Patents by Inventor Muneharu Kuwata

Muneharu Kuwata 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: 20240140299
    Abstract: A gear shift adjusting mechanism includes: an adjustment unit including a first slider; an adjustment target module including a second slider; and a switch unit including a first rotation shaft and a link member supported rotatably with respect to a fixing member about the first rotation shaft. The link member includes a first engaged part that is engaged with a first engaging part of the first slider and a second engaged part that is engaged with a second engaging part of the second slider. The switch unit moves at least one of the first rotation shaft, the first engaging part, or the second engaging part so that at least one of a first distance between the first rotation shaft and the first engaging part or a second distance between the first rotation shaft and the second engaging part is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi INATANI, Muneharu KUWATA
  • Patent number: 11970108
    Abstract: A headlight device includes a light source unit to emit first light, a first optical unit to change a light distribution pattern of incident first light, a light-reception unit to detect incident second light, a second optical unit to project the light distribution pattern in a predetermined projection direction and receive incident light traveling in a direction opposite to the projection direction, a third optical unit to emit the first light toward the second optical unit and emit incident light that has passed through the second optical unit as second light toward the light-reception unit, and a fourth optical unit to focus the second light and direct toward the light-reception unit. The light distribution pattern is controlled based on a detection result of second light in the light-reception unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashige Suwa, Ritsuya Oshima, Muneharu Kuwata
  • Publication number: 20240083345
    Abstract: A headlight device includes a light source unit to emit first light, a first optical unit to change a light distribution pattern of incident first light, a light-reception unit to detect incident second light, a second optical unit to project the light distribution pattern in a predetermined projection direction and receive incident light traveling in a direction opposite to the projection direction, a third optical unit to emit the first light toward the second optical unit and emit incident light that has passed through the second optical unit as second light toward the light-reception unit, and a fourth optical unit to focus the second light and direct toward the light-reception unit. The light distribution pattern is controlled based on a detection result of second light in the light-reception unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masashige SUWA, Ritsuya OSHIMA, Muneharu KUWATA
  • Patent number: 11927742
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light source, a pair of wedge prisms, and a driving portion. The pair of wedge prisms deflect incident light. The driving portion includes a gear and a gear, and causes the pair of wedge prisms to rotate about a rotation axis by using the gear and the gear. The pair of wedge prisms include a wedge prism held by a barrel and a wedge prism held by a barrel. The barrel is disposed inside the barrel. A gear whose center axis is the rotation axis is provided on an outer periphery of the barrel. A gear whose center axis is the rotation axis is provided on an inner periphery of the barrel. The gear is disposed on an outer peripheral side of the gear and meshes with the gear. The gear is disposed on an inner peripheral side of the gear and meshes with the gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ritsuya Oshima, Masashige Suwa, Akinori Heishi, Muneharu Kuwata, Kuniko Kojima
  • Patent number: 11926064
    Abstract: A remote control manipulator system includes: a manipulator being controlled by an operator remotely to handle an object; a stereoscopic display device that displays a right-eye image and a left-eye image so as to be stereoscopically viewed; a model image generator that generates a model image being an image of an integrated three-dimensional model viewed from a viewpoint designated by the operator, the integrated three-dimensional model being a three-dimensional model obtained by integrating the manipulator model and a surrounding environment model being generated by performing image processing on the right-eye image and the left-eye image and being a three-dimensional model of the object and a surrounding environment thereof; and a model image display device that displays the model image and is configured to be able to be viewed by the operator switching between the stereoscopic display device and the model image display device through moving the head of the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota Narasaki, Noboru Kawaguchi, Masaki Hirano, Muneharu Kuwata, Masashige Suwa, Toshiyuki Ando, Hitomi Ono, Akihiro Fujie, Yoshitaka Koda, Toru Sato
  • Patent number: 11898726
