Patents by Inventor Keikaku Fukuoka

Keikaku Fukuoka 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: 7493036
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging apparatus which includes image acquiring means for acquiring an image of an object; storing means for temporarily storing an image acquired by the image acquiring means; and control means for detecting a portion having changed upon comparison of a first image and a second image which are stored in the storing means, each image acquired by the image acquiring means at a different time, and to focus on the portion having changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Hosoya, Keikaku Fukuoka
  • Publication number: 20070147788
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an apparatus body having a storage medium insertion slot to insert and remove an information storage medium, and a display unit supported by the apparatus body in a turnable manner, being capable of opening and closing the storage medium insertion slot. The display unit includes a flat panel capable of displaying image information, and a panel case having a window to expose a display surface of the flat panel and being supported by the apparatus body in a turnable manner. Part of a frame portion surrounding the window of the panel case is disposed to overlap at least part of the storage medium insertion slot such that the information storage medium inserted through the storage medium insertion slot is prevented from being in contact with the display surface of the flat panel, when the display unit being brought into contact with the apparatus body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Hosoya, Akihito Koretsune, Keikaku Fukuoka
  • Publication number: 20060291846
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging apparatus which includes image acquiring means for acquiring an image of an object; storing means for temporarily storing an image acquired by the image acquiring means; and control means for detecting a portion having changed upon comparison of a first image and a second image which are stored in the storing means, each image acquired by the image acquiring means at a different time, and to focus on the portion having changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Hosoya, Keikaku Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 6925254
    Abstract: The camera apparatus comprises a camera-body portion 1; a display pane 2 attached to the camera-body 1 as an outwardly fixing type with freely rotary operation; and a lens block 5 provided at the upper portion of the camera-body 1 and having a pop-up portion rotatable between a stored position within the camera-body 1 and a pop-up position by making a support-axis 14 as a support, wherein the lens block 5 is housed within the camera-body 1 when the camera is not in a taking-picture condition such that the lens surface protected by the outer body and lens block 5 is made up be a pop-up condition with an angle of a predetermined elevation-angle relative to the camera-body 1 when the camera is in a taking-picture condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi Kato, Takashi Ikenaga, Keikaku Fukuoka, Yoshitake Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20040096205
    Abstract: A camera apparatus comprises a camera-body portion 1; a display panel 2 attached to the camera-body 1 as an outwardly fixing type with freely rotary operation; and a lens block 5 provided at the upper portion of the camera-body 1 and having a pop-up portion rotatable between a stored position within the camera-body 1 and a pop-up position by making a support-axis 14 as a support, wherein the lens block 5 is housed within the camera-body 1 when the camera is not in a taking-picture condition such that the lens surface is protected by the outer body and lens block 5 is made to be a pop-up condition with an angle of a predetermined elevation-angle relative to the camera-body 1 when the camera is in a taking-picture condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Seiichi Kato, Takashi Ikenaga, Keikaku Fukuoka, Yoshitake Takahashi