Patents by Inventor Takehiro HAMADA

Takehiro HAMADA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240051625
    Abstract: In a rectifying mechanism, a left actuator and a right actuator are independently controlled based on a pressure of traveling wind to a vehicle, and a rotation amount of a left deflector and a rotation amount of a right deflector are independently adjusted. Therefore, positions of the deflectors can be appropriately adjusted according to a situation of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke NAKAYAMA, Nobuhiro KUDO, Takehiro HAMADA, Kazuyuki YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230415649
    Abstract: A vehicle viewing device 10 includes a mirror 20 that is configured to assist viewing by an occupant, a mirror-face adjustment device 30 that is configured to adjust a mirror-face 20A of the mirror 20, and a support member 40 that is formed with attachment holes 43, wherein the attachment holes 43 enable attachment of the mirror-face adjustment device 30, with translation, to the support member 40. The mirror-face adjustment device 30 is attached to the support member 40 with the attachment position of the mirror-face adjustment device 30 with respect to the support member 40 changed. This enables the position of the mirror-face adjustment device 30 to be changed to match a shape of the mirror 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Takehiro HAMADA, Yuto NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230048867
    Abstract: In a vehicle camera device, a camera is housed inside a bracket of a base, and a stud bolt of the base is connected to a side door. Heat generated by the camera is transferred to the side door via the bracket, the base, and the stud bolt. Therefore, the heat generated by the camera can be efficiently released from the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Kenichi SUGISAKA, Masakazu IWATSUKI, Tomonori ICHIKAWA, Takehiro HAMADA, Tomohiro NAKAO, Ryusuke SADAMATSU, Suguru FUJISAKI
  • Publication number: 20230023457
    Abstract: In a vehicle camera device, engaging claws of a base are passed through through-holes of a camera mechanism and insertion pins of a second cover are inserted in insertion holes that are within the engaging claws, such that the through-holes are positioned with respect to the engaging claws and the insertion pins are positioned with respect to the insertion holes. Therefore, the camera mechanism and the second cover can be positioned with respect to the base, and a lens of the camera mechanism and an opening of the second cover can be aligned well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Ryusuke SADAMATSU, Masakazu IWATSUKI, Kenichi SUGISAKA, Tomonori ICHIKAWA, Takehiro HAMADA, Tomohiro NAKAO, Suguru FUJISAKI
  • Patent number: 11103093
    Abstract: Wind noise is suppressed from occurring in a gap between a support body and a housing body, without obstructing movement of the housing body with respect to the support body. An outer mirror device includes a mirror that assists visual recognition by an occupant of a vehicle, a visor that houses the mirror, a base that supports the visor such that the visor is capable of moving, and a seal member that is provided to the base. The seal member is separated from the visor when a speed of the vehicle is a predetermined speed or lower, and abuts the visor when the speed of the vehicle exceeds the predetermined speed so as to seal at least part of a space between the visor and the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Takehiro Hamada
  • Patent number: 11040662
    Abstract: A viewing device for a vehicle including: a supporting body provided at a vehicle body side; a pivoting body that is pivotably supported at the supporting body, with a gap being provided between the pivoting body and the supporting body in a radial direction of pivoting; a viewing instrument that is provided at the pivoting body, that facilitates viewing by a vehicle occupant, and that is folded in or folded out as a result of the pivoting body being pivoted to one side or to another side; and a restricting portion that is provided at one of the supporting body or the pivoting body, and that restricts communication between one side and another side of the gap, with the restriction of communication between the one side and the other side of the gap being released when the viewing instrument is folded in or folded out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sawada, Takehiro Hamada, Yuto Nakayama, Nobuhiro Kudo
  • Patent number: 10457213
    Abstract: Fixed-to portions of a visor cover are fixed to fixing portions of a bracket. Engagement hooks of the visor cover are disposed at back sides of outer peripheral end portions of a visor rim. When the fixed-to portions are caused to abut abutting portions of the bracket and the visor rim, the engagement hook is separated from the outer peripheral end portion in a vehicle width direction and the engagement hook is separated from the outer peripheral end portion in a vehicle front-rear direction. Thus, the fixed-to portions are caused to abut the abutting portions and are moved toward the fixing portions, enabling rubbing of the engagement hook and the engagement hook against the outer peripheral end portion and the outer peripheral end portion to be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Takehiro Hamada
  • Patent number: 10457215