    Abstract: A light irradiation device includes a light source, a first reflecting surface, a second reflecting surface and a rotation mechanism that rotates the first reflecting surface around a first central axis passing through a center of the first reflecting surface and rotates the second reflecting surface around a second central axis passing through a center of the second reflecting surface. The first central axis is orthogonal to a first reference surface that is 45 degrees inclined with respect to a first plane that is orthogonal to an optical axis of light incident upon the first reflecting surface, the second central axis is orthogonal to a second reference surface parallel to the first reference surface, and the first reflecting surface is inclined with respect to the first reference surface and the second reflecting surface is inclined with respect to the second reference surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashige Suwa, Ritsuya Oshima, Muneharu Kuwata
  • Publication number: 20240033930
    Abstract: A remote control manipulator system includes: a manipulator being controlled by an operator remotely to handle an object; a stereoscopic display device that displays a right-eye image and a left-eye image so as to be stereoscopically viewed; a model image generator that generates a model image being an image of an integrated three-dimensional model viewed from a viewpoint designated by the operator, the integrated three-dimensional model being a three-dimensional model obtained by integrating the manipulator model and a surrounding environment model being generated by performing image processing on the right-eye image and the left-eye image and being a three-dimensional model of the object and a surrounding environment thereof; and a model image display device that displays the model image and is configured to be able to be viewed by the operator switching between the stereoscopic display device and the model image display device through moving the head of the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shota NARASAKI, Noboru KAWAGUCHI, Masaki HIRANO, Muneharu KUWATA, Masashige SUWA, Toshiyuki ANDO, Hitomi ONO, Akihiro FUJIE, Yoshitaka KODA, Toru SATO
  • Patent number: 11879634
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a frame forming part that is provided at at least one position on an end part of a light-emitting panel having a light emission surface or in a vicinity of the light-emitting panel and includes a bright part region and a dark part region, a light source that emits light to be incident upon the frame forming part, and a light amount regulation part that makes intensity of light heading for a space facing the light emission surface from the dark part region weaker than intensity of light heading for the space from the bright part region in the light entering the frame forming part from the light source, or makes the intensity of the light from the bright part region stronger than the intensity of the light from the dark part region in the light entering the frame forming part from the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Okagaki, Yusuke Fujii, Haruka Yamazaki, Muneharu Kuwata, Kuniko Kojima
  • Publication number: 20230417406
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing including an illumination opening at a position viewable by a user; a blower provided in an airflow path connecting an inlet and outlet; a light emitter provided in the housing viewable through the illumination opening and including a light incident portion to receive light emitted from a first light source and a first light emission portion to emit first light generated from the light and including light simulating natural light; and at least one light extractor emitting second light that is part of the light received by the light emitter that reaches an edge portion of the light emitter without being emitted as the first light or second light received from the first light source or a second light source different from the first light source without intervention of the light emitter. The at least one light extractor is provided in the airflow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru OKAGAKI, Yusuke FUJII, Haruka SUZUKI, Muneharu KUWATA, Kuniko KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 11835202
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light source unit that emits light, a first optical unit that lets the light enter and changes a divergence angle of the entered light, a second optical unit including an image light formation unit that lets the light with the changed divergence angle enter and emits light including image light having image information, and a drive unit that moves the first optical unit and the second optical unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ritsuya Oshima, Masatoshi Nishimura, Akihiro Yamada, Muneharu Kuwata
  • Patent number: 11807154
    Abstract: A rotation adjustment mechanism includes a rotation target module supported to be freely rotatable with respect to a fixation member around a first rotary shaft and an adjustment unit including a slider. Rotation of the rotation target module around the first rotary shaft is regulated by a contact point where a connection groove of the rotation target module and a projection part of the slider contact each other, and a shape of a surface of the connection groove contacting the projection part is a shape formed by a locus that successively connects the contact points of the connection groove and the projection part each of which is obtained each time the rotation target module is moved around the first rotary shaft by a unit angle and simultaneously the projection part fixed to the slider is translated by a constant amount in a direction parallel to the slide axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ritsuya Oshima, Takeshi Inatani, Muneharu Kuwata
  • Patent number: 11788702
