Patents by Inventor Akihiro Moriya
Akihiro Moriya 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).
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Publication number: 20180272733Abstract: An apparatus specifies authority of a user who is logged onto the apparatus. The apparatus enables displaying a first display item for purchasing a consumable based on at least the presence or absence of the specified authority of logged in user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Akihiro Moriya
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Patent number: 10075641Abstract: A lens drive apparatus that displaces a lens holder in a direction of an optical axis and a direction orthogonal to the optical axis comprises: an assembly that is formed by assembling the lens holder together with a magnet disposed around the lens holder; a housing that has a base and a cover that are configured to house the assembly; and a planar coil that is attached inside of the housing such that a coil plane thereof facing the magnet is in parallel with the optical axis, the planar coil being configured to displace the assembly in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis in collaboration with the magnet, wherein the base has an aperture having a size greater than a displacement range of the optical axis resulting from displacement of the assembly in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Moriya, Masayoshi Sugawara
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Patent number: 10054800Abstract: A lens drive apparatus includes a damper compound that is disposed between at least one protrusion and a fixed member and that suppresses undesired resonance of an auto-focusing lens driving section in a direction of an optical axis. The at least one protrusion protrudes from a magnet holder in the direction of the optical axis toward the fixed member and is inserted into at least one hole of a leaf spring provided to the auto-focusing lens driving section.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiichi Sato, Makoto Ariji, Masayoshi Sugawara, Akihiro Moriya
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Publication number: 20170357102Abstract: A lens drive apparatus includes a damper compound that is disposed between at least one protrusion and a fixed member and that suppresses undesired resonance of an auto-focusing lens driving section in a direction of an optical axis. The at least one protrusion protrudes from a magnet holder in the direction of the optical axis toward the fixed member and is inserted into at least one hole of a leaf spring provided to the auto-focusing lens driving section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiichi SATO, Makoto ARIJI, Masayoshi SUGAWARA, Akihiro MORIYA
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Patent number: 9798159Abstract: A lens drive apparatus that displaces a lens holder in a direction of an optical axis and a direction orthogonal to the optical axis comprises: an assembly that is formed by assembling the lens holder together with a magnet disposed around the lens holder; a coil that is disposed at a position facing the magnet in a housing that houses the assembly and displaces the assembly in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis in collaboration with the magnet; and a base that serves as a bottom of the housing, and has an aperture having a size greater than a displacement range of the optical axis resulting from displacement of the assembly in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Mitsumi Electronics CO., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro Moriya, Masayoshi Sugawara
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Patent number: 9778481Abstract: A lens drive apparatus includes an image stabilizer portion moves an auto-focusing lens driving portion in first and second directions orthogonal to an optical axis and perpendicular to each other, and the image stabilizer portion includes a fixed member disposed apart from the auto-focusing lens driving portion in a direction of the optical axis, a plurality of suspension wires each comprising an end fixed to the fixed member at an outer region thereof, a narrowing portion that is disposed between the fixed member and the auto-focusing lens driving portion and that narrows part of a gap between the fixed member and the auto-focusing lens driving portion, and a damper compound that is disposed at the narrowed part of the gap between the fixed member and the auto-focusing lens driving portion and that suppress undesired resonance in the direction of the optical axis of the auto-focusing lens driving portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiichi Sato, Makoto Ariji, Masayoshi Sugawara, Akihiro Moriya
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Patent number: 9769386Abstract: A lens drive apparatus that displaces a lens holder in a direction of an optical axis and a direction orthogonal to the optical axis comprises: a drive section that displaces a lens holder, displaceable in the direction of the optical axis, in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis in collaboration with a plurality of magnets and a plurality of coils disposed at positions facing the magnets, wherein the plurality of magnets include two magnets that are disposed at positions mutually shifted with respect to each other in the direction of the optical axis, and the plurality of coils include a coil disposed between the two magnets.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro Moriya, Masayoshi Sugawara
