Patents by Inventor Tomohisa Sakaguchi

Tomohisa Sakaguchi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240027759
    Abstract: An optical system includes a light guide member and a prism. The light guide member has: an incident surface on which light is incident; and a first surface and a second surface facing each other. The second surface is a light emergent surface. The prism is provided for the first surface and reflects, toward the second surface, the light passing inside the light guide member. The light guide member includes a direct optical path, along which the light that has entered the light guide member through the incident surface is directly reflected from the prism and allowed to emerge from the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Wahei AGEMIZU, Kazumasa TAKATA, Masaru FUJITA, Tomohisa SAKAGUCHI, Hiroki HARA, Masaki AMIE
  • Patent number: 11835719
    Abstract: An optical system includes a light guide member having a light incident surface, a first surface, and a light emergent surface facing the first surface; and a prism provided in the first surface for reflecting light passing inside the light guide member towards the light emergent surface. The light guide member includes a direct optical path, along which the light that has entered the light guide member through the incident surface is directly reflected from the prism and allowed to emerge from the light emergent surface. At least one of the first surface or the light emergent surface includes a luminous intensity distribution control member configured to control a luminous intensity distribution of light to be extracted from the light emergent surface. The luminous intensity distribution control member includes a Fresnel lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wahei Agemizu, Kazumasa Takata, Masaru Fujita, Tomohisa Sakaguchi, Hiroki Hara, Masaki Amie
  • Patent number: 11656473
    Abstract: An optical system includes a light guide member having a light-incident surface, a first surface, a light-emitting surface facing the first surface, a first end surface, a second end surface, a plurality of collimating lenses disposed on the light-incident surface and being arranged along a first direction, and a plurality of prism pieces. The plurality of prism pieces include two or more prism pieces having different inclination angles with respect to the light-incident surface depending on positions of the prism pieces in at least the first direction, and each of the inclination angles of the two or more prism pieces is an angle formed between the first direction and the longitudinal axis of a corresponding prism piece. Each of the inclination angles of the two or more prism pieces increases as the corresponding prism piece is positioned closer to any of the first end surface or the second end surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Takata, Masaru Fujita, Wahei Agemizu, Yosuke Araki, Tomohisa Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20220128829
    Abstract: A light refraction member includes an incident surface on which planar light is incident, a plurality of refractors that refract the planar light, and an emitting surface from which the planar light refracted by the plurality of refractors is emitted as emitted light. The plurality of refractors are provided side by side in a first direction on at least one of the incident surface and the emitting surface, and each of the plurality of refractors has an area in which a direction in which the planar light is refracted changes along a second direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: TOMOHISA SAKAGUCHI, WAHEI AGEMIZU, KAZUMASA TAKATA, MASARU FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20220043262
    Abstract: An optical system includes a light guide member and a prism. The light guide member has: an incident surface on which light is incident; and a first surface and a second surface facing each other. The second surface is a light emergent surface. The prism is provided for the first surface and reflects, toward the second surface, the light passing inside the light guide member. The light guide member includes a direct optical path, along which the light that has entered the light guide member through the incident surface is directly reflected from the prism and allowed to emerge from the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Wahei AGEMIZU, Kazumasa TAKATA, Masaru FUJITA, Tomohisa SAKAGUCHI, Hiroki HARA, Masaki AMIE
  • Publication number: 20210356752
    Abstract: An optical system includes a light guide member and a plurality of prism pieces. The light guide member has an incident surface on which light is incident, and first and second surfaces facing each other, and the second surface is a light-emitting surface. The plurality of prism pieces are provided on the first surface and reflect the light passing through an inside of the light guide member toward the second surface. The plurality of prism pieces include two or more prism pieces having different inclination angles with respect to an incident surface depending on a position in at least a first direction along both the incident surface and the first surface. The inclination angles of two or more prism pieces are determined so that the light emitted from the second surface is directed to the outside or the inside of the first direction with respect to a reference light beam as the prism piece is positioned closer to both ends of the first surface in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: KAZUMASA TAKATA, MASARU FUJITA, WAHEI AGEMIZU, YOSUKE ARAKI, TOMOHISA SAKAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11098868
