Patents by Inventor Masahiko Yamakawa

Masahiko Yamakawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20230005889
    Abstract: A light emitting device including a substrate, a first light emitter to emit light having a first color temperature, and a second light emitter to emit light having a second color temperature, in which the first light emitter has a first converter including first phosphors and a first resin, each first phosphor having different half-value widths, the second light emitter has a second converter including second phosphors and a second resin, each second phosphor having different peak wavelengths, at least one phosphor of the first converter has a half-value width of 33 nm to 110 nm, a distance between peak wavelengths of at least two phosphors of the second converter is 150 nm or less, at least one phosphor of the first converter has a particle size of 5 um to 50 um, and a thickness of the second converter is in 0.07 mm to 1.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiko YAMAKAWA, Noriaki YAGI, Kumpei KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11430771
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a white light source system. P(?), B(?) and V(?) satisfy an equation (1) below in a wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm. The white light source system satisfies an expression (2) below in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 495 nm: ? 380 780 ? P ? ( ? ) ? V ? ( ? ) ? d ? ? ? = ? 380 780 ? B ? ( ? ) ? V ? ( ? ) ? d ? ? ? ( 1 ) where P(?) is a light emission spectrum of white light, B(?) is a light emission spectrum of blackbody radiation of a color temperature correspond to a color temperature of the white light, and V(?) is a spectrum of a spectral luminous efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Yamakawa, Noriaki Yagi, Kumpei Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11094679
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a white light source system. P(?), B(?) and V(?) satisfy an equation (1) below in a wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm. The white light source system satisfies an expression (2) below in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 495 nm: ?380780P(?)V(?)d?=?380780B(?)V(?)d???(1) where P(?) is a light emission spectrum of white light, B(?) is a light emission spectrum of blackbody radiation of a color temperature correspond to a color temperature of the white light, and V(?) is a spectrum of a spectral luminous efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Yamakawa, Noriaki Yagi, Kumpei Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11084979
    Abstract: A phosphor according to an embodiment is a europium-activated alkaline-earth chloroapatite phosphor having a composition expressed by a composition formula: (M1-xEux)5(PO4)3Cl, where M is an alkaline-earth element containing at least Sr and Ba, x is an atomic ratio satisfying 0.04?x?0.2. In the phosphor of this embodiment, absorptance of light at a wavelength of 400 nm is 90% or more, and absorptance of light at a wavelength of 650 nm is 2% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naotoshi Matsuda, Tatsunori Itoga, Masahiko Yamakawa, Hirofumi Takemura, Yasuhiro Shirakawa
  • Publication number: 20210242182
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a white light source system. P(?), B(?) and V(?) satisfy an equation (1) below in a wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm. The white light source system satisfies an expression (2) below in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 495 nm: ? 380 780 ? P ? ( ? ) ? V ? ( ? ) ? d ? ? ? = ? 380 780 ? B ? ( ? ) ? V ? ( ? ) ? d ? ? ? ( 1 ) where P(?) is a light emission spectrum of white light, B(?) is a light emission spectrum of blackbody radiation of a color temperature correspond to a color temperature of the white light, and V(?) is a spectrum of a spectral luminous efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko YAMAKAWA, Noriaki YAGI, Kumpei KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210228901
    Abstract: A light source for myopia prevention article includes a light emitter to emit light having an emission spectrum continuing from a first wavelength of not less than 360 nm nor more than 400 nm to a second wavelength of more than 400 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicants: TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD., TSUBOTA LABORATORY, INC.
