Patents by Inventor Kenichiro Tanaka

Kenichiro Tanaka 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: 10330181
    Abstract: In a continuously variable transmission including: a first transmission unit including a first input disc and a first output disc disposed coaxially and a power roller tiltably interposed between these discs; and a second transmission unit disposed coaxially with the first transmission unit, including a second input disc and a second output disc disposed coaxially and a second power roller tiltably interposed between these discs, and disposed such that a back surface of the second input disc is opposed to a back surface of the first input disc, a tubular back surface cylinder wall is provided on each of the back surfaces of the first input disc and the second input disc so as to project therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichiro Tanaka, Hideyuki Imai, Tatsuhiko Goi, Isao Fujii
  • Publication number: 20190187065
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus that irradiates light on a vehicle is provided. The lighting apparatus includes: a first light source that emits light for illuminating a predetermined area; a memory that stores location information indicating a location of the lighting apparatus; a second light source that outputs, to the predetermined area, a light signal indicating the location information; and a first controller that controls the first light source and the second light source, and modulates the light signal output by the second light source, in accordance with the location information stored in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki TAKAHIRA, Shojiro KIDO, Toshiya MORIWAKI, Kenichiro TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10312339
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device in the present disclosure, a first nitride semiconductor layer has a two-dimensional electron gas channel in a vicinity of an interface with a second nitride semiconductor layer. In plan view, an electrode portion is provided between a first electrode and a second electrode with a space between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a space between the second electrode and the electrode portion is smaller than the space between the first electrode and the electrode portion. An energy barrier is provided in a junction surface between the electrode portion and the second nitride semiconductor layer, the energy barrier indicating a rectifying action in a forward direction from the electrode portion to the second nitride semiconductor layer, and a bandgap of the second nitride semiconductor layer is wider than a bandgap of the first nitride semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Saichirou Kaneko, Hiroto Yamagiwa, Ayanori Ikoshi, Masayuki Kuroda, Manabu Yanagihara, Kenichiro Tanaka, Tetsuyuki Fukushima
  • Patent number: 10281633
    Abstract: A light source device according to an embodiment includes a solid-state light source, and an optical transmission fiber. The optical transmission fiber includes a wavelength conversion core, a light guide core, and a clad, the wavelength conversion core absorbing excitation light to generate a population inversion state of electrons and including a wavelength conversion material emitting wavelength converted light in a visible light region, the light guide core covering a periphery of the wavelength conversion core and transmitting the wavelength converted light from a first end face side to a second end face side, and the clad covering a periphery of the light guide core. In the optical transmission fiber, the wavelength converted light propagating in the light guide core generates stimulated emission, and the excitation light and the wavelength converted light amplified by the stimulated emission are emitted from the second end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190101193
    Abstract: A toroidal continuously variable transmission including input and output discs disposed to face each other so that a rotational axis of the input disc and a rotational axis of the output disc conform, each of the discs having a concave contact surface; a power roller sandwiched between the contact surfaces of discs so that the power roller is tiltable, the power roller transmitting a rotational driving force of the input disc to the output disc with a transmission ratio corresponding to a tilt motion angle; and a pressing device which presses one of the discs toward the other. When viewed from a direction of a tilt motion axis lof the power roller, the contact surface of at least one of discs has a region with a curvature that is larger than a curvature of a tilt motion trajectory of a contact surface of the power roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kippei MATSUDA, Hideyuki IMAI, Kenichiro TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10249748
    Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device includes: a substrate of a first conductivity type having a first surface and a second surface on a side of the substrate opposite the first surface; a first nitride semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type which is disposed on the first surface of the substrate and includes an acceptor impurity; a second nitride semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type disposed on the first nitride semiconductor layer, the second conductivity type being opposite to the first conductivity type; a first electrode disposed on the second surface of the substrate; a second electrode disposed on the first nitride semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode disposed on the second nitride semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Kajitani, Daisuke Shibata, Kenichiro Tanaka, Masahiro Ishida, Tetsuzo Ueda
  • Publication number: 20190088829
    Abstract: Provided is a light source that emits white light having a correlated color temperature of at least 2700 K and at most 7200 K, a chromaticity deviation within ±10, and an average color rendering index of at least 80. The light source includes: a solid-state light emitter that emits light of a first wavelength, and a fluorescent layer. The fluorescent layer receives light from the solid-state light emitter, and transmits light having a second wavelength after being excited by the light from the solid-state light emitter. The fluorescent layer includes: fluorescent materials of two or more types different in emission peak wavelength, a binder that includes a light-transmissive inorganic compound that fixes the fluorescent materials, and a void that is provided between the fluorescent materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LT D.
