Patents by Inventor Kazuyoshi Kadotani

Kazuyoshi Kadotani 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: 9485842
    Abstract: A lighting system includes a lighting fixture, a demand controller and a control board. The demand controller obtains power usage of a plurality of devices including the lighting fixture and, outputs a demand signal depending on the power usage obtained. The control board includes a switch provided on a power line and a switch controller that interrupts supply of power over the power line for a predetermined period of time by controlling the switch based on the output demand signal. The lighting fixture includes a light emitter, a detector, and a controller that causes the light emitter to emit light in a second dimming state darker than a first dimming state in which the light emitter emitted light immediately before the detection, if the detector detects that the supply of power has been interrupted for the predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kadotani, Hajime Koide
  • Patent number: 9374860
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a first light source composed of first LEDs each configured to emit light with a first color temperature, a second light source composed of second LEDs each configured to emit light with a second color temperature lower than the first color temperature, a lighting circuit, and a control circuit. The number of second LEDs is less than that of the first LEDs. The lighting circuit is configured to cause the first and second light sources to light on by supplying first and second drive currents to the first and second light sources, respectively. The control circuit is configured to control lighting conditions of the first and second light sources so that: total light intensity of the first light source varies in response to a dimming signal; and total light intensity of the second light source is kept constant independently of the dimming signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kadotani, Minoru Maehara
  • Publication number: 20160174341
    Abstract: A lighting system includes a lighting fixture, a demand controller and a control board. The demand controller obtains power usage of a plurality of devices including the lighting fixture and, outputs a demand signal depending on the power usage obtained. The control board includes a switch provided on a power line and a switch controller that interrupts supply of power over the power line for a predetermined period of time by controlling the switch based on the output demand signal. The lighting fixture includes a light emitter, a detector, and a controller that causes the light emitter to emit light in a second dimming state darker than a first dimming state in which the light emitter emitted light immediately before the detection, if the detector detects that the supply of power has been interrupted for the predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi KADOTANI, Hajime KOIDE
  • Publication number: 20150091472
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a first light source composed of first LEDs each configured to emit light with a first color temperature, a second light source composed of second LEDs each configured to emit light with a second color temperature lower than the first color temperature, a lighting circuit, and a control circuit. The number of second LEDs is less than that of the first LEDs. The lighting circuit is configured to cause the first and second light sources to light on by supplying first and second drive currents to the first and second light sources, respectively. The control circuit is configured to control lighting conditions of the first and second light sources so that: total light intensity of the first light source varies in response to a dimming signal; and total light intensity of the second light source is kept constant independently of the dimming signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi KADOTANI, Minoru MAEHARA
  • Patent number: 8330378
    Abstract: An illumination device is provided for controlling a color temperature of light irradiated from a light source having a plurality of light-emitting elements of different light colors. A control setting module provides a control signal associated with a desired color temperature for the irradiated light. A light quantity determination circuit determines light quantities for each of the light-emitting elements based on a relationship between the control signal from the control setting module and an inverse color temperature. A plurality of driver circuits provide driver signals to the light-emitting elements corresponding to the determined light quantities. In this manner the color temperature for light irradiated from the light source coincides with the desired color temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Maehara, Kazuyoshi Kadotani, Kenichiro Tanaka, Ichirou Tanimura, Takuya Nobuta
  • Publication number: 20100225241
    Abstract: An illumination device is provided for controlling a color temperature of light irradiated from a light source having a plurality of light-emitting elements of different light colors. A control setting module provides a control signal associated with a desired color temperature for the irradiated light. A light quantity determination circuit determines light quantities for each of the light-emitting elements based on a relationship between the control signal from the control setting module and an inverse color temperature. A plurality of driver circuits provide driver signals to the light-emitting elements corresponding to the determined light quantities. In this manner the color temperature for light irradiated from the light source coincides with the desired color temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Minoru Maehara, Kazuyoshi Kadotani, Kenichiro Tanaka, Ichirou Tanimura, Takuya Nobuta