    Inventors: Masahiko YAMAKAWA, Hidemasa TORII, Toshihide KURIHARA, Kazuo TSUBOTA
  • Patent number: 11007375
    Abstract: A light source for myopia prevention article includes a light emitter to emit light having an emission spectrum continuing from a first wavelength of not less than 360 nm nor more than 400 nm to a second wavelength of more than 400 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd., Tsubota Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiko Yamakawa, Hidemasa Torii, Toshihide Kurihara, Kazuo Tsubota
  • Publication number: 20200253011
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a white light source system. P(?), B(?) and V(?) satisfy an equation (1) below in a wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm. The white light source system satisfies an expression (2) below in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 495 nm: ?380780P(?)V(?)d?=?380780B(?)V(?)d???(1) where P(?) is a light emission spectrum of white light, B(?) is a light emission spectrum of blackbody radiation of a color temperature correspond to a color temperature of the white light, and V(?) is a spectrum of a spectral luminous efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko YAMAKAWA, Noriaki YAGI, Kumpei KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10674577
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a white light source system. P(?), B(?) and V(?) satisfy an equation (1) below in a wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm. The white light source system satisfies an expression (2) below in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 495 nm: ?380780P(?)V(?)d?=?380780B(?)V(?)d???(1) P(?)/B(?)?1.8.??(2) where P(?) is a light emission spectrum of white light, B(?) is a light emission spectrum of blackbody radiation of a color temperature correspond to a color temperature of the white light, and V(?) is a spectrum of a spectral luminous efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Yamakawa, Noriaki Yagi, Kumpei Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10473274
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a white light source system including white light sources. An absolute value of a difference between (P(?)×V(?))/(P(?max1)×V(?max1)) and (B(?)×V(?))/(B(?max2)×V(?max2)) for each of the white light sources satisfies a relational expression represented by |((P(?)×V(?))/(P(?max1)×V(?max1))?(B(?)×V(?))/(B(?max2)×V(?max2))|?0.15 The white light source system has a light emission characteristic of white light emitted by the system is continuously changed along with an elapse of time by changing a mixing ratio of light beams from the white light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Yamakawa, Ryoji Tsuda, Yasumasa Ooya, Tatsunori Itoga, Yasuhiro Shirakawa, Junji Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20190306946
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a white light source system. P(?), B(?) and V(?) satisfy an equation (1) below in a wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm. The white light source system satisfies an expression (2) below in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 495 nm: ?380780P(?)V(?)d ?=?380780B(?)V(?)d???(1) P(?)/B(?)?1.8. ??(2) where P(?) is a light emission spectrum of white light, B(?) is a light emission spectrum of blackbody radiation of a color temperature correspond to a color temperature of the white light, and V(?) is a spectrum of a spectral luminous efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko YAMAKAWA, Noriaki YAGI, Kumpei KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10420183
    Abstract: There is provided a white light source approximating sunlight and being capable of reproducing a subtle difference in sunlight which changes depending on times and locations, and provided a white light source system of a lighting system or the like. The white light source includes a light source unit. Light which is emitted from the light source unit is a chromaticity point on a CIE chromaticity diagram and has a correlated color temperature corresponding to a chromaticity point including a deviation of ?0.005 or more to +0.005 or less with respect to a black body radiation locus, and satisfies a formula: ?0.2?[(P (?)×V (?))/(P (?max1)×V (?max1))?(B (?)×V (?))/(B (?max2)×V (?max2))]?+0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Yamakawa, Noriaki Yagi, Kumpei Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10378709
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination system includes a plurality of white light sources that satisfies ?0.2?[(P(?)×V(?))/(P(? max 1)×V(? max 1))?(B(?)×V(?))/(B(? max 2)×V(? max 2))]?+0.2 where P(?) is an emission spectrum of a white light source having a specific color temperature, B(?) is an emission spectrum of black body radiation having a corresponding color temperature, V(?) is a spectrum of spectral luminous efficiency, ? max 1 is a wavelength at which P(?)×V(?) becomes maximum, and ? max 2 is a wavelength at which B(?)×V(?) becomes maximum. The respective white light sources have different color temperatures, and light from the respective white light sources is irradiated from different directions to a target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shirakawa, Masahiko Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 10375786
