Patents Assigned to Toshiba Lighting and Technology Corporation
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Publication number: 20150264774Abstract: An OLED lighting apparatus according to an embodiment includes an OLED panel, an illuminance sensor, and a control device. The OLED panel transmits light when the light is OFF and performs irradiation of light from one surface side of an irradiation surface when the light is ON. The illuminance sensor detects an environmental condition on the other surface side of the irradiation surface of the OLED panel. The control device controls a lighting state of the OLED panel which is ON in response to the environmental condition detected by the illuminance sensor. The control device also switches the lighting state of the OLED panel between ON and OFF.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicants: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Takashi Kaneko, Junya Hayashi
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Publication number: 20150260382Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light emitting module substrate includes: a base body that uses a ceramic; and a wiring pattern which is provided on a surface of the base body and in which a thickness in a region to be soldered is thicker than that in a region other than the region to be soldered.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventor: Kiyokazu Hino
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Publication number: 20150260362Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lighting device includes: a first housing in which a lamp unit is provided; a second housing in which a power supply unit is provided; and a hinge member that allows the first housing to be capable of opening and closing with respect to the second housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuichi Koga, Hiroyuki Kuramochi
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Publication number: 20150250040Abstract: A power supply device according to one embodiment is configured to control a lighting of semiconductor light-emitting elements, wherein a dimming signal is canceled during a predetermined time period (T) from a timing immediately after power-ON, so as to light on light-emitting diodes to have a predetermined light amount, for example, a minimum light amount. After an elapse of the predetermined time period (T), cancellation of the dimming signal is released to light on the light-emitting diodes to have a light amount instructed by the dimming signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Hirokazu OTAKE, Takuro Hiramatsu, Mitsuhiko Nishiie
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Publication number: 20150247629Abstract: A light emitting device according to the present embodiment includes a substrate on which a wiring portion is provided; a light emitting element which is provided on the substrate and is electrically connected to the wiring portion; a feeding portion to which an electric power is supplied from the outside; a first connection portion which is provided on the substrate and is electrically connected to the wiring portion; a second connection portion which is joined to the first connection portion through soldering and includes a first opening portion into which the feeding portion is inserted; and a soldering portion which is provided between the first opening portion and the feeding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2013Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Kiyokazu Hino, Takahiro Kurihara
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Publication number: 20150241033Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lamp apparatus includes a housing, a light-emitting module, a lens and a cover. The housing includes a concave part and a support part protruding into the concave part from an inner peripheral surface of the concave part. The light-emitting module includes a light-emitting element and a board on which the light-emitting element is mounted, and is disposed in the concave part. The lens includes a flange part located at a peripheral part and arranged on the support part, and is arranged in the concave part. The cover holds the flange part of the lens between itself and the support part and is attached to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Takayoshi Kurita, Kozo Ogawa, Yusuke Shibahara, Hiroshi Takenaga
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Patent number: 9103541Abstract: A lamp includes an outer shell having heat conductivity, a base provided in the outer shell, and a cover provided in the outer shell. The outer shell has a light source support, and a heat radiating surface exposed to the outside of the outer shell. The light source support is formed integral with the heat radiating surface. A light source is supported on the light source support. The light source is heated during lighting, and thermally connected to the light source support. The light source is covered with the cover.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Shigeru Osawa, Kazuto Morikawa
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Patent number: 9080759Abstract: A lamp includes an outer shell having heat conductivity, a base provided in the outer shell, and a cover provided in the outer shell. The outer shell has a light source support, and a heat radiating surface exposed to the outside of the outer shell. The light source support is formed integral with the heat radiating surface. A light source is supported on the light source support. The light source is heated during lighting, and thermally connected to the light source support. The light source is covered with the cover.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Shigeru Osawa, Kazuto Morikawa
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Patent number: 9071130Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, there is provided a switching power supply device including an integrated body and a plurality of external terminals. In the integrated body, a first switching element, a constant current element, and a diode are connected in series. The plurality of external terminals include a first external terminal connected to a main terminal of an element disposed on one end side of the integrated body and a second external terminal connected to a main terminal of an element disposed on another end side of the integrated body.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Noriyuki Kitamura, Yuji Takahashi, Koji Suzuki, Koji Takahashi, Toru Ishikita
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Publication number: 20150176814Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lighting device includes: a body section; a cover section provided on an end surface of the body section; and a light emitting module provided between the body section and the cover section, having a light emitting element. A position of the end section of the light emitting module is equal to a position of the end section of the body section, or is nearer to the side of the cover section than the position of the end section of the body section. The position of the end section on the side of the body section in a portion in which the cover section comes into contact with the body section is nearer to the side of the body section than the position of the end section of the light emitting module on the side of the cover section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Kiyokazu Hino, Toshihiro Hatanaka
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Publication number: 20150179422Abstract: According to one embodiment, a discharge lamp includes a light-emitting part including a discharge space therein in which a metal halide and a gas are sealed, and a pair of electrodes which protrude toward an inside of the discharge space and are arranged to face each other while separated by a specified distance. Power consumption at a time of stable lighting is 20 W or more and 30 W or less. When a pressure of the gas sealed in the discharge space is X (atm), and a distance between a center axis of the electrodes and a surface of the metal halide is m (mm), a following expression is satisfied: 0.085?m/X?0.12.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventor: Keisuke Nakazato
