Patents by Inventor Keiichi NAGOSHI

Keiichi NAGOSHI 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).

  • Publication number: 20220390704
    Abstract: A lens unit includes a plurality of lenses arranged in an optical axis direction, a lens barrel, and a retainer. The lens barrel has an opening larger than outer diameters of the plurality of lenses and contains the plurality of lenses. The retainer holds the plurality of lenses by contacting, from a side adjacent to the opening in the lens barrel, one of the plurality of lenses that is closest to the opening. Each of the plurality of lenses has an object-side surface and an image-side surface which each include a flat portion that extends radially inward from an outer edge of the lens and that is perpendicular to the optical axis direction of the lens. Each of the plurality of lenses is held in planar contact with a holder at the flat portion. The retainer holds the plurality of lenses by biasing the plurality of lenses in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto OHARA, Michiaki HIRAOKA, Akihiko HIRAISHI, Hiroto YAHAGI, Keiichi NAGOSHI
  • Publication number: 20220377214
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a lens barrel in which a plurality of lenses are held and that has a thread groove in a cylindrical outer periphery thereof; an imaging element that captures a subject image incident on the imaging element through the lenses; a housing that holds the imaging element and that includes a threaded portion configured to engage with the thread groove in the outer periphery of the lens barrel; and an adhesive member positioned between the thread groove in the outer periphery of the lens barrel and the threaded portion of the housing. The thread groove is provided in a range including a position at which a principal plane of an optical system including the plurality of lenses crosses the outer periphery of the lens barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto OHARA, Michiaki HIRAOKA, Hiroto YAHAGI, Keiichi NAGOSHI, Akihiko HIRAISHI
  • Patent number: 10341474
    Abstract: A mobile device is disclosed. A mobile device comprises a display, a battery disposed on the back side of the display, and a film speaker disposed on the back side of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Mizuho Hidaka, Norikazu Morioka, Kotaro Nakamura, Tomoki Tsuchiya, Keiichi Nagoshi, Tetsuya Shimoda
  • Patent number: 9826314
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a cover panel, a piezoelectric vibration element located on a rear surface being opposite to an exposed surface of the cover panel, and a drive module driving the piezoelectric vibration element based on a sound signal. The rear surface comprises a first region where the piezoelectric vibration element is disposed. The first region is located closer to a side of the exposed surface than a second region in the rear surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhito Kanemaki, Keiichi Nagoshi
  • Patent number: 9733712
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a screen. The controller controls an orientation of the screen based on a gesture detected through the touch screen display and a state of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kousuke Takahashi, Keiichi Nagoshi
  • Patent number: 9619028
    Abstract: Frequency characteristics of an air conduction sound and a human body vibration sound are adjusted. An electronic apparatus 1 according to the present invention includes a panel 10, a piezoelectric element 30, a housing 60 for mounting the panel 10, and a member 80 attached to the piezoelectric element 30, wherein the member 80 and the panel 10 deform due to deformation of the piezoelectric element 30 and thus deliver the air conduction sound and the human body vibration sound to an object in contact with the panel 10 that is deforming, and the member 80 adjusts the frequency characteristics of the air conduction sound and the human body vibration sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Horii, Kenichi Ozasa, Keiichi Nagoshi
  • Patent number: 9363591
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided with a housing, a piezoelectric element, and a panel, which is attached to the housing and has a contact area contacting a part of human body, configured to vibrate by the piezoelectric element to generate a vibration sound to be transmitted by vibrating the part of human body, such that pressure from inside of the housing at the contact area of the panel is smaller than pressure from inside of the housing at different area from the contact area. Thereby the sound pressure property is improved, and thus the electronic device preferably transmits air conduction sound and vibration sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Ozasa, Hayato Mizuno, Hiroto Yahagi, Keiichi Nagoshi, Tsutomu Zaima, Koutatsu Kanayama, Tomoaki Nakamura, Hideo Tomioka, Takuji Masunaga, Tomohiro Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20160100255
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a cover panel, a piezoelectric vibration element located on a rear surface being opposite to an exposed surface of the cover panel, and a drive module driving the piezoelectric vibration element based on a sound signal. The rear surface comprises a first region where the piezoelectric vibration element is disposed. The first region is located closer to a side of the exposed surface than a second region in the rear surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Yasuhito KANEMAKI, Keiichi NAGOSHI
  • Publication number: 20150054779
    Abstract: Frequency characteristics of an air conduction sound and a human body vibration sound are adjusted. An electronic apparatus 1 according to the present invention includes a panel 10, a piezoelectric element 30, a housing 60 for mounting the panel 10, and a member 80 attached to the piezoelectric element 30, wherein the member 80 and the panel 10 deform due to deformation of the piezoelectric element 30 and thus deliver the air conduction sound and the human body vibration sound to an object in contact with the panel 10 that is deforming, and the member 80 adjusts the frequency characteristics of the air conduction sound and the human body vibration sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Horii, Kenichi Ozasa, Keiichi Nagoshi
  • Publication number: 20150036864
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided with a housing, a piezoelectric element, and a panel, which is attached to the housing and has a contact area contacting a part of human body, configured to vibrate by the piezoelectric element to generate a vibration sound to be transmitted by vibrating the part of human body, such that pressure from inside of the housing at the contact area of the panel is smaller than pressure from inside of the housing at different area from the contact area. Thereby the sound pressure property is improved, and thus the electronic device preferably transmits air conduction sound and vibration sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Ozasa, Hayato Mizuno, Hiroto Yahagi, Keiichi Nagoshi, Tsutomu Zaima, Koutatsu Kanayama, Tomoaki Nakamura, Hideo Tomioka, Takuji Masunaga, Tomohiro Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20130050120
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a screen. The controller controls an orientation of the screen based on a gesture detected through the touch screen display and a state of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kousuke TAKAHASHI, Keiichi NAGOSHI