Patents by Inventor Terumasa Iba

Terumasa Iba 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: 5917431
    Abstract: The TS panel can be easily observed with the traffic signal. Multiple pieces of information are changed over to be displayed on the TS panel, and a luminescent color of the information such as traffic condition reports, traffic slogans, advertisements, etc. or a luminescent color of the background of the information is illuminated in the same color as that of a the turned-on light of the signal. A detector detects whether each lamp is turned on or not without modifying an electric circuit of the signal. Then, multiple pieces of information are sequentially changed over in synchronism with a changeover of a turned-on color of the signal in accordance with a detection signal output from the detector, and the luminescent color of the background is changed over to be of a color which is the same color as that of the light currently turned on. As a result, various information can be displayed on the TS panel, and a signal color can be recognized not only by a signal lamp but also a display color of the TS panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignees: Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd., OHI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sanada, Terumasa Iba