Patents by Inventor Akimasa Kaya

Akimasa Kaya 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: 20240036441
    Abstract: A printer unit includes a film pack room, an exposure head, a transport roller pair, a spreading roller, and a support rib. The support rib is provided between the film pack room and the exposure head in a transport direction, and supports an instant film from a side facing the exposure head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Akimasa KAYA
  • Publication number: 20240019759
    Abstract: A printer unit includes a device housing including a transport roller and a spreading roller, a roller drive mechanism that is attached to the device housing and includes a drive transmission gear train that drives the transport roller and the spreading roller, and a cover member that covers the roller drive mechanism. The roller drive mechanism includes a gear plate separate from the cover member. The gear plate is fixed to the device housing at two locations and is formed in a plate shape that pivotally supports at least one of rotational shafts of the drive transmission gear train.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Akimasa KAYA
  • Publication number: 20230259008
    Abstract: A printer unit has a film pack room into which any one of a first instant film pack or a second instant film pack is loaded, an exposure head, and a controller. The second instant film pack is aligned in the film pack room so as to be shifted to the one side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Akimasa KAYA
  • Patent number: 11709413
    Abstract: A camera with a printer includes a loading room into which an instant film pack in which instant films are accommodated in a stacking manner is loaded, a slit formed in the loading room, a claw member that enters through the slit, and sends out the instant film, and a loading room side rib provided along the slit. The loading room side rib is formed at a position and with a protruding amount where the loading room side rib is capable of being inserted into the instant film pack loaded into the loading room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Akimasa Kaya
  • Publication number: 20230123990
    Abstract: Provided is a digital camera with a printer having good operability. A digital camera with a printer includes an imaging unit, a print unit that prints an image on a medium and discharges the printed medium, a display unit, a first operation member that is rotated from a first position in a first direction around a rotation axis against biasing force, and is rotated in a second direction opposite to the first direction by the biasing force to be returned to the first position in a case in which the first operation member is released, and a processor. The processor performs specific control in accordance with operation of the first operation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masako YOSHIDA, Masayuki SAKAI, Akimasa KAYA, Shinichi FUJIMOTO, Yasushi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230035068
    Abstract: A camera with a printer includes a loading room into which an instant film pack in which instant films are accommodated in a stacking manner is loaded, a slit formed in the loading room, a claw member that enters through the slit, and sends out the instant film, and a loading room side rib provided along the slit. The loading room side rib is formed at a position and with a protruding amount where the loading room side rib is capable of being inserted into the instant film pack loaded into the loading room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Akimasa KAYA
  • Publication number: 20230024154
    Abstract: A transport roller pair that includes a capstan roller and a pinch roller is provided. The capstan roller includes a rotational shaft, a pair of spike roller members that are arranged at intervals from each other so as to correspond to a dimension of a first instant film in a width direction, and a sub roller member that is disposed at an interval with respect to the spike roller member so as to correspond to a dimension of a second instant film in a width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Akimasa KAYA
  • Patent number: 11520215
    Abstract: A printer unit has a film pack room into which any one of a first instant film pack or a second instant film pack is loaded, an exposure head, and a controller. The second instant film pack is aligned with the film pack room so as to be shifted. A detector that detects the first instant film pack is provided in the film pack room. The controller controls the exposure head to switch according to a signal of the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Akimasa Kaya
  • Publication number: 20220011648
    Abstract: A printer unit has a film pack room into which any one of a first instant film pack or a second instant film pack is loaded, an exposure head, and a controller. The second instant film pack is aligned with the film pack room so as to be shifted. A detector that detects the first instant film pack is provided in the film pack room. The controller controls the exposure head to switch according to a signal of the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Akimasa KAYA
  • Patent number: 11002981
    Abstract: Barrels are attached so as to be rotated around first rotational axes. Reflective members are fixed to the barrels, and reflective members are attached so as to be rotated around second rotational axes. Rotation amounts are equal to each other in rotation of the pair of left and right barrels around the first rotational axes and rotation of the reflective members of the barrels around the second rotational axes due to a link mechanism having a first link member and a second link member. Image blurring in a yaw direction is corrected due to movement of the first link member in an X axis direction. Image blurring in a pitch direction is corrected due to movement of the second link member in a Y axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akimasa Kaya, Kouhei Awazu
  • Patent number: 10928644
    Abstract: In a case where a first coil enters an energized state, the first coil, a second coil, a detection magnet, and a Z-axis position sensor move in an X axis direction. In a case where the second coil enters an energized state, the second coil and the detection magnet move in a Z axis direction, but the first coil and the Z-axis position sensor do not move in the Z axis direction. The Z-axis position sensor is disposed so as to be spaced from the second coil, and the detection magnet is disposed on a side opposite to a second driving magnet with respect to the Z-axis position sensor. The Z-axis position sensor detects a displacement amount V of the detection magnet in the Z axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kouhei Awazu, Akimasa Kaya
  • Patent number: 10890780
