Patents Assigned to PANASONIC
  • Publication number: 20250148690
    Abstract: An information processing device acquires a three-dimensional object by reproducing a real object including a dynamic region in a virtual space, identifies a first dynamic region indicating the dynamic region in the three-dimensional object, acquires a real image of the real object captured by an imaging device, detects a second dynamic region indicating the dynamic region in the real image, embeds an image of the second dynamic region in real time as a texture image of the first dynamic region, and outputs a display image of the three-dimensional object in which the image of the second dynamic region has been embedded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minami NAKA, Tadamasa TOMA, Satoshi MATSUI
  • Patent number: 12290336
    Abstract: A pathogen detection apparatus includes an obtainer that measures a body temperature of a subject and outputs information indicating the body temperature, a collector that performs a pathogen collection operation for collecting a pathogen carried by the subject or a pathogen in air around the subject, a detector that performs a pathogen detection operation for detecting the pathogen collected by the collector, a notifier that provides a notification indicating a detection result obtained by the detector, and a controller. In a case where the body temperature output by the obtainer is higher than a predetermined threshold value and the detection result obtained by the detector is negative, the controller controls the detector to perform another pathogen detection operation for detecting a pathogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Hara, Kazuaki Nishio
  • Patent number: 12293881
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes exterior body and an element stack body including a plurality of capacitor elements. Each of the plurality of capacitor elements includes an anode body, a dielectric layer, and a cathode part covering at least a part of the dielectric layer. The exterior body includes a first principal surface, a second principal surface intersecting the first principal surface, a third principal surface opposite to the first principal surface, and a fourth principal surface opposite to the second principal surface. In at least one first capacitor element among the plurality of capacitor elements, an end surface of an end of the anode body is exposed from the exterior body at least on first principal surface to be electrically connected to a first external electrode. And an end surface of an end of the cathode part is exposed from the exterior body at least on second principal surface to be electrically connected to a second external electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Suzuki, Masaya Kiso, Kazuaki Aoyama
  • Patent number: 12293878
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrolytic capacitor including an anode body, a dielectric layer formed on the anode body, a cathode body, and a separator and an electrolyte that are disposed between the dielectric layer and the cathode body. At least part of the separator is coated with a conductive metal oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuji Aoyama, Shumpei Matsushita
  • Patent number: 12291792
    Abstract: An electrolyzed water generator includes an anode, a cathode, a cation exchange membrane, a housing having a first through-hole and a second through-hole, a first feeder shaft, and a second feeder shaft. Each of the first feeder shaft and the second feeder shaft has an engaging portion. Each of the first through-hole and the second through-hole has an engaged portion. The engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged with each other to inhibit a positional shift of the first feeder shaft against the first through-hole in the given direction and to inhibit a positional shift of the second feeder shaft against the second through-hole in the given direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Kenichiro Inagaki
  • Patent number: 12294046
    Abstract: A laminated electrode body manufacturing device is provided with: a negative electrode cutting drum for cutting a negative electrode veneer to a first width to create a negative electrode plate, a negative electrode heating drum; a positive electrode cutting drum for cutting a positive electrode veneer to a second width to create a positive electrode plate, a positive electrode heating drum; and a bonding drum for arranging the negative electrode plate on a first separator veneer, arranging a second separator veneer thereon, arranging the positive electrode plate thereon, and bonding the same. The drums each include a plurality of holding heads arranged in the circumferential direction of the drum, wherein the plurality of holding heads hold a rectangular electrode body and rotate about a common central axis, and the speed of movement of each holding head in the circumferential direction can be changed relative to the adjacent holding head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION, PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Inagaki, Tatsuya Masada, Masahide Maruyama
  • Patent number: 12293665
    Abstract: A wireless communication device according to the present disclosure is set to be mounted on a vehicle including at least one wheel. The wireless communication device includes an input circuit, and an output circuit. The input circuit is set to connect to a lean angle detection circuit capable of detecting a lean angle of the vehicle with a traveling direction of the vehicle as a rotation axis. The output circuit is configured to repeatedly transmit a wireless signal including at least a position of the vehicle, a speed of the vehicle, and the lean angle of the vehicle at predetermined time intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ken Nakaoka
