Patents by Inventor Takahiro Kamikawa
Takahiro Kamikawa 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: 20190334370Abstract: In a storage-battery control system, an insulating communication unit couples a controller to a battery module constituting a storage battery unit that outputs a predetermined high voltage value. A power supply line is further provided for supplying electric power output from a controller DC/DC, i.e., a controller-side voltage converter for the controller, to the battery module, so that electric power is collectively supplied via the power supply line to a module CPU and a module-side insulating circuit both consuming electric power in the battery module. A secondary battery in the battery module supplies electric power to only a cell-voltage detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Takahiro KAMIKAWA, Masayuki KOBAYASHI, Takayuki MINO
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Publication number: 20190312315Abstract: In a power storage system, each of a plurality of power storage modules includes at least one cell, and the plurality of power storage modules are connected in series. A management device manages the plurality of power storage modules. Each of the plurality of power storage modules contains a first insulation unit having a primary side and a secondary side that are insulated from each other. The first insulation unit outputs a signal containing information of at least one cell to a communication line. The signal is referenced to predetermined standard voltage between a voltage at one end and a voltage at the other end of the plurality of power storage modules. The management device contains a second insulation unit having a primary side and a secondary side that are insulated from each other, and a circuit unit insulated from the communication line by the second insulation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2017Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: YUTA KUROSAKI, TAKAHIRO KAMIKAWA, ETSUSHI AGA
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Patent number: 10396589Abstract: In a storage-battery control system, an insulating communication unit couples a controller to a battery module constituting a storage battery unit that outputs a predetermined high voltage value. A power supply line is further provided for supplying electric power output from a controller DC/DC, i.e., a controller-side voltage converter for the controller, to the battery module, so that electric power is collectively supplied via the power supply line to a module CPU and a module-side insulating circuit both consuming electric power in the battery module. A secondary battery in the battery module supplies electric power to only a cell-voltage detector.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Kamikawa, Masayuki Kobayashi, Takayuki Mino
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Publication number: 20190219515Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting object surface according to an embodiment includes: an imaging device including an imaging area; an optical source; and a group of optical devices including a mirror and a lens, and causing a reflected light other than a regular reflection light from an object to be reflected by a mirror surface of the mirror, and to form an image in the imaging area of the imaging device through the lens, the regular reflection light being caused by a light incident to a surface of the object from the optical source, wherein the optical source, the mirror, the lens, and the imaging device are arranged in such a manner that the regular reflection light is not incident to the imaging area of the imaging device through the mirror and the lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Takahiro KAMIKAWA, Hiroshi Ohno, Takehiro Hato
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Publication number: 20180358662Abstract: In each of battery modules (120) of a battery block (100) configuring a battery management system (10), a first insulating device having a first insulation distance is disposed between a first region (132) in which a battery side controller (146) is installed and a second region (134) in which a first communication unit (150) is installed. In a control device (200) coupled to the battery block (100) with a communication line, a second insulating device (234) having a second insulation distance is disposed between a relay region (222) and a third region (220) in which a second communication unit is installed, and a third insulating device (236) having a third insulation distance is disposed between the relay region (222) and a fourth region (224) in which a control controller unit (238) is installed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2017Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuta Kurosaki, Takahiro Kamikawa, Etsushi Aga
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Publication number: 20180212278Abstract: A battery management system includes a circuit board having a first region provided with a voltage measuring unit, a second region provided with a controller, a relay region that is disposed at a first insulation distance from the first region and at a second insulation distance from the second region, and a third region provided with an interface connecting unit. The third region is disposed at a third insulation distance from the second region. The third insulation distance is shorter than each of the first and the second insulation distances. The battery management system further includes a first insulating device connecting between the fist region and the relay region, a second insulating device connecting between the relay region and the second region, and a third insulating device connecting between the second region and the third region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: YUTA KUROSAKI, TAKAHIRO KAMIKAWA, ETSUSHI AGA
