Patents by Inventor Fumihiko Mouri

Fumihiko Mouri 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: 10486584
    Abstract: There is provided a headlamp device for a vehicle, including: a visible light source that irradiates visible light to provide a field of view at a vehicle front side; a detection light source that irradiates detection light that detects obstacles; a MEMS mirror changeable between a first angle and a second angle that is different from the first angle, the MEMS mirror at the first angle reflecting visible light, irradiated from the visible light source, toward the vehicle front side, and the MEMS mirror at the second angle reflecting detection light, irradiated from the detection light source, toward the vehicle front side; and a light receiving element that receives reflected light that has reached and been reflected by an obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Susumu Yamamoto, Satoshi Yamamura
  • Publication number: 20190351819
    Abstract: A vehicle front headlight device includes a light source, a rotating mirror that is configured by disposing a first minor body and a second mirror body around a circumferential direction of a shaft, that is rotationally driven about the shaft and rotates while reflecting light emitted by the light source, a lens that transmits light reflected by the rotating mirror so as to illuminate the light forward, and a controller for controlling rotational drive of the rotating mirror. A first illuminated region of light that is reflected by the first mirror body and that is radiated forward through the lens, and a second illuminated region of light that is reflected by the second mirror body and that is radiated forward through the lens, are offset from each other in a vehicle width direction or in a vehicle vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Takahiko Honda
  • Publication number: 20190351816
    Abstract: A vehicle front headlight device includes a light source, a rotating mirror configured by a plurality of mirror bodies, that are rotationally driven about a shaft, and, while rotating, reflecting light emitted by the light source, a lens transmitting light that is reflected by the rotating mirror, a recognition unit configured to recognize a leading vehicle traveling ahead, and a controller controlling a timing at which the light source is switched off and a timing at which the light source is switched on, such that light is not illuminated onto the leading vehicle recognized by the recognition unit and such that an illumination intensity of light illuminated in a vicinity of both ends in a vehicle width direction of the leading vehicle is lower than an illumination intensity of light illuminated at an outer side of the vicinity of the both ends in the vehicle width direction of the leading vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Takahiko HONDA
  • Patent number: 10471886
    Abstract: A vehicle front headlight device includes a light source, a rotating mirror that is configured by disposing a first mirror body and a second mirror body around a circumferential direction of a shaft, that is rotationally driven about the shaft and rotates while reflecting light emitted by the light source, a lens that transmits light reflected by the rotating mirror so as to illuminate the light forward, and a controller for controlling rotational drive of the rotating mirror. A first illuminated region of light that is reflected by the first mirror body and that is radiated forward through the lens, and a second illuminated region of light that is reflected by the second mirror body and that is radiated forward through the lens, are offset from each other in a vehicle width direction or in a vehicle vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Takahiko Honda
  • Patent number: 10442342
    Abstract: A vehicular headlamp system includes: a pair of right and left headlamp units; and a road surface drawing unit provided in the headlamp units, the road surface drawing unit being configured to emit first light so as to form a first light distribution pattern and to emit second light so as to form a second light distribution pattern, such that a predetermined drawing pattern is drawn on a road surface, the drawing pattern being configured such that the first light distribution pattern and the second light distribution pattern are adjacent to each other or the first light distribution pattern and the second light distribution pattern at least partially overlap each other, and the first light and the second light being set in a relationship of complementary colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Yusuke Nakada, Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20190120454
    Abstract: A vehicle headlight device includes: a first illuminating unit for reflecting, at a first mirror that rotatingly operates, laser light that has exited from a laser light source and making the laser light into scanning light, and a illuminating the scanning light toward a first illumination region that is in front of a vehicle; second illuminating unit for reflecting, at a second mirror that is an aggregate of plural micro mirrors whose angles can be changed, visible light that has exited from a visible light source and making the visible light into information displaying light, and illuminating the information displaying light toward a second illumination region that is in front of the vehicle; and controlling unit for controlling turning-off and turning-on of the laser light source, rotating operation of the first mirror, and changing of the angles of the micro mirrors at the second mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Takuya KITAZONO
