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1.

INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18233998
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-08-15
First Publication Date 2023-11-30
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nishikawa, Yuri
  • Ozawa, Jun

Abstract

A visiting duration corresponding to a first current location is determined, on the basis of the first current location and a destination, a first traveling duration that is necessary for a user to travel from the first current location to the destination is calculated, on the basis of a first time, the visiting duration corresponding to the first current location, and the first traveling duration, a first expected arrival time is calculated, on the basis of a first scheduled delivery time and the first expected arrival time, a first difference is calculated, a first message in accordance with the first difference is transmitted to a first information terminal of the user, and the first information terminal displays the first message.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 4/029 - Location-based management or tracking services
  • G01C 21/36 - Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
  • G06Q 10/0835 - Relationships between shipper or supplier and carriers

2.

SEPARATOR CUTTING DEVICE AND SEPARATOR CUTTING METHOD

      
Application Number 18014720
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-06-09
First Publication Date 2023-11-02
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Abe, Ryuta
  • Masada, Tatsuya

Abstract

A separator cutting device includes: a conveyance unit for conveying a continuous body of separators for batteries; a tension applying mechanism for applying tension to at least a portion of the continuous body in the conveyance direction of the continuous body; and a laser irradiation unit for irradiating the portion of the continuous body onto which the tension has been applied by the tension applying mechanism with a laser beam so as to divide the continuous body into a plurality of separators.

IPC Classes  ?

3.

LAMINATING DEVICE

      
Application Number 18011749
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-06-21
First Publication Date 2023-08-31
Owner
  • PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
  • TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Abe, Ryuta
  • Maegawa, Yukihiro
  • Hosotani, Naoto
  • Kuhara, Takahiro

Abstract

A laminating device includes: a plurality of laminating heads that each holds a unit laminated body; a drum section in which the plurality of laminating heads are arranged, which holds each laminating head swingably via a support shaft, and which rotates to advance each laminating head to a laminating position facing a lamination stage; a cam section which is in contact with each laminating head and which causes each laminating head to swing around the support shaft in association with a movement of each laminating head caused by a rotation of the drum section; and a biasing member that biases each laminating head in a radial direction of the drum section.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B32B 37/00 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding
  • B32B 38/00 - Ancillary operations in connection with laminating processes
  • H01M 10/04 - Construction or manufacture in general

4.

HEAT STORAGE DEVICE

      
Application Number 18001986
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-05-19
First Publication Date 2023-07-27
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ozaki, Ryuichi
  • Nakamura, Tatsuya

Abstract

A heat storage device of the present disclosure includes a latent heat storage material and a container. The latent heat storage material is water-soluble. The container houses the latent heat storage material and is formed of a main material being aluminum or an aluminum alloy. The container has a joining portion and a first coating. The first coating covers at least the joining portion on an inner surface of the container. On a surface of the first coating, a first element and fluorine are present. The first element is an element other than aluminum and having a lower ionization tendency than potassium.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F28D 20/00 - Heat storage plants or apparatus in general; Regenerative heat-exchange apparatus not covered by groups or

5.

POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17625859
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-06-30
First Publication Date 2022-11-17
Owner
  • SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Koshika, Yuki
  • Kaneda, Haruki
  • Tsuruta, Sho
  • Ko, Takashi
  • Niina, Fumiharu

Abstract

A positive electrode active material that can achieve high thermal stability at low cost is provided. A positive electrode active material that can achieve high thermal stability at low cost is provided. Provided is a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, the positive electrode active material containing a lithium-nickel-manganese composite oxide, in which metal elements constituting the lithium-nickel-manganese composite oxide include lithium (Li), nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn), cobalt (Co), titanium (Ti), niobium (Nb), and optionally zirconium (Zr), an amount of substance ratio of the elements is represented as Li:Ni:Mn:Co:Zr:Ti:Nb=a:b:c:d:e:f:g (provided that, 0.97≤a≤1.10, 0.80≤b≤0.88, 0.04≤c≤0.12, 0.04≤d≤0.10, 0≤e≤0.004, 0.003g are satisfied.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy

6.

NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17763080
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-08-28
First Publication Date 2022-11-17
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Takahashi, Keiichi
  • Niina, Fumiharu
  • Goto, Natsumi
  • Ko, Takashi

Abstract

A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises a positive electrode that contains, as positive electrode active materials: (A) a lithium transition metal composite oxide that has a volume-based D50 of 0.6 μm to 3 μm and that consists of secondary particles comprising aggregated primary particles with an average particle diameter of 0.5 um or more or is configured of substantially one kind of particle; and (B) a lithium transition metal composite oxide that has a volume-based D50 of 6 μm to 25 μm and that consists of secondary particles, comprising aggregated primary particles with an average particle diameter of 0.3 μm or less.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy

7.

POWER TRANSMISSION COIL, POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND UNDERWATER POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS

      
Application Number 17763464
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-09-25
First Publication Date 2022-11-17
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Okamoto, Katsuya
  • Yamaguchi, Shuichiro
  • Kawata, Souichi

Abstract

A power transmission coil includes a plurality of coil members each of which having a length capable of surrounding at least one power reception device located under water from all directions and that are configured to wirelessly transmit power to the power reception device. Each of the plurality of coil members includes a polygonal pipe having a polygonal shape in which a plurality of straight pipes are welded, and a conductive wire that is inserted into the polygonal pipe and is wound a plurality of times.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02J 50/12 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling of the resonant type
  • H02J 50/00 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power
  • H02J 50/40 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using two or more transmitting or receiving devices
  • H02J 50/80 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
  • B60L 53/12 - Inductive energy transfer

8.

Toilet seat

      
Application Number 29750222
Grant Number D0940286
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-09-11
First Publication Date 2022-01-04
Grant Date 2022-01-04
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Gong, Wenyuan
  • Cao, Fangxin

9.

Illuminating apparatus

      
Application Number 16248199
Grant Number RE048790
Status In Force
Filing Date 2011-06-03
First Publication Date 2021-10-26
Grant Date 2021-10-26
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kawagoe, Shinya
  • Hashimoto, Naotaka
  • Kojima, Toshiyasu
  • Ikeda, Taku
  • Taniuchi, Akira

Abstract

Provided is a lighting apparatus that is suitable as a substitute for a conventional halogen lamp when positively utilizing leaked light. The lighting apparatus comprises: a heat dissipator 12 that is in one of a bottomed cylindrical shape and a bowl shape, and that has a bottom portion, a circumferential wall portion, and an opening; and a light-emitting device 18b that is provided inside the heat dissipator 12 at the bottom portion and is operable to emit light, wherein the heat dissipator 12 has one or more windows 19 for leaking the emitted light outside the heat dissipater 12.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F21V 29/00 - Protecting lighting devices from thermal damage; Cooling or heating arrangements specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
  • F21V 5/04 - Refractors for light sources of lens shape
  • F21V 29/505 - Cooling arrangements characterised by the adaptation for cooling of specific components of reflectors
  • F21V 29/74 - Cooling arrangements characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks with fins or blades
  • F21V 29/80 - Cooling arrangements characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks with pins or wires
  • F21V 29/83 - Cooling arrangements characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks the elements having apertures, ducts or channels, e.g. heat radiation holes
  • F21V 29/85 - Protecting lighting devices from thermal damage; Cooling or heating arrangements specially adapted for lighting devices or systems characterised by the material
  • F21K 9/233 - Retrofit light sources for lighting devices with a single fitting for each light source, e.g. for substitution of incandescent lamps with bayonet or threaded fittings specially adapted for generating a spot light distribution, e.g. for substitution of reflector lamps
  • F21K 9/69 - Optical arrangements integrated in the light source, e.g. for improving the colour rendering index or the light extraction - Details of refractors forming part of the light source
  • F21V 7/09 - Optical design with a combination of different curvatures
  • F21V 11/14 - Screens not covered by groups , ,  or   using diaphragms containing one or more apertures with many small apertures
  • H01L 33/60 - Reflective elements
  • F21Y 115/10 - Light-emitting diodes [LED]

10.

Wireless communication system, management device, and communication path switching method

      
Application Number 16473515
Grant Number 11166223
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-02-28
First Publication Date 2021-09-30
Grant Date 2021-11-02
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shimizu, Noriyuki
  • Asano, Hiroaki
  • Shingu, Hideki

Abstract

To reduce power consumption and enable a quick change from one communication path to another when detecting a decrease in quality of communication for communicating user data, a first base station determines a second base station and a third base station, and then the first base station transmits a connection request message to a terminal, the second base station and the third base station concurrently with transmitting a communication request message to the second base station, and, while the second base station is in communication with the terminal, upon detecting a decrease in quality of communication with the terminal based on a reception status of an uplink signal from the terminal, the second base station transmits a path switching request message to the first base station, which in turn transfers the received path switching request message transmitted from the second base station to the third base station.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 4/00 - Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
  • H04W 40/36 - Modification of an existing route due to handover
  • H04W 24/04 - Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
  • H04W 36/08 - Reselecting an access point
  • H04W 36/30 - Reselection being triggered by specific parameters by measured or perceived connection quality data

11.

BATTERY NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, AND SECONDARY BATTERY

      
Application Number 17222113
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-04-05
First Publication Date 2021-08-05
Owner
  • Kureha Corporation (Japan)
  • Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Imaji, Makoto
  • Sakakibara, Yukitaro
  • Kobayashi, Shota
  • Hotehama, Kenichi
  • Katou, Daisuke
  • Miyamae, Ryohei

Abstract

Provided is a battery negative electrode material exhibiting both a merit of high specific capacity obtained by using Si, and a merit of high cycle durability obtained by using a non-graphitizable carbon material. Specifically, provided is a negative electrode material (1) of a battery that includes silicon material areas (10) made of a silicon material, and a carbon material area (20) made of a carbon material. The carbon material area (20) is formed in a surrounding area of the silicon material area (10), separated by a cavity (30) at least at a portion. In addition, an (002) average interlayer spacing d002 of the carbon material area (20) determined by powder X-ray diffraction is from 0.365 nm to 0.390 nm. The battery negative electrode material 1 is manufactured through: a step (a) of melting and mixing or dissolving and mixing with an organic material composition, a coated silicon material that has been coated with silicon oxide; a step (b) of removing the silicon oxide; and a step (c) of carbonizing an organic material constituting the organic material composition.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/1393 - Processes of manufacture of electrodes based on carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx
  • H01M 4/04 - Processes of manufacture in general
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 4/38 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of elements or alloys
  • H01M 4/587 - Carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx for inserting or intercalating light metals
  • H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
  • H01M 4/133 - Electrodes based on carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx
  • H01M 4/134 - Electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys
  • H01M 4/1395 - Processes of manufacture of electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys

12.

METHOD FOR EFFICIENTLY PRODUCING ß MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN IN CARDIAC MUSCLE CELLS DIFFERENTIATED FROM INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS DERIVED FROM HOMO SAPIENS

      
Application Number 17213590
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-03-26
First Publication Date 2021-07-15
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Tsuji, Kiyotaka
  • Liu, Li

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for producing a β myosin heavy chain in cardiac muscle cells differentiated from induced pluripotent stem cells derived from Homo sapiens. In the present method, first, a liquid culture medium containing the cardiac muscle cells is supplied onto a substrate comprising a first electrode, a second electrode and insulative fibers on the surface thereof. At least a part of the insulative fibers is located between the first electrode and the second electrode in a top view of the substrate. Then, the substrate is left at rest. Finally, the cardiac muscle cells are cultivated, while a pulse electric current is applied to the cardiac muscle cells through the first electrode and the second electrode.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C07K 14/47 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acids; Gastrins; Somatostatins; Melanotropins; Derivatives thereof from humans from vertebrates from mammals
  • C12M 1/42 - Apparatus for the treatment of microorganisms or enzymes with electrical or wave energy, e.g. magnetism, sonic wave
  • C12N 13/00 - Treatment of microorganisms or enzymes with electrical or wave energy, e.g. magnetism, sonic waves
  • C12P 21/00 - Preparation of peptides or proteins
  • C12P 21/02 - Preparation of peptides or proteins having a known sequence of two or more amino acids, e.g. glutathione

13.

Communication method and communication device

      
Application Number 17194661
Grant Number 11362761
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-03-08
First Publication Date 2021-06-24
Grant Date 2022-06-14
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Klenner, Peter
  • Herrmann, Frank
  • Kimura, Tomohiro

Abstract

A communication method includes executing a cyclic block permutation for a codeword generated based on a quasi-cyclic parity-check code including a repeat-accumulate quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check code, where the cyclic block permutation is permutation of cyclic blocks within the codeword, and mapping each bit of the codeword for which the cyclic block permutation is executed to any one of constellation point of a non-uniform constellation.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H03M 13/25 - Error detection or forward error correction by signal space coding, i.e. adding redundancy in the signal constellation, e.g. Trellis Coded Modulation [TCM]
  • H04L 27/34 - Amplitude- and phase-modulated carrier systems, e.g. quadrature-amplitude modulated carrier systems
  • H03M 13/11 - Error detection or forward error correction by redundancy in data representation, i.e. code words containing more digits than the source words using block codes, i.e. a predetermined number of check bits joined to a predetermined number of information bits using multiple parity bits
  • H03M 13/27 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes using interleaving techniques

14.

Solar cell, and method for manufacturing solar cell

      
Application Number 16959789
Grant Number 11233164
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-01-09
First Publication Date 2021-05-27
Grant Date 2022-01-25
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kanematsu, Daiji
  • Masuko, Keiichiro
  • Nakai, Izuru
  • Katayama, Hirotaka

Abstract

p) in the first direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 31/00 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof
  • H01L 31/068 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier the potential barriers being only of the PN homojunction type, e.g. bulk silicon PN homojunction solar cells or thin film polycrystalline silicon PN homojunction solar cells
  • H01L 31/0445 - PV modules or arrays of single PV cells including thin film solar cells, e.g. single thin film a-Si, CIS or CdTe solar cells
  • H01L 31/0224 - Electrodes
  • H01L 31/05 - Electrical interconnection means between PV cells inside the PV module, e.g. series connection of PV cells
  • H01L 31/0747 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier the potential barriers being only of the PN heterojunction type comprising a AIVBIV heterojunction, e.g. Si/Ge, SiGe/Si or Si/SiC solar cells comprising a heterojunction of crystalline and amorphous materials, e.g. heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer or HIT® solar cells

15.

