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).

  • Publication number: 20200195823
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Yasuki FURUTAKE
  • Patent number: 10661725
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Okuda, Takeshi Kazama, Yasuki Furutake, Nobuhisa Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10627606
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensuke Chikata, Takeshi Kazama, Yasuki Furutake, Kazuyoshi Akiba
  • Publication number: 20200096723
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventor: Yasuki FURUTAKE
  • Patent number: 10578840
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuki Furutake, Ken Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20200033567
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuki FURUTAKE, Takeshi KAZAMA, Soji MASUI
  • Patent number: 10534253
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Okuda, Takeshi Kazama, Yasuki Furutake, Nobuhisa Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10511756
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuki Furutake
  • Patent number: 10506145
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Takama, Yasuki Furutake, Soji Masui
  • Publication number: 20190366942
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuki FURUTAKE, Nobuhisa SHIMIZU, Takeshi KAZAMA, Takayuki KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190351841
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuki FURUTAKE, Kazuyoshi AKIBA
  • Patent number: 10474010
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuki Furutake, Takeshi Kazama
  • Patent number: 10466450
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuki Furutake, Takeshi Kazama, Soji Masui
  • Publication number: 20190329721
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Sho OKUDA, Takeshi KAZAMA, Yasuki FURUTAKE, Nobuhisa SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 10406995
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuki Furutake, Kazuyoshi Akiba
  • Patent number: 10412282
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soji Masui, Yasuki Furutake, Daisuke Takama, Kazuma Yamaguchi, Takashi Aoki
  • Patent number: 10391952
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Okuda, Takeshi Kazama, Yasuki Furutake, Nobuhisa Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20190250383
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuki FURUTAKE, Takeshi KAZAMA, Soji MASUI
  • Publication number: 20190235215
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuki FURUTAKE, Ken NISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20190222727
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Nobuhisa SHIMIZU, Yasuki FURUTAKE, Kensuke CHIKATA, Kazuma YAMAGUCHI, Yoichi KAJINO