Patents by Inventor Koji Uenoyama
Koji Uenoyama 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).
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Publication number: 20220291029Abstract: An object is to provide a flow sensing device improved in weather resistance and insect resistance. A flow sensing device includes: a cover member; a cap member disposed below the cover member; a foreign-body intrusion prevention net surrounding a space between the cover member and the cap member; a light emitting element disposed in a housing space surrounded by the cover member, the cap member, and the foreign-body intrusion prevention net; and a sensing element disposed inside the foreign-body intrusion prevention net in the housing space, the sensing element including a thermosensitive resistive element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: KOA CORPORATIONInventors: Koji UENOYAMA, Shigeo GOTOH, Yoji KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20190289689Abstract: A luminaire includes: a light source configured to emit light in a plurality of different colors; a controller that controls a color of the light emitted by the light source; an operation panel that receives information indicating a second color of light to be emitted by the light source; and an obtainer that obtains from an external device first information indicating a first color of light to be emitted by the light source. The controller stores second information including the information indicating the second color of light to be emitted by the light source, received by the operation panel. The controller generates third information indicating a third color which is a mixture of the first color of light indicated by the first information and the second color of light indicated by the information included in the second information, and causes the light source to emit light using the third information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Koji UENOYAMA, Shinichi MURAKAMI
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Patent number: 10375792Abstract: A luminaire includes: a light source configured to emit light in a plurality of different colors; a controller that controls the color of the light emitted by the light source; and a plurality of buttons that correspond one-to-one with the plurality of different colors and are operated by a user to cause the light source to emit light. Each time one of the buttons is operated, the controller stores a control parameter associating the color corresponding to the button operated with a sequence value indicating a sequential order in which the button is selected. The controller changes the color of the light emitted by the light source in accordance with the colors and the sequential order indicated in the stored control parameter.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Uenoyama, Yuichirou Hirowatari, Shinichi Murakami
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Patent number: 10309618Abstract: An illuminating device includes: first lenses individually corresponding to LEDs; a light control member including light transmission channels individually corresponding to the first lenses and a light blocker surrounding the light transmission channels; and second lenses individually corresponding to the light transmission channels. Each first lens includes a light concentrator for producing concentrated light by concentrating light emitted from a corresponding LED, and a reflector surrounding the light concentrator to produce reflected light by reflecting light emitted from the corresponding LED in a direction across the concentrated light. Each first lens outputs illumination light including the concentrated light and the reflected light produced from the corresponding light emitting diode. Each light transmission channel transmits the illumination light output from a corresponding first lens. The light blocker prevents transmission of the illumination light emitted from each first lens.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshimichi Enno, Hiroyuki Yoshioka, Katsunori Kawabata, Takao Kondo, Kazuhiro Daijo, Koji Uenoyama, Yoshihiro Muragaki
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Publication number: 20190104590Abstract: A luminaire includes: a light source configured to emit light in a plurality of different colors; a controller that controls the color of the light emitted by the light source; and a plurality of buttons that correspond one-to-one with the plurality of different colors and are operated by a user to cause the light source to emit light. Each time one of the buttons is operated, the controller stores a control parameter associating the color corresponding to the button operated with a sequence value indicating a sequential order in which the button is selected. The controller changes the color of the light emitted by the light source in accordance with the colors and the sequential order indicated in the stored control parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Koji UENOYAMA, Yuichirou HIROWATARI, Shinichi MURAKAMI
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Patent number: 9788385Abstract: The lighting device includes a control unit configured to set desired values of drive currents of solid state light sources with different light emission colors. The control unit has a normal mode and a correction mode. The normal mode is a mode of setting the desired values to normal desired values corresponding to instruction values representing a desired color of colors. The correction mode is a mode of setting the desired values to corrected desired values corresponding to corrected instruction values obtained by correcting the instruction values.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Watanabe, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Yuichirou Hirowatari, Koji Uenoyama, Shinichi Murakami
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Patent number: 9756695Abstract: The lighting device includes a controller for determining first, second, and third desired values of first, second, third drive currents to first, second, and third light sources, based on a correction coefficient for correcting chromaticity points of the first, second, and third light sources to first, second, and third chromaticity points. The first, second, and third light sources have first, second, and third ranges of individual differences in color. The first chromaticity point is an intersection of a straight line touching the first and second ranges and another straight line touching the first and third ranges. The second chromaticity point is an intersection of a straight line touching the second and first ranges and another straight line touching the second and third ranges. The third chromaticity point is an intersection of a straight line touching the third and first ranges and another straight line touching the third and second ranges.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Uenoyama, Koji Watanabe, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Shinichi Murakami, Yuichirou Hirowatari
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Publication number: 20170219186Abstract: An illuminating device includes: first lenses individually corresponding to LEDs; a light control member including light transmission channels individually corresponding to the first lenses and a light blocker surrounding the light transmission channels; and second lenses individually corresponding to the light transmission channels. Each first lens includes a light concentrator for producing concentrated light by concentrating light emitted from a corresponding LED, and a reflector surrounding the light concentrator to produce reflected light by reflecting light emitted from the corresponding LED in a direction across the concentrated light. Each first lens outputs illumination light including the concentrated light and the reflected light produced from the corresponding light emitting diode. Each light transmission channel transmits the illumination light output from a corresponding first lens. The light blocker prevents transmission of the illumination light emitted from each first lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshimichi ENNO, Hiroyuki YOSHIOKA, Katsunori KAWABATA, Takao KONDO, Kazuhiro DAIJO, Koji UENOYAMA, Yoshihiro MURAGAKI
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Publication number: 20170167668Abstract: A lens unit includes: lens cores configured to be provided one-to-one in front of LEDs with different luminous colors; and a main body that holds the lens cores. The lens cores is held by the main body so that respective distances of the lens cores from respective light-emitting surfaces of LED chips in the LEDs are equal to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2016Publication date: June 15, 2017Inventors: Koji UENOYAMA, Yoshimichi ENNO