Random number generation device, information processing device, and random number generation method

      
Application Number 16612218
Grant Number 11281430
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-03-16
First Publication Date 2021-05-13
Grant Date 2022-03-22
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kitazawa, Atsurou
  • Mutou, Kouji
  • Kobayashi, Masaaki

Abstract

In an information processing device, a fluctuation estimation unit acquires from a noise source a plurality of measured values having bits of M digits, where M is an integer exponent of a power of two. A bit extraction unit acquires information relating to a number of effective bits of N digits used in generating a random number, where N is an integer less than M, based on the acquired plurality of values. Using the information relating to the number of effective bits, a bit coupling unit generates a random number having effective bits of L digits, where L is a predetermined integer greater than or equal to N.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 7/58 - Random or pseudo-random number generators

16.

Parallel bit interleaver

      
Application Number 17144275
Grant Number 11329672
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-01-08
First Publication Date 2021-05-06
Grant Date 2022-05-10
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor Petrov, Mihail

Abstract

A bit interleaving method involves applying a bit permutation process to a QC LDPC codeword made up of N cyclic blocks each including Q bits, and dividing the codeword, after the bit permutation process, into a plurality of constellation words each made up of M bits, the codeword being divided into N/M sections, each constellation word being associated with one of the N/M sections, and the bit permutation process being performed such that each of the constellation words includes one bit from each of M different cyclic blocks associated with a given section.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H03M 13/00 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes
  • H03M 13/27 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes using interleaving techniques
  • H03M 13/11 - Error detection or forward error correction by redundancy in data representation, i.e. code words containing more digits than the source words using block codes, i.e. a predetermined number of check bits joined to a predetermined number of information bits using multiple parity bits
  • H03M 13/25 - Error detection or forward error correction by signal space coding, i.e. adding redundancy in the signal constellation, e.g. Trellis Coded Modulation [TCM]
  • H03M 13/29 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes combining two or more codes or code structures, e.g. product codes, generalised product codes, concatenated codes, inner and outer codes
  • H03M 13/35 - Unequal or adaptive error protection, e.g. by providing a different level of protection according to significance of source information or by adapting the coding according to the change of transmission channel characteristics
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received

17.

Control method and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for comparing medical images

      
Application Number 17088003
Grant Number 11250048
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-11-03
First Publication Date 2021-05-06
Grant Date 2022-02-15
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kozuka, Kazuki
  • Takata, Kazutoyo
  • Kondo, Kenji
  • Kimura, Hirohiko
  • Sakai, Toyohiko

Abstract

Similar medical images having a predetermined similarity to a region of interest in a medical image to be interpreted are received from a case search system. A display screen on which the received similar medical images are displayed is displayed on a display. The display screen includes display frames within which similar medical images are displayed. In response to an instruction for enlarging the similar medical images, corresponding regions of interest in the similar medical images are enlarged and displayed with the sizes of the display frames maintained unchanged on the display screen. In response to an instruction for causing a selected similar medical image among the enlarged and displayed similar medical images to move within a corresponding display frame, the other unselected similar medical image(s) is caused to move within a corresponding display frame synchronously with the movement of the selected similar medical image in the same movement direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
  • H04N 21/4725 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the content using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots
  • G06F 16/583 - Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually using metadata automatically derived from the content
  • G16H 50/70 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data mining; ICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
  • A61B 6/00 - Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment
  • G16H 40/60 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices
  • G16H 30/40 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical images for processing medical images, e.g. editing
  • G06F 16/732 - Query formulation
  • G06T 3/40 - Scaling of a whole image or part thereof
  • G16H 30/20 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical images for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
  • G06K 9/32 - Aligning or centering of the image pick-up or image-field
  • G06T 7/00 - Image analysis

18.

Randomness verification system and method of verifying randomness

      
Application Number 16617912
Grant Number 11190354
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-03-16
First Publication Date 2021-04-29
Grant Date 2021-11-30
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kitazawa, Atsurou
  • Kobayashi, Masaaki
  • Mutou, Kouji

Abstract

A terminal exchanges a common key generated using a seed, the randomness of which was recognized in advance, with a verification server. The terminal generates verification data using a plurality of measured values from a noise source. The terminal encrypts the verification data with the common key and transmits the verification data to the verification server. The verification server verifies the randomness of verification data obtained by decrypting the encrypted verification data with the common key. When it is determined that the verification data has randomness, the verification server transmits a verification result indicating that the randomness of the verification data is recognized to the terminal. The terminal acquires a plurality of measured values and generates a new seed in accordance with the verification result from the server and preserves the new seed in a secure area.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 9/32 - Arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system
  • H04L 9/08 - Key distribution
  • H04L 9/06 - Arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols the encryption apparatus using shift registers or memories for blockwise coding, e.g. D.E.S. systems

19.

Methods and systems for dynamically processing media content on transportation vehicles

      
Application Number 16658629
Grant Number 10990624
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-10-21
First Publication Date 2021-04-22
Grant Date 2021-04-27
Owner Panasonic Corporation (USA)
Inventor
  • Shastry, Shankar
  • Pimple, Sanjiv
  • Hsieh, Carol

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for a transportation vehicle. One method includes parsing by a processor on an aircraft, metadata of media content received by the aircraft, while the aircraft is in flight, the media content includes a media file and the metadata. The metadata indicates a start date when the media content can be presented to a device on the aircraft and an end date when media content is to become inaccessible. The method further includes dynamically generating a unique identifier for the media content by the processor, the unique identifier based on an aircraft identifier; updating the metadata by the processor by associating the unique identifier with the media content; storing the media content with the updated metadata and an indicator when the media content is to be deleted; and using the unique identifier by the processor for tracking usage of the media content on the aircraft.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 16/48 - Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
  • B64D 11/00 - Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for
  • G06F 16/483 - Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually using metadata automatically derived from the content
  • H04L 29/08 - Transmission control procedure, e.g. data link level control procedure
  • H04B 7/185 - Space-based or airborne stations
  • H04N 21/214 - Specialised server platform, e.g. server located in an airplane, hotel or hospital

20.

Bidirectional switch and bidirectional switch device including the switch

      
Application Number 16499595
Grant Number 11062981
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-03-26
First Publication Date 2021-04-08
Grant Date 2021-07-13
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kinoshita, Yusuke
  • Yamada, Yasuhiro
  • Ichiryu, Takashi
  • Umeda, Hidekazu

Abstract

A bidirectional switch includes: a first lateral transistor including a first semiconductor layer on the surface of a first conductive layer; a second lateral transistor including a second semiconductor layer on the surface of a second conductive layer; a connection member; a first conductor member; and a second conductor member. The connection member connects the first lateral transistor and the second lateral transistor together in anti-series. The first conductor member electrically connects the first source electrode of the first lateral transistor to the first conductive layer. The second conductor member electrically connects the second source electrode of the second lateral transistor to the second conductive layer.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 23/495 - Lead-frames
  • H01L 23/31 - Encapsulation, e.g. encapsulating layers, coatings characterised by the arrangement

21.

Flash unit

      
Application Number 16644406
Grant Number 11550205
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-09-06
First Publication Date 2021-03-11
Grant Date 2023-01-10
Owner
  • PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kikuchi, Takuma
  • Kaimoto, Minenori
  • Yamamoto, Yutaka

Abstract

A provided flash unit includes a light emitting part in the main unit of the flash unit and a distance sensor provided only in the light emitting part, achieving an accurate measurement of a distance from a subject. In the flash unit according to the present invention, the light emitting part (10) includes a light receiving element (6) that measures reflected light when light is emitted in advance from the light emitting part (10) to a subject (T) and reflected light when light is emitted in advance from the light emitting part (10) to a reflector (X) for bounce photography, the flash unit determines and controls a proper tilt angle (θ3) of the light emitting part (10) relative to a main unit (9) based on a distance (La) from the subject (T) and a distance (Lb) from the reflector (X), the distances being measured based on the detection by the light receiving element (6), and directivity for the detection by the light receiving element (6) is tilted toward the main unit (9) with respect to a horizontal direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G03B 15/05 - Combinations of cameras with electronic flash apparatus; Electronic flash units
  • G01S 17/08 - Systems determining position data of a target for measuring distance only

22.

Variable resistance non-volatile memory device

      
Application Number 16957830
Grant Number 11062772
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-12-05
First Publication Date 2021-03-04
Grant Date 2021-07-13
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mochida, Reiji
  • Kouno, Kazuyuki
  • Ono, Takashi
  • Nakayama, Masayoshi
  • Hayata, Yuriko

Abstract

A variable resistance non-volatile memory device includes a memory cell array including memory cells, a write circuit, and a control circuit. Each memory cell includes a memory element that is a non-volatile and variable-resistance memory element, and a cell transistor. The write circuit includes a source line driver circuit connected to the cell transistor and a bit line driver circuit connected to the memory element. When performing a write operation of changing the memory element to a low resistance state, the control circuit performs control for allowing current having a first current value to flow through the memory element, and subsequently performs control for allowing current having a second current value to flow through the memory element. The second current value is greater than the largest value of overshoot current flowing through the memory element after the start of the changing of the memory element to the low resistance state.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G11C 13/00 - Digital stores characterised by the use of storage elements not covered by groups , , or

23.

Communication device and communication method

      
Application Number 17034955
Grant Number 11252729
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-09-28
First Publication Date 2021-01-14
Grant Date 2022-02-15
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Wengerter, Christian
  • Suzuki, Hidetoshi
  • Hiramatsu, Katsuhiko

Abstract

In a wireless communication base station device, a modulation unit carries out modulation processing for Dch data after coding to generate a Dch data symbol. A modulation unit carries out modulation processing for Lch data after coding to generate an Lch data symbol. An allocation unit allocates the Dch data symbol and Lch data symbol to each sub-carrier composing an OFDM symbol and outputs the allocated sub-carrier to a multiplex unit. In this case, the allocation unit allocates the Dch data symbol to a plurality of resource blocks where one Dch is arranged at an interval equal to integral multiples of the number of resource blocks composing a resource block group.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/04 - Wireless resource allocation
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 72/00 - Local resource management

24.

Solid electrolyte, electrode, and power storage device

      
Application Number 16490490
Grant Number 11081685
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-02-12
First Publication Date 2021-01-14
Grant Date 2021-08-03
Owner
  • IMEC VZW (Belgium)
  • PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Vereecken, Philippe
  • Gandrud, Knut Bjarne
  • Mees, Maarten
  • Sagara, Akihiko
  • Murata, Mitsuhiro

Abstract

A solid electrolyte (10) of the present disclosure includes: a porous dielectric (11) having a plurality of pores (12) interconnected mutually; an electrolyte (13) including a metal salt and at least one selected from the group consisting of an ionic compound and a bipolar compound, the electrolyte (13) at least partially filling an interior of each of the plurality of pores (12); and a surface adsorption layer (15) adsorbed on inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12) to induce polarization. The surface adsorption layer (15) may include water adsorbed on the inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12). The surface adsorption layer (15) may include a polyether adsorbed on the inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/13 - Electrodes for accumulators with non-aqueous electrolyte, e.g. for lithium-accumulators; Processes of manufacture thereof
  • H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
  • H01M 4/62 - Selection of inactive substances as ingredients for active masses, e.g. binders, fillers
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 4/02 - Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material

25.

Apparatus for producing Group-III nitride semiconductor crystal including nitrogen source nozzles with different spray directions

      
Application Number 16889852
Grant Number 11186922
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-06-02
First Publication Date 2020-12-10
Grant Date 2021-11-30
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hoteida, Masayuki
  • Matsuno, Shunichi
  • Takino, Junichi

Abstract

An apparatus for producing a Group-III nitride semiconductor crystal includes a raw material reaction chamber, a raw material reactor which is provided in the raw material reaction chamber and configured to generate a Group-III element-containing gas, a board-holding member configured to hold a board in the raw material reaction chamber, a raw material nozzle configured to spray the Group-III element-containing gas toward the board, a nitrogen source nozzle configured to spray a nitrogen element-containing gas toward the board, in which, in a side view seen in a direction perpendicular to a vertical direction, a spray direction of the nitrogen source nozzle intersects with a spray direction of the raw material nozzle before the board, and a mixing part in which the Group-III element-containing gas and the nitrogen element-containing gas are mixed together is formed around the intersection as a center, a heater, and a rotation mechanism.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C30B 35/00 - Apparatus not otherwise provided for, specially adapted for the growth, production or after-treatment of single crystals or of a homogeneous polycrystalline material with defined structure
  • C30B 25/16 - Controlling or regulating
  • C30B 29/40 - AIIIBV compounds
  • C30B 25/12 - Substrate holders or susceptors
  • C30B 25/10 - Heating of the reaction chamber or the substrate

26.

Mobile terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, communication system, and communication control method

      
Application Number 16772533
Grant Number 10993158
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-11-08
First Publication Date 2020-12-10
Grant Date 2021-04-27
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Higuchi, Takumi
  • Shimizu, Noriyuki
  • Takita, Maho

Abstract

In order to prevent occurrence of the significantly frequent transmission of messages, a user terminal is configured such that, when a reception power of a target cell is equal to or greater than a first threshold value ThLOW, the user terminal starts preparation for a handover to the target cell, and when the reception power is equal to or greater than a second threshold value ThHIGH, the user terminal performs the handover to the target cell, and that, until a waiting time has elapsed after performing the handover, the user terminal, by using a timer, performs a timing control for maintaining an immediate handover state in which the user terminal can immediately perform a handover, and, when the waiting time has elapsed, the user terminal ends the immediate handover state.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 36/08 - Reselecting an access point
  • H04W 36/00 - Handoff or reselecting arrangements
  • H04W 36/30 - Reselection being triggered by specific parameters by measured or perceived connection quality data
  • H04W 88/08 - Access point devices

27.

