Patents by Inventor Jun Saiki

Jun Saiki 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: 20240077788
    Abstract: In an imaging apparatus system, a first imaging apparatus includes a first front casing, a common rear casing, a first lens mount attached to the first front casing, and a common monitor attached to the common rear casing. A second imaging apparatus includes a second front casing, a common rear casing, a second lens mount attached to the second front casing and different from the first lens mount, and a common monitor. When the first and second front casings are respectively attached to the common rear casings and, the center of the first lens mount and the center of the second lens mount are identical, regarding the relative positions in the left-right direction with respect to the common rear casings and.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun SAIKI, Takuo TANIGUCHI, Yoshiaki KUDO, Rintaro WADA, Ryousuke TAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20240077790
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus system includes a first imaging apparatus, and a second imaging apparatus. The first imaging apparatus includes a first top casing including a casing top surface, and a common rear casing including a casing rear surface. The second imaging apparatus includes a second top casing including a casing top surface, and the common rear casing. The first top casing has a shape in which a vent hole is formed in the second top casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun SAIKI, Takuo TANIGUCHI, Yoshiaki KUDO, Rintaro WADA, Ryousuke TAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20220294953
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a board; a recording medium accommodation portion provided on the board and configured to removably accommodate a recording medium; a radiator plate provided at a position away from the recording medium accommodation portion; a thermal conductive sheet including a first portion fixed to the radiator plate and a second portion in contact with the recording medium accommodation portion; a cushion member configured to urge a second portion of the thermal conductive sheet toward the recording medium accommodation portion and to maintain contact between a second portion of the thermal conductive sheet and the recording medium accommodation portion; and a cushion member support member configured to support the cushion member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Jun SAIKI, Atsushi ABE, Koji MASUDA, Yujiro KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11438489
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a board; a recording medium accommodation portion provided on the board and configured to removably accommodate a recording medium; a radiator plate provided at a position away from the recording medium accommodation portion; a thermal conductive sheet including a first portion fixed to the radiator plate and a second portion in contact with the recording medium accommodation portion; a cushion member configured to urge a second portion of the thermal conductive sheet toward the recording medium accommodation portion and to maintain contact between a second portion of the thermal conductive sheet and the recording medium accommodation portion; and a cushion member support member configured to support the cushion member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Saiki, Atsushi Abe, Koji Masuda, Yujiro Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10841463
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a body case formed with a through-hole that extends in a vertical direction, a substrate disposed below the through-hole and fixed to the body case, a support portion disposed inside the through-hole, a lower dial supported to the support portion so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis parallel to the vertical direction, and an upper dial supported to the support portion so as to be rotatable about the rotation axis independently of the lower dial. The support portion has a connection portion that constitutes a part of an outer periphery of the support portion and that is connected to the body case, and a fixing portion disposed to protrude downward on a side opposite to the connection portion across the rotation axis, wherein the support portion is fixed to the substrate via the fixing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Saiki
  • Patent number: 10291858
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to improve operability of an imaging apparatus. The present disclosure is an imaging apparatus including: first operation part 15 for receiving selection of a first numerical value from a first numerical value group that specifies a photography setting condition; second operation part 14 for receiving selection of an operation from an operation group for the first numerical value; and a controller for determining a set value set by combining the first numerical value selected via first operation part 15 and the operation selected via the second operation part 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Saiki
  • Publication number: 20190098181
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a body case formed with a through-hole that extends in a vertical direction, a substrate disposed below the through-hole and fixed to the body case, a support portion disposed inside the through-hole, a lower dial supported to the support portion so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis parallel to the vertical direction, and an upper dial supported to the support portion so as to be rotatable about the rotation axis independently of the lower dial. The support portion has a connection portion that constitutes a part of an outer periphery of the support portion and that is connected to the body case, and a fixing portion disposed to protrude downward on a side opposite to the connection portion across the rotation axis, wherein the support portion is fixed to the substrate via the fixing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventor: JUN SAIKI
  • Publication number: 20180302541
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to improve operability of an imaging apparatus. The present disclosure is an imaging apparatus including: first operation part 15 for receiving selection of a first numerical value from a first numerical value group that specifies a photography setting condition; second operation part 14 for receiving selection of an operation from an operation group for the first numerical value; and a controller for determining a set value set by combining the first numerical value selected via first operation part 15 and the operation selected via the second operation part 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventor: Jun SAIKI
  • Patent number: 9121694
    Abstract: A position detection device includes a first member, a second member, a plurality of detected components, a detector group, and a controller. The second member is opposed the first member and is configured to move relative to the first member in a specific direction. The plurality of detected components are disposed on the first member and faces the second member. The detector group is disposed on the second member and includes a plurality of detectors configured to detect the plurality of detected components. The controller is configured to detect a relative position of the second member relative to the first member based on a detection pattern in which detection results of the plurality of detectors are arranged in a row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Mori, Jun Saiki
  • Publication number: 20140022559
