Panasonic Patents

Panasonic Corporation manufactures and sells electronic and electric products. Its products include audiovisual equipment (such as flat-panel televisions, Blu-ray recorders, digital cameras, PCs projectors and in-flight entertainment systems), home appliances (such as cooking, beauty, cooling and heating equipment), systems and communications products (such as mobile phones and surveillance and security cameras). Panasonic also offers lighting, automotive systems (such as car navigation systems) and industrial devices (such as electronic components, electronic materials, semiconductors and optical devices).

Panasonic Patents by Type
  • Publication number: 20260350524
    Abstract: Work done by a worker is recognized based on a video in which a working scene of the worker is captured, working quality of the work done by the worker is evaluated based on a working result, and a score mark is displayed as analysis information that visualizes a working state including an evaluation result of the working quality. Further, value-added work and non-value-added work done by the worker are recognized based on the video, and a graph that represents and piles up execution times of the value-added work and the non-value-added work is displayed as the analysis information that distinguishes the value-added work and the non-value-added work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sonoko HIRASAWA
  • Publication number: 20260351808
    Abstract: A power storage device (10) comprises: an electrode body (20) in which a positive electrode (21), a negative electrode (22) and a separator (23) are wound; a cap (41) that is disposed on the upper end side of the electrode body (20) in the winding axis direction of the electrode body (2); and a positive electrode tab (25) that connects the positive electrode (21) and the cap (41). The positive electrode tab (25) is joined to the cap (41), and a leading end in the extending direction of the positive electrode tab (25) is covered by an insulating member (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Sakamoto, Kiyomi Kozuki, Shinya Geshi
  • Publication number: 20260351580
    Abstract: A composite particle 10 for a negative electrode material according to the present disclosure, includes: a carbon phase 1; and silicon particles 2 dispersed in the carbon phase 1; and a coating material 3 coating at least a portion of a surface of the silicon particle 2, wherein the coating material 3 includes Li.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Taisuke Asano
  • Publication number: 20260351601
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material for secondary batteries includes silicon-containing particles, the silicon-containing particles each including an ion-conducting phase, and silicon phases dispersed in the ion-conducting phase. The silicon-containing particles contain lithium and an element A1. The concentration of the element A1 is higher in a surface portion than in an interior of the silicon-containing particle, and the element A1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal element other than lithium and a Group II element in the long-form periodic table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Isao Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20260346744
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes: a power convertor including an AC-side input/output terminal electrically connected to a charge/discharge socket to which a charge/discharge cable is detachably connected, and a DC-side input/output terminal; a neutral point connection switch disposed between a neutral point of a pair of power lines of the AC-side input/output terminal and a functional grounding line at a chassis potential electrically connected to a protective earth line of the charge/discharge cable connected to the charge/discharge socket; and a first controller configured to control an islanded operation causing the power convertor to convert DC power input from the DC-side input/output terminal into AC power to output the AC power from the AC-side input/output terminal with the neutral point connection switch kept on by the first controller to establish conduction between the neutral point of the AC-side input/output terminal and the functional grounding line at the chassis potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2026
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi IISAKA
  • Publication number: 20260346463
    Abstract: There is provided a control device configured to be connected to a robot that picks an object and a camera that captures an image of the object, the control device including: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire the image in which the object is captured; a recording unit including a database in which a plurality of picking positions of the object and a success or failure result of picking of the object are accumulated for each picking position of the object; a calculation unit configured to calculate the picking position of the object based on the image and the database; and a control unit configured to output a control parameter based on the calculated picking position to the robot and cause the robot to execute the picking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2026
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki MURAKAMI, Kiyoshi SANO, Michitaka SAKON, Masanari MORISHITA
  • Publication number: 20260352864
    Abstract: A decoder and encoder has a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor i) obtains bitstream first information associated with a number of current-block feature points that are variable and usable in performing an affine prediction, ii) obtains a flag from the bitstream, iii) obtains second bitstream information specifying first points to be used among the feature points, in response to the flag indicating a first value, iv) determines third information for each of the first points based on the second information, the third information indicating a difference between a coordinate value of a first point, which is one of the first points, and a coordinate value of a corresponding second point, the corresponding second point being included in a reference picture, and v) generate a prediction image of the current block according to the determined third information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2026
