Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko HARANO

Yoshihiko HARANO 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: 10088366
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a human body detecting device capable of increasing the sensitivity. Multiple first infrared ray reception paths are defined by any one of multiple lenses and multiple detecting units. Multiple second infrared ray reception paths are defined by one lens adjacent to the any one of multiple lenses and multiple detecting units. Lens array is configured so that one of multiple first infrared ray reception paths and one of multiple second infrared ray reception paths overlap with each other. The front-side electrodes of detecting units respectively corresponding to one first infrared ray reception path and one second infrared ray reception path of the multiple detecting units have the same polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Harano, Yusuke Hashimoto, Tomohiro Kamitsu
  • Publication number: 20180113028
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a human body detecting device capable of increasing the sensitivity. Multiple first infrared ray reception paths are defined by any one of multiple lenses and multiple detecting units. Multiple second infrared ray reception paths are defined by one lens adjacent to the any one of multiple lenses and multiple detecting units. Lens array is configured so that one of multiple first infrared ray reception paths and one of multiple second infrared ray reception paths overlap with each other. The front-side electrodes of detecting units respectively corresponding to one first infrared ray reception path and one second infrared ray reception path of the multiple detecting units have the same polarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshihiko HARANO, Yusuke HASHIMOTO, Tomohiro KAMITSU