Patents by Inventor Yasuharu Ueno

Yasuharu Ueno 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: 10618454
    Abstract: A light source module is provided that includes a primary wiring substrate and a light source array having a plurality of light sources mounted on a surface of the primary wiring substrate in a matrix. The light source module includes a heat radiation pad, provided at a peripheral region of the primary wiring substrate, and one or a plurality of heat transfer paths having a higher heat conductivity than a base substrate that is a parent material of the primary wiring substrate and connecting the plurality of light sources constituting the light source array and the heat radiation pad. At least one of the plurality of light sources, which are arranged at a row-directional central portion of the light source array, is connected with the heat radiation pad by the heat transfer path including a first linear portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Ueno, Yoshihiko Kanayama, Hiroya Tsuji, Tomoyuki Ogata
  • Patent number: 10612740
    Abstract: A moving-body light-emitting device for a vehicle includes: a light source including a light-emitting element; a substrate on which the light source is provided; a first lens that covers the light-emitting element and includes a curved surface that transmits light emitted from the light-emitting element, the curved surface including a first curved surface and a second curved surface; and a reflective surface that covers the first curved surface of the first lens and reflects the light transmitted through the first lens. The second curved surface of the first lens is not covered with the reflective surface, and transmits the light reflected by the reflective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Ueno, Makoto Kai, Tetsuya Nishi, Toshiaki Nakamura, Yuuji Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10593725
    Abstract: A light source module is provided. According to an exemplary embodiment, the light source module includes a base material. A plurality of light sources is on a surface of the substrate in a matrix. The plurality of light sources is individually controlled to be lit. A first electric supply wire supplies electricity to each of the plurality of light sources. A plurality of second electric supply wires supplies electricity to the plurality of light sources respectively. A plurality of protection diodes is electrically connected with the first electric supply wire and the plurality of second electric supply wires. The plurality of protection diodes is in the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Ueno, Hiroya Tsuji, Yoshihiko Kanayama, Tomoyuki Ogata
  • Patent number: 10520153
    Abstract: A light source module includes: a substrate; and multiple light sources mounted on a first surface of the substrate in a thickness direction of the substrate in a matrix. The light sources include a set of light sources arranged in a row direction and a set of light sources arranged in a column direction. Each of the light sources includes a first electric supply pad and a second electric supply pad. A first electric supply wire extends along the column direction and supplies electricity to each of the first electric supply pads. Second electric supply wires extend in the column direction and supply electricity to each of the second electric supply pads. Portions of light sources arranged in the column direction overlap at least one of the second electric supply wires and first electric supply pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Ueno, Yoshihiko Kanayama, Hiroya Tsuji, Tomoyuki Ogata
  • Patent number: 10400974
    Abstract: An illumination device, a headlight, and a movable body are provided which can increase luminosity and resolution at a central region or a peripheral region in an illuminable region. A primary lens is placed at a light emission side of a plurality of light sources, and the primary lens includes a plurality of light guides corresponding in a one-to-one relationship to the plurality of light sources. A size of a light exit surface of a light guide corresponding to a light source which illuminates a central region in the illuminable region of the headlight is set to differ from a size of a light exit surface of a light guide corresponding to a light source which illuminates a peripheral region surrounding the central region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kanayama, Yasuharu Ueno, Hiroya Tsuji, Tomoyuki Ogata
  • Patent number: 10337704
    Abstract: An illumination light source includes a pedestal, a mounting substrate disposed on the pedestal, a plurality of LEDs mounted on the main surface of the mounting substrate, a cover which covers a partial region of the main surface of the mounting substrate, and a fastener which fastens the pedestal and the cover together while the mounting substrate is interposed between the pedestal and the cover. The plurality of LEDs are mounted so as to surround the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouji Yokotani, Yasuharu Ueno
  • Patent number: 10278245
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate and a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed above the substrate. In the plurality of light-emitting elements, a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element different in a rate of decrease in light output along with a temperature increase are included. The plurality of light-emitting elements include: a first serial element group including some light-emitting elements connected in series among the plurality of light-emitting elements; and a second serial element group connected in parallel with the first serial element group and including some light-emitting elements connected in series among the plurality of light-emitting elements. A ratio between a total number of first light-emitting elements and a total number of second light-emitting elements is different between the first serial element group and the second serial element group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masumi Abe, Yasuharu Ueno, Koji Omura, Kenji Sugiura, Toshifumi Ogata, Atsuyoshi Ishimori, Toshiaki Kurachi
  • Publication number: 20190093844
    Abstract: A moving-body light-emitting device for a vehicle includes: a light source including a light-emitting element; a substrate on which the light source is provided; a first lens that covers the light-emitting element and includes a curved surface that transmits light emitted from the light-emitting element, the curved surface including a first curved surface and a second curved surface; and a reflective surface that covers the first curved surface of the first lens and reflects the light transmitted through the first lens. The second curved surface of the first lens is not covered with the reflective surface, and transmits the light reflected by the reflective surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuharu UENO, Makoto KAI, Tetsuya NISHI, Toshiaki NAKAMURA, Yuuji NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10210796