    Abstract: An anti-vibration device includes first reflective members, second reflective members, barrels, a first link member, and a second link member. The barrels each hold the first reflective member and the second reflective member. The first link member connects the pair of left and right barrels with each other, and rotates the barrels. The second link member engages with the pair of left and right second reflective members, and rotates the second reflective members. In a case where the barrel is viewed in a direction parallel to a second rotational axis, at least a part of the first link member and the second link member is disposed in a triangle region on a rear side of the second reflective member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kouhei Awazu, Akimasa Kaya
  • Patent number: 10884214
    Abstract: An operation dial is disposed so as to swing between two barrels. The operation dial has a plurality of finger gripping portions that protrudes so as to be inclined with respect to the two barrels. The operation dial is urged by a torsion coil spring to a state in which the two finger gripping portions have the same tilt angle with respect to the two barrels. A reception member is pushed by rotation of the operation dial in one direction and rotation of the operation dial in the other direction due to a swing operation for the finger gripping portions. A switch main body is opened or closed by the pushing of the reception member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kouhei Awazu, Akimasa Kaya
  • Patent number: 10261336
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an anti-vibration optical system, a telephoto optical system, a binocle (binoculars), and an anti-vibration unit that are capable of appropriate distant observation even in a case where the number of reflective members is reduced. In a telephoto optical system, an anti-vibration optical system, which is provided with a first reflective member and a second reflective member, is disposed between an objective optical system and an ocular optical system. The anti-vibration optical system corrects image blurring in a first direction (pitch direction) by rotating the first reflective member around a first rotary shaft, and corrects image blurring in a second direction (yaw direction), which is orthogonal to the first direction, by rotating the first reflective member and the second reflective member around a second optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Akimasa Kaya
  • Publication number: 20180364495
    Abstract: In a case where a first coil enters an energized state, the first coil, a second coil, a detection magnet, and a Z-axis position sensor move in an X axis direction. In a case where the second coil enters an energized state, the second coil and the detection magnet move in a Z axis direction, but the first coil and the Z-axis position sensor do not move in the Z axis direction. The Z-axis position sensor is disposed so as to be spaced from the second coil, and the detection magnet is disposed on a side opposite to a second driving magnet with respect to the Z-axis position sensor. The Z-axis position sensor detects a displacement amount V of the detection magnet in the Z axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kouhei AWAZU, Akimasa KAYA
  • Publication number: 20180364443
    Abstract: An operation dial is disposed so as to swing between two barrels. The operation dial has a plurality of finger gripping portions that protrudes so as to be inclined with respect to the two barrels. The operation dial is urged by a torsion coil spring to a state in which the two finger gripping portions have the same tilt angle with respect to the two barrels. A reception member is pushed by rotation of the operation dial in one direction and rotation of the operation dial in the other direction due to a swing operation for the finger gripping portions. A switch main body is opened or closed by the pushing of the reception member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kouhei AWAZU, Akimasa KAYA
  • Publication number: 20180299690
    Abstract: Barrels are attached so as to be rotated around first rotational axes. Reflective members are fixed to the barrels, and reflective members are attached so as to be rotated around second rotational axes. Rotation amounts are equal to each other in rotation of the pair of left and right barrels around the first rotational axes and rotation of the reflective members of the barrels around the second rotational axes due to a link mechanism having a first link member and a second link member. Image blurring in a yaw direction is corrected due to movement of the first link member in an X axis direction. Image blurring in a pitch direction is corrected due to movement of the second link member in a Y axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akimasa KAYA, Kouhei AWAZU
  • Publication number: 20180299691
    Abstract: An anti-vibration device includes first reflective members, second reflective members, barrels, a first link member, and a second link member. The barrels each hold the first reflective member and the second reflective member. The first link member connects the pair of left and right barrels with each other, and rotates the barrels. The second link member engages with the pair of left and right second reflective members, and rotates the second reflective members. In a case where the barrel is viewed in a direction parallel to a second rotational axis, at least a part of the first link member and the second link member is disposed in a triangle region on a rear side of the second reflective member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kouhei AWAZU, Akimasa KAYA
  • Publication number: 20170075131
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an anti-vibration optical system, a telephoto optical system, a binocle (binoculars), and an anti-vibration unit that are capable of appropriate distant observation even in a case where the number of reflective members is reduced. In a telephoto optical system, an anti-vibration optical system, which is provided with a first reflective member and a second reflective member, is disposed between an objective optical system and an ocular optical system. The anti-vibration optical system corrects image blurring in a first direction (pitch direction) by rotating the first reflective member around a first rotary shaft, and corrects image blurring in a second direction (yaw direction), which is orthogonal to the first direction, by rotating the first reflective member and the second reflective member around a second optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Akimasa KAYA
  • Publication number: 20070034727
    Abstract: A roll holder device is composed of a first holder and a second holder. The first holder is provided with a rotary-claw unit for a forward rotation, which works when the first holder rotates in a forward direction (clockwise direction). The rotary-claw unit includes a rotary claw, a retainer, a compression spring, a stopper and so forth. The rotary claw is rotatable around a shaft attached to the retainer. The compression spring biases the retainer toward the stopper in the clockwise direction. In attaching the first holder to a recording-paper roll, the rotary claw abuts on and rotates along an inner circumference of a core of the recording-paper roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventor: Akimasa Kaya