Patents by Inventor Atsushi Misawa

Atsushi Misawa 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).

  • Display device
    Patent number: 9247113
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device which has a display unit on a main body, comprising a cover member that can be deformed into a first shape for covering the display unit and a second shape for forming a grip in order to solve the problems in the conventional cameras. The problem is such that the size of the camera becomes large by the size of the grip, which impairs portability of the camera because the conventional camera provides a fixed grip on the camera body on which a display unit with a large screen is mounted. In addition, another conventional camera has a space for accommodating the cover members within the grip, so that the size of the grip becomes accordingly large and thus the camera itself becomes large.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Misawa
  • DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150358514
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device which has a display unit on a main body, comprising a cover member that can be deformed into a first shape for covering the display unit and a second shape for forming a grip in order to solve the problems in the conventional cameras. The problem is such that the size of the camera becomes large by the size of the grip, which impairs portability of the camera because the conventional camera provides a fixed grip on the camera body on which a display unit with a large screen is mounted. In addition, another conventional camera has a space for accommodating the cover members within the grip, so that the size of the grip becomes accordingly large and thus the camera itself becomes large.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi MISAWA
  • Lens device
    Patent number: 9207424
    Abstract: An object is to provide a lens device that can share a cable and can prevent the unnecessary exposure of the cable, and an imaging apparatus that includes the lens device. A lens device according to an embodiment of the invention, includes a lens barrel, a control unit that is provided on the lens barrel, a cable of which one end is connected to the control unit and the other end is connected to the imaging apparatus main body, and a housing portion in which the cable is wound and housed and which is provided with an opening through which the cable is led out. The cable is housed in a circumferential direction of the lens barrel, and a length of a portion of the cable led out through the opening is changed by the change of a length of a housed portion of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Daigo Aiba, Hiroshi Nakamura, Atsushi Misawa
  • Lens system and camera system
    Patent number: 9176296
    Abstract: A lens system for a camera, includes: an image formation optical system including a movable lens group and a correction lens group; a drive section driving the correction lens group; a lens position acquisition section acquiring a lens position of the movable lens group; a specification section specifying a partial image of a part of region in an image; a storage section storing a data table; and a control section, in accordance with the lens position of the movable lens group acquired by the lens position acquisition section, on the basis of the data table, acquiring a position for the correction lens group that improves optical performance of the partial image specified by the specification section and then controlling the drive section such as to move the correction lens group to the acquired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Sasaki, Atsushi Misawa
  • Camera and method of controlling operation of same
    Patent number: 9172881
    Abstract: It is arranged so that a user looking at an optical viewfinder and manipulating an operating member of a camera can ascertain which operating member is being manipulated. An optical image of a subject is displayed in the optical viewfinder. Operating members of the camera, which include a shutter-speed dial, exposure dial and command lever, are provided with respective touch sensors for sensing that these operating members have been touched. If the user touches the shutter-speed dial, an image representing the shutter-speed dial touched by the user appears on the optical image of the subject. Viewing the displayed image allows the user to ascertain that he is manipulating the shutter-speed dial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koudai Fujita, Takeshi Misawa, Atsushi Misawa
  • Imaging lens barrel
    Patent number: 9170396
    Abstract: An appropriate operation angle (actuation angle) corresponding to a use is obtained by a relatively simple structure. A focus ring 20 is mounted around a focus cam 10. When the focus ring 20 is moved to a front end side, a gear formed in the focus ring 20 meshes with a gear 17 of the focus cam 10 and the rotation of the focus ring 20 is directly transmitted to the focus cam 10. When the focus ring 20 is moved to a rear end side, the gear formed in the focus ring 20 meshes with pinions 15 mounted on the focus cam 10 and the rotation of the focus ring 20 is directly transmitted to the focus cam 10 through the pinions 15. A half of the rotation angle of the focus ring 20 is the same as the rotation angle of the focus cam 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Hideshima, Tsuyoshi Mitarai, Atsushi Misawa
  • Stereoscopic display apparatus and stereoscopic shooting apparatus, dominant eye judging method and dominant eye judging program for use therein, and recording medium
    Patent number: 9164621
