Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Kanayama

Yoshihiko Kanayama 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: 11567241
    Abstract: A light projection lens includes: an inner surface which light emitted from a light source enters, and includes a first concave portion; and an outer surface from which the light exits. In a cross section parallel to an optical axis of the light emitted from the light source, the outer surface and the first concave portion have a difference in radius of curvature in at least a portion of the outer surface and the first concave portion. In a cross section perpendicular to the optical axis of the light emitted from the light source, the first concave portion has an elliptical shape. The light which exits from the outer surface is lesser in amount in an optical axis direction of the light emitted from the light source than in a direction different from the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kanayama, Atsushi Fukui
  • Patent number: 10868967
    Abstract: A light source unit includes a substrate and a light source. The light source is mounted on the substrate. At least one sensor is configured to detect the infrared light. The at least one sensor detects a wavelength component of the infrared light in a range of wavelengths from 920 nm to 960 nm better than a wavelength component of the infrared light out of the range. The light source device emits the infrared light having a peak wavelength smaller than 920 nm when the light source has a temperature of 25° C. or lower. The peak wavelength of the infrared light emitted from the light source device increases as the temperature of the light source increases from the temperature of 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kanayama, Yohei Chingyo, Makoto Kai
  • Publication number: 20200241176
    Abstract: A light projection lens includes: an inner surface which light emitted from a light source enters, and includes a first concave portion; and an outer surface from which the light exits. In a cross section parallel to an optical axis of the light emitted from the light source, the outer surface and the first concave portion have a difference in radius of curvature in at least a portion of the outer surface and the first concave portion. In a cross section perpendicular to the optical axis of the light emitted from the light source, the first concave portion has an elliptical shape. The light which exits from the outer surface is lesser in amount in an optical axis direction of the light emitted from the light source than in a direction different from the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko KANAYAMA, Atsushi FUKUI
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20200099843
    Abstract: A light source unit includes a substrate and a light source. The light source is mounted on the substrate. At least one sensor is configured to detect the infrared light. The at least one sensor detects a wavelength component of the infrared light in a range of wavelengths from 920 nm to 960 nm better than a wavelength component of the infrared light out of the range. The light source device emits the infrared light having a peak wavelength smaller than 920 nm when the light source has a temperature of 25° C. or lower. The peak wavelength of the infrared light emitted from the light source device increases as the temperature of the light source increases from the temperature of 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko KANAYAMA, Yohei CHINGYO, Makoto KAI
  • 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: 10338302
    Abstract: A light source device including a light guide plate and a light source, in which the light guide plate includes an incident surface on which light emitted from the light source is incident, an emission surface emitting light incident from the incident surface, and a propagating reflection surface which is a surface opposite to the emission surface and which propagates and reflects the light incident from the incident surface toward the emission surface, the propagating reflection surface has approximately V-shaped grooves and the V-shaped grooves have two kinds of grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Kikuchi, Yusuke Kusaka, Masaru Fujita, Yoshihiko Kanayama, Shohroh Mochida, Masami Ito
  • Patent number: 10239443
    Abstract: A headlamp that projects light forward includes: a low beam light source module; a reflector disposed in a path of light from the low beam light source module; and a first lens body and second lens body disposed farther forward than the low beam light source module and the reflector. The reflector reflects first light and second light, which are portions of the light from the low beam light source module, toward the first lens body and the second lens body, respectively. The first lens body transmits and projects, to a first region, the first light reflected by the reflector. The second lens body transmits and projects, to a second region larger than the first region and including a region closer to the headlamp than the first region, the second light reflected by the reflector. The first light is higher in luminous intensity than the second light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kanayama, Naoki Tomoda
  • 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: 10179533
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a low beam lens, a low beam light-emitting device disposed behind the low beam lens, a plurality of high beam lenses disposed along a periphery of the low beam lens, and a plurality of high beam light-emitting devices disposed behind the plurality of high beam lenses in one-to-one correspondence. At least one of the plurality of high beam lenses includes, on a circumferential edge, a textured surface having light diffusing characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kanayama, Hiro Aoki, Tomoyuki Ogata
  • Patent number: 10161617
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes: a projection lens; a light source behind the projection lens; a reflector that reflects light from the light source toward the projection lens; and a shield that blocks a portion of the light reflected by the reflector to form a cutoff line in a distribution pattern of the light. A textured section demarcated by unit regions is formed on a surface of the projection lens, and when a region in a center of the projection lens is defined as a central region, and regions left and right of the central region are defined as left and right regions, respectively, in a front view, a proportion of the unit regions in the central region is greater than a proportion of the unit regions in each of the left region and the right region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kanayama, Naoki Tomoda, Hideaki Hyuga
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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