Patents by Inventor Tadashi Murakami

Tadashi Murakami 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: 9185779
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a sensor that transmits radio waves of a predetermined frequency and receives reflected waves of the transmitted radio waves. The sensor device detects presence of a moving body based on a difference between a frequency of the transmitted radio waves and a frequency of the reflected waves to activate a light source in accordance with the detection. A processor generates a sensor signal indicating the detection of the sensor. A determination unit determines whether or not the sensor signal has an intensity that is greater than a predetermined threshold. A controller controls activation of the light source when determined that the intensity of the signal is greater than the threshold. The controller restricts activation of the light source when determined that the intensity of the sensor signal is greater than the threshold until a first specified time elapses from the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Murakami, Shigeo Gotoh
  • Publication number: 20150289337
    Abstract: A controller of a lighting fixture is configured to set a light modulation level of an LED to a first light modulation level in a period from a beginning of a night time slot until when a predetermined first time period elapses, regardless of a detection result of a human detecting sensor, and set the light modulation level of the LED to a second light modulation level that is lower than the first light modulation level when the first time period elapses. The controller is configured to set, when the human detecting sensor detects a person in a state where the light modulation level of the LED is set to the second light modulation level, the light modulation level of the LED to the first light modulation level for a predetermined time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Tadashi Murakami, Shigeo Gotou
  • Patent number: 9146310
    Abstract: An object detection device comprises an active sensor, an amplifying circuit configured to divide and amplify a sensor signal outputted from said active sensor with respect to each a plurality of frequency bands through each amplifier, and a determining unit determining the presence or absence of a detection target object by comparing an output of said amplifying circuit with a predetermined threshold value. A noise determining unit controls a switching circuit so as to turn off a switch inserted between said determining unit and an amplifier having a band pass including a noise of a particular frequency, when determining that the noise of the particular frequency is produced constantly by using an analysis result outputted from a frequency analyzer detecting intensity of each frequency of the sensor signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Murakami, Tamami Ono, Shigeo Gotou
  • Patent number: 9127815
    Abstract: This lighting apparatus includes three or more LEDs arranged in a row. Each of the LEDs emits light of a color different from that of an LED adjacent to itself, and the LEDs include an LED having a relatively wide light distribution angle and others of the three or more LEDs each having a relatively narrow light distribution angle. The one LED is arranged in an inner portion in the row of the other LEDs. In this configuration, light emitted from the one LED is mixed well with lights emitted from the respective other LEDs adjacent to the one LED, and thus, color unevenness of illuminating light can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youji Tachino, Atsushi Motoya, Takashi Ohta, Hiroshi Kido, Junichi Hasegawa, Shigeo Gotoh, Nobuyuki Matsui, Tadashi Murakami, Tadasi Nisimura
  • Publication number: 20150229178
    Abstract: Provided is a fixing structure for fixing a wire connection plate including a busbar (9) having an annular shape, and a wire connection plate holder (10) for holding the busbar (9). The fixing structure includes a frame (5) having a cylindrical shape, for accommodating the wire connection plate therein, and a sheet metal member (12) for fixing the wire connection plate. One end of the sheet metal member (12) is fixed on a flange (4) of the frame (5), and another end of the sheet metal member (12) presses an end surface of the wire connection plate in an axial direction of the frame (5), to thereby fix the wire connection plate. The wire connection plate is fixed by elasticity of the sheet metal member (12), and hence the wire connection plate can be held even under application of impact load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Murakami, Kouichi Ojima, Masaya Inoue
  • Patent number: 9072132
    Abstract: A lighting control system includes lighting devices arranged along a road for a moving body. Each lighting device includes a sensor that detects a moving body approaching the lighting device, a light source that emits light, a sensor that detects the moving body, a control unit connected to the sensor and the light source, and a communication unit. The sensor of the one of the lighting devices located in at least at one outermost position of the lighting devices has a higher detection frequency than the sensors of the other lighting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Murakami, Shigeo Gotoh
  • Publication number: 20150130652
