Patents by Inventor Satoru Yamauchi

Satoru Yamauchi 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: 11971683
    Abstract: Provided an electrophotographic electro-conductive member that can stably suppress an occurrence of fogging in an electrophotographic image. The member comprises a support having an electro-conductive outer surface, and an electro-conductive layer on the outer surface of the support, the electro-conductive layer having a matrix including a cross-linked product of a first rubber, and domains dispersed in the matrix, the domains each includes a cross-linked product of a second rubber and an electro-conductive particle, at least some of the domains is exposed to the outer surface of the electro-conductive member to constitute protrusions on an outer surface of the member, the outer surface of the electro-conductive member is constituted by the matrix and the domains exposed to the outer surface of the electrophotographic electro-conductive member, the electrophotographic electro-conductive member has an impedance of 1.0×103? or more and 1.0×108? or less, and some of the domains satisfy two specific requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoru Nishioka, Kazuhiro Yamauchi, Hiroaki Watanabe, Takumi Furukawa, Yasuhiro Fushimoto, Masahiro Kurachi, Kenji Takashima, Yuichi Kikuchi, Kana Sato
  • Patent number: 11242964
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus that is to be disposed in a recess formed in a part of a building includes: a light-emitting module that includes a board and a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the board; a light diffuser that has translucency and covers the light-emitting module; and a specular reflector that is disposed between the light-emitting module and the light diffuser. The light-emitting module emits light toward the light diffuser, and the specular reflector reflects light from the light diffuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Takeshita, Kentaro Yamauchi, Satoru Yamauchi, Shumpei Fujii, Satoshi Hyodo
  • Patent number: 10718489
    Abstract: An illumination system includes: a first luminaire that emits first illumination light having a color simulating a sky; a second luminaire that is disposed in a same space as the first luminaire, the second luminaire projecting, on an object, second illumination light simulating sunlight to create a sunny portion on the object; and a controller that causes the first luminaire to emit the first illumination light according to an environment reproduction condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Takeshita, Kentaro Yamauchi, Satoru Yamauchi, Shumpei Fujii, Satoshi Hyodo
  • Patent number: 10677421
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus that is to be disposed in a recess formed in a part of a building includes: a light-emitting module that includes a board and a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the board; a light diffuser that has translucency and covers the light-emitting module; and a light reflector that includes a wall having light-reflecting properties and surrounding the plurality of light-emitting elements. Among the plurality of light-emitting elements, every two adjacent light-emitting elements are disposed on the board at a first interval. Among the plurality of light-emitting elements, a light-emitting element closest to the wall is disposed on the board with a second interval to the wall, the second interval being larger than ¼ of the first interval and smaller than the first interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Takeshita, Kentaro Yamauchi, Satoru Yamauchi, Shumpei Fujii, Satoshi Hyodo
  • Patent number: 10591136
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes: a case having an opening portion; a first light source disposed in the case and including a plurality of light-emitting elements; a light diffuser which is disposed in the opening portion, diffuses and transmits light emitted from the first light source, and from which the diffused light and the transmitted light exit; a light emission component disposed outside a light exit region of the light diffuser on a light exit surface side of the light diffuser; and a second light source that emits light to the light emission component to cause the light emission component to radiate light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Takeshita, Kentaro Yamauchi, Satoru Yamauchi, Shumpei Fujii, Satoshi Hyodo
  • Patent number: 10481078
    Abstract: A hygrometer includes a heat transfer section extending from a measurement space toward an outside space separated from the measurement space, a heat release amount control unit that causes heat to be released to the outside space from the heat transfer section such that an amount of heat released to the outside space is made constant, and a computation device that calculates a humidity of the measurement space. The computation device calculates the humidity from a heat transfer section temperature and a measurement space temperature using a relational expression based on a heat balance in the heat transfer section when condensation is occurring in a portion, of the heat transfer section, located within the measurement space in a state where the amount of heat released to the outside space from the heat transfer section is made constant by the heat release amount control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: ESPEC CORP.
