Patents by Inventor Hikaru Maeda

Hikaru Maeda 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: 20220402525
    Abstract: A vehicle diagnostic system includes: a vehicle diagnostic device including a communication unit that communicates with a vehicle which drives autonomously, and a diagnostic unit that performs, via the communication unit, diagnosis as to whether the vehicle is being hacked; and electrical apparatuses that communicate with the vehicle diagnostic device via a network. The diagnostic unit performs the diagnosis when an operational state of at least one electrical apparatus among the electrical apparatuses changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventor: Hikaru MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20220408265
    Abstract: A lighting device includes: a communication unit that communicates with a vehicle which drives autonomously; a diagnostic unit that performs, via the communication unit, diagnosis as to whether the vehicle is being hacked; and a light emitter that emits illumination light onto at least one of the vehicle, a road on which the vehicle travels, or a parking space in which the vehicle parks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventor: Hikaru MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20220383671
    Abstract: A vehicle diagnostic device includes: a communication unit that communicates with a vehicle which drives autonomously; and a diagnostic unit that performs, via the communication unit, diagnosis as to whether the vehicle is being hacked. The diagnostic unit performs the diagnosis by checking resilience of software which runs a travel system provided in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Hikaru MAEDA, Daisuke YAMAHARA, Koichi MITSUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 10709000
    Abstract: A third lighting device connects one or more first lighting devices included in a first local network with one or more second lighting devices included in a second local network different from the first local network. The third lighting device includes: a first processing unit that wirelessly communicates with the one or more first lighting devices via a first communications protocol; a second processing unit that wirelessly communicates with the one or more second lighting devices via a second communications protocol different from the first communications protocol; and a control unit that switches between causing the first processing unit to wirelessly communicate with the one or more first lighting devices and causing the second processing unit to wirelessly communicate with the one or more second lighting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hikaru Maeda, Shinichiro Kurihara
  • Patent number: 10709002
    Abstract: A control unit in a communications device, upon receipt of information from a first lighting device, transmits the information from the first lighting device to a second lighting device and enters a single protocol state in which wireless communication is performed exclusively via a second communications protocol, until the communications device receives a response to the transmission. Upon receipt of information from the second lighting device, the control unit transmits the information from the second lighting device to the first lighting device and enters a single protocol state in which wireless communication is performed exclusively via a first communications protocol, until the communications device receives a response to the transmission. Upon receipt of either of the responses by the communications device, the control unit enters a multiprotocol state in which wireless communication is possible via the first and second communications protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hikaru Maeda, Shinichiro Kurihara
  • Patent number: 10470280
    Abstract: A communications device relays information between a start node among one or more first lighting devices included in a first local network and an end node among one or more second lighting devices included in a second local network different from the first local network. The communications device includes a first processing unit that wirelessly communicates with the one or more first lighting devices via a first communications protocol; a second processing unit that wirelessly communicates with the one or more second lighting devices via a second communications protocol different from the first communications protocol; and a control unit that switches between causing the first processing unit to wirelessly communicate with the one or more first lighting devices and causing the second processing unit to wirelessly communicate with the one or more second lighting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hikaru Maeda, Shinichiro Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20190306957
    Abstract: A communications device relays information between a start node among one or more first lighting devices included in a first local network and an end node among one or more second lighting devices included in a second local network different from the first local network. The communications device includes a first processing unit that wirelessly communicates with the one or more first lighting devices via a first communications protocol; a second processing unit that wirelessly communicates with the one or more second lighting devices via a second communications protocol different from the first communications protocol; and a control unit that switches between causing the first processing unit to wirelessly communicate with the one or more first lighting devices and causing the second processing unit to wirelessly communicate with the one or more second lighting devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Hikaru MAEDA, Shinichiro KURIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190306958
    Abstract: A control unit in a communications device, upon receipt of information from a first lighting device, transmits the information from the first lighting device to a second lighting device and enters a single protocol state in which wireless communication is performed exclusively via a second communications protocol, until the communications device receives a response to the transmission. Upon receipt of information from the second lighting device, the control unit transmits the information from the second lighting device to the first lighting device and enters a single protocol state in which wireless communication is performed exclusively via a first communications protocol, until the communications device receives a response to the transmission. Upon receipt of either of the responses by the communications device, the control unit enters a multiprotocol state in which wireless communication is possible via the first and second communications protocols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Hikaru MAEDA, Shinichiro KURIHARA
