Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro HATTA
Kazuhiro HATTA 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).
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Patent number: 10467901Abstract: A warning device includes: a sensor which is attachable to a supporting member and measures a distance, the supporting member being fixedly installed; and a notifier which performs notification using predetermined output. The sensor measures at least one of sensor-object distances and a moving object distance, the sensor-object distances being distances between the sensor and each of at least two moving objects which are approaching to each other, the moving object distance being a distance between the at least two moving objects which are approaching to each other, and the notifier performs the notification by varying a manner of the predetermined output according to the at least one of the sensor object distances and the moving object distance which are measured by the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Ikehara, Kentaro Yamauchi, Kazuhiro Hatta
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Patent number: 10441742Abstract: A light emission control device includes a light emission controller which controls a light emitter and performs normal control and wake-up control, the normal control being control for causing the light emitter to emit light having a color temperature and luminance according to an instruction of a user, the wake-up control being control for causing the light emitter to emit light at increasing luminance over time to wake up the user who is sleeping. The maximum luminance of light emitted by the light emitter in the wake-up control is greater than the maximum luminance of light emitted by the light emitter in the normal control.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignees: Panasonic Corporation, Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Kido, Shigeru Ido, Hisao Kataoka, Naohiro Toda, Kazuhiro Hatta, Sadayoshi Hattori
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Patent number: 10405394Abstract: An illumination system includes a light source capable of emitting biorhythm control light, a controller that controls a lighting state of the light source, and a manipulation apparatus. The controller executes an introduction mode in which the illuminance of the biorhythm control light is set by gradually increasing or decreasing illuminance of the light source over time, and a stationary mode in which the illuminance of the light source is constantly maintained at the illuminance of the biorhythm control light.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Saori Ueno, Kazuhiro Hatta
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Patent number: 10375806Abstract: A lighting control system controls a light source that emits light to a space in which subjects stay. The lighting control system includes: an communication interface that obtains stay schedule information indicating scheduled periods in an operation period after a first time and before a second time later than the first time, the scheduled periods being periods during each of which a corresponding one of the subjects is to stay in the space; and a processor that creates an illumination schedule for causing the light source to emit the light, based on the stay schedule information, and causes the light source to emit the light according to the illumination schedule created. The processor creates, based on the stay schedule information, the illumination schedule for causing the light source to emit the light during a period including a scheduled period common to at least two of the subjects.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuhiro Hatta
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Patent number: 10357584Abstract: A cubicle unit includes a first illumination apparatus, a second illumination apparatus, a sensor, and a controller. When a brightness sensed by the sensor is a predetermined brightness or less, the controller causes the second illumination apparatus to emit light having a first color temperature lower than a color temperature of light emitted by the first illumination apparatus. When the brightness sensed by the sensor is greater than the predetermined brightness, the controller causes the second illumination apparatus to emit light having a second color temperature lower than the first color temperature.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Hatta, Junichi Hasegawa, Kiyotaka Hirata
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Patent number: 10306741Abstract: An illumination system includes: an illumination device; a time setter that sets a target time; and a controller that controls a color temperature of light emitted by the illumination device. The controller determines a target color temperature according to the target time, and causes the color temperature of the light emitted by the illumination device to be the target color temperature at the target time.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Junichi Hasegawa, Kazuhiro Hatta
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Publication number: 20190053360Abstract: A lighting control system controls a light source that emits light to a space in which subjects stay. The lighting control system includes: an communication interface that obtains stay schedule information indicating scheduled periods in an operation period after a first time and before a second time later than the first time, the scheduled periods being periods during each of which a corresponding one of the subjects is to stay in the space; and a processor that creates an illumination schedule for causing the light source to emit the light, based on the stay schedule information, and causes the light source to emit the light according to the illumination schedule created. The processor creates, based on the stay schedule information, the illumination schedule for causing the light source to emit the light during a period including a scheduled period common to at least two of the subjects.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventor: Kazuhiro HATTA
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Publication number: 20180352630Abstract: An illumination system includes a light source capable of emitting biorhythm control light, a controller that controls a lighting state of the light source, and a manipulation apparatus. The controller executes an introduction mode in which the illuminance of the biorhythm control light is set by gradually increasing or decreasing illuminance of the light source over time, and a stationary mode in which the illuminance of the light source is constantly maintained at the illuminance of the biorhythm control light.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Saori UENO, Kazuhiro HATTA
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Publication number: 20180313689Abstract: A received-light amount measurement system is provided. The received-light amount measurement system includes: a first device that is wearable and obtains a first amount of received light; and a controller that, obtains first information on the first amount of received light from the first device. When the first amount of received light is less than or equal to a first specified value, the controller calculates interpolation information for interpolating the first amount of received light during a time period in which the first amount of received light is less than or equal to the first specified value, and determines the interpolation information as an interpolated amount of received light obtained by the first device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuri FUJIWARA, Kazuhiro HATTA
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Publication number: 20180288862Abstract: An illumination system includes: an illumination device; a time setter that sets a target time; and a controller that controls a color temperature of light emitted by the illumination device. The controller determines a target color temperature according to the target time, and causes the color temperature of the light emitted by the illumination device to be the target color temperature at the target time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Junichi HASEGAWA, Kazuhiro HATTA
