Patents by Inventor Takuma Shimura
Takuma Shimura 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: 20240376296Abstract: Provided is a cellulose-based resin composition capable of forming a molded body excellent in flame retardancy and mechanical strength, and a molded body formed using the same. The present invention relates to a cellulose-based resin composition including: component (A): cellulose acetate, component (B): a predetermined phosphoric acid ester, component (C): an anti-dripping agent, and component (D): a metal hydroxide, wherein a content of the component (B) is 20% by mass or more and less than 30% by mass based on 100% by mass of a total content of the component (A) and the component (B), and a content of the component (D) is 10% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less based on 100% by mass of a total content of the components (A) to (D).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Platforms, Ltd.Inventors: Yuto SANO, Kiyohiko TOYAMA, Shukichi TANAKA, Midori SHIMURA, Takuma OZAWA
-
Publication number: 20240361143Abstract: A display device includes: a controller that determines a form in which to display a display object indicating a guide image based on a route (scheduled route) a vehicle is scheduled to drive on; and a display that projects light that forms the display object in the form determined by the controller onto a display medium in the vehicle that reflects the light toward a user in the vehicle, making the display object displayed beyond the display medium visible to the user as a virtual image. When a condition related to driving of the vehicle is satisfied, the controller determines the form so as to give the display object a shape corresponding to a view of the virtual image from an angle of depression greater than an angle of depression corresponding to a view of the virtual image from a viewpoint of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fumihito INUKAI, Akira TANAKA, Toshiya MORI, Makoto FUNABIKI, Takuma SHIMURA
-
Publication number: 20240280810Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel that includes a display area that displays an image on a front surface and a peripheral area located outside the display area, and that projects light incident on a back surface from the display area as display light that represents the image; a heat sink disposed to face the back surface of the display panel; a light-transmitting member held between the display panel and the heat sink; and a temperature sensor disposed in the peripheral area of the display panel to detect a temperature of the display panel. When viewed in a direction perpendicular to the front surface of the display panel, the temperature sensor does not overlap with at least one of the heat sink or the light-transmitting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka KUMANO, Daiki KAWAI, Takuma SHIMURA, Kouzou YUUKI
-
Patent number: 9837850Abstract: A control device connected to a non-contact charging device for non-contact charging a portable device and a wireless communication device for communicating with an electronic key to operate an electrical component mounted in a vehicle, includes a memory that stores a wireless communication cycle for communication between the electronic key and the wireless communication device, a wireless communication control signal output part that outputs a wireless communication control signal for controlling operation of the wireless communication device, a non-contact charge control signal output part that outputs a non-contact charge control signal for controlling operation of the non-contact charging device, and a synchronizer that synchronizes the wireless communication control signal and the non-contact charge control signal with each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuma Shimura, Yuji Mizuguchi, Kazuoki Otani
-
Patent number: 9659519Abstract: In a video display control device, a control data generating section allocates a part of a dynamic range of a high gradation region of a video signal to a low gradation region, and a backlight controlling section controls a light emission luminance of a backlight so as to cancel an increase or decrease of a mean luminance of a video displayed on a screen in accordance with an increase or decrease of the mean luminance of a video signal after correction with respect to a mean luminance of the video signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Akita, Takuma Shimura, Terumitsu Suenaga
-
Patent number: 9646491Abstract: An information system capable of utilizing information in which a user evaluation pertaining to the environment or conditions surrounding a traveling vehicle is highly precise (very near real time). The information system (100) comprises an onboard terminal device (110) for outputting information obtained by a user's input operation, a communication terminal device (120) for transmitting the information outputted by the onboard terminal device (110) to the exterior, and an information center (130) for classifying and delivering the information received from the onboard terminal device (110). The onboard terminal device (110) varies the level of detail of the information that the user is allowed to input in accordance with the speed of the vehicle or the presence/absence of a passenger other than the driver of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2012Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuma Shimura, Yuji Mizuguchi, Kazuoki Otani
