Patents by Inventor Shigetoshi Kajiyama

Shigetoshi Kajiyama 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).

  • Vehicle headlamp apparatus
    Patent number: 6960005
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp apparatus 10 comprising a headlamp 3 for illuminating ahead of a subject vehicle 1, an image capture means 2 for capturing an image 21 ahead of the subject vehicle, a road terminal end determining means 19 for determining a terminal end of a road ahead of the subject vehicle from the image captured by the image capture means, and a light distribution control means 12 for varying a light distribution of the head lamp so as to illuminate a location which is determined to be the terminal end of the road by the road terminal end determining means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinao Daicho, Shigetoshi Kajiyama
  • Vehicle headlamp apparatus
    Publication number: 20040052083
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp apparatus 10 comprising a headlamp 3 for illuminating ahead of a subject vehicle 1, an image capture means 2 for capturing an image 21 ahead of the subject vehicle, a road terminal end determining means 19 for determining a terminal end of a road ahead of the subject vehicle from the image captured by the image capture means, and a light distribution control means 12 for varying a light distribution of the head lamp so as to illuminate a location which is determined to be the terminal end of the road by the road terminal end determining means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshinao Daicho, Shigetoshi Kajiyama