    Abstract: A lighting device includes light emitting element; first lens that receives light emitted from light emitting element and emits first emission light; and second lens that receives the first emission light and emits second emission light. Second lens includes second convex incident surface receiving the first emission light, second convex emission surface that is provided on a right side of a drawing and emits the second emission light, and second top surface portion and second bottom surface portion each located between second incident surface and second emission surface. Second bottom surface portion includes first inclined surface and second inclined surface formed to be inclined with respect to an optical axis of light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohisa Sakaguchi, Yosuke Araki, Kazumasa Takata
  • Publication number: 20210088195
    Abstract: A lighting device includes light emitting element; first lens that receives light emitted from light emitting element and emits first emission light; and second lens that receives the first emission light and emits second emission light. Second lens includes second convex incident surface receiving the first emission light, second convex emission surface that is provided on a right side of a drawing and emits the second emission light, and second top surface portion and second bottom surface portion each located between second incident surface and second emission surface. Second bottom surface portion includes first inclined surface and second inclined surface formed to be inclined with respect to an optical axis of light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: TOMOHISA SAKAGUCHI, YOSUKE ARAKI, KAZUMASA TAKATA
  • Patent number: 10324246
    Abstract: There is provided a light guide body, containing: a first end region; a second end region located on an opposite side of the first end region; first dots; and second dots having a dot in the first end region being smaller than a dot in the second end region, wherein a size difference between the first dots and the second dots in the first end region is smaller than a size difference between the first dots and the second dots in the second end region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Fukui, Tomohisa Sakaguchi, Kenichiro Mase
  • Publication number: 20180313998
    Abstract: There is provided a light guide body, containing: a first end region; a second end region located on an opposite side of the first end region; first dots; and second dots having a dot in the first end region being smaller than a dot in the second end region, wherein a size difference between the first dots and the second dots in the first end region is smaller than a size difference between the first dots and the second dots in the second end region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: ATSUSHI FUKUI, TOMOHISA SAKAGUCHI, KENICHIRO MASE
  • Patent number: 10025019
    Abstract: To easily increase display quality of light even in a case of a long light guide body. Depth h1 of a first dot (106) is larger than depth h2 of a second dot (108) in the vicinity of a light source, and, as a location comes closer to an end on an opposite side to the light source, depth h1 of the first dot (106) is reduced, and depth h2 of the second dot (108) is increased. Therefore, it is possible to easily increase display quality of light even in a case of a long light guide body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Fukui, Tomohisa Sakaguchi, Kenichiro Mase
  • Patent number: 9946008
    Abstract: An indication lighting device provided is capable of reducing the number of electric wiring from a fixed, part to a moving part when an indication part is provided in the moving part's side. The indication lighting device makes indication by emitting light from a light source arranged in a fixed part to an optical waveguide arranged in a moving part, reflecting the light incident on the optical waveguide by reflection surfaces of prisms of the optical waveguide to an indication part provided in a tip side of the optical waveguide to be propagated, and emitting the light propagated inside the optical waveguide through the indication part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Fukui, Masaru Fujita, Tomohisa Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20170219761
    Abstract: To easily increase display quality of light even in a case of a long light guide body. Depth h1 of a first dot (106) is larger than depth h2 of a second dot (108) in the vicinity of a light source, and, as a location comes closer to an end on an opposite side to the light source, depth h1 of the first dot (106) is reduced, and depth h2 of the second dot (108) is increased. Therefore, it is possible to easily increase display quality of light even in a case of a long light guide body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: ATSUSHI FUKUI, TOMOHISA SAKAGUCHI, KENICHIRO MASE
  • Patent number: 9594204