    Abstract: A vehicle mirror device including: a support body supported on a vehicle body side; a housing body housing the mirror; a covering body that covers the housing body at a back face side of the mirror; an up-down restricting section that restricts relative movement of the first bottom wall section and the second bottom wall section in the up-down direction; a horizontal displacement restricting section that restricts relative movement of the first bottom wall section and the second bottom wall section in the extension direction of the boundary; and an engagement section that is provided at mutually adjacent sides of the first and second bottom wall sections, such that the first and second bottom walls engage with each other in a state bearing tension in a direction to separate the first bottom wall section and the second bottom wall section from each other in a bottom view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Takehiro Hamada
  • Publication number: 20190315277
    Abstract: A viewing device for a vehicle including: a supporting body provided at a vehicle body side; a pivoting body that is pivotably supported at the supporting body, with a gap being provided between the pivoting body and the supporting body in a radial direction of pivoting; a viewing instrument that is provided at the pivoting body, that facilitates viewing by a vehicle occupant, and that is folded in or folded out as a result of the pivoting body being pivoted to one side or to another side; and a restricting portion that is provided at one of the supporting body or the pivoting body, and that restricts communication between one side and another side of the gap, with the restriction of communication between the one side and the other side of the gap being released when the viewing instrument is folded in or folded out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SAWADA, Takehiro HAMADA, Yuto NAKAYAMA, Nobuhiro KUDO
  • Patent number: 10378877
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device that reduces the computation load in image processing, an image processing method, and a program. A rough-detection component detecting unit detects markers shown in an image. A marker selecting unit selects a predetermined number of markers from among the markers detected by the rough-detection component detecting unit. A specific-detection component detecting unit detects the predetermined number of markers selected by the marker selecting unit in a more specific manner than the rough-detection component detecting unit. An estimating/processing unit estimates positions and postures of the markers based on results of the detection performed by the specific-detection component detecting unit. The present technique can be applied to an image processing device that combines the background of a person captured by a camera with another background image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Nagano, Takehiro Hamada, Hironori Hattori
  • Patent number: 10328857
    Abstract: A door mirror includes a first attachment section in which an abutting portion is provided at a plating visor so as to extend along a vehicle up-down direction, and in which a restricting portion that abuts the abutting portion is provided at a visor cover; and a second attachment section in which an engagement portion is provided at the plating visor so as to extend along the vehicle up-down direction, and in which a catch portion that engages with the engagement portion is provided at the visor cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Takehiro Hamada
  • Publication number: 20190176706
    Abstract: Wind noise is suppressed from occurring in a gap between a support body and a housing body, without obstructing movement of the housing body with respect to the support body. An outer mirror device includes a mirror that assists visual recognition by an occupant of a vehicle, a visor that houses the mirror, a base that supports the visor such that the visor is capable of moving, and a seal member that is provided to the base. The seal member is separated from the visor when a speed of the vehicle is a predetermined speed or lower, and abuts the visor when the speed of the vehicle exceeds the predetermined speed so as to seal at least part of a space between the visor and the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Takehiro HAMADA
  • Patent number: 10132913
    Abstract: A photographing apparatus includes a position estimation unit and a photographing control unit. The position estimation unit is configured to use a long-term template of a target to be tracked and a short-term template of the target to be tracked, which are created from a past taken image, to estimate a position of the target to be tracked in a current taken image. The long-term template is a template updated at a longer interval, and the short-term template is a template updated at a shorter interval. The photographing control unit is configured to control photographing on the basis of the position estimated by the position estimation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Sho Ogura, Takehiro Hamada
  • Publication number: 20170355309
    Abstract: A door mirror includes a first attachment section in which an abutting portion is provided at a plating visor so as to extend along a vehicle up-down direction, and in which a restricting portion that abuts the abutting portion is provided at a visor cover; and a second attachment section in which an engagement portion is provided at the plating visor so as to extend along the vehicle up-down direction, and in which a catch portion that engages with the engagement portion is provided at the visor cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventor: Takehiro HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20170355311
