Patents by Inventor Shigeto MURAMATSU

Shigeto MURAMATSU 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: 11167639
    Abstract: A head-up display device includes a casing provided inside an instrument panel and provided with a concave mirror configured to project image information emitted from a light source onto a front windshield glass. In the head-up display device, a retraction portion is provided on a lower side of the concave mirror in a vehicle up-down direction and configured to allow the concave mirror to move downward in the vehicle up-down direction when an impact load is input to the concave mirror from an upper side in the vehicle up-down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taichi Minei, Shigeto Muramatsu, Yasunobu Nagata, Norihisa Nomura, Takashi Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 11002963
    Abstract: A head-up display device includes a casing provided inside an instrument panel. The casing includes an upper case constituting an upper part of the casing and provided with a fragile portion that is configured to be broken when an impact load is input to the casing from an upper side in a vehicle up-down direction, and a lower case constituting a lower part of the casing, provided with a light source unit configured to emit image information, and having a rigidity higher than that of the upper case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taichi Minei, Shigeto Muramatsu, Yasunobu Nagata, Norihisa Nomura, Takashi Tsuboi
  • Publication number: 20200271926
    Abstract: A head-up display device includes a casing provided inside an instrument panel. The casing includes an upper case constituting an upper part of the casing and provided with a fragile portion that is configured to be broken when an impact load is input to the casing from an upper side in a vehicle up-down direction, and a lower case constituting a lower part of the casing, provided with a light source unit configured to emit image information, and having a rigidity higher than that of the upper case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taichi Minei, Shigeto Muramatsu, Yasunobu Nagata, Norihisa Nomura, Takashi Tsuboi
  • Publication number: 20200269694
    Abstract: A head-up display device includes a casing provided inside an instrument panel and provided with a concave mirror configured to project image information emitted from a light source onto a front windshield glass. In the head-up display device, a retraction portion is provided on a lower side of the concave mirror in a vehicle up-down direction and configured to allow the concave mirror to move downward in the vehicle up-down direction when an impact load is input to the concave mirror from an upper side in the vehicle up-down direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taichi Minei, Shigeto Muramatsu, Yasunobu Nagata, Norihisa Nomura, Takashi Tsuboi
  • Publication number: 20170160552
    Abstract: A vehicular information display apparatus includes: a head-up display unit and a controller configured to change an arrangement of information in the vehicle information image that includes vehicle information image that includes a first region, and a second region. The first region includes a first image portion representing current vehicle speed information. The first image portion includes a vehicle speed value display representing a vehicle speed value, and a unit display representing a unit of the vehicle speed value. The controller is configured to set a position of the vehicle speed value display such that the position of the vehicle speed value is left-aligned in the first region, and configured to change a position of the unit display to a position directly below a rightmost numeral of the vehicle speed value display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeto MURAMATSU, Hitoshi KUMON