Patents Assigned to MAXELL, LTD.
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Patent number: 12387488Abstract: In a display device 100, a photographing unit 12 is configured to photograph the surroundings of the display device 100, and the recognizing unit 16 is configured to recognize a clock 300 (a real object regarding a time or date) from a result of the photographing. When the recognizing unit 16 recognizes the clock 300, the schedule obtaining unit 11 is configured to obtain schedule information, and the display controller 17 is configured to display and output the schedule information in accordance with a position of the clock 300. In this case, since the display device 100 displays the schedule information in accordance with the position of the clock 300, the schedule information can be displayed in association with actual environment, and the schedule information can be outputted in a format that is easier to recognize the schedule information.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2024Date of Patent: August 12, 2025Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventor: Naohisa Takamizawa
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Patent number: 12389062Abstract: A digital broadcast receiving apparatus capable of executing a function with a higher added value is provided. A broadcast receiving apparatus configured to receive contents includes: a receiving unit configured to receive the contents; an interface via which the contents received by the receiving unit is outputted; a control unit configured to control an output state of the contents from the interface. In this case, the control unit is configured to determine the output state of the contents from the interface in accordance with a combination of control information indicating a copy control state of the contents, control information for specifying necessity or not of protection when to output the contents, information indicating resolution of video of the contents, and information indicating transmission characteristics of video of the contents, which are received by the receiving unit together with the contents.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2023Date of Patent: August 12, 2025Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Takuya Shimizu, Yasunobu Hashimoto, Nobuo Masuoka, Nobuaki Kabuto
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Patent number: 12386489Abstract: An object is to provide an information terminal device that improves convenience of use in operation mode control of an application that performs cooperative operation with a plurality of information terminal devices, and an application operation mode control method of same. Accordingly, an information terminal device that executes applications is configured to activate an application by selecting between a solo operation mode and a cooperative operation mode, depending on a form of activation instruction for the application.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 12, 2025Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Yasunobu Hashimoto, Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Naohisa Takamizawa
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Patent number: 12389221Abstract: There is provided a mobile terminal capable of being protected against unauthorized use by a third party without using a dedicated key device. A plurality of mobile terminals are previously registered mutually. When unlocked among them, one mobile terminal communicates with another mobile terminal in a communication range of short-range wireless communications, unlocks the above another mobile terminal, and when out of the communication range, locks it again.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2024Date of Patent: August 12, 2025Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Hirabayashi, Hideo Nishijima
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Patent number: 12380698Abstract: An information processing terminal including a communication device, which transmits a control command to a controlled device via the communication device to remotely control the controlled device, comprises: a virtual remote control generator configured to identify the controlled device and a desired control operation that is a control operation desired to be performed from a surrounding image which is an image around the information processing terminal, and generate an acceptance object for accepting an operation instruction to the desired control operation from a user; an operation acceptance section configured to accept the operation instruction from the user via the acceptance object; and a command transmitter configured to transmit the control command corresponding to the operation instruction accepted by the operation acceptance section to the controlled device.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Mayumi Nakade, Tamotsu Ito
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Patent number: 12372789Abstract: Provide is a display terminal having a small display space, in which high operability is realized while convenience is maintained. A display terminal including a photographing device comprises: an image analysis unit configured to analyze an image captured by the photographing device, use region information that is information of a region on the image which corresponds to a real object existing in the external field, and refer to an icon DB so as to specify an icon related to the real object; and an app start unit configured to obtain an application associated with the specified icon from an app DB and start the application.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Yasunobu Hashimoto, Ikuya Arai, Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Sadao Tsuruga, Hiroshi Shimizu, Osamu Kawamae
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Patent number: 12375747Abstract: The present invention provides a digital broadcast receiver capable of executing functions having higher added values. The broadcast receiver receives a broadcast wave of a digital broadcast service, controls an operation including activation and end of an application that is in cooperation with a broadcast program based on application-related information, and selects control relating to reactivation of the application based on a user's operation. If activation of the application is requested after the end of the application, the broadcast receiver controls the reactivation or non-reactivation of the application in accordance with the selection of control by the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2024Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Yasunobu Hashimoto, Motoyuki Suzuki, Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Nobuo Masuoka