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi YOSHIKAWA, Hisao SASAI, Kengo TERADA
  • Publication number: 20260346456
    Abstract: A robot control device receives input of position information of an object to be operated by a robot device in a first coordinate system and an operation setting of a part constituting the robot device, acquires a parameter of the part constituting the robot device and a correction value for coordinate transformation between a second coordinate system corresponding to the part constituting the robot device and the first coordinate system, generates a transformation table for transforming the position information in the first coordinate system into position information in the second coordinate system based on the correction value, the parameter, and the operation setting, and transforms the position information in the first coordinate system into the position information in the second coordinate system using the transformation table, and generates a control command for the part constituting the robot device using the position information in the second coordinate system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuma YABUTA, Junya KUWADA, Akihiro EBINA, Nobuki NISHIO, Shiori YOKOTA, Yuta KAMEMURA
  • Publication number: 20260347105
    Abstract: A bin arrangement control method for controlling arrangement of a bin with respect to a picking robot that performs a picking work of an object, in which the bin includes a storage bin in which the object before the picking work is stored and a delivery bin in which the object after the picking work is stored, and the bin arrangement control method includes the steps of: acquiring object information on the object; determining a positional relationship between the storage bin and the delivery bin based on the object information; and controlling arrangement of the storage bin and the delivery bin with respect to the picking robot, based on the determined positional relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinari MATSUYAMA, Takeshi SHIMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20260347112
    Abstract: A bin sorting method for sorting bins capable of storing an object to be picked by a picking robot, the method including the steps of: acquiring picking instruction data for instructing picking work of the object; acquiring an evaluation index related to the picking work for each object and for each picking robot; and sorting the bins with respect to a first picking robot among a plurality of picking robots, based on the picking instruction data and the evaluation index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinari MATSUYAMA, Takeshi SHIMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20260350994
    Abstract: Provided is a sales floor management system for managing a display state of products on a sales floor of a store based on a captured image acquired from a camera 1 for imaging the sales floor that can achieve a display state of products in a sales floor of a store that can provide a good appearance of the products to customers and ensure high recognition accuracy of a product recognition model. The system comprises: a server that performs operations including using a product recognition model to recognize products from the captured image (product recognition operation), based on the recognition result, generating display support information for supporting display work performed by a user (display support information generation operation), and presenting the display support information to the user, wherein the server generates, as the display support information, information on a recommended display state of target products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20260352264
    Abstract: This communication device comprises: a control circuit that measures signals received from a plurality of other communication devices to determine measurement values, and that generates, on the basis of the measurement values, feedback information relating to switching of cooperative communication; and a transmission circuit that transmits the feedback information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2026
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Takayuki NAKANO, Yoshio URABE, Takashi IWAI
  • Publication number: 20260351614
    Abstract: A negative electrode material for secondary battery use contains silicon-containing particles and coating layers covering at least part of the surfaces of the silicon-containing particles. The coating layers contains a phosphate compound and a hydrophobic polymer compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin Sato, Yosuke Sato, Motohiro Sakata
  • Publication number: 20260351560
    Abstract: With respect to a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present invention, a positive electrode contains a lithium-containing transition metal composite oxide and a sulfonic acid compound that is present on the surfaces of particles of the composite oxide. The sulfonic acid compound is represented by formula (I). A negative electrode contains, as negative electrode active materials, a carbon material and a silicon-containing material; and the content of the silicon-containing material is 3% by mass or less of the total mass of the negative electrode active materials. (In the formula, A represents a group 1 element or a group 2 element, R represents a hydrocarbon group; and n is 1 or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Tsukasaki, Takuya Iwamoto, Natsumi Goto
  • Publication number: 20260352376
    Abstract: This terminal is provided with: a transmitting circuit which performs repeated transmission of a signal; and a control circuit which, if a portion of the repeated transmission is not performed, determines whether to continue the repeated transmission or to terminate the repeated transmission, on the basis of whether a determination condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2026
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Tetsuya YAMAMOTO, Hidetoshi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20260353853
