Patents by Inventor Shirou Tani

Shirou Tani 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).

  • Mechanism for supporting camera in image transmission apparatus
    Patent number: 5318257
    Abstract: A mechanism for supporting a camera in a TV phone has a pedestal (4) positioned on the lateral side of a display (3 ) , a tubular body (7 ) standing uprightly on the pedestal (4) while rotatable about an axis thereof, a movable arm (8) having first and second articulations (38, 31) at the upper and bottom ends thereof, respectively, and displaceable in the up-down direction in the interior of the tubular body (7). The arm (8 ) is completely accommodated in the tubular body (7) at a lowermost position and completely drawn out of the tubular body (7) through an opening formed at the upper end of the tubular body (7) at a uppermost position. A camera holder (9) which holds a camera (6) is mounted on the upper end of the movable arm (8 ) by the first articulation (38 ) so that the camera (6 ) is tiltable forward and rearward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Shirou Tani