Patents Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
  • Patent number: 11985267
    Abstract: An electronic device linking system includes one or more electronic devices, a control device that controls the electronic device, and a wireless charger that charges the mobile terminal device. The wireless charger includes a first hardware processor that receives terminal information of the mobile terminal device by wireless communication with the mobile terminal device, and transmits, to the control device, the terminal information of the mobile terminal device received through the wireless communication. The control device includes a second hardware processor that links the mobile terminal device and the electronic device with each other on the basis of the terminal information received from the wireless charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirohiko Kanao
  • Patent number: 11985019
    Abstract: An transmission apparatus of the present disclosure comprises a transmission signal generator which, in operation, generates a transmission signal that includes a legacy preamble, a non-legacy preamble and a data field, wherein the non-legacy preamble comprises a first signal field and a second signal field, the second signal field comprising a first channel field and a second channel field, each of the first channel field and the second channel field comprising a common field that carries resource unit (RU) allocation information and a user-specific field that carries per-user allocation information for one or more terminal stations, and wherein a part of the user-specific field of one of the first channel field and the second channel field whichever is longer than the other channel field in length before appending padding bits is relocated to the other channel field; and a transmitter which, in operation, transmits the generated transmission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Lei Huang, Yoshio Urabe, Michael Hong Cheng Sim
  • Patent number: 11984604
    Abstract: A lithium ion battery including a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer that contains lithium silicate particles and a binder. The lithium silicate particles include composite particles including a lithium silicate phase and silicon particles dispersed in the lithium silicate phase, wherein a carbon material is present inside the composite particles, and an area ratio of the carbon material occupying a cross section of the composite particles is 0.008 to 6%. The binder includes at least a first resin, wherein the first resin is at least cue selected from the group consisting of polyacrylic acid, a polyacrylic acid salt, and their derivatives. The first resin is contained in an amount of 2 mass % or less in the negative electrode active material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Uchiyama, Taisuke Yamamoto, Tatsuya Akira, Norihisa Yamamoto, Hiroshi Minami
  • Patent number: 11981580
    Abstract: A method for producing a halide includes heat-treating a mixed material in an inert gas atmosphere, the mixed material being a mixture of M2O3, NH4X, and LiZ. The M includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, a lanthanoid, and Sc. The X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of CI, Br, I, and F. The Z is at least one element selected from the group consisting of CI, Br, I, and F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kubo, Yusuke Nishio, Akihiro Sakai, Akinobu Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11984554
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure includes a crystal phase represented by Lia(Ca1?mMm)bXc. In the formula, M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Sr, and Ba. X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. The following formulas are satisfied: a>0, b>0, c>0, and 0?m<1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Asano, Masashi Sakaida, Akihiro Sakai, Akinobu Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11985452
    Abstract: A color conversion element includes: a substrate; a phosphor portion that is disposed above the substrate, receives laser light transmitted from an outside, and emits light in a color different from a color of the laser light; a reflective layer that includes a dielectric multilayer film and is disposed on a principal surface of the phosphor portion facing the substrate; and a joining portion interposed between the reflective layer and the substrate to join the reflective layer and the substrate. The joining portion includes an air layer that exposes the reflective layer in a position where the air layer at least partially overlaps an irradiation region in a plan view, the irradiation region being a region irradiated with the laser light on the phosphor portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Aketa, Yosuke Honda, Takashi Kishida, Toru Hirano
  • Patent number: 11983762
    Abstract: A method includes: acquiring, from a store terminal via a network, limited product information indicating a limited product for which a time available for sale in one branch store corresponding to the store terminal is limited; acquiring, from a communication terminal of a user via the network, i) a request for a purchase menu of affiliated stores and ii) a branch store identifier (ID) specifying one branch store corresponding to a device ID specifying a beacon signal transmitter disposed in the one branch store; generating, based on the limited product information, the request for the purchase menu, and the branch store ID, privileged purchase menu information corresponding to the one branch store; and outputting the privileged purchase menu information to the communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Toshiyasu Sugio
  • Patent number: 11981198
    Abstract: A mover includes a body, an axle, a drive wheel, a motor, a speed reducer, and a shaft coupling. The wheel is arranged rotatably around the axle. The reducer is attached to the axle to reduce and transmit rotational power of the motor and includes an output shaft aligned with a center axis of the axle. The coupling transmits the rotational power of the reducer to the wheel and includes a cylindrical portion having an annular shape when viewed along the center axis and housing the reducer at least partially inside. The cylindrical portion includes an input portion and an output portion at first and second ends, respectively, along the center axis. The cylindrical portion further includes an absorber between the input and output portions to absorb deviation and an angle of deviation between respective rotational center axes of the output shaft and the drive wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Sato, Yumiko Oshima
  • Patent number: 11982930
    Abstract: A light source apparatus includes a plurality of light emitting apparatuses. Each of the light emitting apparatuses includes a plurality of light emitting devices each of which has a light emitting area and a non-light emitting area on an emission surface thereof that emits light. At least two light emitting apparatuses of the light emitting apparatuses constitute a light emitting apparatus group disposed such that the emission surfaces of the respective light emitting apparatuses are parallel to each other with a predetermined distance, and that a distance between light emitting areas of the respective light emitting apparatuses when viewed along a direction perpendicular to the emission surfaces of the at least two of the light emitting apparatuses is shorter than a distance between the light emitting areas of the respective light emitting apparatuses when the emission surfaces of the respective light emitting apparatuses are on the same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Tanaka, Manabu Okuno
  • Patent number: 11982550