    Abstract: In a lighting device provided with a light source module including a plurality of light sources, insufficiency of luminous intensity, illuminance unevenness, and the like due to a low-light light source are compensated for. The lighting device includes the light source module which is composed of the plurality of light sources in a matrix and mounted on a board. A drive circuit individually supplies power to the light sources. A processor controls a lighting status of each of the light sources via the drive circuit. The processor determines a low-light light source that is lower in luminous intensity than at least one light source among the plurality of light sources, and causes at least one light source adjacent to the low-light light source to emit light with a higher luminous intensity than the at least one other light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kanayama, Yasuharu Ueno, Tomoyuki Ogata, Hiroya Tsuji
  • Patent number: 10098289
    Abstract: An illumination system includes: a light-emitting module including a blue LED light source that emits blue light having a light emission peak in a blue range of from 400 nm to 470 nm and a red LED light source that emits red light having a light emission peak in a red range of from 610 nm to 680 nm; a light regulator that controls a first light intensity, which is light intensity at the light emission peak in the blue range, and a second light intensity, which is light intensity at the light emission peak in the red range, in a light emission spectrum of light emitted by the light-emitting module; and a clock that measures a time. The light regulator causes the second light intensity to change in conjunction with a change in the first light intensity, in accordance with the time measured by the clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Ueno, Koji Omura
  • Publication number: 20180245761
    Abstract: An illumination device, an illumination system, and a movable body are provided in which color toning can be easily realized in a particular region, and toning unevenness can be suppressed. A headlight includes an LED substrate in which a plurality of light sources are mounted on a substrate, a primary lens provided at a light emission side of the plurality of light sources, and a projector lens provided at an opposite side from the side of the plurality of light sources with respect to the primary lens. The plurality of light sources include a plurality of group light sources each including a first white color LED which emits light of a bright white color, and a second white color LED which emits light of a natural white color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroya TSUJI, Yoshihiko KANAYAMA, Yasuharu UENO, Tomoyuki OGATA
  • Publication number: 20180245757
    Abstract: A light source module capable of reducing deformation of an outer contour shape of an illuminated image caused by influence of distortion of a projection lens is disclosed. The light source module includes a substrate, and multiple light sources mounted on the substrate and arranged in a row direction and a column direction. The light sources include a set of light sources arranged in the row direction and a set of light sources arranged in the column direction. The set of light sources arranged in the row direction includes more light sources than the set of light sources arranged in the column direction. Further, spacings between light sources included in the set of light sources arranged in the row direction are unequally set. Also, spacings between light sources included in the set of light sources arranged in the column direction are unequally set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko KANAYAMA, Yasuharu UENO, Hiroya TSUJI, Tomoyuki OGATA
  • Publication number: 20180247972
    Abstract: A light source module is provided. According to an exemplary embodiment, the light source module includes a base material. A plurality of light sources is on a surface of the substrate in a matrix. The plurality of light sources is individually controlled to be lit. A first electric supply wire supplies electricity to each of the plurality of light sources. A plurality of second electric supply wires supplies electricity to the plurality of light sources respectively. A plurality of protection diodes is electrically connected with the first electric supply wire and the plurality of second electric supply wires. The plurality of protection diodes is in the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuharu UENO, Hiroya TSUJI, Yoshihiko KANAYAMA, Tomoyuki OGATA
  • Publication number: 20180247585
    Abstract: In a lighting device provided with a light source module including a plurality of light sources, insufficiency of luminous intensity, illuminance unevenness, and the like due to a low-light light source are compensated for. The lighting device includes the light source module which is composed of the plurality of light sources in a matrix and mounted on a board. A drive circuit individually supplies power to the light sources. A processor controls a lighting status of each of the light sources via the drive circuit. The processor determines a low-light light source that is lower in luminous intensity than at least one light source among the plurality of light sources, and causes at least one light source adjacent to the low-light light source to emit light with a higher luminous intensity than the at least one other light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko KANAYAMA, Yasuharu UENO, Tomoyuki OGATA, Hiroya TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20180244190
    Abstract: A light source module is provided that includes a primary wiring substrate and a light source array having a plurality of light sources mounted on a surface of the primary wiring substrate in a matrix. The light source module includes a heat radiation pad, provided at a peripheral region of the primary wiring substrate, and one or a plurality of heat transfer paths having a higher heat conductivity than a base substrate that is a parent material of the primary wiring substrate and connecting the plurality of light sources constituting the light source array and the heat radiation pad. At least one of the plurality of light sources, which are arranged at a row-directional central portion of the light source array, is connected with the heat radiation pad by the heat transfer path including a first linear portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LT D.