-
Publication number: 20160111912Abstract: A control device connected to a non-contact charging device for non-contact charging a portable device and a wireless communication device for communicating with an electronic key to operate an electrical component mounted in a vehicle, includes a memory that stores a wireless communication cycle for communication between the electronic key and the wireless communication device, a wireless communication control signal output part that outputs a wireless communication control signal for controlling operation of the wireless communication device, a non-contact charge control signal output part that outputs a non-contact charge control signal for controlling operation of the non-contact charging device, and a synchronizer that synchronizes the wireless communication control signal and the non-contact charge control signal with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Takuma SHIMURA, Yuji MIZUGUCHI, Kazuoki OTANI
-
Patent number: 9288426Abstract: A video display control device includes a video signal processing section that corrects a video signal and outputs a video signal after correction to a display, and a backlight controlling section that controls a light emission amount of a backlight. A control data generating section allocates to a low gradation region of the video signal a high gradation region dynamic range of the video signal in which a video signal corresponding to a black band region is excluded. The backlight controlling section controls a light emission luminance of the backlight so as to cancel out an increase or a decrease in the mean luminance of the video displayed on a screen.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuma Shimura, Terumitsu Suenaga, Takashi Akita
-
Patent number: 9236913Abstract: A control device connected to a non-contact charging device for non-contact charging a portable device and a wireless communication device for communicating with an electronic key to operate an electrical component mounted in a vehicle, includes a memory that stores a wireless communication cycle for communication between the electronic key and the wireless communication device, a wireless communication control signal output part that outputs a wireless communication control signal for controlling operation of the wireless communication device, a non-contact charge control signal output part that outputs a non-contact charge control signal for controlling operation of the non-contact charging device, and a synchronizer that synchronizes the wireless communication control signal and the non-contact charge control signal with each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2012Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuma Shimura, Yuji Mizuguchi, Kazuoki Otani
-
Publication number: 20150364072Abstract: In a video display control device, a control data generating section allocates a part of a dynamic range of a high gradation region of a video signal to a low gradation region, and a backlight controlling section controls a light emission luminance of a backlight so as to cancel an increase or decrease of a mean luminance of a video displayed on a screen in accordance with an increase or decrease of the mean luminance of a video signal after correction with respect to a mean luminance of the video signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Takashi AKITA, Takuma SHIMURA, Terumitsu SUENAGA
-
Patent number: 9124851Abstract: In a video display control device, a control data generating section allocates a part of a dynamic range of a high gradation region of a video signal to a low gradation region, and a backlight controlling section controls a light emission luminance of a backlight so as to cancel an increase or decrease of a mean luminance of a video displayed on a screen in accordance with an increase or decrease of the mean luminance of a video signal after correction with respect to a mean luminance of the video signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Akita, Takuma Shimura, Terumitsu Suenaga
-
Publication number: 20150170431Abstract: An information system capable of utilizing information in which a user evaluation pertaining to the environment or conditions surrounding a traveling vehicle is highly precise (very near real time). The information system (100) comprises an onboard terminal device (110) for outputting information obtained by a user's input operation, a communication terminal device (120) for transmitting the information outputted by the onboard terminal device (110) to the exterior, and an information center (130) for classifying and delivering the information received from the onboard terminal device (110). The onboard terminal device (110) varies the level of detail of the information that the user is allowed to input in accordance with the speed of the vehicle or the presence/absence of a passenger other than the driver of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2012Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Takuma Shimura, Yuji Mizuguchi, Kazuoki Otani
-
