Patents Assigned to Koito Manufacturing Co.
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Patent number: 11780364Abstract: A first marker group is mounted on a front face of a vehicle. A second marker group MG2 is mounted on a rear face of the vehicle. A third marker group is mounted on a left-side face of the vehicle. A fourth marker group is mounted on a right-side face of the vehicle. Each marker group includes at least one marker. Each marker is designed to have at least one from among the shape, spatial pattern, temporal pattern, color, reflection ratio, luminance, and layout defined so as to allow a sensing system mounted on another vehicle to acquire information with respect to the vehicle in the sensing operation thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshihisa Endo
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Publication number: 20230311897Abstract: A sensing system is used for driving assistance or automatic driving. A gating camera is controlled to be in an enabled state/disabled state according to a traveling environment. The gating camera divides a field of view into a plurality of ranges in a depth direction and generates a plurality of slice images corresponding to the plurality of ranges in the enabled state. A main controller processes an output of a main sensor group and an output of the gating camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicants: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., BRIGHTWAY VISION LTD.Inventors: Yoshihisa ENDO, Jun KANG, Manabu KATO, Yuichi WATANO
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Publication number: 20230311744Abstract: A vehicle light fixture system includes: a low-beam unit adapted to form a low-beam light distribution pattern having a cutoff line and to independently adjust illuminance in a plurality of subareas in the low-beam light distribution pattern arranged below and along the cutoff line; and a light distribution control device that controls the low-beam unit to form a first reduced illuminance portion in, of the plurality of subareas, the subarea having a position in a vehicle width direction overlapping a position of a vehicle in front in the vehicle width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki YAMAMOTO, Motohiro KOMATSU
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Publication number: 20230314671Abstract: An optical element includes a diffraction grating portion in which a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of recesses are periodically formed and a light guide plate portion that is made of a material having a refractive index different from that of the diffraction grating portion and that covers the diffraction grating portion. The light guide plate portion includes a first extending portion extending to one side, and a flat first light emitting portion is formed in the vicinity of an end portion of the first extending portion, and at least plus first order diffracted light of the diffracted light by the diffraction grating portion is totally reflected and guided in the first extending portion, and reaches the first light emitting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoichi Ogata, Mykyta Kolchiba
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Publication number: 20230311818Abstract: A sensing system includes a controller configured to acquire information on an object, a first sensor disposed in a space formed by a translucent cover and a housing and configured to acquire first data indicating a surrounding environment, a cover cleaner configured to remove a foreign matter adhering to the translucent cover. The controller is configured to determine whether a foreign matter adheres to the translucent cover, and drive the cover cleaner in response to determination that a foreign matter adheres to the translucent cover. When no foreign matter adheres to the translucent cover, the controller acquires the information on the object based on the first data. When a foreign matter adheres to the translucent cover, the controller acquires second data indicating a surrounding environment from a second sensor disposed outside the space, and then acquires the information on the object based on the acquired second data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Daisuke Uchiyama
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Patent number: 11774643Abstract: An optical unit includes a cylindrical rotatable lens and a light source provided in the rotatable lens. The rotatable lens is configured such that a light output from the light source is incident via an inner circumferential surface and is output via an outer circumferential surface as an irradiating beam, and a predetermined irradiated area is formed by scanning a space in front with the irradiating beam according to a periodical movement of the rotatable lens.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazutoshi Sakurai
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Patent number: 11772612Abstract: A vehicle cleaner system includes: a cleaner unit mounted on a vehicle and configured to clean an external sensor acquiring information on outside of the vehicle; an advanced notification information acquiring unit configured to acquire expressway advanced notification information notifying that the vehicle has arrived within a predetermined distance from an entrance of an expressway; and a cleaner control unit configured to, when the advanced notification information acquiring unit has acquired the expressway advanced notification information, control the cleaner unit to clean the external sensor or diagnose whether or not the external sensor needs to be cleaned by the cleaner unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru Sakai, Kazuki Kawamura, Akinobu Kubota, Masaaki Sato
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Patent number: 11772707Abstract: A method for producing a vehicle rear module that includes: a clear member monolithically including a lamp section and a window section; and a colored member for shielding at least part of a vehicle interior from the exterior. The method for producing the vehicle rear module comprises: a step for injecting a transparent resin from a single resin injection hole into a first cavity to form the clear member; and a step for injecting a colored resin from a plurality of resin injection holes into a second cavity to form the colored member.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuaki Tsutsumi, Daisuke Mochizuki, Hideaki Yamamoto, Takenao Yoshimura, Yuki Takahashi, Masaaki Nakabayashi, Hiroaki Hara, Masayuki Kobayashi, Masaru Kaneko
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Patent number: 11774067Abstract: A condenser lens includes an exit surface divided into a plurality of light controlling surfaces. The exit surface includes a first exit region and a second exit region. The first exit region includes a plurality of first light controlling surfaces arrayed in a predetermined direction. The second exit region is located side by side with the first exit region and includes a plurality of second light controlling surfaces arrayed in the predetermined direction. A border between adjacent first light controlling surfaces and a border between adjacent second light controlling surfaces are out of alignment in the predetermined direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenta Mukojima
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Publication number: 20230295886Abstract: A light emitter emits detecting light to a detecting area located outside a monitoring device. A light receiver detects reflected light that is generated in accordance with reflection of the detecting light by an object located in the detecting area. A first processor is capable of executing first detecting processing that is a part of information detecting processing for detecting information of the object based on the reflected light. A second processor is capable of executing second detecting processing that is a part of the information detecting processing, and is at least partially different from the first detecting processing. A controller changes a ratio of each of the first detecting processing and the second detecting processing to the information detecting processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuki YAMAMOTO, Akinori ITO