    Inventors: Naoko TAKEI, Kenichiro TANAKA, Ikko KUZUHARA
  • Patent number: 10193001
    Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device is provided that includes: a substrate; an n-type drift layer above the front surface of the substrate; a p-type base layer above the n-type drift layer; a gate opening in the base layer that reaches the drift layer; an n-type channel forming layer that covers the gate opening and has a channel region; a gate electrode above a section of the channel forming layer in the gate opening; an opening that is separated from the gate electrode and reaches the base layer; an opening formed in a bottom surface of said opening and reaching the drift layer; a source electrode covering the openings; and a drain electrode on the rear surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Shibata, Kenichiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20180329130
    Abstract: A light source device according to an embodiment includes a solid-state light source, and an optical transmission fiber. The optical transmission fiber includes a wavelength conversion core, a light guide core, and a clad, the wavelength conversion core absorbing excitation light to generate a population inversion state of electrons and including a wavelength conversion material emitting wavelength converted light in a visible light region, the light guide core covering a periphery of the wavelength conversion core and transmitting the wavelength converted light from a first end face side to a second end face side, and the clad covering a periphery of the light guide core. In the optical transmission fiber, the wavelength converted light propagating in the light guide core generates stimulated emission, and the excitation light and the wavelength converted light amplified by the stimulated emission are emitted from the second end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LT D.
    Inventor: Kenichiro TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10104439
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for navigating between groups of media assets based on multiple user inputs of directional navigation commands received within a threshold period of time of each other. Specifically, the system may navigate through a number of ordered groups of media assets without presenting information to the user related to the specific groups (e.g., present to the user media assets associated with the group) in response to receiving the multiple directional navigation commands, thus allowing a user to navigate to a desired group of media assets with fewer distractions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Margret B. Schmidt, Kenichiro Tanaka, Alexander W. Liston, Elizabeth V. Riley
  • Publication number: 20180237154
    Abstract: An electric power generating device for an aircraft, which is driven by an output of an aircraft engine, comprises an input shaft to which a driving force of the engine is transmitted; a transmission arranged with the input shaft; an electric power generator arranged with the input shaft and the transmission and driven by an output of the transmission; a driving force transmission mechanism disposed on a first end side of the input shaft in an axial direction thereof, the driving force transmission mechanism being configured to transmit the output from the transmission to the electric power generator; and a casing including a mounting section on the first end side of the input shaft in the axial direction, wherein the transmission includes an input section provided on a second end side of the input shaft in the axial direction, the input section being configured to receive as an input a rotational driving force from the input shaft, and an output section provided on the first end side of the input shaft in th
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichiro TANAKA, Hideyuki IMAI, Isao FUJII, Tatsuhiko GOI, Shogo FUCHIWAKI
  • Patent number: 10054215
    Abstract: A hydraulic circuit for controlling a continuously variable transmission includes: a lubrication line provided with a lubrication pump, and configured to supply oil from an oil tank to a lubrication target by using the lubrication pump; a high pressure line provided with a high pressure pump, branching from the lubrication line, and configured to supply, by using the high pressure pump, high-pressure oil to a hydraulic control section that controls oil pressure of the oil to be supplied to the continuously variable transmission; and a cooling return line branching from the high pressure line, and configured to return the oil to a downstream side of the lubrication pump in the lubrication line, a portion of the cooling return line forming a cooling path to cool a generator connected to the continuously variable transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideyuki Imai, Kenichiro Tanaka, Tatsuhiko Goi
  • Patent number: 10050138
    Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a substrate; a first nitride semiconductor layer which is formed on the substrate, and which has a C-plane as a main surface; a second nitride semiconductor layer which is formed on the first nitride semiconductor layer, and which has p-type conductivity; and a first opening which is formed in the second nitride semiconductor layer, and which reaches the first nitride semiconductor layer. The nitride semiconductor device further includes a third nitride semiconductor layer which is formed so as to cover the first opening in the second nitride semiconductor layer; a first electrode which is formed on the third nitride semiconductor layer so as to include a region of the first opening; and a second electrode which is formed on the rear surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Shibata, Kenichiro Tanaka, Masahiro Ishida, Shinichi Kohda
  • Publication number: 20180192117
