Patents by Inventor Hideki Wada

Hideki Wada has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230362533
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of obtaining a headphone type sound collector capable of selectively amplifying frequencies of sounds that are difficult for people with weak hearing to hear. As the means for solving the above-mentioned problem, the headphone type sound collector 1 of the present invention is a headphone type sound collector equipped with a sound collecting device 100a or 100b on at least either of the left and right sides thereof, the sound collecting device comprising: a sound collecting cover 110a or 110b having a sound collecting face in a parabolic shape for collecting sound; a base member 120 for pivotally supporting the sound collecting cover; and a microphone 130 for detecting sound collected by the sound collecting cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventor: Hideki WADA
  • Patent number: 11747653
    Abstract: A color vision correction filter includes a least one type of dye material and the lowest value of transmittance of the color vision correction filter in a wavelength band ranging from 440 nm to 600 nm, inclusive, is in the range of plus or minus 50 nm of 535 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Wada, Tomoya Iwahashi, Kazuyuki Yamae
  • Publication number: 20230199373
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of obtaining: a speaker that is capable of emphasizing a harmonic tone of a reproduced sound and thereby further increasing the quality level of the reproduced sound; and a headphone and a hearing aid that are equipped with such a speaker. A speaker 10 according to the present invention is provided with: a sound source unit 110 comprising a vibration plate 111 and a drive means 112 for vibrating said vibration plate; and a tubularly-shaped rigid body member 130 that is disposed on the front face of the sound source unit 110.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Hideki WADA
  • Publication number: 20230080967
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a light guide that includes (i) a light-transmissive member that is light-transmissive at least in a visible light region and (ii) a light control layer that is disposed on at least a part of a surface of the light-transmissive member; and a light source that emits light toward at least one end surface of the light-transmissive member. The light control layer has reflected-wavelength selectivity that makes a wavelength of reflected light dependent on an incident angle of incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Ryosuke SHIGITANI, Kazuyuki YAMAE, Hironori AKIYAMA, Hideki WADA, Kotone MORI
  • Publication number: 20230044960
    Abstract: An optical filter (1) in which, in a transmission spectrum of the optical filter, when: a minimum value of transmissivity for a wavelength range of from 400 nm to 450 nm, inclusive, is defined as first minimum value MIN1; a minimum value of transmissivity for a wavelength range of from 525 nm to 595 nm, inclusive, is defined as second minimum value MIN2; a maximum value of transmissivity for a wavelength range of from 450 nm to 525 nm, inclusive, is defined as first maximum value MAX1; and a maximum value of transmissivity for a wavelength range of from 595 nm to 600 nm, inclusive, is defined as second maximum value MAX2, first minimum value MAX1 and second minimum value MIN1 are each at most ½ a smaller one of first maximum value MAX1 and second maximum value MAX2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yurika TSUBAKINO, Hideki WADA
  • Publication number: 20220100004
    Abstract: A color vision correction lens (1) includes: a first resin layer (10) having a convex surface (10a); and a second resin layer (20) stacked on the convex surface (10a). The first resin layer (10) includes an absorbing material (12) that absorbs light in a first wavelength band (90). The second resin layer (20) includes a fluorescent material (22) that emits fluorescence in a second wavelength band (92). The first wavelength band (90) and the second wavelength band (92) overlap at least partially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideki WADA
  • Patent number: 11215564
    Abstract: The visual inspection device comprises a first illumination device capable of illuminating an top surface of an inspection object, a second illumination device capable of illuminating a bottom surface opposite to the top surface of the inspection object and a first imaging device capable of capturing the top surface of the inspection object. A relative position of each of the first illumination device and the second illumination device and the inspection object are adjusted such that a part of the captured image captured by the first imaging device is disappeared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Wada
  • Publication number: 20210341394
    Abstract: The visual inspection device comprises a first illumination device capable of illuminating an top surface of an inspection object, a second illumination device capable of illuminating a bottom surface opposite to the top surface of the inspection object and a first imaging device capable of capturing the top surface of the inspection object. A relative position of each of the first illumination device and the second illumination device and the inspection object are adjusted such that a part of the captured image captured by the first imaging device is disappeared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventor: Hideki WADA
  • Publication number: 20210115181