    Abstract: A conductive substrate includes a substrate including a flat surface, a first electrode, and an intermediate conductive layer. The first electrode includes a plurality of conductive lines each made of a conductive metal embedded in part of the substrate that is near the flat surface. The intermediate conductive layer is formed as a thin film with a uniform thickness, and has a resistance value that is higher than a resistance value of each of the plurality of conductive lines. The surface of each conductive line is substantially flush with the flat surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Haritani, Shoji Fujii
  • Publication number: 20260346835
    Abstract: A vehicle control device is mounted on a vehicle including: a camera; a display device; and a movement control device, and configured to cause the movement control device to control at least steering along a teacher route obtained by teacher traveling from a predetermined position to a parking target position, and cause the vehicle to autonomously travel to the parking target position. The vehicle control device is configured to: display, on the display device, a video of surroundings acquired by the camera; and display, on the display device, a returnable position where returning to the teacher route is possible, the returnable position being superimposed on the video of the surroundings, in a case where the vehicle is a first predetermined distance or more away from the teacher route while the vehicle is moving from the predetermined position to the parking target position along the teacher route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2026
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro TODA
  • Publication number: 20260351556
    Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, wherein discharge cycle characteristics are improved while ensuring high battery capacity. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the present disclosure includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a lithium-containing complex oxide and a sulfonic acid compound present on the particle surface of the complex oxide. The sulfonic acid compound is a compound represented by formula (I). The negative electrode includes at least a silicon-containing material as a negative electrode active material. The proportion of silicon-containing material in the negative electrode active material is 3% by mass or more. The discharge capacity of the negative electrode active material is 380 mAh/g or more. (In the formula, A is a Group 1 element or a Group 2 element; R is a hydrocarbon group; and n is 1 or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Iwamoto, Natsumi Goto, Takashi Tsukasaki
  • Publication number: 20260351588
    Abstract: A secondary battery positive electrode active material that is an exemplary embodiment contains a first lithium nickel composite oxide having a D50 on a volume basis of 8-30 ?m and contains a second lithium nickel composite oxide having a D50 on a volume basis of 6 ?m or less. The first lithium nickel composite oxide is a secondary particle formed by the aggregation of primary particles, and at least one selection from Ca and Sr is present on the primary particle surface. The content of the total of Ca plus Sr for the first lithium nickel composite oxide is greater than or equal to the content of the total of Ca plus Sr for the second lithium nickel composite oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Ko, Katsuya Inoue, Takeshi Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20260351609
    Abstract: A positive electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode mixture containing a positive electrode active material, and a binder having a polymer structure derived from vinylidene fluoride. An ATR-IR spectrum of the positive electrode mixture has an ? peak belonging to an ?-type crystal in the polymer structure in a wavelength region of 760 to 764 cm?1, and a ? peak belonging to a ?-type crystal in the polymer structure in a wavelength region of 838 to 842 cm?1. A maximum absorption intensity H(?) of the ? peak and a maximum absorption intensity H(?) of the ? peak satisfy 0.2?H(?)/H(?)?5. With this configuration, in the case of using a ferroelectric, it is possible to improve the capacity retention rate while maintaining the capacity of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Harada
  • Publication number: 20260349682
    Abstract: A program generation method includes acquiring device information related to a device including a robot that executes an operation; acquiring block information related to a processing block group that is a collection of processing blocks in which operations that are capable of being handled by the device are set; acquiring an implementation content by the robot; and generating a program by selecting one or more processing blocks for implementing the implementation content from the processing block group based on the device information, the block information, and the implementation content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2026
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanari MORISHITA, Wataru OKUMURA, Shiori YOKOTA, Eriko SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20260350973
    Abstract: An information processing device performs: acquiring a face similarity indicating a similarity between a face of a first person and a face of a second person; acquiring a voice similarity indicating a similarity between a voice of the first person and a voice of the second person; calculating an integrated similarity by integrating the face similarity and the voice similarity, and determining the integrated similarity as a final similarity when the face similarity falls within an integrated range including a threshold which is used to determine whether the first person and the second person are identical to each other, and calculating the face similarity as a final similarity when the face similarity is out of the integrated range; and outputting the final similarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2026
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Shintaro OKADA, Masanari MIYAMOTO, Kousuke ITAKURA
  • Publication number: 20260352377
