Patents by Inventor TAKASHI WARASHINA

TAKASHI WARASHINA 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: 11640071
    Abstract: Enhancement of the functionality of image stabilization is achieved while smooth operation of a movable body is ensured. A lens barrel includes a lens unit including at least one lens, a first magnet for performing image stabilization in at least one of a first direction or a second direction, a second magnet for performing image stabilization in a rolling direction, a first coil that forms a magnetic circuit together with the first magnet, and moves the lens unit in at least one of the first direction or the second direction, a second coil that forms a magnetic circuit together with the second magnet, and rotates the lens unit in the rolling direction, and a mounting body having the first magnet and the second magnet mounted thereon. When the lens unit is moved in at least one of the first direction or the second direction, the first magnet, the second magnet, and the mounting body are integrally operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Sakae, Satoshi Hayakawa, Takashi Warashina, Keishi Iwana
  • Patent number: 11353678
    Abstract: An image-capturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a base plate, a base body, a lens holding section, and a first bonding material. An imaging element is implemented on the base plate. The base body includes a first surface portion arranged to be oriented toward the base plate, and is connected to the base plate. The lens holding section includes a second surface portion spaced from the first surface portion, and holds a lens section that forms an image of light that enters the lens section. The first bonding material is filled into a space between the first surface portion and the second surface portion to connect the base body and the lens holding section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Imai, Kazuki Sakae, Takashi Warashina
  • Publication number: 20210191064
    Abstract: An image-capturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a base plate, a base body, a lens holding section, and a first bonding material. An imaging element is implemented on the base plate. The base body includes a first surface portion arranged to be oriented toward the base plate, and is connected to the base plate. The lens holding section includes a second surface portion spaced from the first surface portion, and holds a lens section that forms an image of light that enters the lens section. The first bonding material is filled into a space between the first surface portion and the second surface portion to connect the base body and the lens holding section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi IMAI, Kazuki SAKAE, Takashi WARASHINA
  • Publication number: 20200292841
    Abstract: Enhancement of the functionality of image stabilization is achieved while smooth operation of a movable body is ensured. A lens barrel includes: a lens unit including at least one lens; a first magnet for performing image stabilization in at least one of a first direction or a second direction; a second magnet for performing image stabilization in a rolling direction; a first coil that forms a magnetic circuit together with the first magnet, and moves the lens unit in at least one of the first direction or the second direction; a second coil that forms a magnetic circuit together with the second magnet, and rotates the lens unit in the rolling direction; and a mounting body having the first magnet and the second magnet mounted thereon. When the lens unit is moved in at least one of the first direction or the second direction, the first magnet, the second magnet, and the mounting body are integrally operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: KAZUKI SAKAE, SATOSHI HAYAKAWA, TAKASHI WARASHINA, KEISHI IWANA
  • Patent number: 10763295
    Abstract: Achieving an imaging apparatus capable of performing both photographing of visible light and photographing of invisible light with a normal solid-state imaging element used for visible light photographing. An imaging apparatus including: a solid-state imaging element having a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arrayed on an imaging surface; a light shielding unit that shields an invisible light imaging region of the solid-state imaging element in a space above the imaging surface of the solid-state imaging element; a first optical system that allows light corresponding to visible light contained in external light to be incident on the visible light imaging region of the solid-state imaging element; and a second optical system that allows light corresponding to invisible light contained in external light to be incident on an invisible light imaging region covered by the light shielding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Warashina, Kazuyuki Takahashi, Mutsumi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20190123090
    Abstract: Achieving an imaging apparatus capable of performing both photographing of visible light and photographing of invisible light with a normal solid-state imaging element used for visible light photographing. An imaging apparatus including: a solid-state imaging element having a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arrayed on an imaging surface; a light shielding unit that shields an invisible light imaging region of the solid-state imaging element in a space above the imaging surface of the solid-state imaging element; a first optical system that allows light corresponding to visible light contained in external light to be incident on the visible light imaging region of the solid-state imaging element; and a second optical system that allows light corresponding to invisible light contained in external light to be incident on an invisible light imaging region covered by the light shielding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: TAKASHI WARASHINA, KAZUYUKI TAKAHASHI, MUTSUMI KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20170104903
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging device, and an electronic apparatus that contribute to downsize a module. A substrate to which an image sensor is mounted, a frame that fixes a lens, and the lens are included. The substrate, the frame, and the lens seals the image sensor. There are provided a plurality of lenses, and the lens fixed to the frame is a lens positioned nearest to the image sensor among a plurality of lenses. There may be further provided a lens barrel that holds the lenses, and the lenses other than the lens are positioned near the image sensor among the plurality of lenses are held by the lens barrel. The present technology is applicable to the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: TAKASHI WARASHINA, YASUHIRO SATO