Patents by Inventor Naoko Takei

Naoko Takei 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: 10400970
    Abstract: A vehicle front lamp that emits light forward includes a first light emitter that emits first emission light having a correlated color temperature of at least 3000 K and at most 7000 K, and a second light emitter that emits second emission light having a correlated color temperature of at least 3000 K and at most 7000 K. The chroma value of the first emission light is lower than the chroma value of the second emission light. The chroma value of each of the first emission light and the second emission light is derived by using the calculation method stipulated in The CIE 1997 Interim Color Appearance Model (Simple Version). The second emission light is emitted far ahead and the first emission light is emitted onto a road surface ahead, when the vehicle front lamp is mounted on a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroko Koiwa, Naoko Takei, Yoko Matsubayashi
  • Publication number: 20190088829
    Abstract: Provided is a light source that emits white light having a correlated color temperature of at least 2700 K and at most 7200 K, a chromaticity deviation within ±10, and an average color rendering index of at least 80. The light source includes: a solid-state light emitter that emits light of a first wavelength, and a fluorescent layer. The fluorescent layer receives light from the solid-state light emitter, and transmits light having a second wavelength after being excited by the light from the solid-state light emitter. The fluorescent layer includes: fluorescent materials of two or more types different in emission peak wavelength, a binder that includes a light-transmissive inorganic compound that fixes the fluorescent materials, and a void that is provided between the fluorescent materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LT D.
    Inventors: Naoko TAKEI, Kenichiro TANAKA, Ikko KUZUHARA
  • Publication number: 20190035982
    Abstract: A road light includes a light source which emits white light having a correlated color temperature of 5000 K˜6500 K, a color deviation within ±10, an S/P ratio, which is a ratio between a light flux in a scotopic vision and a light flux in a photopic vision, of greater than or equal to 2.0, and a lumen equivalence, calculated by Equation 1, of greater than or equal to 3001 m/W. The light source includes a solid-state light emitting element which emits light of a light emission peak wavelength of 380 nm˜430 nm, and a fluorescent material which absorbs the light emitted from the solid-state light emitting element and irradiates the white light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoko TAKEI
  • Patent number: 10096749
    Abstract: An illumination light source emits white light resulting from mixing of light emitted from an LED chip and light emitted from a plurality of phosphors. A light emission spectrum of the white light has a peak in a wavelength range from 430 nm to 460 nm. In the light emission spectrum, a proportion of optical intensity at a wavelength of 510 nm relative to optical intensity at the peak is 0.45 or more, and a proportion of optical intensity at a wavelength of 580 nm relative to the optical intensity at the peak is 0.60 or more. Furthermore, in the light emission spectrum, a proportion of optical intensity at a wavelength of 650 nm relative to the optical intensity at the wavelength of 580 nm is 0.4 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoko Takei
  • Patent number: 10086749
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle front lamp for use in a vehicle, including: a first white light source that emits first white light; a second white light source that emits second white light having a feeling of contrast index different from that of the first white light by at least 10; and a controller that controls light intensity of the first white light and light intensity of the second white light, in which chromaticity of the first white light and chromaticity of the second white light are each within a 5-step MacAdam ellipse, the first white light source and the second white light source are disposed in the vehicle front lamp so that the first white light and the second white light overlap each other on a certain illuminated surface, and the controller temporally changes a light intensity ratio between the first white light and the second white light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru Himeno, Naoko Takei
  • Publication number: 20180215308
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle front lamp for use in a vehicle, including: a first white light source that emits first white light; a second white light source that emits second white light having a feeling of contrast index different from that of the first white light by at least 10; and a controller that controls light intensity of the first white light and light intensity of the second white light, in which chromaticity of the first white light and chromaticity of the second white light are each within a 5-step MacAdam ellipse, the first white light source and the second white light source are disposed in the vehicle front lamp so that the first white light and the second white light overlap each other on a certain illuminated surface, and the controller temporally changes a light intensity ratio between the first white light and the second white light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru HIMENO, Naoko TAKEI
  • Publication number: 20180087731
