Patents by Inventor Hideki Yamaoka
Hideki Yamaoka 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: 8131141Abstract: A lens position detecting device 200 has a position detecting magnet 202, a magnetic force detecting sensor 204, a positional information generating means 206, etc. The position detecting magnet 202 is mounted on a rear surface of a lens holder frame 1460. The magnetic force detecting sensor 204 serves to generate a detected signal having a magnitude depending on the intensity of a magnetic force generated from the magnetic poles of the position detecting magnet 202. The magnetic force detecting sensor 204 is disposed on a straight line that passes through the position detecting magnet 202 parallel to the optical axis. The magnetic force detecting sensor 204 outputs a detected signal having a voltage corresponding (proportional) to the intensity of the magnetic force. An amplifying circuit 208 of a positional information generating means 206 amplifies the detected signal Ss from the magnetic force detecting sensor 204.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2005Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomoya Takei, Toshifumi Takaoka, Hideo Takagi, Yoshikazu Ito, Masanori Hayashi, Tomohiro Yasui, Hideki Yamaoka, Kentaro Tashita
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Patent number: 7554600Abstract: A main flexible substrate has a mount surface portion to be mounted to the rear surface of a base, and a movable surface portion extended from the mount surface portion. At a portion of the movable surface portion near the mount surface portion, there is provided an undulatable surface portion undulatable between a bent state of being bent relative to the mount surface portion and separate from the rear surface of the base and a flat state of being mated and mounted to the rear surface of the base. A first soldered terminal portion is formed on the front surface of the undulatable surface portion. A base end portion of a shutter flexible substrate extended to the rear side of the rear surface of the base and a base end portion of a coil flexible substrate are each provided with a second soldered terminal portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2005Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Yasui, Masanori Hayashi, Kentaro Tashita, Yoshikazu Ito, Hideki Yamaoka
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Patent number: 7417804Abstract: A lens barrel has a base, a second lens holder frame holding a second lens group, a first lens holder frame holding a first lens group, a cam ring, and a fixed ring. The second lens holder frame has three guides projecting axially from an outer circumferential portion of an annular plate and disposed at circumferentially equally spaced intervals. Guide grooves are defined in respective portions of the annular plate which are radially inwardly faced by the guides. Guide posts engage respectively in the guide grooves, so that the second lens holder frame is nonrotatably, but axially movably supported by the guide posts.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2007Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Yasui, Masanori Hayashi, Yoshikazu Ito, Hideki Yamaoka, Kentaro Tashita
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Patent number: 7418200Abstract: A collapsible type optical unit is described that is capable of moving its optical system between a working position and a retracted position as well as an image-pickup apparatus including the optical unit. The optical unit and the image-pickup apparatus are capable of acquiring lens-position information by detecting a position of a lens barrel supported to be movable with respect to a fixed barrel. The collapsible type optical unit includes a second group lens frame movable along a direction of its optical axis with respect to a fixed ring and rear barrel, and a solid-state image-pickup device provided behind the second group lens frame, in which on the movable second group lens frame, a position-detecting means for detecting a position of the second group lens frame is provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2003Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Satoshi Imai, Nobuaki Aoki, Tatsuo Makii, Hideki Yamaoka
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Publication number: 20070273364Abstract: A lens position detecting device 200 has a position detecting magnet 202, a magnetic force detecting sensor 204, a positional information generating means 206, etc. The position detecting magnet 202 is mounted on a rear surface of a lens holder frame 1460. The magnetic force detecting sensor 204 serves to generate a detected signal having a magnitude depending on the intensity of a magnetic force generated from the magnetic poles of the position detecting magnet 202. The magnetic force detecting sensor 204 is disposed on a straight line that passes through the position detecting magnet 202 parallel to the optical axis. The magnetic force detecting sensor 204 outputs a detected signal having a voltage corresponding (proportional) to the intensity of the magnetic force. An amplifying circuit 208 of a positional information generating means 206 amplifies the detected signal Ss from the magnetic force detecting sensor 204.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2005Publication date: November 29, 2007Inventors: Tomoya Takei, Toshifumi Takaoka, Hideo Takagi, Yoshikazu Ito, Masanori Hayashi, Tomohiro Yasui, Hideki Yamaoka, Kentaro Tashita
