Patents by Inventor Mitsunori Nagashima
Mitsunori Nagashima 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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Patent number: 10063094Abstract: A power management system having: a power supply unit; a power meter that detects the total power consumption of power supplied from the power supply unit; a plurality of current sensors that each detect the current flowing to a plurality of power consumption units connected to the power supply unit; and a control unit that calculates the power consumption of each of the plurality of power consumption units by using the power meter and the plurality of current sensors. A power outlet unit having: an outlet to which power is supplied from the power supply unit; a current sensor that detects the current flowing through the outlet to the power consumption unit connected to the outlet; and a transmission unit that sends current detection results from the current sensor to the power supply unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsunori Nagashima, Masahide Tanaka
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Patent number: 9860991Abstract: Of the various technological features disclosed in the present specification, a structure according to the one technological feature is as follows. A lighting apparatus changeable between an illuminating state and a non-illuminating state comprising: a non-contact motion sensor arranged to sense a movement of a hand near the lighting apparatus; and a controller arranged to control the lighting apparatus in the non-illuminating state to change from the non-illuminating state to the illuminating state in response to the movement of hand sensed by the non-contact motion sensor, and to control the lighting apparatus in the illuminating state to cause a change in illumination with the illuminating state kept in response to the same movement of hand sensed by the non-contact motion sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsunori Nagashima, Masahide Tanaka
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Patent number: 9599288Abstract: An LED lamp includes a plurality of LED modules arranged in direction x, a tubular enclosure for housing the LED modules that is open at ends spaced from each other in direction x, and end caps respectively closing the ends of the tubular enclosure in direction x. Each of the end caps is configured to diffuse light from the LED modules while transmitting the light, and includes an emission surface for emitting light in a direction z perpendicular to direction x. This arrangement ensures that the LED lamp has a good appearance even when it is made long.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: IRIS OHYAMA INC.Inventors: Hirotaka Shimizu, Mitsunori Nagashima
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Patent number: 9581655Abstract: A lighting apparatus of the present invention includes: a light source; a power source unit arranged to power the light source; a detector unit arranged to detect the deterioration of ability of the power source unit to power the light source; and a determination unit arranged to determine the life of the power source unit in response to the detector unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahide Tanaka, Mitsunori Nagashima, Akinobu Sawada
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Publication number: 20160245465Abstract: An LED lamp includes a plurality of LED modules arranged in direction x, a tubular enclosure for housing the LED modules that is open at ends spaced from each other in direction x, and end caps respectively closing the ends of the tubular enclosure in direction x. Each of the end caps is configured to diffuse light from the LED modules while transmitting the light, and includes an emission surface for emitting light in a direction z perpendicular to direction x. This arrangement ensures that the LED lamp has a good appearance even when it is made long.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Hirotaka SHIMIZU, Mitsunori NAGASHIMA
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Publication number: 20160156227Abstract: A power management system having: a power supply unit; a power meter that detects the total power consumption of power supplied from the power supply unit; a plurality of current sensors that each detect the current flowing to a plurality of power consumption units connected to the power supply unit; and a control unit that calculates the power consumption of each of the plurality of power consumption units by using the power meter and the plurality of current sensors. A power outlet unit having: an outlet to which power is supplied from the power supply unit; a current sensor that detects the current flowing through the outlet to the power consumption unit connected to the outlet; and a transmission unit that sends current detection results from the current sensor to the power supply unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2014Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: Mitsunori NAGASHIMA, Masahide TANAKA
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Patent number: 9351372Abstract: This lighting device comprises a light-emitting unit, a reception unit for receiving information from an adjacent lighting device, and a control unit for letting the light-emitting unit emit light according to the information received by the reception unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsunori Nagashima, Hironobu Kaneko, Masahide Tanaka
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Patent number: 9347618Abstract: An LED lamp includes a plurality of LED modules arranged in direction x, a tubular enclosure for housing the LED modules that is open at ends spaced from each other in direction x, and end caps respectively closing the ends of the tubular enclosure in direction x. Each of the end caps is configured to diffuse light from the LED modules while transmitting the light, and includes an emission surface for emitting light in a direction z perpendicular to direction x. This arrangement ensures that the LED lamp has a good appearance even when it is made long.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka Shimizu, Mitsunori Nagashima
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Publication number: 20150316217Abstract: An LED lamp includes a plurality of LED modules arranged in direction x, a tubular enclosure for housing the LED modules that is open at ends spaced from each other in direction x, and end caps respectively closing the ends of the tubular enclosure in direction x. Each of the end caps is configured to diffuse light from the LED modules while transmitting the light, and includes an emission surface for emitting light in a direction z perpendicular to direction x. This arrangement ensures that the LED lamp has a good appearance even when it is made long.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Hirotaka SHIMIZU, Mitsunori NAGASHIMA
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Publication number: 20150237735Abstract: Of the various technological features disclosed in the present specification, a structure according to the one technological feature is as follows. A lighting apparatus changeable between an illuminating state and a non-illuminating state comprising: a non-contact motion sensor arranged to sense a movement of a hand near the lighting apparatus; and a controller arranged to control the lighting apparatus in the non-illuminating state to change from the non-illuminating state to the illuminating state in response to the movement of hand sensed by the non-contact motion sensor, and to control the lighting apparatus in the illuminating state to cause a change in illumination with the illuminating state kept in response to the same movement of hand sensed by the non-contact motion sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Mitsunori Nagashima, Masahide Tanaka
