Patents by Inventor Yoshiharu Tanaka

Yoshiharu Tanaka 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: 11948958
    Abstract: The solid-state imaging element includes a photoelectric converter, a first separator, and a second separator. The photoelectric converter is configured to perform photoelectric conversion of incident light. The first separator configured to separate the photoelectric converter is formed in a first trench formed from a first surface side. The second separator configured to separate the photoelectric converter is formed in a second trench formed from a second surface side facing a first surface. The present technology is applicable to an individual imaging element mounted on, e.g., a camera and configured to acquire an image of an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Honda, Tetsuya Uchida, Toshifumi Wakano, Yusuke Tanaka, Yoshiharu Kudoh, Hirotoshi Nomura, Tomoyuki Hirano, Shinichi Yoshida, Yoichi Ueda, Kosuke Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11767958
    Abstract: In order to ensure accuracy for positioning two molding members spaced from each other and an outer lens disposed in an opening between the two molding members, a vehicle lighting device includes: a first molding member; a second molding member that is formed separately from the first molding member and is spaced from the first molding member through an opening; and an outer lens, disposed in the opening, having a transmissive surface through which lamp light is transmitted from a depth side toward a front side. The first molding member and the second molding member each have a molding-side positioning portion configured to be positioned relative to the transmissive surface of the outer lens. The outer lens has a first lens-side positioning portion configured to be positioned relative to the first molding member and a second lens-side positioning portion configured to be positioned relative to the second molding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuhki Kuramitsu, Yoshiharu Tanaka, Hirotaka Fukui, Masaya Kometani, Makoto Okada, Hiroyuki Harai
  • Publication number: 20220333754
    Abstract: In order to ensure accuracy for positioning two molding members spaced from each other and an outer lens disposed in an opening between the two molding members, a vehicle lighting device includes: a first molding member; a second molding member that is formed separately from the first molding member and is spaced from the first molding member through an opening; and an outer lens, disposed in the opening, having a transmissive surface through which lamp light is transmitted from a depth side toward a front side. The first molding member and the second molding member each have a molding-side positioning portion configured to be positioned relative to the transmissive surface of the outer lens. The outer lens has a first lens-side positioning portion configured to be positioned relative to the first molding member and a second lens-side positioning portion configured to be positioned relative to the second molding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Yuhki Kuramitsu, Yoshiharu Tanaka, HIrotaka Fukui, Masaya Kometani, Makoto Okada, Hiroyuki Harai
  • Patent number: 11385176
    Abstract: In a cover device for a near-infrared sensor, a plate-shaped cover is arranged in a vehicle such that near-infrared light transmitted from a near-infrared sensor passes through the cover in the thickness direction. A part of the cover in the thickness direction is constituted by a bright decorative layer, which reflects part of incident visible light and allows near-infrared light to pass through. The cover is configured such that the near-infrared light transmittance is higher than the visible light transmittance. The vehicle further includes a light emitting portion, which emits visible light to the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Okumura, Shintarou Okawa, Hiroaki Ando, Hirotaka Fukui, Yoshiharu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11092666
    Abstract: A millimeter wave radar unit includes a housing including a first opening and a second opening, a millimeter wave radar mounted to the housing in such a manner as to close the first opening of the housing, and a cover including a cover main body as an emblem and being mounted to the housing in such a manner as to cover the second opening of the housing, with a millimeter wave to be emitted from the millimeter wave radar, transmitted through the cover main body and illuminate an exterior side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Fukui, Yuhki Kuramitsu, Yoshiharu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200363329
    Abstract: In a cover device for a near-infrared sensor, a plate-shaped cover is arranged in a vehicle such that near-infrared light transmitted from a near-infrared sensor passes through the cover in the thickness direction. A part of the cover in the thickness direction is constituted by a bright decorative layer, which reflects part of incident visible light and allows near-infrared light to pass through. The cover is configured such that the near-infrared light transmittance is higher than the visible light transmittance. The vehicle further includes a light emitting portion, which emits visible light to the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Koji OKUMURA, Shintarou OKAWA, Hiroaki ANDO, Hirotaka FUKUI, Yoshiharu TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10634300
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting element, a light guide, which includes a light guiding region and a lens region, which are continuous between both ends of the light guide, with the light guiding region to propagate therein light emitted from the light emitting element, with the lens region including a light extracting surface on an opposite side thereof to the light guiding region to extract the light propagated inside the light guiding region to outside, a first cover, which covers a surface of the light guiding region with an air layer therebetween, and a second cover, which covers the first cover while adhering tightly to a side surface of the lens region in such a manner as to hermetically seal the air layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Fukui, Yoshiharu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200124702
