Patents by Inventor Kouichi MITSUSHIMA

Kouichi MITSUSHIMA 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: 10568190
    Abstract: A remote control for controlling a luminaire is wirelessly controllable with a terminal device. The remote control includes: a receiver that receives an input from a user; a first communication circuit that communicates wirelessly; and a first controller that generates a control signal and transmits the control signal to the luminaire via the first communication circuit, in which the control signal corresponds to the input received by the receiver and includes identification information unique to the terminal device as a source address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kurihara, Tomoaki Mannami, Kouichi Mitsushima
  • Patent number: 10405409
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus among a plurality of lighting apparatuses in a wireless mesh network in a lighting system including the plurality of lighting apparatuses and a terminal which performs wireless communication with the lighting apparatus includes: a communication circuit which performs wireless communication; and a controller which controls the communication circuit. The controller establishes a connection with the terminal. When another lighting apparatus included in the plurality of lighting apparatuses transmits a signal (second signal) to the terminal using wireless communication, the controller receives the second signal via the communication circuit, and transmits the second signal to the terminal via the communication circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kurihara, Tomoaki Mannami, Kouichi Mitsushima
  • Publication number: 20190223276
    Abstract: A remote control for controlling a luminaire is wirelessly controllable with a terminal device. The remote control includes: a receiver that receives an input from a user; a first communication circuit that communicates wirelessly; and a first controller that generates a control signal and transmits the control signal to the luminaire via the first communication circuit, in which the control signal corresponds to the input received by the receiver and includes identification information unique to the terminal device as a source address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Shinichiro KURIHARA, Tomoaki MANNAMI, Kouichi MITSUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 10349499
    Abstract: Provided is a remote control for controlling a luminaire that is wirelessly controllable with a terminal device. The remote control includes: a receiver that receives an input from a user; a first communication circuit that communicates wirelessly; and a first controller that generates a control signal and transmits the control signal to the luminaire via the first communication circuit, in which the control signal corresponds to the input received by the receiver and includes identification information unique to the terminal device as a source address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kurihara, Tomoaki Mannami, Kouichi Mitsushima
  • Patent number: 10251249
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes: a light source; a communication device that performs wireless communication, a timer that indicates a current time; a storage that stores scene information indicating a scene specified by at least one of dimming and toning, and an activation time indicating a time at which the scene indicated by the scene information should be activated; and a controller that, when the current time indicated by the timer reaches the activation time, causes the light source to emit light in a mode for the scene indicated by the scene information, and transmits the scene information and the current time via the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kurihara, Tomoaki Mannami, Kouichi Mitsushima
  • Publication number: 20180235059
    Abstract: Provided is a remote control for controlling a luminaire that is wirelessly controllable with a terminal device. The remote control includes: a receiver that receives an input from a user; a first communication circuit that communicates wirelessly; and a first controller that generates a control signal and transmits the control signal to the luminaire via the first communication circuit, in which the control signal corresponds to the input received by the receiver and includes identification information unique to the terminal device as a source address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Shinichiro KURIHARA, Tomoaki MANNAMI, Kouichi MITSUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20180235062
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes: a light source; a communication device that performs wireless communication, a timer that indicates a current time; a storage that stores scene information indicating a scene specified by at least one of dimming and toning, and an activation time indicating a time at which the scene indicated by the scene information should be activated; and a controller that, when the current time indicated by the timer reaches the activation time, causes the light source to emit light in a mode for the scene indicated by the scene information, and transmits the scene information and the current time via the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Shinichiro KURIHARA, Tomoaki MANNAMI, Kouichi MITSUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20180235061
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus among a plurality of lighting apparatuses in a wireless mesh network in a lighting system including the plurality of lighting apparatuses and a terminal which performs wireless communication with the lighting apparatus includes: a communication circuit which performs wireless communication; and a controller which controls the communication circuit. The controller establishes a connection with the terminal. When another lighting apparatus included in the plurality of lighting apparatuses transmits a signal (second signal) to the terminal using wireless communication, the controller receives the second signal via the communication circuit, and transmits the second signal to the terminal via the communication circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Shinichiro KURIHARA, Tomoaki MANNAMI, Kouichi MITSUSHIMA