Patents by Inventor YASUKI FURUTAKE
YASUKI FURUTAKE 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).
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Patent number: 11938870Abstract: A vehicle compound-eye camera includes: a plurality of cameras arranged to be spaced apart from each other in a predetermined direction and disposed such that respective maximum image-pickup ranges of the plurality of cameras are partially shifted from each other in the predetermined direction; and a processor configured to set an overlapping image-pickup range in which each of the plurality of cameras picks up an image of a same target object from a different viewpoint. The processor is configured to set an image-pickup range of one of the cameras disposed on one end in the predetermined direction to have a relatively wide angle. The processor is configured to set an image-pickup range of another of the cameras disposed on the other end in the predetermined direction to have a relatively narrow angle.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke Kurihara, Yasuki Furutake, Tatsuhiko Futamura, Hiroto Hayashi
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Patent number: 11796755Abstract: In a lens module, a sidewall of a lens barrel includes a first wall section that surrounds at least one access hole, and a second wall section that is other than the first wall section. The first wall section has a first inner circumferential surface and a first distance defined between the first inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface of the at least one lens. The second wall section has a second inner circumferential surface and a second distance defined between the second inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface of the at least one lens. The first distance is larger than the second distance.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yasuki Furutake
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Patent number: 11789354Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and configured to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes multiple lens units on which an optical image of the external environment is incident, individually, and an imaging system to generate an outside image of the external environment by imaging through each of the lens units, individually.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kensuke Chikata, Takeshi Kazama, Yasuki Furutake, Kazuyoshi Akiba, Sho Okuda, Nobuhisa Shimizu
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Patent number: 11716525Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes a lens unit and an imager to image the external environment by forming an optical image, which is from the external environment through the lens unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuhisa Shimizu, Yasuki Furutake, Kensuke Chikata, Kazuma Yamaguchi, Yoichi Kajino
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Publication number: 20230234518Abstract: In an imaging apparatus, a protrusion member of a lens barrel is arranged to protrude, from an outer surface of a barrel body, toward a direction away from an optical axis of a lens. The protrusion member includes an upper portion. The upper portion is located above the optical axis of the lens, and has an upper end. The protrusion member includes a lower portion. The lower portion is located below the optical axis of the at least one lens, and has a lower end. The upper end of the upper portion has a first minimum distance with respect to the optical axis of the lens, and the lower end of the lower portion has a second minimum distance with respect to the optical axis of the lens. The protrusion member is configured such that the first minimum distance is smaller than the second minimum distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventor: Yasuki FURUTAKE
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Patent number: 11675154Abstract: A camera module is attached to an inside of a windshield of a vehicle to capture an image of an outside view. The camera module includes an imager, a lens set equipped with a first lens and a second lens, a lens barrel in which the lens set is disposed, and a main spacer fit in the lens barrel. The lens barrel retains the first lens using an axial force oriented along an optical axis of the lens set. The main spacer is disposed between the first and second lenses and transmits the axial force from one of the first and second lenses to the other. This structure enables the camera module to be reduced in size without sacrificing the optical performance thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yasuki Furutake
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Patent number: 11678041Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes a lens unit and an imager to image the external environment by forming an optical image, which is from the external environment through the lens unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuki Furutake, Takeshi Kazama, Soji Masui
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Publication number: 20220105878Abstract: A vehicle compound-eye camera includes: a plurality of cameras arranged to be spaced apart from each other in a predetermined direction and disposed such that respective maximum image-pickup ranges of the plurality of cameras are partially shifted from each other in the predetermined direction; and a processor configured to set an overlapping image-pickup range in which each of the plurality of cameras picks up an image of a same target object from a different viewpoint. The processor is configured to set an image-pickup range of one of the cameras disposed on one end in the predetermined direction to have a relatively wide angle. The processor is configured to set an image-pickup range of another of the cameras disposed on the other end in the predetermined direction to have a relatively narrow angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke KURIHARA, Yasuki FURUTAKE, Tatsuhiko FUTAMURA, Hiroto HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20220043332Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and configured to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes multiple lens units on which an optical image of the external environment is incident, individually, and an imaging system to generate an outside image of the external environment by imaging through each of the lens units, individually.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Kensuke Chikata, Takeshi Kazama, Yasuki Furutake, Kazuyoshi Akiba, Sho Okuda, Nobuhisa Shimizu
