Patents by Inventor Ichiro Taguchi

Ichiro Taguchi 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: 9310669
    Abstract: A camera body includes a plurality of body-side bayonet lugs which are provided on the peripheral edge of an opening; and a protrusion which is positioned in a circular-arc opening formed between adjacent body-side bayonet lugs of the body-side bayonet lugs, the distance between the protrusion and either of adjacent two body-side bayonet lugs of the body-side bayonet lugs being shorter than each of the lens-side bayonet lugs; and a body-side mount surface with which the lens-side bayonet surface comes into contact from the front side when the lens-side bayonet lugs are positioned immediately behind the body-side bayonet lugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako
  • Patent number: 9197801
    Abstract: A camera body includes a body-side bayonet lug, wherein a lens-side bayonet lug of a lens barrel is positioned immediately behind the body-side bayonet lug when the lens barrel is mounted to the camera body; an opposed surface formed on the rear surface of the body-side bayonet lug and positioned immediately in front of the lens-side bayonet lug; a body-side mount surface positioned in front of the opposed surface and with which the lens-side bayonet surface comes into contact; and a body-side contact portion, the front end of which contacts the rear end of the lens-side contact portion when the opposed surface faces the lens-side bayonet lug, the front end of the body-side contact portion being positioned in front of the opposed surface and behind the body-side mount surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako
  • Patent number: 9134590
    Abstract: A camera body includes body-side bayonet lugs concentric with lens-side bayonet lugs, circular-arc openings, a circular arc protrusion positioned inside the camera body and projecting forward and concentric with the body-side bayonet lugs, body-side contact portions provided and arranged on the front end surface of the circular arc protrusion and come into contact with lens-side contact portions which are provided on the lens barrel, and rearward biasers provided immediately behind two of the body-side bayonet lugs to bias and move the lens-side bayonet lugs rearward, wherein two of the body-side contact portions located at both ends in the lengthwise direction and the two rearward biasers lie on radial-direction extension lines of the circular arc protrusion, respectively, as viewed in an optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako
  • Publication number: 20140119720
    Abstract: A camera body includes body-side bayonet lugs concentric with lens-side bayonet lugs, circular-arc openings, a circular arc protrusion positioned inside the camera body and projecting forward and concentric with the body-side bayonet lugs, body-side contact portions provided and arranged on the front end surface of the circular arc protrusion and come into contact with lens-side contact portions which are provided on the lens barrel, and rearward biasers provided immediately behind two of the body-side bayonet lugs to bias and move the lens-side bayonet lugs rearward, wherein two of the body-side contact portions located at both ends in the lengthwise direction and the two rearward biasers lie on radial-direction extension lines of the circular arc protrusion, respectively, as viewed in an optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako
  • Publication number: 20140119721
    Abstract: A camera body includes a plurality of body-side bayonet lugs which are provided on the peripheral edge of an opening; and a protrusion which is positioned in a circular-arc opening formed between adjacent body-side bayonet lugs of the body-side bayonet lugs, the distance between the protrusion and either of adjacent two body-side bayonet lugs of the body-side bayonet lugs being shorter than each of the lens-side bayonet lugs; and a body-side mount surface with which the lens-side bayonet surface comes into contact from the front side when the lens-side bayonet lugs are positioned immediately behind the body-side bayonet lugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako
  • Publication number: 20140111686
    Abstract: A camera body includes a body-side bayonet lug, wherein a lens-side bayonet lug of a lens barrel is positioned immediately behind the body-side bayonet lug when the lens barrel is mounted to the camera body; an opposed surface formed on the rear surface of the body-side bayonet and positioned immediately in front of the lens-side bayonet lug; a body-side mount surface positioned in front of the opposed surface and with which the lens-side bayonet surface comes into contact; and a body-side contact portion, the front end of which contacts the rear end of the lens-side contact portion when the opposed surface faces the lens-side bayonet lug, the front end of the body-side contact portion being positioned in front of the opposed surface and behind the body-side mount surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako
  • Patent number: 7584011
    Abstract: A method for optimizing a structure of an industrial product includes selecting control factors from among manufacturing parameters affecting a target characteristic, which is scheduled to be manufactured by a sequence of manufacturing processes; setting levels to the respective control factors; selecting a reference characteristic having a trade-off relation with the target characteristic from among characteristics of the structure; setting a reference value to the reference characteristic; selecting a prior adjustment factor affecting the reference characteristic; creating conditions for experiments assigning combinations of the levels to the respective control factors; determining an adjustment value of the prior adjustment factor so that each of characteristic values of the reference characteristic obtained by the experiments conforms substantially to the reference value; and determining experimental characteristic values of the target characteristic using the adjustment value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazumi Nishinohara, Mitsutoshi Nakamura, Kyoichi Suguro, Koji Shirai, Ichiro Taguchi