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Patent number: 9766474Abstract: A lens drive apparatus that displaces a lens holder in a direction of an optical axis and a direction orthogonal to the optical axis comprises a drive section that displaces an assembly, which is formed by assembling a lens holder displaceable in the direction of the optical axis together with a magnet disposed around the lens holder, in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis by the magnet and a coil disposed at a position facing the magnet in collaboration with each other; a base that serves as a bottom of a housing that houses the assembly; and a Hall device that is provided to the base and detects a position of the magnet in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Moriya, Masayoshi Sugawara
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Patent number: 9766475Abstract: A lens drive apparatus that displaces a lens holder in a direction of an optical axis and a direction orthogonal to the optical axis comprises: a drive section that displaces an assembly, which is formed by assembling a lens holder displaceable in the direction of the optical axis together with a magnet disposed around the lens holder, in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis by the magnet and a coil disposed at a position facing the magnet in collaboration with each other; and a Hall device that is disposed at a position shifted in the direction of the optical axis with respect to the magnet and detects a position of the magnet in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro Moriya, Masayoshi Sugawara
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Patent number: 9753301Abstract: A lens drive apparatus that displaces a lens holder in a direction of an optical axis and a direction orthogonal to the optical axis comprises: a drive section that displaces an assembly, which is formed by assembling a lens holder displaceable in the direction of the optical axis together with a magnet disposed around the lens holder, in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis by the magnet and a coil disposed at a position facing the magnet in collaboration with each other; and a base that has an aperture having a size greater than a displacement range of the optical axis resulting from displacement of the assembly in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Moriya, Masayoshi Sugawara
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Patent number: 9753302Abstract: A lens drive apparatus that displaces a lens holder in a direction of an optical axis and a direction orthogonal to the optical axis comprises: a drive section that displaces an assembly, which is formed by assembling a lens holder displaceable in the direction of the optical axis together with a magnet disposed around the lens holder, in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis by the magnet and a coil disposed at a position facing the magnet in collaboration with each other; and a Hall device that is disposed at a position shifted in the direction of the optical axis with respect to the coil and detects a position of the magnet in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Moriya, Masayoshi Sugawara
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Patent number: 9658466Abstract: A lens drive apparatus comprises: an assembly that is formed by assembling a lens holder together with a magnet holder that holds a magnet; a first drive section that displaces the lens holder in a direction of an optical axis in collaboration with the magnet and a first coil; and a second drive section that displaces the assembly in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis in collaboration with the magnet and a second coil, wherein the magnet holder comprises a hollow part that accommodates the magnet at a position facing both of the first coil and the second coil.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Moriya, Masayoshi Sugawara
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Patent number: 9651797Abstract: A lens drive apparatus that displaces a lens holder in a direction of an optical axis and a direction orthogonal to the optical axis comprises: an assembly that is formed by assembling the lens holder together with a magnet disposed around the lens holder; a housing that has a base and a cover that are configured to house the assembly; a coil that is disposed at a position facing the magnet in the housing and displaces the assembly in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis in collaboration with the magnet; and a Hall device that is provided to the base and detects a position of the magnet in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Moriya, Masayoshi Sugawara
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Patent number: 9625737Abstract: A lens drive apparatus that displaces a lens holder in a direction of an optical axis and a direction orthogonal to the optical axis comprises: an assembly formed by assembling the lens holder together with a conductive body and comprises a circuit that receives supplied power; a shake correction drive section configured to displace the assembly by a shake correction magnet and a shake correction coil disposed at a position facing the shake correction magnet in collaboration with each other; and a position detection section configured to detect a position of the assembly in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis, wherein: the shake correction magnet is disposed around the lens holder, and the shake correction magnet, the shake correction coil and the position detection section are disposed at respective positions shifted in the direction of the optical axis with respect to each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Moriya, Masayoshi Sugawara
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Patent number: 9477093Abstract: A lens drive apparatus that displaces a lens holder in a direction of an optical axis and a direction orthogonal to the optical axis comprises: a drive section that displaces an assembly, which is formed by assembling a lens holder displaceable in the direction of the optical axis together with a plurality of magnets disposed around the lens holder, in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis by the plurality of magnets and a plurality of coils disposed at positions facing the magnets in collaboration with each other; and a Hall device that is disposed between any two of the plurality of coils and detects a position of any one of the plurality of magnets in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Moriya, Masayoshi Sugawara