    Inventor: Satoru Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 10483616
    Abstract: An illumination device is provided. The illumination device includes a substrate including a light-emitter. An instrument main body includes a substrate arrangement surface, with the substrate being on the substrate arrangement surface. A cover is attached to the instrument main body, covers the substrate, and is transparent. An antenna is on the cover and configured to receive a signal from an outside of the illumination device. A driver is on the instrument main body and configured to supply power to the light-emitter. A controller is configured to control the power supplied from the driver to the light-emitter based on the signal received by the antenna. The cover includes a diffusion factor from 40% to 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Ozaki, Tatsumi Setomoto, Satoru Yamauchi, Hironori Akiyama, Kohji Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 10440792
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes: a case having an opening portion; a light source disposed in the case and including a plurality of light-emitting elements; a light diffuser which is disposed in the opening portion, and diffuses and transmits light emitted from the plurality of light-emitting elements; and a controller that controls light emission from the light source. The controller: controls light emission from the plurality of light-emitting elements to project an image on the light diffuser, the image changing with time; and when changing the light emission from the plurality of light-emitting elements changing the image, controls the light emission from the light source to keep a change in at least one of (i) a light amount, (ii) a color temperature, and (iii) a spectral distribution of light emitted from the illumination apparatus within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Takeshita, Kentaro Yamauchi, Satoru Yamauchi, Shumpei Fujii, Satoshi Hyodo
  • Publication number: 20190190118
    Abstract: An illumination device is provided. The illumination device includes a substrate including a light-emitter. An instrument main body includes a substrate arrangement surface, with the substrate being on the substrate arrangement surface. A cover is attached to the instrument main body, covers the substrate, and is transparent. An antenna is on the cover and configured to receive a signal from an outside of the illumination device. A driver is on the instrument main body and configured to supply power to the light-emitter. A controller is configured to control the power supplied from the driver to the light-emitter based on the signal received by the antenna. The cover includes a diffusion factor from 40% to 90%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime OZAKI, Tatsumi SETOMOTO, Satoru YAMAUCHI, Hironori AKIYAMA, Kohji HIRAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20180275499
    Abstract: An illumination system includes: a first luminaire that is of an internal lighting type and includes a light emitter that emits first illumination light having a color simulating a sky; and a second luminaire that is of a projection type and includes a projector that projects, on an object, second illumination light having a color simulating sunlight. The first luminaire and the second luminaire are disposed in a same space, and the first luminaire is disposed higher with respect to a floor than a projection area created on the object by the second illumination light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Hironori TAKESHITA, Kentaro YAMAUCHI, Satoru YAMAUCHI, Shumpei FUJII, Satoshi HYODO
  • Publication number: 20180274752
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus that is to be disposed in a recess formed in a part of a building includes: a light-emitting module that includes a board and a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the board; a light diffuser that has translucency and covers the light-emitting module; and a light reflector that includes a wall having light-reflecting properties and surrounding the plurality of light-emitting elements. Among the plurality of light-emitting elements, every two adjacent light-emitting elements are disposed on the board at a first interval. Among the plurality of light-emitting elements, a light-emitting element closest to the wall is disposed on the board with a second interval to the wall, the second interval being larger than ¼ of the first interval and smaller than the first interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Hironori TAKESHITA, Kentaro YAMAUCHI, Satoru YAMAUCHI, Shumpei FUJII, Satoshi HYODO
  • Publication number: 20180275498
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes: a case having an opening portion; a first light source disposed in the case and including a plurality of light-emitting elements; a light diffuser which is disposed in the opening portion, diffuses and transmits light emitted from the first light source, and from which the diffused light and the transmitted light exit; a light emission component disposed outside a light exit region of the light diffuser on a light exit surface side of the light diffuser; and a second light source that emits light to the light emission component to cause the light emission component to radiate light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Hironori TAKESHITA, Kentaro YAMAUCHI, Satoru YAMAUCHI, Shumpei FUJII, Satoshi HYODO
  • Publication number: 20180275501
