Patents Examined by Alexander H Taningco
  • Patent number: 12207370
    Abstract: The present invention provides a luminaire (1), in particular a street lamp. The luminaire comprises at least one lighting means (5), such as at least one light emitting diode, at least one sensor unit (15) including an acoustic sensor (2) configured to measure environmental sound, and further comprising a processing unit (3). The processing unit (3) is configured to identify an environmental situation of the luminaire (1), in particular the street condition at the street lamp, on the basis of at least one characteristic of the measured environmental sound, such as the amplitude, frequency or pattern of the measured environmental sound and/or control information for controlling light emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Tridonic GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Roger Kistler, Markus Künzli
  • Patent number: 12191105
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a switch device includes a container configured to house a gas, a cathode located in the container, a first anode located in the container, and a second anode located in the container. A second direction from the cathode toward the second anode crosses a first direction from the cathode toward the first anode. A second distance between the cathode and the second anode is greater than a first distance between the cathode and the first anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hisao Miyazaki, Hisashi Yoshida, Shigeya Kimura
  • Patent number: 12172573
    Abstract: An illumination control device that controls an illumination device illuminating inside of a vehicle includes: an action detecting unit that detects an action pattern that is a body motion of a driver and/or a fellow passenger of the vehicle; and a determination unit that determines whether or not a current situation needs illumination control of the illumination device on the basis of the action pattern, and the illumination device is controlled on the basis of the determination of the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Remi Hirohashi, Jumpei Matsunaga, Shuto Higashi, Yoshikazu Matsuo, Yuna Inamori
  • Patent number: 12170233
    Abstract: A plasma treatment apparatus includes a light generator that generates light, a chamber that receives the light generated from the light generator, an optical element provided between the light generator and the chamber, a light detector that detects the light reflected in the chamber, and a controller connected to the light generator and the light detector. The chamber includes an electrostatic chuck provided in a lower portion of the chamber, an edge ring provided around the electrostatic chuck, an outer wall for sealing an inner space of the chamber, and a gas supply that injects a process gas into the chamber. The optical element branches the generated light to irradiate branched light to different regions of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Meehyun Lim, Sung-Yeol Kim, Sunghyup Kim, Hyung-Jung Yong, Hosun Yoo
  • Patent number: 12132411
    Abstract: The invention provides a power supply module and a charged particle beam device that are capable of reducing ripple noise. A high-voltage generation circuit 101 includes booster circuits CPa and CPb of two systems that are configured to be symmetrical to each other, and performs a boosting operation by using a capacitive element and a diode in the booster circuits CPa and CPb of the two systems. The high-voltage generation circuit is housed in a housing and a reference power supply voltage is applied thereto. A left electrode 102a is fixedly provided in the vicinity of one of the booster circuits CPa and CPb of the two systems in the housing, and a right electrode 102b is fixedly provided in the vicinity of the other of the booster circuits CPa and CPb of the two systems in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Kadoi, Wen Li, Naoya Ishigaki
  • Patent number: 12101855
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods and systems for providing power to light-emitting diode (“LED”) light sources are provided. The apparatus may include a plurality of power output channels. Each of the power output channels may provide a current to a plurality of LED modules. Each of the LED modules may correspond to one of the power output channels. The apparatus may include a protection circuit. The protection circuit may receive a conditioned voltage. The protection circuit may use the conditioned voltage to feed to the power output channels an output current that, in total, has a power no greater than a predetermined power limit. The apparatus may include a voltage conditioning circuit. The voltage condition circuit may receive line voltage. the voltage condition circuit may condition the line voltage. The voltage conditioning circuit may provide the conditioned voltage to the protection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Wangs Alliance Corporation
    Inventor: Voravit Puvanakijjakorn
  • Patent number: 12101869
    Abstract: Disclosed a particle accelerator that accelerates a charged particle beam while circulating the charged particle beam as a circulating beam and outputs some of the circulating beam as an output beam, the particle accelerator including: a first deflection section and a second deflection sections each having a deflection electromagnet; a first straight section, a second straight section, and third straight section each not having the deflection electromagnet; and a control unit, wherein a preceding output deflector of the first straight section deflects some of the circulating beam toward an inner side of a circulating trajectory of the circulating beam to separate the some of the circulating beam as an output beam, wherein a succeeding output deflector of the third straight section deflects the output beam separated from the circulating beam by the preceding output deflector toward an outer side of the circulating trajectory of the circulating beam, and wherein the control unit controls at least the quadrupole
