Patents by Inventor Shinji Nogi
Shinji Nogi 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: 8901848Abstract: The present invention comprises a lighting apparatus main body having a reflecting surface, a main light source arranged in the reflecting surface of the lighting apparatus main body, a sub-light source which is arranged at the lighting apparatus main body and illuminates the neighborhood of the main light source directly, and a control circuit which controls the main light source and the sub-light source. Since the lighting apparatus illuminates downward with a direct illumination of the main light source and an indirect illumination of the sub-light source, the glare of the main light source is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignees: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroaki Watanabe, Keiichi Shimizu, Kozo Ogawa, Erika Takenaka, Akimichi Takahashi, Shinji Nogi, Shinichi Kumashiro
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Patent number: 8558272Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting devices, a reflective layer, a plurality of conductor parts and a translucent adhesive layer. Each of the semiconductor light-emitting devices has a translucent substrate, and a semiconductor light-emitting layer formed on the substrate. The reflective layer has a size on which semiconductor light-emitting devices are arranged at intervals. The conductor parts are provided on the reflective layer, and electrically connected to the semiconductor light-emitting devices. The adhesive layer bonds the substrates of the semiconductor light-emitting devices onto the reflective layer, and thereby holds the semiconductor light-emitting devices on the reflective layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Sanpei, Masahiro Izumi, Shinji Nogi, Akiko Saito
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Patent number: 8057072Abstract: A light-emitting module includes at least one light-emitting element provided on a mount surface of a substratum. A translucent member is provided so as to face the mount surface of the substratum. The translucent member is separated from the light-emitting element and contains a phosphor material that converts a wavelength of light emitted by the light-emitting element. A frame having heat conducting properties is interposed between the substratum and the translucent member. The frame surrounds the light-emitting element. The frame includes an opening that leads light emitted by the light-emitting element to the translucent member, and a heat conductor thermally connected to the translucent member. The heat conductor includes a heat radiator exposed outside of the translucent member.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2009Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Erika Takenaka, Kozo Ogawa, Keiichi Shimizu, Hiroaki Watanabe, Akimichi Takahashi, Shinji Nogi, Shinichi Kumashiro
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Publication number: 20110273880Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting devices, a reflective layer, a plurality of conductor parts and a translucent adhesive layer. Each of the semiconductor light-emitting devices has a translucent substrate, and a semiconductor light-emitting layer formed on the substrate. The reflective layer has a size on which semiconductor light-emitting devices are arranged at intervals. The conductor parts are provided on the reflective layer, and electrically connected to the semiconductor light-emitting devices. The adhesive layer bonds the substrates of the semiconductor light-emitting devices onto the reflective layer, and thereby holds the semiconductor light-emitting devices on the reflective layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Sanpei, Masahiro Izumi, Shinji Nogi, Akiko Saito
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Patent number: 7989840Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting devices, a reflective layer, a plurality of conductor parts and a translucent adhesive layer. Each of the semiconductor light-emitting devices has a translucent substrate, and a semiconductor light-emitting layer formed on the substrate. The reflective layer has a size on which semiconductor light-emitting devices are arranged at intervals. The conductor parts are provided on the reflective layer, and electrically connected to the semiconductor light-emitting devices. The adhesive layer bonds the substrates of the semiconductor light-emitting devices onto the reflective layer, and thereby holds the semiconductor light-emitting devices on the reflective layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2007Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Sanpei, Masahiro Izumi, Shinji Nogi, Akiko Saito
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Publication number: 20110182073Abstract: An illumination device includes a base board, an insulator, a conductor, a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements and a light-transmissive sealing member. The base board includes a surface and projection portions. The projection portion is formed to become gradually thicker from its end toward the surface of the base board. The insulator is formed on the surface. The conductor is formed on the insulator. The semiconductor light-emitting elements are mounted on the projection portions. The semiconductor light-emitting elements are electrically connected to the conductor via connection members. The sealing member covers the insulator, the projection portions, the semiconductor light-emitting elements and the connection members.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2011Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro SANPEI, Yumiko Hayashida, Masahiro Izumi, Kiyoshi Otani, Yutaka Honda, Shinji Nogi
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Patent number: 7934856Abstract: An illumination device includes a base board, an insulator, a conductor, a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements and a light-transmissive sealing member. The base board includes a surface and projection portions. The projection portion is formed to become gradually thicker from its end toward the surface of the base board. The insulator is formed on the surface. The conductor is formed on the insulator. The semiconductor light-emitting elements are mounted on the projection portions. The semiconductor light-emitting elements are electrically connected to the conductor via connection members. The sealing member covers the insulator, the projection portions, the semiconductor light-emitting elements and the connection members.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Sanpei, Yumiko Hayashida, Masahiro Izumi, Kiyoshi Otani, Yutaka Honda, Shinji Nogi
