Patents by Inventor Hitoshi HORIBE
Hitoshi HORIBE 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: 11680811Abstract: A vehicle position guidance system includes a terminal position measurement section, a vehicle position measurement section, a calculator, and a guide. The terminal position measurement section measures a position of a terminal carried by a user. The vehicle position measurement section measures a position of a parked vehicle. The calculator obtains a route using position information related to the terminal and position information related to the parked vehicle. The guide assists the user in entering the vehicle by selectively using a first guidance and a second guidance depending on whether a distance is long or short between the terminal and the parked vehicle on the route. The first guidance provides guidance to the position of the parked vehicle using the terminal. The second guidance provides guidance to the position of the parked vehicle through a notification using a vehicle on-board device of the parked vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhisa Takahashi, Tadaoki Ichikawa, Akihiro Misawa, Shinji Oguchi, Bunpei Morita, Hitoshi Horibe, Takeshi Kondo, Tasuku Ishihara
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Patent number: 11554712Abstract: Provided is a vehicle lamp unit that enables a user to perceive a detection range of a sensor. A vehicle lamp unit 1 includes: a sensor 4 mounted at a lower part of a vehicle 90; and an irradiation device 30 configured to irradiate a vehicle outer plate 95 present at a position corresponding to a detection range of the sensor 4.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi Horibe, Masayuki Kitashiba, Yuhki Kuramitsu
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Patent number: 11492837Abstract: In order to notify a user of a vehicle of a sensor position in an easily understandable manner to easily open and close a vehicle door by an operation performed by the user of the vehicle, a vehicle door opening/closing device includes: a road surface projection unit configured to project a display representing a position at which shape identification is performed, on a road surface around a vehicle; a shape identification unit configured to perform identification of a shape of an object in a predetermined road surface range including the display projected by the road surface projection unit; and a control unit configured to drive opening or closing of a vehicle door when the shape that is identified by the shape identification unit for the object in the predetermined road surface range represents a shape of a foot portion of a person.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichi Tsunekawa, Hitoshi Horibe
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Patent number: 11420597Abstract: Provided is a receiving/transmitting device for vehicle that inhibits applied cleaning liquid from spoiling an outer appearance of a vehicle. A receiving/transmitting device for vehicle of the present invention includes: a receiver/transmitter configured to receive and/or transmit a radio wave; a transmissive cover positioned so as to be fixed relative to the receiver/transmitter; a receiver/transmitter moving unit configured to cause the cover and the receiver/transmitter to reciprocate between a receiving/transmitting position and a cleaning position; and a nozzle device configured to eject cleaning liquid toward the surface of the cover when the receiver/transmitter is at the cleaning position.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi Horibe, Takeshi Kondo
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Publication number: 20220034672Abstract: A vehicle position guidance system includes a terminal position measurement section, a vehicle position measurement section, a calculator, and a guide. The terminal position measurement section measures a position of a terminal carried by a user. The vehicle position measurement section measures a position of a parked vehicle. The calculator obtains a route using position information related to the terminal and position information related to the parked vehicle. The guide assists the user in entering the vehicle by selectively using a first guidance and a second guidance depending on whether a distance is long or short between the terminal and the parked vehicle on the route. The first guidance provides guidance to the position of the parked vehicle using the terminal. The second guidance provides guidance to the position of the parked vehicle through a notification using a vehicle on-board device of the parked vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Kazuhisa TAKAHASHI, Tadaoki ICHIKAWA, Akihiro MISAWA, Shinji OGUCHI, Bunpei MORITA, Hitoshi HORIBE, Takeshi KONDO, Tasuku ISHIHARA
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Publication number: 20210402913Abstract: Provided is a vehicle lamp unit that enables a user to perceive a detection range of a sensor. A vehicle lamp unit 1 includes: a sensor 4 mounted at a lower part of a vehicle 90; and an irradiation device 30 configured to irradiate a vehicle outer plate 95 present at a position corresponding to a detection range of the sensor 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Hitoshi HORIBE, Masayuki KITASHIBA, Yuhki KURAMITSU
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Publication number: 20210373428Abstract: A vehicle camera unit includes: a back camera mounted to a rear part of a vehicle, to take an image rearward; a garnish member provided rearward of the back camera; and a body-side member provided upward of the garnish member. The back camera has a rearward-directed lens. The garnish member includes a transmitting portion which is a half mirror and covering the lens at least from a rear side, and a design portion provided upward of the transmitting portion and covering a lower part of the back camera from a rear upper side. The design portion is a half mirror or has a smaller visible light transmittance than the transmitting portion. The body-side member has, at a lower end, a recessed attachment portion having a groove shape that opens rearward. The design portion has, at an upper end, a projecting attachment portion entering into the recessed attachment portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Hitoshi HORIBE, Masayuki KITASHIBA
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Publication number: 20210009086Abstract: Provided is a receiving/transmitting device for vehicle that inhibits applied cleaning liquid from spoiling an outer appearance of a vehicle. A receiving/transmitting device for vehicle of the present invention includes: a receiver/transmitter configured to receive and/or transmit a radio wave; a transmissive cover positioned so as to be fixed relative to the receiver/transmitter; a receiver/transmitter moving unit configured to cause the cover and the receiver/transmitter to reciprocate between a receiving/transmitting position and a cleaning position; and a nozzle device configured to eject cleaning liquid toward the surface of the cover when the receiver/transmitter is at the cleaning position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Hitoshi HORIBE, Takeshi KONDO
