Patents Assigned to INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 8995170
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory device includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells each including a first variable resistance element and a first current steering element and a parameter generation circuit including a reference cell including a second variable resistance element and a second current steering element having the same current density-voltage characteristic as that of the first current steering element, wherein a conductive shorting layer for causing short-circuiting between the electrodes is formed on the side surfaces of the second variable resistance element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Kawashima, Yukio Hayakawa, Takumi Mikawa
  • Patent number: 8991248
    Abstract: An angular velocity sensor includes a support body, a retaining portion connected to the support body, first to fourth weights, first to fourth arms, a drive unit for driving the first to fourth arms, and a monitor unit for detecting displacements of the first to fourth arms. An X-axis, a Y-axis, and a Z-axis that are perpendicular to each other are defined. The detector unit is symmetrical with respect to both an axis parallel to the X-axis and an axis parallel to the Y-axis. This angular velocity sensor can cancel an undesired signal caused by external disturbances, such as acceleration or impact, thus detecting an angular velocity accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Imanaka, Hiroyuki Aizawa
  • Patent number: 8993941
    Abstract: Plural induction heating coils for inductively heating to-be-heated object are provided under a top plate on which to-be-heated object is placed, and plural inverter circuits for supplying high-frequency currents to the plural induction heating coils, respectively, are adapted to be cooled by cooling air flows from cooling portions, and placed in a longitudinal row along the cooling air flows, in air-flow blowing path spaces through which cooling air flows from the cooling portions are blown, so as to facilitate cooling designing for an induction heating device and to improve the cooling performance of the induction heating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Kataoka, Takaaki Kusaka, Takehiko Shigeoka, Eiji Matsui, Takeshi Kitaizumi
  • Patent number: 8995530
    Abstract: A moving image decoding apparatus which enables reduction in the memory bandwidth and the memory access latency for the motion compensation filter coefficients for use in inter-picture prediction involving motion compensation using variable coefficients includes: a decoding unit (101) which decodes, from a coded stream, a plurality of motion compensation filter coefficients; a memory (109) for holding the motion compensation filter coefficients included in the coded stream; a filter coefficient storage unit (103) for holding at least one of the motion compensation filter coefficients which is required for the motion compensation; a motion compensation unit (107) which performs motion compensation using the required motion compensation filter coefficient held in the filter coefficient storage unit; and a filter coefficient transfer control unit (102) which writes, in the memory, the motion compensation filter coefficients decoded by the decoding unit, and transfers the required motion compensation filter coeff
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Amano, Takeshi Tanaka, Takashi Hashimoto, Yoshiteru Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8992234
    Abstract: A holding metal fitting 40 includes: a substantially L-shaped body portion that has a side plate portion 41 and a bottom plate portion 42; an anchor portion 45 that bent from the side plate portion 41 in a direction (longitudinal direction) Y intersecting a height direction (vertical direction Z) of the housing 21 and bites into the housing 21; and a hook portion 48 that is bent from the anchor portion 45 in a direction (vertical direction) Z intersecting an extended direction (longitudinal direction) Y of the anchor portion 45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohsuke Yoshioka, Yoji Miyazaki, Tsuyoshi Kuninaka
  • Patent number: 8994125
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes, on a semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating film, a pMIS metal material or an nMIS metal material, a gate electrode material, and a gate sidewall metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenshi Kanegae
  • Patent number: 8993871
    Abstract: A concentrating lens array according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of unit structures arranged at least one-dimensionally. Each unit structure includes: a first surface through which light enters inside of the structure; a second surface which reflects the light that has entered the structure through the first surface; a third surface which reflects the light that has been reflected from the second surface; and a fourth surface which lets the light that has been reflected from the third surface go out of the structure. In each unit structure, the second and third surfaces are located between an incident plane including the first surface and an emitting plane including the fourth surface. At least one of the second and third surfaces reflects the light after having converged the incoming light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seiji Nishiwaki
  • Patent number: 8992233
    Abstract: A connector that electrically connects circuit boards to each other by fitting a header 20 and a socket 10 to each other, the connector including: header holding fixtures 24 for holding the header 20 to the circuit board; and a socket molded article 11 as a molded article of the socket 10, wherein recessed portions 16 with a recessed shape are formed on the socket molded article 11 so that soldering terminals of the header holding fixtures 24 cannot interfere with the socket molded article 11 when the header 20 and the socket 10 are fitted to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoji Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 8994268
    Abstract: A compact strobe device includes the following components: a flash discharge tube having an anode and a cathode; a conductive reflector storing a part of the flash discharge tube; a trigger coil having a hollow core, and a primary winding and a secondary winding around the core; and a conductor connecting the secondary winding of the trigger coil and the reflector. The trigger coil has an end of the flash discharge tube inserted into the core, and includes at an end thereof adjacent to the reflector, a secondary terminal connected to the secondary winding. The reflector has a bottom in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the flash discharge tube, the outer peripheral surface covering at least the region extending from the anode to the cathode. The conductor has a first contact portion in contact with the secondary terminal of the trigger coil, and a second contact portion in contact with the bottom of the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Arata Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 8995171