Publication number: 20150042884Abstract: A video display control device includes a video signal processing section that corrects a video signal and outputs a video signal after correction to a display, and a backlight controlling section that controls a light emission amount of a backlight. A control data generating section allocates to a low gradation region of the video signal a high gradation region dynamic range of the video signal in which a video signal corresponding to a black band region is excluded. The backlight controlling section controls a light emission luminance of the backlight so as to cancel out an increase or a decrease in the mean luminance of the video displayed on a screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Takuma Shimura, Terumitsu Suenaga, Takashi Akita
-
Patent number: 8669483Abstract: A flexible cable is provided in which a transmission characteristic can be ensured in a high frequency band, and electromagnetic noises can be suppressed. A flexible cable 11 includes a sheet-like base member (dielectric substance) 1; an adhesive (dielectric substance) 2 which bonds the base member 1 to a cover member (dielectric substance) 3; a shield member 4 which covers the cover member 3 and is bonded or printed to the cover member 3 to suppress electromagnetic noises to be radiated; and a top coating member 5 which covers the shield member 4 to protect the shield member 4.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2010Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takuma Shimura, Takashi Akita, Osamu Shibata
-
Publication number: 20130307474Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a non-contact charging system and a control device in which the non-contact charging system and a wireless communication system are formed so that non-contact charging and wireless communication are compatible with each other. A control unit 4 is connected to a wireless communication unit 3 which wirelessly communicates with an electronic key 7 to control operation of an electrical component of a vehicle and a non-contact charging unit 2 which non-contactly feeds electric power to a portable device 6. The control unit 4 transmits control signals to the devices respectively so that a power feeding operation of the non-contact charging unit 2 to the portable device 6 is stopped at timing of communication between the wireless communication unit 3 and the electronic key 7.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takuma Shimura, Yuji Mizuguchi, Kazuoki Otani
-
Publication number: 20130120660Abstract: In a video display control device, a control data generating section allocates a part of a dynamic range of a high gradation region of a video signal to a low gradation region, and a backlight controlling section controls a light emission luminance of a backlight so as to cancel an increase or decrease of a mean luminance of a video displayed on a screen in accordance with an increase or decrease of the mean luminance of a video signal after correction with respect to a mean luminance of the video signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takashi Akita, Takuma Shimura, Terumitsu Suenaga
-
Patent number: 8325274Abstract: The object is to provide a video signal processing apparatus capable of minimizing overtaking of fields of a video signal and continuous display of the video signal of the same field and reducing degradation in image quality of the output video signal. The apparatus has a field signal holding section 9 which holds the value of an input field signal and outputs the held value as a held value signal and a readout determination section 10 which determines the video signal of the field to be read out, and which outputs the determined signal as a readout field signal. The field signal holding section 9 holds the value of the input field signal a plurality of times with every occurrence of the readout field signal period, and outputs a held value signal constituted of the plurality of values of the input field signal held.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takashi Kuwabara, Yuji Mizuguchi, Toshitomo Umei, Takuma Shimura
-
Publication number: 20120249873Abstract: The object is to provide a video signal processing apparatus capable of minimizing overtaking of fields of a video signal and continuous display of the video signal of the same field and reducing degradation in image quality of the output video signal. The apparatus has a field signal holding section 9 which holds the value of an input field signal and outputs the held value as a held value signal and a readout determination section 10 which determines the video signal of the field to be read out, and which outputs the determined signal as a readout field signal. The field signal holding section 9 holds the value of the input field signal a plurality of times with every occurrence of the readout field signal period, and outputs a held value signal constituted of the plurality of values of the input field signal held.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Kuwabara, Yuji Mizuguchi, Toshitomo Umei, Takuma Shimura
-
Publication number: 20120020416Abstract: A flexible cable is provided in which a transmission characteristic can be ensured in a high frequency band, and electromagnetic noises can be suppressed. A flexible cable 11 includes a sheet-like base member (dielectric substance) 1; an adhesive (dielectric substance) 2 which bonds the base member 1 to a cover member (dielectric substance) 3; a shield member 4 which covers the cover member 3 and is bonded or printed to the cover member 3 to suppress electromagnetic noises to be radiated; and a top coating member 5 which covers the shield member 4 to protect the shield member 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takuma Shimura, Takashi Akita, Osamu Shibata