Patents Assigned to Panasonic Corporation
  • Publication number: 20210193991
    Abstract: A negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, which is an example of embodiments, comprises a negative electrode core body and a negative electrode mixture layer provided on the surface of the negative electrode core body. The negative electrode mixture layer includes graphite and fibrous carbon. The BET specific surface area of the graphite included in the first region is smaller than the BET specific surface area of the graphite included in the second region. In addition, the average length of the fibrous carbon included in the second region is longer than the average length of the fibrous carbon included in the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicants: Panasonic Corporation, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Fukumoto, Masanori Sugimori, Yuji Yokoyama, Nobuhiro Hirano, Yo Kato
  • Patent number: 11043659
    Abstract: A positive electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode mixture layer which contains a positive electrode active material and is disposed on the positive electrode current collector. The void ratio of the positive electrode mixture layer is 30% or less, and the void ratio of secondary particles of the positive electrode active material is within a range of 30% or more and 70% or less of the void ratio of the positive electrode mixture layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidekazu Hiratsuka
  • Patent number: 11039483
    Abstract: A sequence allocating method and apparatus wherein in a system where a plurality of different Zadoff-Chu sequences or GCL sequences are allocated to a single cell, the arithmetic amount and circuit scale of a correlating circuit at a receiving end can be reduced. In ST201, a counter (a) and a number (p) of current sequence allocations are initialized, and in ST202, it is determined whether the number (p) of current sequence allocations is coincident with a number (K) of allocations to one cell. In ST203, it is determined whether the number (K) of allocations to the one cell is odd or even. If K is even, in ST204-ST206, sequence numbers (r=a and r=N?a), which are not currently allocated, are combined and then allocated. If K is odd, in ST207-ST212, for sequences that cannot be paired, one of sequence numbers (r=a and r=N?a), which are not currently allocated, is allocated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Daichi Imamura, Takashi Iwai, Kazunori Inogai, Sadaki Futagi, Atsushi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11037176
    Abstract: A server device is provided with: a receiver that receives subject data that are transmitted from one or more folding devices for folding subjects and that include related data on the subjects which are read from the subjects by the folding devices; a storage unit that stores aggregate data obtained by aggregating the subject data; an analyzer that performs an analysis on predetermined data contained in the aggregate data; and a provider that provides a result of the analysis by the analyzer to a predetermined information processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignees: DAIWA House Industry Co., LTD, SBI Ventures Two Co., Ltd., Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Sakane, Hiroshi Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 11038633
    Abstract: Provided is a radio communication device which can make Acknowledgement (ACK) reception quality and Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) reception quality to be equal to each other. The device includes: a scrambling unit (214) which multiplies a response signal after modulated, by a scrambling code “1” or “e?j(?/2)” so as to rotate a constellation for each of response signals on a cyclic shift axis; a spread unit (215) which performs a primary spread of the response signal by using a Zero Auto Correlation (ZAC) sequence set by a control unit (209); and a spread unit (218) which performs a secondary spread of the response signal after subjected to the primary spread, by using a block-wise spread code sequence set by the control unit (209).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Seigo Nakao, Daichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 11036062
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure relate to a device, method, and medium storing instructions for execution by a processor for displaying multiple images. In an example, a device may include a display to present two images interleaved, where the display includes a vertical axis parallel to a line passing through a center-bottom of the display and a center-top of the display. The device includes a first parallax barrier placed between the display and an intended viewable area, where the first parallax barrier includes a first number of parallax barrier lines, where the first number of parallax barrier lines are opaque and parallel to the vertical axis. The device includes a second parallax barrier placed between the first parallax barrier and the intended viewable area, where the second parallax barrier includes a second number of parallax barrier lines, where the second number of parallax barrier lines are opaque and parallel to the vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
    Inventor: Nicholas Brian Hansen
  • Publication number: 20210175568
