Patents by Inventor Go Tokura
Go Tokura 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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Patent number: 8355505Abstract: The camera includes a sensor for sensing the photographer's iris image and registering the image in advance. The iris image is recorded in the image of a subject by a digital MCU at a timing different from that at which the image of the subject is captured. The recording timing is that at which the camera power supply is turned off, that at which a recording medium is ejected from the camera or that at which the iris image to be recorded is changed to changed to the registered iris image of another photographer. The recording of the iris image is achieved by embedding it as a watermark or by appending it to metadata.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2007Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Goichi Morikawa, Go Tokura
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Patent number: 7598999Abstract: An electronic device powered by a fuel cell and a power supply system using a fuel cell include a first generating cell supplied with fuel directly from a fuel tank and a second generating cell supplied with fuel through the first generating cell. The second generating cell has a capacity different from the capacity of the first generating cell.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2006Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Go Tokura, Hiroshi Kikuchi
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Patent number: 7592082Abstract: A fuel cell is disclosed, which can use space in an apparatus body effectively. The fuel cell comprises a plurality of cells laminated, and a cell box housing the plurality of cells. The plurality of cells include a cell whose size in a first direction orthogonal to a lamination direction is different from that of another cell. The cell box has a shape corresponding to the size of each cell. Furthermore, an electronic apparatus is disclosed, which comprises an apparatus body including a grip portion having a protruding shape; and a fuel cell that is housed in the grip portion and comprises a cell section in which a plurality of cells are laminated in a protrusion direction of the grip portion or a direction orthogonal to the protrusion direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2008Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Kikuchi, Yuki Totori, Toshifumi Urakami, Go Tokura
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Publication number: 20090086087Abstract: A fuel cell is disclosed, which can use space in an apparatus body effectively. The fuel cell comprises a plurality of cells laminated, and a cell box housing the plurality of cells. The plurality of cells include a cell whose size in a first direction orthogonal to a lamination direction is different from that of another cell. The cell box has a shape corresponding to the size of each cell. Furthermore, an electronic apparatus is disclosed, which comprises an apparatus body including a grip portion having a protruding shape; and a fuel cell that is housed in the grip portion and comprises a cell section in which a plurality of cells are laminated in a protrusion direction of the grip portion or a direction orthogonal to the protrusion direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Kikuchi, Yuki Totori, Toshifumi Urakami, Go Tokura
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Patent number: 7466348Abstract: A digital still camera records a photographer's biological information on a photographic image reliably and protects the copyright of photographic images without affecting processing, and in a manner transparent to operation, at the time of photographing a subject. Biological information (iris information) that is registered beforehand by the photographer is recorded as personal data on an ID card. If an image is taken in a state in which the ID card bearing the recorded personal data has been inserted into the apparatus, iris information that has been sensed by an iris sensor is checked when a power supply is turned on. If the two compared items of iris information match, the personal data is added onto the image of the photographed subject.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2003Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Goichi Morikawa, Go Tokura
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Publication number: 20080025574Abstract: The camera includes a sensor for sensing the photographer's iris image and registering the image in advance. The iris image is recorded in the image of a subject by a digital MCU at a timing different from that at which the image of the subject is captured. The recording timing is that at which the camera power supply is turned off, that at which a recording medium is ejected from the camera or that at which the iris image to be recorded is changed to changed to the registered iris image of another photographer. The recording of the iris image is achieved by embedding it as a watermark or by appending it to metadata.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2007Publication date: January 31, 2008Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Goichi Morikawa, Go Tokura
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Patent number: 7305089Abstract: The camera includes a sensor for sensing the photographer's iris image and registering the image in advance. The iris image is recorded in the image of a subject by a digital MCU at a timing different from that at which the image of the subject is captured. The recording timing is that at which the camera power supply is turned off, that at which a recording medium is ejected from the camera or that at which the iris image to be recorded is changed to the registered iris image of another photographer. The recording of the iris image is achieved by embedding it as a watermark or by appending it to metadata.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2003Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Goichi Morikawa, Go Tokura
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Publication number: 20060181636Abstract: An electronic device powered by a fuel cell and a power supply system using a fuel cell include a first generating cell supplied with fuel directly from a fuel tank and a second generating cell supplied with fuel through the first generating cell. The second generating cell has a capacity different from the capacity of the first generating cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2006Publication date: August 17, 2006Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Go Tokura, Hiroshi Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20050227136Abstract: A fuel cell is disclosed, which can use space in an apparatus body effectively. The fuel cell comprises a plurality of cells laminated, and a cell box housing the plurality of cells. The plurality of cells include a cell whose size in a first direction orthogonal to a lamination direction is different from that of another cell. The cell box has a shape corresponding to the size of each cell. Furthermore, an electronic apparatus is disclosed, which comprises an apparatus body including a grip portion having a protruding shape; and a fuel cell that is housed in the grip portion and comprises a cell section in which a plurality of cells are laminated in a protrusion direction of the grip portion or a direction orthogonal to the protrusion direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2005Publication date: October 13, 2005Inventors: Hiroshi Kikuchi, Yuki Totori, Toshifumi Urakami, Go Tokura
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Publication number: 20030235411Abstract: Disclosed is a digital still camera that records a photographer's biological information on a photographic image reliably and protects the copyright of photographic images without affecting processing, and in a manner transparent to operation, at the time of photography of a subject. Biological information (iris information) that is registered beforehand by the photographer is recorded as personal data on an ID card. If an image is taken in a state in which the ID card bearing the recorded personal data has been inserted into the apparatus, iris information that has been sensed by an iris sensor is checked when a power supply is turned on. If the two compared items of iris information match, the personal data is added onto the image of the photographed subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2003Publication date: December 25, 2003Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Goichi Morikawa, Go Tokura
