Patents by Inventor Yuka Hatano

Yuka Hatano 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).

  • Publication number: 20240122296
    Abstract: Footwear includes a sole portion that supports a foot sole of a foot of a wearer, the sole portion including a ground contact surface and a shock absorbing portion formed of an elastic body. The shock absorbing portion includes a three-dimensional mesh structure portion in which a plurality of unit structures are repeatedly arranged so as to be adjacent to each other and an irregularly shaped portion that has a different shape from each of the unit structures and is at least partially embedded in the three-dimensional mesh structure portion. The irregularly shaped portion includes a protruding plate portion in which a central portion protrudes relative to a peripheral edge portion in a direction orthogonal to the ground contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yuka MATSUHISA, Seiji YANO, Kenji HIRATA, Genki HATANO
  • Publication number: 20240122295
    Abstract: Footwear includes a shell including an outsole portion; and a sole body including a footbed portion. The footbed portion includes a shock absorbing portion formed of a three-dimensional mesh structure body so as to extend to a peripheral surface of the footbed portion. An engaged portion is disposed in an inner side surface of the outsole portion, and an engaging portion is disposed in a portion of the shock absorbing portion that corresponds to the peripheral surface. One of the engaged portion and the engaging portion is a protruding portion while the other one of the engaged portion and the engaging portion is a cutout portion provided as a recessed portion or a hole portion. An occupied volume ratio of a region including at least a portion defining the engaging portion in the shock absorbing portion is locally increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yuka MATSUHISA, Seiji YANO, Kenji HIRATA, Genki HATANO
  • Publication number: 20240122297
    Abstract: Footwear includes a footbed portion including a support region. The support region includes an upper surface-side projection portion forming region having a plurality of upper surface-side projection portions. A maximum outer dimension in a cross-section orthogonal to a projecting direction of each of the plurality of upper surface-side projection portions is not greater than 3.0 mm. A projection length of each of the plurality of upper surface-side projection portions is not less than 4.0 mm and not greater than 13.0 mm, and an arrangement density of the plurality of upper surface-side projection portions in the upper surface-side projection portion forming region is not less than 10% and not greater than 100% in terms of an area ratio. An elastic modulus of a material forming the plurality of upper surface-side projection portions is not less than 0.1 MPa and not greater than 100 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yuka MATSUHISA, Seiji YANO, Kenji HIRATA, Genki HATANO
  • Patent number: 10368425
    Abstract: An operation terminal in a lighting system includes: a storage which stores identification information of each of the plurality of lighting controllers; a communication circuit which performs wireless communication with the plurality of lighting controllers; and a terminal controller which transmits schedule information for each of the plurality of lighting devices to the plurality of lighting controllers via the communication circuit. The terminal controller obtains the identification information of a current lighting controller currently connected to the operation terminal from the current lighting controller via the communication circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuka Hatano
  • Publication number: 20190150250
    Abstract: An operation terminal in a lighting system includes: a storage which stores identification information of each of the plurality of lighting controllers; a communication circuit which performs wireless communication with the plurality of lighting controllers; and a terminal controller which transmits schedule information for each of the plurality of lighting devices to the plurality of lighting controllers via the communication circuit. The terminal controller obtains the identification information of a current lighting controller currently connected to the operation terminal from the current lighting controller via the communication circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventor: Yuka HATANO
  • Patent number: 9794998
    Abstract: A lighting system includes: a plurality of lighting devices; a controller; and a sensor which detects brightness of a region illuminated by at least two lighting devices among the plurality of lighting devices, wherein the controller includes a lighting controller operable in a plurality of operation modes, the plurality of operation modes include a sensor mode, and when the lighting controller obtains an instruction to operate in the sensor mode, the lighting controller performs (a) transition control for controlling the at least two lighting devices, by transmitting a transition instruction, to cause the at least two lighting devices to provide illumination at a predetermined dimming level, without using a result of detection by the sensor, and (b) dimming control for controlling the at least two lighting devices to cause the brightness indicated by the result of detection by the sensor to approach the target value, after transmitting the transition instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuto Hidaka, Tetsuya Tanigawa, Yuka Hatano
  • Patent number: 9713229
    Abstract: A lighting control apparatus which controls dimming levels of lighting devices associated with a plurality of brightness sensors, so as to adjust brightnesses indicated by detection results detected by the plurality of brightness sensors to predetermined brightnesses, the lighting control apparatus including: a querier which periodically queries each of the plurality of brightness sensors for a detection result; and a controller which controls, for each of the lighting devices, the dimming level of the lighting device associated with a brightness sensor among the plurality of brightness sensors queried by the querier, according to the detection result detected by the brightness sensor, wherein the querier assigns priorities to the plurality of brightness sensors, and queries the plurality of brightness sensors for detection results, according to the priorities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Tanigawa, Yuto Hidaka, Yuka Hatano
  • Publication number: 20170202069
    Abstract: A lighting system includes: a plurality of lighting devices; a controller; and a sensor which detects brightness of a region illuminated by at least two lighting devices among the plurality of lighting devices, wherein the controller includes a lighting controller operable in a plurality of operation modes, the plurality of operation modes include a sensor mode, and when the lighting controller obtains an instruction to operate in the sensor mode, the lighting controller performs (a) transition control for controlling the at least two lighting devices, by transmitting a transition instruction, to cause the at least two lighting devices to provide illumination at a predetermined dimming level, without using a result of detection by the sensor, and (b) dimming control for controlling the at least two lighting devices to cause the brightness indicated by the result of detection by the sensor to approach the target value, after transmitting the transition instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Yuto HIDAKA, Tetsuya TANIGAWA, Yuka HATANO
  • Publication number: 20170135181
    Abstract: A lighting control apparatus which controls dimming levels of lighting devices associated with a plurality of brightness sensors, so as to adjust brightnesses indicated by detection results detected by the plurality of brightness sensors to predetermined brightnesses, the lighting control apparatus including: a querier which periodically queries each of the plurality of brightness sensors for a detection result; and a controller which controls, for each of the lighting devices, the dimming level of the lighting device associated with a brightness sensor among the plurality of brightness sensors queried by the querier, according to the detection result detected by the brightness sensor, wherein the querier assigns priorities to the plurality of brightness sensors, and queries the plurality of brightness sensors for detection results, according to the priorities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsuya TANIGAWA, Yuto HIDAKA, Yuka HATANO
  • Patent number: 9402585
    Abstract: A biological information monitor includes: a displaying section on which a biological information display screen is displayed, the biological information display screen including a first display region on which a trend graph of first biological information is displayed and a second display region on which a histogram of second biological information is displayed; and a display controlling section which is configured to control contents displayed on the biological information display screen, and which is configured to cause the trend graph for a plurality of days and the histogram for the plurality of days to be simultaneously displayed in the first display region and the second display region, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuka Hatano, Naokatsu Ohta, Kohei Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20140218368
    Abstract: A biological information monitor includes: a displaying section on which a biological information display screen is displayed, the biological information display screen including a first display region on which a trend graph of first biological information is displayed and a second display region on which a histogram of second biological information is displayed; and a display controlling section which is configured to control contents displayed on the biological information display screen, and which is configured to cause the trend graph for a plurality of days and the histogram for the plurality of days to be simultaneously displayed in the first display region and the second display region, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Yuka Hatano, Naokatsu Ohta, Kohei Ishikawa