Patents by Inventor Yoshimi Fukuda

Yoshimi Fukuda 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).

  • STROBE DEVICE AND IMAGE PICK-UP DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME
    Publication number: 20150109754
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a strobe device including: a strobe main body; a light emitter rotatably coupled to the strobe main body; a variable mechanism capable of changing an illumination direction angle of the light emitter; and a driver-that drives the variable mechanism. The driver includes: a detector that detects that abnormal force is applied to the variable mechanism and a detection responsive controller that controls the driver based on the abnormal force detected by the detector. This can achieve the strobe device that can prevent the light emitter from colliding with an obstacle and prevent the driver from being damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Takenaka, Kazuhiko Ooyama, Yoshimi Fukuda