    Abstract: A method of designing a cross-point non-volatile memory device including memory elements arranged in (N×M) matrix, each of the memory elements including a variable resistance element and a bidirectional current steering element connected in series with the variable resistance element, the method comprises the step of: when an absolute value of a low-resistance state writing voltage is VR and an absolute value of a current flowing through the variable resistance element having changed to a low-resistance state by application of the low-resistance state writing voltage to both ends of the variable resistance element in a high-resistance state is Ion, and a relationship between a voltage V0 applied to both ends of the bidirectional current steering element and a current I flowing through the bidirectional current steering element is approximated as |V0|=a×Log(I)+b, deciding N, M, VR, Ion, a, and b such that b?VR/2>a×[Log {(N?1)×(M?1)}?Log(Ion)] is satisfied (S101).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Hayakawa, Kiyotaka Tsuji, Shinichi Yoneda, Akifumi Kawahara
  • Patent number: 8995122
    Abstract: An electronic-device housing stores an electronic circuit and a cooling fan. The electronic-device housing includes a first surface having at least one opening to release heat outside. At least one projected portion projects toward an outside of the electronic-device housing, and when the electronic-device housing is installed on an installation surface so that the first surface is opposed to the installation surface and the projected portion comes into contact with the installation surface, a rotation moment acting on a gravity center of the electronic-device housing acts in a direction where the rotation moment causes the first surface to move away from the installation surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuhiro Sano
  • Patent number: 8993919
    Abstract: The present application discloses a laser source for emitting laser light onto a work-piece. The laser source includes a generator configured to generate the laser light, and an adjuster configured to adjust an output of the laser light. The adjuster situated between the generator and the work-piece reduces output density of the laser light on the work-piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Kusukame, Shinichi Kadowaki, Hiroyuki Furuya, Kiminori Mizuuchi, Susumu Takagi
  • Patent number: 8993930
    Abstract: The cooking device includes a top plate on which a container is to be placed, heating devices provided below the top plate, electrodes provided in a lower face of the top plate and including a boiling-over detection parts placed near an outer periphery of a portion of the top plate positioned above the heating devices, contact parts for supplying an AC current to the boiling-over detection parts, and contact parts for connecting the contact parts and one-side ends of the boiling-over detection parts to each other, respectively, an electrode-use capacitance detection device for detecting changes in capacitance of the boiling-over detection parts, and a control device for controlling the heating devices based on changes in capacitance detected by the electrode-use capacitance detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Suzuki, Hiroyuki Katsube, Kenzo Usui, Taihei Oguri, Kohei Kawata
  • Patent number: 8994787
    Abstract: A video signal processing device processes a 3D video signal including a left-eye image and a right-eye image. The video signal processing device includes an OSD control unit generating a left-eye superimposition image and a right-eye superimposition image, an OSD superimposing unit superimposing the left-eye superimposition image on the left-eye image and the right-eye superimposition image on the right-eye image, so as to generate an output image, and a video output unit providing the output image. The OSD control unit includes a first register holding a left-eye parameter for generating the left-eye superimposition image, and a second register holding a right-eye parameter for generating the right-eye superimposition image. The OSD control unit generates the left-eye superimposition image and the right-eye superimposition image by shifting positions of pixels in a predetermined image based on the left-eye parameter and the right-eye parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Fukuyama
  • Patent number: 8993353
    Abstract: In resin coating, carrying a light-passing member test-coated with a resin on a light-passing member carrying unit; making a light source placed above the light-passing member carrying unit emit excitation light exciting the fluorescent substance; measuring light emission characteristics of the light by irradiating the excitation light emitted from the light source unit from above to the resin coated onto the light-passing member and receiving the light that the resin emits from below the light-passing member by a light emission characteristic measurement unit; obtaining a deviation between a measurement result of the light emission characteristic measurement unit and a prescribed light emission characteristic; and deriving the appropriate resin coating quantity of the resin to be coated onto the LED element as what is used for practical production based on the deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaru Nonomura
  • Patent number: 8993906
    Abstract: A vehicle switch includes a case having an opening, an operation body, a mounting plate, a cover, a switch contact, and a spacer. The operation body is accommodated in the case, has an operation portion protruding from the opening, and moves in the direction perpendicular to the opening. The mounting plate is mounted on the periphery of the opening of the case. The cover covers the operation body and the mounting plate. The switch contact is housed in the case, and performs electric contact according to movement of the operation body. The spacer is disposed on at least the periphery of the opening on a surface that faces the cover of the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Miyaoka
  • Patent number: 8994820
    Abstract: A camera apparatus includes: an image pickup device; a lens configured to converge light from an object to the image pickup device; a coaxial circular-shaped lens cover in which the lens is arranged; a plurality of infrared light sources arranged to surround the lens in the lens cover; and a light shielding member which is provided between the lens and the infrared light source and which has an opening. The opening is outwardly extended at corner optical path portions which correspond to diagonal corners of an angle of view of the image pickup device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Takahashi, Shinichi Murata
  • Patent number: D725589
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masataka Hidaka
  • Patent number: D725630
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: D725637
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Nakajima