Patents by Inventor Keito Ando

Keito Ando 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).

  • Target detecting device
    Patent number: 11609327
    Abstract: A target detecting device projects measuring light over a predetermined range in front of a vehicle, receives reflected light from a target, and detects the target or a distance to the target, based on a light reception signal output according to the light reception state. The light projecting unit includes a light emitting element emitting measuring light and light diffusion members. The light diffusion members are provided on an upper end portion and a lower end portion of a light projecting lens constituting part of a light projecting path, and diffuses, in the vertical direction, measuring light emitted from the light emitting element and traveling through the end portions in the vertical direction of the light traveling path while transmitting the measuring light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Keito Ando, Hidenori Miyazaki, Hoshibumi Ichiyanagi, Naoki Fujiwara, Kazuo Yamamoto
  • TARGET DETECTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190257946
    Abstract: A target detecting device projects measuring light over a predetermined range in front of a vehicle, receives reflected light from a target, and detects the target or a distance to the target, based on a light reception signal output according to the light reception state. The light projecting unit includes a light emitting element emitting measuring light and light diffusion members. The light diffusion members are provided on an upper end portion and a lower end portion of a light projecting lens constituting part of a light projecting path, and diffuses, in the vertical direction, measuring light emitted from the light emitting element and traveling through the end portions in the vertical direction of the light traveling path while transmitting the measuring light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicants: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Keito Ando, Hidenori Miyazaki, Hoshibumi Ichiyanagi, Naoki Fujiwara, Kazuo Yamamoto