Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Nitta
Mitsuru Nitta 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: 20250113692Abstract: A light-emitting device that emits output light, is a light-emitting device that includes: a light-emitting element that emits a primary light; and a wavelength converter that converts at least a portion of the primary light into a secondary light. The output light includes at least a portion of the secondary light. The output light has a light intensity greater than or equal to a predetermined value throughout an entire wavelength range of from 750 nm to 900 nm, inclusive. A ratio of a light intensity of the output light at 900 nm to a light intensity of the output light at 750 nm is greater than or equal to 0.2 and less than 3.0. The output light has a spectral luminosity of at least 0.1 lm/W and at most 10 lm/W.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2023Publication date: April 3, 2025Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi ABE, Shogo MOTEGI, Mitsuru NITTA, Ryosuke SHIGITANI
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Patent number: 12232847Abstract: A wavelength converter includes a first phosphor activated with Cr3+; and a second phosphor activated with at least one ion of Ce3+ or Eu2+. A fluorescence spectrum of a fluorescence emitted by the second phosphor has a peak where a fluorescence intensity shows a maximum value in a wavelength range of 500 nm or more to less than 580 nm. The wavelength converter emits a fluorescence having a light component over an entire range of 500 nm or more to less than 580 nm. The wavelength converter emits a light having a spectrum in which a ratio of a minimum light emission intensity to a maximum light emission intensity is 40% or less in a wavelength range of 550 nm or more to 700 nm or less.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Abe, Shozo Oshio, Mitsuru Nitta
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Patent number: 12140305Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a light source that radiates primary light; and a first phosphor that absorbs the primary light and converts the primary light into first wavelength-converted light having a longer wavelength than the primary light, the first wavelength-converted light includes fluorescence based on electron energy transition of Cr3+, and a fluorescence spectrum of the first wavelength-converted light has a maximum fluorescence intensity value in region of a wavelength exceeding 710 nm.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2024Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuru Nitta, Shozo Oshio, Takeshi Abe
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Publication number: 20240347677Abstract: Provided is a light emitting device including a solid-state light-emitting element that emits primary light, a wavelength converter that includes a phosphor containing a fluorescent ion which absorbs the primary light on the basis of a forbidden transition-type electronic energy transition, and an optical member that reflects the primary light while transmitting fluorescence emitted by the fluorescent ion. The solid-state light-emitting element is arranged on a side of one surface of the wavelength converter and the optical member is arranged on a side of the other surface. The fluorescence emitted by the fluorescent ion passes through the optical member and is output to the outside of the light emitting device. An electronic apparatus includes the above-described light emitting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2022Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryosuke SHIGITANI, Mitsuru NITTA, Shozo OSHIO
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Patent number: 12100927Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light source that emits a primary light having a light energy density exceeding 0.5W/mm2, and a first phosphor that absorbs the primary light to convert the primary light into a first wavelength-converted light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light. The first phosphor includes a compound serving as a host, the compound being a simple oxide including one kind of metal element or a composite oxide including a plurality of different kinds of the simple oxide as an end member. When an energy conversion value at a peak wavelength of the primary light is E1 electron volts and an energy conversion value at a fluorescence peak wavelength of the first wavelength-converted light is E2 electron volts, a bandgap energy of a crystal of the simple oxide is larger than a sum of the E1 electron volts and the E2 electron volts.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuru Nitta, Takeshi Abe, Shozo Oshio
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Publication number: 20240304765Abstract: Provided is a light emitting device that is characterized by at least combining a solid-state light emitting element, a first wavelength converter, and a second wavelength converter, and emits output light. The solid-state light emitting element emits primary light. The first wavelength converter absorbs at least part of the primary light and converts this part of the primary light to first wavelength-converted light. The second wavelength converter absorbs at least part of first mixed light including first transmitted primary light, which is the primary light that has passed through the first wavelength converter, and the first wavelength-converted light, and converts the light to second wavelength-converted light. The output light includes at least transmitted first wavelength-converted light, which is a light component obtained by the first wavelength-converted light having passed through the second wavelength converter, and a light component of the second wavelength-converted light.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryosuke SHIGITANI, Mitsuru NITTA, Shozo OSHIO