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to downlink retransmission control. A terminal includes a control circuit that performs retransmission control for a plurality of transport blocks in units of code block groups including at least one code block, and a communication circuit that performs communication according to the retransmission control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2026
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Tetsuya YAMAMOTO, Hongchao LI, Hidetoshi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20260353446
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides communication apparatuses and communication methods for selection and sensing windows for new radio (NR) sidelink user equipments (UEs) with partial sensing. The communication apparatuses include a communication apparatus comprising: circuitry which, in operation, determines a first plurality of time resources for resource selection, a second plurality of time resources for resource sensing, and a first subset of time resources from the first plurality of time resources, the first subset of time resources being a selection window for partial sensing, and selects a portion of the first subset of time resources; and a transmitter which, in operation, transmits a sidelink (SL) signal in the selected portion of the first subset of time resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2026
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Yang KANG, Hidetoshi SUZUKI, Hong Cheng, Michael SIM, Xuan Tuong TRAN
  • Publication number: 20260349816
    Abstract: An information processing device is to be provided to a vehicle, and includes a processor and a memory. Using the memory, the processor: determines whether a total resource amount that is a sum of a first resource amount and a second resource amount is greater than a predetermined resource amount, the first resource amount being a resource amount allocated to a user application being executed in the vehicle, the second resource amount being a resource amount requested by the user application being executed, the predetermined resource amount being a resource amount specified for the user application; and executes predetermined processing, based on a determination result of whether the total resource amount is greater than the predetermined resource amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2025
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi FUKUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20260351563
    Abstract: A composite particle 10 for a negative electrode material according to the present disclosure, includes: a carbon phase 1; and silicon particles 2 dispersed in the carbon phase 1, wherein in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement using Cu-K? radiation, a full width at half maximum of an X-ray diffraction peak derived from a Si(111) plane is 0.1° or more and less than 0.75°, and an average value of aspect ratios of the silicon particles 2 is 1.0 or more and 1.6 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taisuke Asano, Saifullah Badar
  • Publication number: 20260351591
    Abstract: A positive electrode for secondary batteries includes a positive electrode current collector, and a positive electrode mixture layer disposed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode mixture layer contains a positive electrode active material, a conductive agent, and a dispersant. The positive electrode active material contains 0.1 mass % or more of LiOH and 0.1 mass % or more of Li2CO3, and includes a first metal composite oxide having a first particle size distribution, and a second metal composite oxide having a second particle size distribution. A volume-based median diameter D1 of the first metal composite oxide and a volume-based median diameter D2 of the second metal composite oxide satisfy D1>D2. The dispersant includes a nitrile resin, and a polyvinylpyrrolidone resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriko Fukamichi, Youichirou Uka
  • Publication number: 20260351687
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer provided on a surface of the negative electrode current collector, a separator provided between the negative electrode and the negative electrode, an electrode group configured by winding the positive electrode and the negative electrode with the separator therebetween, an electrolyte, and a battery case that houses the electrode group and the electrolyte. The negative electrode is located at the outermost periphery of the electrode group. The outermost periphery has a current collector exposed portion where the negative electrode current collector is exposed. The expansion percentage of the negative electrode active material layer in negative electrode charging and discharging is higher at its edge parts and in the widthwise direction parallel to the winding axis of the negative electrode than at its central part in the widthwise direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Mori, Syunsuke Natsumeda, Genichiro Kato
  • Patent number: 12785875
    Abstract: A communication apparatus in the present disclosure comprises an AID generator, a Trigger frame generator, and a wireless transmitter/receiver. When a Trigger Type in a trigger frame is an RA trigger, the AID generator generates, as information for an AID12 subfield, information that is different from an AID. The Trigger frame generator generates a RA variant Trigger frame when the Trigger Type in the trigger frame is an RA trigger, and sets, in the AID12 subfield included in the RA variant Trigger frame, the information output from the AID generator. The wireless transmitter/receiver transmits the Trigger frame, generated by the Trigger frame generator, to a terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Takashi Iwai, Tomohumi Takata, Atsushi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 12786496
    Abstract: A system for data collection in a commercial travel setting is described. The system includes a plurality of sensor circuits that collect a plurality of sensor data values from in-flight entertainment (IFE) network. The system includes a sensor data processor that interprets the plurality of sensor data values. The system includes a passenger profile management controller configured that filters the plurality of sensor data values by processing a plurality of passenger profiles that are related to at least some of the plurality of sensor data values. The system generates a measurement index that is normalized with respect to the plurality of sensor data values or the plurality of passenger profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2025
