Patents by Inventor Koji Omura

Koji Omura 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: 10278245
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate and a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed above the substrate. In the plurality of light-emitting elements, a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element different in a rate of decrease in light output along with a temperature increase are included. The plurality of light-emitting elements include: a first serial element group including some light-emitting elements connected in series among the plurality of light-emitting elements; and a second serial element group connected in parallel with the first serial element group and including some light-emitting elements connected in series among the plurality of light-emitting elements. A ratio between a total number of first light-emitting elements and a total number of second light-emitting elements is different between the first serial element group and the second serial element group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masumi Abe, Yasuharu Ueno, Koji Omura, Kenji Sugiura, Toshifumi Ogata, Atsuyoshi Ishimori, Toshiaki Kurachi
  • Publication number: 20190103522
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes an LED chip that emits primary light, and phosphor particles that emit secondary light by being excited with the primary light. The lighting apparatus emits light including the primary light and the secondary light. The light has an emission spectrum having a first peak in a wavelength ranging from 420 nm to 460 nm, a second peak in the wavelength ranging from 530 nm to 580 nm, a third peak in the wavelength ranging from 605 nm to 655 nm, a first trough in the wavelength ranging from 440 nm to 480 nm, and a second trough in the wavelength ranging from 555 nm to 605 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masumi ABE, Toshiaki KURACHI, Yuya YAMAMOTO, Koji OMURA, Kosuke TAKEHARA
  • Patent number: 10168007
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes blue LED chips having a light emission peak wavelength of at least 430 nm and at most 470 nm and red LED chips having a light emission peak wavelength of at least 600 nm and at most 640 nm. The light-emitting device includes a yellow phosphor having a light emission peak wavelength of at least 500 nm and at most 580 nm and a red phosphor having a light emission peak wavelength of at least 640 nm and at most 670 nm. The light-emitting device emits white light through mixing of light emitted by each of the blue LED chips, the red LED chips, the yellow phosphor, and the red phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Omura, Ayako Tsukitani
  • Patent number: 10098289
    Abstract: An illumination system includes: a light-emitting module including a blue LED light source that emits blue light having a light emission peak in a blue range of from 400 nm to 470 nm and a red LED light source that emits red light having a light emission peak in a red range of from 610 nm to 680 nm; a light regulator that controls a first light intensity, which is light intensity at the light emission peak in the blue range, and a second light intensity, which is light intensity at the light emission peak in the red range, in a light emission spectrum of light emitted by the light-emitting module; and a clock that measures a time. The light regulator causes the second light intensity to change in conjunction with a change in the first light intensity, in accordance with the time measured by the clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Ueno, Koji Omura
  • Publication number: 20180035619
    Abstract: An illumination system includes: a light-emitting module including a blue LED light source that emits blue light having a light emission peak in a blue range of from 400 nm to 470 nm and a red LED light source that emits red light having a light emission peak in a red range of from 610 nm to 680 nm; a light regulator that controls a first light intensity, which is light intensity at the light emission peak in the blue range, and a second light intensity, which is light intensity at the light emission peak in the red range, in a light emission spectrum of light emitted by the light-emitting module; and a clock that measures a time. The light regulator causes the second light intensity to change in conjunction with a change in the first light intensity, in accordance with the time measured by the clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yasuharu UENO, Koji OMURA
  • Patent number: 9857035
    Abstract: A light emitting device that emits white light includes first and second light emitting elements which have different emission peak wavelengths within a range of 440 nm to 495 nm. The device also includes a wavelength conversion material which converts a wavelength of light emitted by at least one of the first and second light emitting elements. The white light has an emission spectrum peaked at a first peak wavelength and a second peak wavelength. The first peak wavelength corresponds to the emission peak wavelength of the first light emitting element, and the second peak wavelength corresponds to the emission peak wavelength of the second light emitting element. Where a light intensity at one of the first peak wavelength and the second peak wavelength is 1, a light intensity at a bottom of a valley between the first and second peak wavelengths is 0.5 or higher but lower than 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Omura, Toshiaki Kurachi
  • Patent number: 9831400
