Patents by Inventor Kenjiro Sumiyoshi

Kenjiro Sumiyoshi 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).

  • Patent number: 7511683
    Abstract: The present invention is an information displaying apparatus for a vehicle, which includes a cluster disposed to be faced to an occupant; and a display device disposed in the cluster; the display device includes a displaying surface on which information on the vehicle is displayed, and a plurality of reflecting mirror members which have a distance from each other and disposed forward of the occupant, for allowing the occupant to see the vehicle information by reflecting the vehicle information displayed on the displaying surface, wherein the vehicle information reflected by a reflecting mirror member provided far from the occupant is configured to be visible by the occupant by transmitting a reflecting mirror member provided near to the occupant, and an area where does not overlap with the vehicle information reflected by the reflecting mirror member provided far from the occupant is provided at a proximity of periphery of the reflecting mirror member provided near to the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventor: Kenjiro Sumiyoshi
  • Publication number: 20040189546
    Abstract: The present invention is an information displaying apparatus for a vehicle, which includes a cluster disposed to be faced to an occupant; and a display device disposed in the cluster; the display device includes a displaying surface on which information on the vehicle is displayed, and a plurality of reflecting mirror members which have a distance from each other and disposed forward of the occupant, for allowing the occupant to see the vehicle information by reflecting the vehicle information displayed on the displaying surface, wherein the vehicle information reflected by a reflecting mirror member provided far from the occupant is configured to be visible by the occupant by transmitting a reflecting mirror member provided near to the occupant, and an area where does not overlap with the vehicle information reflected by the reflecting mirror member provided far from the occupant is provided at a proximity of periphery of the reflecting mirror member provided near to the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventor: Kenjiro Sumiyoshi
  • Patent number: 6339425
    Abstract: A dial modeling device includes a three-dimensional model producing section for individually producing the three-dimensional model of plural indicators forming a dial, a rendering section for respectively projecting the data of the three-dimensional model of each indicator acquired in the three-dimensional model producing section on a two-dimensional plane, executing rendering by specifying a different light source every indicator and individually generating two-dimensional data for making each indicator look solid, an image storing section for storing the two-dimensional data generated in the rendering section of each indicator and an image synthesizing section for synthesizing the two-dimensional data of each indicator stored in the image storing section and the faced part of the dial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignees: Kansei Corporation, Advance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenjiro Sumiyoshi, Takahiro Shikakura
  • Patent number: 5734358
    Abstract: An information display device comprises a housing installed in an instrument panel of a motor vehicle. The housing has a window opening facing toward the vehicle cabin. A first display device is installed in the housing and has a screen on which a first image is displayed. A second display device is installed in the housing and has a screen on which a second image is displayed. A half mirror is installed and inclined in the housing in a manner to cover the screens of both the first and second display devices, so that the image forming light beams from the screens are reflected backward by the half mirror. A concave mirror is installed in the housing behind the half mirror, so that the image forming light beams from the half mirror are reflected forward by the concave mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Kansei Corporation
    Inventor: Kenjiro Sumiyoshi