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Patent number: 9459465Abstract: A lens drive apparatus that displaces a lens holder in a direction of an optical axis and a direction orthogonal to the optical axis in collaboration with a magnet and a coil comprises: an assembly that is formed by assembling the lens holder together with a conductive body and comprises a circuit that receives supplied power; a base that is disposed at a position spaced from the assembly and has an aperture through which the optical axis passes; and a plurality of suspension wires that are disposed around the aperture and support the assembly such that the assembly is displaceable in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis, wherein the plurality of suspension wires include a first suspension wire configured to supply power to the circuit, and a second suspension wire configured to supply power to the circuit via a path different from that of the first suspension wire.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Moriya, Masayoshi Sugawara
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Publication number: 20160241788Abstract: A lens drive apparatus that displaces a lens holder in a direction of an optical axis and a direction orthogonal to the optical axis comprises: an assembly formed by assembling the lens holder together with a conductive body and comprises a circuit that receives supplied power; a shake correction drive section configured to displace the assembly by a shake correction magnet and a shake correction coil disposed at a position facing the shake correction magnet in collaboration with each other; and a position detection section configured to detect a position of the assembly in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis, wherein: the shake correction magnet is disposed around the lens holder, and the shake correction magnet, the shake correction coil and the position detection section are disposed at respective positions shifted in the direction of the optical axis with respect to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro MORIYA, Masayoshi SUGAWARA
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Patent number: 9366878Abstract: A lens drive apparatus that displaces a lens holder in a direction of an optical axis and a direction orthogonal to the optical axis in collaboration with a magnet and a coil comprises: an assembly that is formed by assembling the lens holder together with a conductive body and comprises a circuit that receives supplied power; a base that is disposed at a position spaced from the assembly and has an aperture through which the optical axis passes; and a plurality of suspension wires that are disposed around the aperture and support the assembly such that the assembly is displaceable in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis, wherein the plurality of suspension wires include a first suspension wire configured to supply power to the circuit, and a second suspension wire configured to supply power to the circuit via a path different from that of the first suspension wire.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Moriya, Masayoshi Sugawara
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Patent number: 9298017Abstract: A lens holder driving device includes an auto-focusing lens holder driving portion moving a lens holder holding a lens barrel along an optical axis, and an image stabilizer portion stabilizing image blurred by moving the auto-focusing lens holder driving portion in first and second directions which are orthogonal to the optical axis and which are perpendicular to each other. The image stabilizer portion includes: a fixed portion disposed apart from the auto-focusing lens holder driving portion in the direction of the optical axis; a plurality of suspension wires having first end portions fixed to the fixed portion at outer regions thereof, extending along the optical axis, having second end portions fixed to the auto-focusing lens holder driving portion, and swingably supporting the auto-focusing lens holder driving portion in the first direction and the second direction; and a fracture preventing member preventing the suspension wires from fracturing.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2015Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayoshi Sugawara, Akihiro Moriya, Keiichi Sato, Makoto Ariji, Satoshi Ajiki
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Publication number: 20150355477Abstract: A lens drive apparatus includes an image stabilizer portion moves an auto-focusing lens driving portion in first and second directions orthogonal to an optical axis and perpendicular to each other, and the image stabilizer portion includes a fixed member disposed apart from the auto-focusing lens driving portion in a direction of the optical axis, a plurality of suspension wires each comprising an end fixed to the fixed member at an outer region thereof, a narrowing portion that is disposed between the fixed member and the auto-focusing lens driving portion and that narrows part of a gap between the fixed member and the auto-focusing lens driving portion, and a damper compound that is disposed at the narrowed part of the gap between the fixed member and the auto-focusing lens driving portion and that suppress undesired resonance in the direction of the optical axis of the auto-focusing lens driving portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Keiichi SATO, Makoto ARIJI, Masayoshi SUGAWARA, Akihiro MORIYA