Patents by Inventor Hirotada Higashihama

Hirotada Higashihama 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).

  • Patent number: 10840736
    Abstract: An information terminal includes: a first communication unit that performs wireless communication with a wireless base station connected to a wide area network; a second communication unit that performs communication by a communication scheme different from the first communication unit; and a controller that: controls the second communication unit to receive first management information from a power management system that is installed in a facility and includes a storage battery, the first management information including information relating to the storage battery; and controls the first communication unit to transmit second management information generated based on the first management information received, to a server outside the facility as a destination, the server being connected to the wide area network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu Ito, Nobuhiro Kitamura, Hirotada Higashihama
  • Publication number: 20180375374
    Abstract: An information terminal includes: a first communication unit that performs wireless communication with a wireless base station connected to a wide area network; a second communication unit that performs communication by a communication scheme different from the first communication unit; and a controller that: controls the second communication unit to receive first management information from a power management system that is installed in a facility and includes a storage battery, the first management information including information relating to the storage battery; and controls the first communication unit to transmit second management information generated based on the first management information received, to a server outside the facility as a destination, the server being connected to the wide area network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu ITO, Nobuhiro KITAMURA, Hirotada HIGASHIHAMA
  • Patent number: 9166496
    Abstract: A two-wire load control device prevents load malfunctioning, such as erroneous emission of an LED, due to a leak current, even when loads not taking countermeasures against noise are connected. The load control device is connected in series between a commercial power source and a load and an off power supply for ensuring an inner power supply at the time of turning off the load is provided with capacitors, which are switched to be connected in series or parallel, based on an input voltage. The control device makes the capacitors repeat charging and discharging, and a power discharged from the capacitors is used as the inner power supply, thereby reducing standby power requirement of the load control device at the time of turning off the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotada Higashihama, Yu Saitou
  • Publication number: 20130240235
    Abstract: A load control switch (1) is provided with a terminal module (2) to which electric wires are connected and which is installed on an installation frame established on a wall surface of a building; and a switch module (3) which is detachably mounted to the terminal module (2) and which turns a load on or off. The load control switch (1) is also provided with an operation handle (4) detachably attached to the switch module (3). The switch module (3) may be an electronic switch or a mechanical switch; an electronic switch may additionally be provided with delay function, timer function, a motion sensor, and so on. This makes it possible for a user to freely replace one load control switch with another having different function without electrical work being required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotada Higashihama, Takeshi Kohrogi, Yoko Tanikaga, Kazuhiro Mmatsumoto, Masahiro Nagata, Shinsuke Ueda, Kazuhisa Yoshiki
  • Publication number: 20130128641
    Abstract: A two-wire load control device prevents load malfunctioning, such as erroneous emission of an LED, due to a leak current, even when loads not taking countermeasures against noise are connected. The load control device is connected in series between a commercial power source and a load and an off power supply for ensuring an inner power supply at the time of turning off the load is provided with capacitors, which are switched to be connected in series or parallel, based on an input voltage. The control device makes the capacitors repeat charging and discharging, and a power discharged from the capacitors is used as the inner power supply, thereby reducing standby power requirement of the load control device at the time of turning off the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotada Higashihama, Yu Saitou
  • Patent number: 6977518
    Abstract: An electrical leak detecting apparatus for detecting electrical leak of a power supply device includes two voltage division elements which have an identical impedance value and are connected to each other in series between input terminals or output terminals of a DC/AC conversion circuit of the power supply device, a detection element which has one end connected to a junction of the voltage division elements, a capacitor which is inserted between the other end of the detection element and ground and a decision member which receives a voltage drop across the detection element as a detection signal and processes the detection signal so as to judge occurrence of the electrical leak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotada Higashihama, Hisashi Usui, Koji Soshin, Toshiaki Saito, Yoji Minami
  • Publication number: 20040227521
    Abstract: An electrical leak detecting apparatus for detecting electrical leak of a power supply device includes two voltage division elements which have an identical impedance value and are connected to each other in series between input terminals or output terminals of a DC/AC conversion circuit of the power supply device, a detection element which has one end connected to a junction of the voltage division elements, a capacitor which is inserted between the other end of the detection element and ground and a decision member which receives a voltage drop across the detection element as a detection signal and processes the detection signal so as to judge occurrence of the electrical leak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotada Higashihama, Hisashi Usui, Koji Soshin, Yoji Minami