    Abstract: The signal processing device in accordance with the present invention includes: a frequency analyzer to convert a sensor signal corresponding to a radio wave reflected by an object into a frequency domain signal, and extract, by use of a group of individual filter banks with different frequency bands, signals of the individual filter banks from the frequency domain signal; a normalizer to normalize intensities of the signal passing through the individual filter banks by a sum of the signals extracted by the frequency analyzer or a sum of intensities of signals passing through predetermined filter banks, and output normalized intensities; and a recognizer to perform a recognition process of identifying the object based on at least one of a frequency distribution and a component ratio of the normalized intensities calculated from the normalized intensities of the individual filter banks outputted from the normalizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Lt
    Inventors: Satoshi Sugino, Tatsuo Masuda, Tadashi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20150130311
    Abstract: A plurality of core blocks that are arranged into an annular shape are inserted into and fixed to a cylindrical frame, and are disposed inside the frame, a bolt passage member that is produced as a solid body and that has a bolt passage aperture that passes through in a longitudinal direction is fixed by welding to an outer circumferential surface of the frame such that the longitudinal direction thereof is oriented in the axial direction of the frame, and a stator is held on the housing by fastening a bolt that is passed through the bolt passage aperture into a fixing portion that is formed on the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi MURAKAMI, Kouichi OJIMA, Shinji NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 9029541
    Abstract: A novel binuclear metal complex containing a biimidazole as a bridging ligand. The binuclear metal complex can be used as a material for an organic electroluminescence element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Fujimura, Kenji Fukunaga, Takafumi Iwasa, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Harunori Fujita, Tadashi Murakami, Takashi Honma, Toshikazu Machida, Natsuko Kashihara
  • Patent number: 8970077
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a rotor, a stator having coils wound to surround the rotor, a cylindrical ring member fixedly mounted on the stator by shrinkage fitting, and a frame disposed on the outside of the ring member with a gap created in between. The distance of the gap varies as a result of thermal expansion of the stator and the ring member. An outer surface of the ring member goes into contact with the frame when the stator and the ring member thermally expand, whereby the stator and the ring member are efficiently cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Murakami, Kouichi Ojima, Masaya Inoue
  • Publication number: 20150029712
    Abstract: A light-emitting module includes: a board; and a plurality of light sources arranged in a two-dimensional array on the board and including a plurality of color temperatures. In a first direction of the two-dimensional array, light sources having a uniform color temperature are successively arranged. The number of light sources having a uniform color temperature and successively arranged in each array line in the first direction is less than or equal to half of the total number of light sources in the array line in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei NAKAMURA, Yuuya YAMAMOTO, Tadashi MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20140307453
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a plurality of LEDs arranged in a row on an elongated wiring board; and a lens covering all the LEDs and controlling distribution of light emitted from each LED. An optical axis of the light emitted from each LED is orthogonal to the wiring board. The lens has a light emitting surface that controls distribution of the light emitted from each LED. When the light emitting surface is divided into at least three regions, the lens performs light distribution such that light radiated from a region is distributed in a direction tilted with respect to the optical axis of the light emitted from the LED. Thus, asymmetric distribution of light is achieved when the optical axis of the light from the LED is the axis of symmetry, and further, the luminous flux in the direction tilted with respect to the optical axis is increased most.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi OHTA, Tadashi MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20140307454
    Abstract: A lighting system includes a lighting apparatus provided along one side of an aisle and a specular reflection plate provided along the other side of the aisle to reflect the light emitted from the lighting apparatus toward a region where the lighting apparatus is provided. According to the above configuration, the lighting apparatus can illuminate the region where the lighting apparatus is provided. Therefore, it is possible to effectively illuminate a cabin of an aircraft with less lighting apparatuses as compared to conventional lighting apparatuses which are provided along both sides of the aisle. Moreover, since the number of the lighting apparatuses can be reduced, it is possible to improve fuel efficiency of the aircraft by reducing the total weight of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadasi NISIMURA, Youji TACHINO, Atsushi MOTOYA, Takashi OHTA, Hiroshi KIDO, Junichi HASEGAWA, Shigeo GOTOH, Nobuyuki MATSUI, Tadashi MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20140306249