Base station device, terminal device, communication system, and communication control method

      
Application Number 16636194
Grant Number 11201649
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-06-06
First Publication Date 2020-12-03
Grant Date 2021-12-14
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shimizu, Noriyuki
  • Takita, Maho
  • Asano, Hiroaki
  • Shingu, Hideki

Abstract

In order to prospectively avoid communication failures or reduction in throughput of each user terminal, thereby improving users' satisfaction with communication service, a base station is configured to control wireless communication with a terminal device by using any of multiple transmission beams formed by the base station or those formed by another base station and includes a wireless communication device and a controller configured to acquire correction information used for correcting a measurement value for evaluating reception status of each transmission beam and cause the wireless communication device to transmit the correction information to the user terminal so as to thereby promote the user terminal to use, or inhibit the user terminal from using a specific transmission beam.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 17/24 - Monitoring; Testing of receivers with feedback of measurements to the transmitter
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04B 17/318 - Received signal strength
  • H04W 28/02 - Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control

28.

Transmission coil and power transmission apparatus

      
Application Number 16498964
Grant Number 10950379
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-03-08
First Publication Date 2020-12-03
Grant Date 2021-03-16
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Eguchi, Kazuhiro
  • Hasaba, Ryosuke
  • Okamoto, Katsuya
  • Kawata, Souichi
  • Koyanagi, Yoshio

Abstract

Provided is a transmission coil which can inhibit reduction in transmission efficiency during underwater non-contact electric power transmission. A transmission coil configured to transmit electric power in water includes an annular electric wire through which an alternating current flows, and a first cover which includes non-conductive resin or non-magnetic resin and seals a periphery of the electric wire. The electric wire transmits the electric power via a magnetic field generated by flowing of the alternating current.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02J 50/12 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling of the resonant type
  • H01F 38/14 - Inductive couplings
  • H01F 27/02 - Casings
  • H02J 50/00 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power
  • B60L 53/30 - Constructional details of charging stations

29.

Transmission device, transmission method, reception device, and reception method

      
Application Number 16932968
Grant Number 11239943
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-07-20
First Publication Date 2020-11-05
Grant Date 2022-02-01
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor Ouchi, Mikihiro

Abstract

An FEC coder in a transmission device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure performs BCH coding and LDPC coding based on whether a code length of the LDPC coding is a 16k mode or a 64k mode. A mapper performs mapping in an I-Q coordinate to perform conversion into an FEC block, and outputs pieces of mapping data (cells). The mapper defines different non-uniform mapping patterns with respect to different code lengths even an identical coding rate is used by the FEC coder. This configuration improves a shaping gain for different error correction code lengths in a transmission technology in which modulation of the non-uniform mapping pattern is used.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 27/34 - Amplitude- and phase-modulated carrier systems, e.g. quadrature-amplitude modulated carrier systems
  • H03M 13/25 - Error detection or forward error correction by signal space coding, i.e. adding redundancy in the signal constellation, e.g. Trellis Coded Modulation [TCM]
  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes
  • H04L 27/36 - Modulator circuits; Transmitter circuits
  • H03M 13/29 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes combining two or more codes or code structures, e.g. product codes, generalised product codes, concatenated codes, inner and outer codes
  • H03M 13/11 - Error detection or forward error correction by redundancy in data representation, i.e. code words containing more digits than the source words using block codes, i.e. a predetermined number of check bits joined to a predetermined number of information bits using multiple parity bits
  • H03M 13/15 - Cyclic codes, i.e. cyclic shifts of codewords produce other codewords, e.g. codes defined by a generator polynomial, Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem [BCH] codes
  • H03M 13/00 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes

30.

Mobile robot and method of tracking mobile robot

      
Application Number 16926029
Grant Number 10906179
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-07-10
First Publication Date 2020-10-29
Grant Date 2021-02-02
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nguyen, Duyhinh
  • Ando, Takeshi
  • Sasai, Hiroyuki

Abstract

A mobile robot includes a mobile robot body, a drawing unit provided at the mobile robot body and including a marker configured to draw a travel locus of the mobile robot on a travel plane, and a detector provided at the mobile robot body and configured to detect the travel locus drawn by the drawing unit. The mobile robot travels along the travel locus detected by the detector.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B25J 9/16 - Programme controls
  • B25J 5/00 - Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages
  • B25J 13/08 - Controls for manipulators by means of sensing devices, e.g. viewing or touching devices
  • G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions

31.

People stream analysis method, people stream analysis apparatus, and people stream analysis system

      
Application Number 16921355
Grant Number 11138420
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-07-06
First Publication Date 2020-10-22
Grant Date 2021-10-05
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nishikawa, Yuri
  • Ozawa, Jun

Abstract

A people stream analysis apparatus includes an image information capturer that captures an external appearance image of a person, a person recognizer that recognizes the person from the external appearance image, a store inferrer that identifies from the external appearance image a possession carried by the person, and infers from the identified possession a store from which the possession has been obtained, a memory that stores, in an associated form, person information indicating the recognized person, store information indicating the inferred store, and time information indicating time at which the external appearance image has been captured, and an arrival store order determiner that determines an order of stores in which the person has visited, based on a change in a time sequence of listing of stores indicated by the store information stored on the memory.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 9/00 - Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
  • G06K 9/00 - Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints
  • G06Q 30/02 - Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
  • G06T 1/00 - General purpose image data processing

32.

Fuel cell system

      
Application Number 16913011
Grant Number 11081709
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-06-26
First Publication Date 2020-10-15
Grant Date 2021-08-03
Owner
  • PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
  • MORIMURA SOFC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Onuma, Shigenori
  • Ukai, Kunihiro
  • Shirahama, Hiroshi
  • Saito, Takeshi
  • Akagi, Yosuke
  • Sakamoto, Taiichiro
  • Ooe, Toshiharu
  • Otsuka, Toshiharu

Abstract

A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell; a reformer to generate a hydrogen-containing gas; an electric power generation raw material supply unit; a reforming material supply unit configured to supply at least one of reforming water and reforming air, to the reformer; an oxidizing gas supply unit to supply an oxidizing gas to a cathode of the fuel cell; a combustor to ignite an exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell; and a controller. In an operation stop process of the fuel cell system, the controller causes the oxidizing gas supply unit to supply the oxidizing gas, causes the electric power generation raw material supply unit and the reforming material supply unit to intermittently supply the electric power generation raw material and at least one of the water and the air to the reformer, and causes the ignitor to perform an ignition operation.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 8/04228 - Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids during start-up or shut-down; Depolarisation or activation, e.g. purging; Means for short-circuiting defective fuel cells during shut-down
  • H01M 8/04303 - Processes for controlling fuel cells or fuel cell systems applied during specific periods applied during shut-down
  • H01M 8/04082 - Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration
  • H01M 8/04089 - Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of gaseous reactants
  • H01M 8/0432 - Temperature; Ambient temperature
  • H01M 8/04746 - Pressure; Flow
  • H01M 8/04014 - Heat exchange using gaseous fluids; Heat exchange by combustion of reactants
  • H01M 8/04537 - Electric variables
  • H01M 8/0612 - Combination of fuel cells with means for production of reactants or for treatment of residues with means for production of gaseous reactants from carbon-containing material
  • H01M 8/0662 - Treatment of gaseous reactants or gaseous residues, e.g. cleaning
  • H01M 8/0438 - Pressure; Ambient pressure; Flow
  • H01M 8/124 - Fuel cells with solid electrolytes operating at high temperature, e.g. with stabilised ZrO2 electrolyte characterised by the process of manufacturing or by the material of the electrolyte

33.

CELL CULTURE DEVICE

      
Application Number 16913148
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-06-26
First Publication Date 2020-10-15
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ando, Takeshi
  • Hirose, Toshinori
  • Shibata, Norihiro
  • Nakajima, Hisato
  • Yamauchi, Toshiaki

Abstract

Cell culture device includes incubator unit that cultures cells in culture container, transport unit that transports culture container to incubator unit, task setting unit that sets a task relating to a culture of the cells, imaging unit serving as an example of a management information acquisition unit that acquires management information attached to culture container, and storage unit that stores the management information acquired by imaging unit. From storage unit, task setting unit reads the management information of plurality of culture containers serving as targets for carrying out the task, and causes display serving as an example of a display unit to display the management information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C12M 3/00 - Tissue, human, animal or plant cell, or virus culture apparatus
  • C12M 1/00 - Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology
  • G06K 9/32 - Aligning or centering of the image pick-up or image-field
  • G06K 9/20 - Image acquisition
  • C12M 1/34 - Measuring or testing with condition measuring or sensing means, e.g. colony counters
  • C12M 1/32 - Inoculator or sampler multiple field or continuous type
  • G06K 9/00 - Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints

34.

Terminal apparatus and sequence assigning method

      
Application Number 16913665
Grant Number 11190290
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-06-26
First Publication Date 2020-10-15
Grant Date 2021-11-30
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ogawa, Yoshihiko
  • Imamura, Daichi
  • Futagi, Sadaki
  • Takata, Tomofumi

Abstract

Provided is a sequence allocation method capable of reducing inter-cell interference of a reference signal when a ZC sequence is used as the reference signal in a mobile communication system. In the sequence allocation method, R×M sequences specified by a ZC sequence number r (r=1 to R) and a cyclic shift sequence number m (m=1 to M) are divided into a plurality of sequence groups X (X=1 to R) in accordance with the transmission band width of the reference signal, so that the ZC sequence is allocated to each cell in each sequence group unit. When it is assumed that R=9 and M=6, the number of sequences is 54. Each of the sequence groups is formed by two sequences. Accordingly, the number of sequence groups is 27. The 27 types of sequence groups are allocated to each cell.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04J 11/00 - Orthogonal multiplex systems
  • H04J 13/00 - Code division multiplex systems
  • H04J 13/22 - Allocation of codes with a zero correlation zone
  • H04W 16/10 - Dynamic resource partitioning
  • H04B 1/38 - Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 72/04 - Wireless resource allocation
  • H04L 12/26 - Monitoring arrangements; Testing arrangements

35.

Electric power transmission device

      
Application Number 16754640
Grant Number 11128183
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-02-08
First Publication Date 2020-10-08
Grant Date 2021-09-21
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Okamoto, Katsuya
  • Kawata, Souichi
  • Eguchi, Kazuhiro
  • Koyanagi, Yoshio
  • Hasaba, Ryosuke

Abstract

An electric power transmission device transmits electric power to an electric power reception device including an electric power reception coil in water. The electric power transmission device includes one or more transmission coils which include an electric power transmission coil configured to transmit electric power to the electric power reception coil via a magnetic field, an electric power transmitter, configured to transmit AC power to the electric power transmission coil, a capacitor which is connected to the transmission coil and forms a resonance circuit which resonates with the transmission coil, a first tubular member which is waterproof and seals a periphery of the transmission coil, a second tubular member which surrounds the first tubular member and includes a plurality of holes, and an adjuster, configured to adjust an amount of air in a gap between the first tubular member and the second tubular member.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02J 50/80 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
  • H02J 50/12 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling of the resonant type
  • H02J 50/40 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using two or more transmitting or receiving devices
  • B63H 21/17 - Use of propulsion power plant or units on vessels the vessels being motor-driven by electric motor

36.

Speech input method, recording medium, and speech input device

      
Application Number 16828118
Grant Number 11277692
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-03-24
First Publication Date 2020-10-01
Grant Date 2022-03-15
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nomura, Kazuya
  • Furukawa, Hiroki
  • Kanamori, Takeo
  • Yuzuriha, Shinichi

Abstract

A speech input method that includes: detecting whether a user's face is in proximity to a speech input device including at least one microphone; and performing correction processing on an audio signal obtained through sound collection by the at least one microphone when it is detected that the user's face is in proximity to the speech input device.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04R 5/04 - Circuit arrangements
  • G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
  • G06F 3/16 - Sound input; Sound output
  • H04R 3/00 - Circuits for transducers
  • H04R 3/04 - Circuits for transducers for correcting frequency response
  • H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
  • G10L 21/0316 - Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation by changing the amplitude
  • G10L 25/51 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination
  • G10L 21/02 - Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation

37.

Solar cell and solar cell module

      
Application Number 16827494
Grant Number 10985289
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-03-23
First Publication Date 2020-10-01
Grant Date 2021-04-20
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor Ueyama, Tomonori

Abstract

A solar cell includes a crystalline silicon substrate, a P-doped silicon oxide layer that is formed on a principal surface of the crystalline silicon substrate and that includes phosphorus as an impurity, and an amorphous silicon layer that includes an intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and a p-type amorphous silicon layer. The intrinsic amorphous silicon layer is formed on the P-doped silicon oxide layer. The p-type amorphous silicon layer is formed on the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer and includes a p-type dopant. The intrinsic amorphous silicon layer includes the p-type dopant. The concentration of the p-type dopant in the thickness direction of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer has a profile higher than the concentration of the p-type dopant at the interface between the P-doped silicon oxide layer and the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 31/075 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier the potential barriers being only of the PIN type, e.g. amorphous silicon PIN solar cells
  • H01L 31/048 - Encapsulation of modules
  • H01L 31/0376 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof characterised by their semiconductor bodies characterised by their crystalline structure or particular orientation of the crystalline planes including amorphous semiconductors
  • H01L 31/20 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof such devices or parts thereof comprising amorphous semiconductor material

38.

Method of manufacturing solar cell and splittable solar cell for manufacturing solar cell from splittable solar cell that can be split

      
Application Number 16831537
Grant Number 11257968
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-03-26
First Publication Date 2020-10-01
Grant Date 2022-02-22
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor Sakuma, Toshiyuki

Abstract

In a method of manufacturing a solar cell, a groove is formed on a first surface of an n-type semiconductor substrate. A p-side transparent conductive film layer is formed on the first surface of the n-type semiconductor substrate formed with the groove. A non-deposition area, where the p-side transparent conductive film layer is not formed, is formed in at least a part of a side surface of the groove formed on the first surface of the n-type semiconductor substrate.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 31/20 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof such devices or parts thereof comprising amorphous semiconductor material
  • H01L 31/0352 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof characterised by their semiconductor bodies characterised by their shape or by the shapes, relative sizes or disposition of the semiconductor regions
  • H01L 31/0224 - Electrodes
  • H01L 31/0747 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier the potential barriers being only of the PN heterojunction type comprising a AIVBIV heterojunction, e.g. Si/Ge, SiGe/Si or Si/SiC solar cells comprising a heterojunction of crystalline and amorphous materials, e.g. heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer or HIT® solar cells
  • H01L 31/18 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof
  • H01L 31/0236 - Special surface textures

39.