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Publication number: 20100188852Abstract: An illumination device includes a base board, an insulator, a conductor, a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements and a light-transmissive sealing member. The base board includes a surface and projection portions. The projection portion is formed to become gradually thicker from its end toward the surface of the base board. The insulator is formed on the surface. The conductor is formed on the insulator. The semiconductor light-emitting elements are mounted on the projection portions. The semiconductor light-emitting elements are electrically connected to the conductor via connection members. The sealing member covers the insulator, the projection portions, the semiconductor light-emitting elements and the connection members.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2010Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Sanpei, Yumiko Hayashida, Masahiro Izumi, Kiyoshi Otani, Yutaka Honda, Shinji Nogi
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Publication number: 20100149783Abstract: A light-emitting module includes at least one light-emitting element provided on a mount surface of a substratum. A translucent member is provided so as to face the mount surface of the substratum. The translucent member is separated from the light-emitting element and contains a phosphor material that converts a wavelength of light emitted by the light-emitting element. A frame having heat conducting properties is interposed between the substratum and the translucent member. The frame surrounds the light-emitting element. The frame includes an opening that leads light emitted by the light-emitting element to the translucent member, and a heat conductor thermally connected to the translucent member. The heat conductor includes a heat radiator exposed outside of the translucent member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2009Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Erika TAKENAKA, Kozo Ogawa, Keiichi Shimizu, Hiroaki Watanabe, Akimichi Takahashi, Shinji Nogi, Shinichi Kumashiro
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Publication number: 20100124064Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source configured to radiate light toward a floor from a ceiling, a reflecting mirror provided around the light source, and shading angle setting element configured to define a range in which the light from the light source is radiated by setting a shading angle with respect to the light radiated from the light source. The light source, the reflecting mirror and the shading angle setting element are covered by a translucent cover. The translucent cover has an in-line transmittance. An in-line transmittance of the translucent cover of a position corresponding to an optical axis of the light source and an in-line transmittance of the translucent cover of a position deviated from the optical axis are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2009Publication date: May 20, 2010Applicants: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kozo Ogawa, Akimichi Takahashi, Erika Takenaka, Hiroaki Watanabe, Keiichi Shimizu, Shinji Nogi, Shinichi Kumashiro
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Patent number: 7690817Abstract: An illumination device includes a base board, an insulator, a conductor, a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements and a light-transmissive sealing member. The base board includes a surface and projection portions. The projection portion is formed to become gradually thicker from its end toward the surface of the base board. The insulator is formed on the surface. The conductor is formed on the insulator. The semiconductor light-emitting elements are mounted on the projection portions. The semiconductor light-emitting elements are electrically connected to the conductor via connection members. The sealing member covers the insulator, the projection portions, the semiconductor light-emitting elements and the connection members.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2007Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Sanpei, Yumiko Hayashida, Masahiro Izumi, Kiyoshi Otani, Yutaka Honda, Shinji Nogi
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Publication number: 20100079087Abstract: The present invention comprises a lighting apparatus main body having a reflecting surface, a main light source arranged in the reflecting surface of the lighting apparatus main body, a sub-light source which is arranged at the lighting apparatus main body and illuminates the neighborhood of the main light source directly, and a control circuit which controls the main light source and the sub-light source. Since the lighting apparatus illuminates downward with a direct illumination of the main light source and an indirect illumination of the sub-light source, the glare of the main light source is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicants: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiroaki WATANABE, Keiichi Shimizu, Kozo Ogawa, Erika Takenaka, Akimichi Takahashi, Shinji Nogi, Shinichi Kumashiro
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Publication number: 20090108769Abstract: The present invention provides a lighting device capable of controlling finely modulated light control without stopping other processing regardless of an operation clock. The light modulation signal generating portion calculates a cycle of a PWM signal based on the lighting state of lamp, which is detected by state detecting portion and a predetermined operation clock. A PWM signal of the cycle calculated by the state detecting portion is generated by the light modulation signal generating portion capable of generating the PWM signal corresponding to the cycle of a non-integral number of times of the operation clock, wherein the cycle of the PWM signal can be continuously and finely varied without stopping other processing regardless of operation clocks, and fine modulated light control is enabled.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2008Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Techonology CorporationInventors: Toru Ishikita, Hajime Osaki, Noriyuki Kitamura, Naoko Iwai, Isao Yamazaki, Shinji Nogi, Masatoshi Kumagai, Masahiko Kamata
