Patents by Inventor Hidetsugu Otani

Hidetsugu Otani 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).

  • Patent number: 11856279
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus, a manufacturing apparatus, a manufacturing method, and an electronic appliance that contribute to miniaturization and thinning of an imaging apparatus. Provided is an imaging apparatus including a first circuit board in which an imaging element is mounted on a center portion, a component that is mounted on an outer circumference portion of the center portion of the first circuit board and a member that incorporates the component and is provided in the outer circumference portion and is formed by a mold method. The imaging apparatus further includes a lens barrel that holds a lens, in which a frame that supports a portion including the lens barrel is located on the member. Further, the frame includes an infra red cut filter (IRCF). The present technology can be applied to an imaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Otani, Yuuji Kishigami
  • Publication number: 20230032808
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus, a manufacturing apparatus, a manufacturing method, and an electronic appliance that contribute to miniaturization and thinning of an imaging apparatus. Provided is an imaging apparatus including a first circuit board in which an imaging element is mounted on a center portion, a component that is mounted on an outer circumference portion of the center portion of the first circuit board, and a member that incorporates the component and is provided in the outer circumference portion and is formed by a mold method. The imaging apparatus further includes a lens barrel that holds a lens, in which a frame that supports a portion including the lens barrel is located on the member. Further, the frame includes an infra red cut filter (IRCF). The present technology can be applied to an imaging apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: HIDETSUGU OTANI, YUUJI KISHIGAMI
  • Patent number: 11483456
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus, a manufacturing apparatus, a manufacturing method, and an electronic appliance that contribute to miniaturization and thinning of an imaging apparatus. Provided is an imaging apparatus including a first circuit board in which an imaging element is mounted on a center portion, a component that is mounted on an outer circumference portion of the center portion of the first circuit board, and a member that incorporates the component and is provided in the outer circumference portion and is formed by a mold method. The imaging apparatus further includes a lens barrel that holds a lens, in which a frame that supports a portion including the lens barrel is located on the member. Further, the frame includes an infra red cut filter (IRCF). The present technology can be applied to an imaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Otani, Yuuji Kishigami
  • Patent number: 11417693
    Abstract: Provided is a module including an organic substrate, an image sensor mounted on an upper surface of the organic substrate, a wire connecting the image sensor and the organic substrate, and a wire sealing unit adhered to a side surface of the image sensor while encompassing the wire. A thermal conductivity of the wire sealing unit is higher than a thermal conductivity of the organic substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Otani, Yuuji Kishigami
  • Publication number: 20210273004
    Abstract: To reduce deformation of an imaging device and to prevent a reduction in image quality. The imaging device includes an imaging element, a substrate, and a connection portion. The substrate included in the imaging device is formed of an organic substrate and an inorganic substrate, the organic substrate including an insulation layer that is made of an organic material, the inorganic substrate including an insulation layer that is made of an inorganic material. The imaging element included in the imaging device is bonded to the substrate. The connection portion included in the imaging device connects the substrate included in the imaging device and the imaging element included in the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: ATSUSHI YOSHIDA, YUUJI KISHIGAMI, HIDETSUGU OTANI
  • Publication number: 20200366819
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus, a manufacturing apparatus, a manufacturing method, and an electronic appliance that contribute to miniaturization and thinning of an imaging apparatus. Provided is an imaging apparatus including a first circuit board in which an imaging element is mounted on a center portion, a component that is mounted on an outer circumference portion of the center portion of the first circuit board, and a member that incorporates the component and is provided in the outer circumference portion and is formed by a mold method. The imaging apparatus further includes a lens barrel that holds a lens, in which a frame that supports a portion including the lens barrel is located on the member. Further, the frame includes an infra red cut filter (IRCF). The present technology can be applied to an imaging apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: HIDETSUGU OTANI, YUUJI KISHIGAMI
  • Patent number: 10764479
    Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus, a manufacturing method, and an electronic appliance that contribute to miniaturization and thinning of an imaging apparatus. The imaging apparatus includes a first circuit board in which an imaging element is mounted on a center portion, a component that is mounted on an outer circumference portion of the center portion of the first circuit board, and a member that incorporates the component and is provided in the outer circumference portion and is formed by a mold method. The imaging apparatus further includes a lens barrel that holds a lens, in which a frame that supports a portion including the lens barrel is located on the member. Further, the frame includes an infra red cut filter (IRCF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Otani, Yuuji Kishigami
  • Publication number: 20200043965
    Abstract: [Object] To suppress the heat rising of a module in which an image sensor is installed and fixed on a substrate more than before, make the time until the temperature of the module reaches a prescribed temperature later than before, and thereby make the available time of the module longer than before. [Solution] Provided is a module including: an organic substrate; an image sensor mounted on an upper surface of the organic substrate; a wire connecting the image sensor and the organic substrate; and a wire sealing unit adhered to a side surface of the image sensor while encompassing the wire. A thermal conductivity of the wire sealing unit is higher than a thermal conductivity of the organic substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: HIDETSUGU OTANI, YUUJI KISHIGAMI
