Patents Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
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Patent number: 12379129Abstract: When an instruction to request increase in the amount of air supply of air supply fan (2) is generated, operating conditions of air conditioner (3) is determined based on outdoor temperature information acquired by outdoor temperature acquisition unit (24) and indoor temperature information acquired by indoor temperature acquisition unit (32). Then, air conditioner (3) is instructed on the determined operating conditions.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuyuki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 12380725Abstract: Provided is a system that enables inexpensive and accurate identification of the seating position of each user in a free address office without incurring additional equipment costs. The system identifies a user who has entered an office by performing a face verification operation which involves comparing a face image of an entering person who is entering the office acquired from an image captured by a first entrance camera, with the face image of each registered user for matching, and identifies the seating position of the user in the office by performing a person verification operation which involves comparing a first person image acquired from an image captured by a second entrance camera, with a second person image acquired from an image captured by an in-area camera to thereby associate a person who has entered the office with a corresponding person who is seated in the office.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Sonoko Hirasawa, Takeshi Fujimatsu
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Patent number: 12381926Abstract: A transmission method includes: generating a frame for transfer which stores one or more first internet protocol (IP) packets storing content, and one or more second IP packets each including reference clock information which indicates a time for a playback of the content; and transmitting the generated frame through broadcasting. In the generating, header compression is performed on the one or more first IP packets and the header compression is not performed on the one or more second IP packets.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2024Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Noritaka Iguchi, Tadamasa Toma
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Patent number: 12382739Abstract: A light detecting device includes: a filter array including filters two-dimensionally arrayed and an image sensor including light detection elements. Each of first and second filters included in the filters includes a first reflective layer, a second reflective layer, and an intermediate layer therebetween and has a resonance structure having resonant modes whose orders are different from each other. A refractive index and/or a thickness of the intermediate layer in the first and second filters is different depending on the filter. A transmission spectrum of each of the first and second filters has local maximum value of transmittance at each of wavelengths included in a wavelength region, and the wavelengths correspond to the resonant modes, respectively. The image sensor is disposed at a position where the image senor receives passing light that passes through the filter array, to detect components in the wavelengths included in the passing light.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2024Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Ishikawa, Yasuhisa Inada
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Patent number: 12376393Abstract: An image sensor includes pixel electrodes, a control electrode, a photoelectric conversion film arranged on the pixel electrodes, a transparent electrode arranged on the photoelectric conversion film, an insulating layer arranged on at least a portion of a top surface of the transparent electrode, and a connection layer that electrically connects the control electrode to the transparent electrode. The connection layer is in contact with at least one side surface of the transparent electrode. A side surface of the insulating layer, the at least one side surface of the transparent electrode, and a side surface of the photoelectric conversion film are aligned with each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2024Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuuko Tomekawa, Katsuya Nozawa
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Patent number: 12374515Abstract: A main fixed contact and a main moving contact are disposed on the front side of a coil, and an auxiliary fixed contact and an auxiliary moving contact are arranged above the coil in a housing. An auxiliary contact terminal includes an upper piece extending above the coil and provided with the auxiliary fixed contact or the auxiliary moving contact, a side piece connected to the upper piece and extending downward from the upper piece and disposed on a side of the coil, and a connecting piece connected to the side piece and provided so as to protrude outward from the housing. The side piece is press-fitted into a press-fitting portion formed in a coil bobbin, and the press-fitting portion includes an opening into which the side piece is press-fitted and a restriction wall formed around the opening so as to face the side piece.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Okuda, Machiko Nishiyama
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Patent number: 12371541Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing an electrolytic capacitor, the method including the steps of: preparing an anode foil that includes a dielectric layer, a cathode foil, and a fiber structure; preparing a conductive polymer dispersion liquid that contains a conductive polymer component and a dispersion medium; producing a separator by applying the conductive polymer dispersion liquid to the fiber structure and then removing at least a portion of the dispersion medium; and producing a capacitor element by sequentially stacking the anode foil, the separator, and the cathode foil. The dispersion medium contains water. The fiber structure contains a synthetic fiber in an amount of 50 mass % or more. The fiber structure has a density of 0.2 g/cm3 or more and less than 0.45 g/cm3.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2024Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Kubo, Hiroyuki Arima, Tomoyuki Tashiro, Kazuhiro Takatani, Kenta Chashiro, Shumpei Matsushita
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Patent number: 12376391Abstract: An imaging device includes a pixel. The pixel includes a charge accumulator containing an impurity of a first conductivity type, a first transistor, a second transistor, a first well region containing an impurity of a second conductivity type, and a second well region containing an impurity of the first conductivity type. The charge accumulator accumulates charge generated through photoelectric conversion. The first transistor includes a first gate electrode and a first diffusion region containing an impurity of the first conductivity type. The second transistor includes a second gate electrode and a second diffusion region containing an impurity of the second conductivity type. The first transistor and the charge accumulator are located in the first well region, and the second transistor is located in the second well region. A distance between the charge accumulator and the second transistor is larger than a distance between the charge accumulator and the first transistor.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Sato, Takayoshi Yamada
