Patents by Inventor Syoji Mitsuhashi

Syoji Mitsuhashi 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).

  • Electronic still camera with dual contact shutter switch for picture review
    Patent number: 6184930
    Abstract: A method of processing picture data, by an electronic still camera, that includes forming image data of an object, displaying the image data as a picture on a display, recording the image data in memory in response to a first switching operation, and reproducing and displaying the recorded image data in response to a second switching operation. The first and second switching operations are carried out by a two-level push button switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Syoji Mitsuhashi, Satoru Gozu
  • Electronic still camera with dual contact shutter switch for picture review
    Patent number: 5497193
    Abstract: While the EE mode is set to continuously display a picture signal on a display unit, (a) a control unit energizes a shutter and a picture data recording and reproducing unit to take a still picture of an object and record the picture data on a memory in the picture data recording and reproducing unit, when a second contact of a shutter button is energized, and (b) the control unit energizes a switching circuit and the picture data recording and reproducing unit to reproduce the picture data recorded in the memoryand display it on the display unit, when a first contact of the shutter button is energized and the energization is continued for a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Syoji Mitsuhashi, Satoru Gozu