    Abstract: A millimeter wave radar unit includes a housing including a first opening and a second opening, a millimeter wave radar mounted to the housing in such a manner as to close the first opening of the housing, and a cover including a cover main body as an emblem and being mounted to the housing in such a manner as to cover the second opening of the housing, with a millimeter wave to be emitted from the millimeter wave radar, transmitted through the cover main body and illuminate an exterior side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Hirotaka Fukui, Yuhki Kuramitsu, Yoshiharu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200080698
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting element, a light guide, which includes a light guiding region and a lens region, which are continuous between both ends of the light guide, with the light guiding region to propagate therein light emitted from the light emitting element, with the lens region including a light extracting surface on an opposite side thereof to the light guiding region to extract the light propagated inside the light guiding region to outside, a first cover, which covers a surface of the light guiding region with an air layer therebetween, and a second cover, which covers the first cover while adhering tightly to a side surface of the lens region in such a manner as to hermetically seal the air layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Hirotaka FUKUI, Yoshiharu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10436413
    Abstract: An illumination device includes: an elongated light guide; a first light source; a second light source; and a controller. A first increase beginning time point at which the brightness of the first light source begins to increase from zero is prior to a second increase beginning time point at which the brightness of the second light source begins to increase from zero. A first increase finish time point at which the brightness of the first light source finishes increasing to the first set brightness is simultaneous with or prior to a second increase finish time point at which the brightness of the second light source finishes increasing to the second set brightness. A time from the first increase beginning time point to the second increase finish time point is not more than 0.2 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Renge Asakawa, Yoshiharu Tanaka, Hirotaka Fukui, Yuki Kuramitsu, Taro Isogai
  • Publication number: 20190086053
    Abstract: An illumination device includes: an elongated light guide; a first light source; a second light source; and a controller. A first increase beginning time point at which the brightness of the first light source begins to increase from zero is prior to a second increase beginning time point at which the brightness of the second light source begins to increase from zero. A first increase finish time point at which the brightness of the first light source finishes increasing to the first set brightness is simultaneous with or prior to a second increase finish time point at which the brightness of the second light source finishes increasing to the second set brightness. A time from the first increase beginning time point to the second increase finish time point is not more than 0.2 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Renge ASAKAWA, Yoshiharu TANAKA, Hirotaka FUKUI, Yuki KURAMITSU, Taro ISOGAI
  • Patent number: 10191201
    Abstract: A light emitting emblem includes: a board; a light source arranged at the board; a light guide plate having a second peripheral edge and an inner side portion, the second peripheral edge having a first surface facing the light source and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface including a light entering part into which light from the light source is incident, and the second surface including an inclination part through which the light incident into the light entering part is reflected to the inner side portion from the second peripheral edge; and a shielding plate that shields the light from the light source and prevents light not incident from the light entering part from being incident into the inner side portion, wherein the inclination part is positioned at an outer edge of the light emitting emblem from the shielding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Kuramitsu, Hirotaka Fukui, Yoshiharu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20180346732
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a turmeric pigment composition. More specifically, the present invention provides a turmeric pigment composition in which aggregation and sedimentation of a turmeric pigment over time is effectively prevented even when a concentrated amount of turmeric pigment is incorporated in a solvent; the turmeric pigment composition also ensures a desirable color-developing property, and is capable of stably adding a deep color with a bright tone, which was never accomplished by a hitherto-known colorant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: SAN-EI GEN F.F.I., INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Miuchi, Masayuki Nishino, Yasushi Sasaki, Takashi Morimoto, Yoshiharu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10023745
    Abstract: [Object] The present invention relates to a turmeric pigment composition. More specifically, the present invention provides a turmeric pigment composition in which aggregation and sedimentation of a turmeric pigment over time is effectively prevented even when a concentrated amount of turmeric pigment is incorporated in a solvent; the turmeric pigment composition also ensures a desirable color-developing property, and is capable of stably adding a deep color with a bright tone, which was never accomplished by a hitherto-known colorant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: SAN-EI GEN F.F.I., INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Miuchi, Masayuki Nishino, Yasushi Sasaki, Takashi Morimoto, Yoshiharu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9983343
