Patents by Inventor Kunihiko Sasaki

Kunihiko Sasaki 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: 20210373281
    Abstract: An interchangeable lens assembly includes a plurality of lens-side claw portions configured to enable engagement with a plurality of camera-side claw portions, and a lock pin concave portion in which a lock pin is inserted. Furthermore, ?1 is an angle formed by a line passing through a fifth lens-side end and an optical axis, and a line passing through a center of a lock pin concave portion and the optical axis, and ?2 is an angle formed by a line passing through a fourth lens-side end and the optical axis, and a line that passes through the center of the lock pin concave portion and the optical axis. In the above, ?1 and ?2 satisfy a predetermined conditional expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sasaki, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masahisa Tamura, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Publication number: 20210373418
    Abstract: An accessory configured to be detachably mountable to an image pickup apparatus including a first mount portion including first bayonet claw portions, and first terminals, the accessory including a second mount portion including second bayonet claw portions configured to enable engagement with the first bayonet claw portions, and second terminals configured to enable contact with the first terminals, in which the second terminals are provided at positions that are different from positions of the second bayonet claw portions, and wherein, a half line that extends from a central axis of the second mount portion and passes through a second terminal that determines whether an optical apparatus is mounted on the image pickup apparatus or not, passes through a predetermined second bayonet claw portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Kunihiko Sasaki, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 11143939
    Abstract: An accessory configured to be detachably mountable to an image pickup apparatus including a first mount portion including first bayonet claw portions, and first terminals, the accessory including a second mount portion including second bayonet claw portions configured to enable engagement with the first bayonet claw portions, and second terminals configured to enable contact with the first terminals, in which the second terminals are provided at positions that are different from positions of the second bayonet claw portions, and wherein, a half line that extends from a central axis of the second mount portion and passes through a second terminal that determines whether an optical apparatus is mounted on the image pickup apparatus or not, passes through a predetermined second bayonet claw portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Kunihiko Sasaki, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 11143841
    Abstract: An interchangeable lens assembly includes a plurality of lens-side claw portions configured to enable engagement with a plurality of camera-side claw portions, and a lock pin concave portion in which a lock pin is inserted. Furthermore, ?1 is an angle formed by a line passing through a fifth lens-side end and an optical axis, and a line passing through a center of a lock pin concave portion and the optical axis, and ?2 is an angle formed by a line passing through a fourth lens-side end and the optical axis, and a line that passes through the center of the lock pin concave portion and the optical axis. In the above, ?1 and ?2 satisfy a predetermined conditional expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sasaki, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masahisa Tamura, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Publication number: 20210314480
    Abstract: An optical apparatus evaluating method includes the steps of acquiring first data on a performance of an optical apparatus, which changes along with use of the optical apparatus, acquiring second data on a reference performance of the optical apparatus, and evaluating the performance of the optical apparatus using the first data and the second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sasaki, Yasuhiro Hatakeyama
  • Patent number: 11126067
    Abstract: An accessory configured to be detachably mountable to an image pickup apparatus including a first mount portion including first bayonet claw portions and first terminals, the accessory including a second mount portion including second bayonet claw portions configured to enable engagement with the first bayonet claw portions, and second terminals configured to enable contact with the first terminals, in which the second terminals are provided at positions that are different from positions of the second bayonet claw portions, and wherein half lines that extends from a central axis of the second mount portion and passes through second terminals that are used in communication between the image pickup apparatus and the accessory, all pass through a predetermined second bayonet claw portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Kunihiko Sasaki, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 11073674
    Abstract: A lens apparatus includes a plurality of lens holders, a first cam barrel, a second cam barrel, and a third cam barrel each having a cam groove configured to move at least one of the plurality of lens holders in an optical axis direction. The first cam barrel is located outside the second cam barrel and the third cam barrel, and the second cam barrel is located outside the third cam barrel. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kunihiko Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20210200066