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a white light source system. P(?), B(?) and V(?) satisfy an equation (1) below in a wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm. The white light source system satisfies an expression (2) below in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 495 nm: ? 380 780 ? P ? ( ? ) ? V ? ( ? ) ? d ? ? ? = ? 380 780 ? B ? ( ? ) ? V ? ( ? ) ? d ? ? ? ( 1 ) P ? ( ? ) / B ? ( ? ) ? 1.8 . ( 2 ) where P(?) is a light emission spectrum of white light, B(?) is a light emission spectrum of blackbody radiation of a color temperature correspond to a color temperature of the white light, and V(?) is a spectrum of a spectral luminous efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Yamakawa, Noriaki Yagi, Kumpei Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190233725
    Abstract: A phosphor according to an embodiment is a europium-activated alkaline-earth chloroapatite phosphor having a composition expressed by a composition formula: (M1-xEux)5(PO4)3Cl, where M is an alkaline-earth element containing at least Sr and Ba, x is an atomic ratio satisfying 0.04?x?0.2. In the phosphor of this embodiment, absorptance of light at a wavelength of 400 nm is 90% or more, and absorptance of light at a wavelength of 650 nm is 2% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naotoshi MATSUDA, Tatsunori Itoga, Masahiko Yamakawa, Hirofumi Takemura, Yasuhiro Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 10368408
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a first white light source which includes N pieces of first white light emitting diodes and emits a first white light; and a second white light source which includes M pieces of second white light emitting diodes and a first resistance element electrically connected in series to the second white light emitting diodes and having a first resistance value, is electrically connected in parallel to the first white light source, and emits a second white light, the light emitting device emitting a mixed white light of the first white light and the second white light. The drive voltage of the first white light source is higher than a drive voltage of the second white light source, and a color temperature of the mixed white light is higher as a total luminous flux of the mixed white light is higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Kondo, Masahiko Yamakawa, Yasuhiro Shirakawa, Ryoji Tsuda, Atsuji Nakagawa, Toshitaka Fujii, Tomohiko Inoue
  • Patent number: 10368409
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a first white light source which includes N pieces of first white light emitting diodes and emits a first white light; and a second white light source which includes M pieces of second white light emitting diodes and a first resistance element electrically connected in series to the second white light emitting diodes and having a first resistance value, is electrically connected in parallel to the first white light source, and emits a second white light, the light emitting device emitting a mixed white light of the first white light and the second white light. The drive voltage of the first white light source is higher than a drive voltage of the second white light source, and a color temperature of the mixed white light is higher as a total luminous flux of the mixed white light is higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Kondo, Masahiko Yamakawa, Yasuhiro Shirakawa, Ryoji Tsuda, Atsuji Nakagawa, Toshitaka Fujii, Tomohiko Inoue
  • Publication number: 20190159313
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a white light source system. P(A), B(A) and V(A) satisfy an equation (1) below in a wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm. The white light source system satisfies an expression (2) below in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 495 nm: ? 380 780 ? P ? ( ? ) ? V ? ( ? ) ? d ? ? ? = ? 380 780 ? B ? ( ? ) ? V ? ( ? ) ? d ? ? ? ( 1 ) P ? ( ? ) / B ? ( ? ) ? 1.8 . ( 2 ) where P(?) is a light emission spectrum of white light, B(?) is a light emission spectrum of blackbody radiation of a color temperature correspond to a color temperature of the white light, and V(?) is a spectrum of a spectral luminous efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko YAMAKAWA, Noriaki YAGI, Kumpei KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10231305
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a white light source system. P(?), B(?) and V(?) satisfy an equation (1) below in a wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm. The white light source system satisfies an expression (2) below in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 495 nm: ? 380 780 ? P ? ( ? ) ? V ? ( ? ) ? d ? ? ? = ? 380 780 ? B ? ( ? ) ? V ? ( ? ) ? d ? ? ? ( 1 ) P ? ( ? ) / B ? ( ? ) ? 1.8 . ( 2 ) where P(?) is a light emission spectrum of white light, B(?) is a light emission spectrum of blackbody radiation of a color temperature correspond to a color temperature of the white light, and V(?) is a spectrum of a spectral luminous efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Yamakawa, Noriaki Yagi, Kumpei Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20180351050
    Abstract: A light source for myopia prevention article includes a light emitter to emit light having an emission spectrum continuing from a first wavelength of not less than 360 nm nor more than 400 nm to a second wavelength of more than 400 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicants: TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD., TSUBOTA LABORATORY, INC.
    Inventors: Masahiko Yamakawa, Hidemasa Torii, Toshihide Kurihara, Kazuo Tsubota