    Inventors: Yasuharu UENO, Yoshihiko KANAYAMA, Hiroya TSUJI, Tomoyuki OGATA
  • Publication number: 20180245758
    Abstract: A light source module includes: a substrate; and multiple light sources mounted on a first surface of the substrate in a thickness direction of the substrate in a matrix. The light sources include a set of light sources arranged in a row direction and a set of light sources arranged in a column direction. Each of the light sources includes a first electric supply pad and a second electric supply pad. A first electric supply wire extends along the column direction and supplies electricity to each of the first electric supply pads. Second electric supply wires extend in the column direction and supply electricity to each of the second electric supply pads. Portions of light sources arranged in the column direction overlap at least one of the second electric supply wires and first electric supply pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuharu UENO, Yoshihiko KANAYAMA, Hiroya TSUJI, Tomoyuki OGATA
  • Publication number: 20180245760
    Abstract: An illumination device, a headlight, and a movable body are provided which can increase luminosity and resolution at a central region or a peripheral region in an illuminable region. A primary lens is placed at a light emission side of a plurality of light sources, and the primary lens includes a plurality of light guides corresponding in a one-to-one relationship to the plurality of light sources. A size of a light exit surface of a light guide corresponding to a light source which illuminates a central region in the illuminable region of the headlight is set to differ from a size of a light exit surface of a light guide corresponding to a light source which illuminates a peripheral region surrounding the central region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko KANAYAMA, Yasuharu UENO, Hiroya TSUJI, Tomoyuki OGATA
  • Publication number: 20180035619
    Abstract: An illumination system includes: a light-emitting module including a blue LED light source that emits blue light having a light emission peak in a blue range of from 400 nm to 470 nm and a red LED light source that emits red light having a light emission peak in a red range of from 610 nm to 680 nm; a light regulator that controls a first light intensity, which is light intensity at the light emission peak in the blue range, and a second light intensity, which is light intensity at the light emission peak in the red range, in a light emission spectrum of light emitted by the light-emitting module; and a clock that measures a time. The light regulator causes the second light intensity to change in conjunction with a change in the first light intensity, in accordance with the time measured by the clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yasuharu UENO, Koji OMURA
  • Publication number: 20170285002
    Abstract: It is intended to develop a technique that can reproduce a microenvironment of cancer tissue and to construct a novel drug discovery screening system of high precision. It is also intended to provide a method for reconstituting human cancer tissue using primary human cancer cells that retain the properties of human tumor. The present invention provides a reconstituted cancer organoid reproducing a cancer microenvironment. The present invention also provides a method for preparing a cancer organoid from cancer tissue, a xenograft prepared from the cancer organoid, a method for preparing the xenograft, a method for evaluating treatment resistance of cancer, a method for evaluating invasion or metastasis of cancer, a method for evaluating recurrence of cancer, and a method for conducting prognostic prediction of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Public University Corporation Yokohama City University
    Inventors: Hideki TANIGUCHI, Yasuharu UENO, Takanori TAKEBE, Keisuke SEKINE, Ryo OKUDA
  • Patent number: 9689537
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a substrate; a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in an annular line on a main surface of the substrate; a sealing member which is annularly formed along the line of the plurality of light-emitting elements and seals the plurality of light-emitting elements; and a power supply part disposed on the main surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of light-emitting elements. The power supply part is located in an inner region interior to the sealing member formed in an annular shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Ueno, Ryouji Yokotani