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus that is to be disposed in a recess formed in a part of a building includes: a light-emitting module that includes a board and a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the board; a light diffuser that has translucency and covers the light-emitting module; and a specular reflector that is disposed between the light-emitting module and the light diffuser. The light-emitting module emits light toward the light diffuser, and the specular reflector reflects light from the light diffuser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Hironori TAKESHITA, Kentaro YAMAUCHI, Satoru YAMAUCHI, Shumpei FUJII, Satoshi HYODO
  • Publication number: 20180279439
    Abstract: An illumination system includes: a first luminaire that emits first illumination light having a color simulating a sky; a second luminaire that is disposed in a same space as the first luminaire, the second luminaire projecting, on an object, second illumination light simulating sunlight to create a sunny portion on the object; and a controller that causes the first luminaire to emit the first illumination light according to an environment reproduction condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Hironori TAKESHITA, Kentaro YAMAUCHI, Satoru YAMAUCHI, Shumpei FUJII, Satoshi HYODO
  • Publication number: 20180279454
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes: a case having an opening portion; a light source disposed in the case and including a plurality of light-emitting elements; a light diffuser which is disposed in the opening portion, and diffuses and transmits light emitted from the plurality of light-emitting elements; and a controller that controls light emission from the light source. The controller: controls light emission from the plurality of light-emitting elements to project an image on the light diffuser, the image changing with time; and when changing the light emission from the plurality of light-emitting elements changing the image, controls the light emission from the light source to keep a change in at least one of (i) a light amount, (ii) a color temperature, and (iii) a spectral distribution of light emitted from the illumination apparatus within a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Hironori TAKESHITA, Kentaro YAMAUCHI, Satoru YAMAUCHI, Shumpei FUJII, Satoshi HYODO
  • Patent number: 9815978
    Abstract: A light diffuser includes: a thermoplastic resin base which has a thermal expansion coefficient of at least 4×10?5/K and at most 8×10?5/K; and a light diffusion layer which is disposed on a surface of the thermoplastic resin base and includes an acrylic resin film and an acrylic resin particle, the acrylic resin film including one or more acrylic resins having a glass transition temperature of at least 30° C. and at most 50° C., the acrylic resin particle being included in the acrylic resin film and having an average particle size of at least 1 ?m and at most 15 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daigo Yamashina, Shuhei Uchiyama, Satoru Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20170275445
    Abstract: A light diffuser includes: a thermoplastic resin base which has a thermal expansion coefficient of at least 4×10?5/K and at most 8×10?5/K; and a light diffusion layer which is disposed on a surface of the thermoplastic resin base and includes an acrylic resin film and an acrylic resin particle, the acrylic resin film including one or more acrylic resins having a glass transition temperature of at least 30° C. and at most 50° C., the acrylic resin particle being included in the acrylic resin film and having an average particle size of at least 1 ?m and at most 15 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daigo YAMASHINA, Shuhei UCHIYAMA, Satoru YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 9681141
    Abstract: Decoding of image data from a bit stream of encoded image data is performed. The image data was encoded in a selected domain by a transform function. A set of coefficients is extracted from the bit stream, wherein the set of coefficients represent a block of the image data. Each coefficient is compared to a theoretical model of a distribution of the coefficient data representative of the transform function. A decoding error is indicated when a coefficient does not lie within the theoretical model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yusuke Minagawa, Satoru Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 9509945
    Abstract: A data stream that contains periodic time reference values referenced to a first reference clock is received for transcoding. The received data stream is processed to form an output data stream that contains the periodic time reference values. At least one of the periodic time reference values is adjusted by adding a count value to the at least one periodic reference value to form an adjusted periodic time reference value. The output data stream is transmitted with the adjusted periodic time reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yusuke Minagawa, Satoru Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 9424360
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for ranking events. One of the methods includes receiving data identifying a physical location; obtaining data identifying a plurality of events occurring in the physical location during a particular time period; computing a respective plurality of signal scores for each of the events, wherein computing the respective plurality of signal scores for each of the events comprises computing a first signal score for each of the events based at least in part on a count of Internet sites that include at least one mention of the event; computing a respective popularity score for each of the plurality of events by combining the respective plurality of signal scores for the event; and generating a ranking of events occurring in the physical location during the particular time period based at least in part on the popularity scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Kavi J. Goel, Toshihiro Yoshino, Yang-hua Chu, Hidetoshi Shimokawa, Slaven Bilac, Mingmin Xie, Satoru Yamauchi