    Abstract: A light guide plate which guides light from light sources at both ends and reflection surface grooves having plural types of reflection surfaces formed on a reverse side of the light guide plate are provided in a direction perpendicular to a front direction of a suction tool, thereby forming light rays radiating to a floor surface from three directions and lighting the floor surface as the surface to be cleaned in front of the suction tool over a wide range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohisa Sakaguchi, Masaru Fujita
  • Publication number: 20160209575
    Abstract: An indication lighting device provided is capable of reducing the number of electric wiring from a fixed, part to a moving part when an indication part is provided in the moving part's side. The indication lighting device makes indication by emitting light from a light source arranged in a fixed part to an optical waveguide arranged in a moving part, reflecting the light incident on the optical waveguide by reflection surfaces of prisms of the optical waveguide to an indication part provided in a tip side of the optical waveguide to be propagated, and emitting the light propagated inside the optical waveguide through the indication part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: ATSUSHI FUKUI, MASARU FUJITA, TOMOHISA SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160131818
    Abstract: A light guide plate which guides light from light sources at both ends and reflection surface grooves having plural types of reflection surfaces formed on a reverse side of the light guide plate are provided in a direction perpendicular to a front direction of a suction tool, thereby forming light rays radiating to a floor surface from three directions and lighting the floor surface as the surface to be cleaned in front of the suction tool over a wide range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: TOMOHISA SAKAGUCHI, MASARU FUJITA
  • Patent number: 8248327
    Abstract: A scan IC includes a switch circuit and a logic circuit. The switch circuit includes first and second transistors and a level shift circuit. First and second control signals that change between a logical “1” and a logical “0” are applied to an input terminal of the logic circuit. The logic circuit applies a third control signal to the first transistor and applies a fourth control signal to the second transistor based on the applied first and second control signals. A detection circuit is connected to the input terminal of the logic circuit. An abnormality of the scan IC is detected by the detection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Kuranuki, Tosikazu Nagaki, Manabu Inoue, Tomohisa Sakaguchi, Kazuo Oohira
  • Publication number: 20100188387
    Abstract: A scan IC includes a switch circuit and a logic circuit. The switch circuit includes first and second transistors and a level shift circuit. First and second control signals that change between a logical “1” and a logical “0” are applied to an input terminal of the logic circuit. The logic circuit applies a third control signal to the first transistor and applies a fourth control signal to the second transistor based on the applied first and second control signals. A detection circuit is connected to the input terminal of the logic circuit. An abnormality of the scan IC is detected by the detection circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Kuranuki, Tosikazu Nagaki, Manabu Inoue, Tomohisa Sakaguchi, Kazuo Oohira
  • Publication number: 20100156861
    Abstract: A display driver includes a shift register; an OR circuit configured to perform an OR operation on data signals respectively representing bits in the shift register which are not adjacent to each other, and to output a result of the OR operation; a delay circuit configured to delay the output of the OR circuit, and to output the delayed output; timing generators respectively corresponding to the data signals, where each of the timing generators generates and outputs a first control signal including a first pulse and a second control signal including a second pulse in accordance with a corresponding one of the data signals and the output of the delay circuit; and output circuits respectively corresponding to the timing generators, where each of the output circuits outputs voltages of a first and a second power supply. A duration of the second pulse includes a duration of the first pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Tomohisa Sakaguchi, Daijiro Arisawa, Hiroshi Ando, Tetsu Nagano
  • Publication number: 20070268059
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device capable of securely preventing the output from becoming indefinite even when power is turned ON or OFF or even in a transient state in which the power voltage varies abruptly. In the semiconductor integrated circuit device, a protection circuit compares the power voltage from a first power supply terminal with a reference voltage, detects power ON, power OFF and abrupt power voltage variation, and outputs a reset command signal so that the output at the output terminal has a high impedance at the time of power ON, power OFF and abrupt power voltage variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohisa SAKAGUCHI, Hiroki Matsunaga, Akihiro Maejima, Jinsaku Kaneda, Eisaku Maeda