Patents by Inventor Kazumasa Takata

Kazumasa Takata 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: 11940647
    Abstract: Light control body (6) has first incident surface (7) and first reflection surface (9). First incident surface (7) condenses part of light emitted from light source (1) and emits the light toward incident surface (3) of light guide plate (2). First reflection surface (9) reflects the light that is emitted from light source (1) and does not pass through first incident surface (7), and emits the light toward incident surface (3) of light guide plate (2). First focal position (11) of first incident surface (7) and second focal position (12) of first reflection surface (9) are set at positions that are different from each other and away from the light emission surface of light source (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Araki, Wahei Agemizu, Kazumasa Takata, Masaru Fujita
  • Publication number: 20240045206
    Abstract: An optical system includes a light guide member, a prism, and a plurality of light control bodies. The light guide member includes an incident surface on which light is incident, and a first surface and a second surface facing each other. In the light guide member, the second surface is an emission surface of light. The prism is provided on the first surface and reflects light passing through the light guide member toward the second surface. The plurality of light control bodies are positioned between light sources and the incident surface. The plurality of light control bodies control light rays output from the light sources and incident on the incident surface. Each of the plurality of light control bodies includes an incident lens. Each of the plurality of light control bodies causes the light incident on the incident lens from the light source to be incident on the incident surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: WAHEI AGEMIZU, KAZUMASA TAKATA, MASARU FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20240027759
    Abstract: An optical system includes a light guide member and a prism. The light guide member has: an incident surface on which light is incident; and a first surface and a second surface facing each other. The second surface is a light emergent surface. The prism is provided for the first surface and reflects, toward the second surface, the light passing inside the light guide member. The light guide member includes a direct optical path, along which the light that has entered the light guide member through the incident surface is directly reflected from the prism and allowed to emerge from the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Wahei AGEMIZU, Kazumasa TAKATA, Masaru FUJITA, Tomohisa SAKAGUCHI, Hiroki HARA, Masaki AMIE
  • Publication number: 20230400613
    Abstract: An optical multiplexer includes a plurality of light sources that emit a plurality of laser beams having different wavelengths, a collimator that collimates a plurality of laser beams emitted from a plurality of light sources, and a diffraction grating that diffracts a plurality of laser beams collimated by the collimator and emits a plurality of laser beams along a same optical path, the diffraction grating being of a transmission-type. A plurality of light sources are linearly arranged on an incident side focal plane of the collimator, a grating surface of the diffraction grating is disposed on an emission side focal plane of the collimator, and distance D between two adjacent light sources is set to satisfy D=f×(?1??2)/p, where ?1, ?2 (?1>?2) are respectively wavelengths of laser beams emitted from the two adjacent light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: ATSUSHI FUKUI, KAZUMASA TAKATA, YOSUKE ARAKI
  • Patent number: 11835719
    Abstract: An optical system includes a light guide member having a light incident surface, a first surface, and a light emergent surface facing the first surface; and a prism provided in the first surface for reflecting light passing inside the light guide member towards the light emergent surface. The light guide member includes a direct optical path, along which the light that has entered the light guide member through the incident surface is directly reflected from the prism and allowed to emerge from the light emergent surface. At least one of the first surface or the light emergent surface includes a luminous intensity distribution control member configured to control a luminous intensity distribution of light to be extracted from the light emergent surface. The luminous intensity distribution control member includes a Fresnel lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wahei Agemizu, Kazumasa Takata, Masaru Fujita, Tomohisa Sakaguchi, Hiroki Hara, Masaki Amie
  • Publication number: 20230375770
    Abstract: Light control body (6) has first incident surface (7) and first reflection surface (9). First incident surface (7) condenses part of light emitted from light source (1) and emits the light toward incident surface (3) of light guide plate (2). First reflection surface (9) reflects the light that is emitted from light source (1) and does not pass through first incident surface (7), and emits the light toward incident surface (3) of light guide plate (2). First focal position (11) of first incident surface (7) and second focal position (12) of first reflection surface (9) are set at positions that are different from each other and away from the light emission surface of light source (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: YOSUKE ARAKI, WAHEI AGEMIZU, KAZUMASA TAKATA, MASARU FUJITA
  • Patent number: 11656473
