Patents by Inventor Kosuke Niimura

Kosuke Niimura 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: 11675081
    Abstract: The radar apparatus includes a light emission instructing unit and a determination unit. The light emission instructing unit is configured to instruct the emission unit to emit light into the search region. Further, the light emission instructing unit is configured to reduce at least one of the number of times of emission, the emission frequency, and the emission intensity for a predetermined designated region, when the own vehicle is performing the designated movement compared to when the own vehicle is not performing the designated movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kosuke Niimura
  • Publication number: 20210352833
    Abstract: A light-source apparatus includes a light-source chip, a case, first and second electrically-conductive parts, a substrate, an electromagnetic shield plate, an electrically-conductive layer and an electrically-conductive unit. The light-source chip is received in the case. Each of the first and second electrically-conductive parts is a part of the case. The case is mounted to the substrate. The electromagnetic shield plate covers at least part of the substrate. The electrically-conductive layer is formed on the substrate and electrically connected with both the second electrically-conductive part and the electromagnetic shield plate. The electrically-conductive unit is provided to electrically connect the first electrically-conductive part and the electromagnetic shield plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: Kosuke Niimura
  • Publication number: 20210351327
    Abstract: A light-source apparatus includes a light-source chip, a case, a substrate, an electromagnetic shield plate and a thermally-conductive member. The light-source chip is received in the case. The case is mounted to the substrate. The electromagnetic shield plate covers at least part of the substrate. The thermally-conductive member is arranged to abut both the case and the electromagnetic shield plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: Kosuke NIIMURA
  • Patent number: 10989813
    Abstract: A distance measurement apparatus includes a light emission circuit that includes a switch, a capacitor, a light-emitting element, and a protection element. The light emission circuit charges and discharges the capacitor by opening and closing the switch based on a light emission control signal, and enables the light-emitting element to emit light using electric power during discharge by the capacitor. The light emission circuit is configured such that a parasitic inductance of a first circuit is greater than a parasitic inductance of a second circuit, where the first circuit is a circuit in which the switch, the capacitor, and the light-emitting element are connected in series and in a ring shape, and the second circuit is a circuit in which the switch, the capacitor, and the protection element are connected in series and in a ring shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kosuke Niimura
  • Publication number: 20190227170
    Abstract: A distance measurement apparatus includes a light emission circuit that includes a switch, a capacitor, a light-emitting element, and a protection element. The light emission circuit charges and discharges the capacitor by opening and closing the switch based on a light emission control signal, and enables the light-emitting element to emit light using electric power during discharge by the capacitor. The light emission circuit is configured such that a parasitic inductance of a first circuit is greater than a parasitic inductance of a second circuit, where the first circuit is a circuit in which the switch, the capacitor, and the light-emitting element are connected in series and in a ring shape, and the second circuit is a circuit in which the switch, the capacitor, and the protection element are connected in series and in a ring shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Kosuke NIIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190179019
    Abstract: The radar apparatus includes a light emission instructing unit and a determination unit. The light emission instructing unit is configured to instruct the emission unit to emit light into the search region. Further, the light emission instructing unit is configured to reduce at least one of the number of times of emission, the emission frequency, and the emission intensity for a predetermined designated region, when the own vehicle is performing the designated movement compared to when the own vehicle is not performing the designated movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Kosuke NIIMURA
  • Publication number: 20090190824
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a one-dimensional imaging unit for imaging a workpiece which is a three-dimensionally shaped test object; a first lens for causing light incident thereon from the test object to emerge as converging light; and a second lens, disposed between the first lens and the one-dimensional imaging unit, for focusing the light emerging from the first lens, wherein a chief ray of a bundle of rays incident on the first lens from the test object is parallel to the optical axis of the first lens, and the light containing the chief ray, incident from the test object, is focused through the first lens and the second lens onto the one-dimensional imaging unit for imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Niimura, Yoshio Yokoyama