Patents by Inventor Giichi Kaneta

Giichi Kaneta 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: 20240138653
    Abstract: An endoscope includes an insertion section extending along a longitudinal axis and including a distal end portion, the distal end portion includes a distal end structural member including a conduit integrally formed as a through hole with the distal end structural member, the conduit configured so that a fluid flows through the conduit, the conduit includes a nozzle and a supply conduit located proximally relative to the nozzle, wherein a cross-sectional area of the supply conduit is greater than a cross-sectional area of the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Jin KAWANOYA, Naoki MATSUMURA, Giichi KANETA, Yoshihiro YOKOMAE
  • Patent number: 6819868
    Abstract: A camera is provided that includes a camera housing and a TFT panel, which permits verification of a formed image, located on the back of the camera housing. A strobe unit and an electronic viewfinder unit are located in the upper part of the camera housing. The electronic viewfinder unit has a unit body including: a TFT panel permitting viewing of an object image; an eyepiece opposed to the back of the camera housing and used to view the object image displayed on the TFT panel; and a prism serving as an optical path conversion member that bends by a predetermined angle light emitted from an object image displayed on the TFT panel so as to route the light to the eyepiece, and adjoining the TFT panel and the eyepiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kume, Giichi Kaneta
  • Publication number: 20030133706
    Abstract: A camera in accordance with the present invention has a TFT panel, which permits verification of a formed image, located on the back of a camera housing. A strobe unit and an electronic viewfinder unit are located in the upper part of the camera housing. The electronic viewfinder unit 13 has a unit body including: a TFT panel permitting viewing of an object image; an eyepiece opposed to the back of the camera housing and used to view the object image displayed on the TFT panel; and a prism serving as an optical path conversion member that bends by a predetermined angle light emitted from an object image displayed on the TFT panel so as to route the light to the eyepiece, and adjoining the TFT panel and the eyepiece. This results in a small-sized electronic viewfinder unit. Eventually, the camera can be designed compactly and thinly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kume, Giichi Kaneta