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Publication number: 20150180202Abstract: A solid-state lighting device includes light source, light emitting, light receiving and light guiding sections, and a protection circuit. The light source section has a semiconductor laser including a light emitting layer and a driving circuit. The light source section emits light with a bluish purple to blue wavelength range. The light emitting section includes a heat conduction part which includes a wavelength conversion layer absorbs the light and emits wavelength-converted light, and an optical part which guides the light. The light receiving section detects returning light from the optical part. The light guiding section guides the light from the light source section toward the optical part, and guides returning light therefrom toward the light receiving section. The protection circuit outputs a driving stop signal to the driving circuit, which stops driving the semiconductor laser, if the amount of the returning light detected is not within a prescribed range.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Masato Ishikawa, Atsushi Heike
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Patent number: 9066407Abstract: A dedicated power source for LED lamps capable of reliably detecting attachment of an LED lamp is provided. A dedicated power source has a DC power source portion, and includes a lighting circuit which receives power supplied from the DC power source portion and light-controls an LED lamp including an LED element and a detection resistor connected in parallel to the LED element and an attachment detecting portion for detecting attachment of the LED lamp based on a voltage level changing in accordance with attachment/detachment of the detection resistor by attachment/detachment of the LED lamp.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignees: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Terasaka, Hiroshi Kubota, Masahiko Kamata, Naoko Iwai, Takeshi Saito, Hiroki Nakagawa, Katsunobu Hamamoto, Hiroyuki Sako
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Publication number: 20150144970Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment, there is provided a light emitting device including a ceramic substrate, first to fourth connectors, a plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements, and a first metal layer. The ceramic substrate is provided with a first main surface including first to fourth sides and first to fourth corner portions, and the first main surface includes a mounting region, and first to fourth connector region provided respectively between the first to fourth corner portion and the mounting region. The plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements is provided on the mounting region. The first to fourth connectors are respectively provided on the first to fourth connector regions. A first metal layer is provided between the plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements and the ceramic substrate, and including first to fourth connector electrode portions electrically connected respectively to the first to fourth connectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2014Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuhiko Betsuda, Akihiro Sasaki, Hideki Okawa, Kazuo Shimokawa
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Publication number: 20150137996Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a communication part which receives a notification concerning measurement information from a measurement equipment and receives a signal from a terminal apparatus, and a notification setting part to set a notification frequency of the measurement equipment according to content of the signal received from the terminal apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventor: Yoshiki Terashima
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Publication number: 20150119999Abstract: A communication apparatus according to the embodiment, which is capable of receiving a control command from an operation terminal and transmitting the control command to at least one equipment, includes a communication unit that receives the control command which controls the equipment, an equipment state determination unit that determines whether the equipment is in a state of being able to execute the control command, and a control unit that, if the equipment state determination unit determines that the equipment is not in the state of being able to execute the control command, does not transmit the control command to the equipment, and if the equipment state determination unit determines that the equipment is in the state of being able to execute the control command, transmits the control command to the equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshiki Terashima
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Publication number: 20150120006Abstract: Provided are a communication apparatus, a communication relay apparatus, a communication method and a communication system, which prevent an apparatus from continuing to operate in an undesired operation state, if a communication failure occurs when remote control is performed. The communication apparatus which is connectable with a server through a wired or wireless network and remotely operable by the server, includes a holding unit that holds information as to whether the communication apparatus is in a state of being remotely operated by a certain method; a determination unit that determines whether communication between the communication apparatus and the server is possible or not; and a control unit that causes the communication apparatus to be shifted to a predetermined operation state, when the holding unit holds information indicating a state of being remotely operated and the determination unit determines that communication between the communication apparatus and the server is disabled.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiki Terashima, Takayuki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9018828Abstract: A light emitting element lamp and a lighting equipment for suppressing a temperature rising of a substrate on which a light emitting element is mounted by using a reflector is described. Aspects relate to a lamp including a heat-conductive reflector, a base connected to the reflector, a heat-conductive heat radiating member, a substrate having a light emitting element mounted thereon and attached to the heat radiating member and a lighting circuit housed in the cover to light the light emitting element. Other components and features may also be included.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Toshiya Tanaka, Shigeru Osawa, Takeshi Hisayasu
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Patent number: 9016924Abstract: According to some aspects, a light-emitting module that is small and easy to produce may be provided. On the surface of a board, a light-emitting element and an electrical connection portion electrically connected to the light-emitting element are provided. In some examples, in a position close to the electrical connection portion of the board, a through-hole that penetrates the board is formed. Through the through-hole of the board, an electric wire for supplying electric power to the light-emitting element may be inserted from the back surface of the board to the front surface to be electrically connected to the electrical connection portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventor: Nobuhiko Betsuda
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Publication number: 20150108853Abstract: By voltage sensors (CT1, CT2, and CT3), a voltage is detected in a primary side electric path (22) of a protective instrument (16) of a distribution board (11) into which commercial AC electric power is input, and secondary side electric paths (23 and 24) of the protective instrument (16) to which a branch breaker (21) is connected, respectively. Electric power is able to be supplied to the distribution board (11) side from a storage battery (13). By a control unit (33), the electric power is supplied to the distribution board (11) side from the storage battery (13) on the basis of a voltage detection by the voltage sensors (CT1, CT2, and CT3) only when the voltage is not detected in the primary side electric path (22) of the protective instrument (16).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventor: Hiroshi Matsuura