Patents by Inventor Yoshihisa HOMMA

Yoshihisa HOMMA 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: 10349496
    Abstract: A lighting control system which enables illumination control based on the location of a person present in a predetermined area, and a lighting control device for the lighting control system. In the lighting control system and the lighting control device according to the present invention, a lighting control system includes a plurality of light sources installed in a control area, at least one radio wave transmission device, a portable terminal configured to receive a radio wave signal emitted from the at least one radio wave transmission device, and a lighting control device configured to select a target light source serving as a light source of a control object from a plurality of light source based on an intensity of the radio wave signal received by the portable terminal from the radio wave transmission device and to control a lighting state of the target light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanfeng Wang, Yoshihisa Homma, Kiyotaka Takehara
  • Publication number: 20180242434
    Abstract: A lighting control system which enables illumination control based on the location of a person present in a predetermined area, and a lighting control device for the lighting control system. In the lighting control system and the lighting control device according to the present invention, a lighting control system includes a plurality of light sources installed in a control area, at least one radio wave transmission device, a portable terminal configured to receive a radio wave signal emitted from the at least one radio wave transmission device, and a lighting control device configured to select a target light source serving as a light source of a control object from a plurality of light source based on an intensity of the radio wave signal received by the portable terminal from the radio wave transmission device and to control a lighting state of the target light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Yanfeng WANG, Yoshihisa HOMMA, Kiyotaka TAKEHARA
  • Patent number: 9949002
    Abstract: An apparatus control device includes a first communicator which communicates with a mobile terminal, a second communicator which communicates with a plurality of electrical apparatuses, a setter which sets correspondence information in which identification information of the mobile terminal is associated with identification information of an electrical apparatus controllable by the mobile terminal, and a controller which controls, when the first communicator receives a control request to control a target electrical apparatus from the mobile terminal, communication of the second communicator such that the second communicator transmits a control command to the target electrical apparatus if the identification information of the mobile terminal is associated with identification information of the target electrical apparatus, and such that the second communicator does not transmit the control command to the target electrical apparatus if the identification information of the mobile terminal is not associated with
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rikiya Masuda, Kiyotaka Takehara, Yoshihisa Homma, Shinpei Hibiya, Shinya Furuta
  • Publication number: 20170264979
    Abstract: An apparatus control device includes a first communicator which communicates with a mobile terminal, a second communicator which communicates with a plurality of electrical apparatuses, a setter which sets correspondence information in which identification information of the mobile terminal is associated with identification information of an electrical apparatus controllable by the mobile terminal, and a controller which controls, when the first communicator receives a control request to control a target electrical apparatus from the mobile terminal, communication of the second communicator such that the second communicator transmits a control command to the target electrical apparatus if the identification information of the mobile terminal is associated with identification information of the target electrical apparatus, and such that the second communicator does not transmit the control command to the target electrical apparatus if the identification information of the mobile terminal is not associated with
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rikiya MASUDA, Kiyotaka TAKEHARA, Yoshihisa HOMMA, Shinpei HIBIYA, Shinya FURUTA