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Publication number: 20070236807Abstract: A lens barrel has a base, a second lens holder frame holding a second lens group, a first lens holder frame holding a first lens group, a cam ring, and a fixed ring. The second lens holder frame has three guides projecting axially from an outer circumferential portion of an annular plate and disposed at circumferentially equally spaced intervals. Guide grooves are defined in respective portions of the annular plate which are radially inwardly faced by the guides. Guide posts engage respectively in the guide grooves, so that the second lens holder frame is nonrotatably, but axially movably supported by the guide posts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2007Publication date: October 11, 2007Inventors: Tomohiro Yasui, Masanori Hayashi, Yoshikazu Ito, Hideki Yamaoka, Kentaro Tashita
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Patent number: 7236312Abstract: A lens barrel has a base, a second lens holder frame holding a second lens group, a first lens holder frame holding a first lens group, a cam ring, and a fixed ring. The second lens holder frame has three guides projecting axially from an outer circumferential portion of an annular plate and disposed at circumferentially equally spaced intervals. Guide grooves are defined in respective portions of the annular plate which are radially inwardly faced by the guides. Guide posts engage respectively in the guide grooves, so that the second lens holder frame is nonrotatably, but axially movably supported by the guide posts.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2005Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Yasui, Masanori Hayashi, Yoshikazu Ito, Hideki Yamaoka, Kentaro Tashita
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Publication number: 20060153555Abstract: The present invention relates to a collapsible type optical unit capable of moving its optical system between a working position and a retracted position as well as an image-pickup apparatus including the optical unit. Particularly, the present invention relates to the optical unit and the image-pickup apparatus capable of acquiring lens-position information by detecting a position of a lens barrel supported to be movable with respect to a fixed barrel. The optical unit according to the present invention is a collapsible type optical unit including: a second group lens frame movable along the direction of its optical axis with respect to a fixed ring and a rear barrel, and a solid-state image-pickup device provided behind the second group lens frame, in which on the movable second group lens frame, a position-detecting means for detecting a position of the second group lens frame is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2003Publication date: July 13, 2006Inventors: Satoshi Imai, Nobuaki Aoki, Tatsuo Makii, Hideki Yamaoka
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Publication number: 20060061877Abstract: A lens barrel has a base, a second lens holder frame holding a second lens group, a first lens holder frame holding a first lens group, a cam ring, and a fixed ring. The second lens holder frame has three guides projecting axially from an outer circumferential portion of an annular plate and disposed at circumferentially equally spaced intervals. Guide grooves are defined in respective portions of the annular plate which are radially inwardly faced by the guides. Guide posts engage respectively in the guide grooves, so that the second lens holder frame is nonrotatably, but axially movably supported by the guide posts.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2005Publication date: March 23, 2006Inventors: Tomohiro Yasui, Masanori Hayashi, Yoshikazu Ito, Hideki Yamaoka, Kentaro Tashita
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Publication number: 20060044457Abstract: A main flexible substrate has a mount surface portion to be mounted to the rear surface of a base, and a movable surface portion extended from the mount surface portion. At a portion of the movable surface portion near the mount surface portion, there is provided an undulatable surface portion undulatable between a bent state of being bent relative to the mount surface portion and separate from the rear surface of the base and a flat state of being mated and mounted to the rear surface of the base. A first soldered terminal portion is formed on the front surface of the undulatable surface portion. A base end portion of a shutter flexible substrate extended to the rear side of the rear surface of the base and a base end portion of a coil flexible substrate are each provided with a second soldered terminal portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2005Publication date: March 2, 2006Inventors: Tomohiro Yasui, Masanori Hayashi, Kentaro Tashita, Yoshikazu Ito, Hideki Yamaoka