Patents by Inventor Osamu Kuboyama

Osamu Kuboyama 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: 12269391
    Abstract: A left vehicle lamp (2L) includes a lamp housing (14), a lamp cover (12) that covers an opening of the lamp housing (14), an illumination unit (3, 4) that is disposed inside a lamp chamber (S) formed by the lamp housing (14) and the lamp power bar (12), a radar (5) configured to acquire a radar data indicating a surrounding environment of a vehicle by emitting radio waves toward the outside of the vehicle, and a light guide member (6) that is disposed in a manner of facing the radar (5) so as to hide at least a part of the radar (5) from the outside of the vehicle and is configured to transmit radio waves emitted from the radar (5). The radar (5) is disposed outside the housing (S). The light guide member (6) is configured to emit light toward the outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuta Maruyama, Osamu Kuboyama, Akihito Horikawa, Kosei Kikuchi, Yuichi Watano
  • Patent number: 12222082
    Abstract: A right-side vehicle lamp (2R) comprises: a lamp housing (14); a lamp cover (12) that covers an opening in the lamp housing (14); a low-beam illumination unit (3) positioned inside a lamp chamber (S) formed from the lamp housing (14) and the lamp cover (12); radar (5) configured so as to emit radio waves outside the vehicle, thereby acquiring radar data; and a shielding part (6) positioned so as to face the radar (5) so as to shield the radar (5) from the outside of the vehicle, the shielding part (6) being configured so as to transmit the radio waves emitted from the radar (5). The shielding part (6) is formed integrally with the lamp cover (12). The boundary (B) between the shielding part (6) and the lamp cover (12) is positioned outside the field of view (Fv) of the radar (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Maruyama, Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuichi Watano, Osamu Kuboyama
  • Publication number: 20240391428
    Abstract: A vehicle sensor device (1) includes an outer cover (12), a sensor unit (20) that is disposed deeper inside a vehicle (VE) than the outer cover (12), detects an object using electromagnetic waves transmitted and received through the outer cover (12), and outputs a detection signal related to the detection of the object, and a control unit (CO). The control unit (CO) makes a determination of whether an object detected by sensor unit (20) is included in an image signal from a camera (51) that is mounted on the vehicle (VE) and photographs a detection range of the sensor unit (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi WATANO, Osamu KUBOYAMA, Yoshihiro KATSURADA
  • Publication number: 20240369701
    Abstract: A right-side vehicular lamp includes: a lamp housing; a lamp cover; an illumination unit disposed in a lamp chamber; a radar configured to acquire radar data representing the surrounding environment of a vehicle by emitting radio waves toward the outside of the vehicle; a concealment part that is disposed so as to face the radar so as to conceal the radar from the outside of the vehicle and that is configured to allow the radio waves emitted from the radar to pass through; a support member that is fixed to a vehicle body and that is configured to support and fix the radar; and a positioning part that is disposed between the concealment part and the support member and that is configured to determine a position of the radar with respect to the concealment part. The concealment part is formed integrally with the lamp cover. The positioning part is fixed to the concealment part and engages elastically with the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuichi Watano, Osamu Kuboyama, Yuta Maruyama
  • Patent number: 12055626
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes: a lamp housing; a lamp cover; an illumination unit disposed in a lamp chamber; a radar configured to acquire radar data indicating surroundings of a vehicle by emitting an electromagnetic wave outside the vehicle; a concealing part that faces the radar to conceal the radar from the outside of the vehicle and is configured to let the electromagnetic wave emitted from the radar through; a support member that is fixed to a vehicle body and is configured to support and fix the radar; and a positioning part that is disposed between the concealing part and the support member and is configured to position the radar to the concealing part. The concealing part is formed integrally with the lamp cover. The positioning part is fixed to the concealing part and is configured to engage with the support member elastically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuichi Watano, Osamu Kuboyama, Yuta Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20240110686
    Abstract: A right-side vehicle lamp (2R) comprises: a lamp housing (14); a lamp cover (12) that covers an opening in the lamp housing (14); a low-beam illumination unit (3) positioned inside a lamp chamber (S) formed from the lamp housing (14) and the lamp cover (12); radar (5) configured so as to emit radio waves outside the vehicle, thereby acquiring radar data; and a shielding part (6) positioned so as to face the radar (5) so as to shield the radar (5) from the outside of the vehicle, the shielding part (6) being configured so as to transmit the radio waves emitted from the radar (5). The shielding part (6) is formed integrally with the lamp cover (12). The boundary (B) between the shielding part (6) and the lamp cover (12) is positioned outside the field of view (Fv) of the radar (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Maruyama, Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuichi Watano, Osamu Kuboyama
