Patents by Inventor Yudai Minami

Yudai Minami 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: 10738955
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes: a first laser light source configured to shine a blue first laser beam; second laser light source configured to shine a second laser beam of a color other than blue; a fixed mirror that reflects at least one of the first laser beam or the second laser beam; a moveable mirror that reflects the first laser beam and the second laser beam; a conversion member that is configured to convert the first laser beam into white light as the first laser beam passes through the conversion member; and a controller that is configured so that the movable mirror causes only the first laser beam shone from the first laser light source to pass through the conversion member so as to be shone in the vehicle forward direction toward a high beam area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Yasushi Yatsuda, Yudai Minami
  • Publication number: 20200182425
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes: a first laser light source configured to shine a blue first laser beam; second laser light source configured to shine a second laser beam of a color other than blue; a fixed mirror that reflects at least one of the first laser beam or the second laser beam; a moveable mirror that reflects the first laser beam and the second laser beam; a conversion member that is configured to convert the first laser beam into white light as the first laser beam passes through the conversion member; and a controller that is configured so that the movable mirror causes only the first laser beam shone from the first laser light source to pass through the conversion member so as to be shone in the vehicle forward direction toward a high beam area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Yasushi Yatsuda, Yudai Minami
  • Patent number: 10268151
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: a photoconductor configured to be rotatable; a charger configured to charge the photoconductor; an overcurrent detector configured to output an overcurrent detection signal in response to detection of an overcurrent in the charger; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to execute: an obtaining process of obtaining the overcurrent detection signal output from the overcurrent detector; a first counting process of counting a first number of detections based on the overcurrent detection signal obtained in the obtaining process, the first number of detections being the number of the overcurrent detection signals synchronized with a first cycle corresponding to one rotation of the photoconductor; and a first determining process of determining whether the first number of detections is not smaller than a first threshold which is not smaller than 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masamitsu Takahashi, Masahito Hamaya, Hiroki Katoh, Yudai Minami, Katsumi Inukai
  • Publication number: 20180259894
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: a photoconductor configured to be rotatable; a charger configured to charge the photoconductor; an overcurrent detector configured to output an overcurrent detection signal in response to detection of an overcurrent in the charger; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to execute: an obtaining process of obtaining the overcurrent detection signal output from the overcurrent detector; a first counting process of counting a first number of detections based on the overcurrent detection signal obtained in the obtaining process, the first number of detections being the number of the overcurrent detection signals synchronized with a first cycle corresponding to one rotation of the photoconductor; and a first determining process of determining whether the first number of detections is not smaller than a first threshold which is not smaller than 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Masamitsu Takahashi, Masahito Hamaya, Hiroki Katoh, Yudai Minami, Katsumi Inukai