Transmission apparatus including encoder, reception apparatus including decoder, and associated methods

      
Application Number 16900528
Grant Number 11206049
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-06-12
First Publication Date 2020-10-01
Grant Date 2021-12-21
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Murakami, Yutaka
  • Koga, Hisao
  • Kodama, Nobutaka

Abstract

An encoder and decoder using LDPC-CC which avoid lowering the transmission efficiency of information while not deteriorating error correction performance, even at termination; and an encoding method of the same. A termination sequence length determining unit determines the sequence length of a termination sequence transmitted added to the end of an information sequence, according to the information length (information size) and encoding rate of the information sequence. A parity calculation unit carries out LDPC-CC coding on the information sequence and the known-information sequence necessary for generating a termination sequence of the determined termination sequence length, and calculates a parity sequence.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H03M 13/00 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes
  • H03M 13/03 - Error detection or forward error correction by redundancy in data representation, i.e. code words containing more digits than the source words
  • H03M 13/37 - Decoding methods or techniques, not specific to the particular type of coding provided for in groups
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H03M 13/11 - Error detection or forward error correction by redundancy in data representation, i.e. code words containing more digits than the source words using block codes, i.e. a predetermined number of check bits joined to a predetermined number of information bits using multiple parity bits
  • H03M 13/25 - Error detection or forward error correction by signal space coding, i.e. adding redundancy in the signal constellation, e.g. Trellis Coded Modulation [TCM]

40.

Terminal device, communication system, and communication control method

      
Application Number 16646810
Grant Number 10986553
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-06-06
First Publication Date 2020-09-24
Grant Date 2021-04-20
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoshino, Masaaki
  • Shimizu, Noriyuki

Abstract

A terminal device is provided and includes a location information acquisition device configured to acquire location information including a location of the terminal device, a storage configured to accumulate history information on past communication status including a communication time of the terminal device at each location, and a controller configured to acquire the history information for a current location of the terminal device from the storage based on the location information, to extract one or more connection destinations as targets of communication quality measurement from connection destination candidates based on communication times for the connection destination candidates, and to measure communication quality levels of communications with the extracted connection destinations.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 36/30 - Reselection being triggered by specific parameters by measured or perceived connection quality data
  • H04W 4/029 - Location-based management or tracking services
  • H04W 24/08 - Testing using real traffic

41.

Living body information identification system and method

      
Application Number 16792604
Grant Number 11224357
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-02-17
First Publication Date 2020-09-24
Grant Date 2022-01-18
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ikeda, Takuma
  • Tani, Hiroyuki

Abstract

Provided is a living body information identification system that can identify position information of a living body (a person) and state information about a state of the living body without attaching a wireless device or a sensor on a human body. The living body information identification system includes a transceiver configured to transmit radio waves and wirelessly receive a signal, and sensor modules configured to receive the radio waves, convert the received radio waves into power, and use the power as a power supply to transmit own unique ID information to the transceiver. The sensor modules receive the radio waves from the transceiver, convert the received radio waves into power, and use the power as a power supply to transmit state information about a state of the living body to the transceiver. The transceiver identifies the living body based on the ID information and the state information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G08B 1/08 - Systems for signalling characterised solely by the form of transmission of the signal using electric transmission
  • A61B 5/11 - Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb
  • H04W 4/029 - Location-based management or tracking services
  • G01S 13/76 - Systems using reradiation of radio waves, e.g. secondary radar systems; Analogous systems wherein pulse-type signals are transmitted
  • A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes ; Identification of persons

42.

Method, system and device for radio frequency electromagnetic energy delivery

      
Application Number 16311271
Grant Number 10911051
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-12-21
First Publication Date 2020-09-24
Grant Date 2021-02-02
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Brindani, Franco
  • Gallivanoni, Andrea

Abstract

An electromagnetic energy delivery system includes a set of radio frequency channels; each channel configured to receive a set of reference signals. Each channel further includes a compensation component and a phase-locked loop component. The compensation component can be configured to determine a phase difference between at least a subset of the reference signals; compare the phase difference with a predetermined reference phase difference; and determine a reference signal compensation offset value based on the comparison of the phase difference and the predetermined reference phase difference. The phase-locked loop component can be configured to generate a phase-shifted signal wherein the phase shift is based on at least the reference signal compensation offset value.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H03L 5/02 - Automatic control of voltage, current, or power of power
  • H02J 50/20 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using microwaves or radio frequency waves
  • H03L 7/07 - Automatic control of frequency or phase; Synchronisation using a reference signal applied to a frequency- or phase-locked loop using several loops, e.g. for redundant clock signal generation
  • H05B 6/68 - Circuits for monitoring or control
  • H05B 6/70 - Feed lines

43.

Projection device

      
Application Number 16881490
Grant Number 11140371
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-05-22
First Publication Date 2020-09-10
Grant Date 2021-10-05
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Suzuki, Takashi
  • Saito, Tomoyuki

Abstract

A projection device includes an invisible image sensor, a projector, a visible image sensor, an imaging optical system, a light guide, and a light shield. The invisible image sensor captures an invisible light image of a subject. The projector projects a projection image based on the invisible light image onto the subject with visible light. The visible image sensor captures an image of the subject onto which the projection image is projected. The system includes a diaphragm. The light guide guides light to enter the system and light exited from the projector. The light shield is disposed at a space from the light guide. A diaphragm value is set so that a length difference between an optical length from a near point in a DOF of the system and an optical length from the light shield is longer than a front DOF from the subject.

IPC Classes  ?

  • A61B 34/20 - Surgical navigation systems; Devices for tracking or guiding surgical instruments, e.g. for frameless stereotaxis
  • A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes ; Identification of persons
  • A61B 90/30 - Devices for illuminating a surgical field, the devices having an interrelation with other surgical devices or with a surgical procedure
  • G02B 27/14 - Beam splitting or combining systems operating by reflection only
  • G03B 21/00 - Projectors or projection-type viewers; Accessories therefor
  • G03B 9/02 - Diaphragms
  • H04N 5/33 - Transforming infrared radiation
  • H04N 9/31 - Projection devices for colour picture display
  • A61B 90/00 - Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
  • G02B 5/00 - Optical elements other than lenses

44.

Communication device, communication system, and mobile body tracking method

      
Application Number 16764128
Grant Number 11270444
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-08-06
First Publication Date 2020-09-03
Grant Date 2022-03-08
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor Uesugi, Mitsuru

Abstract

In order to track a mobile body in an efficient manner, a server collects passage trail information relating to a mobile body to be tracked from a camera provided in an information-centric network to thereby track the mobile body. Specifically, the server transmits a request message which designates a search area and a search period to the information-centric network, requesting the information-centric network to provide passage trail information relating to the mobile body, the passage trail information being acquired by the camera; receives a response message including the passage trail information; and collects the passage trail information associated with the search area and the search period designated by the request message to thereby generate tracking information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06T 7/292 - Multi-camera tracking
  • H04N 5/232 - Devices for controlling television cameras, e.g. remote control
  • H04N 7/18 - Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

45.

Terminal device, roadside device, communications system, and communications method

      
Application Number 16642677
Grant Number 11212653
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-07-13
First Publication Date 2020-08-27
Grant Date 2021-12-28
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ueno, Tsuyoshi
  • Sudo, Hiroaki
  • Gomyo, Kazumasa
  • Tanaka, Satoshi
  • Muramatsu, Shintaro

Abstract

A terminal device includes: a pedestrian-to-vehicle communication device configured to communicate with an in-vehicle terminal by using a first communication method, in which direct communication is performed as pedestrian-to-vehicle communication; a wireless LAN communication device configured to communicate with the in-vehicle terminal by using a second communication method, in which indirect communication is performed via a roadside device disposed on or near a road; and a controller configured to determine whether or not the terminal device is in a risky state based on state information indicating a state of the terminal device, and select either one of the first communication method, in which direct communication is used and the second communication method, in which indirect communication is used, based on a result of the determination.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 4/40 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
  • H04W 28/08 - Load balancing or load distribution
  • H04W 28/02 - Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control
  • H04W 64/00 - Locating users or terminals for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

46.

Airway device

      
Application Number 16738080
Grant Number 11248821
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-01-09
First Publication Date 2020-08-27
Grant Date 2022-02-15
Owner
  • Panasonic Ecology Systems Guangdong Co., Ltd. (China)
  • Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Zhong, Shenghui
  • Kanematsu, Daisuke

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an airway device. The airway device includes: a main housing provided with a suction port and a blow port; an air passage having a cylindrical shape, and having an inner circumferential surface defining an air flow path from the suction port to the blow port; and a lighting unit for illuminating the inner circumferential surface. The airway device can be used alone or together with blower and the like to form a ceiling mounted ventilation fan. Compared with the prior art, the ventilating fan device has the advantages of small air pressure loss, high ventilation efficiency, high lighting efficiency and convenient maintenance.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F24F 13/078 - Outlets for directing or distributing air into rooms or spaces, e.g. ceiling air diffuser combined with lighting fixtures
  • F21V 29/67 - Cooling arrangements characterised by the use of a forced flow of gas, e.g. air characterised by the arrangement of fans
  • F21V 33/00 - Structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for
  • F24F 7/00 - Ventilation

47.

Integrated circuit for controlling selection of random access preamble sequence

      
Application Number 16869114
Grant Number 11039483
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-05-07
First Publication Date 2020-08-20
Grant Date 2021-06-15
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Imamura, Daichi
  • Iwai, Takashi
  • Inogai, Kazunori
  • Futagi, Sadaki
  • Matsumoto, Atsushi

Abstract

A sequence allocating method and apparatus wherein in a system where a plurality of different Zadoff-Chu sequences or GCL sequences are allocated to a single cell, the arithmetic amount and circuit scale of a correlating circuit at a receiving end can be reduced. In ST201, a counter (a) and a number (p) of current sequence allocations are initialized, and in ST202, it is determined whether the number (p) of current sequence allocations is coincident with a number (K) of allocations to one cell. In ST203, it is determined whether the number (K) of allocations to the one cell is odd or even. If K is even, in ST204-ST206, sequence numbers (r=a and r=N−a), which are not currently allocated, are combined and then allocated. If K is odd, in ST207-ST212, for sequences that cannot be paired, one of sequence numbers (r=a and r=N−a), which are not currently allocated, is allocated.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 74/08 - Non-scheduled access, e.g. random access, ALOHA or CSMA [Carrier Sense Multiple Access]
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04J 13/00 - Code division multiplex systems
  • H04J 13/22 - Allocation of codes with a zero correlation zone
  • H04W 72/04 - Wireless resource allocation
  • H04B 1/707 - Spread spectrum techniques using direct sequence modulation
  • H04L 23/02 - Apparatus or local circuits for telegraphic systems other than those covered by groups adapted for orthogonal signalling
  • H04B 1/7083 - Cell search, e.g. using a three-step approach
  • H04J 13/10 - Code generation
  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes

48.

Method of manufacturing a group III-nitride crystal comprising a nucleation step, a pyramid growth step, a lateral growth step, and a flat thick film growth step

      
Application Number 16783229
Grant Number 11220759
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-02-06
First Publication Date 2020-08-20
Grant Date 2022-01-11
Owner
  • OSAKA UNIVERSITY (Japan)
  • PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Mori, Yusuke
  • Imanishi, Masayuki
  • Yoshimura, Masashi
  • Murakami, Kousuke
  • Komatsu, Shinsuke
  • Tada, Masahiro
  • Okayama, Yoshio

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a group-III nitride crystal includes: a seed crystal preparation step of preparing a plurality of dot-shaped group-III nitrides on a substrate as a plurality of seed crystals for growth of a group-III nitride crystal; and a crystal growth step of bringing surfaces of the seed crystals into contact with a melt containing an alkali metal and at least one group-III element selected from gallium, aluminum, and indium in an atmosphere containing nitrogen and thereby reacting the group-III element with the nitrogen in the melt to grow the group-III nitride crystal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C30B 19/10 - Controlling or regulating
  • C30B 19/12 - Liquid-phase epitaxial-layer growth characterised by the substrate
  • C30B 19/02 - Liquid-phase epitaxial-layer growth using molten solvents, e.g. flux
  • C30B 29/40 - AIIIBV compounds

49.

Radio communication apparatus and radio communication method

      
Application Number 16854633
Grant Number 11038633
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-04-21
First Publication Date 2020-08-06
Grant Date 2021-06-15
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nakao, Seigo
  • Imamura, Daichi

Abstract

−j(π/2)” so as to rotate a constellation for each of response signals on a cyclic shift axis; a spread unit (215) which performs a primary spread of the response signal by using a Zero Auto Correlation (ZAC) sequence set by a control unit (209); and a spread unit (218) which performs a secondary spread of the response signal after subjected to the primary spread, by using a block-wise spread code sequence set by the control unit (209).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 1/18 - Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems
  • H04J 13/00 - Code division multiplex systems
  • H04J 13/22 - Allocation of codes with a zero correlation zone
  • H04L 25/03 - Shaping networks in transmitter or receiver, e.g. adaptive shaping networks
  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes
  • H04W 72/04 - Wireless resource allocation
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 1/12 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by using return channel

50.

Communication apparatus and method of transmitting downlink control information and data and receiving uplink control information

      
Application Number 16847138
Grant Number 10993211
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-04-13
First Publication Date 2020-07-30
Grant Date 2021-04-27
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Nakao, Seigo

Abstract

A wireless communication base station apparatus that allows the number of times of blind decodings at a mobile station to be reduced without increasing the overhead caused by notifying information. In this apparatus, a CCE allocation part allocates allocation information allocated to a PDCCH received from modulation parts to a particular one of a plurality of search spaces that is corresponding to a CCE aggregation size of the PDCCH. A placement part then places the allocation information in one of downstream line resources, reserved for the PDCCH, that is corresponding to the CCE of the particular search space to which the allocation information has been allocated. A radio transmission part then transmits an OFDM symbol, in which the allocation information has been placed, to the mobile station from an antenna.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/04 - Wireless resource allocation
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path

51.

Positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery

      
Application Number 16486911
Grant Number 11283059
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-02-01
First Publication Date 2020-07-23
Grant Date 2022-03-22
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor Hiratsuka, Hidekazu

Abstract

A positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries includes secondary particles of lithium transition metal oxide including aggregates of primary particles of the oxide. The primary particles have an average particle size of not less than 1 μm, and the secondary particles have a void content of more than 30%.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/131 - Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
  • C01G 53/04 - Oxides; Hydroxides
  • H01M 4/1391 - Processes of manufacture of electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
  • H01M 4/485 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of mixed oxides or hydroxides for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiTi2O4 or LiTi2OxFy
  • H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 4/02 - Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material

52.

Control method and recording medium

      
Application Number 16785761
Grant Number 11112954
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-02-10
First Publication Date 2020-07-23
Grant Date 2021-09-07
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kozuka, Kazuki
  • Takata, Kazutoyo
  • Kondo, Kenji
  • Kimura, Hirohiko
  • Sakai, Toyohiko

Abstract

A method for controlling an information terminal causes a computer of the information terminal to receive, from a case retrieval system, a plurality of similar medical images having a feature quantity of a region of interest and a certain degree of similarity in accordance with the region of interest included in a target medical image, displays a display screen displaying the plurality of received similar medical images on a touch panel display, the display screen including a display region in which at least some of the plurality of received similar medical images are displayed, displays, if selection of a first similar medical image from among the at least some of the plurality of received similar medical images displayed in the display region is detected, the first similar medical image across the display region, and displays, if a swipe operation performed on the first similar medical image is detected, a second similar medical image, which has second highest similarity next to the first similar medical image among the plurality of similar medical images, in the display region such that a corresponding region of interest included in the second similar medical image is located at a certain position in the display region.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
  • G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
  • G06F 16/58 - Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
  • G16H 50/70 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data mining; ICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
  • G06F 3/0485 - Scrolling or panning
  • G16H 30/20 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical images for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
  • G16H 30/40 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical images for processing medical images, e.g. editing

53.

Wireless communication system and wireless communication method

      
Application Number 16841917
Grant Number 10804973
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-04-07
First Publication Date 2020-07-23
Grant Date 2020-10-13
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Takinami, Koji
  • Urushihara, Tomoya
  • Kobayashi, Masashi

Abstract

A wireless communication method includes: storing antenna-pair set information and a first measurement result in association with each other for every positional-arrangement, the antenna-pair set information being information on a set of pairs of transmission antennas and reception antennas that achieves a best throughput for the positional-arrangement, the first measurement result being a measurement result of reception characteristics of a training signal transmitted from at least one of the plurality of transmission antennas; selecting current antenna-pair set information corresponding to a current positional-arrangement by comparing a second measurement result with the first measurement result stored, the second measurement result being a measurement result of reception characteristics of the training signal measured at the plurality of reception antennas in the current positional-arrangement; and establishing links between the plurality of transmission antennas and the respective plurality of reception antennas based on the current antenna-pair set information corresponding to the current positional-arrangement.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/0404 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas the mobile station comprising multiple antennas, e.g. to provide uplink diversity
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04B 7/08 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station
  • H04W 76/14 - Direct-mode setup

54.

Electroacoustic transducer

      
Application Number 16831245
Grant Number 11178493
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-03-26
First Publication Date 2020-07-16
Grant Date 2021-11-16
Owner
  • Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
  • KYOTO UNIVERSITY (Japan)
  • National University Corporation YOKOHAMA National University (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hiraoka, Hidetoshi
  • Tsujii, Yoshinobu
  • Sakakibara, Keita
  • Nakano, Ken

Abstract

An electroacoustic transducer includes: a diaphragm; a magnetic circuit having a magnetic gap; a frame that holds the diaphragm and the magnetic circuit; a voice coil having one end portion positioned within the magnetic gap and the other end portion coupled to the diaphragm; and a low friction material that is disposed in a sliding portion formed by the voice coil and the magnetic circuit, and includes polymer compounds swollen with liquid.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04R 9/04 - Construction, mounting, or centering of coil
  • H04R 7/12 - Non-planar diaphragms or cones
  • H04R 7/18 - Mounting or tensioning of diaphragms or cones at the periphery
  • H04R 9/02 - Transducers of moving-coil, moving-strip, or moving-wire type - Details
  • H04R 9/06 - Loudspeakers

55.

Base station and antenna control method

      
Application Number 16210018
Grant Number 10720699
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-12-05
First Publication Date 2020-07-02
Grant Date 2020-07-21
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sakamoto, Takenori
  • Motozuka, Hiroyuki

Abstract

Based on information indicating a direction of movement of a mobile station, a base station rotates a direction of a set of a first antenna and a second antenna disposed on the base station with respect to a direction of a set of a third antenna and a fourth antenna disposed on the mobile station, the third antenna and fourth antenna being symmetric with respect to a direction of movement of the mobile station.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01Q 3/04 - Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system using mechanical movement of antenna or antenna system as a whole for varying one co-ordinate of the orientation
  • H01Q 1/28 - Adaptation for use in or on aircraft, missiles, satellites, or balloons
  • H04W 88/08 - Access point devices

56.

MIMO training method and wireless device

      
Application Number 16797668
Grant Number 11234139
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-02-21
First Publication Date 2020-06-18
Grant Date 2022-01-25
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor Huang, Lei

Abstract

An MIMO training method including performing transmission sector sweeping using an initiator including a plurality of transmitting antennas, selecting a set of at least one transmission sector for each of the transmitting antennas using a responder including a plurality of receiving antennas; performing reception sector sweeping using the initiator, selecting a set of at least one reception sector for each of the plurality of receiving antennas using the responder, performing beam combination training using the initiator; and selecting a determined number of sector pairs consisting of a transmission sector and a reception sector from among the selected set of transmission sectors and the selected set of reception sectors using the responder, wherein the transmitting antennas in the selected sector pairs differ from one another, and the receiving antennas in the selected sector pairs differ from one another.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01Q 15/00 - Devices for reflection, refraction, diffraction or polarisation of waves radiated from an antenna, e.g. quasi-optical devices
  • H04W 16/28 - Cell structures using beam steering
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04B 7/0491 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas using two or more sectors, i.e. sector diversity
  • H04B 7/0413 - MIMO systems
  • H04B 7/08 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station
  • H01Q 3/24 - Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the orientation by switching energy from one active radiating element to another, e.g. for beam switching

57.

Semiconductor light emitting device

      
Application Number 16752504
Grant Number 11018472
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-01-24
First Publication Date 2020-06-11
Grant Date 2021-05-25
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor Nozaki, Shinichiro

Abstract

A semiconductor light emitting device includes a mount section having an insulating property connected to a heat sink, a plurality of semiconductor laser elements disposed on the mount section, and a heat radiation block having an insulating property disposed on the plurality of semiconductor laser elements. A first wiring made of a metal is disposed on an upper surface of the mount section, and a second wiring made of a metal is disposed on a lower surface of the heat radiation block, a part of the second wiring being electrically connected to the first wiring. By electrically connecting the first wiring and the second wiring to each of the plurality of semiconductor laser elements, the plurality of semiconductor laser elements are connected in series, and have a same polarity with each other at a side that each of the plurality of semiconductor laser elements is connected to the first wiring.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01S 5/023 - Mount members, e.g. sub-mount members
  • H01S 5/40 - Arrangement of two or more semiconductor lasers, not provided for in groups
  • H01S 5/0233 - Mounting configuration of laser chips
  • H01S 5/22 - Structure or shape of the semiconductor body to guide the optical wave having a ridge or a stripe structure
  • H01S 5/02345 - Wire-bonding
  • H01S 5/0235 - Method for mounting laser chips
  • H01S 5/024 - Arrangements for thermal management
  • H01S 5/02212 - Can-type, e.g. TO-CAN housings with emission along or parallel to symmetry axis
  • H01S 5/0237 - Fixing laser chips on mounts by soldering
  • H01S 5/34 - Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers
  • H01S 5/343 - Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers in AIIIBV compounds, e.g. AlGaAs-laser

58.

Wireless power supply sensing system

      
Application Number 16794405
Grant Number 11146118
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-02-19
First Publication Date 2020-06-11
Grant Date 2021-10-12
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor Tani, Hiroyuki

Abstract

The wireless power supply sensing system includes a transmitter/receiver and a power reception sensor. The transmitter/receiver has: an oscillation unit for generating electrical power; and a control unit for causing electrical power to be radiated into space and instructing an electrical power supply operation by the power reception sensor. In a first mode, in which the charge amount of a secondary cell is equal to or higher than a threshold value, the control unit controls the power reception sensor so that the electrical power received by the power reception sensor is supplied to a sensor unit, and in a second mode, in which the charge amount of the secondary cell is less than the threshold value, the control unit controls the power reception sensor so that the electrical power received by the power reception sensor is supplied to the secondary cell.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02J 50/40 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using two or more transmitting or receiving devices
  • H02J 50/80 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
  • H02J 50/20 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using microwaves or radio frequency waves
  • H02J 7/02 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries for charging batteries from ac mains by converters

59.

Positive electrode active material manufacturing method with control of washing slurry liquid electrical conductivity

      
Application Number 16785060
Grant Number 11251428
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-02-07
First Publication Date 2020-06-04
Grant Date 2022-02-15
Owner
  • SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwanaga, Tomoko
  • Sasaoka, Hideo
  • Matsumoto, Satoshi
  • Kawatate, Yutaka
  • Arimoto, Shinji

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a positive electrode active material includes: (a) preparing a fired powder of a lithium nickel composite oxide by mixing a nickel compound selected from a nickel hydroxide including nickel, and an element selected from other transition metal elements, elements of the second group and elements of the thirteenth group of the Periodic System, a nickel oxyhydroxide thereof, and a nickel oxide obtained by roasting thereof, and a lithium compound, and firing the mixture at a maximum temperature of 650° C. to 850° C. under oxygen atmosphere; and (b) preparing a lithium nickel composite oxide powder by mixing the fired powder with water to obtain a slurry, washing the fired powder with water at a temperature of 10° C. to 40° C., while controlling an electrical conductivity of a liquid portion of the slurry to 30 mS/cm to 60 mS/cm, then filtering and drying the resultant fired powder.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • C01G 53/00 - Compounds of nickel
  • H01M 10/052 - Li-accumulators

60.

Transmission method, transmission apparatus, reception method and reception apparatus

      
Application Number 16725629
Grant Number 11121723
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-12-23
First Publication Date 2020-05-21
Grant Date 2021-09-14
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Murakami, Yutaka
  • Okamura, Shutai
  • Orihashi, Masayuki
  • Kishigami, Takaaki
  • Okasaka, Shozo

Abstract

A low-density parity check convolution code (LDPC-CC) is made, and a signal sequence is sent after being subjected to an error-correcting encodement using the low-density parity check convolution code. In this case, a low-density parity check code of a time-variant period (3g) is created by linear operations of first to 3g-th (letter g designates a positive integer) parity check polynomials and input data.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H03M 13/11 - Error detection or forward error correction by redundancy in data representation, i.e. code words containing more digits than the source words using block codes, i.e. a predetermined number of check bits joined to a predetermined number of information bits using multiple parity bits
  • H03M 13/23 - Error detection or forward error correction by redundancy in data representation, i.e. code words containing more digits than the source words using convolutional codes, e.g. unit memory codes
  • H03M 13/00 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received

61.

Control method of information terminal and computer-readable recording medium

      
Application Number 16746155
Grant Number 11185228
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-01-17
First Publication Date 2020-05-14
Grant Date 2021-11-30
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kozuka, Kazuki
  • Takata, Kazutoyo
  • Kondo, Kenji
  • Kimura, Hirohiko
  • Sakai, Toyohiko

Abstract

A control method of an information terminal causes a display to display a display screen which includes a first display region and a second display region. The first display region displays an object medical image. The second display region displays M number of similar medical images and includes ND number of individual regions for displaying the M number of the similar medical images. When an instruction from one or more instruction buttons is detected, a display size of each corresponding region of interest that is included in the second number of the similar medical images is changed while maintaining a size of each of the individual regions in the second display region, and each of the similar medical images is magnified at a magnification ratio of a reference thumbnail.

IPC Classes  ?

  • A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes ; Identification of persons
  • G16H 50/70 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data mining; ICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
  • G16H 15/00 - ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
  • G16H 30/40 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical images for processing medical images, e.g. editing
  • G16H 30/20 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical images for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
  • A61B 5/055 - Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fields; Measuring using microwaves or radio waves involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
  • A61B 5/08 - Measuring devices for evaluating the respiratory organs
  • G06F 3/0485 - Scrolling or panning
  • G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
  • G06F 3/0482 - Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
  • G06F 16/58 - Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
  • A61B 6/03 - Computerised tomographs
  • A61B 6/00 - Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment

62.

Method for synthesizing nickel-cobalt-aluminum electrodes

      
Application Number 16265128
Grant Number 11152609
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-02-01
First Publication Date 2020-04-23
Grant Date 2021-10-19
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Li, Hongyang
  • Li, Jing
  • Dahn, Jeffery Raymond

Abstract

Compositions and methods of preparing energy storage device electrode active materials and electrodes are described. A two-step synthesis process may be utilized to prepare single crystal electrode active materials and electrodes, such as a single crystal nickel-cobalt-aluminum material. In some embodiments, the two step synthesis process includes a first and a second lithiation step.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 4/1391 - Processes of manufacture of electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
  • H01M 4/131 - Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
  • H01M 10/052 - Li-accumulators

63.

Imaging device and manufacturing method thereof

      
Application Number 16599794
Grant Number 11024665
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-10-11
First Publication Date 2020-04-16
Grant Date 2021-06-01
Owner
  • PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
  • TOWERJAZZ PANASONIC SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Sakaida, Ryota
  • Sato, Yoshihiro
  • Saeki, Kosaku
  • Doshita, Hideki
  • Yamashita, Takeshi

Abstract

An imaging device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a semiconductor substrate; and pixels. Each of the pixels includes: a photoelectric converter that converts incident light into electric charge; a diffusion region provided in the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the photoelectric converter; a first transistor including a gate, and the diffusion region as one of a source and a drain; and a plug that is directly connected to the diffusion region, is electrically connected to the photoelectric converter, and includes a semiconductor. The height of the plug and the height of the gate from the surface of the semiconductor substrate are equal to each other.