  • Patent number: 10356887
    Abstract: A communications device connects one or more first lighting devices included in a first local network with one or more second lighting devices included in a second local network different from the first local network. The communications device includes a single semiconductor integrated circuit including: a first processing unit that wirelessly communicates with the one or more first lighting devices via a first communications protocol; a second processing unit that wirelessly communicates with the one or more second lighting devices via a second communications protocol different from the first communications protocol; and a control unit that switches between causing the first processing unit to wirelessly communicate with the one or more first lighting devices and causing the second processing unit to wirelessly communicate with the one or more second lighting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hikaru Maeda, Shinichiro Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20190166676
    Abstract: A third lighting device connects one or more first lighting devices included in a first local network with one or more second lighting devices included in a second local network different from the first local network. The third lighting device includes: a first processing unit that wirelessly communicates with the one or more first lighting devices via a first communications protocol; a second processing unit that wirelessly communicates with the one or more second lighting devices via a second communications protocol different from the first communications protocol; and a control unit that switches between causing the first processing unit to wirelessly communicate with the one or more first lighting devices and causing the second processing unit to wirelessly communicate with the one or more second lighting devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Hikaru MAEDA, Shinichiro KURIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190166677
    Abstract: A communications device connects one or more first lighting devices included in a first local network with one or more second lighting devices included in a second local network different from the first local network. The communications device includes a single semiconductor integrated circuit including: a first processing unit that wirelessly communicates with the one or more first lighting devices via a first communications protocol; a second processing unit that wirelessly communicates with the one or more second lighting devices via a second communications protocol different from the first communications protocol; and a control unit that switches between causing the first processing unit to wirelessly communicate with the one or more first lighting devices and causing the second processing unit to wirelessly communicate with the one or more second lighting devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Hikaru MAEDA, Shinichiro KURIHARA
  • Patent number: 9326364
    Abstract: An illumination system includes an illumination device, a control unit for controlling a turn-on operation of the illumination device, and a terminal through which manipulation information of the illumination device is inputted by a user. The control unit includes an information extracting unit for extracting illumination information, within a period between a first moment prior to a falling-asleep time of the user and a second moment after a wakeup time of the user, from manipulation information and operation information of the illumination device stored in a memory unit, and an information transceiver unit for transmitting and receiving the illumination information to and the terminal. The terminal includes a terminal transceiver unit for transmitting and receiving the illumination information to and from the control unit, a display unit for displaying the illumination information received through the terminal transceiver unit and an input unit by which the manipulation information is inputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hikaru Maeda, Takahiro Kurihara, Tomoaki Mannami, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Naohiro Toda, Kazuhiro Hatta
  • Publication number: 20150305126
    Abstract: An illumination system includes an illumination device, a control unit for controlling a turn-on operation of the illumination device, and a terminal through which manipulation information of the illumination device is inputted by a user. The control unit includes an information extracting unit for extracting illumination information, within a period between a first moment prior to a falling-asleep time of the user and a second moment after a wakeup time of the user, from manipulation information and operation information of the illumination device stored in a memory unit, and an information transceiver unit for transmitting and receiving the illumination information to and the terminal. The terminal includes a terminal transceiver unit for transmitting and receiving the illumination information to and from the control unit, a display unit for displaying the illumination information received through the terminal transceiver unit and an input unit by which the manipulation information is inputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hikaru MAEDA, Takahiro KURIHARA, Tomoaki MANNAMI, Hiroaki KOBAYASHI, Naohiro TODA, Kazuhiro HATTA
  • Patent number: 5174203
    Abstract: A sheet of multi-layer seal film is cut along desired boundary lines for coloring, and is adhered on a silk screen. Printing is effected by repeating a series of procedure as follows. When seal film sections which have been cut into patterns to be printed in a common color are removed from the screen, ink permeable holes are formed to carry out printing, and the ink permeable holes after printing are closed with resin. A section with at least one gradational pattern is printed by forming a large number of screen-mesh apertures through a covering film of the resin. For additional printing, a piece of already-cut seal film is adhered on the screen prior to applying the resin liquid to the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Inventor: Hikaru Maeda