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Patent number: 12366683Abstract: An improved lens unit can be used in an in-vehicle camera or the like, in a condition where a forefront lens is exposed to the outside for a long time. Here, the resin lens within the lens unit has an improved durability at a high temperature. The lens unit has a plurality of lenses arranged side by side with the optical axes thereof aligned with each other. The lenses include glass lens and resin lens. The lens closest to the object is a glass lens which is closest to the object side and is coated with an ultra-hard film. Resin lenses each have a high temperature resistant reflection preventing film. The lens is a combined lens in which a lens and a lens are bonded together, and is then covered with a high temperature resistant reflection preventing film after bonding.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2023Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Suginome, Osamu Nakayama, Susumu Shibasaki, Masashi Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20250231418Abstract: Provided is a technique capable of achieving the thinning of a system or an air floating video display apparatus and the reduction in the influence of heat of a light source apparatus and the like. An air floating video display apparatus includes a light source apparatus, a display panel configured to emit light from the light source apparatus as video light, and a retroreflector configured to reflect the video light from the display panel to form, by the reflected light, the air floating video that is a real image in air, the light source apparatus includes a light source, a reflector configured to reflect light from the light source, and a light guide configured to guide light from the reflector toward the display panel, and the light guide includes a nearest portion having a recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2023Publication date: July 17, 2025Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Koji HIRATA, Koji FUJITA, Toshinori SUGIYAMA, Hiroshi IWASA, Yuriko INADACHI, Michiaki ABE
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Publication number: 20250233283Abstract: The flexible battery comprising multiple power generation elements. Each of the power generation elements comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer arranged between the positive and negative electrodes. The positive electrode comprises a positive electrode composition layer and a conductive substrate in a form of a sheet arranged on the surface of the positive electrode composition layer. The negative electrode comprises a negative electrode composition layer and a conductive substrate in a form of a sheet arranged on the surface of the negative electrode composition layer. The multiple power generation elements are arranged on a flexible substrate. Each positive electrode is directly connected to a current collector, thereby connecting the positive electrodes to each other via the current collector. Each negative electrode is directly connected to a current collector, thereby directly connecting the negative electrodes to each other via the current collector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2025Publication date: July 17, 2025Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Hiroyoshi Aoki, Seiji Ishizawa, Hideaki Katayama, Haruki Kamizori
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Patent number: 12361654Abstract: A display terminal having a display includes a color image camera and a distance image camera for acquiring a color image and a distance image of a predetermined photographing range, respectively, and a display control unit for displaying a virtual object on the display. The display control unit includes a space recognition unit for using the color image and the distance image to generate a three-dimensional map of a structural object, a display data generation unit for generating display data in which a rear region of the virtual object behind the structural object in a line-of-sight direction is specified, based on the three-dimensional map and real space placement position data of the virtual object, and the display correction unit for correcting the display data to display operation points of the rear region, which accept an operation instruction to the virtual object, and displaying it on the display.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2024Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Junji Shiokawa, Yasunobu Hashimoto, Mitsunobu Watanabe
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Patent number: 12354401Abstract: Provided is an imaging system capable of stereo-photographing with both of visible and infrared images, and improving color reproducibility in visible-light-photographing. The imaging system includes two imaging sensors, and two DBPFs that have transmittance characteristics in a visible light band and a second wavelength band, are respectively provided correspondingly to the two imaging sensors, and serve as optical filters. The imaging system has: at least four kinds of filters, which have mutual different spectral transmission characteristics corresponding to wavelengths in the visible light band and whose transmissions in a second wavelength band approximate each other; and two color filters provided so as respectively correspond to the two imaging sensors. The imaging system measures a distance to a target based on two visible or infrared image signals.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2023Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Osamu Kawamae, Chiyo Ohno, Hiroyasu Otsubo, Osamu Ishizaki
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Patent number: 12355548Abstract: A broadcast receiving apparatus includes: a tuner configured to receive a transmission wave in which identification information is stored in a carrier, the carrier being modulated differently from a data carrier, a frequency band when the transmission wave is transmitted in an air being able to be identified by the identification information; and a controller. The controller is configured to identify a frequency band when the transmission wave is transmitted in the air by using the identification information contained in transmission wave received by the tuner.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2023Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Yasunobu Hashimoto, Takuya Shimizu, Hitoshi Akiyama
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Publication number: 20250219128Abstract: The lithium-ion secondary battery can easily detect remaining capacity by a detection means using a voltage detection method. The lithium ion secondary battery of the present invention is related to Goals 3, 7, 11, and 12 of the SDGs. The lithium ion secondary battery of the present invention includes a solid electrolyte, and a first negative electrode active material which is a spinel type Li4-a-cTi5-bMa+b1O12??(M1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Mg, Ca, Al Zn and transition metal elements, ?1?a?0.5, 0?b?0.5, 0?c?0.5, ?0.2???1) and a specific second negative electrode active material. When the total amount of the first negative electrode active material and the second negative electrode active material contained in the negative electrode is 100% by volume, the proportion of the second negative electrode active material is 5% by volume or more. This is a characteristic feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: July 3, 2025Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Kentaro Tomita, Haruki Kamizori