    Abstract: A vehicle front lamp that emits light forward includes a first light emitter that emits first emission light having a correlated color temperature of at least 3000 K and at most 7000 K, and a second light emitter that emits second emission light having a correlated color temperature of at least 3000 K and at most 7000 K. The chroma value of the first emission light is lower than the chroma value of the second emission light. The chroma value of each of the first emission light and the second emission light is derived by using the calculation method stipulated in The CIE 1997 Interim Color Appearance Model (Simple Version). The second emission light is emitted far ahead and the first emission light is emitted onto a road surface ahead, when the vehicle front lamp is mounted on a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroko KOIWA, Naoko TAKEI, Yoko MATSUBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170352787
    Abstract: A street lamp includes a light emitter that is disposed at a height of at least 5 m and at most 15 m above a road and emits white light to illuminate the road. The white light has: a correlated color temperature in a range from 5000 K to 6500 K; a chromaticity deviation in a range from ?10 to +10; a scotopic/photopic (S/P) ratio of at least 2.0, the S/P ratio being a ratio of a scotopic luminous flux to a photopic luminous flux; and an average horizontal illuminance of at least 5 lx at an illumination area on the road illuminated with the white light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoko TAKEI, Makoto YAMADA, Tooru SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20170257922
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes first light emitting elements and second light emitting elements having chromaticity values in a same chromaticity range. A ratio of a greatest value of a spectral distribution of combined light in a range of 500 nm to 560 nm inclusive to a smallest value of the spectral distribution of the combined light in a range of 500 nm to 650 nm inclusive is 0.85 or less. The combined light is a combination of light emitted by the first light emitting elements and light emitted by the second light emitting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoko MATSUBAYASHI, Tohru HIMENO, Hiroko KOIWA, Naoko TAKEI, Makoto YAMADA
  • Patent number: 9644802
    Abstract: Lighting equipment is provided that enables illumination light having a stable FCI to be obtained, without influence from the lighting conditions. To this end, lighting equipment 1 performs control of lighting a first light-emitting element 12a while substantially not lighting a second light-emitting element 12b when a red light-emitting element 12c is lit under first lighting conditions where a peak wavelength of light from the red light-emitting element 12c has a first value, and of lighting the second light-emitting element 12b while substantially not lighting the first light-emitting element 12a when the red light-emitting element 12c is lit under second lighting conditions where the peak wavelength of the light from the red light-emitting element 12c has a second value, the second value being greater than the first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoko Takei, Kohji Hiramatsu, Tomoya Iwahashi
  • Publication number: 20160377240
    Abstract: An illumination light source emits white light resulting from mixing of light emitted from an LED chip and light emitted from a plurality of phosphors. A light emission spectrum of the white light has a peak in a wavelength range from 430 nm to 460 nm. In the light emission spectrum, a proportion of optical intensity at a wavelength of 510 nm relative to optical intensity at the peak is 0.45 or more, and a proportion of optical intensity at a wavelength of 580 nm relative to the optical intensity at the peak is 0.60 or more. Furthermore, in the light emission spectrum, a proportion of optical intensity at a wavelength of 650 nm relative to the optical intensity at the wavelength of 580 nm is 0.4 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Naoko TAKEI
  • Patent number: 9215776
    Abstract: Lighting equipment 1 is provided that enables illumination light having a stable FCI to be obtained, without influence from the lighting conditions. To this end, a lighting circuit 4 performs control of lighting a first red light source R1 and lighting a white light source W while not lighting or faintly lighting a second red light source R2 under first lighting conditions in which the first red light source R1 is expected to produce red light with a first peak wavelength, and of lighting the second red light source R2 and lighting the white light source W while not lighting or faintly lighting the first red light source R1 under second lighting conditions in which the first red light source R1 is expected to produce the red light with a second peak wavelength that is shifted toward a longer wavelength relative to the first peak wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Iwahashi, Kohji Hiramatsu, Naoko Takei
  • Publication number: 20150342696
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a light emitting unit configured to emit illumination light including a first light having a first peak wavelength of a first peak in a first wavelength range of 495 nm to 510 nm and a second light having a second peak wavelength of a second peak in a second wavelength range of 610 nm to 680 nm. In the illumination apparatus, an intensity of the second light at the second peak wavelength is higher than an intensity of the first light at the first peak wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru HIMENO, Kenji MUKAI, Yoko MATSUBAYASHI, Naoko TAKEI
  • Publication number: 20150276150