    Abstract: To produce quickly and easily an open cell rigid polyurethane foam having a uniform and low density, a method for producing an open cell rigid polyurethane foam is provided, the method comprising foaming a mixed liquid of (1) a polyol-containing component comprising (a) a polyol mixture, (b) a catalyst, and (c) a foaming agent (c), and (2) a polyisocyanate component. The foaming agent consists of water and an adduct of a primary or secondary amine compound and carbon dioxide, the amount of the water is 10 to 80 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the polyol mixture, and the amount of the adduct is 1 to 20 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the polyol mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Hideki WADA, Kei ODANI, Takayasu TANABE, Yukio YASUDA
  • Publication number: 20210087351
    Abstract: A method for producing a polyurethane foam. The method comprises a step of spraying a polyurethane foam stock solution comprising a polyisocyanate component and a polyol component in a mist form by using compressed gas. The compressed gas is heated and kept at a temperature of not less than 40° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Kei Odani, Takayasu Tanabe, Hideki Wada
  • Publication number: 20200400868
    Abstract: A color vision correction lens that corrects color vision of a user includes: a resin layer having a first surface facing an eye of the user and a convex surface which is an example of a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface; and a reflective layer on the convex surface side of the resin layer. The resin layer contains a color material which selectively absorbs light in a first wavelength band. The reflective layer selectively reflects light in a second wavelength band. The first wavelength band and the second wavelength band overlap at least partially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Hideki WADA, Kazuyuki YAMAE, Ryosuke SHIGITANI, Yasuhisa INADA
  • Patent number: 10759896
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a light rigid urethane foam superior in moldability (cell interconnection, spraying thickness, adhesiveness, etc.), heat-insulating efficiency, and others by a spraying method, using water as foaming agent. A method for producing an open-cell polyurethane foam, comprising obtaining the open-cell polyurethane foam by mixing and reacting a polyol composition containing a polyol compound, water as a foaming agent, a foam stabilizer, a catalyst, and a flame retardant with a polyisocyanate compound by a spraying method, the polyol compound containing polyols (A), (B), and (C) at a polyol (A) content of 10 to 40 wt parts, a polyol (B) content of 10 to 70 wt parts, and a polyol (C) content of 10 to 70 wt parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Hideki Wada, Takayasu Tanabe, Kenichi Sakata
  • Publication number: 20200004051
    Abstract: A color vision correction filter includes a least one type of dye material and the lowest value of transmittance of the color vision correction filter in a wavelength band ranging from 440 nm to 600 nm, inclusive, is in the range of plus or minus 50 nm of 535 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hideki WADA, Tomoya IWAHASHI, Kazuyuki YAMAE
  • Publication number: 20190041034
    Abstract: A filter includes a first filter having a recess, and a second filter made of a material different from that of the first filter. The second filter has a housed portion to be housed in the recess of the first filter such that the second filter is removable relative to the first filter. The housed portion of the second filter may correspond to either the entirety or a portion of the second filter. This structure facilitates formation of the filter having a simple structure and implementation of desired light distribution of two or more different light beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Itaru ONISHI, Hideki WADA, Tomoya IWAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20180327536
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a light rigid urethane foam superior in moldability (cell interconnection, spraying thickness, adhesiveness, etc.), heat-insulating efficiency, and others by a spraying method, using water as foaming agent. A method for producing an open-cell polyurethane foam, comprising obtaining the open-cell polyurethane foam by mixing and reacting a polyol composition containing a polyol compound, water as a foaming agent, a foam stabilizer, a catalyst, and a flame retardant with a polyisocyanate compound by a spraying method, the polyol compound containing polyols (A), (B), and (C) at a polyol (A) content of 10 to 40 wt parts, a polyol (B) content of 10 to 70 wt parts, and a polyol (C) content of 10 to 70 wt parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Hideki Wada, Takayasu Tanabe, Kenichi Sakata
  • Publication number: 20170219175
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus to be installed in an area adjacent to land is provided. The lighting apparatus includes a plurality of light sources disposed on a board and further includes a light shield. The light shield blocks a portion of light emitted from the light sources. The portion of light has a predetermined wavelength. The light shield is disposed on the board closer to the land than at least a light source disposed closest to the land among the light sources. The light shield has a shape which sends, to the land, first emission light included in the light emitted from the light sources. The shape avoids sending, to the land, second emission light included in the light emitted from the light sources. The first emission light passes through the light shield. The second emission light does not pass through the light shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LT D.
