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公开(公告)号:US11873964B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-16
申请号:US17628069
申请日:2020-07-17
Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Inventor: Yuta Maruyama , Yoshihiro Katsurada , Yuichi Watano , Osamu Kuboyama
CPC classification number: F21S45/10 , B60Q1/0023 , B60Q1/04 , F21S41/28 , G01S7/027 , G01S13/931
Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes: a lamp housing; a lamp cover covering an opening of the lamp housing; an illumination unit disposed in a lamp chamber formed by the lamp housing and the lamp cover; a radar configured to acquire radar data indicating surroundings of a vehicle by emitting an electromagnetic wave outside the vehicle; and a concealing part that faces the radar to conceal the radar from the outside of the vehicle and is configured to let the electromagnetic wave emitted from the radar through. The concealing part is formed integrally with the lamp cover. A boundary between the concealing part and the lamp cover is out of a field of view of the radar.
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公开(公告)号:US20220316678A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-06
申请号:US17628069
申请日:2020-07-17
Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Inventor: Yuta Maruyama , Yoshihiro Katsurada , Yuichi Watano , Osamu Kuboyama
Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes: a lamp housing; a lamp cover covering an opening of the lamp housing; an illumination unit disposed in a lamp chamber formed by the lamp housing and the lamp cover; a radar configured to acquire radar data indicating surroundings of a vehicle by emitting an electromagnetic wave outside the vehicle; and a concealing part that faces the radar to conceal the radar from the outside of the vehicle and is configured to let the electromagnetic wave emitted from the radar through. The concealing part is formed integrally with the lamp cover. A boundary between the concealing part and the lamp cover is out of a field of view of the radar.
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公开(公告)号:US10955553B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-23
申请号:US16408936
申请日:2019-05-10
Applicant: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Yuichi Watano , Shigeyuki Watanabe
IPC: H04N5/225 , G01S17/86 , G01S7/497 , G01S17/931
Abstract: A sensor system mounted on a vehicle includes: a first sensor configured to acquire information on a first area outside the vehicle; a second sensor configured to acquire information on a second area that partially overlaps with the first area outside the vehicle; and a controller configured to change an information acquisition rate of the first sensor and an information acquisition rate of the second sensor, in which when the information acquisition rate of one of the first sensor and the second sensor falls below a predetermined value, the controller increases the information acquisition rate of the other sensor to be higher than the predetermined value.
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公开(公告)号:US11681037B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-20
申请号:US16720170
申请日:2019-12-19
Applicant: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Nobutaka Tezuka , Yuichi Watano , Shigeyuki Watanabe
IPC: G01S13/931 , F21S41/663 , B60Q1/00
CPC classification number: G01S13/931 , B60Q1/0023 , F21S41/663 , G01S2013/93277
Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a lamp chamber, an automatic operation marker lamp unit, and a sensor device. The lamp chamber includes a lamp body and an outer lens, and the automatic operation marker lamp unit and the sensor device are integrated in the lamp chamber. The automatic operation marker lamp unit informs surroundings that a vehicle is being driven automatically, and a sensor device detects information around the vehicle.
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公开(公告)号:US20230062751A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-02
申请号:US17642135
申请日:2020-09-09
Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Inventor: Yoshihiro Katsurada , Yuichi Watano , Yuta Maruyama , Osamu Kuboyama , Akihito Horikawa , Kosei Kikuchi
IPC: B60Q1/00 , F21S43/14 , F21S43/242 , G01S13/931 , H01Q1/32
Abstract: A left vehicle lamp (2L) includes a lamp housing (14), a lamp cover (12) that covers an opening of the lamp housing (14), an illumination unit (3, 4) that is disposed inside a lamp chamber (S) formed by the lamp housing (14) and the lamp power bar (12), a radar (5) configured to acquire a radar data indicating a surrounding environment of a vehicle by emitting radio waves toward the outside of the vehicle, and a light guide member (6) that is disposed in a manner of facing the radar (5) so as to hide at least a part of the radar (5) from the outside of the vehicle and is configured to transmit radio waves emitted from the radar (5). The radar (5) is disposed outside the housing (S). The light guide member (6) is configured to emit light toward the outside of the vehicle.