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Publication number: 20180250492Abstract: A light emission control device includes a light emission controller which controls a light emitter and performs normal control and wake-up control, the normal control being control for causing the light emitter to emit light having a color temperature and luminance according to an instruction of a user, the wake-up control being control for causing the light emitter to emit light at increasing luminance over time to wake up the user who is sleeping. The maximum luminance of light emitted by the light emitter in the wake-up control is greater than the maximum luminance of light emitted by the light emitter in the normal control.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Hiroshi Kido, Shigeru Ido, Hisao Kataoka, Naohiro Toda, Kazuhiro Hatta, Sadayoshi Hattori
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Publication number: 20180214663Abstract: A lighting system includes a light source unit; an irradiation controller that forms a first area in a space by causing the light source unit to emit first light according to a first irradiation schedule, and simultaneously with the formation of the first area, forms a second area in the space by causing the light source unit to emit second light according to a second irradiation schedule; a communicator that acquires health condition information indicating the health condition of a user; a judgment unit that judges whether the user is a first subject targeted for irradiation with the first light or a second subject targeted for irradiation with the second light, on the basis of the acquired health condition information; and a presentation unit that presents whether the user is the first subject or the second subject, on the basis of the judgment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Saori UENO, Kazuhiro HATTA
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Patent number: 10012959Abstract: A lighting device includes: an illuminator which emits illumination light; a clock which measures time; a receiver which receives input of a set time from a user; a sensor which detects whether an eye of the user is open; and a controller which controls, at or after the set time, the illuminator, based on a result of the detection by the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Naohiro Toda, Kazuhiro Hatta
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Publication number: 20180090010Abstract: A warning device includes: a sensor which is attachable to a supporting member and measures a distance, the supporting member being fixedly installed; and a notifier which performs notification using predetermined output. The sensor measures at least one of sensor-object distances and a moving object distance, the sensor-object distances being distances between the sensor and each of at least two moving objects which are approaching to each other, the moving object distance being a distance between the at least two moving objects which are approaching to each other, and the notifier performs the notification by varying a manner of the predetermined output according to the at least one of the sensor object distances and the moving object distance which are measured by the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Masaaki IKEHARA, Kentaro YAMAUCHI, Kazuhiro HATTA
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Patent number: 9842477Abstract: A lighting device includes: a light source switchable between illumination modes; a human detector which detects a person in a detection area in an illumination area of the light source; an ID reader which wirelessly reads an identification stored in an RF tag in a read area corresponding to the detection area; and a controller communicably connected to the light source, the human detector, and the ID reader. The controller obtains from the human detector human detection information indicating that one or more persons are present, obtains from the ID reader one or more identifications read by the ID reader when the human detector detects the one or more persons, and applies one mode of the illumination modes to the light source based on the human detection information and one or more identifications obtained, and the light source performs illumination in the applied mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shojiro Kido, Kazuhiro Hatta
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Patent number: 9840194Abstract: An illumination system includes: a seat; a wall; and a sleep control light for controlling sleep, wherein the seat includes a backrest and a seating portion, and makes a transition between a seated state and a lying state when the backrest and the seating portion make a slide movement, the seated state being a state where a minor angle formed between the backrest and the seating portion is a first angle, the lying state being a state where the minor angle is a second angle greater than the first angle, an optical axis of the sleep control light is tilted downward with respect to the horizontal plane, the sleep control light is located behind or above the seat when the seat is in the seated state, and the optical axis of the sleep control light passes through the backrest when the seat is in the lying state.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2017Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Hasegawa, Kazuhiro Hatta, Hiroki Noguchi
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Publication number: 20170309147Abstract: A lighting device includes: a light source switchable between illumination modes; a human detector which detects a person in a detection area in an illumination area of the light source; an ID reader which wirelessly reads an identification stored in an RF tag in a read area corresponding to the detection area; and a controller communicably connected to the light source, the human detector, and the ID reader. The controller obtains from the human detector human detection information indicating that one or more persons are present, obtains from the ID reader one or more identifications read by the ID reader when the human detector detects the one or more persons, and applies one mode of the illumination modes to the light source based on the human detection information and one or more identifications obtained, and the light source performs illumination in the applied mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Shojiro KIDO, Kazuhiro HATTA
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Publication number: 20170296687Abstract: A cubicle unit includes a first illumination apparatus, a second illumination apparatus, a sensor, and a controller. When a brightness sensed by the sensor is a predetermined brightness or less, the controller causes the second illumination apparatus to emit light having a first color temperature lower than a color temperature of light emitted by the first illumination apparatus. When the brightness sensed by the sensor is greater than the predetermined brightness, the controller causes the second illumination apparatus to emit light having a second color temperature lower than the first color temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Kazuhiro HATTA, Junichi HASEGAWA, Kiyotaka HIRATA
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Publication number: 20170259736Abstract: An illumination system includes: a seat; a wall; and a sleep control light for controlling sleep, wherein the seat includes a backrest and a seating portion, and makes a transition between a seated state and a lying state when the backrest and the seating portion make a slide movement, the seated state being a state where a minor angle formed between the backrest and the seating portion is a first angle, the lying state being a state where the minor angle is a second angle greater than the first angle, an optical axis of the sleep control light is tilted downward with respect to the horizontal plane, the sleep control light is located behind or above the seat when the seat is in the seated state, and the optical axis of the sleep control light passes through the backrest when the seat is in the lying state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Junichi HASEGAWA, Kazuhiro HATTA, Hiroki NOGUCHI
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Publication number: 20170031324Abstract: A lighting device includes: an illuminator which emits illumination light; a clock which measures time; a receiver which receives input of a set time from a user; a sensor which detects whether an eye of the user is open; and a controller which controls, at or after the set time, the illuminator, based on a result of the detection by the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Naohiro TODA, Kazuhiro HATTA