Patents by Inventor Jyunpei Honma

Jyunpei Honma 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: 8941922
    Abstract: A lens apparatus includes: a correction unit moving perpendicularly to an optical axis and including a correction optical system correcting an image blur; a driving unit driving the correction unit; an engaging unit movable between an engaging position where the engaging unit abuts abutting portions of the correction unit to engage the correction unit and a non-engaging position where the engaging unit makes the correction unit movable; a biasing unit biasing the engaging unit from non-engaging position to engaging position; and a non-engaging position maintaining unit maintaining the engaging unit at non-engaging position by being engaged with the engaging unit, wherein the correction unit moves to press the non-engaging position maintaining unit beyond a range driven by the driving unit during image-blur correction to disengage the non-engaging position maintaining unit and the engaging unit, and the biasing unit moves the engaging unit from non-engaging position to engaging position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Jyunpei Honma
  • Patent number: 8638508
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes a holder configured to hold a lens, a fixing unit configured to fix the holder, an intermediate unit arranged between the fixing unit and the holder, a first fixing member configured to fix the intermediate unit and the holder, a second fixing member configured to fix the fixing unit and the intermediate unit, a first tilter configured to tilt an optical axis of the lens around a first straight line that is unparallel to the optical axis of the lens, by changing a tilt of the holder relative to the intermediate unit, and a second tilter configured to tilt the optical axis of the lens around a second straight line that is unparallel to the optical axis of the lens and the first straight line, by changing a tilt of the intermediate unit relative to the fixing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Jyunpei Honma
  • Publication number: 20120127575
    Abstract: A lens apparatus includes: a correction unit moving perpendicularly to an optical axis and including a correction optical system correcting an image blur; a driving unit driving the correction unit; an engaging unit movable between an engaging position where the engaging unit abuts abutting portions of the correction unit to engage the correction unit and a non-engaging position where the engaging unit makes the correction unit movable; a biasing unit biasing the engaging unit from non-engaging position to engaging position; and a non-engaging position maintaining unit maintaining the engaging unit at non-engaging position by being engaged with the engaging unit, wherein the correction unit moves to press the non-engaging position maintaining unit beyond a range driven by the driving unit during image-blur correction to disengage the non-engaging position maintaining unit and the engaging unit, and the biasing unit moves the engaging unit from non-engaging position to engaging position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Jyunpei HONMA
  • Publication number: 20120050894
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes a holder configured to hold a lens, a fixing unit configured to fix the holder, an intermediate unit arranged between the fixing unit and the holder, a first fixing member configured to fix the intermediate unit and the holder, a second fixing member configured to fix the fixing unit and the intermediate unit, a first tilter configured to tilt an optical axis of the lens around a first straight line that is unparallel to the optical axis of the lens, by changing a tilt of the holder relative to the intermediate unit, and a second tilter configured to tilt the optical axis of the lens around a second straight line that is unparallel to the optical axis of the lens and the first straight line, by changing a tilt of the intermediate unit relative to the fixing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Jyunpei Honma