Patents by Inventor Kenji HADACHI

Kenji HADACHI 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: 10362660
    Abstract: A lighting control system includes: a plurality of control devices each assigned with a unique identifier; a plurality of lighting devices controlled by one or more control devices among the control devices; and an operating device that collectively turns the lighting devices on or off. Each control device includes a transmitter that transmits the unique identifier or a control command including the unique identifier, to the lighting devices. Each lighting device includes: a receiver that receives the unique identifier or the control command from each of the one or more control devices; a storage that stores the unique identifier received by the receiver, in response to a predetermined operation on the operating device; and a controller that performs operation control according to the control command when the unique identifier included in the control command and the unique identifier stored in the storage are identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Hadachi
  • Publication number: 20180153024
    Abstract: A lighting control system includes: a plurality of control devices each assigned with a unique identifier; a plurality of lighting devices controlled by one or more control devices among the control devices; and an operating device that collectively turns the lighting devices on or off. Each control device includes a transmitter that transmits the unique identifier or a control command including the unique identifier, to the lighting devices. Each lighting device includes: a receiver that receives the unique identifier or the control command from each of the one or more control devices; a storage that stores the unique identifier received by the receiver, in response to a predetermined operation on the operating device; and a controller that performs operation control according to the control command when the unique identifier included in the control command and the unique identifier stored in the storage are identical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventor: Kenji HADACHI