Patents Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
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Publication number: 20250148690Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Minami NAKA, Tadamasa TOMA, Satoshi MATSUI
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Patent number: 12290336Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kohei Hara, Kazuaki Nishio
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Patent number: 12293881Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Suzuki, Masaya Kiso, Kazuaki Aoyama
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Patent number: 12293878Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tatsuji Aoyama, Shumpei Matsushita
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Patent number: 12291792Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 17, 2023Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Kenichiro Inagaki
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Patent number: 12292166Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Kitano, Takanori Aketa, Taisuke Nishimori, Kenichiro Tanaka
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Patent number: 12293880Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 11, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichiro Tsubaki, Tatsuji Aoyama
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Patent number: 12292218Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihiko Matsuda, Shigeyoshi Matsui, Shigekazu Yamagishi
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Patent number: 12294054Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tasuku Ishiguro, Yasuko Nozaki
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Patent number: 12293522Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 22, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Motoki Yako, Atsushi Ishikawa
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Patent number: 12293877Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Suzuki, Takahiro Kumakawa, Junichi Kurita
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Publication number: 20250140015Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideyuki NAKAMURA, Risa KOMATSU, Tadanori TEZUKA, Sugiko HONDA
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Publication number: 20250139392Abstract: A payment terminal is provided, which is a composite terminal capable of selecting a plurality of payment methods. The payment terminal includes a touch panel that electrically detects a contact or a proximity of an object as an input detection function, and an antenna for non-contact communication with a communication medium storing information for non-contact payment. The antenna is arranged around the touch panel, and outputs radio waves for the non-contact communication by receiving a power supply. When the non-contact payment is selected, the payment terminal turns ON the power supply to the antenna and turns OFF the input detection function of the touch panel. When the non-contact payment is completed, the payment terminal turns OFF the power supply to the antenna and turns ON the input detection function of the touch panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2025Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohito TAKAKURA, Kohei TAKADA, Kenichiro SHIMANO
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Patent number: 12289552Abstract: An imaging device includes a plurality of pixels and a voltage supply circuit. Each of the plurality of pixels includes: a pixel electrode; a counter electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer located between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode; and a charge blocking layer located between the pixel electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer. The charge blocking layer contains an impurity and has a first surface facing the photoelectric conversion layer and a second surface facing the pixel electrode. The concentration of the impurity on the first surface is higher than the concentration of the impurity on the second surface. The voltage supply circuit supplies a first voltage between the counter electrode and the pixel electrode in a first period and supplies a second voltage different from the first voltage between the counter electrode and the pixel electrode in a second period.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2023Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takamichi Yokoyama, Hiroaki Iijima, Morio Mitsuishi
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Patent number: 12289543Abstract: An imaging device is provided with a pixel array section including multiple pixels arranged in a matrix of rows and columns, and a column signal processor. The multiple pixels include multiple imaging pixels that each output a pixel signal corresponding to incident light and multiple reference pixels which are aligned in the column direction in at least two columns and which each output a reset signal corresponding to the output signal at reset of each of the multiple first pixels. The column signal processor outputs the difference between the pixel signal outputted by one imaging pixel from among the multiple imaging pixels and a reference signal based on the reset signals outputted by at least two reference pixels, from among the multiple reference pixels, located in the same row as the one imaging pixel.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2024Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiaki Satou, Yasuo Miyake, Yusuke Okada, Kazuko Nishimura
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Patent number: 12286500Abstract: A resin composition contains a preliminary reaction product (A) obtained by previously reacting a polyphenylene ether compound (a1) having a hydroxyl group in a molecule and an acid anhydride (a2) having an acid anhydride group in a molecule, and a curable resin (B) containing a reactive compound having an unsaturated double bond in a molecule, in which an equivalent ratio of the acid anhydride group in the acid anhydride (a2) to the hydroxyl group in the polyphenylene ether compound (a1) is 1.5 or less, and a content of the curable resin (B) is 20 to 85 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of a sum of the preliminary reaction product (A) and the curable resin (B).Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Taichi Nakashima, Hiroyuki Fujisawa, Akira Otsuka, Koichi Isaji, Hajime Ogushi
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Patent number: 12288010Abstract: An information processing method includes: creating a first table by an experimental design method, calculating a first response surface using the first table, setting a fourth level value for a first control factor when the first response surface does not include a target value related to an object variable for the first control factor, creating a second table by the experimental design method by deleting at least one combination of the experimental conditions which include one level value for the first control factor from the first table and adding at least one combination of the experimental conditions based on the plurality of level values including the fourth level value and without including the one level value for the first control factor, calculating a second response surface including the target value using the second table, and outputting the second response surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuo Hara, Mikio Ushioda, Akihisa Nakahashi
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Patent number: 12287462Abstract: A lens system includes a plurality of lens elements arranged from an object side to an image plane side, and a diaphragm arranged between the plurality of lens elements. The plurality of lens elements include a plurality of freeform lenses each having a freeform surface that is asymmetrical with respect to a first direction and a second direction which cross with each other. At least one freeform lens is placed on the image plane side of the diaphragm. With a lens thickness T1 in the first direction at a maximum height of an axial ray and a lens thickness T2 in the second direction at the maximum height of the axial ray, at least one freeform lens satisfying 0.3<T1/T2<0.76 is placed on the object side of the diaphragm.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Shobayashi, Yoshio Matsumura, Takuya Imaoka, Tomoko Iiyama
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Patent number: 12288846Abstract: The solid electrolyte material consists essentially of Li, Ti, M, and F. Here, M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg and Ca.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshimasa Nakama, Masashi Sakaida
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Patent number: 12288899Abstract: This separator is provided with a resin substrate, a first heat-resistant layer that covers the entirety of one surface of the resin substrate, a second heat-resistant layer that covers a portion of the other surface of the resin substrate, and an uncovered region that is in the other surface of the resin substrate and that is not covered by the second heat-resistant layer, wherein the first heat-resistant layer and the second heat-resistant layer each include inorganic particles and a binder. In each of the heat-resistant layers, the contained amount of the inorganic particles is 50-90 mass %, the contained amount of the binder is 10-50 mass %, and the uncovered region is connected to the end portion of the resin substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takafumi Tsukagoshi, Shinya Miyazaki