    Abstract: This lighting apparatus includes three or more LEDs arranged in a row. Each of the LEDs emits light of a color different from that of an LED adjacent to itself, and the LEDs include an LED having a relatively wide light distribution angle and others of the three or more LEDs each having a relatively narrow light distribution angle. The one LED is arranged in an inner portion in the row of the other LEDs. In this configuration, light emitted from the one LED is mixed well with lights emitted from the respective other LEDs adjacent to the one LED, and thus, color unevenness of illuminating light can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youji TACHINO, Atsushi MOTOYA, Takashi OHTA, Hiroshi KIDO, Junichi HASEGAWA, Shigeo GOTOH, Nobuyuki MATSUI, Tadashi MURAKAMI, Tadasi NISIMURA
  • Publication number: 20140247600
    Abstract: A lighting device 1 includes a planar light-emitting panel 4 and a translucent material 5 disposed on a light-emitting surface side of the planar light-emitting panel 4. The planar light-emitting panel 4 has a light-emitting region 4A and a non-light-emitting region 4B. The translucent material 5 has a reflection part 51 in a region facing the non-light-emitting region 4B. Light emitted from the planar light-emitting panel 4 and guided into the translucent material 5 is reflected by the reflection part 51 and emitted to the front side of the non-light-emitting region 4B. Accordingly, the front side of the non-light-emitting region 4B does not become a dark section, so that it is capable of increasing the light irradiation region and giving the light irradiation surface having uniform illuminance even if the plural lighting devices 1 are arranged in a matrix form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu TANAHASHI, Yoshiyuki MIYAKE, Tadashi MURAKAMI, Hideharu KAWACHI
  • Publication number: 20130320865
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a sensor that transmits radio waves of a predetermined frequency and receives reflected waves of the transmitted radio waves. The sensor device detects presence of a moving body based on a difference between a frequency of the transmitted radio waves and a frequency of the reflected waves to activate a light source in accordance with the detection. A processor generates a sensor signal indicating the detection of the sensor. A determination unit determines whether or not the sensor signal has an intensity that is greater than a predetermined threshold. A controller controls activation of the light source when determined that the intensity of the signal is greater than the threshold. The controller restricts activation of the light source when determined that the intensity of the sensor signal is greater than the threshold until a first specified time elapses from the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi MURAKAMI, Shigeo GOTOH
  • Publication number: 20130324733
    Abstract: A novel binuclear metal complex containing a biimidazole as a bridging ligand. The binuclear metal complex can be used as a material for an organic electroluminescence element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Fujimura, Kenji Fukunaga, Takafumi Iwasa, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Harunori Fujita, Tadashi Murakami, Takashi Honma, Toshikazu Machida, Natsuko Kashihara
  • Patent number: 8597799
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organosulfur compound denoted by a general formula (a1): in which A denotes —S—, —S(O)— or —S(O)2—; Z1 and Z4 denote a trivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or the like; Z2 and Z3 denote a bivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or the like; Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and Ar4 denote an aromatic hydrocarbon group or the like; and n is 0 or 1, or a general formula (b1): in which A denotes the same meaning as aforesaid; Z5 denotes a trivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or the like; Ar denotes a m-valent aromatic hydrocarbon group or the like; Ar1 and Ar2 denote the aforesaid meaning; and m is 2 or 3. This compound is useful as an electron transport material, a hole blocking material or a host material of an organic electroluminescence element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junji Kido, Tadashi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20130313977
    Abstract: A lighting control system includes lighting devices arranged along a road for a moving body. Each lighting device includes a sensor that detects a moving body approaching the lighting device, a light source that emits light, a sensor that detects the moving body, a control unit connected to the sensor and the light source, and a communication unit. The sensor of the one of the lighting devices located in at least at one outermost position of the lighting devices has a higher detection frequency than the sensors of the other lighting devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi MURAKAMI, Shigeo GOTOH
  • Patent number: 8591075
    Abstract: An optical member for refracting light emitted from a light source and projecting the light from a light projecting surface thereof includes a plurality of concave or convex portions formed on the light projecting surface. The concave or convex portions are concentrically arranged on a plurality of circles having a common center point. The concave or convex portions on the circles adjoining to each other are arranged in different phase positions with respect to radial lines extending from the center point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kyohei Nakamura, Tadashi Murakami, Hiroyuki Sekii