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Panasonic Avionics Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth William Sain, Andrew Timothy Masson, Mehdi Izadyar, Anand Desikan
  • Patent number: 12781900
    Abstract: A tube coupling is configured to connect and couple two tubes for fluid flow. The tube coupling includes: a male connector including an insertion part having a protruding shape protruding in an axial direction that is an insertion direction; and a female connector including an insertion receiving part having a recessed shape recessed in the axial direction and configured to be coupled to the insertion part upon insertion of the insertion part into the insertion receiving part. The insertion part includes a projection on a side surface of the male connector. The insertion receiving part includes a through hole on a side surface of the female connector. The through hole extends in a direction inclined with respect to the axial direction, and is configured to allow the projection to move in the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2025
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: PANASONIC PROJECTOR & DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeyoshi Matsui, Toshihiko Matsuda
  • Patent number: 12782723
    Abstract: An optical system includes a light guide member, a prism, and a plurality of light control bodies. The light guide member includes an incident surface on which light is incident, and a first surface and a second surface facing each other. In the light guide member, the second surface is an emission surface of light. The prism is provided on the first surface and reflects light passing through the light guide member toward the second surface. The plurality of light control bodies are positioned between light sources and the incident surface. The plurality of light control bodies control light rays output from the light sources and incident on the incident surface. Each of the plurality of light control bodies includes an incident lens. Each of the plurality of light control bodies causes the light incident on the incident lens from the light source to be incident on the incident surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wahei Agemizu, Kazumasa Takata, Masaru Fujita
  • Patent number: 12783032
    Abstract: The host device supplies power with a first voltage to the slave device through the first power supply line, instructs the slave device through the signal line to check compatibility with a power input with a second voltage lower than the first voltage, and instructs the slave device on voltage switch through the signal line when the slave device is compatible with the power input with the second voltage. When receiving a normal response from the slave device to the instruction for the voltage switch, the host device supplies the power with the second voltage to the slave device through the second power supply line, and stops supplying the power with the first voltage to the slave device through the first power supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tadashi Ono
  • Patent number: 12782431
    Abstract: An inspection method includes: preparing a device that includes a plurality of pixel electrodes, a counter electrode disposed to face the plurality of pixel electrodes, a photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the counter electrode, a test electrode disposed to face the counter electrode with the photoelectric conversion layer interposed between the counter electrode and the test electrode, a first electrode pad electrically connected to the counter electrode and exposed to an outside of the device, and a second electrode pad electrically connected to the test electrode and exposed to the outside of the device, the test electrode being disposed between two adjacent pixel electrodes of the plurality of pixel electrodes; and measuring a current that flows between the first electrode pad and the second electrode pad by applying a voltage between the first electrode pad and the second electrode pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Machida, Sanshiro Shishido
  • Patent number: 12782910
    Abstract: A processor performs an experiment of machining a device to acquire first-type and second-type information each indicating conditions of the experiment of machining and third-type and fourth-type information each indicating a result of the experiment of machining. The processor derives a first expression and a second expression, where the first expression receives first-type and second-type information as inputs and outputs third-type information as more than one solution, and the second expression receives first-type and second-type information as inputs and outputs fourth-type information. The processor derives more than one third expression from the first expression, where the more than one third expression each receives second-type and third-type information as inputs and outputs first-type information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroko Yoshida, Nobuo Hara
  • Patent number: 12783005
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first housing and a second housing rotatably coupled to the first housing about a rotation axis and having a display disposed therein. The second housing includes a first outer surface on which the display is exposed and a second outer surface facing away from the first outer surface. A stepped portion is provided on the second outer surface, the stepped portion extending in an intersecting direction that intersects with the rotation axis and is parallel to the second outer surface. A rib extending in the intersecting direction is provided on a back surface of the second outer surface. At least a part of the rib is at a position overlapping the stepped portion in the intersecting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koki Yamamoto, Keita Endo, Junichi Hasegawa, Shintarou Tanaka, Hiroki Kamezaki, Jun Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12785425
