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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10540556 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2017

Optical unit, vehicle monitor, and obstruction detector

Applicant:

Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Satoshi Yamamura, Shizuoka, JP;

Assignee:

KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Primary Examiner:

Mohammed S Rahaman

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); F21S 41/147 (2018.01); F21S 41/155 (2018.01); F21S 41/36 (2018.01); F21S 41/37 (2018.01); F21S 41/675 (2018.01); G01S 13/42 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); F21S 41/25 (2018.01); F21S 41/365 (2018.01); G01S 13/93 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00825 (2013.01); B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); F21S 41/147 (2018.01); F21S 41/155 (2018.01); F21S 41/36 (2018.01); F21S 41/37 (2018.01); F21S 41/675 (2018.01); G01S 13/426 (2013.01); G01S 13/88 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/056 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/3321 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/40 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/41 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/42 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/45 (2013.01); F21S 41/25 (2018.01); F21S 41/365 (2018.01); G01S 2013/9396 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is an optical unit wherein a rotating reflector rotates about a rotation axis in one direction, while reflecting light emitted from a light source. The rotating reflector is provided with a reflecting surface such that the light reflected by the rotating reflector, while rotating, forms a desired light distribution pattern, said light having been emitted from the light source. The light source is composed of light emitting elements. The rotation axis is provided within a plane that includes an optical axis and the light source. The rotating reflector is provided with, on the periphery of the rotation axis, a blade that functions as the reflecting surface.

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