Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Kataishi

Tomoyuki Kataishi 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: 10870401
    Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging device wherein an imaging unit can be stably supported by a bracket and adverse effects on the imaging unit caused by differences in the amount of thermal expansion between the bracket and the imaging unit can be reduced. This imaging device 1 is provided with an imaging unit 10 attachable to the bracket. The imaging unit 10 is provided with a plurality of supported parts 15 to be supported by the bracket. The supported parts 15 are provided on both ends of the imaging unit 10 in the width direction DW crossing the light axis OA direction at one end of the imaging unit 10 in the light axis OA direction, and in the center part in the width direction DW at the other end of the imaging unit 10 in the light axis OA direction. The supported parts 15 have supported points 15a, which are supported by the bracket, and load points 15b, which receive the biasing force operating toward the supported points 15a from the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kataishi, Hidenori Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20190193649
    Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging device wherein an imaging unit can be stably supported by a bracket and adverse effects on the imaging unit caused by differences in the amount of thermal expansion between the bracket and the imaging unit can be reduced. This imaging device 1 is provided with an imaging unit 10 attachable to the bracket. The imaging unit 10 is provided with a plurality of supported parts 15 to be supported by the bracket. The supported parts 15 are provided on both ends of the imaging unit 10 in the width direction DW crossing the light axis OA direction at one end of the imaging unit 10 in the light axis OA direction, and in the center part in the width direction DW at the other end of the imaging unit 10 in the light axis OA direction. The supported parts 15 have supported points 15a, which are supported by the bracket, and load points 15b, which receive the biasing force operating toward the supported points 15a from the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KATAISHI, Hidenori SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20130329017
    Abstract: Vehicle-mounted camera device includes first imaging unit, second imaging unit, image control unit for outputting imaging timing signals for controlling imaging timings of first imaging unit and second imaging unit to the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit, and outputting transmission timing control signals for controlling transmission timings of signals output from the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit to the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit, and an image processing unit for performing an image processing on the signals output from the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit. Image control unit temporarily offsets a timing of outputting the signal from the first imaging unit to the image processing unit from a timing of outputting the signal from the second imaging unit to the image processing unit based on the transmission timing control signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Hayakawa, Masaaki Fukuhara, Tomoyuki Kataishi