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kota Mizushima, Toshiyuki Shirai
  • Patent number: 12089312
    Abstract: An illumination control apparatus, an illumination control method, and a computer readable recording medium that records an illumination control program are provided. The illumination control apparatus includes: a start position storage section that stores start positions of the sets of illumination control values in a control signal, created by a signal creation section, including a plurality of sets of illumination control values for controlling illumination; and a start position output section that outputs the start positions stored in the start position storage section in a manner that the start positions can be set for the illumination devices, in which the illumination devices are configured to be able to control conditions of the illumination on the basis of the sets of illumination control values in the control signal transmitted by a signal transmission section by setting the start positions output by the start position output section for the illumination devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Roland Corporation
    Inventor: Satoshi Wakuda
  • Patent number: 12085263
    Abstract: An LED light tube includes a glass tube, end caps, an LED light strip, LED light sources, and a power supply module. The end caps are respectively attached at two ends of the glass tube. The LED light strip is attached to an inner circumferential surface of the glass tube. The LED light sources are mounted on the LED light strip. The power supply module is electrically connected to the LED light strip. Each of the end caps includes a lateral wall and an end wall. The lateral wall is substantially coaxial with the glass tube and connected to the glass tube. The end wall is substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the lateral wall and connected to an end of the lateral wall away from the glass tube. The power supply module includes a rectifying circuit and a filtering circuit electrically connected to the rectifying circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: JIAXING SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Qifeng Ye, Aiming Xiong, Yueqiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 12078302
    Abstract: A plant cultivation light source includes a substrate and a first group of light sources. The first group of light sources includes a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate, and a light source including a light emitting structure including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer. The plurality of light sources operates to emit lights having different wavelength bands and includes a first light source that emits first light having an area of at least about 55% compared with an area of a normalized solar spectrum, a second light source that emits second light having a wavelength for cryptochrome, and a third light source that emits third light having a wavelength for phytochrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Su Song, Sang Min Ko, Jong Hyeon Koo, Se Ryung Kim, Jin Won Kim
  • Patent number: 12075546
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a container housing, a surrounding wall, a light source module and an attached device. The light passing cover is coupled to the surrounding wall forming a container space. The light passing cover has a first window and a second window. The light source module has multiple LED modules. The light source module is stored in the container space. A light of the light source module is passing through the first window of the light passing cover. The attached device is attached to the second window. The attached device is used for receiving a user command to control the multiple LED modules of light source module for mixing a requested color temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Shouqiang Hou, Yongzhe Dong, Xiaoliang Wen, Qiqing Yu
  • Patent number: 12054090
    Abstract: A present invention provide a vehicle light system which prevents low-beam headlights from being forgotten to turn on while a vehicle is traveling and is able to turn off the low-beam headlights when it is not necessary, a rotation position of a light switch includes an AUTO position, a SMALL position, and an OFF position, the light switch includes a momentary mechanism which returns a position to the AUTO position when the position is changed to the OFF position or the SMALL position, lights include the low-beam headlights and position lights, the AUTO position allows the low-beam headlights and the position lights to turn on or off depending on a brightness outside the vehicle, and a light control unit turns off the low-beam headlights and turns on the position lights when the rotation position is set to the AUTO position, the brightness outside the vehicle is lower than a predetermined value, a speed is lower than a first predetermined speed, and the rotation position is then changed to the SMALL position
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Shimada, Shigeto Iwamoto, Keisuke Maeda, Takashi Mai
  • Patent number: 12052811
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of lamp mirrors, in particular to a cooperative synchronous control system for a plurality of power utilization modules, including the plurality of power utilization modules. The working mode is: B. when any power utilization module generates a control instruction, controlling, by a main controller of the power utilization module, the power utilization module according to the instruction to perform a related action, and transmitting the instruction through a wireless transmitter to the outside; and C. receiving, by other power utilization modules, the instruction respectively through a wireless receiver, analyzing the instruction by the main controller, and performing a related control action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: LAMXON TECHNOLOGY BUILDING MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qingyuan Chen, Chihsu Tu, Qiang Chen, Xinwei Li
