Patents by Inventor Isao Misawa

Isao Misawa 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: 4724454
    Abstract: An auto-focus single-lens reflex camera in which manual focusing can be conducted using a manual focusing member provided on the focusing lens (7), in addition to the switching over of the operation mode between auto-focusing and manual focusing, by providing means for judging whether the amount of shift of the position of a point at which the image of the subject is formed is within a focused range, the amount of shift being detected in the camera body in the auto-focusing mode, and by engaging a normally disengaged lens side drive means (2,3,4,5) and camera side autofocus drive means (8,9,10,11,13) through a clutch member (14) controlled by the judging means, with the autofocus drive means being engaged with the lens drive means only when it is necessary to drive the autofocus motor, a compression spring (12) normally disengaging the camera side drive means from the lens side drive means until the clutch is enabled to overcome the resilient force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1988
    Inventor: Isao Misawa
  • Patent number: 4716429
    Abstract: A microprocessor (CPU) controlled autofocus single-lens reflex camera having an interchangeable lens displays the subject distance (3) and the corresponding subject vertical and horizontal dimensions (1,2) in the camera viewfinder adjacent to the in-focus picture (4) which normally appears in the viewfinder by calculating data obtained by a subject distance detecting means and by a focal distance detecting means for detecting the lens focal distance which is used to determine the field angle. The relationship in size between the normal camera picture size and the subject (4) are calculated to provide the corresponding subject dimensions which are displayed in the viewfinder (1,2,3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1987
    Inventor: Isao Misawa