    Abstract: A position detection device includes a first member, a second member, a plurality of detected components, a detector group, and a controller. The second member is opposed the first member and is configured to move relative to the first member in a specific direction. The plurality of detected components are disposed on the first member and faces the second member. The detector group is disposed on the second member and includes a plurality of detectors configured to detect the plurality of detected components. The controller is configured to detect a relative position of the second member relative to the first member based on a detection pattern in which detection results of the plurality of detectors are arranged in a row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: TETSUYA MORI, JUN SAIKI
  • Patent number: 8422240
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a flexible printed circuit having a first surface on which a switch is mounted, a reinforcement plate having a first surface arranged to face a second surface of the flexible printed circuit opposite to the first surface of the flexible printed circuit on which the switch is mounted, and a spacer arranged to face a second surface of the reinforcement plate opposite to the first surface of the reinforcement plate that faces the second surface of the flexible printed circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Jun Saiki
  • Publication number: 20120307124
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display unit, a substrate unit, a support member, and a cover member. The substrate unit is disposed opposite the display unit and is provided with a protruding portion that extends toward the display unit. The support member is configured to support the display unit between the display unit and the substrate unit and has an avoidance portion for avoiding contact with the protruding portion. The cover member covers the protruding portion and is configured to engage the avoidance portion between the display unit and the substrate unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Jun SAIKI
  • Publication number: 20110279747
    Abstract: The display panel unit includes a display panel, a panel-shaped member having a portion of which an outside size is larger than that of the display panel, a metal frame having a first housing section configured to house the display panel and a second housing section configured to house the panel-shaped member with the panel-shaped member stacked on the display panel. The metal frame has a bottom portion and a side wall portion configured to rise from an edge of the bottom portion, and is box-shaped so that an upper side of the metal frame is open, and the side wall portion is formed to be step-shaped so that an upper portion of the side wall portion protrudes outward. In an internal space formed by the bottom wall portion and the side wall portion of the metal frame, the first housing section is defined by a space formed by the bottom wall portion and a portion of the side wall potion other than the upper portion, and the second housing section is defined by a space other than the first housing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: JUN SAIKI, MASAMI FUKUHARA
  • Patent number: 8014667
    Abstract: An imaging device is provided, in which a front sheet metal casing and/or a back sheet metal casing can be secured to a top sheet metal casing without the necessity of providing any screw holes in the top surface of the top sheet metal casing in order to secure the top sheet metal casing to the front sheet metal casing and/or the back sheet metal casing. The top sheet metal casing includes a top plate and a secured sheet metal casing secured to the top plate such that at least a portion of its perimeter is spaced apart from the top plate at a predetermined distance. A flange provided to the front or back sheet metal casing is inserted between the top plate and the secured sheet metal plate, so that an engagement pin provided to the secured sheet metal plate is fitted in an engagement hole provided in the flange, thereby securing the front or back sheet metal casing to the top sheet metal casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Jun Saiki
  • Patent number: 7929859
    Abstract: In a camera device 1a with a shutter button 2 for transmitting an externally-applied pressing force to a switch 7, a boss 24 has a first end attached to the shutter button 2, and a second end opposed to the switch 7, a coil spring 6a has a first winding portion 61a and a second winding portion 62a, which are respectively wound into first and second shapes about a common central axis As, the second shape includes the first winding portion 61a, and the second end of the boss 24 is inserted into the first winding portion 61a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Jun Saiki
  • Publication number: 20110019079
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus having a tripod socket to which a tripod is attachable. The tripod socket is fixed to the imaging apparatus in mutually-perpendicular two directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORAION
    Inventor: JUN SAIKI
  • Publication number: 20110019382
    Abstract: an electronic apparatus includes a flexible printed circuit having a first surface on which a switch is mounted, a reinforcement plate having a first surface arranged to face a second surface of the flexible printed circuit opposite to the first surface of the flexible printed circuit on which the switch is mounted, and a spacer arranged to face a second surface of the reinforcement plate opposite to the first surface of the reinforcement plate that faces the second surface of the flexible printed circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: JUN SAIKI
  • Patent number: 7778014
    Abstract: Electronic equipment according to the present invention includes a cursor key 8 disposed to be exposed partially from a casing, wherein the cursor key 8 includes: an operating portion 8a including a plurality of pressing portions that are disposed to be exposed on the surface of the casing and that receive a pressing operation by a user; and a pair of frames 8m and 8n that are supported by the casing at portions 8c and 8f and connected to the operating portion 8a at the other portion respectively, wherein the other portions are provided between the respective adjacent pressing portions. With this configuration, it is possible to realize electronic equipment including a switch that requires a less number of components and can be assembled easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Saiki, Miyuki Nagashima
  • Patent number: 7724318
    Abstract: Electronic equipment of the present invention having a display panel includes a protection plate that is opposed to an opposite surface of a display surface of the display panel and is substantially parallel to the opposite surface of the display surface of the display panel. According to this configuration, when a pressure is applied to the display panel from outside, the display panel can be suppressed from being deformed, whereby the strength of the display panel with respective to an external pressure can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Saiki, Shuji Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7646426
    Abstract: Electronic equipment according to the present invention includes a display element. The electronic equipment includes a holding frame 23 holding a display unit 22 and including an elastic piece that can be elastically deformed in a substantially planar direction of the display surface of the display unit 22, a rear unit 21 holding a holding frame 23 and including an opening that allows the display unit 22 to be visible from outside, and a front unit 24 fixed to the rear unit 21 and covering the rear surface side of the display unit 22. The holding frame 23 is held with the rear unit 21 by elastically deforming the elastic piece. With this configuration, it is possible to attach and detach a display element such as a liquid crystal panel to and from the case easily, thus simplifying the assembling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Saiki, Miyuki Nagashima