Patents by Inventor Yosuke MENJO

Yosuke MENJO 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: 20250187690
    Abstract: A road surface rendering device for projecting an area marker on a road surface around the vehicle. The road surface rendering device is to be mounted on a vehicle. The area marker is configured to be constantly projected at least during nighttime traveling of the vehicle. In a case where a traveling state of the vehicle changes, a projection region of the area marker transitions from a first region to a second region different from the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Menjo, Koichi Tanabe, Shingo Kato
  • Publication number: 20250020304
    Abstract: A road surface drawing lamp is configured to be mounted on a vehicle. The road surface drawing lamp is configured to draw a sequential light pattern in which an irradiation region changes in a sequential manner in a drawing region set in a surrounding region of the vehicle. The road surface drawing lamp is configured to first form, as the sequential light pattern, a first light pattern which is drawn at least in a part including a tip portion of the drawing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yosuke MENJO
  • Patent number: 12109934
    Abstract: A vehicle system, in a vehicle that travels around a corner by tilting a vehicle body toward a turning direction, includes a light source, an optical member configured to form a predetermined light distribution pattern including a plurality of regions formed in parallel in one direction by irradiating a front side of a lamp with light from the light source, a sensor configured to detect a lamp position of an object outside the vehicle, and a control unit configured to determine an upper end position of the object based on the lamp position, and to adjust the predetermined light distribution pattern such that among the plurality of regions, a first region including the upper end position is not irradiated with the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yosuke Menjo
  • Patent number: 11993333
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes: a light source; an optical member configured to form a predetermined light distribution pattern by radiating light; and a controller configured to adjust the predetermined light distribution pattern so as to include a first non-irradiation range in which an object outside a vehicle is not irradiated with the light when the object is detected. The controller is configured to define the first non-irradiation range based on a case where a vehicle body is in a straight traveling state. When the vehicle body is in a cornering state, the controller is configured to acquire height information of the object in accordance with a tilting state of the vehicle body, define a second non-irradiation range narrower than the first non-irradiation range based on the height information, and adjust the predetermined light distribution pattern so as to include the second non-irradiation range instead of the first non-irradiation range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yosuke Menjo
  • Publication number: 20230278486
    Abstract: A vehicle system, in a vehicle that travels around a corner by tilting a vehicle body toward a turning direction, includes a light source, an optical member configured to form a predetermined light distribution pattern including a plurality of regions formed in parallel in one direction by irradiating a front side of a lamp with light from the light source, a sensor configured to detect a lamp position of an object outside the vehicle, and a control unit configured to determine an upper end position of the object based on the lamp position, and to adjust the predetermined light distribution pattern such that among the plurality of regions, a first region including the upper end position is not irradiated with the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yosuke Menjo
  • Patent number: 11708956
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes: a light source that emits a light; an optical member including a lens that irradiates the light from the light source to a front of the vehicle lamp and forms a predetermined light distribution pattern including a plurality of regions; and a controller that, when an object outside the vehicle is detected, adjusts the predetermined light distribution pattern so as not to irradiate at least one first region including the object among the plurality of regions with the light. When the vehicle body is in a cornering state, the controller acquires inclination information of the vehicle body, determines whether there is a second region that does not exceed a reference line, based on the inclination information, and when determining that there is the second region, irradiates the second region with the light even when the object is included in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yosuke Menjo
  • Publication number: 20230011436
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes: a light source; an optical member configured to form a predetermined light distribution pattern by radiating light; and a controller configured to adjust the predetermined light distribution pattern so as to include a first non-irradiation range in which an object outside a vehicle is not irradiated with the light when the object is detected. The controller is configured to define the first non-irradiation range based on a case where a vehicle body is in a straight traveling state. When the vehicle body is in a cornering state, the controller is configured to acquire height information of the object in accordance with a tilting state of the vehicle body, define a second non-irradiation range narrower than the first non-irradiation range based on the height information, and adjust the predetermined light distribution pattern so as to include the second non-irradiation range instead of the first non-irradiation range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yosuke MENJO
  • Publication number: 20220082227
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes: a light source that emits a light; an optical member including a lens that irradiates the light from the light source to a front of the vehicle lamp and forms a predetermined light distribution pattern including a plurality of regions; and a controller that, when an object outside the vehicle is detected, adjusts the predetermined light distribution pattern so as not to irradiate at least one first region including the object among the plurality of regions with the light. When the vehicle body is in a cornering state, the controller acquires inclination information of the vehicle body, determines whether there is a second region that does not exceed a reference line, based on the inclination information, and when determining that there is the second region, irradiates the second region with the light even when the object is included in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventor: Yosuke MENJO