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Patent number: 9655194Abstract: The lighting control device according to the present invention includes: a power supply for operating a light source including a first light source and a second light source lower in color temperature than the first light source; and a controller for controlling the power supply. The power supply includes: a first power supply for supplying power in a first range to the first light source; and a second power supply for supplying power in a second range to the second light source. The controller controls the first and second power supplies to adjust power supplied to the first light source and power supplied to the second light source so that a color temperature of the light source is equal to a color temperature which is selected from a predetermined color adjustment range as a desired value. The first range is lower in a lower limit than the second range.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Kumada, Koji Uenoyama, Miyo Kangyo
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Publication number: 20160381759Abstract: The lighting device includes a control unit configured to set desired values of drive currents of solid state light sources with different light emission colors. The control unit has a normal mode and a correction mode. The normal mode is a mode of setting the desired values to normal desired values corresponding to instruction values representing a desired color of colors. The correction mode is a mode of setting the desired values to corrected desired values corresponding to corrected instruction values obtained by correcting the instruction values.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Koji WATANABE, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Yuichirou HIROWATARI, Koji UENOYAMA, Shinichi MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20160374160Abstract: The lighting device includes a controller for determining first, second, and third desired values of first, second, third drive currents to first, second, and third light sources, based on a correction coefficient for correcting chromaticity points of the first, second, and third light sources to first, second, and third chromaticity points. The first, second, and third light sources have first, second, and third ranges of individual differences in color. The first chromaticity point is an intersection of a straight line touching the first and second ranges and another straight line touching the first and third ranges. The second chromaticity point is an intersection of a straight line touching the second and first ranges and another straight line touching the second and third ranges. The third chromaticity point is an intersection of a straight line touching the third and first ranges and another straight line touching the third and second ranges.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Koji UENOYAMA, Koji WATANABE, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Shinichi MURAKAMI, Yuichirou HIROWATARI
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Publication number: 20150382411Abstract: The lighting control device according to the present invention includes: a power supply for operating a light source including a first light source and a second light source lower in color temperature than the first light source; and a controller for controlling the power supply. The power supply includes: a first power supply for supplying power in a first range to the first light source; and a second power supply for supplying power in a second range to the second light source. The controller controls the first and second power supplies to adjust power supplied to the first light source and power supplied to the second light source so that a color temperature of the light source is equal to a color temperature which is selected from a predetermined color adjustment range as a desired value. The first range is lower in a lower limit than the second range.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Kazuhiro KUMADA, Koji UENOYAMA, Miyo KANGYO
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Patent number: 8950897Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a board; light-emitting elements interconnected in parallel and provided above a top face of the board; light-emitting elements, one of which is connected in series with the light-emitting element and the other of which is connected in series with the light-emitting element, the light-emitting elements being interconnected in parallel; a metal pattern provided continuously under the light-emitting elements, on an undersurface of the board; and a metal pattern provided continuously under the light-emitting elements, and isolated from the first metal pattern.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Koji Uenoyama, Atusi Ootubo, Hiroyuki Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20140111991Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a board; light-emitting elements interconnected in parallel and provided above a top face of the board; light-emitting elements, one of which is connected in series with the light-emitting element and the other of which is connected in series with the light-emitting element, the light-emitting elements being interconnected in parallel; a metal pattern provided continuously under the light-emitting elements, on an undersurface of the board; and a metal pattern provided continuously under the light-emitting elements, and isolated from the first metal pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Uenoyama, Atusi Ootubo, Hiroyuki Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20140062313Abstract: The lighting device includes a light source unit including a plurality of light emission elements having different color temperatures; and a lighting control unit configured to control the light source unit. The lighting control unit is configured to perform: a first lighting process of supplying a first supply current to a first light emission element group of the plurality of the light emission elements such that the light source unit emits light having a first color temperature; and a second lighting process of supplying a second supply current to a second light emission element group of the plurality of the light emission elements such that the light source unit emits light having a second color temperature different from the first color temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventors: Atsushi Ootsubo, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Koji Uenoyama
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LED light module with heat releasing casing and grooved backing to contain conductive bonding fluids
Patent number: 8610165Abstract: An LED module structure and a light fixture provided with the structure includes a heat releasing casing; an LED package having an LED chip mounted on a base material, a material having both heat conductance and electric insulation property placed between the heat releasing casing and the LED package upon fitting of the LED package to the heat releasing casing, and a plastic fluid or adhesive agent having particles with high heat conductivity. The material has a groove with outside smaller than an outside dimension of the LED package. The groove receives excess plastic fluid or excess adhesive agent on a surface to which the LED package is firmly attached.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2011Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Mamoru Yamakawa, Jun Takashima, Koji Uenoyama -
Publication number: 20120188763Abstract: An LED module structure and a light fixture provided with the structure includes a heat releasing casing; an LED package having an LED chip mounted on a base material, a material having both heat conductance and electric insulation property placed between the heat releasing casing and the LED package upon fitting of the LED package to the heat releasing casing, and a plastic fluid or adhesive agent having particles with high heat conductivity. The material has a groove with outside smaller than an outside dimension of the LED package. The groove receives excess plastic fluid or excess adhesive agent on a surface to which the LED package is firmly attached.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Inventors: Mamoru Yamakawa, Jun Takashima, Koji Uenoyama