Patents by Inventor Tadahiko Kanou

Tadahiko Kanou 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: 8339332
    Abstract: In a windshield (11) of a vehicle equipped with a head up display formed from laminated glass, exterior glass (12), an intermediate layer (13), an image display layer (14) and interior glass (15) are laminated; since the image display layer (14) is interposed between the interior glass (15) and the intermediate layer (13) (or between the exterior glass 12 and the intermediate layer 13), and the thickness of the exterior glass (12) is made smaller than the thickness of the interior glass (15), a distance (T) from the image display layer (14) to the outer surface of the exterior glass (12) can be made small. It is therefore possible to reduce the displacement between a real image formed from light directly emitted toward a driver from an image (14a) on the image display layer (14) and a reflected image formed from light emitted from the image (14a) and reflected by the outer surface of the exterior glass (12), thus minimizing ghosting of the image and thereby enhancing visibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tadahiko Kanou
  • Publication number: 20100214194
    Abstract: In a windshield (11) of a vehicle equipped with a head up display formed from laminated glass, exterior glass (12), an intermediate layer (13), an image display layer (14) and interior glass (15) are laminated; since the image display layer (14) is interposed between the interior glass (15) and the intermediate layer (13) (or between the exterior glass 12 and the intermediate layer 13), and the thickness of the exterior glass (12) is made smaller than the thickness of the interior glass (15), a distance (T) from the image display layer (14) to the outer surface of the exterior glass (12) can be made small. It is therefore possible to reduce the displacement between a real image formed from light directly emitted toward a driver from an image (14a) on the image display layer (14) and a reflected image formed from light emitted from the image (14a) and reflected by the outer surface of the exterior glass (12), thus minimizing ghosting of the image and thereby enhancing visibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tadahiko Kanou