Patents by Inventor Isao Konuki

Isao Konuki 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: 9827908
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a vehicle rearview mirror system which is capable of eliminating a circumstance that a driver feel a sense that something is wrong, even in a case where a screen of a display device is caused to one-to-one correspond with an aspect ratio of the vehicle rearview mirror, and the ratio of the display screen of the display device is made different from an aspect ratio of an image which is acquired by a vehicle-mounted camera. [Means for Solving the Problem] A vehicle rearview mirror system of the present invention has: a display device 9 to construct an image by an image signal having been output from an image receiving unit 2a of a vehicle-mounted camera 2 and then cause a display screen 9a to display the constructed image; and a vehicle mirror main body 3 in which the display device 9 is incorporated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Isao Konuki
  • Patent number: 9713985
    Abstract: A vehicle rearview mirror system is described. A display device constructs an image by an image signal having been output from an image receiving unit of a vehicle-mounted camera and then causes a display screen to display the constructed image. A vehicle mirror main body incorporates the display device. A posture of the vehicle mirror main body is altered between a posture when a driver watches a vehicle rear side appearing in a half mirror and a posture when the driver watches an image which is displayed on the display screen. An operating lever member is employed to alter the posture of the vehicle mirror main body. A power supply switch switches on or off the display device in conjunction with operation of the operating lever member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Isao Konuki
  • Publication number: 20150043083
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a vehicle rearview mirror system having a construction in which a display device is switched on or off in conjunction with alteration of a posture of a vehicle mirror main body when there is employed a construction in which the vehicle mirror main body is inclined between a posture when a driver watches a vehicle rear side appearing in a half mirror and a posture of the vehicle mirror main body when the driver watches an image which is displayed on a display screen of the display device. [Means for Solving the Problem] A vehicle rearview mirror system of the present invention is provided with: a display device 9 to construct an image by an image signal having been output from an image receiving unit 2a of a vehicle-mounted camera 2 and then cause a display screen 9a to display the constructed image; a vehicle mirror main body 3 in which the display device 9 is incorporated; an operating lever member 10; and a power supply switch SW.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Isao Konuki
  • Publication number: 20140368657
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a vehicle rearview mirror system which is capable of eliminating a circumstance that a driver feel a sense that something is wrong, even in a case where a screen of a display device is caused to one-to-one correspond with an aspect ratio of the vehicle rearview mirror, and the ratio of the display screen of the display device is made different from an aspect ratio of an image which is acquired by a vehicle-mounted camera. [Means for Solving the Problem] A vehicle rearview mirror system of the present invention has: a display device 9 to construct an image by an image signal having been output from an image receiving unit 2a of a vehicle-mounted camera 2 and then cause a display screen 9a to display the constructed image; and a vehicle mirror main body 3 in which the display device 9 is incorporated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Isao Konuki
  • Patent number: RE47999
    Abstract: A vehicle rearview mirror system is described. A display device constructs an image by an image signal having been output from an image receiving unit of a vehicle-mounted camera and then causes a display screen to display the constructed image. A vehicle mirror main body incorporates the display device. A posture of the vehicle mirror main body is altered between a posture when a driver watches a vehicle rear side appearing in a half mirror and a posture when the driver watches an image which is displayed on the display screen. An operating lever member is employed to alter the posture of the vehicle mirror main body. A power supply switch switches on or off the display device in conjunction with operation of the operating lever member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Isao Konuki