IPC Classes  ?

64.

Solar cell

      
Application Number 16565932
Grant Number 11056601
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-09-10
First Publication Date 2020-04-09
Grant Date 2021-07-06
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hashiguchi, Taiki
  • Matsuyama, Kenta

Abstract

A solar cell includes an n-type silicon substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface, an n-type first semiconductor layer disposed above the first main surface, a first intrinsic semiconductor layer disposed between the first main surface and the first semiconductor layer, a p-type second semiconductor layer disposed on the second main surface, and a second intrinsic semiconductor layer disposed between the second main surface and the second semiconductor layer. An oxygen concentration at an interface between the silicon substrate and the second intrinsic semiconductor layer is lower than an oxygen concentration at an interface between the silicon substrate and the second intrinsic semiconductor layer. An oxygen concentration at an interface between the second intrinsic semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer is higher than an oxygen concentration at an interface between the first intrinsic semiconductor layer and the first semiconductor layer.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 31/0747 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier the potential barriers being only of the PN heterojunction type comprising a AIVBIV heterojunction, e.g. Si/Ge, SiGe/Si or Si/SiC solar cells comprising a heterojunction of crystalline and amorphous materials, e.g. heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer or HIT® solar cells
  • H01L 31/20 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof such devices or parts thereof comprising amorphous semiconductor material
  • H01L 31/028 - Inorganic materials including, apart from doping material or other impurities, only elements of Group IV of the Periodic System
  • H01L 31/0376 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof characterised by their semiconductor bodies characterised by their crystalline structure or particular orientation of the crystalline planes including amorphous semiconductors

65.

Cold storage medium

      
Application Number 16703316
Grant Number 11028302
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-12-04
First Publication Date 2020-04-02
Grant Date 2021-06-08
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Machida, Hironobu
  • Suzuki, Motohiro

Abstract

− (where R represents a hydrocarbon group).

IPC Classes  ?

  • C09K 5/06 - Materials undergoing a change of physical state when used the change of state being from liquid to solid or vice-versa

66.

Terminal device, communication system and communication quality measurement method

      
Application Number 16603122
Grant Number 10602419
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-12-13
First Publication Date 2020-03-24
Grant Date 2020-03-24
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Satou, Tetsurou
  • Asano, Hiroaki
  • Shingu, Hideki
  • Shimizu, Noriyuki
  • Yoshino, Masaaki

Abstract

To shorten time required to measure communication quality levels, a terminal device selects one of a or second measurement scheme based on an amount of available bandwidth provided by a current cell in which the terminal device is currently present and other information. When the current cell is provides a largest amount of available bandwidth, the terminal device selects the first scheme, and when the current cell provides a smallest amount of available bandwidth, the terminal device selects the second scheme. When the first scheme is selected, the terminal device measures communication quality levels of communication with all peripheral cells, and when the second scheme is selected, the terminal device acquires current location information on the terminal device, and then extracts one or more of the peripheral cells based on current location information and historical communication information, and measures communication quality levels of communication with the extracted peripheral cells.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 36/00 - Handoff or reselecting arrangements
  • H04W 36/30 - Reselection being triggered by specific parameters by measured or perceived connection quality data
  • H04W 24/08 - Testing using real traffic
  • H04W 36/04 - Reselecting a cell layer in multi-layered cells
  • H04W 36/32 - Reselection being triggered by specific parameters by location or mobility data, e.g. speed data
  • H04W 24/10 - Scheduling measurement reports

67.

Transmitting apparatus and method thereof

      
Application Number 16681496
Grant Number 10952211
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-11-12
First Publication Date 2020-03-12
Grant Date 2021-03-16
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Wengerter, Christian
  • Suzuki, Hidetoshi
  • Fukuoka, Masaru

Abstract

Provided is a radio communication base station device which can prevent lowering of use efficiency of a channel communication resource for performing a frequency diversity transmission when simultaneously performing a frequency scheduling transmission and the frequency diversity transmission in a multicarrier communication. In the device, a modulation unit (12) executes a modulation process on Dch data after encoded so as to generate a Dch data symbol. A modulation unit (22) executes a modulation process on the encoded Lch data so as to generate an Lch data symbol. An allocation unit (103) allocates the Dch data symbol and the Lch data symbol to respective subcarriers constituting an OFDM symbol and outputs them to a multiplexing unit (104). Here, when a plurality of Dch are used for a Dch data symbol of one mobile station, the allocation unit (103) uses Dch of continuous channel numbers.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/04 - Wireless resource allocation
  • H04B 7/12 - Frequency diversity
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path

68.

Group III nitride semiconductor with InGaN diffusion blocking layer

      
Application Number 16469106
Grant Number 10886435
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-10-23
First Publication Date 2020-03-05
Grant Date 2021-01-05
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ishibashi, Akihiko
  • Ueta, Akio
  • Ohno, Hiroshi

Abstract

1-yN (0≤y<1), and a functional layer disposed on the n-AlGaN layer, wherein the concentration of Mg in the n-GaN layer is higher than the concentration of Mg in the n-AlGaN layer.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 33/32 - Materials of the light emitting region containing only elements of group III and group V of the periodic system containing nitrogen
  • H01L 33/02 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof characterised by the semiconductor bodies

69.

Integrated circuit

      
Application Number 16675547
Grant Number 10827494
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-11-06
First Publication Date 2020-03-05
Grant Date 2020-11-03
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Wengerter, Christian
  • Suzuki, Hidetoshi
  • Hiramatsu, Katsuhiko

Abstract

In a wireless communication base station device, a modulation unit carries out modulation processing for Dch data after coding to generate a Dch data symbol. A modulation unit carries out modulation processing for Lch data after coding to generate an Lch data symbol. An allocation unit allocates the Dch data symbol and Lch data symbol to each sub-carrier composing an OFDM symbol and outputs the allocated sub-carrier to a multiplex unit. In this case, the allocation unit allocates the Dch data symbol to a plurality of resource blocks where one Dch is arranged at an interval equal to integral multiples of the number of resource blocks composing a resource block group.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/04 - Wireless resource allocation
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 72/00 - Local resource management

70.

Heat storage device

      
Application Number 16667946
Grant Number 11268003
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-10-30
First Publication Date 2020-02-27
Grant Date 2022-03-08
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kubo, Takashi
  • Suzuki, Motohiro
  • Machida, Hironobu
  • Takeguchi, Shinsuke
  • Shii, Kentaro
  • Tani, Naoyuki
  • Nakamura, Tatsuya

Abstract

Provided is a heat storage device (10) of the present disclosure comprises a heat storage material (12) containing sodium acetate trihydrate; a first electrode having a surface which is in contact with the heat storage material and formed of at least one selected from the group consisting of silver, a silver alloy, and a silver compound; a second electrode in contact with the heat storage material; an inorganic porous material contained in the heat storage material; and a power supply (14) for applying a voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode. The inorganic porous material has an average pore diameter of not more than 50 nanometers. The present invention provides a heat storage device capable of releasing heat by releasing a supercooled state by voltage application. The heat storage device can be used repeatedly.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F28D 20/02 - Heat storage plants or apparatus in general; Regenerative heat-exchange apparatus not covered by groups or using latent heat
  • C09K 5/06 - Materials undergoing a change of physical state when used the change of state being from liquid to solid or vice-versa

71.

Communication system and communication method

      
Application Number 16670391
Grant Number 10673483
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-10-31
First Publication Date 2020-02-27
Grant Date 2020-06-02
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Miyoshi, Kenichi
  • Suzuki, Hidetoshi
  • Hiramatsu, Katsuhiko
  • Wengerter, Christian
  • Golitschek Edler Von Elbwart, Alexander

Abstract

Wireless communication wherein channel estimation accuracy is improved while keeping the position of each bit in a frame, even when a modulation system having a large modulation multiple value is used for a data symbol. An encoding operation encodes and outputs transmitting data (bit string) and a bit converting operation converts at least one bit of a plurality of bits constituting a data symbol to be used for channel estimation, among the encoded bit strings, into ‘1’ or ‘0’. A modulating operation modulates the bit string inputted from the bit converting operation by using a single modulation mapper and a plurality of data symbols are generated.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 1/40 - Circuits
  • H04L 27/34 - Amplitude- and phase-modulated carrier systems, e.g. quadrature-amplitude modulated carrier systems
  • H04L 27/18 - Phase-modulated carrier systems, i.e. using phase-shift keying
  • H04L 27/36 - Modulator circuits; Transmitter circuits
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 27/04 - Modulator circuits; Transmitter circuits
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04B 15/00 - Suppression or limitation of noise or interference
  • H04L 27/38 - Demodulator circuits; Receiver circuits
  • H04L 25/02 - Baseband systems - Details

72.

Pedestrian-vehicle communication system, in-vehicle terminal device, pedestrian terminal device and safe-driving assistance method

      
Application Number 16342456
Grant Number 10688928
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-06-29
First Publication Date 2020-02-13
Grant Date 2020-06-23
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ueno, Tsuyoshi
  • Tanaka, Satoshi
  • Sudo, Hiroaki
  • Shirosaki, Yoshimasa
  • Muramatsu, Shintaro

Abstract

In order to enable a driver in driving a vehicle to quickly and assuredly recognize a pedestrian having a collision risk with the vehicle even when it is difficult for the driver to recognize the pedestrian by eyes, such as during night time, an in-vehicle terminal device is configured to: determine a collision risk based on pedestrian position information and vehicle position information; generate turn-on instruction information which, when the pedestrian is determined to have the collision risk with the vehicle, causes an indicator light carried by the pedestrian to be turned on in a prescribed light color; and transmit the turn-on instruction information to a pedestrian terminal device via pedestrian-vehicle communication, and wherein the pedestrian terminal device is configured to: receive the turn-on instruction information transmitted from the in-vehicle terminal device; and turn on the indicator light based on the turn-on instruction information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60Q 1/00 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
  • B60Q 9/00 - Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups
  • H04W 4/40 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
  • B60W 50/14 - Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
  • G08G 1/005 - Traffic control systems for road vehicles including pedestrian guidance indicator
  • G08G 1/16 - Anti-collision systems

73.

Solar cell module

      
Application Number 35504700
Grant Number D0873211
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-10-04
First Publication Date 2020-01-21
Grant Date 2020-01-21
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kannou, Hiroyuki
  • Akashi, Jun

74.

Image encoding method, image decoding method, image encoding apparatus, and image decoding apparatus

      
Application Number 16580506
Grant Number 11172205
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-09-24
First Publication Date 2020-01-16
Grant Date 2021-11-09
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Toma, Tadamasa
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Terada, Kengo

Abstract

An image encoding method includes: determining respective decoding times of a plurality of pictures included in a motion picture such that decoding times of a plurality of lower layer picture which do not belong to a highest layer of a plurality of layers are spaced at regular intervals, and decoding timing for each of the plurality of lower layer pictures is identical between a case where the plurality of encoded pictures included in the motion picture are decoded and a case where only the plurality of lower layer pictures are decoded, encoding each of the plurality of pictures included in the motion picture in accordance with the encoding order according to the determined respective decoding times, and generating an encoded stream including the plurality of encoded pictures and the determined respective decoding times for the plurality of pictures.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/156 - Availability of hardware or computational resources, e.g. encoding based on power-saving criteria
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/187 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a scalable video layer
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • H04N 19/31 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability in the temporal domain
  • H04N 19/587 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving temporal sub-sampling or interpolation, e.g. decimation or subsequent interpolation of pictures in a video sequence
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/164 - Feedback from the receiver or from the transmission channel
  • H04N 19/37 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability with arrangements for assigning different transmission priorities to video input data or to video coded data
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction

75.

Magnetic gasket and cooling apparatus

      
Application Number 16456541
Grant Number 11085692
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-06-28
First Publication Date 2020-01-02
Grant Date 2021-08-10
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Okazaki, Toru
  • Minamio, Masanori
  • Segawa, Terutsugu
  • Asaida, Yasuhiro
  • Kawai, Fumihiko
  • Takami, Fuminori

Abstract

The cooling apparatus includes: a thermal insulation box; a door; and a magnetic gasket, the magnetic gasket having: a magnet; a magnet retaining part; and a heat insulation sheet being provided between the magnet and the magnet retaining part and being provided, in a closed state in which the opening is closed by the door, on a side portion on a side of the door on a peripheral surface of the magnet and on a side portion facing an inner side in a width direction in the closed state on the peripheral surface of the magnet.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F25D 23/08 - Parts formed wholly or mainly of plastics materials
  • E06B 7/23 - Plastic, sponge rubber, or like strips or tubes
  • F25D 21/04 - Preventing the formation of frost or condensate
  • E05C 19/16 - Devices holding the wing by magnetic or electromagnetic attraction

76.

Dioxazolones and nitrile sulfites as electrolyte additives for lithium-ion batteries

      
Application Number 16045082
Grant Number 10784530
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-07-25
First Publication Date 2019-12-26
Grant Date 2020-09-22
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Dahn, Jeffery Raymond
  • Hynes, Toren
  • Hall, David Scott

Abstract

Improved battery systems have been developed for lithium-ion based batteries. The improved systems include a nonaqueous electrolyte including one or more lithium salts, one or more nonaqueous solvents, and an additive or additive mixture comprising one or more operative additives selected from a group of disclosed compounds, including 3-aryl substituted 1,4,2-dioxazol-5-ones and 3-phenyl-1,3,2,4-dioxathiazole 2-oxide.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 10/0567 - Liquid materials characterised by the additives

77.