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Patent number: 9113527Abstract: Disclosed is an illuminating device which has: a first illuminating lamp which is disposed at a first predetermined position and is identifiable; a second illuminating lamp which is disposed at a second predetermined position having a predetermined relationship with the first predetermined position and is identifiable; a determining means which determines the mutual relationship between the first illuminating lamp and the second illuminating lamp; and a transmitting means which transmits identifiable control signals to the first illuminating lamp and the second illuminating lamp, respectively, so as to achieve the determination made by the determining means.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2014Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahide Tanaka, Mitsunori Nagashima
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Patent number: 9103508Abstract: An LED lamp includes a plurality of LED modules arranged in direction x, a tubular enclosure for housing the LED modules that is open at ends spaced from each other in direction x, and end caps respectively closing the ends of the tubular enclosure in direction x. Each of the end caps is configured to diffuse light from the LED modules while transmitting the light, and includes an emission surface for emitting light in a direction z perpendicular to direction x. This arrangement ensures that the LED lamp has a good appearance even when it is made long.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka Shimizu, Mitsunori Nagashima
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Patent number: 9055644Abstract: Of the various technological features disclosed in the present specification, a structure according to the one technological feature is as follows. A lighting apparatus changeable between an illuminating state and a non-illuminating state comprising: a non-contact motion sensor arranged to sense a movement of a hand near the lighting apparatus; and a controller arranged to control the lighting apparatus in the non-illuminating state to change from the non-illuminating state to the illuminating state in response to the movement of hand sensed by the non-contact motion sensor, and to control the lighting apparatus in the illuminating state to cause a change in illumination with the illuminating state kept in response to the same movement of hand sensed by the non-contact motion sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsunori Nagashima, Masahide Tanaka
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Patent number: 8817159Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device, a lens provided in a front part and configured to form an image of a subject on the imaging device, a dot matrix display unit which includes a plurality of LED chips, each providing a plurality of dots, and is arranged in the front part, with a light emission state visible by the subject, and a display controller which controls display of the dot matrix display unit. The dot matrix display unit displays a pattern based on the control of the display controller.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsunori Nagashima, Masahide Tanaka
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Publication number: 20140197840Abstract: A lighting apparatus of the present invention includes: a light source; a power source unit arranged to power the light source; a detector unit arranged to detect the deterioration of ability of the power source unit to power the light source; and a determination unit arranged to determine the life of the power source unit in response to the detector unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahide Tanaka, Mitsunori Nagashima, Akinobu Sawada
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Publication number: 20140198497Abstract: An LED lamp includes a plurality of LED modules arranged in direction x, a tubular enclosure for housing the LED modules that is open at ends spaced from each other in direction x, and end caps respectively closing the ends of the tubular enclosure in direction x. Each of the end caps is configured to diffuse light from the LED modules while transmitting the light, and includes an emission surface for emitting light in a direction z perpendicular to direction x. This arrangement ensures that the LED lamp has a good appearance even when it is made long.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Inventors: Hirotaka SHIMIZU, Mitsunori NAGASHIMA
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Patent number: 8777448Abstract: An LED lamp includes a plurality of LED modules arranged in direction x, a tubular enclosure for housing the LED modules that is open at ends spaced from each other in direction x, and end caps respectively closing the ends of the tubular enclosure in direction x. Each of the end caps is configured to diffuse light from the LED modules while transmitting the light, and includes an emission surface for emitting light in a direction z perpendicular to direction x. This arrangement ensures that the LED lamp has a good appearance even when it is made long.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotaka Shimizu, Mitsunori Nagashima
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Publication number: 20140167628Abstract: Disclosed is an illuminating device which has: a first illuminating lamp which is disposed at a first predetermined position and is identifiable; a second illuminating lamp which is disposed at a second predetermined position having a predetermined relationship with the first predetermined position and is identifiable; a determining means which determines the mutual relationship between the first illuminating lamp and the second illuminating lamp; and a transmitting means which transmits identifiable control signals to the first illuminating lamp and the second illuminating lamp, respectively, so as to achieve the determination made by the determining means.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahide Tanaka, Mitsunori Nagashima
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Patent number: 8730035Abstract: Of the various technological features disclosed in the present specification, a structure according to the one technological feature is as follows. A lighting apparatus changeable between an illuminating state and a non-illuminating state comprising: a non-contact motion sensor arranged to sense a movement of a hand near the lighting apparatus; and a controller arranged to control the lighting apparatus in the non-illuminating state to change from the non-illuminating state to the illuminating state in response to the movement of hand sensed by the non-contact motion sensor, and to control the lighting apparatus in the illuminating state to cause a change in illumination with the illuminating state kept in response to the same movement of hand sensed by the non-contact motion sensor.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsunori Nagashima, Masahide Tanaka
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Patent number: 8710995Abstract: A lighting apparatus of the present invention includes: a light source; a power source unit arranged to power the light source; a detector unit arranged to detect the deterioration of ability of the power source unit to power the light source; and a determination unit arranged to determine the life of the power source unit in response to the detector unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2011Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahide Tanaka, Mitsunori Nagashima, Akinobu Sawada