    Abstract: A decorative lighting apparatus includes: a light source; an elongated outer lens; and a housing, wherein: the outer lens includes: a surface protrusion having a surface that is the light emitting surface and both sides; a back protrusion having a back and both sides; a first connection part, one end thereof in a short-side direction being connected to one side of the protrusions; and a second connection part, one end thereof in a short-side direction being connected to the other side of the protrusion; the housing is fixedly attached to the other end in the short-side direction of each of the first and second connection parts; the light source is arranged to be opposite to one section of the back protrusion; and a width of both sides of the surface protrusion is greater than a width of a surface of the surface protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Tanaka, Yuki Kuramitsu, Shinichi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20170357044
    Abstract: A light emitting emblem includes: a board; a light source arranged at the board; a light guide plate having a second peripheral edge and an inner side portion, the second peripheral edge having a first surface facing the light source and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface including a light entering part into which light from the light source is incident, and the second surface including an inclination part through which the light incident into the light entering part is reflected to the inner side portion from the second peripheral edge; and a shielding plate that shields the light from the light source and prevents light not incident from the light entering part from being incident into the inner side portion, wherein the inclination part is positioned at an outer edge of the light emitting emblem from the shielding plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Yuki KURAMITSU, Hirotaka Fukui, Yoshiharu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20170355302
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a display apparatus including a light blocking housing having a peripheral wall and formed at an inner side of the peripheral wall with a concave part, a light source arranged in the concave part, and a lid having an opposite surface to the housing, sealing the light source in the concave part, and having a light transmitting decorative surface formed at a part of the opposite surface except for an end portion, the manufacturing method includes: forming a top surface of the peripheral wall as a stepwise surface including an outer bonding surface and an inner stepped surface lowered more than the bonding surface by one step; and bonding the end portion of the opposite surface to the bonding surface in a state in which an end portion of the decorative surface is allowed to face the stepped surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Yuki KURAMITSU, Hirotaka FUKUI, Yoshiharu TANAKA
  • Patent number: 9789814
    Abstract: Provided is an indirect light-emitting front grill including: a front grill 22; light-emitting members 4, 14; and illuminated members 1, 11 disposed along the design portion. The illuminated members 1, 11 have reflecting portions 2, 12 that reflect light emitted by the light-emitting members 4, 14. The reflecting portions 2, 12 are visible via the front grill viewed from the front, and have a black or dark color or the same color as or a similar color to the front grill 22. This front grill has openings 3, 13 through which currents of air introduced from outside the vehicle are further introduced into the inside of the vehicle, the openings being located nearer to the outer edges of the front grill 22 than to the reflecting portions 2, 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Tanaka, Moriyuki Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20170023723
    Abstract: A decorative lighting apparatus includes: a light source; an elongated outer lens; and a housing, wherein: the outer lens includes: a surface protrusion having a surface that is the light emitting surface and both sides; a back protrusion having a back and both sides; a first connection part, one end thereof in a short-side direction being connected to one side of the protrusions; and a second connection part, one end thereof in a short-side direction being connected to the other side of the protrusion; the housing is fixedly attached to the other end in the short-side direction of each of the first and second connection parts; the light source is arranged to be opposite to one section of the back protrusion; and a width of both sides of the surface protrusion is greater than a width of a surface of the surface protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiharu TANAKA, Yuki Kuramitsu, Shinichi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9428373
    Abstract: A rotary-type filling machine includes a rotary body, a liquid distribution chamber, a plurality of filling flow path configuration units, each of which has a fluid path constituted by a liquid path connected to the liquid distribution chamber and a liquid valve and configured to individually introduce a liquid into a container, a filling control device, a liquid supply unit, a pressure difference information detection unit configured to detect pressure difference information between a liquid distribution chamber pressure, which is a pressure of the liquid in the liquid distribution chamber, and a filling atmospheric pressure detected as a pressure of a flow release unit in a filling flow path configuration unit at an arbitrary radial direction position of the rotary body, and a rotation information detection unit configured to detect rotation information of the rotary body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES FOOD & PACKAGING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Tanaka, Masayuki Hayashi, Shinji Ishikura