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Publication number: 20240304764Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting device provided with a solid-state light-emitting element and a phosphor and emits output light. The spectral distribution of the output light has a first light component and a second light component derived from fluorescence emitted by the phosphor, and has a first minimum value between the first light component and the second light component. The first light component is a fluorescent component having a maximum intensity value within a wavelength range of 560 nm or more and less than 700 nm. The second light component is a fluorescent component having a maximum intensity value within a wavelength range of 700 nm or more and less than 2500 nm. The maximum intensity value of the second light component is greater than that of the first light component. The first minimum value is less than 50% of the maximum intensity value of the second light component.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2022Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shozo OSHIO, Mitsuru NITTA, Ryosuke SHIGITANI
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Publication number: 20240279546Abstract: Provided is a phosphor represented by general formula (1) below, (Gd1-x-y,Lny,MIIx)3MIII2(Ga1-z,MIVz)3O12:Cr3+??(1) where, in the formula, Ln is one or more elements selected from La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Yb, and Lu, MII is a divalent element, MIII is a trivalent element, MIV is a tetravalent element, and x, y, and z satisfy 0<x<0.5, 0?y<0.5, and 0<z<0.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2022Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuru NITTA, Ryosuke SHIGITANI, Shozo OSHIO
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Publication number: 20240247781Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a light source that radiates primary light; and a first phosphor that absorbs the primary light and converts the primary light into first wavelength-converted light having a longer wavelength than the primary light, the first wavelength-converted light includes fluorescence based on electron energy transition of Cr3+, and a fluorescence spectrum of the first wavelength-converted light has a maximum fluorescence intensity value in region of a wavelength exceeding 710 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuru NITTA, Shozo OSHIO, Takeshi ABE
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Publication number: 20240128413Abstract: Provided is a wavelength converter including a phosphor ceramic containing a first phosphor that emits fluorescence due to a parity-forbidden transition, and a phosphor part containing a second phosphor that emits fluorescence due to a parity-allowed transition. A main surface of the phosphor ceramic has a concave and convex structure including a plurality of convex parts and a plurality of concave parts. The phosphor part is arranged inside the plurality of concave parts in the phosphor ceramic. Also provided is a light emitting device including the wavelength converter, and a solid-state light source that emits light with which the wavelength converter is irradiated and which has a light emission peak within a wavelength range of 400 nm or more and less than 500 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuru NITTA, Ryosuke SHIGITANI, Emi MIYAZAKI, Toru HIRANO
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Patent number: 11959632Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a light source that radiates primary light; and a first phosphor that absorbs the primary light and converts the primary light into first wavelength-converted light having a longer wavelength than the primary light, wherein the primary light is laser light, the first wavelength-converted light includes fluorescence based on electron energy transition of Cr3+, and a fluorescence spectrum of the first wavelength-converted light has a maximum fluorescence intensity value in region of a wavelength exceeding 710 nm.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuru Nitta, Shozo Oshio, Takeshi Abe
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Publication number: 20240118220Abstract: Provided is an inspection device including: a light source including a phosphor; and a photodetector, and detecting, using the photodetector, reflected light of the inspection light reflected by the inspection object. A spectral distribution of the inspection light has at least one maximum value derived from fluorescence emitted by the phosphor, and the maximum value is within a wavelength range of 600 nm or more and 750 nm or less. When Pmax is set as a spectral intensity at the maximum value where the spectral intensity is largest at the at least one maximum value, a largest value of the spectral intensity in a wavelength range longer than 750 nm is 20% or more of Pmax and less than Pmax, and the spectral intensity within a wavelength range of 500 nm or more and 550 nm or less is less than 20% of Pmax.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shozo OSHIO, Mitsuru NITTA, Ryosuke SHIGITANI
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PHOSPHOR, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, SENSING SYSTEM LIGHT SOURCE, AND SENSING SYSTEM ILLUMINATION SYSTEM
Publication number: 20240079532Abstract: Provided is a phosphor that contains Cr3+ and emits near-infrared light, wherein a host crystal of the phosphor has a crystal structure same as that of a compound Mg3Ga2GeO8, a fluorescence spectrum FF1 has a fluorescence peak FPF1 within a range of wavelengths of 700 or more and less than 900 nm, and a fluorescence spectrum data group FD that is an aggregate of spectral intensities of the fluorescence spectrum FF1 at every 10 nm exhibits a unimodal shape within the range of wavelengths of 700 or more and less than 900 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2021Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuru NITTA, Ryosuke SHIGITANI, Shozo OSHIO -
Publication number: 20240036450Abstract: In a projection system, a light source unit emits a first visible light beam, a second visible light beam having a longer wavelength than the first visible light beam, and a near infrared light beam. A spatial light modulation unit subjects the first visible light beam, the second visible light beam, and the near infrared light beam, all emitted from the light source unit, to spatial light modulation to produce a first image light beam, a second image light beam, and a third image light beam, respectively. A controller makes a projection optical system not only selectively project any one of a plurality of image light beams, including the first image light beam, the second image light beam, and the third image light beam, but also selectively project any two or more of the plurality of image light beams, by controlling the spatial light modulation unit in two different manners.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi KITANO, Mitsuru NITTA, Takeshi ABE
