Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Nishimoto

Hitoshi Nishimoto 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: 20160261676
    Abstract: A content delivery system and content delivery method allow data or files acquired by delivery to be replayed multiple times on each terminal without redelivery and can prohibit replay by people without permission. Included are the steps of determining, when predetermined information is input from the terminal 14A, whether the information is identical to predetermined member information, and of receiving a request, via a predetermined application 20A of the terminal 14A, and delivering content by streaming to the terminal 14A when the information input from the terminal 14A is identical to the member information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: High speed boyz inc.
    Inventor: Hitoshi NISHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8797661
    Abstract: A driving mechanism includes a first piezoelectric element and a first driving member that is driven by the first piezoelectric element and that vibrates in a first direction. The first driving member includes a second piezoelectric element and a second driving member that is driven by the second piezoelectric element and that vibrates in a second direction different from the first direction. A difference between the vibration resonance frequency of the first driving member and the vibration resonance frequency of the second driving member is equal to or less than the half-width at a half maximum of a function representing an amplitude frequency characteristic in the vibration of the first driving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihiro Kuwano, Hitoshi Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 8384822
    Abstract: A digital camera includes: a mirror box that defines a space in which a light flux from a photographic lens is guided to an imaging unit; a mirror unit that is arranged inside the mirror box and is configured to rotate between a viewing position in which the mirror unit is inserted in a photographic light path from the photographic lens to the imaging unit to reflect the light flux and a photographing position in which the mirror unit is retracted from the photographic light path; and an opening section that discharges from the mirror box air that is moved when the mirror unit is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nishimoto, Yoshiaki Tanabe, Tomoyuki Takada, Makoto Kohinata
  • Patent number: 8224177
    Abstract: A digital camera includes: a light guide section that defines a space in which a light flux from a photographic lens to an imaging unit is guided; a mirror unit arranged inside the light guide section, that is adapted to rotate between a viewing position in which the mirror unit is inserted in a photographic light path from the photographic lens to the imaging unit to reflect the light flux and a photographing position in which the mirror unit is retracted from the photographic light path; a mirror unit control section that controls rotation of the mirror unit; a rotation instruction section that outputs a signal to rotate the mirror unit while no photography is performed to the mirror unit control section; and an opening section provided in the light guide section that discharges from the light guide section air that is moved by the rotation of the mirror unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nishimoto, Yoshiaki Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20120081805
    Abstract: A driving mechanism includes a first piezoelectric element and a first driving member that is driven by the first piezoelectric element and that vibrates in a first direction. The first driving member includes a second piezoelectric element and a second driving member that is driven by the second piezoelectric element and that vibrates in a second direction different from the first direction. A difference between the vibration resonance frequency of the first driving member and the vibration resonance frequency of the second driving member is equal to or less than the half-width at a half maximum of a function representing an amplitude frequency characteristic in the vibration of the first driving member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiro KUWANO, Hitoshi NISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20110234888
    Abstract: A digital camera includes: a mirror box that defines a space in which a light flux from a photographic lens is guided to an imaging unit; a mirror unit that is arranged inside the mirror box and is configured to rotate between a viewing position in which the mirror unit is inserted in a photographic light path from the photographic lens to the imaging unit to reflect the light flux and a photographing position in which the mirror unit is retracted from the photographic light path; and an opening section that discharges from the mirror box air that is moved when the mirror unit is rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nishimoto, Yoshiaki Tanabe, Tomoyuki Takada, Makoto Kohinata
  • Publication number: 20110194020
    Abstract: A digital camera includes: a light guide section that defines a space in which a light flux from a photographic lens to an imaging unit is guided; a mirror unit arranged inside the light guide section, that is adapted to rotate between a viewing position in which the mirror unit is inserted in a photographic light path from the photographic lens to the imaging unit to reflect the light flux and a photographing position in which the mirror unit is retracted from the photographic light path; a mirror unit control section that controls rotation of the mirror unit; a rotation instruction section that outputs a signal to rotate the mirror unit while no photography is performed to the mirror unit control section; and an opening section provided in the light guide section that discharges from the light guide section air that is moved by the rotation of the mirror unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nishimoto, Yoshiaki Tanabe
  • Patent number: 7936525
    Abstract: A driving apparatus of the present invention comprises: a lead screw which rotationally drives; and a follower section to hold a driven member L and to rectilinearly move based on rotation of the lead screw. The follower section comprises a first tooth and a second tooth that faced a side portion of the lead screw and are opposite to each other and a third tooth provided in a position different from those of the first tooth and the second tooth. When the follower section rectilinearly moves based on the rotation of the lead screw, power is transferred with the lead screw and the first tooth being engaged with each other, and the lead screw is in a non-contact state with the second tooth and the third tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Yoh Wakamizu, Hitoshi Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20080225157
    Abstract: A digital camera includes: a mirror box that defines a space in which a light flux from a photographic lens is guided to an imaging unit; a mirror unit that is arranged inside the mirror box and is configured to rotate between a viewing position in which the mirror unit is inserted in a photographic light path from the photographic lens to the imaging unit to reflect the light flux and a photographing position in which the mirror unit is retracted from the photographic light path; and an opening section that discharges from the mirror box air that is moved when the mirror unit is rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nishimoto, Yoshiaki Tanabe, Tomoyuki Takada, Makoto Kohinata
  • Publication number: 20080198486
    Abstract: A driving apparatus of the present invention comprises: a lead screw which rotationally drives; and a follower section to hold a driven member L and to rectilinearly move based on rotation of the lead screw. The follower section comprises a first tooth and a second tooth that faced a side portion of the lead screw and are opposite to each other and a third tooth provided in a position different from those of the first tooth and the second tooth. When the follower section rectilinearly moves based on the rotation of the lead screw, power is transferred with the lead screw and the first tooth being engaged with each other, and the lead screw is in a non-contact state with the second tooth and the third tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoh Wakamizu, Hitoshi Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20080193120
    Abstract: A digital camera includes: a light guide section that defines a space in which a light flux from a photographic lens to an imaging unit is guided; a mirror unit arranged inside the light guide section, that is adapted to rotate between a viewing position in which the mirror unit is inserted in a photographic light path from the photographic lens to the imaging unit to reflect the light flux and a photographing position in which the mirror unit is retracted from the photographic light path; a mirror unit control section that controls rotation of the mirror unit; a rotation instruction section that outputs a signal to rotate the mirror unit while no photography is performed to the mirror unit control section; and an opening section provided in the light guide section that discharges from the light guide section air that is moved by the rotation of the mirror unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nishimoto, Yoshiaki Tanabe