  • Publication number: 20180343371
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus, a manufacturing apparatus, a manufacturing method, and an electronic appliance that contribute to miniaturization and thinning of an imaging apparatus. Provided is an imaging apparatus including a first circuit board in which an imaging element is mounted on a center portion, a component that is mounted on an outer circumference portion of the center portion of the first circuit board, and a member that incorporates the component and is provided in the outer circumference portion and is formed by a mold method. The imaging apparatus further includes a lens barrel that holds a lens, in which a frame that supports a portion including the lens barrel is located on the member. Further, the frame includes an infra red cut filter (IRCF). The present technology can be applied to an imaging apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: HIDETSUGU OTANI, YUUJI KISHIGAMI
  • Patent number: 10079965
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus and a manufacturing method of the imaging apparatus. A glass plate 13 is mounted at a position corresponding to an opening portion 15 a on a substrate 15. An imaging device 16 is mounted at a position with an optically appropriate distance in terms of design based on a surface of the glass plate 13 on a face of the substrate 15 opposite to a face on which the glass plate 13 is mounted, at a position corresponding to the opening portion 15 a. A lens barrel portion 11 is placed so that the optical system block 12 is set at a position with an optically appropriate distance on the glass plate 13, and fixed with an adhesive 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Otani, Yuuji Kishigami
  • Patent number: 10044917
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus, a manufacturing apparatus, a manufacturing method, and an electronic appliance that contribute to miniaturization and thinning of an imaging apparatus. Provided is an imaging apparatus including a first circuit board in which an imaging element is mounted on a center portion, a component that is mounted on an outer circumference portion of the center portion of the first circuit board, and a member that incorporates the component and is provided in the outer circumference portion and is formed by a mold method. The imaging apparatus further includes a lens barrel that holds a lens, in which a frame that supports a portion including the lens barrel is located on the member. Further, the frame includes an infra red cut filter (IRCF). The present technology can be applied to an imaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Otani, Yuuji Kishigami
  • Patent number: 9881962
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a semiconductor apparatus, a solid state imaging device, an imaging apparatus and electronic equipment which realize a smaller and thinner size and which enable improvement of optical characteristics, and a manufacturing method thereof. A side electrode 16c is formed on a side face of a substrate on which an imaging device 16 is formed. By this side electrode 16c being connected to an electrode pad 15b on the substrate 15 through a chip wiring 17 formed with solder, the imaging device 16 is electrically connected to the substrate 15. By this means, because it is possible to electrically connect the imaging device 16 to the substrate 15 without using wire bonding, space required for wire bonding is not required, so that it is possible to realize a smaller and thinner apparatus. The present technology can be applied to an imaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Otani, Yuuji Kishigami
  • Publication number: 20160295080
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus and a manufacturing method of the imaging apparatus, and electronic equipment and a manufacturing method of the electronic equipment which make it possible to obtain high optical characteristics. In step S1, a glass plate 13 is mounted at a position corresponding to an opening portion 15a on a substrate 15. In step S2, an imaging device 16 is mounted at a position with an optically appropriate distance in terms of design based on a surface of the glass plate 13 (or a predetermined reference plane) on a face of the substrate 15 opposite to a face on which the glass plate 13 is mounted, at a position corresponding to the opening portion 15a. In step S3, a lens barrel portion 11 is placed so that the optical system block 12 is set at a position with an optically appropriate distance in terms of design based on the surface of the glass plate 13 (or the predetermined reference plane) on the glass plate 13, and fixed with an adhesive 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: HIDETSUGU OTANI, YUUJI KISHIGAMI
  • Publication number: 20160293653
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a semiconductor apparatus, a solid state imaging device, an imaging apparatus and electronic equipment which realize a smaller and thinner size and which enable improvement of optical characteristics, and a manufacturing method thereof. A side electrode 16c is formed on a side face of a substrate on which an imaging device 16 is formed. By this side electrode 16c being connected to an electrode pad 15b on the substrate 15 through a chip wiring 17 formed with solder, the imaging device 16 is electrically connected to the substrate 15. By this means, because it is possible to electrically connect the imaging device 16 to the substrate 15 without using wire bonding, space required for wire bonding is not required, so that it is possible to realize a smaller and thinner apparatus. The present technology can be applied to an imaging apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: HIDETSUGU OTANI, YUUJI KISHIGAMI
  • Publication number: 20160191767
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus, a manufacturing apparatus, a manufacturing method, and an electronic appliance that contribute to miniaturization and thinning of an imaging apparatus. Provided is as imaging apparatus including a first circuit board in which an imaging element is mounted on a center portion, a component that is mounted on an outer circumference portion of the center portion of the first circuit board, and a member that incorporates the component and is provided in the outer circumference portion and is formed by a mold method. The imaging apparatus further includes a lens barrel that holds a lens, in which a frame that supports a portion including the lens barrel is located on the member. Further, the frame includes an intra red cut filter (IRCF). The present technology can be applied to an imaging apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Otani, Yuuji Kishigami