Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Nakahara

Tsuyoshi Nakahara 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: 9134536
    Abstract: Provided is a heads-up display device that stably achieves a low brightness display in which the display does not feel too bright in a dark environment at night, which further does not give a vehicle driver discomfort with continuous changes in brightness, and which has excellent white balance in the entire range of display brightness. A heads-up display device (1) is provided with an external light illuminance detection section (70) that detects the illuminance of external light and adjusts the display brightness (B) for display of images, which are displayed, on the basis of external light illuminance (P) measured by the external light illuminance detection section (70).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Sekiya, Makoto Hada, Tsuyoshi Nakahara
  • Patent number: 9081184
    Abstract: A head-up display device and a self-checking method therefor are provided, which are able to suppress the direct output of a laser beam to outside. A reflecting means reflects an image generated by a scanning means and projects the image outside of a case, and an angle-adjusting means adjusts the reflecting means to a desired angle. After the ignition switch of the vehicle is turned on, a light-emitting means outputs a scanning laser beam, and the value of the current flowing to the light-emitting means is detected, or a first light intensity, which is the light intensity of the scanning laser beam, is detected. For a period extending at least from the output of the scanning laser beam by the light-emitting means to the establishment of a predetermined condition, the angle-adjusting means is controlled such that the reflecting means is set to a non-visible position at which the scanning laser beam is reflected inside the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yamakawa, Tsuyoshi Nakahara, Makoto Hada, Shun Sekiya, Kazuyoshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20150022898
    Abstract: A head-up display device and a self-checking method therefor are provided, which are able to suppress the direct output of a laser beam to outside. A reflecting means reflects an image generated by a scanning means and projects the image outside of a case, and an angle-adjusting means adjusts the reflecting means to a desired angle. After the ignition switch of the vehicle is turned on, a light-emitting means outputs a scanning laser beam, and the value of the current flowing to the light-emitting means is detected, or a first light intensity, which is the light intensity of the scanning laser beam, is detected. For a period extending at least from the output of the scanning laser beam by the light-emitting means to the establishment of a predetermined condition, the angle-adjusting means is controlled such that the reflecting means is set to a non-visible position at which the scanning laser beam is reflected inside the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yamakawa, Tsuyoshi Nakahara, Makoto Hada, Shun Sekiya, Kazuyoshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20140152711
    Abstract: Provided is a heads-up display device that stably achieves a low brightness display in which the display does not feel too bright in a dark environment at night, which further does not give a vehicle driver discomfort with continuous changes in brightness, and which has excellent white balance in the entire range of display brightness. A heads-up display device (1) is provided with an external light illuminance detection section (70) that detects the illuminance of external light and adjusts the display brightness (B) for display of images, which are displayed, on the basis of external light illuminance (P) measured by the external light illuminance detection section (70).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Sekiya, Makoto Hada, Tsuyoshi Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20130241971
    Abstract: A display device capable of obtaining stable light output even in a state of low brightness and capable of displaying desired display colors is provided. An output control means (80) causes image-forming light to be emitted from a laser source (10) on the basis of image information when the scanning position of an RGB laser beam according to a scanning means is within a display range (20), and causes detection light to be emitted from the laser source (10) when the scanning position is outside the display range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Sekiya, Makoto Hada, Tsuyoshi Nakahara
  • Patent number: D756420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoyuki Okuyama, Satoshi Kitahara, Nagahiro Ogata, Tsuyoshi Nakahara, Yoshihisa Ishikawa
  • Patent number: D758457
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoyuki Okuyama, Satoshi Kitahara, Nagahiro Ogata, Tsuyoshi Nakahara, Yoshihisa Ishikawa
  • Patent number: D762740
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoyuki Okuyama, Satoshi Kitahara, Nagahiro Ogata, Tsuyoshi Nakahara, Yoshihisa Ishikawa