  • Patent number: 10246002
    Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle includes an irradiator that includes a light source mounted in the vehicle, and a shield that is provided to face an emission side of band-shaped light from the light source. The irradiator is configured to emit the band-shaped light from the light source at a predetermined irradiation angle to irradiate a road surface with the band-shaped light, and the irradiator is configured to change an irradiation direction of the band-shaped light toward the road surface. The shield is configured to shield a part of the band-shaped light such that the road surface is illuminated in a shape of a figure indicating prescribed information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Susumu Yamamoto, Satoshi Yamamura
  • Publication number: 20190072253
    Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle includes a light source that illuminates light, a reflecting surface, a shading member, and a projecting lens. The reflecting surface reflects the light illuminated from the light source and causes the light to converge. The shading member includes an aperture portion at which the light reflected and caused to converge by the reflecting surface is incident. Light that has passed through the aperture portion of the shading member is incident on the projecting lens, and the projecting lens emits the light toward a target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Takuya KITAZONO, Norikatsu MYOJIN
  • Publication number: 20190070997
    Abstract: An illumination device for a vehicle includes: plural light sources that are disposed so as to be lined-up in at least one line, and that illuminate light; a light-blocking member having an opening portion onto which light illuminated from the light sources is incident; and a projecting lens that emits, toward an object, light that has passed through the opening portion of the light-blocking member and has been incident on the projecting lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Takuya KITAZONO, Norikatsu MYOJIN
  • Patent number: 10214134
    Abstract: An illumination device for a vehicle, includes: a detection unit that detects a person; an illumination unit that illuminates light in a direction toward a road surface, an illumination region of the light being alterable; and a control unit that, in a case in which a person is detected by the detection unit and there is a possibility of collision between the detected person and the vehicle, controls the illumination unit so as to illuminate light at a region in a range of view of the detected person that is separated from the person by a pre-specified distance, and so as to move the light in a direction of movement of the detected person while maintaining the separation at the pre-specified distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Susumu Yamamoto, Takeshi Masuda, Misako Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 10151438
    Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle includes a light source configured to perform light irradiation, a blade including a reflective surface configured to reflect light irradiated from the light source toward an area in front of the vehicle, the blade being configured to rotate around a rotation axis, a drive device configured to rotationally drive the blade around the rotation axis, a detector configured to detect a person in front of the vehicle, and a control device configured to, in a case where the person is detected by the detector, control the light source and the drive device such that the drive device rotationally drives the blade to a position where a region in a prescribed range is irradiated with light reflected from the reflective surface of the blade and the light source is turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Susumu Yamamoto, Satoshi Yamamura
  • Patent number: 10101580
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp is provided including a road surface pattern-rendering unit and a dust removal device. The road surface pattern-rendering unit is installed to a headlamp unit provided to a front end section of a vehicle, and forms a specific light distribution pattern by causing light shone from a light source to be reflected by a MEMS mirror toward a vehicle front side. The dust removal device is provided to the headlamp unit and removes dust adhering to the MEMS mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Yusuke Nakada, Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 10094528
    Abstract: A high beam unit 12 includes: a reflective mirror 30 having a reflective surface 32 that reflects light from a light source 44; a mirror member 58 on which the light reflected by the reflective surface 32 is incident which is capable of forming plural light distribution patterns, and which reflects the incident light in a vehicle forward direction; a lens 16 on which the light reflected by the mirror member 58 is incident and which projects that light in the vehicle forward direction; and a lens holding member 20 that is formed integrally with the reflective mirror 30 and supports the lens 16 in a support position P0 including a section of, or a section in a vicinity of, an outer peripheral portion of the lens 16 positioned on a plane orthogonal to the optical axis and passing through a center of gravity G.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Takayuki Yagi, Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20180264990
