Patents by Inventor Suzuo Ban

Suzuo Ban 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: 5710646
    Abstract: A head-up display includes a projector which projects an image light and a hologram lens which diffracts and reflects the projected image and form a virtual image located ahead of a windshield. The hologram lens has a vertical diffraction characteristic which is equivalent to a hyperbolic or parabolic-curve mirror along a line formed by the intersection of the hologram lens and a vertical plane which includes an axis of the image light and a horizontal diffraction characteristic which is equivalent to a parabolic or elliptic curve mirror along a line which is formed by the intersection of the hologram lens and a horizontal plane which includes the axis of the image light. When the hologram is directly attached on a curved windshield which has a focal length fs (in case it is a mirror), the focal length fo of the hologram and the former focal length fs has the following relationship; 1/fo=1/fh+1/fs, where fh is a focal point when the hologram is flat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teiyuu Kimura, Hiroshi Ando, Minako Sugiura, Kazumasa Kurokawa, Suzuo Ban