Patents by Inventor Atsushi UESUGI

Atsushi UESUGI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11974380
    Abstract: A scanning light source includes a semiconductor light source and a motor, and scans output light of the semiconductor light source in front of a lamp according to the movement of the motor. A constant current driver supplies a driving current ILED to the semiconductor light source according to a light source control signal. A light source control signal generator generates the light source control signal so as to obtain a light distribution pattern that corresponds to light distribution instruction data. A delay time measurement device measures the delay time required for the transition of the on/off states of the semiconductor light source from the change of the light source control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou Murakami, Atsushi Uesugi, Toshiyuki Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11932595
    Abstract: Provided are vitamin D3 derivatives of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and pharmaceutical or medical uses thereof for treating metabolic disease, a liver disease, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or cancer in a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, TEIKYO UNIVERSITY and THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Motonari Uesugi, Yasushi Takemoto, Kazuo Nagasawa, Atsushi Kittaka, Fumihiro Kawagoe, Hayato Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20240035639
    Abstract: A vehicular headlight (20) includes a first light source unit (41), a second light source unit (61), a temperature sensor (47), and a control unit (110). When the temperature derating is performed on the first light source unit (41) based on the temperature in a state where the light distribution pattern (910) of a low-beam is formed, the control unit (110) controls the power to be supplied to each of a plurality of light-emitting elements (43) so that the light amount of at least a part of the first light with which at least a region (911) of a first light distribution pattern (400) is irradiated decreases as compared with that before the temperature derating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuma MOCHIZUKI, Atsushi SUGIMOTO, Tomoyuki OHNO, Takashi TERAYAMA, Toshiyuki TSUCHIYA, Atsushi UESUGI
  • Patent number: 11872928
    Abstract: An automotive lamp includes a variable light distribution lamp and a controller. When a first light distribution pattern is to be changed to a second light distribution pattern, and when a difference in the number of shaded portions between the first light distribution pattern and the second light distribution pattern is one, the controller switches a control method for gradually changing the light distribution pattern according to a position relation between the shaded portions included in the first light distribution pattern and the shaded portions included in the second light distribution pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Uesugi, Kentarou Murakami, Yuki Kubo, Tatsuro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11396992
    Abstract: A vehicular lighting device includes a scanning light source that includes a semiconductor light source and a motor, and scans a region in front of the lighting device, with light emitted from the semiconductor light source, in accordance with motion of the motor, and a lighting circuit that changes the light quantity of the semiconductor light source in synchronization with the motion of the motor, during a normal lighting period, so as to obtain a predetermined light distribution pattern. The lighting circuit starts the motion of the motor, in response to a lighting command for headlight flashing during a stop period of the motor, and continuously lights the semiconductor light source asynchronously with the motion of the motor, during a start-up period that precedes the normal lighting period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou Murakami, Atsushi Uesugi
  • Publication number: 20220176870
    Abstract: An automotive lamp includes a variable light distribution lamp and a controller. When a first light distribution pattern is to be changed to a second light distribution pattern, and when a difference in the number of shaded portions between the first light distribution pattern and the second light distribution pattern is one, the controller switches a control method for gradually changing the light distribution pattern according to a position relation between the shaded portions included in the first light distribution pattern and the shaded portions included in the second light distribution pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi UESUGI, Kentarou MURAKAMI, Yuki KUBO, Tatsuro HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220104330
    Abstract: A scanning light source includes a semiconductor light source and a motor, and scans output light of the semiconductor light source in front of a lamp according to the movement of the motor. A constant current driver supplies a driving current ILED to the semiconductor light source according to a light source control signal. A light source control signal generator generates the light source control signal so as to obtain a light distribution pattern that corresponds to light distribution instruction data. A delay time measurement device measures the delay time required for the transition of the on/off states of the semiconductor light source from the change of the light source control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou MURAKAMI, Atsushi UESUGI, Toshiyuki TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20200378577