    Abstract: There is provided a headlamp device for a vehicle, including: a visible light source that irradiates visible light to provide a field of view at a vehicle front side; a detection light source that irradiates detection light that detects obstacles; a MEMS mirror changeable between a first angle and a second angle that is different from the first angle, the MEMS mirror at the first angle reflecting visible light, irradiated from the visible light source, toward the vehicle front side, and the MEMS mirror at the second angle reflecting detection light, irradiated from the detection light source, toward the vehicle front side; and a light receiving element that receives reflected light that has reached and been reflected by an obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Susumu YAMAMOTO, Satoshi YAMAMURA
  • Patent number: 10023102
    Abstract: A vehicular headlamp includes: a first light distribution portion including a first light source; a second light distribution portion including a second light source and an micro electro mechanical system mirror; a holding member configured to hold the first light source, the second light source, and the micro electro mechanical system mirror; a single lens including a first lens portion and a second lens portion; and a separating wall formed in the holding member so as to protrude toward the vehicle front side relative to the holding member, the separating wall being configured to separate a region between the first lens portion and the holding member from a region between the second lens portion and the holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Yusuke Nakada, Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20180162264
    Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle includes an irradiator that includes a light source mounted in the vehicle, and a shield that is provided to face an emission side of band-shaped light from the light source. The irradiator is configured to emit the band-shaped light from the light source at a predetermined irradiation angle to irradiate a road surface with the band-shaped light, and the irradiator is configured to change an irradiation direction of the band-shaped light toward the road surface. The shield is configured to shield a part of the band-shaped light such that the road surface is illuminated in a shape of a figure indicating prescribed information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Susumu YAMAMOTO, Satoshi YAMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180156410
    Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle includes a light source configured to perform light irradiation, a blade including a reflective surface configured to reflect light irradiated from the light source toward an area in front of the vehicle, the blade being configured to rotate around a rotation axis, a drive device configured to rotationally drive the blade around the rotation axis, a detector configured to detect a person in front of the vehicle, and a control device configured to, in a case where the person is detected by the detector, control the light source and the drive device such that the drive device rotationally drives the blade to a position where a region in a prescribed range is irradiated with light reflected from the reflective surface of the blade and the light source is turned on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Susumu YAMAMOTO, Satoshi YAMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180099604
    Abstract: An illumination device for a vehicle, includes: a detection unit that detects a person; an illumination unit that illuminates light in a direction toward a road surface, an illumination region of the light being alterable; and a control unit that, in a case in which a person is detected by the detection unit and there is a possibility of collision between the detected person and the vehicle, controls the illumination unit so as to illuminate light at a region in a range of view of the detected person that is separated from the person by a pre-specified distance, and so as to move the light in a direction of movement of the detected person while maintaining the separation at the pre-specified distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Susumu Yamamoto, Takeshi Masuda, Misako Nakazawa
  • Publication number: 20170158112
    Abstract: A vehicular headlamp system includes: a pair of right and left headlamp units; and a road surface drawing unit provided in the headlamp units, the road surface drawing unit being configured to emit first light so as to form a first light distribution pattern and to emit second light so as to form a second light distribution pattern, such that a predetermined drawing pattern is drawn on a road surface, the drawing pattern being configured such that the first light distribution pattern and the second light distribution pattern are adjacent to each other or the first light distribution pattern and the second light distribution pattern at least partially overlap each other, and the first light and the second light being set in a relationship of complementary colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Yusuke Nakada, Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20170160542
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp is provided including a road surface pattern-rendering unit and a dust removal device. The road surface pattern-rendering unit is installed to a headlamp unit provided to a front end section of a vehicle, and forms a specific light distribution pattern by causing light shone from a light source to be reflected by a MEMS mirror toward a vehicle front side. The dust removal device is provided to the headlamp unit and removes dust adhering to the MEMS mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Yusuke NAKADA, Yoshiyuki NAKANISHI