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Patent number: 11190672Abstract: In a lens module, a first lens barrel has opposing first and second ends and an optical axis. A glass lens is disposed in the first lens barrel, and a resin lens is disposed in the first lens barrel and is arranged to be closer to the second end than the glass lens is. A second lens barrel is disposed in the first lens barrel to surround the at least one resin lens. A holding mechanism applies pressing force to the at least one glass lens and the second lens barrel in a direction of the optical axis to perform pressure holding of the at least one glass lens and the second lens barrel in a direction of the optical axis. The holding mechanism holds the at least one resin lens while preventing the pressing force from being directly applied to the at least one resin lens.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yasuki Furutake
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Patent number: 11181816Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and configured to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes multiple lens units on which an optical image of the external environment is incident, individually, and an imaging system to generate an outside image of the external environment by imaging through each of the lens units, individually.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kensuke Chikata, Takeshi Kazama, Yasuki Furutake, Kazuyoshi Akiba, Sho Okuda, Nobuhisa Shimizu
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Patent number: 11150448Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes a lens unit and an imager to image the external environment by forming an optical image, which is from the external environment through the lens unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuki Furutake, Ken Nishioka, Nobuhisa Shimizu, Yoichi Kajino, Kazuma Yamaguchi, Kensuke Chikata, Takeshi Kazama, Soji Masui
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Patent number: 11140337Abstract: A camera is module mounted on an inside of a windshield in a vehicle and is configured to photograph an outside of the vehicle. The camera module includes: a first camera for photographing the outside with a first imaging element through a first lens unit; and a second camera having a view angle narrower than the first camera and photographing the outside with a second imaging element through a second lens unit. The first imaging element and the second imaging element have a same pixel specification.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuki Furutake, Yoichi Kajino, Kazuma Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20210302703Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes a lens unit and an imager to image the external environment by forming an optical image, which is from the external environment through the lens unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Yasuki FURUTAKE, Takeshi KAZAMA, Soji MASUI
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Patent number: 11054620Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes a lens unit and an imager to image the external environment by forming an optical image, which is from the external environment through the lens unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuki Furutake, Takeshi Kazama, Soji Masui
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Patent number: 11044459Abstract: In a lens module, a tubular body includes first and second openings at respective first and second ends thereof. Lenses are disposed in the tubular body such that the lenses have a common optical axis. An elastically tubular eccentricity restriction member is coaxially disposed in the tubular body such that the outer periphery of the eccentricity restriction member is in contact with the inner periphery of the tubular body, and the inner periphery of the eccentricity restriction member surrounds the outer periphery of at least one of the lenses while inwardly biasing the outer periphery of the at least one of the lenses. The eccentricity restriction member includes a holder formed at the first end thereof. The holder is attached to one of the lenses that is closest to the first end of the eccentricity restriction member.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yasuki Furutake
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Patent number: 11006023Abstract: A camera apparatus is mounted to a vehicle. The camera apparatus includes a camera module, a casing, and a restraining portion. The camera module includes a lens and a camera board on which an image sensor is provided. The casing houses the camera module. The restraining portion is configured to mechanically restrain movement of the camera module that is mounted in a predetermined mounting position within the casing, from the mounting position. The camera module is fixed to the casing by an adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Soji Masui, Sho Okuda, Daisuke Takama, Yasuki Furutake
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Patent number: 10882467Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and configured to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes multiple lens units on which an optical image of the external environment is incident, individually, and an imaging system to generate an outside image of the external environment by imaging through each of the lens units, individually.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuki Furutake, Kazuyoshi Akiba
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Publication number: 20200200990Abstract: In a lens module, a sidewall of a lens barrel includes a first wall section that surrounds at least one access hole, and a second wall section that is other than the first wall section. The first wall section has a first inner circumferential surface and a first distance defined between the first inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface of the at least one lens. The second wall section has a second inner circumferential surface and a second distance defined between the second inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface of the at least one lens. The first distance is larger than the second distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventor: Yasuki FURUTAKE
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Patent number: 10688942Abstract: In an imaging device mounted in the interior of a vehicle, a camera module is arranged so as to image the area ahead of the vehicle via a windshield. A processing substrate is provided integrally with the camera module and includes a processing part that controls the camera module. When the side on which an incident light receiving face exists in the camera module is defined as camera front and the side opposite to the camera front is defined as camera rear, the whole processing substrate is arranged at the camera rear with respect to the camera module.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuki Furutake, Nobuhisa Shimizu, Takeshi Kazama, Takayuki Kimura