Patents by Inventor Daigo Aiba

Daigo Aiba 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: 11181714
    Abstract: A focus mechanism includes an inner barrel and an outer barrel that holds the inner barrel to allow the inner barrel to move along an optical axis. An inner peripheral surface of the outer barrel includes a medium-diameter portion having an inner diameter and a small-diameter portion having an inner diameter. The small-diameter portion is continuous to the medium-diameter portion, is positioned on a back side of the medium-diameter portion in an insertion direction ID where the inner barrel is inserted into the outer barrel. The small-diameter portion has an inner diameter that allows an X-ring absorbing the rattling of the inner barrel to be in pressure contact with the small-diameter portion in a case where the inner barrel is inserted into the outer barrel in a state where the X-ring is fitted to a groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Daigo Aiba
  • Publication number: 20200218031
    Abstract: A focus mechanism includes an inner barrel and an outer barrel that holds the inner barrel to allow the inner barrel to move along an optical axis. An inner peripheral surface of the outer barrel includes a medium-diameter portion having an inner diameter and a small-diameter portion having an inner diameter. The small-diameter portion is continuous to the medium-diameter portion, is positioned on a back side of the medium-diameter portion in an insertion direction ID where the inner barrel is inserted into the outer barrel. The small-diameter portion has an inner diameter that allows an X-ring absorbing the rattling of the inner barrel to be in pressure contact with the small-diameter portion in a case where the inner barrel is inserted into the outer barrel in a state where the X-ring is fitted to a groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Daigo AIBA
  • Patent number: 9547150
    Abstract: An object is to provide a lens device that can share a cable and can prevent the unnecessary exposure of the cable, and an imaging apparatus that includes the lens device. A lens device according to an embodiment of the invention, which is replaceably mounted on an imaging apparatus main body, includes a lens barrel, a control unit that is provided on the lens barrel so as to protrude, a cable of which one end is connected to the control unit and the other end is connected to the imaging apparatus main body, a plurality of length regulating members that are provided in a longitudinal direction of the cable, and a housing portion in which the cable is housed and which is provided with an opening through which the cable is led out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Daigo Aiba, Hiroshi Nakamura, Atsushi Misawa
  • Patent number: 9386197
    Abstract: An object is to provide a lens device that can share a cable and can prevent the unnecessary exposure of the cable, and an imaging apparatus that includes the lens device. A lens device according to an embodiment of the invention, includes a lens barrel, a control unit that is provided on the lens barrel so as to protrude, a cable of which one end is mounted on the control unit and the other end is connected to the imaging apparatus main body, a plurality of length regulating members that are provided, in a longitudinal direction of the cable, and a housing portion in which the cable is housed and which is provided with an opening through which the cable is led out. Any one of the plurality of length regulating members is fitted to the opening, so that a lead-out length of the cable is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Daigo Aiba, Atsushi Misawa, Hiroshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9207424
    Abstract: An object is to provide a lens device that can share a cable and can prevent the unnecessary exposure of the cable, and an imaging apparatus that includes the lens device. A lens device according to an embodiment of the invention, includes a lens barrel, a control unit that is provided on the lens barrel, a cable of which one end is connected to the control unit and the other end is connected to the imaging apparatus main body, and a housing portion in which the cable is wound and housed and which is provided with an opening through which the cable is led out. The cable is housed in a circumferential direction of the lens barrel, and a length of a portion of the cable led out through the opening is changed by the change of a length of a housed portion of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Daigo Aiba, Hiroshi Nakamura, Atsushi Misawa
  • Publication number: 20150153542
    Abstract: An object is to provide a lens device that can share a cable and can prevent the unnecessary exposure of the cable, and an imaging apparatus that includes the lens device. A lens device according to an embodiment of the invention, which is replaceably mounted on an imaging apparatus main body, includes a lens barrel, a control unit that is provided on the lens barrel so as to protrude, a cable of which one end is connected to the control unit and the other end is connected to the imaging apparatus main body, a plurality of length regulating members that are provided in a longitudinal direction of the cable, and a housing portion in which the cable is housed and which is provided with an opening through which the cable is led out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Daigo AIBA, Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Atsushi MISAWA
  • Patent number: 9042714
    Abstract: A dome-shaped camera comprising: a camera body including a focus adjustment ring for manually performing focus adjustment; a base part which supports the camera body and includes a tilt mechanism which changes an angle of a tilt direction for supporting the camera body; a dome cover which covers the camera body; a mount device which mounts the dome cover on the base part so that the dome cover is rotatable about a center axis of the dome cover; and a power transmitting device which transmits a rotating force in a direction about the center axis added to the dome cover as a rotating force of a focus adjustment ring of the camera supported at any angle in the tilt direction via a power transmission member placed on a tilt axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daigo Aiba
  • Publication number: 20150138435
    Abstract: An object is to provide a lens device that can share a cable and can prevent the unnecessary exposure of the cable, and an imaging apparatus that includes the lens device. A lens device according to an embodiment of the invention, includes a lens barrel, a control unit that is provided on the lens barrel so as to protrude, a cable of which one end is mounted on the control unit and the other end is connected to the imaging apparatus main body, a plurality of length regulating members that are provided, in a longitudinal direction of the cable, and a housing portion in which the cable is housed and which is provided with an opening through which the cable is led out. Any one of the plurality of length regulating members is fitted to the opening, so that a lead-out length of the cable is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Daigo AIBA, Atsushi MISAWA, Hiroshi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20150124342