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for displaying a status of an application. An account status of the user with respect to an application is determined. If it is determined that that the account status indicates a first level of access to the application (where the user can access a first set of media content using the first level of access to the application), a menu icon is generated that is indicative of the user having the first level of access. If it is determined that that the account status indicates a second level of access to the application (where the user can access a second set of media content that contains at least one media content not contained by the first set using the second level of access to the application), a menu icon is generated that is indicative of the user having the second level of access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander William Liston, Kenichiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20180189076
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for selecting a user interface. A functionality of a remote controller that is communicatively connected with a user equipment is detected. A label and functionality of each input on the remote controller is also detected. Then a user interface is selected, such that at least one user interface element of that user interface matches the label and functionality of at least one input of the remote controller. The selected user interface is then displayed on the user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander William Liston, Kenichiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20180192150
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for navigating between groups of media assets based on multiple user inputs of directional navigation commands received within a threshold period of time of each other. Specifically, the system may navigate through a number of ordered groups of media assets without presenting information to the user related to the specific groups (e.g., present to the user media assets associated with the group) in response to receiving the multiple directional navigation commands, thus allowing a user to navigate to a desired group of media assets with fewer distractions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Margret B. Schmidt, Kenichiro Tanaka, Alexander W. Liston, Elizabeth V. Riley
  • Publication number: 20180192089
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for receiving a request from a user to access a video that is scheduled for transmission, simultaneously to a plurality of users, beginning from a scheduled start time. The request is received after the scheduled start time the transmission is performed by a linear service to which the user subscribes. In response to receiving the request, the systems and methods may generate for display the video to the user, and may receive, during display of the video, a command from the user to start playback of the video over from the beginning. In response to receiving the command, the systems and methods may identify a non-linear service to which the user subscribes that offers a non-linear copy of the video, and may play back the non-linear copy of the video from the beginning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander W. Liston, Kenichiro Tanaka, Margret B. Schmidt, Elizabeth V. Riley
  • Publication number: 20180192130
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for scheduling a season recording. A series is provided to a user device, the series having a plurality of sequential seasons, and each season having a plurality of episodes. A request for recording the series is received from the user. In response, a last episode of the series watched by the user is identified. A relevant season of the plurality of seasons is then determined, such that the relevant season precedes another season of the plurality of seasons and includes the last episode watched by the user. Then, episodes of the relevant season that follow the last episode watched by the user are scheduled for recording, such that episodes of a season that precedes the relevant season are not scheduled for recording.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander William Liston, Kenichiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9960927
    Abstract: A controller of an in-home controller receives, via a terminal communicator, input data related to a manager registration transmitted from a terminal device. The controller performs a manager registration based on the received input data. Also, the controller generates user registration request data containing a user ID and a password extracted from the received input data, a controller ID read from data storage. The controller transmits the generated user registration request data to an external server via a wide-area communicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Yabe, Ichiro Maruyama, Satoshi Minezawa, Toshiaki Yoshikawa, Hirotoshi Yano, Daisuke Iizawa, Kenichiro Tanaka, Takashi Ogino
  • Publication number: 20180097123
    Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device includes: a substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface; a first nitride semiconductor layer of an n-type which is disposed on the first major surface and has a protrusion; a second nitride semiconductor layer of a p-type disposed on the protrusion; a first anode electrode disposed above the first nitride semiconductor layer and the second nitride semiconductor layer; and a cathode electrode disposed under the second major surface, and a lateral surface of the protrusion is inclined by a first angle with respect to the first major surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Ryo Kajitani, Daisuke Shibata, Kenichiro Tanaka, Satoshi Tamura, Masahiro Ishida, Tetsuzo Ueda