Patents by Inventor Naoyuki KURAKE

Naoyuki KURAKE 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).

  • Publication number: 20240149919
    Abstract: A vehicle selection device includes a processor. The processor is configured to execute a selection process of selecting, as a target vehicle to be followed by a specific vehicle, a preceding vehicle candidate that satisfies one or more selection conditions based on surrounding vehicle information being information on one or more preceding vehicle candidates around the specific vehicle. In the selection process, the processor is configured to change the one or more selection conditions in accordance with traveling environment information around the specific vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki TERASHITA, Hayato SHIRAI, Naoyuki KURAKE
  • Patent number: 10974660
    Abstract: A camera module is mountable to an inner side of a front windshield of a vehicle and is configured to capture an image of an external environment of the vehicle. The camera module includes an optical assembly, a camera casing, and an adhesive. The optical assembly includes an assembly reference surface for determining the position of an optical axis and captures an image of the external environment by forming an optical image incident along the optical axis from the external environment. The camera casing includes a casing reference surface to be positioned with respect to the front windshield on the outside of the camera casing and accommodates the optical assembly in a state separate from inner wall surfaces. The adhesive joins the optical assembly to the camera casing in a state in which the assembly reference surface is aligned with an imaginary plane extending along the casing reference surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soji Masui, Yoichi Kajino, Naoyuki Kurake, Yoshihide Itou, Sho Okuda
  • Publication number: 20200017037
    Abstract: A camera module is mountable to an inner side of a front windshield of a vehicle and is configured to capture an image of an external environment of the vehicle. The camera module includes an optical assembly, a camera casing, and an adhesive. The optical assembly includes an assembly reference surface for determining the position of an optical axis and captures an image of the external environment by forming an optical image incident along the optical axis from the external environment. The camera casing includes a casing reference surface to be positioned with respect to the front windshield on the outside of the camera casing and accommodates the optical assembly in a state separate from inner wall surfaces. The adhesive joins the optical assembly to the camera casing in a state in which the assembly reference surface is aligned with an imaginary plane extending along the casing reference surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Soji MASUI, Yoichi KAJINO, Naoyuki KURAKE, Yoshihide ITOU, Sho OKUDA