  • Publication number: 20240109473
    Abstract: A left vehicle lamp (2L) includes a lamp housing (14), a lamp cover (12) that covers an opening of the lamp housing (14), an illumination unit (3, 4) that is disposed inside a lamp chamber (S) formed by the lamp housing (14) and the lamp power bar (12), a radar (5) configured to acquire a radar data indicating a surrounding environment of a vehicle by emitting radio waves toward the outside of the vehicle, and a light guide member (6) that is disposed in a manner of facing the radar (5) so as to hide at least a part of the radar (5) from the outside of the vehicle and is configured to transmit radio waves emitted from the radar (5). The radar (5) is disposed outside the housing (S). The light guide member (6) is configured to emit light toward the outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuta Maruyama, Osamu Kuboyama, Akihito Horikawa, Kosei Kikuchi, Yuichi Watano
  • Patent number: 11878622
    Abstract: A left vehicle lamp includes a lamp housing, a lamp cover that covers an opening of the lamp housing, an illumination unit that is disposed inside a lamp chamber formed by the lamp housing and the lamp power bar, a radar) configured to acquire a radar data indicating a surrounding environment of a vehicle by emitting radio waves toward the outside of the vehicle, and a light guide member that is disposed in a manner of facing the radar so as to hide at least a part of the radar from the outside of the vehicle and is configured to transmit radio waves emitted from the radar. The radar is disposed outside the housing. The light guide member is configured to emit light toward the outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuichi Watano, Yuta Maruyama, Osamu Kuboyama, Akihito Horikawa, Kosei Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11873964
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes: a lamp housing; a lamp cover covering an opening of the lamp housing; an illumination unit disposed in a lamp chamber formed by the lamp housing and the lamp cover; a radar configured to acquire radar data indicating surroundings of a vehicle by emitting an electromagnetic wave outside the vehicle; and a concealing part that faces the radar to conceal the radar from the outside of the vehicle and is configured to let the electromagnetic wave emitted from the radar through. The concealing part is formed integrally with the lamp cover. A boundary between the concealing part and the lamp cover is out of a field of view of the radar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Maruyama, Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuichi Watano, Osamu Kuboyama
  • Publication number: 20230228847
    Abstract: A vehicle sensor device (1) includes an outer cover (12), a sensor unit (20) that transmits and receives an electromagnetic wave through the outer cover (12) and outputs a signal related to the electromagnetic wave incident on an inner side of the outer cover (12), a heater (30) that is provided in the outer cover (12) and heats a transmission region (AR) of the outer cover (12) through which the electromagnetic wave emitted from the sensor unit (20) passes, and a control unit (CO). The control unit (CO) outputs a detection signal of an object located outside the outer cover (12) based on the signal from the sensor unit (20) in at least a part of a period in which the heater (30) is OFF, and stops outputting of the detection signal in at least a part of a period in which the heater (30) is ON.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi WATANO, Osamu KUBOYAMA, Yoshihiro KATSURADA, Daigo YAMAMOTO, Kosei KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230062751
    Abstract: A left vehicle lamp (2L) includes a lamp housing (14), a lamp cover (12) that covers an opening of the lamp housing (14), an illumination unit (3, 4) that is disposed inside a lamp chamber (S) formed by the lamp housing (14) and the lamp power bar (12), a radar (5) configured to acquire a radar data indicating a surrounding environment of a vehicle by emitting radio waves toward the outside of the vehicle, and a light guide member (6) that is disposed in a manner of facing the radar (5) so as to hide at least a part of the radar (5) from the outside of the vehicle and is configured to transmit radio waves emitted from the radar (5). The radar (5) is disposed outside the housing (S). The light guide member (6) is configured to emit light toward the outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuichi Watano, Yuta Maruyama, Osamu Kuboyama, Akihito Horikawa, Kosei Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20220316678