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus includes: a substrate; a plurality of LED chips disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of blue LED chips which emit blue light and a plurality of red LED chips which emit red light; and a sealing member that contains a yellow phosphor and seals the plurality of LED chips together. The plurality of LED chips include: a first LED chip group made up of the blue LED chips; a second LED chip group made up of the red LED chips and disposed around the first LED chip group in an annular shape centered on an optical axis; and a third LED chip group made up of the blue LED chips and disposed around the second LED chip group in an annular shape centered on the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Omura, Masumi Abe
  • Patent number: 9746145
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a board; and light-emitting element arrays connected in parallel and each including light-emitting elements mounted on the board and connected in series. The light-emitting elements in each of the light-emitting element arrays include one or more red LED chips and one or more blue LED chips. Each of the red LED chips on the board is disposed non-successively to any other one of the red LED chips along a Y direction and along an X direction. The Y direction is parallel to a direction along which the red LED chips included in one of the light emitting arrays including the red LED chip are arranged. The X direction is perpendicular to the Y direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohji Hiramatsu, Tomoya Iwahashi, Koji Omura, Ran Zheng
  • Publication number: 20170175957
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes blue LED chips having a light emission peak wavelength of at least 430 nm and at most 470 nm and red LED chips having a light emission peak wavelength of at least 600 nm and at most 640 nm. The light-emitting device includes a yellow phosphor having a light emission peak wavelength of at least 500 nm and at most 580 nm and a red phosphor having a light emission peak wavelength of at least 640 nm and at most 670 nm. The light-emitting device emits white light through mixing of light emitted by each of the blue LED chips, the red LED chips, the yellow phosphor, and the red phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji OMURA, Ayako TSUKITANI
  • Publication number: 20170077362
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus includes: a substrate; a first light-emitting element (a first LED chip) mounted on the substrate; a second light-emitting element (a second LED chip) having a light-emission peak wavelength longer than a light-emission peak wavelength of the first light-emitting element; a first sealing member sealing the first light-emitting element and containing a phosphor that emits fluorescent light when illuminated by light from the first light-emitting element; and a second sealing member sealing the second light-emitting element and having at least a portion between the first sealing member arid the second light-emitting element. The second scaling member has an absorbance lower than an absorbance of the first sealing member with respect to light emitted from the second light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Toshifumi OGATA, Koji Omura
  • Publication number: 20170062670
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus includes: a substrate; a plurality of LED chips disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of blue LED chips which emit blue light and a plurality of red LED chips which emit red light; and a sealing member that contains a yellow phosphor and seals the plurality of LED chips together. The plurality of LED chips include: a first LED chip group made up of the blue LED chips; a second LED chip group made up of the red LED chips and disposed around the first LED chip group in an annular shape centered on an optical axis; and a third LED chip group made up of the blue LED chips and disposed around the second LED chip group in an annular shape centered on the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Koji OMURA, Masumi ABE
  • Patent number: 9541430
    Abstract: An electromagnetic flow meter includes a measurement tube having a flange part, the flange part being configured to be coupled to a piping-side flange by a bolt fastening, a lining material configured to cover an inside of the measurement tube and an inner periphery area having a predetermined diameter of a coupling-side surface of the flange part, and an earth ring configured to be placed between the flange part and the piping-side flange. The earth ring has a ring plate part and a wall part formed along an outer periphery of the ring plate part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Yamashita, Yoichi Imai, Yoshihiko Kuroki, Koji Omura
  • Publication number: 20160265748
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate and a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed above the substrate. In the plurality of light-emitting elements, a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element different in a rate of decrease in light output along with a temperature increase are included. The plurality of light-emitting elements include: a first serial element group including some light-emitting elements connected in series among the plurality of light-emitting elements; and a second serial element group connected in parallel with the first serial element group and including some light-emitting elements connected in series among the plurality of light-emitting elements. A ratio between a total number of first light-emitting elements and a total number of second light-emitting elements is different between the first serial element group and the second serial element group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masumi ABE, Yasuharu UENO, Koji OMURA, Kenji SUGIURA, Toshifumi OGATA, Atsuyoshi ISHIMORI, Toshiaki KURACHI
