Patents by Inventor Takami Hirasawa

Takami Hirasawa 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: 20240048837
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus comprises at least one of a sixth lens unit and an eighth lens unit being movable in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis, a first shift driver or a second shift driver driving the sixth or eighth lens unit, a first shift position detector or a second shift position detector detecting a position of the sixth or eighth lens unit, a photographing condition controller controlling imaging conditions, a detector detecting at least one of a moving speed and a moving direction of an object, and a shift controller controlling the sixth or eighth lens unit based on a signal from the detector. The photographing condition control unit has a following shot mode in which an exposure and a driving of the sixth or eighth lens unit are intermittently performed with respect to a movement of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: TAKAMI HIRASAWA, YUICHIRO KATO, TOSHIMUNE NAGANO, TORU MATSUMOTO, MASAYASU MIZUSHIMA, AKINO MORIYOSHI
  • Patent number: 11644659
    Abstract: An optical apparatus includes a pair of first driving force generators that generates a driving force to the movable member in a first direction orthogonal to optical axes of a pair of objective optical systems, and a second driving force generator that generates a driving force to the movable member in a second direction orthogonal to the optical axes of the pair of objective optical systems and the first direction. The pair of first driving force generators are provided between a first line segment passing through the optical axes of the pair of objective optical systems and a second line segment passing through the optical axes of the pair of eyepiece optical systems or on at least one line segment of the first line segment and the second line segment. The second driving force generator is provided between the pair of image stabilization optical systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takami Hirasawa
  • Patent number: 11099373
    Abstract: An optical apparatus includes an eye width adjustment mechanism that includes a first connecting member configured to connect a connecting portion of the right eyepiece unit on one side of a reference plane and a connecting portion of the left eyepiece unit on the other side of the reference plane to each other where the reference plane is a plane including the rotation center axes of the right and left eyepiece units, and a second connecting member configured to connect the connecting portion of the right eyepiece unit on the other side of the reference plane and the connecting portion of the left eyepiece unit on the one side of the reference plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takami Hirasawa
  • Publication number: 20200379245
    Abstract: An optical apparatus includes a pair of first driving force generators that generates a driving force to the movable member in a first direction orthogonal to optical axes of a pair of objective optical systems, and a second driving force generator that generates a driving force to the movable member in a second direction orthogonal to the optical axes of the pair of objective optical systems and the first direction. The pair of first driving force generators are provided between a first line segment passing through the optical axes of the pair of objective optical systems and a second line segment passing through the optical axes of the pair of eyepiece optical systems or on at least one line segment of the first line segment and the second line segment. The second driving force generator is provided between the pair of image stabilization optical systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventor: Takami Hirasawa
  • Publication number: 20190353889
    Abstract: An optical apparatus includes an eye width adjustment mechanism that includes a first connecting member configured to connect a connecting portion of the right eyepiece unit on one side of a reference plane and a connecting portion of the left eyepiece unit on the other side of the reference plane to each other where the reference plane is a plane including the rotation center axes of the right and left eyepiece units, and a second connecting member configured to connect the connecting portion of the right eyepiece unit on the other side of the reference plane and the connecting portion of the left eyepiece unit on the one side of the reference plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventor: Takami Hirasawa