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Patent number: 12371568Abstract: A thermally conductive silicone composition contains a silicone component and a polyhedral filler.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiichi Komatsu, Hiroshi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 12374715Abstract: A battery of the present disclosure includes a first solid-state battery cell and a buffer layer. The first solid-state battery cell includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a solid electrolyte layer located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode or the negative electrode has a current collector. The buffer layer is in contact with a face of the current collector opposite to the solid electrolyte layer. The buffer layer includes a thermally expandable material and a conductive resin.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2022Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Eiichi Koga
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Patent number: 12366651Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a reflector which covers an imaging space on a pathway that a human passes through, from at least one of both sides of the pathway, and diffusely reflects a sub-terahertz wave; a first light source which emits a sub-terahertz wave onto the reflector; and a first detector which receives a reflected wave of the sub-terahertz wave emitted from the first light source, diffusely reflected by the reflector, and reflected by the human, and generates an image based on the reflected wave received. The first light source and the first detector are located at a first direction side relative to a center of the imaging space in a direction in which the pathway extends.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2022Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Yamada, Yosuke Asai
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Patent number: 12368005Abstract: An anode body, a dielectric layer disposed on a surface of the anode body, and a cathode part covering at least a part of the dielectric layer are provided. The cathode part includes a solid electrolyte layer covering the at least the part of the dielectric layer and containing a conjugated polymer. A solid electrolytic capacitor having excellent heat resistance is provided by using a solid electrolytic capacitor element where a full width at half maximum of a first peak is in a range from 35 cm?1 to 80 cm?1 inclusive when the first peak attributed to a CC stretching vibration derived from the conjugated polymer is fitted with a Lorentz function in a Raman spectrum of the solid electrolyte layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Yoshii, Kei Hirota, Hiromi Ozawa
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Patent number: 12366611Abstract: An arc detection system includes a first obtainment unit, a second obtainment unit, and a determination unit. The first obtainment unit obtains a measurement result of current flowing in a power line to which power is supplied from a power supply or a measurement result of voltage in the power line. The second obtainment unit obtains quality information about the quality of communication with a device connected to the power line through power line communication with the device via the power line. The determination unit determines whether or not an arc fault has occurred in the power line based on components in a specific frequency band of the measurement result obtained by the first obtainment unit and the quality information obtained by the second obtainment unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Takahashi, Tatsuo Koga
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Patent number: 12368176Abstract: A membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell, the membrane electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane, and a first electrode and a second electrode sandwiching the electrolyte membrane, wherein the first electrode includes a first catalyst layer and a first gas diffusion layer in order from the electrolyte membrane side, the first gas diffusion layer includes a first fibrous conductive member and a first resin material, the first catalyst layer includes a second fibrous conductive member, catalyst particles, and a second resin material, when viewed from a stacking direction of the membrane electrode assembly, a first angle formed by the first fibrous conductive member and a main flow path of a gas supplied to the membrane electrode assembly is arbitrary, and a second angle formed by the second fibrous conductive member and the main flow path is 45° or less.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Minamiura, Kenichi Ezaki, Shinichiro Imura, Tsutomu Kawashima, Miyuki Yoshimoto
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Patent number: 12365166Abstract: A wood sheet according to the present disclosure includes a protective layer, a support layer, a wood material made of natural wood provided between the protective layer and the support layer, a first adhesive layer provided between the protective layer and the wood material, a second adhesive layer provided between the first adhesive layer and the wood material, a thermoplastic shape conforming layer provided between the wood material and the support layer, and the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer are not integrated, and a boundary is provided between the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2021Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomonori Sugiyama, Kazuhiko Kaneuchi, Kota Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Asanaka
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Patent number: 12365364Abstract: A vehicle diagnostic system includes: a vehicle diagnostic device including a communication unit that communicates with a vehicle which drives autonomously, and a diagnostic unit that performs, via the communication unit, diagnosis as to whether the vehicle is being hacked; and electrical apparatuses that communicate with the vehicle diagnostic device via a network. The diagnostic unit performs the diagnosis when an operational state of at least one electrical apparatus among the electrical apparatuses changes.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Hikaru Maeda
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Patent number: 12364414Abstract: A sleep position determination device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is provided with a receiver that receives a measurement result obtained by measuring a subject using a contactless sensor, an extraction circuit that extracts a respiration signal of the subject from the measurement result, memory that stores reference information related to a level of the respiration signal, and a determination circuit that determines a sleep position of the subject on a basis of a comparison between the level of the respiration signal of the subject and the reference information.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenichi Inoue
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Patent number: D1085092Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2023Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ai Nanno, So Suzuki, Masaru Furujiku, Takuya Kitahara
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Patent number: D1086246Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuma Shinya, Hideki Ihara, Kota Horie, Junichi Hata, Tetsuya Morikawa
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Patent number: D1086247Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Bo Yu, Hideki Ihara, Kota Horie