    Inventors: Tohru HIMENO, Makoto YAMADA, Shinichi AOKI, Hideki WADA
  • Publication number: 20100027244
    Abstract: A fluorescent lamp has a glass container that has a phosphor layer formed on an inner surface of the glass container, and that is hermetically sealed, wherein phosphors of the phosphor layer include a blue phosphor, a green phosphor, and a red phosphor, a main luminescence peak of the blue phosphor exists in a wavelength region in a range of 430 nm to 460 nm inclusive, a half-value width of a spectrum of the main luminescence peak of the blue phosphor is less than or equal to 50 nm, a main luminescence peak of the green phosphor exists in a wavelength region in a range of 510 nm to 530 nm inclusive, a half-value width of a spectrum of the main luminescence peak of the green phosphor is less than or equal to 30 nm, and a main luminescence peak of the red phosphor exists in a wavelength region in a range of 600 nm to 780 nm inclusive, and a difference between a wavelength of the main luminescence peak of the blue phosphor and a wavelength of the main luminescence peak of the green phosphor is in a range of 70 n
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Hideki Wada, Kazuhiro Matsuo, Toshihiro Terada, Yoshinari Fuchida, Masakazu Yamaguchi, Ryo Minamihata, Mitsuharu Kawasaki, Kazuhiro Kumada, Hiroshi Sakurai, Shigeru Ido, Masanobu Murakami, Taku Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20090268429
    Abstract: A fluorescent lamp includes a glass container (204) having mercury enclosed therein, and a phosphor layer (202) formed on an inner side of the glass container (204). The phosphor layer (202) includes phosphor particles (202a) and rod-shaped bodies (202b) composed of a metal oxide and spanning between the phosphor particles. The rod-shaped bodies (202b) have a thickness of, for example, 1.5 [?m] or less. Pairs of adjacent phosphor particles may be spanned by more than one rod-shaped body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Nozomu Hashimoto, Kazuhiro Matsuo, Katsumi Itagaki, Hideki Wada, Toshihiro Terada, Tomokazu Matsuura
  • Patent number: 7564189
    Abstract: A fluorescent lamp including a glass bulb that is in a shape of a tube. External electrodes are formed as conductive layers each of which covers an outer surface of the glass bulb at an end thereof. Metal members in a shape of a cap are respectively connected to the external electrodes by covering at least part of the external electrodes. The metal members are formed such that rims of the metal members recede from a center of the glass bulb in the tube axis direction a distance L than rims of the external electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masanobu Murakami, Taizou Ono, Toshihiro Terada, Hideki Wada, Hirofumi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7550911
    Abstract: A backlight unit has an external electrode fluorescent lamp in an housing. The external electrode fluorescent lamp includes a glass bulb having a discharge space inside, and electrodes around both ends of the glass bulb. A protective layer and a phosphor layer are formed on an internal surface of the glass bulb in this order. The glass bulb is made of soda glass, and sodium oxide precipitated from this soda glass appears on part of the internal surface of the glass bulb where the protective layer is not formed, so as to be exposed to the discharge space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Terada, Masanobu Murakami, Kazuhiro Matsuo, Taizou Ono, Hideki Wada, Shingo Tsutsumi, Mitsuharu Kawasaki, Hiroyuki Arata, Yuko Habuta, Tomokazu Matsuura, Hirofumi Yamashita