Patents by Inventor Tamami Ono

Tamami Ono 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: 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: 9072130
    Abstract: An illumination system includes lighting apparatuses (20), a camera (11), an image processing unit (12) (person position detection unit), and a lighting control unit (14) and a storage unit (13) (control unit). The illumination apparatuses (20) are placed on a ceiling surface (C), and each include a first light source (24) and a second light source (25) that irradiate a floor surface (F) and the ceiling surface (C) with light, respectively. The control unit controls an illumination apparatus (20b2) corresponding to a person (P)'s position detected by the person position detection unit among the illumination apparatuses (20) so as to turn on the first light source (24). The control unit controls at least one of one or more illumination apparatuses (20) that are each adjacent to the illumination apparatus (20b2) so as not to turn on the first light source (24) and turn off the second light source (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tamami Ono
  • Publication number: 20140001964
    Abstract: An illumination system includes lighting apparatuses (20), a camera (11), an image processing unit (12) (person position detection unit), and a lighting control unit (14) and a storage unit (13) (control unit). The illumination apparatuses (20) are placed on a ceiling surface (C), and each include a first light source (24) and a second light source (25) that irradiate a floor surface (F) and the ceiling surface (C) with light, respectively. The control unit controls an illumination apparatus (20b2) corresponding to a person (P)'s position detected by the person position detection unit among the illumination apparatuses (20) so as to turn on the first light source (24). The control unit controls at least one of one or more illumination apparatuses (20) that are each adjacent to the illumination apparatus (20b2) so as not to turn on the first light source (24) and turn off the second light source (25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventor: Tamami ONO
  • Publication number: 20130009555
    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: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Murakami, Tamami Ono, Shigeo Gotou