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a rechargeable battery, a charge FET including a parallel diode connected in series with the battery, and a control circuit configured to control turning on and off of the charge FET. The control circuit includes a discriminating circuit configured to detect a bicycle-mounted state and a charger-connected state, and a memory configured to store a full charge voltage of the battery. The control circuit is configured to, while the discriminating circuit detects the bicycle-mounted state, turn off the charge FET. The control circuit is configured to, while the discriminating circuit detects the charger-connected state, stop charging the battery by switching the charge FET to turn off the charge FET upon detecting that a voltage of the battery charged by a charger becomes higher than the full charge voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Mizoshita, Hidetaka Arai, Toru Nishikawa, Kazuya Maegawa, Hiroki Teraoka
  • Patent number: 12784996
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor body and a seating plate having an attachment surface to which the capacitor body is attached. The seating plate has a pair of through-holes into which a pair of lead terminals is inserted, respectively. A mounting surface of the seating plate has a pair of terminal storage grooves and a projection. Distal end portions of the pair of lead terminals are inserted into the pair of terminal storage grooves, respectively. The projection protrudes from a portion including at least an intermediate portion between the pair of through-holes. The projection includes a narrow portion and wide portions. The narrow portion is positioned between the pair of through-holes. The wide portions are disposed respectively at both sides with respect to the narrow portion. A width of the wide portion is larger than a width of the narrow portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Doyu Hachisu, Tomoyuki Tashiro
  • Patent number: 12785141
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure includes: Li; M; O; X; and S. The M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, and Hf. The X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. A molar ratio of the O to the X is more than 0 and 0.3 or less. A battery of the present disclosure includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and an electrolyte layer provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. At least one selected from the group consisting of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the electrolyte layer includes the solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Tanaka, Tetsuya Asano, Akihiro Sakai
  • Patent number: 12785500
    Abstract: A pump includes a motor and an impeller. The motor includes a rotor. The rotor includes a magnet and a magnet cover. The magnet cover covers at least a part of the magnet. The magnet cover is formed in a hollow-rod shape along an extension direction of the axis. The magnet cover includes an outer peripheral surface, an end surface (namely, the first end face), and a plurality of insertion portions. The outer peripheral surface is along the extension direction. The end surface extends from one end of the outer peripheral surface in a direction intersecting (that is, in a direction orthogonal to) the extension direction. The insertion portions are formed so as to open at the end surface. The plurality of insertion portions are arranged annularly about the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Ueda, Masakuni Kimura, Masahiro Hirata
  • Patent number: 12786553
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor that captures a subject image to generate image data; an audio processor that generates audio data associated with the image data; and a receiver that receives a first audio signal and a second audio signal from an external sound collection apparatus. The first audio signal indicates a result of first amplification conversion performed on input sound in the sound collection apparatus. The second audio signal indicates a result of second amplification conversion performed on the input sound in the sound collection apparatus, the second amplification conversion being different from the first amplification conversion. The audio processor performs processing to combine the first and second audio signals, which received from the receiver as input, with each other, to generate the audio data of a sound collection result indicating the input sound in a predetermined data format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroki Kasugai
  • Patent number: 12785777
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes M signal processors that respectively generate modulated signals directed to M reception apparatuses, M being an integer equal to or greater than 2, and an antenna section. Each signal processor modulates a first bit sequence made up of two bits to generate a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal, and modulates a second bit sequence made up of other two bits to generate a third modulated signal and a fourth modulated signal, in a case of transmitting multiple streams to a corresponding one of the M reception apparatuses. The antenna section includes a first antenna that transmits the first modulated signal and the third modulated signal and a second antenna that transmits the second modulated signal and the fourth modulated signal. At least either the signals transmitted from the first antenna or the signals transmitted from the second antenna are phase-changed signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Tomohiro Kimura, Mikihiro Ouchi
  • Patent number: 12779837
    Abstract: Plate-like glass 2 having a print layer bonded to base material 5 by adhesive layer 4 can be separated in a layer form from article 1 by irradiating print layer 3 with laser light 6, carbonizing an organic component on an entire surface of the print layer through irradiation, and separating the print layer in a layer form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Amano, Yasuhiko Sakai
  • Patent number: 12782002