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Patent number: 12349328Abstract: The present invention realizes an electric-wave absorber of a so-called electric-wave interference type, which can favorably absorb absorption electric waves of a desired frequency even when a protective layer for protecting an electric resistance film is formed on the surface of the electric resistance film, and a manufacturing method for the electric-wave absorber. In an electric-wave absorber of an electric-wave interference type, which is formed by sequentially stacking an electric resistance film 1, a dielectric layer 2, and an electric-wave shielding layer 3, absorption electric waves to be absorbed by the electric-wave absorber are waves in a high frequency band in or above a millimeter-wave band, a protective layer 4 is included on the electric resistance film, and a thickness of the dielectric layer is smaller than a reference thickness dst obtained according to the frequency of the absorption electric waves and the permittivity of the dielectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Toyoda, Masao Fujita
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Patent number: 12348771Abstract: An image encoding method for encoding an image, includes: a prediction image generation step generating a synthesis-prediction image by performing synthesis processing synthesizing an inter-prediction image and an intra-prediction image to an encoding-target block; and an encoding step encoding a difference between the prediction image generated in the prediction image generation step and a pixel value of an image of the encoding-target block, a plurality of intra prediction types are allowed to be used as the intra prediction used for the synthesis processing, and the plurality of intra prediction types include an in-screen block copy prediction, the synthesis processing includes weighting processing performed to the inter-prediction image and the intra-prediction image, and a weighting parameter of the intra-prediction image in the weighting processing is determined in accordance with an intra prediction type of the encoding-target block and prediction mode combination of a plurality of blocks adjacent to tType: GrantFiled: September 20, 2024Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventor: Takuya Shimizu
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Patent number: 12348818Abstract: A display controlling method for a broadcast receiving apparatus allowed to receive IP simultaneous broadcasting of a 4K broadcasting service via a communication transmission line, in which simultaneous broadcasting of the 4K broadcasting service and a 2K broadcasting service is executed by a broadcasting wave, is configured to: receive and demodulate the 4K broadcasting service, and display a broadcasting program of the 4K broadcasting service; and select and execute one display switching process of first and second display switching processes in accordance with priority order in a case where a defect occurs in reception, demodulation, or display of the 4K broadcasting service, the 2K broadcasting service being received and demodulated to display a broadcasting program of the 2K broadcasting service in the first display switching process, the IP simultaneous broadcasting being received and demodulated to display a program of the IP simultaneous broadcasting in the second display switching process.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2023Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Yasunobu Hashimoto, Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Takuya Shimizu, Hitoshi Akiyama
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Patent number: 12342018Abstract: A method of reproducing audio content between a main terminal including a first speaker and a plurality of subsidiary terminals including a second speaker. Device specific identification (ID) information of the subsidiary terminals and association information for transmitting one of the audio data of the audio content to one of the subsidiary terminals are stored. The association information defines that one of the audio data of the audio content is associated with one of the device specific ID information. The subsidiary terminals transmit/receive with the main terminal and the device specific ID information is transmitted from the subsidiary terminals to the main terminal when connecting to the main terminal. The encoded audio data of the audio content is transmitted to the subsidiary terminals based on the association information, then is decoded and the subsidiary terminals output the audio data to the second speaker.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2024Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Hideki Kamimaki, Akira Date, Akira Tanaka
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Patent number: RE50479Abstract: A head up display superimposes a virtual image on an actual view in accordance with a traveling status of a vehicle. Vehicle information containing a lean of the vehicle in a pitch direction is detected by a first posture sensor, and a lean in a roll direction is detected by a second posture sensor. A controller controls display of video on the basis of the vehicle information. A mirror reflects the video to project the video to a windshield or combiner. A mirror driver changes an angle and/or a position of the mirror. At least one of a display state of the virtual image in a display area for the video or the angle and/or the position of the mirror via the mirror driver is adjusted by the controller on the basis of the lean in the pitch direction and/or the lean in the roll direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Nozomu Shimoda, Yuji Fujita, Takeshi Arakawa, Akio Misawa
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Patent number: RE50521Abstract: A lithium secondary battery pack of the present invention includes: a lithium secondary battery including an electrode body formed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode facing each other and a separator interposed therebetween, and a non-aqueous electrolyte; a PTC element; and a protection circuit including a field effect transistor. The lithium secondary battery has an energy density per volume of 450 Wh/L or more, the lithium secondary battery has a current density of 3.0 mA/cm2 or less, and a relational expression (1) and a relational expression (2) below are established where A (m?) is an impedance of the lithium secondary battery and B (m?) is an impedance of the entire circuit unit of the lithium secondary battery pack excepting the impedance A (m?) of the lithium secondary battery: A?50 m???(1) B/A?1??(2).Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2022Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Haruki Kamizori, Masayuki Yamada, Fusaji Kita