    Abstract: A stereoscopic display apparatus comprising a judging part judging the dominant eye of the user inputting the position coordinates via the coordinate input part based on the reference coordinates of the dominant eye judgment image formed of the left viewpoint image and the right viewpoint image and the obtained position coordinates, depending on whether the obtained position coordinates are near the reference coordinates of the left viewpoint image or the reference coordinates of the right viewpoint image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Yanagita, Atsushi Misawa
  • Image display device, imaging apparatus mounted with image display device as finder device, and image display method
    Patent number: 9167166
    Abstract: An image display device includes a beam splitter that splits an incident light entering from a subject side, an imaging device that converts a first optical image generated by an one-side incident light split by the beam splitter into an electrical signal and outputs the converted electrical signal as a capture image, a synthesis image generating unit that generates an electronic information image, a display panel that displays the electronic information image, and an optical prism that emits an optical image of the electronic information image projected from the display panel to be superimposed on a second optical image generated by the other-side split incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Oshima, Shigeru Kondou, Takashi Aoki, Kazuki Inoue, Daisuke Hayashi, Takeshi Misawa, Atsushi Misawa
  • Camera and method of controlling operation of same
    Patent number: 9143694
    Abstract: An image of a subject formed optically by a objective lens (concave lens) and an eyepiece lens can be seen by a pupil. A light shielding plate is provided in front of part of the objective lens and a shielded region is formed by the light shielding plate. When the image of a subject is captured on a portion of the display screen of an electronic viewfinder, the image of the subject is reflected by a prism and can be seen superimposed upon the shielded region. If the pupil moves away from the optical axis of the virtual finder unit, the extent of the shielded region also shifts. In order to solve this problem, the light shielding plate is moved in accordance with the position of the pupil so that the extent of the shielded region is rendered constant despite movement of the pupil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Misawa
  • Camera and method of controlling operation of same
    Patent number: 9131157
    Abstract: The image in an electronic viewfinder is made larger than the image in an optical viewfinder. Specifically, a finder unit is provided with a region that displays a portion of the display screen of an electronic viewfinder alongside a region that displays the optical image of a subject. When the camera has been set to an optical/electronic hybrid viewfinder, the optically formed optical image of a subject is displayed in the region and a portion of the image of the subject captured by a solid-state electronic image sensing device is displayed in the region. When the camera has been set to the electronic viewfinder, a landscape-oriented image of the subject captured by the solid-state electronic image sensing device is displayed across both of the regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Misawa
  • IMAGING APPARATUS WITH DISPLAY AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150229846
    Abstract: A digital camera is provided with a vertically long camera body having an approximately rectangular solid shape. An LCD panel provided in a rear surface of the camera body is arranged such that longitudinal directions of the display screen and the camera body correspond to each other. The digital camera is operated through a touch panel provided in a lower portion of the display screen. In a taking mode, an image is displayed in a small size on an upper portion of the display screen. In reproducing, the camera body is rotated sideways by 90 degree. In a reproducing mode, display posture of the image is also rotated by 90 degree, and the image is displayed in a large size on the entire display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi MISAWA
  • Camera control system and method of controlling operation of same
    Patent number: 9106777
    Abstract: Collision of communication data on a network line is prevented. A plurality of CPU boards which are independent of one another and have respective ones of CPUs mounted thereon are connected by a network line. Since data collision will occur when multiple streams of control data are transmitted on the network line, the order of priority of camera control is decided. If a zoom lens is shifted toward telephoto and, moreover, the aperture of an iris is shifted toward the open side, the order of priority of focusing lens control is raised. If a zoom lens is shifted toward wide angle and, moreover, the aperture of the iris is shifted toward the closed side, the order of priority of focusing lens control is lowered. Since camera control is carried out in accordance with the order of priority, collision of data on the network line is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Terashima, Atsushi Misawa
  • Endoscopic image display apparatus
    Patent number: 9066676
    Abstract: An endoscopic image display apparatus reads taken image data in which a taken image outputted from an endoscope is recorded, and reproduces and displays the taken image. The taken image data includes intensity information about a plurality of fundamental color components. The endoscopic image display apparatus includes an intensity changing unit which selectively reduces intensity of a specific color component in the taken image data by using the intensity information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wataru Sasaki, Goro Miura, Kunimasa Shimizu, Atsushi Misawa, Yasuhiro Asai