Image transmission apparatus, image transport system and code amount control method

      
Application Number 16480055
Grant Number 11019333
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-02-28
First Publication Date 2019-12-26
Grant Date 2021-05-25
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Miyagoshi, Takeshi
  • Sato, Masaki
  • Shimizu, Noriyuki
  • Asano, Hiroaki
  • Shingu, Hideki

Abstract

In order to enable efficient utilization of an available bandwidth by properly estimating the available bandwidth under conditions in which the available bandwidth significantly changes upon occurrence of communication path switching, an available bandwidth estimation is performed by estimating a current available bandwidth based on historical communication state information i.e. information on a past communication state stored in a storage to control a code amount used in encoding an image; upon occurrence of communication path switching (handover), acquiring a temporary available bandwidth value corresponding to a new (post-handover) communication path; generating new communication state information corresponding to a new communication state based on the temporary available bandwidth value; replacing the historical communication state information stored in the storage with the new communication state information; and estimating a new available bandwidth based on the new communication state information stored in the storage.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/115 - Selection of the code volume for a coding unit prior to coding
  • H04N 19/166 - Feedback from the receiver or from the transmission channel concerning the amount of transmission errors, e.g. bit error rate [BER]
  • H04W 28/18 - Negotiating wireless communication parameters
  • H04W 36/14 - Reselecting a network or an air interface

78.

Time interleaver, time deinterleaver, time interleaving method, and time deinterleaving method

      
Application Number 16559939
Grant Number 10938735
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-09-04
First Publication Date 2019-12-26
Grant Date 2021-03-02
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor Klenner, Peter

Abstract

A convolutional interleaver included in a time interleaver, which performs convolutional interleaving includes: a first switch that switches a connection destination of an input of the convolutional interleaver to one end of one of a plurality of branches; a FIFO memories provided in some of the plurality of branches except one branch, wherein a number of FIFO memories is different among the plurality of branches; and a second switch that switches a connection destination of an output of the convolutional interleaver to another end of one of the plurality of branches. The first and second switches switch the connection destination when the plurality of cells as many as the codewords per frame have passed, by switching a corresponding branch of the connection destination sequentially and repeatedly among the plurality of branches.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 12/863 - Queue scheduling, e.g. Round Robin
  • H03M 13/27 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes using interleaving techniques
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received

79.

Parallel bit interleaver

      
Application Number 16559970
Grant Number 11115060
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-09-04
First Publication Date 2019-12-26
Grant Date 2021-09-07
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor Petrov, Mihail

Abstract

A bit interleaving method involves applying a bit permutation process to bits of a QC-LDPC codeword made up of N cyclic blocks each including Q bits, and dividing the codeword after the permutation process into a plurality of constellation words each including M bits, the codeword being divided into F×N′/M folding sections (N′ being a subset of N selected cyclic blocks and being a multiple of M/F), each of the constellation words being associated with one of the F×N′/M folding sections, and the bit permutation process being applied such that each of the constellation words includes F bits from each of M/F different cyclic blocks in a given folding section associated with a given constellation word.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H03M 13/27 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes using interleaving techniques
  • H03M 13/11 - Error detection or forward error correction by redundancy in data representation, i.e. code words containing more digits than the source words using block codes, i.e. a predetermined number of check bits joined to a predetermined number of information bits using multiple parity bits
  • H03M 13/25 - Error detection or forward error correction by signal space coding, i.e. adding redundancy in the signal constellation, e.g. Trellis Coded Modulation [TCM]
  • H03M 13/29 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes combining two or more codes or code structures, e.g. product codes, generalised product codes, concatenated codes, inner and outer codes
  • H03M 13/35 - Unequal or adaptive error protection, e.g. by providing a different level of protection according to significance of source information or by adapting the coding according to the change of transmission channel characteristics
  • H03M 13/00 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 1/06 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by diversity reception using space diversity

80.

Vehicle control device

      
Application Number 16552696
Grant Number 10933888
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-08-27
First Publication Date 2019-12-19
Grant Date 2021-03-02
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor Shibata, Teppei

Abstract

A method for controlling an apparatus for a first vehicle includes: receiving a detection result of at least one of a camera or a radar provided on a first vehicle that detects within a sensing area around the first vehicle; receiving positional information from a wireless device mounted in a second vehicle outside the sensing area, the positional information including a current position, a traveling direction and a traveling speed of the second vehicle; determining whether or not to switch from an automatic steering mode to a manual steering mode on the basis of the detection result and the positional information; and supplying a signal for prompting a driver of the first vehicle to manually switch from the automatic steering mode to the manual steering mode before the second vehicle enters the sensing area.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B60W 50/06 - Improving the dynamic response of the control system, e.g. improving the speed of regulation or avoiding hunting or overshoot
  • B60W 50/08 - Interaction between the driver and the control system
  • G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude, or attitude of land, water, air, or space vehicles, e.g. automatic pilot
  • G08G 1/0967 - Systems involving transmission of highway information, e.g. weather, speed limits
  • G08G 1/16 - Anti-collision systems
  • B60W 10/20 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of steering systems
  • B60W 50/14 - Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
  • G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions

81.

Light-emitting device and illumination device

      
Application Number 16436555
Grant Number 11231569
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-06-10
First Publication Date 2019-12-19
Grant Date 2022-01-25
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Murakami, Kimihiro
  • Morimoto, Kiyoshi
  • Haseyama, Ryo

Abstract

Included are: a laser light source which emits a plurality of laser beams; an aspherical lens which the plurality of laser beams emitted from the laser light source enters and which converts the plurality of laser beams into convergent beams; and a phosphor which is irradiated with the convergent beams from the aspherical lens as excitation beams to generate fluorescence, wherein the plurality of laser beams have different spread angles in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction and enter the aspherical lens while arranged in a direction in which the spread angle is smaller, from among the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, and the aspherical lens has a function of equalizing a light intensity in a direction in which the spread angle is larger, from among the horizontal direction and the vertical direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G02B 19/00 - Condensers
  • H01S 5/00 - Semiconductor lasers
  • G02B 27/09 - Beam shaping, e.g. changing the cross-sectioned area, not otherwise provided for
  • H01S 5/40 - Arrangement of two or more semiconductor lasers, not provided for in groups
  • H01S 5/02253 - Out-coupling of light using lenses
  • H01S 5/02257 - Out-coupling of light using windows, e.g. specially adapted for back-reflecting light to a detector inside the housing

82.

ScAlMgO4 single crystal and device

      
Application Number 16433707
Grant Number 10808332
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-06-06
First Publication Date 2019-12-12
Grant Date 2020-10-20
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nobuoka, Masaki
  • Miyano, Kentaro
  • Ryoki, Naoya
  • Asahi, Takehiro
  • Ueta, Akio

Abstract

4 single crystal includes Sc, Al, Mg, and O, in which the atomic percentage ratio of Mg to Al, Mg/Al (atom %/atom %), as measured by an inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometric method, is more than 1 and less than 1.1.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C30B 29/22 - Complex oxides
  • C30B 15/14 - Heating of the melt or the crystallised materials
  • H01L 33/00 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof
  • H01L 33/32 - Materials of the light emitting region containing only elements of group III and group V of the periodic system containing nitrogen
  • H01L 33/16 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof characterised by the semiconductor bodies with a particular crystal structure or orientation, e.g. polycrystalline, amorphous or porous

83.

Image decoding method, image encoding method, image decoding apparatus, and image encoding apparatus

      
Application Number 16543736
Grant Number 10645397
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-08-19
First Publication Date 2019-12-05
Grant Date 2020-05-05
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Terada, Kengo
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Yoshikawa, Satoshi

Abstract

An image decoding method includes a constraint information decoding step of decoding constraint information indicating prohibition of reference from a target tile, which is one of a plurality of tiles obtained by partitioning a picture, to another tile, and a list generation step of generating a prediction motion vector list including a plurality of prediction motion vector candidates and a plurality of prediction motion vector indices each associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of prediction motion vector candidates. In the list generating step, a prediction motion vector list not including a temporal motion vector of a block on a lower right side of the target block is generated.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/174 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a slice, e.g. a line of blocks or a group of blocks
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/167 - Position within a video image, e.g. region of interest [ROI]
  • H04N 19/436 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals - characterised by implementation details or hardware specially adapted for video compression or decompression, e.g. dedicated software implementation using parallelised computational arrangements
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process

84.

Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery

      
Application Number 16523365
Grant Number 11201355
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-07-26
First Publication Date 2019-11-14
Grant Date 2021-12-14
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iida, Kazuhiro
  • Chiga, Takanobu
  • Morisawa, Naoya
  • Fukui, Atsushi

Abstract

2 are respectively independent, and are selected from a hydrogen, a halogen, a C1-2 alkyl group, or a C1-2 halogenated alkyl group).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 10/0569 - Liquid materials characterised by the solvents
  • H01M 10/0567 - Liquid materials characterised by the additives
  • H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
  • H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
  • C07C 49/10 - Methyl-ethyl ketone
  • C07C 49/205 - Methyl-vinyl ketone

85.

Electric power transmission device

      
Application Number 16344703
Grant Number 10862341
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-09-05
First Publication Date 2019-10-31
Grant Date 2020-12-08
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Koyanagi, Yoshio
  • Eguchi, Kazuhiro
  • Kawata, Souichi
  • Deguchi, Futoshi
  • Okamoto, Katsuya
  • Hasaba, Ryosuke
  • Ura, Tamaki

Abstract

An electric power transmission device capable of efficiently performing contactless electric power transmission to an underwater vehicle in water is provided. The electric power transmission device, which is an electric power transmission device transmitting electric power to an electric power reception device including an electric power reception coil in water, includes one or more transmission coils including an electric power transmission coil which transmits electric power to an electric power reception coil via a magnetic field, an electric power transmission unit which transmits AC power to an electric power transmission coil, a capacitor which is connected to the transmission coil and forms a resonant circuit which resonates with the transmission coil, and a buoyant body connected to at least one of the transmission coils.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H02J 50/12 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling of the resonant type
  • H02J 50/80 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
  • H02J 50/50 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using additional energy repeaters between transmitting devices and receiving devices
  • B60L 53/12 - Inductive energy transfer
  • B63G 8/00 - Underwater vessels, e.g. submarines
  • H02J 7/02 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries for charging batteries from ac mains by converters

86.

Semiconductor relay

      
Application Number 16460224
Grant Number 10818815
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-07-02
First Publication Date 2019-10-24
Grant Date 2020-10-27
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Shibata, Daisuke
  • Tamura, Satoshi
  • Ujita, Shinji
  • Hirashita, Nanako
  • Ogawa, Masahiro
  • Kajitani, Ryo

Abstract

A semiconductor relay includes: a light-emitting element; and a light-receiving element facing the light-emitting element. The light-receiving element includes: a substrate; a semiconductor layer having a direct transition type, the semiconductor layer being disposed on the substrate and having a semi-insulating property; a first electrode having at least a part in contact with the semiconductor layer; and a second electrode having at least a part in contact with either one of the semiconductor layer and the substrate, in a position separated from the first electrode. The semiconductor layer is reduced in resistance by absorbing light from the light-emitting element.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 33/00 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof
  • H01L 21/00 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
  • H01L 31/16 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof structurally associated with, e.g. formed in or on a common substrate with, one or more electric light sources, e.g. electroluminescent light sources, and electrically or optically coupled thereto the semiconductor device sensitive to radiation being controlled by the light source or sources
  • H01L 23/00 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details of semiconductor or other solid state devices
  • H01L 33/38 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof characterised by the electrodes with a particular shape
  • H03K 17/0814 - Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage without feedback from the output circuit to the control circuit by measures taken in the output circuit
  • H03K 17/785 - Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and -breaking characterised by the use of specified components by the use, as active elements, of opto-electronic devices, i.e. light-emitting and photoelectric devices electrically- or optically-coupled controlling field-effect transistor switches
  • H01L 21/02 - Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof
  • H01L 29/24 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only inorganic semiconductor materials not provided for in groups , ,  or
  • H01L 27/32 - Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including components using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part with components specially adapted for light emission, e.g. flat-panel displays using organic light-emitting diodes
  • H01L 31/18 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof

87.

Wireless terminal and base station switching method

      
Application Number 16469005
Grant Number 11076332
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-09-29
First Publication Date 2019-10-17
Grant Date 2021-07-27
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kato, Osamu
  • Shimizu, Noriyuki
  • Yoshino, Masaaki
  • Shingu, Hideki

Abstract

A wireless terminal that: for previous communications between the wireless terminal and base stations, stores as a communication history at least position information for the wireless terminal and information pertaining to each base station; acquires the position information for the wireless terminal and, on the basis of the position information for the wireless terminal and the stored communication history, derives from multiple base stations at least a connection subject base station to be used in data communication and a connection standby base station, which is the base station having the next highest connection priority after the connection subject base station; and performs data communication when a trial connection with the connection subject base station has succeeded, and switches the connection subject base station to be used in data communication to the connection standby base station when communication with the connection subject base station is interrupted.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 36/32 - Reselection being triggered by specific parameters by location or mobility data, e.g. speed data
  • H04W 24/08 - Testing using real traffic
  • H04W 36/08 - Reselecting an access point
  • H04W 36/36 - Reselection control by user or terminal equipment
  • H04W 72/10 - Wireless resource allocation based on priority criteria
  • H04W 88/06 - Terminal devices adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode terminals

88.

Mixed cation perovskite solid state solar cell and fabrication thereof

      
Application Number 16317957
Grant Number 11195959
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-07-03
First Publication Date 2019-10-10
Grant Date 2021-12-07
Owner
  • Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) (Switzerland)
  • Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Saliba, Michael
  • Matsui, Taisuke
  • Domanski, Konrad
  • Seo, Jiyoun
  • Zakeeruddin, Shaik Mohammed
  • Tress, Wolfgang Richard
  • Graetzel, Michael

Abstract

+).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 31/044 - PV modules or arrays of single PV cells including bypass diodes
  • H01L 31/02 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof - Details
  • H01L 31/0224 - Electrodes
  • H01L 31/06 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier
  • H01L 51/42 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation
  • H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
  • H01L 51/00 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof
  • C07F 7/00 - Compounds containing elements of Groups 4 or 14 of the Periodic System

89.