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Publication number: 20230343905Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a first light emitting element that emits a first light component; a second light emitting element that emits a second light component; a first phosphor that emits a third light component; and a second phosphor that emits a fourth light component. A spectral distribution of the output light has a trough portion within a wavelength range of 650 nm or more and 750 nm or less, and a minimum intensity value within the wavelength range is less than 30% of a maximum intensity value within a wavelength range of 380 nm or more and 2500 nm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2021Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Shozo OSHIO, Mitsuru NITTA, Ryosuke SHIGITANI, Chigusa FUJIWARA, Shunpei FUJII
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Publication number: 20230241409Abstract: Provided is a light irradiation type cosmetic apparatus including a light emitting device including: a light source that emits primary light; and a first phosphor that absorbs the primary light and converts the primary light into first wavelength-converted light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light, wherein the light source is a solid-state light source having a rated output of 1 W or more, the primary light is light emitted from the solid-state light source, the first wavelength-converted light contains fluorescence based on an electron energy transition of Cr3+, and the first wavelength-converted light has a fluorescence spectrum having a fluorescence intensity maximum value in a wavelength range exceeding 710 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Mitsuru NITTA, Shozo OSHIO, Chigusa FUJIWARA, Ryosuke SHIGITANI
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Publication number: 20230238768Abstract: Provided is a light emitting device including a light source that emits primary light; and a wavelength converter that includes a first phosphor that absorbs the primary light and emits first wavelength-converted light, wherein the light emitting device emits output light including the first wavelength-converted light, the first wavelength-converted light is near-infrared light having a fluorescence intensity maximum value within a wavelength range of 700 nm or more and less than 800 nm, the first wavelength-converted light mainly contains a broad fluorescent component based on an electron energy transition of 4T2?4A2 of Cr3+, and the broad fluorescent component has a fluorescence spectrum half-width that is less than 100 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2021Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Mitsuru NITTA, Chigusa FUJIWARA, Shozo OSHIO
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Patent number: 11692687Abstract: Provided is a wavelength converting composite member including: a disk-shaped substrate; a first wavelength converting member provided on the substrate and containing a first phosphor that radiates fluorescence due to a parity-forbidden transition; and a second wavelength converting member provided on the substrate and containing a second phosphor that radiates fluorescence due to a parity-allowed transition. The first wavelength converting member and the second wavelength converting member are disposed adjacent to each other along the circumferential direction of the substrate. The first wavelength converting member and the second wavelength converting member are provided on the substrate in such a way that the position of the center of gravity of the entirety of the first wavelength converting member and the second wavelength converting member is located on the rotation axis of the substrate. A light emitting device is provided with the wavelength converting composite member.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuru Nitta, Shozo Oshio, Chigusa Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20230160558Abstract: Provided is a wavelength converting composite member including: a disk-shaped substrate; a first wavelength converting member provided on the substrate and containing a first phosphor that radiates fluorescence due to a parity-forbidden transition; and a second wavelength converting member provided on the substrate and containing a second phosphor that radiates fluorescence due to a parity-allowed transition. The first wavelength converting member and the second wavelength converting member are disposed adjacent to each other along the circumferential direction of the substrate. The first wavelength converting member and the second wavelength converting member are provided on the substrate in such a way that the position of the center of gravity of the entirety of the first wavelength converting member and the second wavelength converting member is located on the rotation axis of the substrate. A light emitting device is provided with the wavelength converting composite member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Mitsuru NITTA, Shozo OSHIO, Chigusa FUJIWARA
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Publication number: 20230105882Abstract: A light emitting device (1) is a light emitting device for use in a photodynamic therapy. The light emitting device includes: a solid-state light-emitting element (2) that emits primary light in which an energy density is 0.5 W/mm2 or more; and a wavelength converter (3) including a first phosphor (4) that emits first wavelength-converted light (7). The first wavelength-converted light has a light component across at least a whole of a wavelength range of 700 nm or more and less than 800 nm. Energy of fluorescence emitted from the wavelength converter is 100 mW or more. A medical device includes the light emitting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Takeshi ABE, Shozo OSHIO, Mitsuru NITTA