    Abstract: A battery including: a battery can including a cylindncal portion, a bottom wall closing one end of the cylindrical portion, and an open rim continuing to the other end of the cylindncal portion; an electrode body housed in the cylindrical portion; and a sealing body fixed to the open rim so as to seal an opening defined by the open rim. The sealing body includes a sealing plate, and a gasket disposed at a peripheral portion of the sealing plate. The gasket has an inner ring portion disposed on the peripheral portion on a side facing the electrode body, an outer ring portion disposed on the peripheral portion on a side opposite to the side facing the electrode body, and a side wall portion covering an end surface of the peripheral portion. The sealing plate and the gasket are integrally molded to be in close contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicants: PANASONIC CORPORATION, SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya GESHI, Oose OKUTANI
  • Patent number: 11031820
    Abstract: A power transmitting device transmits power to a power receiving device having a power receiving coil, in water. The power transmitting device includes one or more annular transmitting coils including a power transmitting coil configured to transmit the power to the power receiving coil via a magnetic field, a support member located in an inner space of the transmitting coil, which is formed by the annular transmitting coil, the support member including an outer periphery along an inner periphery of the annular transmitting coil, and supporting the transmitting coil from the inner space, a power transmitting unit configured to supply A/C power to the power transmitting coil, and a capacitor connected to the transmitting coil, and forming a resonance circuit resonating together with the transmitting coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuya Okamoto, Souichi Kawata, Kazuhiro Eguchi, Ryosuke Hasaba, Yoshio Koyanagi, Tamaki Ura
  • Patent number: 11028302
    Abstract: Provided is a cold storage medium according to the present invention contains tetra-n-butylammonium ions, silver ions, at least one kind of halide ions selected from the group consisting of fluoride ions, chloride ions, and bromide ions, water, and at least one kind of carboxylic acid ions each represented by the following chemical formula R—COO? (where R represents a hydrocarbon group).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironobu Machida, Motohiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11029945
    Abstract: A storage includes a first area in which an own device program is stored and a second area in which an other device program is stored at factory shipment. A data processor executes data processing with the other device based on the own device program. A version getter gets the version of the other device program stored in the other device. When the version of the other device program got from the other device satisfies a predetermined condition, a program transmitter transmits the other device program stored in the second area to the other device to cause the other device to update the other device program stored in the other device. A program updater temporarily stores an own device update program input from outside in the second area in place of the other device program and updates the own device program stored in the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignees: PANASONIC CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yumeki Teraoka, Kazunori Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210166855
    Abstract: A transmission coil configured to transmit electric power in water includes an annular electric wire through which an alternating current flows, and a first cover which includes non-conductive resin or non-magnetic resin and seals a periphery of the electric wire. The electric wire transmits the electric power via a magnetic field generated by flowing of the alternating current. The first cover includes a second cover which surrounds an outer peripheral surface of the electric wire in a radial direction with the non-conductive resin or the non-magnetic resin, and a self-bonding tape configured to seal an outer peripheral surface of the second cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro EGUCHI, Ryosuke HASABA, Katsuya OKAMOTO, Souichi KAWATA, Yoshio KOYANAGI
  • Patent number: 11024665
    Abstract: An imaging device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a semiconductor substrate; and pixels. Each of the pixels includes: a photoelectric converter that converts incident light into electric charge; a diffusion region provided in the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the photoelectric converter; a first transistor including a gate, and the diffusion region as one of a source and a drain; and a plug that is directly connected to the diffusion region, is electrically connected to the photoelectric converter, and includes a semiconductor. The height of the plug and the height of the gate from the surface of the semiconductor substrate are equal to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: PANASONIC CORPORATION, TOWERJAZZ PANASONIC SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Sakaida, Yoshihiro Sato, Kosaku Saeki, Hideki Doshita, Takeshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11025103
    Abstract: An iron core including a laminate in which a plurality of nanocrystal thin strips are laminated, a board, and a fastener that fastens the laminate and the board, in which at least one of upper and lower surfaces of the laminate has a colored oxide film and an uncolored oxide film is used. Moreover, the iron core has a region of the colored oxide film wider than a region of the uncolored oxide film region is used. Furthermore, a motor uses the above-described iron core as a stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio Nishikawa, Naoki Nojiri
  • Patent number: 11024953
