Patents by Inventor Tomoya Iwahashi

Tomoya Iwahashi 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: 11747653
    Abstract: A color vision correction filter includes a least one type of dye material and the lowest value of transmittance of the color vision correction filter in a wavelength band ranging from 440 nm to 600 nm, inclusive, is in the range of plus or minus 50 nm of 535 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Wada, Tomoya Iwahashi, Kazuyuki Yamae
  • Patent number: 11090978
    Abstract: A tungsten wire according one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a metal wire containing one of tungsten and a tungsten alloy; and a plating layer which covers a surface of the metal wire. The plating layer contains copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuji Shibata, Tomoya Iwahashi, Tomohiro Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20200070583
    Abstract: A tungsten wire according one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a metal wire containing one of tungsten and a tungsten alloy; and a plating layer which covers a surface of the metal wire. The plating layer contains copper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsuji SHIBATA, Tomoya IWAHASHI, Tomohiro KANAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200004051
    Abstract: A color vision correction filter includes a least one type of dye material and the lowest value of transmittance of the color vision correction filter in a wavelength band ranging from 440 nm to 600 nm, inclusive, is in the range of plus or minus 50 nm of 535 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hideki WADA, Tomoya IWAHASHI, Kazuyuki YAMAE
  • Patent number: 10420954
    Abstract: A light exposure apparatus emits light which activates the body of the user. The light exposure apparatus includes a blue light source which emits blue light and a red light source which emits red light. The light includes blue light and red light. Blue light has a peak wavelength in a range from 445 nm to 500 nm. Red light has a peak wavelength in a range from 600 nm to 680 nm. The intensity of the peak wavelength of blue light is the strongest in the spectrum of the light, and the intensity of the peak wavelength of red light is the second strongest in the spectrum of the light. The relative intensity of the peak wavelength of the red light with respect to the peak wavelength of the blue light is in a range from 0.1 to 0.5 inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya Iwahashi
  • Publication number: 20190041034
    Abstract: A filter includes a first filter having a recess, and a second filter made of a material different from that of the first filter. The second filter has a housed portion to be housed in the recess of the first filter such that the second filter is removable relative to the first filter. The housed portion of the second filter may correspond to either the entirety or a portion of the second filter. This structure facilitates formation of the filter having a simple structure and implementation of desired light distribution of two or more different light beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Itaru ONISHI, Hideki WADA, Tomoya IWAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190030360
    Abstract: A light exposure apparatus emits light which activates the body of the user. The light exposure apparatus includes a blue light source which emits blue light and a red light source which emits red light. The light includes blue light and red light. Blue light has a peak wavelength in a range from 445 nm to 500 nm. Red light has a peak wavelength in a range from 600 nm to 680 nm. The intensity of the peak wavelength of blue light is the strongest in the spectrum of the light, and the intensity of the peak wavelength of red light is the second strongest in the spectrum of the light. The relative intensity of the peak wavelength of the red light with respect to the peak wavelength of the blue light is in a range from 0.1 to 0.5 inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya IWAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9746145
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a board; and light-emitting element arrays connected in parallel and each including light-emitting elements mounted on the board and connected in series. The light-emitting elements in each of the light-emitting element arrays include one or more red LED chips and one or more blue LED chips. Each of the red LED chips on the board is disposed non-successively to any other one of the red LED chips along a Y direction and along an X direction. The Y direction is parallel to a direction along which the red LED chips included in one of the light emitting arrays including the red LED chip are arranged. The X direction is perpendicular to the Y direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohji Hiramatsu, Tomoya Iwahashi, Koji Omura, Ran Zheng
  • Patent number: 9644802
    Abstract: Lighting equipment is provided that enables illumination light having a stable FCI to be obtained, without influence from the lighting conditions. To this end, lighting equipment 1 performs control of lighting a first light-emitting element 12a while substantially not lighting a second light-emitting element 12b when a red light-emitting element 12c is lit under first lighting conditions where a peak wavelength of light from the red light-emitting element 12c has a first value, and of lighting the second light-emitting element 12b while substantially not lighting the first light-emitting element 12a when the red light-emitting element 12c is lit under second lighting conditions where the peak wavelength of the light from the red light-emitting element 12c has a second value, the second value being greater than the first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoko Takei, Kohji Hiramatsu, Tomoya Iwahashi
  • Patent number: 9443832
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a substrate; a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element that are mounted above the substrate; and a heat transfer pattern that is formed on the substrate. A rate of decrease in light output with respect to a temperature increase is greater for the second light emitting element than for the first light emitting element. The second light emitting element is mounted above the substrate via the heat transfer pattern, and the first light emitting element is mounted above the substrate without the heat transfer pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Omura, Tomoya Iwahashi, Kohji Hiramatsu, Ran Zheng
  • Publication number: 20160076712
    Abstract: Light emitting apparatus includes: substrate; red LED chip on substrate; blue LED chip on substrate, blue LED chip being connected in series with red LED chip and having an emission color different from red LED chip; and second sealing member that includes green phosphor and yellow phosphor and seals at least blue LED chip, and light-emission by red LED chip, blue LED chip, green phosphor, and yellow phosphor produces white light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji OMURA, Yasuharu UENO, Tomoya IWAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9215776
    Abstract: Lighting equipment 1 is provided that enables illumination light having a stable FCI to be obtained, without influence from the lighting conditions. To this end, a lighting circuit 4 performs control of lighting a first red light source R1 and lighting a white light source W while not lighting or faintly lighting a second red light source R2 under first lighting conditions in which the first red light source R1 is expected to produce red light with a first peak wavelength, and of lighting the second red light source R2 and lighting the white light source W while not lighting or faintly lighting the first red light source R1 under second lighting conditions in which the first red light source R1 is expected to produce the red light with a second peak wavelength that is shifted toward a longer wavelength relative to the first peak wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Iwahashi, Kohji Hiramatsu, Naoko Takei