  • Patent number: 9443832
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a substrate; a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element that are mounted above the substrate; and a heat transfer pattern that is formed on the substrate. A rate of decrease in light output with respect to a temperature increase is greater for the second light emitting element than for the first light emitting element. The second light emitting element is mounted above the substrate via the heat transfer pattern, and the first light emitting element is mounted above the substrate without the heat transfer pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Omura, Tomoya Iwahashi, Kohji Hiramatsu, Ran Zheng
  • Publication number: 20160077402
    Abstract: A liquid crystal lens includes a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate, a first transparent electrode disposed between the first transparent substrate and the liquid crystal layer and second transparent electrodes disposed between the second transparent substrate and the liquid crystal layer and facing the first transparent electrode. At least one second transparent electrode of the second transparent electrodes is disposed in each of divided regions into which a surface region, facing the first transparent substrate, of the second transparent substrate is divided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Kosuke TAKEHARA, Koji OMURA
  • Publication number: 20160076712
    Abstract: Light emitting apparatus includes: substrate; red LED chip on substrate; blue LED chip on substrate, blue LED chip being connected in series with red LED chip and having an emission color different from red LED chip; and second sealing member that includes green phosphor and yellow phosphor and seals at least blue LED chip, and light-emission by red LED chip, blue LED chip, green phosphor, and yellow phosphor produces white light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji OMURA, Yasuharu UENO, Tomoya IWAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20150263246
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a board; and a first light-emitting element array and a second light-emitting element array connected in parallel and each including light-emitting elements mounted on the board and connected in series. The light-emitting elements includes a red LED chip and a blue LED chip. The red LED chip is sealed with a dot of a first sealant, and the blue LED chip is sealed with a dot of a second sealant which is different from the first sealant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohji HIRAMATSU, Tomoya IWAHASHI, Koji OMURA, Ran ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20150260554
    Abstract: An electromagnetic flow meter includes a measurement tube having a flange part, the flange part being configured to be coupled to a piping-side flange by a bolt fastening, a lining material configured to cover an inside of the measurement tube and an inner periphery area having a predetermined diameter of a coupling-side surface of the flange part, and an earth ring configured to be placed between the flange part and the piping-side flange. The earth ring has a ring plate part and a wall part formed along an outer periphery of the ring plate part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki YAMASHITA, Yoichi IMAI, Yoshihiko KUROKI, Koji OMURA
  • Publication number: 20150260351
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a board; and light-emitting element arrays connected in parallel and each including light-emitting elements mounted on the board and connected in series. The light-emitting elements in each of the light-emitting element arrays include one or more red LED chips and one or more blue LED chips. Each of the red LED chips on the board is disposed non-successively to any other one of the red LED chips along a Y direction and along an X direction. The Y direction is parallel to a direction along which the red LED chips included in one of the light emitting arrays including the red LED chip are arranged. The X direction is perpendicular to the Y direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohji HIRAMATSU, Tomoya IWAHASHI, Koji OMURA, Ran ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20150204493
    Abstract: A light emitting device that emits white light includes first and second light emitting elements which have different emission peak wavelengths within a range of 440 nm to 495 nm. The device also includes a wavelength conversion material which converts a wavelength of light emitted by at least one of the first and second light emitting elements. The white light has an emission spectrum peaked at a first peak wavelength and a second peak wavelength. The first peak wavelength corresponds to the emission peak wavelength of the first light emitting element, and the second peak wavelength corresponds to the emission peak wavelength of the second light emitting element. Where a light intensity at one of the first peak wavelength and the second peak wavelength is 1, a light intensity at a bottom of a valley between the first and second peak wavelengths is 0.5 or higher but lower than 1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji OMURA, Toshiaki KURACHI