  • Patent number: 7500903
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus includes a polishing jig. The polishing jig includes an elastic balloon member, a fixture, and a fluid supply portion. The fixture airtightly closes the rear opening portion of the balloon member. The fluid supply portion supplies a fluid into a space formed by the fixture and balloon member. The balloon member has a cup shape constructed by a dome portion and a cylinder portion extending backward from the outer periphery of the dome portion. The fixture fixes the opening portion of the cylinder portion of the balloon member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Toyoshima, Hideo Toriumi, Shin-ichiro Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20080140229
    Abstract: A method for optimizing a structure of an industrial product includes selecting control factors from among manufacturing parameters affecting a target characteristic, which is scheduled to be manufactured by a sequence of manufacturing processes; setting levels to the respective control factors; selecting a reference characteristic having a trade-off relation with the target characteristic from among characteristics of the structure; setting a reference value to the reference characteristic; selecting a prior adjustment factor affecting the reference characteristic; creating conditions for experiments assigning combinations of the levels to the respective control factors; determining an adjustment value of the prior adjustment factor so that each of characteristic values of the reference characteristic obtained by the experiments conforms substantially to the reference value; and determining experimental characteristic values of the target characteristic using the adjustment value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazumi Nishinohara, Mitsutoshi Nakamura, Kyoichi Suguro, Koji Shirai, Ichiro Taguchi
  • Patent number: 7349750
    Abstract: A method for optimizing a structure of an industrial product includes selecting control factors from among manufacturing parameters affecting a target characteristic, which is scheduled to be manufactured by a sequence of manufacturing processes; setting levels to the respective control factors; selecting a reference characteristic having a trade-off relation with the target characteristic from among characteristics of the structure; setting a reference value to the reference characteristic; selecting a prior adjustment factor affecting the reference characteristic; creating conditions for experiments assigning combinations of the levels to the respective control factors; determining an adjustment value of the prior adjustment factor so that each of characteristic values of the reference characteristic obtained by the experiments conforms substantially to the reference value; and determining experimental characteristic values of the target characteristic using the adjustment value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazumi Nishinohara, Mitsutoshi Nakamura, Kyoichi Suguro, Koji Shirai, Ichiro Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20070202778
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus includes a polishing jig. The polishing jig includes an elastic balloon member, a fixture, and a fluid supply portion. The fixture airtightly closes the rear opening portion of the balloon member. The fluid supply portion supplies a fluid into a space formed by the fixture and balloon member. The balloon member has a cup shape constructed by a dome portion and a cylinder portion extending backward from the outer periphery of the dome portion. The fixture fixes the opening portion of the cylinder portion of the balloon member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Toyoshima, Hideo Toriumi, Shin-ichiro Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20070067056
    Abstract: A method for optimizing a structure of an industrial product includes selecting control factors from among manufacturing parameters affecting a target characteristic, which is scheduled to be manufactured by a sequence of manufacturing processes; setting levels to the respective control factors; selecting a reference characteristic having a trade-off relation with the target characteristic from among characteristics of the structure; setting a reference value to the reference characteristic; selecting a prior adjustment factor affecting the reference characteristic; creating conditions for experiments assigning combinations of the levels to the respective control factors; determining an adjustment value of the prior adjustment factor so that each of characteristic values of the reference characteristic obtained by the experiments conforms substantially to the reference value; and determining experimental characteristic values of the target characteristic using the adjustment value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Kazumi Nishinohara, Mitsutoshi Nakamura, Kyoichi Suguro, Koji Shirai, Ichiro Taguchi
  • Patent number: 7189148