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Publication number: 20170279161Abstract: In a storage-battery control system, an insulating communication unit couples a controller and a plurality of battery modules coupled together in series to configure a storage battery unit. A floating grounding pattern of the controller is divided into a first floating grounding pattern and a second floating grounding pattern. The plurality of battery modules in the storage battery unit is divided into a first zone battery module group and a second zone battery module group so that the battery modules belonging to the first zone battery module group correspond to the first floating grounding pattern, while the battery modules belonging to the second zone battery module group correspond to the second floating grounding pattern. An insulating communication unit couples the respective battery modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2016Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: TAKAHIRO KAMIKAWA, TAKAYUKI MINO
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Publication number: 20170229902Abstract: In a storage-battery control system, an insulating communication unit couples a controller to a battery module constituting a storage battery unit that outputs a predetermined high voltage value. A power supply line is further provided for supplying electric power output from a controller DC/DC, i.e., a controller-side voltage converter for the controller, to the battery module, so that electric power is collectively supplied via the power supply line to a module CPU and a module-side insulating circuit both consuming electric power in the battery module. A secondary battery in the battery module supplies electric power to only a cell-voltage detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2016Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: TAKAHIRO KAMIKAWA, MASAYUKI KOBAYASHI, TAKAYUKI MINO
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Publication number: 20150092268Abstract: An image display apparatus according to an embodiment includes a recording medium on which a composite image obtained by composing a plurality of images corresponding to respective parallaxes is printed by a print apparatus, a lenticular lens having a plurality of cylindrical lenses arranged side by side, and configured to display the composed image separately for each direction of parallax, and a position adjustment mechanism configured to adjust relative position of the recording medium and the lenticular lens, and the position adjustment mechanism includes an inclination adjustment unit capable of changing an inclination angle of at least one of the recording medium and the lenticular lens, and a horizontal adjustment unit capable of moving at least one of the recording medium and the lenticular lens in a substantially perpendicular direction to a border line of the cylindrical lens, and the inclination adjustment unit and the horizontal adjustment unit can make adjustment independently, and a rotation cenType: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroshi HASEGAWA, Shinichi Tatsuta, Hidefumi Takamine, Hideaki Okano, Takahiro Kamikawa
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Patent number: 8995045Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a light source, a modulation unit, a first array and a second array. The modulation unit modulates intensity and a color of the light to generate beams corresponding to each of modulated pixels included in a modulated pixel group. The first array is formed by juxtaposing a plurality of first deflection elements each having a generating line parallel to a vertical direction of the modulated pixels. The second array is formed by juxtaposing a plurality of second deflection elements each having a generating line tilted by an angle represented by tan?1(?×m/n) with respect to a generating line of the first deflection element.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Shinichi Tatsuta, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hideaki Okano, Takahiro Kamikawa, Taisuke Ogoshi, Toru Kambayashi, Shinichi Uehara, Masako Kashiwagi
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Publication number: 20130258446Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a light source, a modulation unit, a first array and a second array. The modulation unit modulates intensity and a color of the light to generate beams corresponding to each of modulated pixels included in a modulated pixel group. The first array is formed by juxtaposing a plurality of first deflection elements each having a generating line parallel to a vertical direction of the modulated pixels. The second array is formed by juxtaposing a plurality of second deflection elements each having a generating line tilted by an angle represented by tan?1(?×m/n) with respect to a generating line of the first deflection element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Inventors: Shinichi TATSUTA, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hideaki Okano, Takahiro Kamikawa, Taisuke Ogoshi, Toru Kambayashi, Shinichi Uehara, Masako Kashiwagi
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Publication number: 20120327132Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a light-emitting source, a light modulation unit, a first control unit and a display. The light-emitting source emits a light beam. The light modulation unit is configured to modulate the light beam to generate data beams related to image data item displayed in a unit pixel region, and the unit pixel region includes at least one column of pixels defined by dividing all pixel region. The first control unit is configured to control beam paths of the data beams to guide the data beams to the unit pixel region. The display displays a parallax image by emitting the corresponding data beams from unit pixel regions of the all pixel region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Shinichi TATSUTA, Toru KAMBAYASHI, Shinichi UEHARA, Masako KASHIWAGI, Taisuke OGOSHI, Takahiro KAMIKAWA