    Abstract: An optical system includes a light guide member having a light-incident surface, a first surface, a light-emitting surface facing the first surface, a first end surface, a second end surface, a plurality of collimating lenses disposed on the light-incident surface and being arranged along a first direction, and a plurality of prism pieces. The plurality of prism pieces include two or more prism pieces having different inclination angles with respect to the light-incident surface depending on positions of the prism pieces in at least the first direction, and each of the inclination angles of the two or more prism pieces is an angle formed between the first direction and the longitudinal axis of a corresponding prism piece. Each of the inclination angles of the two or more prism pieces increases as the corresponding prism piece is positioned closer to any of the first end surface or the second end surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Takata, Masaru Fujita, Wahei Agemizu, Yosuke Araki, Tomohisa Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 11422452
    Abstract: An optical multiplexer includes: an incident surface on which incident light beams having different wavelengths are to be incident; a reflection portion configured to reflect the incident light beams; and an emission surface configured to emit reflected light beams reflected by the reflection portion. The incident surface has adjacent condenser lenses corresponding to the respective incident light beams. The reflection portion has adjacent reflection surfaces configured to reflect the respective incident light beams which have been condensed. The adjacent reflection surfaces are respectively disposed so that angle ? formed by the respective reflected light beams reflected by the adjacent reflection surfaces is smaller than angle ? formed by the respective incident light beams which have been condensed. The emission surface has diffraction grating in which the respective reflected light beams reflected by the adjacent reflection surfaces are to be incident at a same position and diffracted in a same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Takata, Takashi Matsuda, Atsushi Fukui
  • Publication number: 20220128829
    Abstract: A light refraction member includes an incident surface on which planar light is incident, a plurality of refractors that refract the planar light, and an emitting surface from which the planar light refracted by the plurality of refractors is emitted as emitted light. The plurality of refractors are provided side by side in a first direction on at least one of the incident surface and the emitting surface, and each of the plurality of refractors has an area in which a direction in which the planar light is refracted changes along a second direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: TOMOHISA SAKAGUCHI, WAHEI AGEMIZU, KAZUMASA TAKATA, MASARU FUJITA
  • Patent number: 11274949
    Abstract: Light emitted from laser light source is divided by prism into two light flux and light flux corresponding to light emitted from slope and slope. Light flux and light flux are diffused by diffusion plate and diffusion plate to become light flux and light flux. By overlapping light flux and light flux, a radiation distribution with a wide angle and high light intensity can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Fukui, Kazumasa Takata
  • Publication number: 20220043262
    Abstract: An optical system includes a light guide member and a prism. The light guide member has: an incident surface on which light is incident; and a first surface and a second surface facing each other. The second surface is a light emergent surface. The prism is provided for the first surface and reflects, toward the second surface, the light passing inside the light guide member. The light guide member includes a direct optical path, along which the light that has entered the light guide member through the incident surface is directly reflected from the prism and allowed to emerge from the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Wahei AGEMIZU, Kazumasa TAKATA, Masaru FUJITA, Tomohisa SAKAGUCHI, Hiroki HARA, Masaki AMIE
  • Publication number: 20210356752
    Abstract: An optical system includes a light guide member and a plurality of prism pieces. The light guide member has an incident surface on which light is incident, and first and second surfaces facing each other, and the second surface is a light-emitting surface. The plurality of prism pieces are provided on the first surface and reflect the light passing through an inside of the light guide member toward the second surface. The plurality of prism pieces include two or more prism pieces having different inclination angles with respect to an incident surface depending on a position in at least a first direction along both the incident surface and the first surface. The inclination angles of two or more prism pieces are determined so that the light emitted from the second surface is directed to the outside or the inside of the first direction with respect to a reference light beam as the prism piece is positioned closer to both ends of the first surface in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: KAZUMASA TAKATA, MASARU FUJITA, WAHEI AGEMIZU, YOSUKE ARAKI, TOMOHISA SAKAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11155910
    Abstract: Provided is a high-strength, heat-resistant, Ni-base alloy comprising Co: from 5 to 12%, Cr: from 5 to 12%, Mo: from 0.5 to 3.0%, W: from 3.0 to 6.0%, Al: from 5.5 to 7.2%, Ti: from 1.0 to 3.0%, Ta: from 1.5 to 6.0%, Re: from 0 to 2.0%, and C: from 0.01 to 0.20%. The high-strength, heat-resistant, Ni-base alloy is constituted of a Ni-based alloy, the balance of the Ni-based alloy comprising Ni and inevitable impurities. The density of the high-strength, heat-resistant Ni-base alloy is less than 8.5 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Taneike, Ikuo Okada, Kazumasa Takata, Junichiro Masada, Keizo Tsukagoshi, Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Yoshiaki Nishimura, Shinya Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11098868
    Abstract: A lighting device includes light emitting element; first lens that receives light emitted from light emitting element and emits first emission light; and second lens that receives the first emission light and emits second emission light. Second lens includes second convex incident surface receiving the first emission light, second convex emission surface that is provided on a right side of a drawing and emits the second emission light, and second top surface portion and second bottom surface portion each located between second incident surface and second emission surface. Second bottom surface portion includes first inclined surface and second inclined surface formed to be inclined with respect to an optical axis of light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohisa Sakaguchi, Yosuke Araki, Kazumasa Takata
  • Patent number: 11054101
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a light emitting element; a first lens that receives light emitted from the light emitting element and emits first emission light; and a second lens that receives the first emission light and emits second emission light. The first lens has a first emission surface emitting the first emission light, the first emission surface having a convex shape protruding in a Z direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Araki, Ryoma Murase, Kazumasa Takata, Jun Hirai, Hiroshi Umiji, Hiroshi Hamano
  • Publication number: 20210103208
    Abstract: An optical multiplexer includes: incident surface on which a plurality of incident light beams having different wavelengths are incident; first reflection portion that reflects the plurality of incident light beams; and emission surface that emits a plurality of reflected light beams reflected by the first reflection surface. The incident surface is provided with a plurality of adjacent condenser lenses corresponding to respective incident light beams. The first reflection surface has a plurality of adjacent reflection surfaces that reflect the light beams condensed by the condenser lenses. The plurality of reflection surfaces are respectively disposed so that angle ? formed by the respective reflected light beams reflected by the adjacent reflection surfaces is smaller than angle ? formed by the respective incident light beams condensed by the adjacent condenser lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: KAZUMASA TAKATA, TAKASHI MATSUDA, ATSUSHI FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20210088194
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a light emitting element; a first lens that receives light emitted from the light emitting element and emits first emission light; and a second lens that receives the first emission light and emits second emission light. The first lens has a first emission surface emitting the first emission light, the first emission surface having a convex shape protruding in a Z direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: YOSUKE ARAKI, RYOMA MURASE, KAZUMASA TAKATA, JUN HIRAI, HIROSHI UMIJI, HIROSHI HAMANO
  • Publication number: 20210088195
    Abstract: A lighting device includes light emitting element; first lens that receives light emitted from light emitting element and emits first emission light; and second lens that receives the first emission light and emits second emission light. Second lens includes second convex incident surface receiving the first emission light, second convex emission surface that is provided on a right side of a drawing and emits the second emission light, and second top surface portion and second bottom surface portion each located between second incident surface and second emission surface. Second bottom surface portion includes first inclined surface and second inclined surface formed to be inclined with respect to an optical axis of light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: TOMOHISA SAKAGUCHI, YOSUKE ARAKI, KAZUMASA TAKATA
  • Publication number: 20200379331
    Abstract: Light emitted from laser light source is divided by prism into two light flux and light flux corresponding to light emitted from slope and slope. Light flux and light flux are diffused by diffusion plate and diffusion plate to become light flux and light flux. By overlapping light flux and light flux, a radiation distribution with a wide angle and high light intensity can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: ATSUSHI FUKUI, KAZUMASA TAKATA
  • Patent number: 10768354
    Abstract: A display device includes light guide plate, a light source, and a concealing plate. The light guide plate propagates light incident from an incident end surface, reflects the light with a prism provided on a reflection surface, and causes the light to emit from an emission surface facing the reflection surface. The light guide plate has a plurality of inclined surfaces on a side end surface excluding an incident end surface of the light guide plate and a facing end surface facing the incident end surface, and a line segment connecting a center of sides of the plurality of inclined surfaces and a center of the light source, and the sides of the inclined surfaces are substantially perpendicular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Takata, Wahei Agemizu