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Publication number: 20030235326Abstract: The camera includes a sensor for sensing the photographer's iris image and registering the image in advance. The iris image is recorded in the image of a subject by a digital MCU at a timing different from that at which the image of the subject is captured. The recording timing is that at which the camera power supply is turned off, that at which a recording medium is ejected from the camera or that at which the iris image to be recorded is changed to changed to the registered iris image of another photographer. The recording of the iris image is achieved by embedding it as a watermark or by appending it to metadata.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2003Publication date: December 25, 2003Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Goichi Morikawa, Go Tokura
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Patent number: 6640054Abstract: Disclosed is a focus detecting device consisting mainly of a light receiving sensor, a reflecting mirror, a first detection circuit, and a focus detection circuit. The light receiving sensor has a plurality of photoelectric converters. The reflecting mirror is movable between a first position at which the reflecting mirror reflects light that comes from an objective, and routes the light to the light receiving sensor, and a second position at which the reflecting mirror recedes from the path of the light coming from the objective. The reflecting mirror has a member that helps form light distributions in a predetermined field on the light receiving sensor. Moreover, the reflecting mirror makes a return from the first position to the second position or vice versa. The first detection circuit detects a change in the light distributions formed in the predetermined field on the light receiving sensor which is observed between before and after the reflecting mirror makes a return.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2001Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryo Yamasaki, Go Tokura
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Publication number: 20020044772Abstract: Disclosed is a focus detecting device consisting mainly of a light receiving sensor, a reflecting mirror, a first detection circuit, and a focus detection circuit. The light receiving sensor has a plurality of photoelectric converters. The reflecting mirror is movable between a first position at which the reflecting mirror reflects light that comes from an objective, and routes the light to the light receiving sensor, and a second position at which the reflecting mirror recedes from the path of the light coming from the objective. The reflecting mirror has a member that helps form light distributions in a predetermined field on the light receiving sensor. Moreover, the reflecting mirror makes a return from the first position to the second position or vice versa. The first detection circuit detects a change in the light distributions formed in the predetermined field on the light receiving sensor which is observed between before and after the reflecting mirror makes a return.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2001Publication date: April 18, 2002Inventors: Ryo Yamasaki, Go Tokura
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Patent number: 5812891Abstract: A camera includes a spool, a circuit board which is disposed on an extension of an axis of the spool, and circuit parts which are mounted on the circuit board. A part of a specific one of the circuit parts is inserted into the inside of the spool.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1997Date of Patent: September 22, 1998Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Go Tokura
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Patent number: 5418691Abstract: A printed circuit board device comprising at least two printed circuit boards in superposition to connect their interconnection patterns, and a positioning member for putting the two boards into registry when being superimposed, the positioning member including a hole provided in one of the boards, an extension provided on the other board and arranged to be inserted into the hole, and a pair of marks for position registry provided on the respective boards.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1992Date of Patent: May 23, 1995Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Go Tokura
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Patent number: 5253007Abstract: A camera having a special photography function comprises a focus detecting circuit for detecting a state of focus of a subject, a focus-position altering circuit for altering a focus position of a photographic optical system in response to a detection result provided by the focus detecting circuit, and a special-photography executing circuit for executing special photography utilizing multiple exposure. The special-photography executing circuit is arranged to control the focus-position altering circuit in response to a release operation to shoot one exposure on a photosensitive portion with the photographic optical system placed in an in-focus position and continuously shoot at least one exposure on the same photosensitive portion with the photographic optical system placed in a defocused position on a closest-distance side, thereby effecting the multiple exposure.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1992Date of Patent: October 12, 1993Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Go Tokura, Akira Karasawa, Shoji Kaihara, Etsuro Furutsu, Nobuyuki Inoue
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Patent number: 4853734Abstract: A camera has a flexible printed circuit board provided with a storage device, such as an EEPROM, which is capable of electrically effecting the writing and erasing of information. The flexible printed circuit board is disposed along a front surface portion and along another surface portion of a camera body, and an information writing pad for the storage device is disposed in such a manner as to overlay a surface of a projecting portion which projects forward from a substantially flat portion of the camera body.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1987Date of Patent: August 1, 1989Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Go Tokura, Masanori Ishikawa, Akira Yamada
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Patent number: 4716259Abstract: A flexible circuit board including a substrate having at least electrically conducting patterns and electrically insulating cover layers formed on both sides thereof. A number of apertures are formed along a line in a zone at which the board is to be curved. In this zone, areas between two successive apertures having conducting patterns on the front surface do not have conducting patterns on the back surface, and further, the cover layer is applied only to the surface of the areas on which conducting patterns are formed, while the opposite surface having no patterns formed thereon is absent the cover layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1986Date of Patent: December 29, 1987Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Go Tokura, Kazuhiko Arakawa, Jun Terashima
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Patent number: 4711548Abstract: The present invention relates to a camera having circuit elements arranged by using flexible printed circuit boards. In particular, three or more flexible printed circuit boards on respective different faces of a framework of the camera are provided each with an extension bent to common face contiguous to but oriented at right angles with the board bearing faces. The bent extensions are superimposed one upon another when the electrical connection of all the printed circuit boards is established in one step of assembling operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 1986Date of Patent: December 8, 1987Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiko Arakawa, Jun Terashima, Go Tokura
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Patent number: 4707097Abstract: This invention relates to a film frame number display device in which, when the remaining number of film frames is above a prescribed value, the number of frames is displayed in semi-analog form by using a bargraph display, and, when the remaining number of film frames falls below the prescribed value, the number of frames is displayed in numerical form by using a digit display circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 1986Date of Patent: November 17, 1987Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiko Arakawa, Yoshihito Harada, Masayoshi Kiuchi, Go Tokura, Kazuo Fujibayashi