  • Patent number: 12292166
    Abstract: A lighting system includes a light source unit and a light-distributing member. The light source unit includes a laser light source. The light-distributing member has the function of reflecting incident light that has been emitted as a beam of light from the light source unit toward a target space. The light-distributing member transforms the incident light into lighting light having a different light distribution property from the incident light and distributes the lighting light over the target space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kitano, Takanori Aketa, Taisuke Nishimori, Kenichiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12293880
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body having a dielectric layer; a solid electrolyte layer in contact with the dielectric layer of the anode body; and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution contains a solvent and a solute. The solvent contains a glycol compound. The solute contains an acid component and a base component. A mass of the acid component in the solute is greater than a mass of the base component in the solute. The acid component contains a first aromatic compound having a hydroxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Tsubaki, Tatsuji Aoyama
  • Patent number: 12293550
    Abstract: An output device performs: acquiring a plurality of images chronologically captured by a camera located to photograph an inside of a bowl of a toilet; extracting, from the acquired images, an excrement image showing excrement; extracting, from the acquired images, a blood image showing a blood spot; determining, based on time information about the excrement image, an excretion start time; determining, based on time information about the blood image, a blood appearance start time, and determining, based on the blood image, a blood size indicating a size of the blood spot; generating, as excretion information, information including the excretion start time, the blood appearance start time, and the blood size; and outputting the generated excretion information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Kanai, Toshihide Mori, Yuka Yamada, Hideyuki Maehara
  • Patent number: 12292218
    Abstract: A reservoir tank includes: a tank main body configured to store a refrigerant within the tank main body; an inflow path configured to allow the refrigerant to flow into the tank main body; an outflow path configured to allow the refrigerant to flow out of the tank main body; a collision member that has a first surface and faces an outlet of the inflow path within the tank main body, wherein the collision member is configured such that the refrigerant flowing out from the outlet of the inflow path collides against the first surface; and an air bubble mixing prevention member that faces an inlet of the outflow path within the tank main body, wherein the air bubble mixing prevention member is configured to prevent air bubbles from getting into the outflow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Matsuda, Shigeyoshi Matsui, Shigekazu Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 12294735
    Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry, in inter prediction processing: derives a first motion vector of a current block to be processed, using a motion vector of a previous block which has been previously processed; derives a second motion vector of the current block by performing motion estimation in the vicinity of the first motion vector; and generates a prediction image of the current block by performing motion compensation using the second motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Ryuichi Kanoh, Takashi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 12294054
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a positive electrode, a separator, a negative electrode opposed to the positive electrode via the separator, and a liquid electrolyte wherein the liquid electrolyte includes a lithium salt, methyl acetate, and dimethyl sulfone. The content ratio of methyl acetate in the liquid electrolyte is 10% by mass to 40% by mass, and the content ratio of dimethyl sulfone in the liquid electrolyte is 0.1% by mass to 5% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tasuku Ishiguro, Yasuko Nozaki
  • Patent number: 12294696
    Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory coupled to the circuitry. The circuitry, in operation: determines whether a size of a current block, which is a unit for which a vector candidate list including vector candidates is generated, is less than or equal to a threshold; when the size of the current block is less than or equal to the threshold, generates the vector candidate list by registering a history-based motion vector predictor (HMVP) vector candidate in the vector candidate list from an HMVP table without performing a first pruning process; when the size of the current block is greater than the threshold, generates the vector candidate list by performing the first pruning process and registering the HMVP vector candidate in the vector candidate list from the HMVP table; and encodes the current block using the vector candidate list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Jing Ya Li, Chong Soon Lim, Han Boon Teo, Che Wei Kuo, Hai Wei Sun, Chu Tong Wang, Kiyofumi Abe, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Yusuke Kato
