Patents by Inventor Hatsuo Kitada

Hatsuo Kitada 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).

  • Viewfinder control unit and television camera
    Patent number: 6995798
    Abstract: A viewfinder control unit includes a liquid crystal viewfinder with a hood; a sensor for picking up the face of a cameraman; a pan motor for horizontally rotating the viewfinder; and a tilt motor for varying the angle the viewfinder makes with a horizontal plane to provide the cameraman with an optimum view angle. The viewfinder undergoes tracking control such that it is always trained on the face of a cameraman in response to the panning (left or right swing of a lens) and the tilting (up or down swing of the lens) of the television camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Ikegami Tsushinki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Endo, Hatsuo Kitada, Masaharu Nishimura