    Abstract: An antenna-integrated module includes: one or more semiconductor chips each including a silicon substrate, a metal layer stacked on a first surface of the silicon substrate, and one or more frequency converters; an insulating layer that surrounds the one or more semiconductor chips; a re-distribution layer that is stacked on a first surface of the insulating layer and on a first surface of the metal layer; one or more first antenna elements that are provided on the first surface of the metal layer with a first conductor pattern and that are connected to the one or more frequency converters; and one or more second antenna elements that are provided with a second conductor pattern on a first surface of the re-distribution layer stacked on the first surface of the insulating layer and that are connected to the one or more frequency converters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Sato, Ryosuke Shiozaki
  • Publication number: 20210155254
    Abstract: A method for controlling an apparatus for a first vehicle includes: receiving first positional information including a current position of the first vehicle, a traveling direction of the first vehicle, and a traveling speed of the first vehicle; receiving second positional information including a current position of a second vehicle, a traveling direction of the second vehicle, and a traveling speed of the second vehicle; estimating a future position of the first vehicle on the basis of the first positional information; estimating a future position of the second vehicle on the basis of the second positional information; determining whether a distance between the future position of the first vehicle and the future position of the second vehicle is shorter than a threshold value, and notifying a driver of the first vehicle of a result of the determination when the distance is shorter than the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Teppei SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20210159489
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell comprising a negative electrode (12) having a negative electrode collector (40) and a negative electrode active material layer (42) provided on the negative electrode collector (40). The negative electrode active material layer (42) contains graphite particles A and graphite particles B as negative electrode active materials. The graphite particles A have an internal void rate of 5% or less. The graphite particles B have an internal void rate of 8 to 20%. When the negative electrode active material layer 42 is halved in the thickness direction, a region 42b on the half closer to the outer surface contains more graphite particles A than a region 42a on the half closer to the negative electrode collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicants: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Sugaya, Takuya Shinomiya, Takamitsu Tashita, Fumikazu Mizukoshi, Tsukasa Gejo
  • Patent number: 11019333
    Abstract: In order to enable efficient utilization of an available bandwidth by properly estimating the available bandwidth under conditions in which the available bandwidth significantly changes upon occurrence of communication path switching, an available bandwidth estimation is performed by estimating a current available bandwidth based on historical communication state information i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Miyagoshi, Masaki Sato, Noriyuki Shimizu, Hiroaki Asano, Hideki Shingu
  • Patent number: 11016642
    Abstract: A user interface for an infotainment system of a motor vehicle includes a rectangular display screen and a rotatable ring having a central circular viewing window through which the display screen is visible. The rotatable ring includes a plurality of rotational positions relative to the display screen. An optical switch is disposed between the rotatable ring and the display screen and detects the rotational position of the rotatable ring. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the display screen and to the optical switch. The electronic processor controls an image presented on the display screen dependent upon the rotatable position of the rotatable ring as detected by the optical switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
    Inventor: Sachiyo Zuehlke
  • Patent number: 11018472
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device includes a mount section having an insulating property connected to a heat sink, a plurality of semiconductor laser elements disposed on the mount section, and a heat radiation block having an insulating property disposed on the plurality of semiconductor laser elements. A first wiring made of a metal is disposed on an upper surface of the mount section, and a second wiring made of a metal is disposed on a lower surface of the heat radiation block, a part of the second wiring being electrically connected to the first wiring. By electrically connecting the first wiring and the second wiring to each of the plurality of semiconductor laser elements, the plurality of semiconductor laser elements are connected in series, and have a same polarity with each other at a side that each of the plurality of semiconductor laser elements is connected to the first wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichiro Nozaki
  • Publication number: 20210151895
    Abstract: A radio wave absorber includes a base member, and a radio wave absorption film formed on the base member. The radio wave absorption film includes at least MTC-substituted ?-Fe2O3 and black titanium oxide. The MTC-substituted ?-Fe2O3 is a crystal belonging to the same space group as an ?-Fe2O3 crystal and expressed by ?-MxTiyCoyFe2?2y?xO3 where M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ga, In, Al, and Rh, 0<x<1, and 0<y<1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin-ichi OHKOSHI, Asuka NAMAI, Seiji NISHITANI, Tomohiro KUZUU