    Abstract: An interchangeable lens assembly includes a plurality of lens-side claw portions configured to be engaged with a plurality of camera-side claw portions, and a lock pin groove portion into which a lock pin is inserted, a lens barrel, and a lens mount fixing member. When ?1 is an angle formed by a line passing through a fifth lens-side end and an optical axis, and a line passing through a center of the lock pin groove portion and the optical axis, and ?2 is an angle formed by a line passing through a fourth lens-side end and the optical axis, and a line that passes through the center of the lock pin groove portion and the optical axis, ?1 and ?2 satisfy a predetermined conditional expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sasaki, Masahisa Tamura, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Publication number: 20210181603
    Abstract: An accessory attachable to and detachable from an image pickup apparatus includes a second mount portion including a plurality of second bayonet claw portions capable of engaging with a plurality of first bayonet claw portions, a plurality of second terminals capable of contacting with a plurality of first terminals, an accessory body, and a mount fixing member for fixing the second mount portion to the accessory body. The plurality of second terminals is provided at positions different from positions of the plurality of second bayonet claw portions, and all of multiple second terminals, among the plurality of second terminals, used in communication between the image pickup apparatus and the accessory are provided at predetermined positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Kunihiko Sasaki, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Publication number: 20210132472
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a first mount portion and a first cylindrical member that has a color different from a color of the first mount portion and is disposed in a circumferential direction of the first mount portion, an accessory includes an exterior portion, a second mount portion, and a second cylindrical member having a color different from a color of the second mount portion and similar to a color of the first cylindrical member and disposed in a circumferential direction of the second mount portion, and in a state where the accessory is attached to the image capturing apparatus, reference surfaces of the first mount portion and the second mount portion are in contact with each other, and the first cylindrical member and the second cylindrical member are externally exposed regardless of whether the accessory is attached to or detached from the image capturing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Haruhisa Ueda, Kazuaki Yamana, Haruki Ota, Seishiro Takano, Masahisa Tamura, Kunihiko Sasaki, Katsuhiro Inoue, Toru Matsumoto, Shigehiro Torii, Toshinori Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20210116672
    Abstract: The disclosed optical apparatus includes a first movable member movable in an optical axis direction a holding member holding an optical element and movable with respect to the first movable member in the optical axis direction, a guide member held by the first movable member and guides the holding member in the optical axis direction, a second movable member movable in the optical axis direction independently of the first movable member, and a drive unit configured to drive the holding member in the optical axis direction. The drive unit is held such that displacement of the drive unit with respect to the second movable member in the optical axis direction is restricted by the second movable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: Kunihiko Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10852625
    Abstract: An interchangeable lens assembly includes a plurality of lens-side claw portions and a lock pin concave portion. Furthermore, internal angles of a quadrangle formed by connecting a center of a first lens-side claw portion, a center of a second lens-side claw portion, a center of a third lens-side claw portion, and a center of the lock pin concave portion satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshinori Yamazaki, Kunihiko Sasaki, Masahisa Tamura, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: D899485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Katsuhiro Inoue, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shigehiro Torii, Toshinori Yamazaki, Toru Matsumoto
  • Patent number: D899486
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Katsuhiro Inoue, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shigehiro Torii, Toshinori Yamazaki, Toru Matsumoto, Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: D900193
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Katsuhiro Inoue, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shigehiro Torii, Toshinori Yamazaki, Toru Matsumoto, Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: D900194
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Katsuhiro Inoue, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shigehiro Torii, Toshinori Yamazaki, Toru Matsumoto, Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: D900195
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Katsuhiro Inoue, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shigehiro Torii, Toshinori Yamazaki, Toru Matsumoto, Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: D900196
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Katsuhiro Inoue, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shigehiro Torii, Toshinori Yamazaki, Toru Matsumoto, Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: D900197
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Katsuhiro Inoue, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shigehiro Torii, Toshinori Yamazaki, Toru Matsumoto, Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: D958226
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Katsuhiro Inoue, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shigehiro Torii, Toshinori Yamazaki, Toru Matsumoto, Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu