Patents by Inventor Kenichi Kubota

Kenichi Kubota 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).

  • Publication number: 20240090302
    Abstract: A high-resolution display apparatus having a function of sensing light is provided. A high-definition display apparatus having a function of sensing light is provided. The display apparatus includes a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, a third light-emitting device, a first light-receiving device, and a second light-receiving device in a first pixel. The first light-emitting device has a function of emitting red light. The second light-emitting device has a function of emitting green light. The third light-emitting device has a function of emitting blue light. The first light-receiving device has a function of sensing light emitted from at least one of the three light-emitting devices. The second light-receiving device has a function of sensing infrared light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Shingo EGUCHI, Daisuke KUBOTA, Yasuhiro NIIKURA
  • Publication number: 20230397083
    Abstract: In a “local production for local consumption” network including a backhaul line formed by wireless multi-hop communication between a plurality of base stations, and a plurality of local service servers, communication speed is increased by appropriately selecting communication routes between the user terminals and the local service servers, and the power efficiency of the wireless communication by minimizing the power consumption of the overall system. A network control server collects information regarding the user terminals, the access points, and the local service servers, sets communication routes between the user terminals and the local service servers, groups of the base stations, those of the existing base stations and local service servers that are active so as to optimize a power efficiency of the overall network according to the collected information, and notifies the base stations, the local service servers or the user terminals of route information regarding the communication routes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi KUBOTA, Hiroaki ASANO, Masahisa OKUDA
  • Patent number: 11829006
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave at a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is aspheric. The first lens and the second lens have a specific composite focal length. The third lens have a specific focal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 11822151
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens has at least one aspheric surface. The fifth lens has two aspheric surfaces. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side is convex at a paraxial region thereof and a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave at a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens has two aspheric surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 11740433
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side with spaces in between each of the lenses. The first lens has one aspheric surface. The third lens has one aspheric surface. The fourth lens has one aspheric surface. The fifth lens has two aspheric surfaces and the surface thereof on the object side is convex toward the object side near an optical axis thereof. The sixth lens has two aspheric surfaces and the surface thereof on the image plane side is convex toward the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The second lens and the third lens have a specific focal length. The second lens and the fifth lens have a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11668904
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave at a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is aspheric. The first lens and the second lens have a specific composite focal length. The third lens have a specific focal length. The fourth lens and the fifth lens have a specific composite focal length. The sixth lens and the seventh lens have a specific composite focal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 11668903
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side is convex at a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens and the fifth lens have a specific composite focal length. The sixth lens and the seventh lens have a specific composite focal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 11644640
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; an aperture stop; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave at a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens is formed in the shape so that the surface thereof on the image plane side has an aspheric shape having an inflection point. The first lens has a specific Abbe's number ?1. The first lens is disposed away from the second lens by a specific distance. The fifth lens is disposed away from the sixth lens by a specific distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11561373
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side with spaces in between each of the lenses. The second lens is formed in a shape of a meniscus lens near an optical axis thereof. The third lens has at least one aspheric surface. The fourth lens has at least one aspheric surface. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side is convex toward the object side near an optical axis thereof. The sixth lens has two aspheric surfaces and the surface on the image plane side is convex toward the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The second lens has a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11554635
    Abstract: A heat circuit may include a controller configured to execute a first process and then a defrosting operation. The first process may be a process to execute a first air-heating operation and a heat storage operation simultaneously. The second process may be a process to execute a defrosting operation. The controller may be configured, in the first air-heating operation, to cause the radiator to heat a radiator passage and cause the air-heating apparatus to heat air using heat of a air-heating passage while circulating the heat medium in the radiator passage and the air-heating passage. The controller may be configured, in the heat storage operation, to circulate the heat medium in an electrical apparatus passage and a bypass passage. The controller may be configured, in the defrosting operation, to circulate the heat medium in the electrical apparatus passage and the radiator passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohji Kinoshita, Shoma Hanano, Yoshio Hasegawa, Manabu Orihashi, Kenichi Kubota, Hideyuki Kawai, Makoto Ikegami, Yuuki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20220342181
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes: arranged in order from an object side to an image side IM, a first lens L1 having positive refractive power; a second lens L2 having negative refractive power; a third lens L3 having positive refractive power; a fourth lens L4 having negative refractive power; a fifth lens L5; a sixth lens L6 having negative refractive power; a seventh lens L7 having negative refractive power; and an eighth lens L8 having negative refractive power. The second lens L2 has a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region, and the sixth lens L6 has a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventor: Kenichi KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 11474327
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image side has an aspheric shape. The fourth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has an aspheric shape. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave at a paraxial region thereof, and has an aspheric shape having an inflection point. The sixth lens has a specific Abbe's number ?6. The first lens and the fifth lens are disposed away from the second lens and the sixth lens, respectively, by specific distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11442250
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group; and a third lens group having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens. The second lens group includes a fourth lens and a fifth lens. The third lens group includes a sixth lens and a seventh lens having negative refractive power. The first lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens has a specific focal length. The second lens is disposed away from the third lens by a specific distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 11442247
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; an aperture stop; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side is convex at a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The first lens and the sixth lens have specific Abbe's numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11442249
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; an aperture stop; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The fourth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is convex at a paraxial region thereof and has an aspheric shape having an inflection point. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave at a paraxial region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11442248
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; an aperture stop; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The fourth lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side is convex at a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The first lens and the sixth lens have specific Abbe's numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11428900
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The third lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof directing to the image plane side is concave at a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens has a specific focal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Publication number: 20220262385
    Abstract: The voice control device includes a sound source signal input unit, a frequency determination unit, a band controller, a sound image controller, and a voice output unit. The sound source signal input unit inputs a sound source signal of content from a sound source. The frequency determination unit determines a cutoff frequency. The band controller acquires a high frequency signal in a frequency band equal to or higher than the cutoff frequency and a low frequency signal in a frequency band equal to or lower than the cutoff frequency, from the sound source signal of the content. The sound image controller generates a plurality of sound image control signals for controlling sound images of the plurality of speakers, by controlling at least one of a phase and a sound pressure level of the high frequency signal. The voice output unit outputs the low frequency signal to a first speaker, and outputs the plurality of sound image control signals to a second speaker composed of a plurality of speakers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junji ARAKI, Satoshi ABE, Takahiro YAMAGUCHI, Kenichi KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 11407281
    Abstract: A heat management device may include: a first heat circuit; a second heat circuit; a heat exchanger configured to cool the first heat circuit and heat the second heat circuit; air-heating apparatus configured to heat air using the second heat circuit; a battery and electrical apparatus configured to be cooled by the first heat circuit; and a radiator configured to exchange heat between the first heat circuit and outside air. A controller may be configured, in the second process, to cause the heat exchanger to cool the heat exchanger passage while a heat medium circulates in the heat exchanger passage and the battery passage and bypasses the radiator passage. The controller may be configured, in the third process, to cause the radiator to cool the heat medium while the heat medium circulates in the radiator passage and the electrical apparatus passage and bypasses the heat exchanger passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohji Kinoshita, Shoma Hanano, Yoshio Hasegawa, Manabu Orihashi, Hideyuki Kawai, Kenichi Kubota, Makoto Ikegami, Yuuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 11300762
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens having negative refractive power; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens is formed in a meniscus shape near an optical axis thereof. The third lens is formed in a meniscus shape so that a surface thereof directing to the object side is convex near an optical axis thereof. The sixth lens is formed in a meniscus shape near an optical axis thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa