Patents by Inventor Katsuyoshi Deto

Katsuyoshi Deto 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).

  • Lighting control device, lighting system, and method of controlling lighting device
    Patent number: 9781812
    Abstract: A lighting control device includes: a sensor that detects a state of a user and a gesture made by the user; and a controller that controls a lighting characteristic of one or more lighting devices. In the lighting control device and in a method of controlling the lighting device, the sensor detects a first state and a second state of a hand of the user. In response to the sensor detecting the hand of the user in the first state aiming at one lighting device among the one or more lighting devices, the controller designates the one lighting device as a control target lighting device, and in response to the sensor detecting a predetermined gesture involving the hand in the second state, the controller controls a lighting characteristic of the control target lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisao Kataoka, Katsuyoshi Deto, Tatsuya Sasago, Teruyuki Kimata, Haruka Miyagata
  • LIGHTING CONTROL DEVICE, LIGHTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIGHTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170099716
    Abstract: A lighting control device includes; a sensor that detects a state of a user and a gesture made by the user; and a controller that controls a lighting characteristic of one or more lighting devices. The sensor detects a first state and a second state of a hand of the user. In response to the sensor detect the hand of the user in the first state aiming at one lighting device, among the one or more lighting devices, the controller designates the one lighting device as a control target lighting device, and in response to the sensor detecting a predetermined gesture involving the hand in the second state, the controller controls a lighting characteristic of the control target lighting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Hisao KATAOKA, Katsuyoshi DETO, Tatsuya SASAGO, Teruyuki KIMATA, Haruka MIYAGATA
  • Portable computer
    Patent number: D680525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Deto, Ryuji Miki, Hitoshi Nakagawa, Kazuhiko Shibata, Yu Asao, Ryoichi Yagi, Sugiko Honda