    Abstract: Controller (120) for heat pump unit (100) according to an exemplary embodiment includes information acquisition unit (121) configured to acquire an inflow water temperature indicating a temperature of water flowing out of hot water tank (310) into heater (110), and an outflow water temperature indicating a temperature of the water flowing out of heater (110) toward hot water tank (310). Controller (120) further includes normality determination unit (122) configured to determine whether a storage water temperature indicating a temperature of the water inside hot water tank (310) is being acquired properly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Uchitani, Naoki Yoshida, Masakazu Gotoda, Yuki Mabuchi, Shogo Sato
  • Patent number: 12787143
    Abstract: A lighting device includes: a light source that includes a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a two-dimensional array; a communicator that acquires a control command by communicating with a control device; a driving circuit that drives the light source based on the control command acquired by the communicator; and a projection lens that projects light emitted from the light source driven by the driving circuit as illumination light. The control command includes pair information that includes: a tag that indicates a parameter of the illumination light; and a specific value of the parameter indicated by the tag. The parameter is any one of a shape, a position, a size, a color, or a brightness of a lighting region to be illuminated by the illumination light, or a time-varying factor related to at least one of these.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Hiratani, Shintaro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12782554
    Abstract: A radar apparatus includes: a plurality of transmission antennas which transmit a plurality of transmission signals at every transmission period using a multiplexing transmission; and a transmission circuit which applies frequency offsets and phase rotations to the transmission signals for each transmission period during which the transmission signals are transmitted. A combination of the phase rotations varies for each transmission period and is repeatedly applied for a first number of transmission periods, and is different for each of the transmission antennas in each transmission period. The first number is larger than a number of the transmission antennas, and the frequency offsets are same for the transmission signals in each transmission period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Kishigami, Kenta Iwasa, Hidekuni Yomo
  • Patent number: 12785074
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is characterized by comprising an electrode body in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode face each other with a separator therebetween, and a battery case that accommodates the electrode body, wherein: the positive electrode has a positive electrode mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material; and when the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is used in a fixed state, and the electrode body in the fixed state is bisected in the vertical direction, a dibutyl phthalate oil absorption amount of the positive electrode active material contained in the positive electrode mixture layer disposed in the top half region is higher than a dibutyl phthalate oil absorption amount of the positive electrode active material contained in the positive electrode mixture layer disposed in the bottom half region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Sakitani, Tomoki Ikeda
  • Patent number: 12785085
    Abstract: An electrode includes an active material layer. The active material layer includes a composite particle and an imidazoline-based compound. The composite particle includes a core particle and a covering layer. The covering layer covers at least part of a surface of the core particle. The core particle includes an active material. The covering layer includes a first layer and a second layer. At least part of the first layer is interposed between the core particle and the second layer. The first layer includes a first solid electrolyte. The second layer includes a second solid electrolyte. The first solid electrolyte is a fluoride. The second solid electrolyte is a sulfide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Hashimoto, Hiroki Yabe, Izuru Sasaki, Hiroki Kamitake, Yuta Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 12785095
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material that can achieve high thermal stability at low cost is provided. Provided is, for example, a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, the positive electrode active material containing a lithium-nickel composite oxide having a hexagonal layered structure and configured by secondary particles with a plurality of aggregated primary particles, in which the lithium-nickel composite oxide contains lithium (Li), nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn), titanium (Ti), niobium (Nb), and optionally an element M1, an amount of substance ratio of the respective elements is represented as Li:Ni:Mn:M:Ti:Nb=a:(1?x1?y1?b?c):x1:y1:b:c (provided that, 0.97?a?1.25, (1?x1?y1?b?c)<0.80, 0.03?x1?0.35, 0?y1?0.35, 0.005?b?0.05, and 0.001<c?0.03), in the amount of substance ratio, (b+c)?0.06 and b>c are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignees: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD., PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Koshika, Haruki Kaneda
  • Patent number: 12786874
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a terminal and a base station as well as to a method which may be performed at a terminal and at a base station in a communication system. For example, a mobile device may comprise a transceiver, which, in operation, receives and/or transmits a signal, as well as a circuitry. The circuitry monitors a signal in a first set of resources. When the monitored signal includes identification of the mobile device and an indicator having a first value, controls the transceiver: to receive or transmit signal on a second set of resources and to, after a time period indicated in the monitored control signal, not receive or transmit signal on a second set of resources and monitor the control signal in the first set of resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Hongchao Li, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Lilei Wang, Ankit Bhamri, Quan Kuang