Patents by Inventor Toshio Yamaki

Toshio Yamaki 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: 4483601
    Abstract: A camera in which a plurality of photographic data are input by manual key operations is made easily operable with less possibility of erroneous data input by inadvertent key operations. The data to be input are classified into first and second groups in accordance with the relevancy of the respective data or the frequency of changing of the respective data during photographing operations. In one embodiment, first and second photographic data setting sections are separately provided at different positions and input keys included in the first data setting section are used for the input of the first group data whereas input keys included in the second data setting section are used for the input of the second group data. In another embodiment, input keys common to the first and second group data setting are included in a single photographic data setting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1984
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Minoru Sekida, Toshio Yamaki, Akira Fujii, Shuzo Matsushita, Akira Kataoka