Patents by Inventor Nobutaka Kanayama

Nobutaka Kanayama 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).

  • IMAGING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110234764
    Abstract: The imaging device includes a first optical system, a second optical system, a first support frame, a second support frame, a frame member, and a support member. The first support frame has a first contact portion and supports the first optical system. The second support frame supports the second optical system. The first and second support frames on the frame member are mounted, and this frame member comes into contact with the first contact portion at three or more points. The support member couples the first support frame to the frame member in a state in which the first receiver comes into contact with the first contact portion. The points of contact between the first contact portion and the first receiver are disposed on an imaginary spherical plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: TORU ICHIMURA, NOBUTAKA KANAYAMA, NARITOSHI KAGAYA, JUNYA YAMADA, YOSHITOMO KATO
  • Image pickup apparatus and grasp member thereof
    Patent number: 7595837
    Abstract: There is provided a grasp member joined to the top portion of an image pickup apparatus body including a lens barrel unit at the front end and a display unit at the rear end through leg portions. Here, the front one of the leg portions is joined to the image pickup apparatus body at an offset position to the left from an optical axis of light incident on the lens barrel unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hisao Kobayashi, Masakazu Okuda, Nobutaka Kanayama, Yoshiaki Akutagawa, Hidenori Tomita
  • Image pickup apparatus and grasp member thereof
    Publication number: 20060232746
    Abstract: There is provided a grasp member joined to the top portion of an image pickup apparatus body including a lens barrel unit at the front end and a display unit at the rear end through leg portions. Here, the front one of the leg portions is joined to the image pickup apparatus body at an offset position to the left from an optical axis of light incident on the lens barrel unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisao Kobayashi, Masakazu Okuda, Nobutaka Kanayama, Yoshiaki Akutagawa, Hidenori Tomita