    Abstract: A vehicular lighting device includes a scanning light source that includes a semiconductor light source and a motor, and scans a region in front of the lighting device, with light emitted from the semiconductor light source, in accordance with motion of the motor, and a lighting circuit that changes the light quantity of the semiconductor light source in synchronization with the motion of the motor, during a normal lighting period, so as to obtain a predetermined light distribution pattern. The lighting circuit starts the motion of the motor, in response to a lighting command for headlight flashing during a stop period of the motor, and continuously lights the semiconductor light source asynchronously with the motion of the motor, during a start-up period that precedes the normal lighting period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou MURAKAMI, Atsushi UESUGI
  • Patent number: 10399481
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp system includes a high-beam lamp unit that can form a high-beam light-distribution pattern, a leveling mechanism that vertically adjusts an optical axis of the high-beam lamp unit, and a control unit that controls on/off of the high-beam lamp unit and controls the leveling mechanism. Upon the engine being started, the control unit controls the high-beam lamp unit to turn on for a predetermined period of time in a state in which the leveling unit adjusts the optical axis of the lamp unit to aim more vertically downward than in normal operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Mochizuki, Atsushi Uesugi, Hideki Uchida, Tatsuya Takagaki, Takatoshi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10093222
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp system includes a lamp unit and a lamp control unit. The lamp unit includes a plurality of LEDs and forms a high-beam light-distribution pattern. The lamp control unit controls the on/off of each of the plurality of LEDs. The lamp control unit controls each LED in the following manner. Specifically, the luminance is gradually lowered in a first period when the luminance is lowered to a level at which the LED remains on at reduced luminance. The luminance is gradually lowered in a second period, which is shorter than the first period, when the luminance is lowered to a level at which the LED is off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Uesugi, Hideki Uchida, Kiyotaka Mochizuki, Tatsuya Takagaki, Takuya Murakami
  • Patent number: 9656596
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp system includes a lamp unit, a control unit that controls a change in luminance of LEDs of the lamp unit, and a storage unit that stores information indicating a priority of an event. In a case in which a second event occurs while the luminance of the LEDs is being gradually changed to reach first luminance in a first period, the control unit gradually changes the luminance of the LEDs to reach second luminance in a second period if the priority of the second event is higher than the priority of the first event, and gradually changes the luminance of the LEDs to reach the second luminance irrespective of the second period if the priority of the second event is lower than the priority of the first event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Uesugi, Hideki Uchida, Tatsuya Takagaki, Takuya Murakami
  • Publication number: 20170057402
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp system includes a lamp unit and a lamp control unit. The lamp unit includes a plurality of LEDs and forms a high-beam light-distribution pattern. The lamp control unit controls the on/off of each of the plurality of LEDs. The lamp control unit controls each LED in the following manner. Specifically, the luminance is gradually lowered in a first period when the luminance is lowered to a level at which the LED remains on at reduced luminance. The luminance is gradually lowered in a second period, which is shorter than the first period, when the luminance is lowered to a level at which the LED is off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Atsushi UESUGI, Hideki UCHIDA, Kiyotaka MOCHIZUKI, Tatsuya TAKAGAKI, Takuya MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20170057403
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp system includes a lamp unit, a control unit that controls a change in luminance of LEDs of the lamp unit, and a storage unit that stores information indicating a priority of an event. In a case in which a second event occurs while the luminance of the LEDs is being gradually changed to reach first luminance in a first period, the control unit gradually changes the luminance of the LEDs to reach second luminance in a second period if the priority of the second event is higher than the priority of the first event, and gradually changes the luminance of the LEDs to reach the second luminance irrespective of the second period if the priority of the second event is lower than the priority of the first event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi UESUGI, Hideki UCHIDA, Tatsuya TAKAGAKI, Takuya MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20170028903
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp system includes a high-beam lamp unit that can form a high-beam light-distribution pattern, a leveling mechanism that vertically adjusts an optical axis of the high-beam lamp unit, and a control unit that controls on/off of the high-beam lamp unit and controls the leveling mechanism. Upon the engine being started, the control unit controls the high-beam lamp unit to turn on for a predetermined period of time in a state in which the leveling unit adjusts the optical axis of the lamp unit to aim more vertically downward than in normal operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Kiyotaka MOCHIZUKI, Atsushi UESUGI, Hideki UCHIDA, Tatsuya TAKAGAKI, Takatoshi NAKAGAWA