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公开(公告)号:US11248767B2
公开(公告)日:2022-02-15
申请号:US16978556
申请日:2019-03-01
Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Inventor: Yuichi Watano , Yukio Nomura , Yoshiyuki Nakanishi , Teppei Muramatsu , Yichao Xie
IPC: F21S41/657 , B60Q1/068 , G01S7/481 , G01S17/931
Abstract: A first camera unit (111) acquires an image including at least an area ahead of a vehicle based on a first optical axis (X1). A second camera unit (112) acquires an image including at least an area on the left of the vehicle based on a second optical axis (X2). When viewed from an up-down direction of the vehicle, the first optical axis (X1) and the second optical axis (X2) intersect with each other.
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公开(公告)号:US09969321B2
公开(公告)日:2018-05-15
申请号:US15364506
申请日:2016-11-30
Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Inventor: Yuichi Watano , Takahisa Nakamura
CPC classification number: B60Q1/10 , B60Q2300/114 , B60Q2300/116 , B60Q2300/132
Abstract: A control device of a vehicle lamp device includes a reception unit and a control unit. The control unit includes a timing determination unit configured to determine a driving timing of an actuator configured to change a posture of the vehicle lamp device. The timing determination unit drives the actuator when an acquisition number of the output values of the acceleration sensor reaches a first number while a vehicle speed is less than a predetermined value, and drives the actuator when the acquisition number of the output values of the acceleration sensor reaches a second number smaller than the first number while the vehicle speed is equal to or greater than the predetermined value.
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公开(公告)号:US12187186B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-07
申请号:US18243135
申请日:2023-09-07
Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Inventor: Yuichi Watano , Takao Muramatsu
Abstract: A vehicle lamp system includes an illuminance variable lamp, a lamp-mounted camera, and a lamp control unit. After acquiring position information of a low accuracy region from a vehicle control unit, the lamp control unit acquires illuminance of the low accuracy region by referring to information acquired by the lamp-mounted camera, controls the illuminance variable lamp so as to increase the illuminance of the low accuracy region if the illuminance of the low accuracy region is less than a threshold, and/or controls the illuminance variable lamp so as to decrease the illuminance of the low accuracy region if the illuminance of the low accuracy region is equal to or greater than the threshold.
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公开(公告)号:US20240369701A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-07
申请号:US18773992
申请日:2024-07-16
Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Inventor: Yoshihiro Katsurada , Yuichi Watano , Osamu Kuboyama , Yuta Maruyama
IPC: G01S13/931 , B60Q1/00 , B60Q1/04 , F21S41/20
Abstract: A right-side vehicular lamp includes: a lamp housing; a lamp cover; an illumination unit disposed in a lamp chamber; a radar configured to acquire radar data representing the surrounding environment of a vehicle by emitting radio waves toward the outside of the vehicle; a concealment part that is disposed so as to face the radar so as to conceal the radar from the outside of the vehicle and that is configured to allow the radio waves emitted from the radar to pass through; a support member that is fixed to a vehicle body and that is configured to support and fix the radar; and a positioning part that is disposed between the concealment part and the support member and that is configured to determine a position of the radar with respect to the concealment part. The concealment part is formed integrally with the lamp cover. The positioning part is fixed to the concealment part and engages elastically with the support member.
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公开(公告)号:US11667234B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-06
申请号:US17952783
申请日:2022-09-26
Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Inventor: Yuta Maruyama , Takehito Iriba , Yoshihiro Katsurada , Yuichi Watano , Takuya Kataoka
IPC: B60Q1/08 , B60Q1/14 , F21S41/148 , B60Q1/00 , F21W102/135
CPC classification number: B60Q1/143 , B60Q1/0005 , F21S41/148 , B60Q2300/45 , F21W2102/135
Abstract: A vehicle lamp system includes a vehicle lamp, a first imaging device structured to be disposed outside a lamp room, and generate a first image, a second imaging device structured to be housed in the lamp room, and generate a second image, and a light distribution control device. The light distribution control device includes an information processor structured to acquire from an outside or generate information of a first light shielding part, and decide a second light shielding part, a control executer structured to execute light distribution control for forming a light distribution pattern including the second light shielding part, and a control regulator structured to control the vehicle lamp to form a light distribution pattern including the first light shielding part when at least one condition of a condition (i) to a condition (iv).
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