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus includes a polishing jig. The polishing jig includes an elastic balloon member, a fixture, and a fluid supply portion. The fixture airtightly closes the rear opening portion of the balloon member. The fluid supply portion supplies a fluid into a space formed by the fixture and balloon member. The balloon member has a cup shape constructed by a dome portion and a cylinder portion extending backward from the outer periphery of the dome portion. The fixture fixes the opening portion of the cylinder portion of the balloon member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Toyoshima, Hideo Toriumi, Shin-ichiro Taguchi
  • Patent number: 7158222
    Abstract: A dioptric power distribution measuring device (1) measures the dioptric power distribution of a target lens. A computer (3) constructs a design lens spatial model in a virtual space, and calculates the dioptric power distribution of the design lens spatial model by performing simulation processing for incident/exit light for only the same point in the design lens spatial model as a measurement point on the target lens. The computer then compares the calculated dioptric power distribution with the dioptric power distribution of the target lens which is measured by the dioptric power distribution measuring device (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Shin-ichiro Taguchi, Masaaki Matsushima
  • Patent number: 7144305
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus includes a polishing jig. The polishing jig includes an elastic balloon member, a fixture, and a fluid supply portion. The fixture airtightly closes the rear opening portion of the balloon member. The fluid supply portion supplies a fluid into a space formed by the fixture and balloon member. The balloon member has a cup shape constructed by a dome portion and a cylinder portion extending backward from the outer periphery of the dome portion. The fixture fixes the opening portion of the cylinder portion of the balloon member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Toyoshima, Hideo Toriumi, Shin-ichiro Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20060073770
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus includes a polishing jig. The polishing jig includes an elastic balloon member, a fixture, and a fluid supply portion. The fixture airtightly closes the rear opening portion of the balloon member. The fluid supply portion supplies a fluid into a space formed by the fixture and balloon member. The balloon member has a cup shape constructed by a dome portion and a cylinder portion extending backward from the outer periphery of the dome portion. The fixture fixes the opening portion of the cylinder portion of the balloon member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Toyoshima, Hideo Toriumi, Shin-ichiro Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20050227592
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus includes a polishing jig. The polishing jig includes an elastic balloon member, a fixture, and a fluid supply portion. The fixture airtightly closes the rear opening portion of the balloon member. The fluid supply portion supplies a fluid into a space formed by the fixture and balloon member. The balloon member has a cup shape constructed by a dome portion and a cylinder portion extending backward from the outer periphery of the dome portion. The fixture fixes the opening portion of the cylinder portion of the balloon member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Toyoshima, Hideo Toriumi, Shin-ichiro Taguchi
  • Patent number: 6932678
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus includes a polishing jig. The polishing jig includes an elastic balloon member, a fixture, and a fluid supply portion. The fixture airtightly closes the rear opening portion of the balloon member. The fluid supply portion supplies a fluid into a space formed by the fixture and balloon member. The balloon member has a cup shape constructed by a dome portion and a cylinder portion extending backward from the outer periphery of the dome portion. The fixture fixes the opening portion of the cylinder portion of the balloon member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Toyoshima, Hideo Toriumi, Shin-ichiro Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20050179863
    Abstract: A dioptric power distribution measuring device (1) measures the dioptric power distribution of a target lens. A computer (3) constructs a design lens spatial model in a virtual space, and calculates the dioptric power distribution of the design lens spatial model by performing simulation processing for incident/exit light for only the same point in the design lens spatial model as a measurement point on the target lens. The computer then compares the calculated dioptric power distribution with the dioptric power distribution of the target lens which is measured by the dioptric power distribution measuring device (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Shin-ichiro Taguchi, Masaaki Matsushima
  • Publication number: 20030129925
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus includes a polishing jig. The polishing jig includes an elastic balloon member, a fixture, and a fluid supply portion. The fixture airtightly closes the rear opening portion of the balloon member. The fluid supply portion supplies a fluid into a space formed by the fixture and balloon member. The balloon member has a cup shape constructed by a dome portion and a cylinder portion extending backward from the outer periphery of the dome portion. The fixture fixes the opening portion of the cylinder portion of the balloon member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Toyoshima, Hideo Toriumi, Shin-ichiro Taguchi