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes: a lamp housing; a lamp cover covering an opening of the lamp housing; an illumination unit disposed in a lamp chamber formed by the lamp housing and the lamp cover; a radar configured to acquire radar data indicating surroundings of a vehicle by emitting an electromagnetic wave outside the vehicle; and a concealing part that faces the radar to conceal the radar from the outside of the vehicle and is configured to let the electromagnetic wave emitted from the radar through. The concealing part is formed integrally with the lamp cover. A boundary between the concealing part and the lamp cover is out of a field of view of the radar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Maruyama, Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuichi Watano, Osamu Kuboyama
  • Publication number: 20220268923
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes: a lamp housing; a lamp cover; an illumination unit disposed in a lamp chamber; a radar configured to acquire radar data indicating surroundings of a vehicle by emitting an electromagnetic wave outside the vehicle; a concealing part that faces the radar to conceal the radar from the outside of the vehicle and is configured to let the electromagnetic wave emitted from the radar through; a support member that is fixed to a vehicle body and is configured to support and fix the radar; and a positioning part that is disposed between the concealing part and the support member and is configured to position the radar to the concealing part. The concealing part is formed integrally with the lamp cover. The positioning part is fixed to the concealing part and is configured to engage with the support member elastically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuichi Watano, Osamu Kuboyama, Yuta Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11143378
    Abstract: A vehicular display device includes: a reflective display configured to provide display toward an outside of a vehicle; and a light emission member arranged to face a display part of the reflective display. The light emission member is configured to allow light to be incident from a display part side and light to be incident from an opposite side to the display part side to pass through the light emission member, and is configured to emit light toward the display part, which is different from the light to be incident from the display part side and the light to be incident from the opposite side to the display part side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Kuboyama, Masaya Shido, Toru Ito, Yoshiro Ito, Masaru Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10576873
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a laser light source that is able to emit laser light and emits laser light generated by the laser light source forward from an emission end, and an optical mechanism that performs scanning with the laser light and depicts a figure in an irradiation destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Ichikawa, Toshiaki Tsuda, Noriko Sato, Masanobu Mizuno, Osamu Kuboyama, Takeshi Masuda
  • Publication number: 20200010012
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a laser light source that is able to emit laser light and emits laser light generated by the laser light source forward from an emission end, and an optical mechanism that performs scanning with the laser light and depicts a figure in an irradiation destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki ICHIKAWA, Toshiaki TSUDA, Noriko SATO, Masanobu MIZUNO, Osamu KUBOYAMA, Takeshi MASUDA
  • Patent number: 10457193
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a laser light source that is able to emit laser light and emits laser light generated by the laser light source forward from an emission end. The vehicle lamp includes a light-shielding member that shields the emission end from light from above to at least a horizontal position in front of the emission end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Ichikawa, Toshiaki Tsuda, Noriko Sato, Masanobu Mizuno, Osamu Kuboyama, Takeshi Masuda
  • Publication number: 20190301701
    Abstract: A vehicular display device includes: a reflective display configured to provide display toward an outside of a vehicle; and a light emission member arranged to face a display part of the reflective display. The light emission member is configured to allow light to be incident from a display part side and light to be incident from an opposite side to the display part side to pass through the light emission member, and is configured to emit light toward the display part, which is different from the light to be incident from the display part side and the light to be incident from the opposite side to the display part side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Kuboyama, Masaya Shido, Toru Ito, Yoshiro Ito, Masaru Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10120038
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle lamp including: an organic EL element; and a lighting circuit that applies a voltage to the organic EL device with a rise time of the voltage of 5 milliseconds or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Harada, Masaya Shido, Osamu Kuboyama, Yoshiro Ito, Toru Ito
  • Publication number: 20170328960
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle lamp including: an organic EL element; and a lighting circuit that applies a voltage to the organic EL device with a rise time of the voltage of 5 milliseconds or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Tomoaki Harada, Masaya Shido, Osamu Kuboyama, Yoshiro Ito, Toru Ito