unit configured to regulate a flow rate of each of the impellers, the compressor control device including a pressure detection unit configured to detect a pressure of the outlet port-side flow path, a flow rate detection unit configured to detect the flow rate of each of the impellers, and a control unit configured to output a flow rate regulation command of each of the impellers to the flow rate regulation unit and control the flow rate regulation unit based on the detection result of the pressure detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2013Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Takeda, Yosuke Nakagawa
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Patent number: 9747857Abstract: A display device includes: data-line pairs arranged side by side along a first direction; gate lines arranged side by side along a second direction; a display section including pixels each disposed at an intersection of a data-line pair and a gate line and connected to one or both of the data-line pair; a data-line drive circuit supplying a positive-phase data signal to one of the data-line pair and a negative-phase data signal to the other, and allowing the data-line pair to stay in a high-impedance state before writing of an image signal to the pixels; and a short circuit putting the data-line pair in a short-circuit state while the data-line pair stays in the high-impedance state, and then releasing the short-circuit state Following the release of the short-circuit state, the positive-phase data signal or/and the negative-phase data signal are written into the pixel as the image signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Naoki Andou, Kouzi Tsukamoto, Takamitsu Urakawa, Kazuhiro Takeda, Keiko Kawaguchi, Taizou Hoshihara, Kouichi Hashikaki
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Patent number: 9648675Abstract: An LED lamp according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a first LED array that is annularly arranged on a mounting board and includes first LED elements connected in series; a second LED array that is arranged within an inner circumference of the first LED array on the mounting board, includes second LED elements connected in series, and emits light having an emission color different from an emission color of the first LED array; a FET switch arranged in series on a path through which current flows to the second LED array; and a constant power output circuit, wherein the number of the first LED elements is greater than the number of the second LED elements, and a total forward voltage of the first LED array is greater than a total forward voltage of the second LED array.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Takahashi, Kazuhiro Takeda
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Publication number: 20170110646Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a dopant composition-nanomaterial composite, which method makes it possible to simply and efficiently change a Seebeck coefficient value of a nanomaterial. This manufacture method of the present invention includes the steps of: (a) putting a dopant composition in contact with a nanomaterial in a solvent; (b) drying a mixture obtained in the step (a) so as to remove the solvent, the dopant composition containing a given anion and an onium ion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nonoguchi, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Fumihiko Kamikonya, Kenji Ohashi, Kazuhiro Takeda
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Publication number: 20170012233Abstract: A substrate (110) includes corners (112). An insulating layer (170) includes first openings (172). A light emitting element (102) overlaps the first opening (172), and includes an organic layer (130). At least one layer of the organic layer (130), for example, a hole injection layer, is a coated film, and other layers thereof are vapor-deposited films. Meanwhile, all the layers of the organic layer (130) may be coated films. At least one layer of the organic layer (130) which is a coated film is also located on the insulating layer (170), and includes a protruding region (132) protruding toward the corner (112) of the substrate (110).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Daisuke MASUDA, Masanobu AKAGI, Yutaka SAITO, Kazuhiro TAKEDA
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Patent number: 9430971Abstract: An electro-optical unit includes pixels provided correspondingly to portions where a plurality of pairs of data lines and a plurality of gate lines intersect with each other. Each of the pixels has an electro-optical device and a pixel circuit. The pixel circuit has a holding circuit connected with one of the plurality of pairs of data lines and one of the plurality of gate lines, and a selection circuit connected with an output of the holding circuit and the electro-optical device. The holding circuit is capable of sampling and holding a first image signal to be applied to one of the pair of the data lines, while sampling and holding a second image signal to be applied to the other of the pair of the data lines. The selection circuit is capable of outputting the first image signal and the second image signal to the electro-optical device selectively.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2012Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kouzi Tsukamoto, Kazuhiro Takeda, Takamitsu Urakawa, Naoki Andou, Kazutoshi Ono
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Patent number: 9380661Abstract: An LED lamp according to one aspect of the present invention including: a first LED array including first LED elements connected in series; a second LED array that includes second LED elements connected in series and emits light having an emission color different from an emission color of the first LED array; a FET switch that is provided between the two LED arrays and switches between a first current path to the first LED array and a second current path to the second LED array; a constant power output circuit that outputs the same power value to a current path through which current flows before the switching and a current path through which current flows after the switching, wherein a total forward voltage of the first LED array is different from a total forward voltage of the second LED array.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Takahashi, Kazuhiro Takeda
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Patent number: 9271354Abstract: A straight tube LED lamp according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a first LED array including first LED elements connected in series; a second LED array that includes second LED elements connected in series, and emits light having a different emission color from an emission color of the first LED array; a FET switch provided in a path through which current flows to the second LED array; and a constant power output circuit that outputs power without changing a total value of the power, wherein the number of the first LED elements connected in series is greater than the number of the second LED elements connected in series, a total forward voltage of the first LED array is greater than a total forward voltage of the second LED array, and the first LED elements are in alignment with the second LED elements.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Takahashi, Kazuhiro Takeda
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Patent number: 9247602Abstract: An LED lamp is used being connected to an external switch for performing an ON-OFF operation. The LED lamp, when causing a light emitting module to emit light in a first lighting mode, controls a power supply circuit to cause the light emitting module to emit light at a first brightness for a predetermined time period from when a timer circuit is activated, and to cause the light emitting module to emit light at a second brightness lower than the first brightness, after passage of the predetermined time period. The LED lamp, when causing the light emitting module to emit light in a second lighting mode, controls the power supply circuit to cause the light emitting module to continue to emit light at the first brightness irrespective of a state of the timer circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2015Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Takahashi, Kazuhiro Takeda, Toshiaki Isogai
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Publication number: 20160008198Abstract: An air mattress include a plurality of air cell groups including a plurality of bladder-shaped cells and lined up with respect to the lengthwise direction of the air mattress so as to support at least a head area, shoulder area, back area, buttock, thigh area, knee area, and heel area of a person lying on the air mattress, an air supply/release pump; and an air tube connecting the bladder-shaped cells and the air supply/release pump in one or a plurality of independent first systems for each of the air cell groups out of the air cell groups and one or a plurality of independent second systems for each of specific bladder-shaped cells out of the plurality of air cell groups. Each of the air cell groups corresponding to the back area, buttock area, and thigh area includes a lower section of bladder-shaped cells and an upper section of bladder-shaped cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Kazuhiro TAKEDA, Shuichi AOKI, Shinji UEKI, Kenta OHNO
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Patent number: 9226374Abstract: An illumination light source includes: a light-emitting unit; a disturbance detecting unit which detects a specific disturbance; a timer circuit that times a first period and a second period, the first period starting from when the disturbance detecting unit detects the specific disturbance, a second period immediately following after the first period; and a driving circuit that turns ON the light-emitting unit at a start of the first period, causes the light-emitting unit to emit light during the first period, causes the light-emitting unit to emit light that is different from the light emitted during the second period, and turns OFF the light-emitting unit at an end of the second period.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Takeda, Kazushige Sugita, Akira Takahashi, Tatsumi Setomoto, Tomohiro Kamitsu
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Patent number: 9191038Abstract: A wireless bicycle communication apparatus comprises an information receiver and a wireless transmitter. The information receiver is configured to receive first information and second information from a first bicycle component and a second bicycle component. The first information relates to the first bicycle component. The second information relates to the second bicycle component. The information receiver is configured to receive at least one of the first information and the second information via an electrical communication wiring. The wireless transmitter is configured to periodically transmit wireless signals based on the first information and the second information.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Ryuji Abe, Kazuhiro Takeda
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Patent number: 9114048Abstract: Provided is an air mattress capable of preventing the occurrence of decubitus ulcers in a person lying on the air mattress. The air mattress has a plurality of air cell groups made from a plurality of bladder-shaped cells and lined up with respect to the lengthwise direction of the air mattress so as to support at least a head area, shoulder area, back area, buttock, thigh area, knee area, and heel area of a person lying on said air mattress; an air supply/release pump; and an air tube connecting said bladder-shaped cells and said air supply/release pump in one or a plurality of independent first systems for each of the air cell groups out of said air cell groups and one or a plurality of independent second systems for each of specific bladder-shaped cells out of the plurality of air cell groups.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2010Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Takeda, Shuichi Aoki, Shinji Ueki, Kenta Ohno
