Patents by Inventor Yoshinari Matsumoto

Yoshinari Matsumoto 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: 8403498
    Abstract: A housing (17) that accommodates a light source (1), a display device (3), etc. has an intake aperture (18) and an exhaust aperture (24). A blowing unit (16, 23) sucks air in through the intake aperture and expels air out through the exhaust aperture. A filter unit (19) is disposed so that a filter (20) faces the intake aperture in a predetermined area between a rolling shaft (31a) and a take-up shaft (31b). A part of the filter facing the intake aperture is renewed by taking-up the filter from the rolling shaft onto the take-up shaft. A control unit (36) performs control so as to renew the filter for a range that is smaller than an opening area of the intake aperture, when a predetermined renewal condition is determined to be satisfied, based on the output of a detection unit (38, 39a, 39b) that detects a specific factor value relating to contamination of the filter, such as a cumulative display time, a temperature, an air pressure, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kotaka, Shigekazu Yamagishi, Yoshinobu Nakajima, Toshiyuki Noguchi, Yoshinari Matsumoto, Kenji Kunitake
  • Publication number: 20100128230
    Abstract: A housing (17) that accommodates a light source (1), a display device (3), etc. has an intake aperture (18) and an exhaust aperture (24). A blowing unit (16, 23) sucks air in through the intake aperture and expels air out through the exhaust aperture. A filter unit (19) is disposed so that a filter (20) faces the intake aperture in a predetermined area between a rolling shaft (31a) and a take-up shaft (31b). A part of the filter facing the intake aperture is renewed by taking-up the filter from the rolling shaft onto the take-up shaft. A control unit (36) performs control so as to renew the filter for a range that is smaller than an opening area of the intake aperture, when a predetermined renewal condition is determined to be satisfied, based on the output of a detection unit (38, 39a, 39b) that detects a specific factor value relating to contamination of the filter, such as a cumulative display time, a temperature, an air pressure, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kotaka, Shigekazu Yamagishi, Yoshinobu Nakajima, Toshiyuki Noguchi, Yoshinari Matsumoto, Kenji Kunitake