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Publication number: 20200386031Abstract: In order to notify a user of a vehicle of a sensor position in an easily understandable manner to easily open and close a vehicle door by an operation performed by the user of the vehicle, a vehicle door opening/closing device includes: a road surface projection unit configured to project a display representing a position at which shape identification is performed, on a road surface around a vehicle; a shape identification unit configured to perform identification of a shape of an object in a predetermined road surface range including the display projected by the road surface projection unit; and a control unit configured to drive opening or closing of a vehicle door when the shape that is identified by the shape identification unit for the object in the predetermined road surface range represents a shape of a foot portion of a person.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2019Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Yuichi TSUNEKAWA, Hitoshi HORIBE
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Publication number: 20200086832Abstract: A washing device includes a nozzle portion reciprocally movable between an accommodating position and a washing position. The washing device is configured to wash a surface of an external washing target by supplying fluid to the nozzle portion, moving the nozzle portion from the accommodating position to the washing position using pressure of the fluid, and spraying the fluid from a spray port of the nozzle portion onto the surface of the washing target. The nozzle portion is configured to reciprocate along one of a curved path and a bent path between the accommodating position and the washing position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Hitoshi HORIBE, Takeshi KONDO
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Patent number: 10556554Abstract: A mounting structure of a camera, includes: a camera configured to image an image corresponding to at least a part of surroundings of a vehicle; and a decorative member configured to be mounted on an exterior component of the vehicle and to cover the camera, wherein: the decorative member closely contacts the exterior component, and covers the camera in such a manner that the camera is not disturbed to image the image; and the camera is disposed in a region of an inside of the decorative member from an external surface of the decorative member.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi Horibe, Takeshi Kondo
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Publication number: 20190084494Abstract: A mounting structure of a camera, includes: a camera configured to image an image corresponding to at least a part of surroundings of a vehicle; and a decorative member configured to be mounted on an exterior component of the vehicle and to cover the camera, wherein: the decorative member closely contacts the exterior component, and covers the camera in such a manner that the camera is not disturbed to image the image; and the camera is disposed in a region of an inside of the decorative member from an external surface of the decorative member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Hitoshi HORIBE, Takeshi KONDO
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Publication number: 20150076851Abstract: Provided is a vehicular exterior member having excellent productivity while enhancing weather resistance. An exterior body (2) in a vehicular exterior member (1) is formed of a transparent resin material, a concave portion (20) is provided in a portion of the rear surface of the exterior body, and a designed body (3) which is smaller than the exterior body (2) in size is disposed inside the concave portion (20) in the exterior body (2). The designed body (3) includes a transparent layer (30) and a decorative layer (31) and is fixed to the inside of the concave portion (20) through an adhesive layer (4) while the transparent layer 30 faces the exterior body (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Tatsuya SUGIURA, Hideto MAEDA, Hitoshi HORIBE, Daiichiro KAWASHIMA
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Publication number: 20140093665Abstract: A decorative member for vehicle includes a transparent substrate, a decorative layer, and a resinous adhesion layer. The transparent substrate has a front face and a rear face, and includes a transparent material. The decorative layer is formed on the rear face of the transparent substrate, and is visible through the transparent substrate when the decorative member is viewed on the front face of the transparent substrate. The resinous adhesion layer covers the rear face of the transparent substrate on which the decorative layer is formed, and includes a hot-melt adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Inventors: Hitoshi HORIBE, Daiichiro KAWASHIMA, Hideto MAEDA
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Patent number: 8480121Abstract: An automobile airbag door is formed by a door base member, a door cover member, and a tear line. The door base member and the door cover member form a part of a base member and a part of a cover member of an instrument panel, respectively. When pressed by an airbag being deployed and inflated, the door base member is torn from the tear line. The first zone is defined as the bonded part between the outer surface of the door base member and the door cover member which extends along the tear line and includes a part on which the tear line is projected. The second zones are on both sides of the first zone and extend along the tear line. The automobile airbag door has a mechanism that makes the bond strength in the first zone weaker than the bond strength in each second zone.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2012Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Horibe, Minoru Shibata
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Publication number: 20120217729Abstract: An automobile airbag door is formed by a door base member, a door cover member, and a tear line. The door base member and the door cover member form a part of a base member and a part of a cover member of an instrument panel, respectively. When pressed by an airbag being deployed and inflated, the door base member is torn from the tear line. The first zone is defined as the bonded part between the outer surface of the door base member and the door cover member which extends along the tear line and includes a part on which the tear line is projected. The second zones are on both sides of the first zone and extend along the tear line. The automobile airbag door has a mechanism that makes the bond strength in the first zone weaker than the bond strength in each second zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi HORIBE, Minoru Shibata