Patents by Inventor YASUKI FURUTAKE
YASUKI FURUTAKE 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: 20200195823Abstract: In a lens module, a first lens barrel has opposing first and second ends and an optical axis. A glass lens is disposed in the first lens barrel, and a resin lens is disposed in the first lens barrel and is arranged to be closer to the second end than the glass lens is. A second lens barrel is disposed in the first lens barrel to surround the at least one resin lens. A holding mechanism applies pressing force to the at least one glass lens and the second lens barrel in a direction of the optical axis to perform pressure holding of the at least one glass lens and the second lens barrel in a direction of the optical axis. The holding mechanism holds the at least one resin lens while preventing the pressing force from being directly applied to the at least one resin lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventor: Yasuki FURUTAKE
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Patent number: 10661725Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and configured to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes multiple lens units on which an optical image of the external environment is incident, individually, and an imaging system to generate an outside image of the external environment by imaging through each of the lens units, individually.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Sho Okuda, Takeshi Kazama, Yasuki Furutake, Nobuhisa Shimizu
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Patent number: 10627606Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and configured to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes multiple lens units on which an optical image of the external environment is incident, individually, and an imaging system to generate an outside image of the external environment by imaging through each of the lens units, individually.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kensuke Chikata, Takeshi Kazama, Yasuki Furutake, Kazuyoshi Akiba
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Publication number: 20200096723Abstract: A camera module is attached to an inside of a windshield of a vehicle to capture an image of an outside view. The camera module includes an imager, a lens set equipped with a first lens and a second lens, a lens barrel in which the lens set is disposed, and a main spacer fit in the lens barrel. The lens barrel retains the first lens using an axial force oriented along an optical axis of the lens set. The main spacer is disposed between the first and second lenses and transmits the axial force from one of the first and second lenses to the other. This structure enables the camera module to be reduced in size without sacrificing the optical performance thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: Yasuki FURUTAKE
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Patent number: 10578840Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes a lens unit and an imager to image the external environment by forming an optical image, which is from the external environment through the lens unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuki Furutake, Ken Nishioka
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Publication number: 20200033567Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes a lens unit and an imager to image the external environment by forming an optical image, which is from the external environment through the lens unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Yasuki FURUTAKE, Takeshi KAZAMA, Soji MASUI
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Patent number: 10534253Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and configured to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes multiple lens units on which an optical image of the external environment is incident, individually, and an imaging system to generate an outside image of the external environment by imaging through each of the lens units, individually.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Sho Okuda, Takeshi Kazama, Yasuki Furutake, Nobuhisa Shimizu
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Patent number: 10511756Abstract: In a vehicular camera, a light receiving area of a light detector is arranged to receive light incident thereto via a lens and is arranged such that a predetermined portion of the light receiving area is located along the inclination direction of the inner surface of a windshield. A housing supports the lens and stores the light detector such that the lens faces the inner surface of the windshield, and the optical axis of the lens intersects with the inner surface of the windshield at an angle selected from a predetermined angular range including a right angle. The focal length of the lens is set within a range expressed by the following equation: (V/11.43)?f?(V/2.48) where f represents the focal length, and V represents half of a length in millimeters of the predetermined portion of the light receiving area along the inclination direction of the inner surface of the windshield.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yasuki Furutake
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Patent number: 10506145Abstract: In a camera apparatus, a camera case is fixed to a windshield from within a cabin of a vehicle. A camera module includes an optical unit and a camera substrate. The optical unit includes a lens. The camera substrate includes an image sensor. The optical unit includes a lens barrel portion and a base portion. The lens barrel portion holds the lens therein. The base portion has a reference surface that serves as a reference for positioning when the camera module is fixed to the camera case and to which the lens barrel portion is fixed so as to have a fixed positional relationship. The camera substrate is fixed to the optical unit in a position in which an optical axis of the lens passes through a center of a light receiving surface of the image sensor and is perpendicular to the light receiving surface of the image sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Takama, Yasuki Furutake, Soji Masui
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Publication number: 20190366942Abstract: In an imaging device mounted in the interior of a vehicle, a camera module is arranged so as to image the area ahead of the vehicle via a windshield. A processing substrate is provided integrally with the camera module and includes a processing part that controls the camera module. When the side on which an incident light receiving face exists in the camera module is defined as camera front and the side opposite to the camera front is defined as camera rear, the whole processing substrate is arranged at the camera rear with respect to the camera module.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Yasuki FURUTAKE, Nobuhisa SHIMIZU, Takeshi KAZAMA, Takayuki KIMURA
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Publication number: 20190351841Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and configured to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes multiple lens units on which an optical image of the external environment is incident, individually, and an imaging system to generate an outside image of the external environment by imaging through each of the lens units, individually.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: Yasuki FURUTAKE, Kazuyoshi AKIBA
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Patent number: 10474010Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes a lens unit and an imager to image the external environment by forming an optical image, which is from the external environment through the lens unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuki Furutake, Takeshi Kazama
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Patent number: 10466450Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes a lens unit and an imager to image the external environment by forming an optical image, which is from the external environment through the lens unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuki Furutake, Takeshi Kazama, Soji Masui
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Publication number: 20190329721Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and configured to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes multiple lens units on which an optical image of the external environment is incident, individually, and an imaging system to generate an outside image of the external environment by imaging through each of the lens units, individually.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Sho OKUDA, Takeshi KAZAMA, Yasuki FURUTAKE, Nobuhisa SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 10406995Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and configured to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes multiple lens units on which an optical image of the external environment is incident, individually, and an imaging system to generate an outside image of the external environment by imaging through each of the lens units, individually.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuki Furutake, Kazuyoshi Akiba
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Patent number: 10412282Abstract: A camera device which includes a holder which retains an optical member therein and a circuit board on which an image sensor is mounted. The holder is joined to the circuit board using an adhesive agent. The circuit board at least partially includes a metallic layer and a resinous layer stacked in a thickness-wise direction of the circuit board. The circuit board has a metallic layer-absent portion in which the metallic layer is partially omitted. The metallic layer-absent portion is located so as to overlap the joint between the holder and the circuit board in the thickness-wise direction of the circuit board, thereby minimizing the transfer of heat of the adhesive agent to the metallic layer. This achieves effective hardening the adhesive agent, which will facilitate the ease with which the camera device is assembled.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Soji Masui, Yasuki Furutake, Daisuke Takama, Kazuma Yamaguchi, Takashi Aoki
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Patent number: 10391952Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and configured to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes multiple lens units on which an optical image of the external environment is incident, individually, and an imaging system to generate an outside image of the external environment by imaging through each of the lens units, individually.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Sho Okuda, Takeshi Kazama, Yasuki Furutake, Nobuhisa Shimizu
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Publication number: 20190250383Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes a lens unit and an imager to image the external environment by forming an optical image, which is from the external environment through the lens unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Yasuki FURUTAKE, Takeshi KAZAMA, Soji MASUI
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Publication number: 20190235215Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes a lens unit and an imager to image the external environment by forming an optical image, which is from the external environment through the lens unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Yasuki FURUTAKE, Ken NISHIOKA
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Publication number: 20190222727Abstract: A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes a lens unit and an imager to image the external environment by forming an optical image, which is from the external environment through the lens unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Nobuhisa SHIMIZU, Yasuki FURUTAKE, Kensuke CHIKATA, Kazuma YAMAGUCHI, Yoichi KAJINO