Patents by Inventor Masaaki Nakabayashi

Masaaki Nakabayashi 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: 11772707
    Abstract: A method for producing a vehicle rear module that includes: a clear member monolithically including a lamp section and a window section; and a colored member for shielding at least part of a vehicle interior from the exterior. The method for producing the vehicle rear module comprises: a step for injecting a transparent resin from a single resin injection hole into a first cavity to form the clear member; and a step for injecting a colored resin from a plurality of resin injection holes into a second cavity to form the colored member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Tsutsumi, Daisuke Mochizuki, Hideaki Yamamoto, Takenao Yoshimura, Yuki Takahashi, Masaaki Nakabayashi, Hiroaki Hara, Masayuki Kobayashi, Masaru Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20230244078
    Abstract: An optical member includes a base material having a front surface, and an antireflection film provided on the front surface of the base material and including a resin portion and a deformed fiber bound to the resin portion, wherein the antireflection film includes a protruding portion including the deformed fiber, on a surface of the resin portion that is on an opposite side of a side of the base material, wherein the front surface of the base material includes a protrusion portion, and wherein the protruding portion is provided above the protrusion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: JUMPEI HAYASHI, HIROAKI KOBAYASHI, MASANORI ABE, MASAAKI NAKABAYASHI, HIROYUKI TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11639138
    Abstract: A display system is provided in a vehicle and includes: an HUD positioned inside the vehicle and configured so as to display, on the vehicle window, a surrounding environment video indicating the environment surrounding the vehicle; and a display control unit controlling the HUD such that the surrounding environment video is displayed on the window in accordance with prescribed conditions associated to the vehicle or the environment surrounding the vehicle and configured so as to reduce the transmittance of the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Shibata, Misako Kamiya, Naoki Takii, Masaaki Nakabayashi, Yoshiaki Fushimi
  • Patent number: 11597316
    Abstract: A display system provided in a vehicle includes: a road surface drawing device configured to emit a light pattern toward a road surface outside the vehicle; and a display control unit configured to control the road surface drawing device. The display control unit stops emission of the light pattern in response to detection of a light pattern emitted from a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Kurebayashi, Masaaki Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 11598902
    Abstract: An optical member includes a base material containing aluminum or aluminum alloy, a first layer including black porous aluminum oxide provided on the base material, and a second layer including aluminum oxide having a plurality of projection portions provided on the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaaki Nakabayashi, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Masaya Hisamatsu, Manami Tomizuka
  • Publication number: 20220350155
    Abstract: A vehicle display system is provided in a vehicle and includes: a first display device configured to project a light pattern onto a road surface outside the vehicle; a second display device inside the vehicle configured to display a predetermined image to an occupant of the vehicle such that the predetermined image is superimposed on a real space outside the vehicle; and a controller configured to control the first display device and the second display device. In a case where both the predetermined image and the light pattern are displayed, the controller causes a distance from the occupant to the predetermined image to match a distance from the occupant to the light pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Nakabayashi, Yoshinori Shibata, Misako Kamiya, Naoki Takii
  • Patent number: 11180072
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle lamp system which is used along with a future path calculation section for calculating the future path of a host vehicle and an others-determination section for determining the presence or absence of other traffic in the future path. The vehicle lamp system comprises: a stop lamp; a territory lamp which projects light onto the ground so as to display a territory area T including the future path; and a lamp control section which, when the others-determination section determines that other traffic has entered the future path, turns on the stop lamp and the territory lamp at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Nakabayashi, Jun Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20210347259
    Abstract: A vehicle display system, which is provided in a vehicle, includes a first display device configured to emit a light pattern toward a road surface outside the vehicle; and a second display device located inside the vehicle and configured to display predetermined information toward an occupant of the vehicle such that the predetermined information is superimposed on a real space outside the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Shibata, Toshihiko Kurebayashi, Masaaki Nakabayashi, Norihisa Sutou, Yoshiaki Fushimi, Atsushi Sugimoto, Naoki Takii
  • Publication number: 20210309145
    Abstract: A display system provided in a vehicle includes: a road surface drawing device configured to emit a light pattern toward a road surface outside the vehicle; and a display control unit configured to control the road surface drawing device. The display control unit stops emission of the light pattern in response to detection of a light pattern emitted from a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Kurebayashi, Masaaki Nakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20210300259
    Abstract: A display system is provided in a vehicle and includes: an HUD positioned inside the vehicle and configured so as to display, on the vehicle window, a surrounding environment video indicating the environment surrounding the vehicle; and a display control unit controlling the HUD such that the surrounding environment video is displayed on the window in accordance with prescribed conditions associated to the vehicle or the environment surrounding the vehicle and configured so as to reduce the transmittance of the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Shibata, Misako Kamiya, Naoki Takii, Masaaki Nakabayashi, Yoshiaki Fushimi
  • Publication number: 20210256933