    Abstract: Provided is an encoder capable of achieving high position resolution without being finely divided, and capable of detecting a rotation angle or the like with high sensitivity. The encoder includes: rotary plate having a plurality of reflection structures repeatedly formed and code including light reflector; irradiator that irradiates the plurality of reflection structures with light; and light receiver that receives light reflected by the plurality of reflection structures. Each of the plurality of reflection structures has a surface in a convex shape, and each of the plurality of reflection structures has a width that is an integral multiple of a width of light reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Nagai, Masaru Shiraishi, Junya Aso, Toshihiro Koga, Takuma Katayama
  • Patent number: 11984270
    Abstract: A mold includes a pair of first mold parts, a pair of second mold parts, and a pair of third mold parts that define six surfaces of a molded body substantially having a rectangular parallelepiped shape. At least one of the pair of third mold parts includes an upper mold part and a lower mold part. The upper mold part defines an upper space of a molding space, and the lower mold part defines a lower space of the molding space. The upper mold part and the lower mold part are individually slidable. The lower mold part protrudes toward the molding space with respect to the upper mold part so that a step portion is formed. The upper mold part is slidable in cooperation with the lower mold part in a state in which the step portion is formed or absent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Tanaka, Takashi Sato, Hayato Kato, Kazuhito Odane
  • Patent number: 11982800
    Abstract: An optical system internally has an intermediate imaging position that is conjugated to a magnification conjugate point on a magnification side and a reduction conjugate point on a reduction side, respectively. The optical system includes a magnification optical system having a first lens element and a second lens element positioned on the magnification side with respect to the intermediate imaging position; and a relay optical system having a plurality of lens elements, positioned on the reduction side with respect to the intermediate imaging position. The first lens element and the second lens element are positioned in this order from the magnification side, and the second lens element has a positive power. The optical system satisfies: 23<|f2/fw|<1000, wherein f2 is a focal length of the second lens element, and fw is a focal length of an entirety of the optical system at a wide-angle end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Imaoka, Qinghua Zhao
  • Patent number: 11983304
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an on-board secure storage system capable of easily and quickly detecting unauthorized access to a storage device and a failure of the storage device, and appropriately using the detection result. the on-board secure storage system includes the storage device that has a controller, a non-volatile memory and an interface, and an electronic control unit that electronically controls a vehicle. After determining that unauthorized access or a failure occurs in the non-volatile memory, the controller performs predetermined processing according to the type of the unauthorized access or failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Inoue
  • Patent number: 11982817
    Abstract: A display system is for controlling a display of display content. The display system includes: a processor; and a memory having stored thereon instructions executable by the processor. The instructions include: performing image correction involving a change in a display position of the display content based on image correction data stored in advance; detecting an attitude change amount of a movable body; calculating, after the image correction is performed, a vibration correction amount of the display position of the display content based on the attitude change amount of the movable body and an image correction error of the image correction caused by vibration correction processing of correcting a display deviation caused by an attitude variation of the movable body; and controlling the display position of the display content based on the vibration correction amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsui, Norikazu Katsuyama
  • Patent number: 11982551
    Abstract: An encoder includes rotatable plate including first and second patterns, light emission unit, and light receiving unit. The first pattern includes first and second unit regions. The first unit regions guide the light from light emission unit to the light receiving unit. The second unit regions are configured not to guide light from the light emission unit to the light receiving unit. The second pattern includes first and second unit regions. The first unit regions of the second pattern guide light from light emission unit to the light receiving unit. The second unit regions of the second pattern are configured not to guide light from the light emission unit to the light receiving unit. The first and second unit regions of the first pattern are reverse to the first and second unit regions of the second pattern in a direction perpendicular to a rotation direction of the rotatable plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichi Nagai
  • Patent number: 11982464
    Abstract: Provided is an air-conditioning system that air-conditions a house having an upper floor and a lower floor positioned at a lower position than the upper floor. The air-conditioning system includes an air-conditioning apparatus that conditions air in an air-conditioning room provided at the upper floor or at a higher position than the upper floor, a plurality of conveyance fans that conveys the air in the air-conditioning room to a plurality of upper rooms positioned at the higher floor independent of the air condition room, and is provided to correspond to the plurality of upper rooms, coupling fans that couple the upper rooms and lower rooms positioned at lower positions of the upper rooms to blow air from the upper rooms to the lower rooms, and a system controller that controls the air-conditioning apparatus, the conveyance fans, and the coupling fans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koki Ando, Naoyuki Funada, Ayumi Konishi
  • Patent number: 11982525
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor unit includes a magnet, a magnetic sensor facing a lower surface of the magnet, a magnetic shield surrounding the magnetic sensor in a lateral direction crossing up and down directions of the magnetic sensor, and a magnetic yoke covering an upper surface and a side surface of the magnet. The magnet includes a first magnetized region magnetized along the up and down direction, and a second magnetized region magnetized in a direction opposite to a direction of magnetization of the first magnetized region. The first and second magnetized regions have first and second magnetic poles provided on the lower surface of the magnet. A distance LA between a center of the first magnetic pole and a center of the second magnetic pole, a distance LB between the magnetic shield and the center of the first magnetic pole, a distance LC between the magnetic shield and the center of the second magnetic pole satisfy a relation of LA<LB+LC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Onaka, Kiyotaka Yamada, Noritaka Ichinomiya, Shigehiro Yoshiuchi
  • Patent number: D1026847
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinichi Takiguchi
  • Patent number: D1027002
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ippei Ohashi
  • Patent number: D1027309
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruka Takematsu, Kouhei Mimura