Patents by Inventor Masami ASANUMA

Masami ASANUMA 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: 9195118
    Abstract: A camera apparatus includes a camera unit that is provided with a camera lens, a camera body that rotatably holds the camera unit, and a rotating mechanism that rotates the camera unit in response to an emergency signal so as to be switched from a first state where the camera lens is stored inside the camera body to a second state where the camera lens is exposed to an outside of the camera body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Okamura, Hiroki Yamanaka, Tamotsu Uchida, Masami Asanuma
  • Publication number: 20140301729
    Abstract: A camera apparatus includes a camera unit that is provided with a camera lens, a camera body that rotatably holds the camera unit, and a rotating mechanism that rotates the camera unit in response to an emergency signal so as to be switched from a first state where the camera lens is stored inside the camera body to a second state where the camera lens is exposed to an outside of the camera body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro OKAMURA, Hiroki YAMANAKA, Tamotsu UCHIDA, Masami ASANUMA