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Publication number: 20080239724Abstract: An illuminating device that is improved in heat radiation property and is suppressed in the occurrence of peeling and warping of a reflector. The reflector having a housing portion that houses a light emitting diode element is disposed on a substrate a visible light converting layer is formed on the housing portion and a lens is disposed on the reflector. A circuit pattern, the light emitting diode element, the reflector, the visible light converting layer, and the lens are disposed on the substrate, and the reflector and the lens are respectively adhered using a same type of adhesive agent. The heat radiation property can thus be improved, the peeling and warping of the reflector, etc., is suppressed, and accordingly, the optical characteristics of the device can be maintained.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2005Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Takayoshi Moriyama, Akiko Nakanishi, Masami Iwamoto, Shinji Nogi, Kozo Ogawa, Keiichi Shimizu, Akiko Saitou, Seiko Kawashima, Tomohiro Sanpei, Masahiro Toda
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Publication number: 20080191620Abstract: A light emitting device, with which the luminous efficiency is improved and the color non-uniformity of the emitted light is lessened. Specifically, a light emitting diode element is covered with a diffusing layer, with which a diffusing agent is added to a resin. A phosphor layer, with which a phosphor is added to a resin, is disposed on top of the diffusing layer. The light from the light emitting diode element is diffused by the diffusing layer. By exciting the phosphor layer with the light diffused by the diffusing layer and thereby making the phosphor layer emit light, the luminous efficiency is improved and the color non-uniformity is lessened.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2005Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corp.Inventors: Takayoshi Moriyama, Akiko Nakanishi, Masami Iwamoto, Shinji Nogi, Kozo Ogawa, Keiichi Shimizu, Akiko Saitou, Seiko Kawashima, Tomohiro Sanpei, Masahiro Izumi, Masahiro Toda
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Patent number: 7388337Abstract: A fluorescent lamp lighting apparatus according to the present invention comprises an initial illuminance correction control circuit which sets a fluorescent lamp to an initial illuminance correction control lighting mode, a switching portion which changes the fluorescent lamp from the initial illuminance correction control lighting mode to an external control dimming mode when a predetermined external dimming signal is detected, and a control portion which gradually dimming so as to achieve a dimming level of a switched mode when switching the initial illuminance correction control lighting mode and the external control dimming mode, and control so as to achieve a dimming level corresponding to a cumulative lighting time of the fluorescent lamp when the changed mode is the initial illuminance correction control lighting mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2006Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Koji Takahasi, Toshiyuki Hiraoka, Noriyuki Kitamura, Naoko Iwai, Kazuyuki Uratani, Shinji Nogi, Toru Ishikita, Isao Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20080128739Abstract: An illumination device includes a base board, an insulator, a conductor, a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements and a light-transmissive sealing member. The base board includes a surface and projection portions. The projection portion is formed to become gradually thicker from its end toward the surface of the base board. The insulator is formed on the surface. The conductor is formed on the insulator. The semiconductor light-emitting elements are mounted on the projection portions. The semiconductor light-emitting elements are electrically connected to the conductor via connection members. The sealing member covers the insulator, the projection portions, the semiconductor light-emitting elements and the connection members.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: TOMOHIRO SANPEI, Yumiko Hayashida, Masahiro Izumi, Kiyoshi Otani, Yutaka Honda, Shinji Nogi
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Publication number: 20080055901Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting devices, a reflective layer, a plurality of conductor parts and a translucent adhesive layer. Each of the semiconductor light-emitting devices has a translucent substrate, and a semiconductor light-emitting layer formed on the substrate. The reflective layer has a size on which semiconductor light-emitting devices are arranged at intervals. The conductor parts are provided on the reflective layer, and electrically connected to the semiconductor light-emitting devices. The adhesive layer bonds the substrates of the semiconductor light-emitting devices onto the reflective layer, and thereby holds the semiconductor light-emitting devices on the reflective layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2007Publication date: March 6, 2008Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Sanpei, Masahiro Izumi, Shinji Nogi, Akiko Saito
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Publication number: 20070075650Abstract: A fluorescent lamp lighting apparatus according to the present invention comprises an initial illuminance correction control circuit which sets a fluorescent lamp to an initial illuminance correction control lighting mode, a switching portion which changes the fluorescent lamp from the initial illuminance correction control lighting mode to an external control dimming mode when a predetermined external dimming signal is detected, and a control portion which gradually dimming so as to achieve a dimming level of a switched mode when switching the initial illuminance correction control lighting mode and the external control dimming mode, and control so as to achieve a dimming level corresponding to a cumulative lighting time of the fluorescent lamp when the changed mode is the initial illuminance correction control lighting mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2006Publication date: April 5, 2007Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Takahashi, Toshiyuki Hiraoka, Noriyuki Kitamura, Naoko Iwai, Kazuyuki Uratani, Shinji Nogi, Toru Ishikita, Isao Yamazaki