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Patent number: 11754714Abstract: A recognition sensor includes a three-dimensional sensor and a controller. The three-dimensional sensor scans a scan beam in the horizontal direction, and measures the distance up to each of multiple measurement points defined on a scan line. The controller corrects the elevation angle of the three-dimensional sensor such that the height of a correction point, which is selected from among the multiple measurement points, approaches a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Toru Nagashima
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Patent number: 11754243Abstract: Multiple light sources are arranged in an array. A light guide member receives light emitted from the multiple light sources on its back face, and outputs the light thus received from its front face. The light guide member has a base portion such that its back face faces the multiple light sources and such that it extends in the array direction of the multiple light sources. Multiple back-face protrusions and multiple front-face protrusions are formed such that they protrude from the back face and the front face of the base portion. The front-face protrusion has multiple continuous faces in the circumferential direction along the front face of the base portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Norimasa Yamamoto, Hiroya Koizumi
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Patent number: 11752979Abstract: A method of assembling a vehicle cleaner nozzle provided in a vicinity of a leading end of a piston accommodated to be movable forward and backward with respect to a cylinder so as to inject a cleaning medium on an object to be cleaned which is mounted on a vehicle includes: assembling a nozzle chip to a housing along a first direction so as to form a feedback flow path for swinging and injecting the cleaning medium by accommodating the nozzle chip in an interior of the housing; and assembling the housing in a state where the housing accommodates the nozzle chip to a holder supported by the piston along the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Masaru Sakai
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Publication number: 20230278486Abstract: A vehicle system, in a vehicle that travels around a corner by tilting a vehicle body toward a turning direction, includes a light source, an optical member configured to form a predetermined light distribution pattern including a plurality of regions formed in parallel in one direction by irradiating a front side of a lamp with light from the light source, a sensor configured to detect a lamp position of an object outside the vehicle, and a control unit configured to determine an upper end position of the object based on the lamp position, and to adjust the predetermined light distribution pattern such that among the plurality of regions, a first region including the upper end position is not irradiated with the light.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2021Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Yosuke Menjo
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Patent number: 11746985Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes: a lamp body that has an opening in a direction of light radiation; a front cover that covers the opening to define a housing and includes, on an inner surface, an anti-fogging film mainly composed of a synthetic resin; a light source that is disposed in the housing; and a silicone resin part that is disposed in the housing. A content of D3 to D20 cyclic low molecular weight siloxanes in the silicone resin part is 0 ppm to 300 ppm in terms of mass.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kunihiko Nagahashi, Hideki Tanaka
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Publication number: 20230271548Abstract: A projected display with improved visibility and understandability of a vehicle behavior. A vehicle projection device includes a projector that forms a projected image on a road surface; and a control unit. The control unit causes the projector to perform flashing projection of the projected image in a first period from start of projection, and causes the projector to perform sequential projection of the projected image in response to transition from the first period to a second period.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuichi SHIBATA
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Publication number: 20230272897Abstract: A road surface drawing apparatus includes: a plurality of light sources that is capable of individually emitting a light; a mask having a plurality of light-transmitting windows, each light-transmitting window arranged to receive the light from a corresponding light source of the plurality of light sources; a partition that partitions a space between the plurality of light sources and the mask into a plurality of subspaces, each subspace allocated for each light-transmitting window and the corresponding light source; and a common projection lens arranged to project the light transmitted through each light-transmitting window from the corresponding light source onto a road surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tatsuki ITO
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Publication number: 20230273426Abstract: A light reflecting member has a mirror face adapted to reflect incident light. A first arm member and a second arm member are bonded to the light reflecting member. A first actuator and a second actuator are configured to cause the first arm member and the second arm member respectively to displace in a direction intersecting the mirror face to change an angle of the mirror face relative to the incident light. A thermal expansion coefficient of a material forming the light reflecting member is smaller than a thermal expansion coefficient of a material forming each of the first arm member and the second arm member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi INOUE
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Publication number: 20230272895Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a clearance lamp (330) and an illumination unit (400) for an active sensor. The illumination unit (400) includes a near-infrared light source (410) and a photoconductor (420). The photoconductor (420) receives emitted light from the near-infrared light source (410) and emits illumination light having a predetermined light distribution from an emission surface (422). The photoconductor (420) is disposed such that a rear surface (424) thereof faces a light emitting surface of the clearance lamp (330), and emits, from the emission surface (422), emitted light from the clearance lamp (330) which is received at the rear surface (424).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shota YONEMARU, Kazuya MOTOHASHI, Tomoaki HARADA
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Patent number: 11739912Abstract: An aircraft lamp includes: a lamp outer housing configured by a lamp housing having an opening and a cover attached to the lamp housing in a state where the opening is closed, wherein an internal space is formed as an arrangement space; a light source unit arranged in the arrangement space and having a light source; and a control unit including a control substrate that controls an ON/OFF of the light source, and a shielding plate that shields noise generated in the control substrate. The lamp housing is provided with a unit accommodation portion having a concave shape and an insertion/removal port. The control substrate is configured to be accommodated in and removed from the unit accommodation portion via the insertion/removal port. At least a part of the insertion/removal port is closed by the shielding plate in a state where the control substrate is accommodated in the unit accommodation portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Michio Tsukamoto, Shigeo Sawada