Patents by Inventor HIKARU TANOUE

HIKARU TANOUE 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: 20200177774
    Abstract: To achieve miniaturization while ensuring high functionality. Included are a lens unit that includes at least one lens; an imaging element that performs photoelectric conversion of an optical image of a subject captured by the lens; a battery attachment part to which a battery is attached; a display panel on which an image or video is displayed; a main substrate that controls at least the lens unit; and an antenna substrate having a communication function, in which the lens unit, the battery attachment part, the imaging element, and the display panel are arranged side by side or separately from each other in an optical axis direction of the lens, and in a case where a direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction is defined as an arrangement direction, the main substrate, the lens, and the antenna substrate are arranged side by side or separately from each other in the arrangement direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: HIKARU TANOUE, DAISHI TANAKA, MASASHI JIMBO, KOICHI ENDO, YUKI HARA, HIROKI YOSHIDA, MOKUYOH NAKANO
  • Patent number: 10133155
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device that includes a body and a viewfinder. The viewfinder is movable in two or more directions, between an encased position and a operative position. The viewfinder is encased inside the body at the encased position. The viewfinder is projected outside the body at the operative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Fujii, Toshihide Kanazawa, Hikaru Tanoue, Takaya Konishi
  • Publication number: 20170045802
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device that includes a body and a viewfinder. The viewfinder is movable in two or more directions, between an encased position and a operative position. The viewfinder is encased inside the body at the encased position. The viewfinder is projected outside the body at the operative position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: KENTARO FUJII, TOSHIHIDE KANAZAWA, HIKARU TANOUE, TAKAYA KONISHI
  • Patent number: D810172
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Miyashita, Koji Izumi, Yuichi Kaneda, Yoshinori Sugiyama, Taku Yaegashi, Kohtaro Amano, Noriaki Takagi, Hikaru Tanoue, Kentaro Fujii, Nobuharu Murashima, Keisuke Ishii
  • Patent number: D902284
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hikaru Tanoue, Kentaro Fujii, Nobuharu Murashima, Keisuke Ishii
  • Patent number: D929488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hikaru Tanoue