Patents by Inventor Chifuyu Tomita

Chifuyu Tomita 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: 9204089
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display unit configured to display image information, and a plurality of image pickup units configured to be capable of picking up a user who observes image information of the display unit arranged on a rear surface of a display surface of the display unit, wherein the plurality of image pickup units is two-dimensionally arranged, and an array pitch in a vertical direction of the image pickup units is wider than an array pitch in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiko Nagano, Hiroshi Akada, Chifuyu Tomita
  • Patent number: 7747149
    Abstract: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an image-blur correction/reduction system miniaturized by arranging support guiding devices of a movable member and a rotation restricting device configured for restricting the rotation of the movable member about the optical axis so as to overlap each other viewed from the optical axial direction, a lens barrel, which can have the image-blur correction/reduction system, and an optical apparatus, which can have the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Chifuyu Tomita
  • Patent number: 7551369
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes: first and second movable lens units; first and second drive sources for moving the first and second movable lens units in a direction parallel to an optical axis, respectively; guide members for each retaining the first and second movable lens units and for guiding movements of the first and second movable lens units; and a reference position detector for detecting reference positions for the first and second movable lens units, in which: the reference position detector has light emitting receiving elements; the first and second movable lens units have sleeves each engaged with the guide members and have light blocking portions for detecting the reference positions by the light emitting and receiving elements of the reference position detector; and the first and second lens units can move in the optical axis direction, with their respective light blocking portions passing each other without any interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Chifuyu Tomita, Hiroyoshi Inaba, Youichi Iwasaki, Tomoki Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20080158692
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes: first and second movable lens units; first and second drive sources for moving the first and second movable lens units in a direction parallel to an optical axis, respectively; guide members for each retaining the first and second movable lens units and for guiding movements of the first and second movable lens units; and a reference position detector for detecting reference positions for the first and second movable lens units, in which: the reference position detector has light emitting receiving elements; the first and second movable lens units have sleeves each engaged with the guide members and have light blocking portions for detecting the reference positions by the light emitting and receiving elements of the reference position detector; and the first and second lens units can move in the optical axis direction, with their respective light blocking portions passing each other without any interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Chifuyu Tomita, Hiroyoshi Inaba, Youichi Iwasaki, Tomoki Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20060285839
    Abstract: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an image-blur correction/reduction system miniaturized by arranging support guiding devices of a movable member and a rotation restricting device configured for restricting the rotation of the movable member about the optical axis so as to overlap each other viewed from the optical axial direction, a lens barrel, which can have the image-blur correction/reduction system, and an optical apparatus, which can have the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Chifuyu Tomita