  • Publication number: 20150276150
    Abstract: Lighting equipment is provided that enables illumination light having a stable FCI to be obtained, without influence from the lighting conditions. To this end, lighting equipment 1 performs control of lighting a first light-emitting element 12a while substantially not lighting a second light-emitting element 12b when a red light-emitting element 12c is lit under first lighting conditions where a peak wavelength of light from the red light-emitting element 12c has a first value, and of lighting the second light-emitting element 12b while substantially not lighting the first light-emitting element 12a when the red light-emitting element 12c is lit under second lighting conditions where the peak wavelength of the light from the red light-emitting element 12c has a second value, the second value being greater than the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Naoko Takei, Kohji Hiramatsu, Tomoya Iwahashi
  • Publication number: 20150260351
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a board; and light-emitting element arrays connected in parallel and each including light-emitting elements mounted on the board and connected in series. The light-emitting elements in each of the light-emitting element arrays include one or more red LED chips and one or more blue LED chips. Each of the red LED chips on the board is disposed non-successively to any other one of the red LED chips along a Y direction and along an X direction. The Y direction is parallel to a direction along which the red LED chips included in one of the light emitting arrays including the red LED chip are arranged. The X direction is perpendicular to the Y direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohji HIRAMATSU, Tomoya IWAHASHI, Koji OMURA, Ran ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20150263246
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a board; and a first light-emitting element array and a second light-emitting element array connected in parallel and each including light-emitting elements mounted on the board and connected in series. The light-emitting elements includes a red LED chip and a blue LED chip. The red LED chip is sealed with a dot of a first sealant, and the blue LED chip is sealed with a dot of a second sealant which is different from the first sealant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohji HIRAMATSU, Tomoya IWAHASHI, Koji OMURA, Ran ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20150264772
    Abstract: Lighting equipment 1 is provided that enables illumination light having a stable FCI to be obtained, without influence from the lighting conditions. To this end, a lighting circuit 4 performs control of lighting a first red light source R1 and lighting a white light source W while not lighting or faintly lighting a second red light source R2 under first lighting conditions in which the first red light source R1 is expected to produce red light with a first peak wavelength, and of lighting the second red light source R2 and lighting the white light source W while not lighting or faintly lighting the first red light source R1 under second lighting conditions in which the first red light source R1 is expected to produce the red light with a second peak wavelength that is shifted toward a longer wavelength relative to the first peak wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoya Iwahashi, Kohji Hiramatsu, Naoko Takei
  • Publication number: 20150194412
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a substrate; a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element that are mounted above the substrate; and a heat transfer pattern that is formed on the substrate. A rate of decrease in light output with respect to a temperature increase is greater for the second light emitting element than for the first light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji OMURA, Tomoya IWAHASHI, Kohji HIRAMATSU, Ran ZHENG
  • Patent number: 9018656
    Abstract: The light emitting device comprises a mounting substrate and an LED chip which comprises an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, a nitride light emission layer on the n-type nitride semiconductor layer, p-type nitride semiconductor layer on the nitride light emission layer, an anode electrode opposite of the nitride light emission layer from the p-type nitride semiconductor layer, and a cathode electrode on the n-type nitride semiconductor layer. The mounting substrate has a patterned conductor which is connected to the cathode electrode through a bump and also connected to the anode electrode through a bump. The LED chip further comprises one or more dielectric layer between the p-type nitride semiconductor layer and the anode electrode to have an arrangement which resembles an island. The p-type nitride semiconductor layer has a first region which is overlapped with the bump. The dielectric layer is not formed within the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Murai, Masaharu Yasuda, Tomoya Iwahashi, Kazuyuki Yamae
  • Patent number: 8525204
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting element, including: an n-type semiconductor layer having optical transparency with an emission wavelength of a light emitting layer, the light emitting layer and a p-type semiconductor layer, which are laminated; and a reflection film which is disposed on a side opposite to a surface from which light emitted from the light emitting layer is extracted, wherein the reflection film comprises: a transparent layer having optical transparency with the emission wavelength of the light emitting layer, and a metal layer, which is laminated on the transparent layer on a side opposite to the light emitting layer and is constituted by a metal material having a high reflectance, the transparent layer has a refractive index lower than a refractive index of a layer disposed on a side of the light emitting layer when viewed from the transparent layer, with the emission wavelength, and a thickness of the transparent layer is equal to or more than a value obtained by dividing a value of ¾ of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fukshima, Kazuyuki Yamae, Masaharu Yasuda, Tomoya Iwahashi, Akihiko Murai
  • Patent number: 8399272
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing the semiconductor light emitting element comprises a semiconductor layer forming step of forming the multilayered nitride semiconductor layer on the first wafer having a transparent property; a bonding step of bonding the multilayered nitride semiconductor layer to the first wafer; a groove forming step of forming the groove extending from the lower surface of the first wafer to the multilayered nitride semiconductor layer; a light applying step of applying a first light to the lower surface of the multilayered nitride semiconductor layer through the first wafer to reduce a bonding force between the multilayered nitride semiconductor layer and the first wafer; a separating step of separating the first wafer from the multilayered nitride semiconductor layer; and a cutting step of cutting the second wafer along the groove to divide into a plurality of the semiconductor light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamae, Hiroshi Fukshima, Masaharu Yasuda, Tomoya Iwahashi, Hidenori Kamei, Syuusaku Maeda