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).
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Patent number: 12269391Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 1, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuta Maruyama, Osamu Kuboyama, Akihito Horikawa, Kosei Kikuchi, Yuichi Watano
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Patent number: 12222082Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 6, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuta Maruyama, Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuichi Watano, Osamu Kuboyama
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Publication number: 20240391428Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2022Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichi WATANO, Osamu KUBOYAMA, Yoshihiro KATSURADA
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Publication number: 20240369701Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuichi Watano, Osamu Kuboyama, Yuta Maruyama
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Patent number: 12055626Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuichi Watano, Osamu Kuboyama, Yuta Maruyama
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Publication number: 20240110686Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuta Maruyama, Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuichi Watano, Osamu Kuboyama
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Publication number: 20240109473Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuta Maruyama, Osamu Kuboyama, Akihito Horikawa, Kosei Kikuchi, Yuichi Watano
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Patent number: 11878622Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuichi Watano, Yuta Maruyama, Osamu Kuboyama, Akihito Horikawa, Kosei Kikuchi
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Patent number: 11873964Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuta Maruyama, Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuichi Watano, Osamu Kuboyama
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Publication number: 20230228847Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichi WATANO, Osamu KUBOYAMA, Yoshihiro KATSURADA, Daigo YAMAMOTO, Kosei KIKUCHI
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Publication number: 20230062751Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2020Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuichi Watano, Yuta Maruyama, Osamu Kuboyama, Akihito Horikawa, Kosei Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20220316678Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuta Maruyama, Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuichi Watano, Osamu Kuboyama
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Publication number: 20220268923Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsurada, Yuichi Watano, Osamu Kuboyama, Yuta Maruyama
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Patent number: 11143378Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Osamu Kuboyama, Masaya Shido, Toru Ito, Yoshiro Ito, Masaru Sasaki
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Patent number: 10576873Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoyuki Ichikawa, Toshiaki Tsuda, Noriko Sato, Masanobu Mizuno, Osamu Kuboyama, Takeshi Masuda
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Publication number: 20200010012Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoyuki ICHIKAWA, Toshiaki TSUDA, Noriko SATO, Masanobu MIZUNO, Osamu KUBOYAMA, Takeshi MASUDA
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Patent number: 10457193Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoyuki Ichikawa, Toshiaki Tsuda, Noriko Sato, Masanobu Mizuno, Osamu Kuboyama, Takeshi Masuda
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Publication number: 20190301701Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Osamu Kuboyama, Masaya Shido, Toru Ito, Yoshiro Ito, Masaru Sasaki
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Patent number: 10120038Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoaki Harada, Masaya Shido, Osamu Kuboyama, Yoshiro Ito, Toru Ito
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Publication number: 20170328960Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Tomoaki Harada, Masaya Shido, Osamu Kuboyama, Yoshiro Ito, Toru Ito