    Abstract: A vehicle mirror device including: a support body supported on a vehicle body side; a housing body housing the mirror; a covering body that covers the housing body at a back face side of the mirror; an up-down restricting section that restricts relative movement of the first bottom wall section and the second bottom wall section in the up-down direction; a horizontal displacement restricting section that restricts relative movement of the first bottom wall section and the second bottom wall section in the extension direction of the boundary; and an engagement section that is provided at mutually adjacent sides of the first and second bottom wall sections, such that the first and second bottom walls engage with each other in a state bearing tension in a direction to separate the first bottom wall section and the second bottom wall section from each other in a bottom view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventor: Takehiro HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20170355310
    Abstract: Fixed-to portions of a visor cover are fixed to fixing portions of a bracket. Engagement hooks of the visor cover are disposed at back sides of outer peripheral end portions of a visor rim. When the fixed-to portions are caused to abut abutting portions of the bracket and the visor rim, the engagement hook is separated from the outer peripheral end portion in a vehicle width direction and the engagement hook is separated from the outer peripheral end portion in a vehicle front-rear direction. Thus, the fixed-to portions are caused to abut the abutting portions and are moved toward the fixing portions, enabling rubbing of the engagement hook and the engagement hook against the outer peripheral end portion and the outer peripheral end portion to be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventor: Takehiro HAMADA
  • Patent number: 9707893
    Abstract: Deformation of an assembly portion side portion of a rotating portion is suppressed in a rotating mechanism. In a vehicle door mirror device, a case rotates with respect to an assembly portion of a stand on actuation of a stowage mechanism, thereby rotating a bracket and a mirror integrally with the case. The case is housed inside a housing sleeve of the bracket from the lower side. A reinforcement is fixed to the lower side of the case, the reinforcement thereby restricting deformation of a lower side portion of the case. Vibration deformation of the lower side portion of the case due for example to vibration of the vehicle can accordingly be suppressed, enabling the occurrence of chattering of the mirror to be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Takehiro Hamada, Masakazu Iwatsuki
  • Patent number: 9292761
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a feature point extraction unit that extracts feature points from an input image, a feature amount calculation unit that calculates feature amounts of the feature points, an image processing unit that processes the marker image to transform the feature amounts of non-distinguishing feature points into feature amounts of distinguishing feature points when the feature points extracted from a marker image included in the input image are not distinguishing, and a marker image generation unit that generates a new marker image based on the processing result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Hamada, Hidetoshi Nagano, Hironori Hattori
  • Publication number: 20150260505
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device that reduces the computation load in image processing, an image processing method, and a program. A rough-detection component detecting unit detects markers shown in an image. A marker selecting unit selects a predetermined number of markers from among the markers detected by the rough-detection component detecting unit. A specific-detection component detecting unit detects the predetermined number of markers selected by the marker selecting unit in a more specific manner than the rough-detection component detecting unit. An estimating/processing unit estimates positions and postures of the markers based on results of the detection performed by the specific-detection component detecting unit. The present technique can be applied to an image processing device that combines the background of a person captured by a camera with another background image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Nagano, Takehiro Hamada, Hironori Hattori
  • Publication number: 20140362238
    Abstract: A photographing apparatus includes a position estimation unit and a photographing control unit. The position estimation unit is configured to use a long-term template of a target to be tracked and a short-term template of the target to be tracked, which are created from a past taken image, to estimate a position of the target to be tracked in a current taken image. The long-term template is a template updated at a longer interval, and the short-term template is a template updated at a shorter interval. The photographing control unit is configured to control photographing on the basis of the position estimated by the position estimation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Sho Ogura, Takehiro Hamada