    Abstract: Lighting equipment is provided that enables illumination light having a stable FCI to be obtained, without influence from the lighting conditions. To this end, lighting equipment 1 performs control of lighting a first light-emitting element 12a while substantially not lighting a second light-emitting element 12b when a red light-emitting element 12c is lit under first lighting conditions where a peak wavelength of light from the red light-emitting element 12c has a first value, and of lighting the second light-emitting element 12b while substantially not lighting the first light-emitting element 12a when the red light-emitting element 12c is lit under second lighting conditions where the peak wavelength of the light from the red light-emitting element 12c has a second value, the second value being greater than the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Naoko Takei, Kohji Hiramatsu, Tomoya Iwahashi
  • Publication number: 20150264772
    Abstract: Lighting equipment 1 is provided that enables illumination light having a stable FCI to be obtained, without influence from the lighting conditions. To this end, a lighting circuit 4 performs control of lighting a first red light source R1 and lighting a white light source W while not lighting or faintly lighting a second red light source R2 under first lighting conditions in which the first red light source R1 is expected to produce red light with a first peak wavelength, and of lighting the second red light source R2 and lighting the white light source W while not lighting or faintly lighting the first red light source R1 under second lighting conditions in which the first red light source R1 is expected to produce the red light with a second peak wavelength that is shifted toward a longer wavelength relative to the first peak wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoya Iwahashi, Kohji Hiramatsu, Naoko Takei
  • Patent number: 9119271
    Abstract: A lighting device is provided with a lighting unit including a light emitting element and fluorescent bodies, which emit light of different wavelengths when excited by light from the light emitting element. When a peak output value of emitted light is 100% in a range of 440-465 nm, the lighting unit emits light having an output value at 500 nm that is 35%-55%, an output value at 550 nm that is 45%-80%, an output value at 600 nm that is 45%-75%, and an output value at 640 nm that is 50%-80%. The lighting unit emits light having a color temperature of 4500-5500 K and with the output value at 640 nm in a range of 100%-120% relative to the output value at 600 nm and in a range of 85%-130% relative to the output value at 550 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoko Takei, Kouji Nishioka, Sayaka Nishi, Takashi Saito
  • Patent number: 9072148
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes multiple types of solid state light emitting elements having different peak wavelengths from each other; and a wavelength converter including phosphors that convert a wavelength of light emitted from each of the solid state light emitting elements. The phosphors include two or more of a first phosphor, a second phosphor, and a third phosphor. The first phosphor is excited by light emitted from a solid state light emitting element having a relatively long peak wavelength, and the second phosphor is excited by light emitted from a solid state light emitting element having a relatively short peak wavelength. The third phosphor is excited by light emitted from any of the solid state light emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Tanaka, Naoko Takei
  • Patent number: 9013097
    Abstract: A light-emitting module including: a first light source including a first light-emitting element and a wavelength converter and emitting visible light having a chromaticity within rectangle range ABCD, the wavelength converter changing a wavelength of a portion of light emitted by the first light-emitting element; and a second light source including a second light-emitting element and emitting red light. The light-emitting module emits white light by mixing the visible light and the red light, and satisfies conditions 2.0?(SL?SH)/(FL?FH)?3.0 and 0.01?((xL?xH)2+(yL?yH)2)1/2?0.02.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoko Takei
  • Publication number: 20150023011
    Abstract: A light-emitting module including: a first light source including a first light-emitting element and a wavelength converter and emitting visible light having a chromaticity within rectangle range ABCD, the wavelength converter changing a wavelength of a portion of light emitted by the first light-emitting element; and a second light source including a second light-emitting element and emitting red light. The light-emitting module emits white light by mixing the visible light and the red light, and satisfies conditions 2.0?(SL?SH)/(FL?FH)?3.0 and 0.01?((xL?xH)2+(yL?yH)2)1/2?0.02.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: Naoko TAKEI
  • Patent number: 8841831
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a first luminous body having a first light source and a long wavelength cut-off filter; and a second luminous body generating light of different color from that of the first luminous body, and having a second light source and a short wavelength cut-off filter. The first and the second light source emit light in a first wavelength range and a second wavelength range extending to a longer wavelength side than the first wavelength range while overlapping with the first wavelength range, respectively. The long and the short wavelength cut-off filter cut off light having a wavelength longer than a first set wavelength and shorter longer than a second set wavelength, respectively. Thus, light emitted from the first luminous body and light emitted from the second luminous body are mixed together, such that light in between the first set wavelength and the second set wavelength is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Naoko Takei