Control method of information terminal and computer-readable recording medium

      
Application Number 16433905
Grant Number 11179036
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-06-06
First Publication Date 2019-10-10
Grant Date 2021-11-23
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kondo, Kenji
  • Takata, Kazutoyo
  • Kozuka, Kazuki
  • Kimura, Hirohiko
  • Sakai, Toyohiko

Abstract

A control method of an information terminal includes sensing specification information indicating a region of interest in a medical image, receiving from a case retrieval system one or more similar medical images each having a prescribed degree of similarity with a feature quantity of the region of interest indicated by the specification information in accordance with the region of interest, and displaying the medical image that is managed by a medical information management system in a first display region that is displayed on the display and displaying thumbnail views of a plurality of similar medical images received from the case retrieval system in a second display region that differs from the first display region.

IPC Classes  ?

  • A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes ; Identification of persons
  • G06F 16/24 - Querying
  • G06F 16/248 - Presentation of query results
  • G16H 50/70 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data mining; ICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
  • G16H 15/00 - ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
  • G16H 30/40 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical images for processing medical images, e.g. editing
  • G06F 16/583 - Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually using metadata automatically derived from the content
  • A61B 6/00 - Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment
  • G16H 30/20 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical images for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS

90.

Speech translation device, speech translation method, and recording medium therefor

      
Application Number 16363407
Grant Number 11238852
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-25
First Publication Date 2019-10-03
Grant Date 2022-02-01
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hayashida, Kohhei
  • Sakaguchi, Atsushi
  • Nomura, Kazuya
  • Furukawa, Hiroki
  • Nishikawa, Tsuyoki

Abstract

A speech translation device includes: a beamformer which forms, from a speech signal obtained by a microphone array, a first beam and a second beam having different directions; a direction designator which designates one of the first beam and the second beam according to a user operation; a signal-to-noise (SN) ratio calculator which calculates an SN ratio using the designated beam as a signal component in the SN ratio, and the other beam not designated as a noise component; a display determiner which determines whether recognition of the designated beam is difficult, using the calculated SN ratio, and determines a speaking instruction for overcoming difficulty of the recognition when determining that the recognition is difficult; and a display which displays the speaking instruction determined by the display determiner in a display area.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G10L 15/20 - Speech recognition techniques specially adapted for robustness in adverse environments, e.g. in noise or of stress induced speech
  • G06F 40/58 - Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation
  • G10L 15/22 - Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialog
  • H04R 1/32 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only

91.

Speech translation apparatus, speech translation method, and recording medium storing the speech translation method

      
Application Number 16364811
Grant Number 11182567
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-26
First Publication Date 2019-10-03
Grant Date 2021-11-23
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Furukawa, Hiroki
  • Nishikawa, Tsuyoki
  • Sakaguchi, Atsushi
  • Hayashida, Kohhei

Abstract

A speech translation apparatus includes: an estimator which estimates a sound source direction, based on an acoustic signal obtained by a microphone array unit; a controller which identifies that an utterer is a user or a conversation partner, based on the sound source direction estimated after the start of translation is instructed by a button, using a positional relationship indicated by a layout information item stored in storage and selected in advance, and determines a translation direction indicating input and output languages in and into which content of the acoustic signal is recognized and translated, respectively; and a translator which obtains, according to the translation direction, original text indicating the content in the input language and translated text indicating the content in the output language. The controller displays the original and translated texts on first and second display areas corresponding to the positions of the user and conversation partner, respectively.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 40/58 - Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation
  • G01S 3/802 - Systems for determining direction or deviation from predetermined direction
  • G06F 40/103 - Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents
  • G10L 15/26 - Speech to text systems

92.

Electric storage device

      
Application Number 16267891
Grant Number 11088426
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-02-05
First Publication Date 2019-10-03
Grant Date 2021-08-10
Owner
  • SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (Japan)
  • PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Takabayashi, Hiroshi
  • Nakata, Naofumi

Abstract

An electric storage device includes an electrode body including a plurality of first electrode plates and a plurality of second electrode plates, a first electrode output terminal, a second electrode output terminal, a first current collector, and a second current collector. The first electrode plates have first tabs that protrude from the electrode body and have conductivity and are connected to the first current collector. The first tabs are stacked to form a first tab stack, one surface of the first tab stack is in contact with the first current collector, and a first protective sheet is disposed on and in contact with the other surface on the side opposite to the one surface. On the periphery of the first protective sheet, there is a corner formed by two adjacent sides. At least the corner of the first protective sheet is joined to the first tab stack.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 2/26 - Electrode connections
  • H01M 10/04 - Construction or manufacture in general
  • H01M 50/54 - Connection of several leads or tabs of plate-like electrode stacks, e.g. electrode pole straps or bridges

93.

Sound source direction estimation device, sound source direction estimation method, and recording medium therefor

      
Application Number 16368147
Grant Number 10524051
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-28
First Publication Date 2019-10-03
Grant Date 2019-12-31
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hayashida, Kohhei
  • Kanamori, Takeo

Abstract

A sound source direction estimation device includes: a phase difference calculator which calculates, from an acoustic signal obtained by a microphone array, a first phase difference of a pair of microphone units; a similarity calculator which calculates similarities between the calculated first phase difference and second phase differences precalculated for directions and stored in a phase difference database; a peak searcher which searches for a direction for which a highest similarity is calculated by the similarity calculator, and estimates the direction searched out to be a sound source direction; a feature quantity calculator which uses the calculated similarities, the estimated sound source direction, and an acoustic feature quantity obtained from the obtained acoustic signal, to calculate a feature quantity obtained by correcting the acoustic feature quantity; and a speech/non-speech determiner which determines whether the obtained acoustic signal indicates speech, using the feature quantity calculated by the feature quantity calculator.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04R 3/00 - Circuits for transducers
  • G10L 25/00 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups
  • G10L 25/30 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups characterised by the analysis technique using neural networks
  • G10L 25/78 - Detection of presence or absence of voice signals
  • H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers

94.

Communication apparatus and communication method

      
Application Number 16447362
Grant Number 10827449
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-06-20
First Publication Date 2019-10-03
Grant Date 2020-11-03
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Koh, Benjamin Tien Ming
  • Okasaka, Shozo

Abstract

This invention describes a method to enable simultaneous connections to multiple cellular networks while utilising only a single subscriber identity by assigning a unique mobile equipment identity to each radio connection and an apparatus to enable simultaneous connections to multiple cellular networks while utilising only a single subscriber identity by assigning a unique mobile equipment identity to each radio connection where the user equipment is able to manage the multiple International Mobile Equipment Identifiers assigned by the manufacturer of the mobile device by correctly identifying the connected interface and reporting the correct accompanying mobile equipment identifier.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 4/00 - Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
  • H04W 60/00 - Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
  • H04W 76/15 - Setup of multiple wireless link connections
  • H04L 29/12 - Arrangements, apparatus, circuits or systems, not covered by a single one of groups characterised by the data terminal
  • H04W 8/04 - Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]
  • H04W 8/20 - Transfer of user or subscriber data
  • H04W 8/26 - Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

95.

Parallel bit interleaver

      
Application Number 16437307
Grant Number 10886946
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-06-11
First Publication Date 2019-09-26
Grant Date 2021-01-05
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor Petrov, Mihail

Abstract

A bit interleaving method applying a bit permutation process to a QC LDPC codeword made up of N cyclic blocks of Q bits each, dividing the processed codeword into constellation words of M bits each, and applying an intra-cyclic-block permutation process to the cyclic blocks, where the codeword is divided into F×N/M folding sections of M/F cyclic blocks each and the constellation words are each associated with one of the folding sections, and the bit permutation process is applied such that the constellation words are each made up of F bits from each of M/F different cyclic blocks in the associated section, after the permutation process.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H03M 13/00 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes
  • H03M 13/27 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes using interleaving techniques
  • H03M 13/11 - Error detection or forward error correction by redundancy in data representation, i.e. code words containing more digits than the source words using block codes, i.e. a predetermined number of check bits joined to a predetermined number of information bits using multiple parity bits
  • H03M 13/25 - Error detection or forward error correction by signal space coding, i.e. adding redundancy in the signal constellation, e.g. Trellis Coded Modulation [TCM]
  • H03M 13/29 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes combining two or more codes or code structures, e.g. product codes, generalised product codes, concatenated codes, inner and outer codes
  • H03M 13/35 - Unequal or adaptive error protection, e.g. by providing a different level of protection according to significance of source information or by adapting the coding according to the change of transmission channel characteristics
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 1/06 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by diversity reception using space diversity

96.

Parallel bit interleaver

      
Application Number 16424775
Grant Number 11070236
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-05-29
First Publication Date 2019-09-26
Grant Date 2021-07-20
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor Petrov, Mihail

Abstract

A bit interleaving method involves applying a bit permutation process to a QC-LDPC codeword made up of N cyclic blocks each including Q bits, and dividing the codeword after the permutation process into a plurality of constellation words each including M bits, the codeword being divided into F×N/M folding sections, each of the constellation words being associated with one of the F×N/M folding sections, and the bit permutation process being applied such that each of the constellation words includes F bits from each of M/F different cyclic blocks in a given folding section associated with a given constellation word.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H03M 13/00 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes
  • H03M 13/27 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes using interleaving techniques
  • H03M 13/11 - Error detection or forward error correction by redundancy in data representation, i.e. code words containing more digits than the source words using block codes, i.e. a predetermined number of check bits joined to a predetermined number of information bits using multiple parity bits
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H03M 13/25 - Error detection or forward error correction by signal space coding, i.e. adding redundancy in the signal constellation, e.g. Trellis Coded Modulation [TCM]
  • H03M 13/29 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes combining two or more codes or code structures, e.g. product codes, generalised product codes, concatenated codes, inner and outer codes
  • H03M 13/35 - Unequal or adaptive error protection, e.g. by providing a different level of protection according to significance of source information or by adapting the coding according to the change of transmission channel characteristics

97.

Wireless terminal and wireless base station allocation method

      
Application Number 16465830
Grant Number 10986635
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-09-29
First Publication Date 2019-09-26
Grant Date 2021-04-20
Owner Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kato, Osamu
  • Shimizu, Noriyuki
  • Yoshino, Masaaki
  • Aoyama, Yasuhiro

Abstract

A wireless terminal capable of communicating with multiple wireless base stations through a network in which multiple wireless communication methods are used in a mixed manner. A storage unit stores, as a communication history, at least location information for the wireless terminal and information pertaining to the wireless base station at the time of communication with each wireless base station. An acquisition unit acquires the location information for the wireless terminal. On the basis of the acquired location information for the wireless terminal and the communication history stored in the storage unit a derivation unit derives a connection base station from the multiple wireless base stations, as the wireless base station to be used in data communication. A communication unit performs data communication with the derived connection base station.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/04 - Wireless resource allocation
  • H04W 4/029 - Location-based management or tracking services
  • H04W 48/16 - Discovering; Processing access restriction or access information
  • H04W 16/32 - Hierarchical cell structures
  • H04W 88/06 - Terminal devices adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode terminals
  • H04W 64/00 - Locating users or terminals for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

98.

Prismatic secondary battery and assembled battery using the same

      
Application Number 16385393
Grant Number 10644301
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-04-16
First Publication Date 2019-09-19
Grant Date 2020-05-05
Owner
  • SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (Japan)
  • PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Wakimoto, Ryoichi
  • Kitaoka, Kazuhiro
  • Fujiwara, Isao
  • Yagi, Hiromasa

Abstract

An electrode body including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate include a positive electrode tab portion at an end portion on a sealing plate side, a positive electrode collector electrically connected to the positive electrode plate include a collector body portion, a collector extension portion, a collector connection, and a collector connection portion. A pressure-sensitive current breaking mechanism includes a conductive member having an opening portion on an electrode body side, a deformation plate that seals the opening portion, and a collector body portion disposed on the electrode body side of the deformation plate and connected to the deformation plate. The collector extension portion is offset from the collector body portion and is disposed on the sealing plate side with respect to the collector body portion. Positive electrode tab portion is connected to the collector connection bent back at an end portion of the collector extension portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01M 2/02 - Cases, jackets or wrappings
  • H01M 2/34 - Current-conducting connections for cells with provision for preventing undesired use or discharge
  • H01M 2/26 - Electrode connections

99.

Fiber compound resin composition and method of manufacturing the same

      
Application Number 16254814
Grant Number 11168202
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-01-23
First Publication Date 2019-09-19
Grant Date 2021-11-09
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nagino, Toshifumi
  • Hamabe, Masashi
  • Imanishi, Masayoshi

Abstract

For a fiber compound resin composition, a melt-kneading process is performed together with a base resin 1, a dispersant, etc. without performing a pretreatment through wet dispersion for the purpose of defibration treatment and modification treatment of a fibrous filler 2. As a result, each fiber of the fibrous filler 2 is defibrated from end portions in a fiber length direction, while a dispersant component put in at the same time is more selectively adsorbed to defibrated portions 3 at the end portions defibrated and increased in surface area. As a result, hydrophobization of the defibrated portions 3 is promoted as compared to a non-defibrated portion 4, so that a difference in hydrophobicity is formed in the fiber length direction of the fibrous filler 2. Therefore, even when the fibrous filler 2 is added in large amount, a melt viscosity during molding may be lowered without reducing a strength of a molded article.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C08L 1/02 - Cellulose; Modified cellulose
  • C08L 23/12 - Polypropene
  • C08J 3/20 - Compounding polymers with additives, e.g. colouring
  • C08J 5/04 - Reinforcing macromolecular compounds with loose or coherent fibrous material
  • C08K 7/02 - Fibres or whiskers

100.

4 single crystal substrate and method for producing the same

      
Application Number 16356790
Grant Number 10767277
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-18
First Publication Date 2019-09-19
Grant Date 2020-09-08
Owner PANASONIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Miyano, Kentaro
  • Yanagita, Naoto
  • Ryoki, Naoya
  • Asahi, Takehiro
  • Nobuoka, Masaki

Abstract

n) at an interval of 1 mm in a y-axis direction, wherein m and n are each an integer falling within the range so that the measurement beam is not stuck out from the substrate, a worst value of a full width at half maximum of a rocking curve at each of the coordinate positions is less than 20 [sec.].

IPC Classes  ?

  • C30B 29/22 - Complex oxides
  • C30B 15/14 - Heating of the melt or the crystallised materials
  • H01L 33/00 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof
  • C30B 15/20 - Controlling or regulating
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