  • Patent number: 12052810
    Abstract: A multiple location load control system comprises a main device and remote devices, which do not require neutral connections, but allow for visual and audible feedback at the main device and the remote devices. The main device and the remote devices are adapted to be coupled together via an accessory wiring. The main device can be wired on the line side and the load side of the load control system. The main device is configured to enable a charging path to allow the remote devices to charge power supplies through the accessory wiring during a first time period of a half cycle of the AC power source. The main device and the remote devices are configured to communicate with each other via the accessory wiring during a second time period of the half cycle, for example, by actively pulling-up and actively pulling-down the accessory wiring to communicate using tri-state logic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Ehsan Dadashnialehi, Robert C. Newman, Jr., Daniel Curtis Raneri, Jaykrishna A Shukla
  • Patent number: 12047050
    Abstract: A high-power, frequency-tunable, harmonic filtering system for multiple operating frequencies includes a first SPMT switch circuitry, a second SPMT switch circuitry, and high-power, frequency-tunable harmonic filters (HFHFs). The first SPMT single-pole terminal is configured to receive a high-power RF input signal. The second SPMT single-pole terminal is configured to output a high-power RF output signal. Each of the HFHFs is connected to a respective one of the first SPMT multi-throw terminals and a respective one of the second SPMT multi-throw terminals. Each of the HFHFs is interposed between the respective first and second multi-throw terminals along a respective RF signal pathway between them. Each operating frequency is associated with one of the HFHFs. The respective operating frequency is associated with one of multiple cutoff frequencies of the respective HFHF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: TRI-TEQ LLC
    Inventor: Phil Gelder
  • Patent number: 12027785
    Abstract: Antennas and methods for using the same are described. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises an aperture having a plurality of radio-frequency (RF) radiating antenna elements, the plurality of RF radiating antenna elements being grouped into three or more sets of RF radiating antenna elements, with each set being separately controlled to generate a beam at a frequency band in a first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: KYMETA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mohsen Sazegar, Ibrahim Nassar
  • Patent number: 12020891
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a klystron includes a plurality of cavity resonators arranged next to each other on a coaxial line. The cavity resonators each comprise a cylindrical body, one and another drift tubes provided on respective sides of respective ends of the cylindrical body, one and another support and a space adjustment means which adjusts the space between the one and the other drift tubes. The cylindrical body comprises a projection projecting from one end surface parallel to the axial line, and the one support is provided to abut on the projection, and the space adjustment means presses the one support toward the projection and adjusts the space between the one and the other drift tubes by plastically deforming the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: CANON ELECTRON TUBES & DEVICES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroto Urakata
  • Patent number: 11990028
    Abstract: A system including a lighting controller and a radio adapter. The lighting controller includes a smart port and is configured to control at least one lighting fixture. The radio adapter is communicatively coupled to the lighting controller via the smart port. The radio adapter is configured to establish a wireless communication link between the lighting controller and an external device, communicatively couple the external device to the lighting controller via the smart port, and provide a master clock timing signal to the lighting controller via the smart port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: HLI SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Bruce Rhodes, Christopher Lane Bailey, Mark Rosenau, Brian Gaza
  • Patent number: 11981256
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a passenger display with a switchable view protection device that is actively switched in predetermined operating states so that display contents shown on the passenger display cannot be seen from the seating area of the driver. The vehicle includes a shading device having an illuminant oriented toward the passenger display and is controlled by a control unit and which, in order to prevent moving residual fragments that can still be detected from the driver's seat despite a view protection device which is switched to shading, externally illuminates the passenger display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Benjamin Burger, Steffen Klapper
  • Patent number: 11972930
    Abstract: A plasma reactor has a cylindrical microwave cavity overlying a workpiece processing chamber, a microwave source having a pair of microwave source outputs, and a pair of respective waveguides. The cavity has first and second input ports in a sidewall and space apart by an azimuthal angle. Each of the waveguides has a microwave input end coupled to a microwave source output and a microwave output end coupled to a respective one of the first and second input ports, a coupling aperture plate at the output end with a rectangular coupling aperture in the coupling aperture plate, and an iris plate between the coupling aperture plate and the microwave input end with a rectangular iris opening in the iris plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoru Kobayashi, Hideo Sugai, Toan Tran, Soonam Park, Dmitry Lubomirsky