    Abstract: A vehicle display system provided to a vehicle, includes a first display device, a second display device, and a display control unit. The first display device is configured to emit a light pattern toward a road surface outside the vehicle. The second display device is located inside the vehicle and configured to display predetermined information toward a passenger in the vehicle so that the predetermined information is superimposed on a real space outside the vehicle. The display control unit is configured to control the first display device. The display control unit is configured to control emission of the light pattern according to a passenger's input operation on a display area where the predetermined information can be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Kurebayashi, Masaaki Nakabayashi, Naoki Takii, Misako Kamiya, Yoshiaki Fushimi
  • Publication number: 20210116606
    Abstract: An optical member 10 includes an antireflection coating 12 on a substrate 11. The antireflection coating 12 includes a resin layer 4 and a modified cross-section fiber 1 bound to the resin layer 4. The modified cross-section fiber includes a core and a plurality of protrusions 3 extending from the core. The protrusions 3 of the modified cross-section fiber 1 have extremities protruding from a surface of the resin layer 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tanaka, Masaaki Nakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20210096284
    Abstract: An optical member includes a base material containing aluminum or aluminum alloy, a first layer including black porous aluminum oxide provided on the base material, and a second layer including aluminum oxide having a plurality of projection portions provided on the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Masaaki Nakabayashi, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Masaya Hisamatsu, Manami Tomizuka
  • Patent number: 10912176
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp has a roof unit. The roof unit includes a plurality of types of light output units having different illumination functions, a light emission drive unit configured to cause the plurality of types of light output units to output lights, and a monitoring sensor. The roof unit is arranged at a roof part of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Masuda, Shigeyuki Watanabe, Hajime Takeda, Akihito Horikawa, Masaaki Nakabayashi, Yusuke Nakada, Osamu Endo
  • Publication number: 20210024139
    Abstract: A method for producing a vehicle rear module that includes: a clear member monolithically including a lamp section and a window section; and a colored member for shielding at least part of a vehicle interior from the exterior. The method for producing the vehicle rear module comprises: a step for injecting a transparent resin from a single resin injection hole into a first cavity to form the clear member; and a step for injecting a colored resin from a plurality of resin injection holes into a second cavity to form the colored member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Tsutsumi, Daisuke Mochizuki, Hideaki Yamamoto, Takenao Yoshimura, Yuki Takahashi, Masaaki Nakabayashi, Hiroaki Hara, Masayuki Kobayashi, Masaru Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20200339031
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle lamp system which is used along with a future path calculation section for calculating the future path of a host vehicle and an others-determination section for determining the presence or absence of other traffic in the future path. The vehicle lamp system comprises: a stop lamp; a territory lamp which projects light onto the ground so as to display a territory area T including the future path; and a lamp control section which, when the others-determination section determines that other traffic has entered the future path, turns on the stop lamp and the territory lamp at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Nakabayashi, Jun Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 10654406
    Abstract: A vehicle illumination system provided to a vehicle capable of traveling in an autonomous driving mode includes: an illumination unit configured to emit a light pattern toward an outside of the vehicle; and an illumination controller configured to control the illumination unit to irradiate the light pattern to a predetermined position. When the vehicle changes a traffic lane from a first traffic lane to a second traffic lane, the illumination controller: controls the illumination unit to irradiate the light pattern on a road surface between a first other vehicle traveling on the second traffic lane and a second other vehicle which is a following vehicle of the first other vehicle; and changes a length of the light pattern, depending on an interval between the first other vehicle and the second other vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihisa Sutou, Masaaki Nakabayashi, Yoshinori Shibata, Ryuho Sato, Naoki Tatara, Akinori Matsumoto, Kiyomi Akachi
  • Patent number: 10602331
    Abstract: An inter-vehicle communication system includes: a first vehicle including a message generator configured to generate a message and a first wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly transmit the generated message; a second vehicle including a second wireless communication unit configured to receive the message transmitted from the first vehicle; and a display device that is located in the second vehicle and is configured to display the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Takii, Misako Kamiya, Toshihiko Kurebayashi, Masaaki Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 10470274
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a plurality of types of light output units having different illumination functions, a light emission drive unit configured to cause the plurality of types of light output units to output lights, and a monitoring sensor. The vehicle lamp is arranged at an upper part of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Masuda, Shigeyuki Watanabe, Hajime Takeda, Akihito Horikawa, Masaaki Nakabayashi, Yusuke Nakada, Osamu Endo
  • Publication number: 20190289696
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp has a roof unit. The roof unit includes a plurality of types of light output units having different illumination functions, a light emission drive unit configured to cause the plurality of types of light output units to output lights, and a monitoring sensor. The roof unit is arranged at a roof part of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Masuda, Shigeyuki Watanabe, Hajime Takeda, Akihito Horikawa, Masaaki Nakabayashi, Yusuke Nakada, Osamu Endo