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Patent number: 7852537Abstract: An optical recording medium includes a first substrate having a groove on the side of an outer peripheral portion thereof; a second substrate in contact with the first substrate in the outer peripheral portion; and a recording layer being disposed in a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate and forming a void in cooperation with the first substrate at the portion of the groove.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2007Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Akiko Hirao, Kazuki Matsumoto, Rumiko Hayase, Norikatsu Sasao, Takahiro Kamikawa
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Publication number: 20100074074Abstract: An optical information recording apparatus includes a first optical system that radiates an information beam that carries information onto a recording medium; a second optical system that radiates reference beams onto the recording medium; a radiation position specifying unit that specifies a plurality of recording spots positioned within a radiation range of the reference beams; and an incident angle obtaining unit that specifies an incident angle of the reference beams that is used for recording an i'th interference fringe into a second recording spot adjacent to a first recording spot, as a value obtained by adding a product of 1/(1+m) and an absolute value of a difference between an incident angle of a first reference beam used for recording an i'th interference fringe into the first recording spot and an incident angle of a second reference beam used for recording an (i+1)'th interference fringe into the first recording spot.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Masahiro Kanamaru, Kazuki Matsumoto, Rumiko Hayase, Satoshi Mikoshiba, Norikatsu Sasao, Takahiro Kamikawa, Masaya Terai
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Publication number: 20100020372Abstract: A holographic recording medium is provided. The medium includes a recording layer. The recording layer includes a polymer matrix, a polymerizable monomer and a photopolymerization initiator. The polymerizable monomer includes a monomer being expressed in the following general formula (M1), (M2), or (M3). In the above general formulas, “A” and “B” denote a polymerizable substituent group and a nonpolymerizable substituent group, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2009Publication date: January 28, 2010Inventors: Satoshi MIKOSHIBA, Kazuki MATSUMOTO, Rumiko HAYASE, Norikatsu SASAO, Takahiro KAMIKAWA, Masahiro KANAMARU, Masaya TERAI
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Publication number: 20090231979Abstract: An optical recording medium is provided, which includes a recording layer includes a polymer matrix, a polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and a polymerization inhibitor. The polymerization inhibitor is formed of a compound which exhibits a molar absorption coefficient of zero to a light having a first wavelength and generates an acid or a base when exposed to an external stimulus other than the light having the first wavelength, thereby inhibiting the polymerization of the polymerizable compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Inventors: Rumiko HAYASE, Kazuki Matsumoto, Satoshi Mikoshiba, Norikatsu Sasao, Takahiro Kamikawa, Masahiro Kanamaru, Masaya Terai
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Publication number: 20090226822Abstract: A holographic recording medium is provided, which includes a recording layer including a radically polymerizable monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, a photo-acid generator, a photo-radical polymerization initiator, and a polymeric matrix. The polymeric matrix includes a repeating unit expressed by any one of the following chemical formulae.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2009Publication date: September 10, 2009Inventors: Norikatsu SASAO, Akiko Hirao, Rumiko Hayase, Satoshi Mikoshiba, Kazuki Matsumoto, Takahiro Kamikawa, Masahiro Kanamaru
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Publication number: 20090195847Abstract: A holographic recording medium is provided, which includes a recording layer containing a three-dimensional crosslinked polymer matrix, a photo-radical generating agent, and a ring-opening polymerizable compound having a radically ring-opening polymerizable alicyclic structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2009Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: Satoshi MIKOSHIBA, Kazuki Matsumoto, Rumiko Hayase, Norikatsu Sasao, Takahiro Kamikawa, Masahiro Kanamaru
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Publication number: 20090080314Abstract: An optical recording/reproducing apparatus includes an optical recording medium in which a holograms are recorded depending on an incident angle of a reference beam. The reference beam is irradiated to holograms while changing the incident angle to generate a reproduction light beam, and an image patterns are detected by an image pattern detector. The continuously output reproduction image patterns are temporarily stored in an image recorder, and the maximum value of reproduction light intensity is detected to generate a trigger signal. Depending on the trigger signal, an optimal image pattern is extracted from continuous reproduction image patterns, and thus, two-dimensional data is decoded.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2008Publication date: March 26, 2009Inventors: KAZUKI MATSUMOTO, Akiko Hirao, Rumiko Hayase, Satoshi Mikoshiba, Norikatsu Sasao, Takahiro Kamikawa, Masahiro Kanamaru
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Publication number: 20090053616Abstract: A holographic recording medium is provided, which includes a recording layer. The recording layer comprises a radical polymeric monomer having an aromatic ring-containing group and a polymeric group, a polymer matrix having the aromatic ring-containing group, and a photo-radical polymerization initiator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Inventors: SATOSHI MIKOSHIBA, Akiko Hirao, Rumiko Hayase, Kazuki Matsumoto, Norikatsu Sasao, Takahiro Kamikawa, Masahiro Kanamaru