    Abstract: An object is to provide a lens device that can share a cable and can prevent the unnecessary exposure of the cable, and an imaging apparatus that includes the lens device. A lens device according to an embodiment of the invention, includes a lens barrel, a control unit that is provided on the lens barrel, a cable of which one end is connected to the control unit and the other end is connected to the imaging apparatus main body, and a housing portion in which the cable is wound and housed and which is provided with an opening through which the cable is led out. The cable is housed in a circumferential direction of the lens barrel, and a length of a portion of the cable led out through the opening is changed by the change of a length of a housed portion of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Daigo AIBA, Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Atsushi MISAWA
  • Publication number: 20140348498
    Abstract: A dome-shaped camera comprising: a camera body including a focus adjustment ring for manually performing focus adjustment; a base part which supports the camera body and includes a tilt mechanism which changes an angle of a tilt direction for supporting the camera body; a dome cover which covers the camera body; a mount device which mounts the dome cover on the base part so that the dome cover is rotatable about a center axis of the dome cover; and a power transmitting device which transmits a rotating force in a direction about the center axis added to the dome cover as a rotating force of a focus adjustment ring of the camera supported at any angle in the tilt direction via a power transmission member placed on a tilt axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: DAIGO AIBA
  • Patent number: 8369034
    Abstract: A lens apparatus for a surveillance camera. The apparatus includes an operation ring which is rotatably provided on an outer periphery of a lens barrel body, a threaded hole being formed in an outer peripheral surface of the operation ring. The apparatus also includes a cover which is provided on the lens barrel body to cover an outer periphery of the operation ring, a slit which is circumferentially formed in a peripheral surface of the cover. The apparatus further includes a knob which has a body part and a threaded part and is attached to the operation ring by screwing the threaded part into the threaded hole through the slit. The operation ring is locked by tightening the knob and holding the cover between the operation ring and the body part of the knob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Daigo Aiba
  • Publication number: 20110181970
    Abstract: A lens apparatus for a surveillance camera where an operation ring is rotatably provided on an outer periphery of a lens barrel body, comprising: a cover which is provided on the lens barrel body to cover an outer periphery of the operation ring; a threaded hole which is formed in an outer peripheral surface of the operation ring; a slit which is circumferentially formed in a peripheral surface of the cover; and a knob which has a body part and a threaded part and is attached to the operation ring by screwing the threaded part into the threaded hole through the slit, wherein the operation ring is locked by tightening the knob and holding the cover between the operation ring and the body part of the knob.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: DAIGO AIBA
  • Patent number: 7961243
    Abstract: A camera unit 100 is provided and includes an imaging device for receiving light of an optical image incident from a lens unit; a support board for supporting the imaging device; and a holder having an attachment part to which the support board is attached. The attachment position of the support board in the optical axis direction to the holder is determined by means of an irregularity part formed on the attachment part of the holder or the support board so that the light reception surface of the imaging device matches the image formation position of the optical image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Fujinon Corporation
    Inventor: Daigo Aiba
  • Patent number: 7715115
    Abstract: A lens device comprises: an image-formation optical system that converges an incident luminous flux at an imaging element, to form an image; a diaphragm mechanism provided in the image-formation optical system; and a filter section that is provided on a subject side of the imaging element and through which the luminous flux incident on the image-formation optical system travels, wherein the filter section comprises: an infrared-ray cutoff filter; and a neutral density filter, and wherein the lens device further comprises a filter switching mechanism that places the infrared-ray cutoff filter and the neutral density filter in a range through which the luminous flux travels at the time of photographing of a high-luminance subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Fujinon Corporation
    Inventor: Daigo Aiba
  • Patent number: 7518808
    Abstract: A diaphragm device is provided and includes: a diaphragm mechanism having a diaphragm vane and a diaphragm frame receiving the diaphragm vane; a diaphragm-mechanism cover fixed to a lens barrel to which the diaphragm mechanism is attached, the diaphragm-mechanism cover clamping the diaphragm mechanism with a receiving surface of the lens barrel. The diaphragm mechanism and the diaphragm-mechanism cover are inserted in the lens barrel through a side surface of the lens barrel, and a part of the diaphragm mechanism and a part of the diaphragm-mechanism cover protruding outward relative to the side surface of the lens barrel. The diaphragm device further includes a supporting member in a portion of the diaphragm mechanism protruding outward relative to the side surface of the lens barrel, the supporting member supporting the diaphragm mechanism in a direction of the diaphragm mechanism detachable from the lens barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Fujinon Corporation
    Inventor: Daigo Aiba
  • Patent number: 7460319
    Abstract: A monitoring lens apparatus is provided and includes a fixed cylinder, a first lens frame provided at an inner portion of the fixed cylinder and movable in an optical axis direction, a second lens frame provided at the inner portion of the fixed cylinder and movable in the optical axis direction, a first ring provided rotatably to the fixed cylinder and provided with a cam groove for driving the first lens frame, a second ring provided rotatably to the fixed cylinder on an object side of the first ring and provided with a cam groove for driving the second lens frame, and an extended portion provided integrally with the first ring and extended to the object side to cover an outer periphery of the second ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Fujinon Corporation
    Inventors: Daigo Aiba, Shigeru Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20080106805
    Abstract: A lens device comprises: an image-formation optical system that converges an incident luminous flux at an imaging element, to form an image; a diaphragm mechanism provided in the image-formation optical system; and a filter section that is provided on a subject side of the imaging element and through which the luminous flux incident on the image-formation optical system travels, wherein the filter section comprises: an infrared-ray cutoff filter; and a neutral density filter, and wherein the lens device further comprises a filter switching mechanism that places the infrared-ray cutoff filter and the neutral density filter in a range through which the luminous flux travels at the time of photographing of a high-luminance subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventor: Daigo Aiba
  • Patent number: D572291
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Fujinon Corporation
    Inventor: Daigo Aiba
  • Patent number: D575322
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Daigo Aiba
  • Patent number: D975165
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Daigo Aiba, Atsushi Kawanago