  • Patent number: 12294107
    Abstract: A battery pack includes battery cell including a discharge valve opened when an internal pressure exceeds a set pressure, and case housing battery cell. Exhaust duct through which a discharge gas is discharged from the discharge valve to an outside of the case is disposed in the case, a discharge side of exhaust duct is opened to the outside of the case, and an inflow side of the exhaust duct is opened to an inside of the case, a diffusion space of the discharge gas is provided inside case, the discharge valve ejects the discharge gas into the diffusion space, and the discharge gas of the diffusion space is discharged to the outside of the case via exhaust duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeaki Wakabayashi, Kensaku Takeda
  • Patent number: 12293522
    Abstract: A signal processing method is performed by a computer. The signal processing method includes: obtaining first compressed image data including hyperspectral information and indicating a two-dimensional image in which the hyperspectral information is compressed, the hyperspectral information being luminance information on each of at least four wavelength bands included in a target wavelength range; extracting partial image data from the first compressed image data; and generating first two-dimensional image data corresponding to a first wavelength band and second two-dimensional image data corresponding to a second wavelength band from the partial image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoki Yako, Atsushi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 12294740
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: generating a first predicted value for an item of position information of a first three-dimensional point included in point cloud data, using an item of position information of a reference three-dimensional point included in the point cloud data and angle information; calculating a first difference value between the item of position information of the first three-dimensional point and the first predicted value; and generating a bitstream including the first difference value and the angle information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Sugio, Noritaka Iguchi, Pongsak Lasang, Chung Dean Han, Keng Liang Loi, Pradit Mittrapiyanuruk
  • Patent number: 12293877
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor including: an element stack including a plurality of capacitor elements; a package body sealing the element stack; and a first and second external electrode. Each of the capacitor elements includes a first end at which the anode body is exposed, and a second end covered with the cathode section, with at least an end surface of the first end exposed from the package body. The capacitor elements include a first capacitor element in which the first end faces a first surface of the package body, and a second capacitor element in which the first end faces a second surface different from the first surface of the package body. The first and second capacitor elements stacked alternately. The first end of the first capacitor element and the first end of the second capacitor element are electrically connected to the first external electrode and the second external electrode, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Suzuki, Takahiro Kumakawa, Junichi Kurita
  • Patent number: 12293356
    Abstract: A control method includes: obtaining first transaction data that includes a first variable indicating first information on a first contract made between a first user and a second user, and a second variable set to a predetermined value indicating second information is undetermined; storing the first transaction data into the distributed ledger; executing storing processing of reading out the second variable, and storing it into a rewritable storage in a server; obtaining second transaction data that includes a third variable indicating third information on a second contract made between the first user and a third user, and a change command for changing the second variable, based on the third variable; storing the second transaction data into the distributed ledger; and executing change processing of changing, according to the change command, the second variable from the predetermined value, after the second transaction data is stored into the distributed ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yuji Unagami, Junji Michiyama, Junichiro Soeda, Motoji Ohmori, Tetsuji Fuchikami, Yuuki Hirose, Naohisa Nishida, Masahiro Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20250140015
    Abstract: A biometric information acquisition device includes a housing. The housing includes a bottom surface side, a top surface side, a front surface side, a back surface side, and an opening in the front surface side between the bottom and top surface sides. The opening defines an imaging space. A camera is disposed in the housing, with the camera being configured to capture an image of a palm of a hand of a user when inserted into the imaging space with the palm facing the top surface side. An illumination is between the top surface side and the opening, with the illumination being configured to illuminate the imaging space from above. A mirror reflects light from the illumination toward the palm, and a display prompts the user to insert the palm into the imaging space with the palm facing the top surface side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki NAKAMURA, Risa KOMATSU, Tadanori TEZUKA, Sugiko HONDA