Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Okamura
Toshihiro Okamura 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).
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Publication number: 20190217779Abstract: A vehicular detection device configured to be mounted to at least one of a right or a left side of a vehicle body includes a detection unit configured to detect an object. An outermost part of the vehicular detection device in a right and left direction is flush with or more inward than an outer surface of a side surface part of the vehicle body in the right and left direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2017Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Tatara, Toshihiro Okamura
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Publication number: 20190202355Abstract: Problem: To provide a vehicle monitoring system capable of checking a wide range of area at the rear of a vehicle to afford a high level of safety, without increasing an amount of protrusion from the side surface of the vehicle body. Solution: A vehicle monitoring system 1 is provided with a first camera 11 that shoots a first area at the rear side of a vehicle; a second camera 12 that shoots a second area further toward the inside in the width direction of the vehicle compared with the first area; an ECU 13 that combines videos captured by the two cameras; and a monitor 15 that displays the combined image. The first camera 11 is contained in an STSL 3 on a vehicle body side surface, and the second camera 12 is installed in an RCL 4 or a high mounted stop lamp at the rear of the vehicle body. A video processing circuit 14 performs correction to improve the visibility of the videos of an overlapping section captured by the cameras 11 and 12.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Naoki Tatara, Toshihiro Okamura
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Publication number: 20190168664Abstract: A vehicle illumination system for a vehicle capable of traveling in an automatic driving mode includes a left-side communication support lamp and a right-side communication support lamp configured to lit light toward an outside of the vehicle and arranged to be visually recognized from the front of the vehicle, and an illumination controller configured to, when the vehicle detects a target object, change an illumination state of at least one of the left-side communication support lamp and the right-side communication support lamp. Each of the left-side communication support lamp and the right-side communication support lamp includes a plurality of light-emitting segments arranged side by side in a right and left direction of the vehicle. The illumination controller is configured to change an illumination state of each of the plurality of light-emitting segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Tatara, Toshihiro Okamura, Takeshi Masuda
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Publication number: 20190086773Abstract: A camera module shoots a satisfactory image by suppressing the adherence of water droplets to a part in a light transmitting cover through which imaging light is transmitted. Provided are an outer casing (4) comprising a housing (2) having an opening and a light transmitting cover (3) for closing the opening; and a camera module (31) arranged inside the outer casing. A part of the light transmitting cover is provided as a transmission window (23a) through which imaging light incident on the camera module is transmitted and a restriction part (27) for restricting the inflow of water droplets toward the transmission window is provided to the light transmitting cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihiro OKAMURA, Naoki TATARA, Akinobu KUBOTA
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Publication number: 20190012911Abstract: An illumination device installed in a vehicle capable of traveling in an automatic driving mode is provided with an illumination unit configured so as to radiate light outward from the vehicle, and an illumination control unit configured so as to control the illumination unit, on the basis of an illumination control signal sent from transportation infrastructure, which is provided with a light-emitting body for radiating light outward, in order to make the illumination state of the illumination unit correspond to the illumination state of the light-emitting body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2016Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki TAKII, Masashi YAMAZAKI, Naoki TATARA, Toshihiro OKAMURA, Takeshi MASUDA
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Publication number: 20190011930Abstract: An illumination device provided in a vehicle capable of traveling in an automatic driving mode is provided with: an illumination unit configured so that light is emitted toward the outside of the vehicle; and an illumination control unit configured so that, on the basis of an illumination control signal transmitted from another vehicle capable of traveling in an automatic driving mode and provided with an illumination unit, the illumination state of the illumination unit corresponds to the illumination state of the illumination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2016Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki TATARA, Toshihiro OKAMURA, Takeshi MASUDA
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Publication number: 20180319320Abstract: There is provided a vehicular component which include an illumination device capable of favorably illuminating the periphery of a host vehicle. There is provided a vehicular component that includes an illumination device (3) installed on a roof part (30) and configured to cover a vehicle interior space from above. The illumination device (4) includes a light source unit (100) and a light emitting unit (300). The light emitting unit (300) configured to emit light by light emitted from the light source unit (100) is provided along an outer peripheral edge (31) of the roof part (30) in a top view of the vehicle (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki TATARA, Toshihiro OKAMURA, Takeshi MASUDA, Osamu ENDO
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Publication number: 20180319325Abstract: A vehicle illumination device which is provided in a vehicle capable of travelling in an automatic driving mode includes an illumination unit configured to display stop warning information forewarning stop of the vehicle toward a front of the vehicle, and an illumination controller configured to control the illumination unit such that the stop warning information is displayed toward the front of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Tatara, Toshihiro Okamura, Takeshi Masuda, Naoki Takii
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Publication number: 20180312106Abstract: This illumination device (4) is configured so as to display, outside a vehicle (1) capable of traveling in an automatic driving mode, information related to the automatic driving of the vehicle (1), and is provided with an illumination unit (42) which is configured so as to shine light outside the vehicle (1) and around the entire periphery of the vehicle (1) in the horizontal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2016Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki TATARA, Toshihiro OKAMURA, Takeshi MASUDA
