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).
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Patent number: 10486584Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Susumu Yamamoto, Satoshi Yamamura
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Publication number: 20190351819Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Takahiko Honda
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Publication number: 20190351816Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTDInventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Takahiko HONDA
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Patent number: 10471886Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Takahiko Honda
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Patent number: 10442342Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Yusuke Nakada, Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
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Publication number: 20190120454Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Takuya KITAZONO
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Patent number: 10246002Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 21, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Susumu Yamamoto, Satoshi Yamamura
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Publication number: 20190072253Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Takuya KITAZONO, Norikatsu MYOJIN
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Publication number: 20190070997Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Takuya KITAZONO, Norikatsu MYOJIN
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Patent number: 10214134Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Susumu Yamamoto, Takeshi Masuda, Misako Nakazawa
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Patent number: 10151438Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Susumu Yamamoto, Satoshi Yamamura
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Patent number: 10101580Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Yusuke Nakada, Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
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Patent number: 10094528Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Takayuki Yagi, Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
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Publication number: 20180264990Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Susumu YAMAMOTO, Satoshi YAMAMURA
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Patent number: 10023102Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Yusuke Nakada, Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
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Publication number: 20180162264Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Susumu YAMAMOTO, Satoshi YAMAMURA
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Publication number: 20180156410Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Susumu YAMAMOTO, Satoshi YAMAMURA
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Publication number: 20180099604Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Susumu Yamamoto, Takeshi Masuda, Misako Nakazawa
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Publication number: 20170158112Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2016Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Yusuke Nakada, Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
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Publication number: 20170160542Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2016Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumihiko MOURI, Yusuke NAKADA, Yoshiyuki NAKANISHI