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Publication number: 20150237698Abstract: An LED lamp is used being connected to an external switch for performing an ON-OFF operation. The LED lamp, when causing a light emitting module to emit light in a first lighting mode, controls a power supply circuit to cause the light emitting module to emit light at a first brightness for a predetermined time period from when a timer circuit is activated, and to cause the light emitting module to emit light at a second brightness lower than the first brightness, after passage of the predetermined time period. The LED lamp, when causing the light emitting module to emit light in a second lighting mode, controls the power supply circuit to cause the light emitting module to continue to emit light at the first brightness irrespective of a state of the timer circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira TAKAHASHI, Kazuhiro TAKEDA, Toshiaki ISOGAI
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Publication number: 20150235604Abstract: A display device includes: data-line pairs arranged side by side along a first direction; gate lines arranged side by side along a second direction; a display section including pixels each disposed at an intersection of a data-line pair and a gate line and connected to one or both of the data-line pair; a data-line drive circuit supplying a positive-phase data signal to one of the data-line pair and a negative-phase data signal to the other, and allowing the data-line pair to stay in a high-impedance state before writing of an image signal to the pixels; and a short circuit putting the data-line pair in a short-circuit state while the data-line pair stays in the high-impedance state, and then releasing the short-circuit state Following the release of the short-circuit state, the positive-phase data signal or/and the negative-phase data signal are written into the pixel as the mage signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Naoki Andou, Kouzi Tsukamoto, Takamitsu Urakawa, Kazuhiro Takeda, Keiko Kawaguchi, Taizou Hoshihara, Kouichi Hashikaki
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Publication number: 20150180517Abstract: A wireless bicycle communication apparatus comprises an information receiver and a wireless transmitter. The information receiver is configured to receive first information and second information from a first bicycle component and a second bicycle component. The first information relates to the first bicycle component. The second information relates to the second bicycle component. The information receiver is configured to receive at least one of the first information and the second information via an electrical communication wiring. The wireless transmitter is configured to periodically transmit wireless signals based on the first information and the second information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Ryuji ABE, Kazuhiro TAKEDA
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Publication number: 20150139776Abstract: Provided is a compressor control device configured to control a flow rate of a compressor having a plurality of impellers connected to an outlet port-side flow path in parallel and a flow rate regulation unit configured to regulate a flow rate of each of the impellers, the compressor control device including a pressure detection unit configured to detect a pressure of the outlet port-side flow path, a flow rate detection unit configured to detect the flow rate of each of the impellers, and a control unit configured to output a flow rate regulation command of each of the impellers to the flow rate regulation unit and control the flow rate regulation unit based on the detection result of the pressure detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Takeda, Yosuke Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20150123572Abstract: An illumination light source includes: a light-emitting unit; a disturbance detecting unit which detects a specific disturbance; a timer circuit that times a first period and a second period, the first period starting from when the disturbance detecting unit detects the specific disturbance, a second period immediately following after the first period; and a driving circuit that turns ON the light-emitting unit at a start of the first period, causes the light-emitting unit to emit light during the first period, causes the light-emitting unit to emit light that is different from the light emitted during the second period, and turns OFF the light-emitting unit at an end of the second period.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Kazuhiro Takeda, Kazushige Sugita, Akira Takahashi, Tatsumi Setomoto, Tomohiro Kamitsu
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Patent number: 9024922Abstract: A display device includes: data-line pairs arranged side by side along a first direction; gate lines arranged side by side along a second direction; a display section including pixels each disposed at an intersection of a data-line pair and a gate line and connected to one or both of the data-line pair; a data-line drive circuit supplying a positive-phase data signal to one of the data-line pair and a negative-phase data signal to the other, and allowing the data-line pair to stay in a high-impedance state before writing of an image signal to the pixels; and a short circuit putting the data-line pair in a short-circuit state while the data-line pair stays in the high-impedance state, and then releasing the short-circuit state Following the release of the short-circuit state, the positive-phase data signal or/and the negative-phase data signal are written into the pixel as the mage signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Naoki Andou, Kouzi Tsukamoto, Takamitsu Urakawa, Kazuhiro Takeda, Keiko Kawaguchi, Taizou Hoshihara, Kouichi Hashikaki