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Publication number: 20180304804Abstract: This illumination device is configured so as to display, outside a vehicle capable of traveling in an automatic driving mode, information indicating the driving mode of the vehicle, and is provided with: an illumination unit configured so as to shine light outside the vehicle; and an illumination control unit configured so as to set the illumination state of the illumination unit in a prescribed illumination state in accordance with the driving mode of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2016Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki TATARA, Toshihiro OKAMURA, Takeshi MASUDA, Naoki TAKII
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Publication number: 20180222492Abstract: A vehicular illumination device provided to a vehicle capable of travelling in an automatic driving mode includes an illumination unit configured to display advance-notice information for giving advance-notice of automatic traveling control of the vehicle so that a passenger in the vehicle can visually recognize the advance-notice information, and an illumination controller configured to control the illumination unit so that the passenger in the vehicle can visually recognize the advance-notice information before the automatic traveling control of the vehicle is executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Takii, Naoki Tatara, Toshihiro Okamura, Takeshi Masuda
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Publication number: 20180105101Abstract: The present invention is provided with: an outer housing configured from a housing having an opening, and a translucent cover closing the opening; a substrate disposed inside of the outer hosing; a camera module, which has an image pickup element, and is disposed on the substrate; and a light emitting element, which is provided as a light source, and is disposed on the substrate. Consequently, since the camera module and the light emitting element are disposed on the substrate that is disposed inside of the outer housing, the number of configuration components is small, thereby achieving reduction of the number of components, and size reduction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki TATARA, Toshihiro OKAMURA
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Patent number: 9669754Abstract: Provided is a turn signal lamp including a light source, a light guide, and a camera having an image capture device, which are installed within a lamp chamber formed by a lamp body and an outer cover. At least a portion of the light guide is formed in an area that extends from the camera in a direction following a vehicle surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Tatara, Toshihiro Okamura, Kenji Nobuhara, Hiroya Koizumi, Kazuyuki Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20160207444Abstract: Provided is a turn signal lamp including a light source, a light guide, and a camera having an image capture device, which are installed within a lamp chamber formed by a lamp body and an outer cover. At least a portion of the light guide is formed in an area that extends from the camera in a direction following a vehicle surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Naoki Tatara, Toshihiro Okamura, Kenji Nobuhara, Hiroya Koizumi, Kazuyuki Ishikawa
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Patent number: 8373155Abstract: An infrared photodetector including a layer structure of an intermediate layer, and a quantum dot layer having a narrower band gap than the intermediate layer and including a plurality of quantum dots alternately stacked, and detecting photocurrent generated when infrared radiation is applied to the layer structure to thereby detect the infrared radiation, the infrared photodetector further including a first barrier layer provided on one side of the quantum dot layer and having a larger band gap than the intermediate layer; and a second barrier layer provided on the other side of the quantum dot layer and having a larger band gap than the intermediate layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2009Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignees: Technical Research & Development Institute Ministry of Defense of Japan, Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Toshihiro Okamura, Mitsuhiro Nagashima, Michiya Kibe, Hironori Nishino, Yasuhito Uchiyama, Yusuke Matsukura
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Publication number: 20100032652Abstract: An infrared photodetector including a layer structure of an intermediate layer, and a quantum dot layer having a narrower band gap than the intermediate layer and including a plurality of quantum dots alternately stacked, and detecting photocurrent generated when infrared radiation is applied to the layer structure to thereby detect the infrared radiation, the infrared photodetector further including a first barrier layer provided on one side of the quantum dot layer and having a larger band gap than the intermediate layer; and a second barrier layer provided on the other side of the quantum dot layer and having a larger band gap than the intermediate layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2009Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicants: TECHNICAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF JAPAN, FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Toshihiro Okamura, Mitsuhiro Nagashima, Michiya Kibe, Hironori Nishino, Yasuhito Uchiyama, Yusuke Matsukura
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Publication number: 20100032651Abstract: A quantum dot infrared photodetector includes a quantum dot structure including intermediate layers, and a quantum dot layer sandwiched between the intermediate layers and including quantum dots whose energy potential is low for carriers, the intermediate layers and the quantum dots being formed of a III-V compound semiconductor with the V element being As, and an AlAs layer being provided on one of the interfaces between the intermediate layers and the quantum dot layer including the quantum dots and covering at least the quantum dots.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2009Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicants: TECHNICAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF JAPAN, FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Toshihiro Okamura, Mitsuhiro Nagashima, Michiya Kibe, Ryo Suzuki, Yasuhito Uchiyama, Hironori Nishino
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Patent number: 4402948Abstract: Oxygenated sterylglycoside derivatives of the formula (I) wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are the same or different and each is hydrogen or lower alkanoyl, Y is ##STR1## and R.sub.5 is 4-methylpentyl, 3-ethyl-4-methylpentyl or 3-ethyl-4-methyl-1-pentenyl are useful for their hemostatic and capillary stabilizing effects.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1981Date of Patent: September 6, 1983Assignee: Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shingo Matsumura, Hiroshi Enomoto, Koji Kitaguchi, Masakuni Ozaki, Masahiko Kitano, Toshihiro Okamura, Haruo Tanaka