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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 11691560 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2022

Image projection apparatus

Applicant:

Maxell, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;

Inventors:

Yasuhiko Kunii, Kyoto, JP;

Toshinori Sugiyama, Kyoto, JP;

Takuya Shimizu, Kyoto, JP;

Assignee:

MAXELL, LTD., Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:

Mattingly & Malur, PC

Primary Examiner:

Qutbuddin Ghulamali

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/005 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); G01B 11/30 (2006.01); G03B 21/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); G03B 17/54 (2021.01); G03B 21/26 (2006.01); G03B 29/00 (2021.01); G08G 1/0962 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01); G01S 17/04 (2020.01); H04N 5/74 (2006.01); B60Q 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/26 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0023 (2013.01); B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); G01B 11/30 (2013.01); G01S 17/04 (2020.01); G03B 17/54 (2013.01); G03B 21/00 (2013.01); G03B 21/26 (2013.01); G03B 29/00 (2013.01); G08G 1/09623 (2013.01); G08G 1/096716 (2013.01); G08G 1/096725 (2013.01); G08G 1/096791 (2013.01); G08G 1/163 (2013.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01); H04N 5/74 (2013.01); H04N 9/3185 (2013.01); H04N 9/3188 (2013.01); H04N 9/3194 (2013.01); B60Q 1/34 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/112 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/122 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/142 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/144 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/314 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/32 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/47 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01); G08G 1/005 (2013.01); G08G 1/165 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image projection apparatus that can be attached to a vehicle and can be effectively utilized for acquisition of road surface condition information, detection of a hidden vehicle, and the like is provided. The image projection apparatus that projects an image includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information related to a vehicle; an image projection unit that projects an image based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit; and imaging means that acquires an image outside the vehicle, the image projection unit projects light in a wavelength band centered on a wavelength of 1.4 μm and the imaging means provides the information related to the vehicle by imaging an image projected based on the light in the wavelength band centered on the wavelength of 1.4 μm.

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