    Abstract: A headlight module includes a first light source that emits first light, and a first optical unit. The first optical unit includes a first optical surface that reflects the first light, and a lens surface that projects illuminating light including the first light reflected by the first optical surface. An edge part of the first optical surface close to the lens surface includes a first edge part and a second edge part differing from each other in a position in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the lens surface, and a position of the second edge part in a direction of the optical axis is closer to the lens surface than a position of the first edge part in the direction of the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashige Suwa, Ritsuya Oshima, Muneharu Kuwata
  • Publication number: 20230258309
    Abstract: A headlight module includes: a light source; a condensing optical unit that allows light generated by the light source to enter and transforms the light into condensed light; and a light guide member including a first cutoff line formation part that forms light in a first light distribution pattern from the condensed light, a second cutoff line formation part that forms light in a second light distribution pattern from the condensed light, a first emission surface that emits light in a first illuminance distribution pattern corresponding to the first light distribution pattern, and a second emission surface that emits light in a second illuminance distribution pattern corresponding to the second light distribution pattern. Light in a combined illuminance distribution pattern obtained by adding the light in the first illuminance distribution pattern and the light in the second illuminance distribution pattern is emitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masashige SUWA, Tomohide MORIMOTO, Muneharu KUWATA
  • Patent number: 11667232
    Abstract: A rotation adjustment mechanism includes a rotation target module supported by a fixation member to be freely rotatable around a first rotary shaft and an adjustment unit supported by the fixation member and including a slider movable along a slide axis pointing in a direction orthogonal to the first rotary shaft. The adjustment unit is supported to be freely rotatable around a second rotary shaft parallel to the first rotary shaft and provided on the fixation member. The rotation target module includes a connection groove. The fixation member includes a cam member. The cam member has a guide surface in an arc-like shape that maintains constant a rotation angle of a contact point where the connection groove and a projection part of the slider contact each other around the first rotary shaft with respect to a unit movement amount of the slider in a direction parallel to the slide axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ritsuya Oshima, Takeshi Inatani, Muneharu Kuwata
  • Publication number: 20230151958
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing including an illumination opening at a position viewable by a user; a blower provided in an airflow path connecting an inlet and outlet; a light emitter provided in the housing viewable through the illumination opening and including a light incident portion to receive light emitted from a first light source and a first light emission portion to emit first light generated from the light and including light simulating natural light; and at least one light extractor emitting second light that is part of the light received by the light emitter that reaches an edge portion of the light emitter without being emitted as the first light or second light received from the first light source or a second light source different from the first light source without intervention of the light emitter. The at least one light extractor is provided in the airflow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru OKAGAKI, Yusuke FUJII, Haruka SUZUKI, Muneharu KUWATA, Kuniko KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 11644172
    Abstract: A headlight device includes an optical unit to emit light and a support mechanism to support the optical unit. The optical unit includes supported pins as a first supported part and supported groove parts as a second supported part. The support mechanism includes support groove parts as a first support part that is provided on a first straight line in a predetermined first direction and contacts the supported pins and support pins as a second support part that is provided on a second straight line in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and contacts the supported groove parts. The support mechanism supports the optical unit to be freely rotatable around the first straight line passing through the support groove parts and freely rotatable around the second straight line passing through the support pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ritsuya Oshima, Masashige Suwa, Muneharu Kuwata
  • Patent number: D991527
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Okagaki, Yusuke Fujii, Haruka Yamazaki, Muneharu Kuwata, Kuniko Kojima
  • Patent number: D991528
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Okagaki, Yusuke Fujii, Haruka Yamazaki, Muneharu Kuwata, Kuniko Kojima
  • Patent number: D991529
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Okagaki, Yusuke Fujii, Haruka Yamazaki, Muneharu Kuwata, Kuniko Kojima
  • Patent number: D992190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Okagaki, Yusuke Fujii, Haruka Yamazaki, Muneharu Kuwata, Kuniko Kojima