Koito Manufacturing Company, Ltd.

Kosei Kikuchi

Yuichi Watano

Osamu Kuboyama

Yoshihiro Katsurada

Yuta Maruyama

Akihito Horikawa

Daigo Yamamoto

A vehicle sensor device () includes an outer cover (), a sensor unit () that transmits and receives an electromagnetic wave through the outer cover () and outputs a signal related to the electromagnetic wave incident on an inner side of the outer cover (), a heater () that is provided in the outer cover () and heats a transmission region (AR) of the outer cover () through which the electromagnetic wave emitted from the sensor unit () passes, and a control unit (CO). The control unit (CO) outputs a detection signal of an object located outside the outer cover () based on the signal from the sensor unit () in at least a part of a period in which the heater () is OFF, and stops outputting of the detection signal in at least a part of a period in which the heater () is ON.

Vehicle sensor device

A left vehicle lamp (L) includes a lamp housing (), a lamp cover () that covers an opening of the lamp housing (), an illumination unit () that is disposed inside a lamp chamber (S) formed by the lamp housing () and the lamp power bar (), a radar () 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 () that is disposed in a manner of facing the radar () so as to hide at least a part of the radar () from the outside of the vehicle and is configured to transmit radio waves emitted from the radar (). The radar () is disposed outside the housing (S). The light guide member () is configured to emit light toward the outside of the vehicle.

Vehicle light fitting, radar module, radar, and vehicle

A left vehicle lamp includes a lamp housing, a lamp cover that covers an opening of the lamp housing, an illumination unit that is disposed inside a lamp chamber formed by the lamp housing and the lamp power bar, a radar) 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 that is disposed in a manner of facing the radar so as to hide at least a part of the radar from the outside of the vehicle and is configured to transmit radio waves emitted from the radar. The radar is disposed outside the housing. The light guide member is configured to emit light toward the outside of the vehicle.

Growing community of inventors

Shizuoka, Japan

Kosei Kikuchi