  • Television lens apparatus
    Patent number: 9065995
    Abstract: A television lens apparatus in which circuit boards can be easily mounted or dismounted and can be easily wired is provided. A lens barrel is contained in a housing. A housing opening is formed in the lens barrel to be opened and closed with a rotatable lid. A board holding device is fixed on a rear portion of the lens barrel. In the board holding device, four connectors are mounted on a wiring board and arranged in an axial direction of the lens barrel. Four circuit boards are inserted in the connectors through the housing opening in a direction perpendicular to the lens barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akinobu Hirakawa, Atsushi Misawa
  • LENS DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150153542
    Abstract: An object is to provide a lens device that can share a cable and can prevent the unnecessary exposure of the cable, and an imaging apparatus that includes the lens device. A lens device according to an embodiment of the invention, which is replaceably mounted on an imaging apparatus main body, includes a lens barrel, a control unit that is provided on the lens barrel so as to protrude, a cable of which one end is connected to the control unit and the other end is connected to the imaging apparatus main body, a plurality of length regulating members that are provided in a longitudinal direction of the cable, and a housing portion in which the cable is housed and which is provided with an opening through which the cable is led out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Daigo AIBA, Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Atsushi MISAWA
  • Imaging apparatus with display and image display apparatus
    Patent number: 9042718
    Abstract: A digital camera is provided with a vertically long camera body having an approximately rectangular solid shape. An LCD panel provided in a rear surface of the camera body is arranged such that longitudinal directions of the display screen and the camera body correspond to each other. The digital camera is operated through a touch panel provided in a lower portion of the display screen. In a taking mode, an image is displayed in a small size on an upper portion of the display screen. In reproducing, the camera body is rotated sideways by 90 degree. In a reproducing mode, display posture of the image is also rotated by 90 degree, and the image is displayed in a large size on the entire display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Misawa
  • LENS DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150138435
    Abstract: An object is to provide a lens device that can share a cable and can prevent the unnecessary exposure of the cable, and an imaging apparatus that includes the lens device. A lens device according to an embodiment of the invention, includes a lens barrel, a control unit that is provided on the lens barrel so as to protrude, a cable of which one end is mounted on the control unit and the other end is connected to the imaging apparatus main body, a plurality of length regulating members that are provided, in a longitudinal direction of the cable, and a housing portion in which the cable is housed and which is provided with an opening through which the cable is led out. Any one of the plurality of length regulating members is fitted to the opening, so that a lead-out length of the cable is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Daigo AIBA, Atsushi MISAWA, Hiroshi NAKAMURA
  • DRIVE DEVICE WHICH CAN BE FREELY ATTACHED TO/DETACHED FROM LENS BARREL, AND PROCESS CONTROL METHOD AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR SAME
    Publication number: 20150138437
    Abstract: There are provided a drive device that is detachably mounted on a lens barrel making time, which is required until the position of a zoom ring is detected, uniform, a method of controlling initial processing for storing a result of initial processing in a memory, and a method of adjusting an angular position. A series of pulses are output from an encoder 45 according to the rotation of a zoom ring. A reference signal is output from a photo interrupter 40 at an intermediate position of a movable range of the zoom ring. The present position of the zoom ring is calculated from the pulses of the encoder that are generated after the rising or falling of the reference signal. Time, which is required until the position of the zoom ring is detected, is made uniform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Yuuji MATSUURA, Atsushi MISAWA, Kentaro IMAGAWA
  • CAMERA AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME
    Publication number: 20150138409
    Abstract: An image obtained by superimposing the image of the subject, which is displayed on the display screen of an electronic viewfinder, upon the optical image of the subject can be seen by the user looking through a finder unit. Display position on the display screen of the electronic viewfinder is shifted so as to correct for parallax between the finder unit and the solid-state electronic image sensing device. When the image of the subject is in focus, the optical image of the subject and the electronically captured image of the subject coincide. When the image of the subject is not in focus, the optical image and the electronically captured image are offset from each other. Correct focus can be achieved while observing the extent of offset between these images of the subject through the finder unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi MISAWA, Hiroki SAITOU
  • Electronic camera
    Patent number: D737288
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akemi Oda, Chinatsu Watanabe, Yuuki Okabe, Atsushi Misawa