Patents by Inventor Kazuaki Aoto

Kazuaki Aoto 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).

  • Camera having a printer with a paper feed device using a vibration actuator
    Publication number: 20030164956
    Abstract: An electronic camera having a printer with a portable printing function and a sheet feed device suitable for use with the printer. The electronic camera includes an image storage device it photoelectrically convert an optical image to picture data, a first memory to store picture data, and a printer unit to print the picture data. The printed picture data may be fed by a sheet drive mechanism having vibration member and a piezoelectric element fixed to the vibration member and expanding and contracting according to an applied voltage, and a driver which applies to the piezoelectric element a voltage including an alternating component, and at least one projection formed on the vibration member in a position in the neighborhood of a peak of the standing wave, and a sheet separation unit formed on the vibration member, outside the range of the standing wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki Aoto, Shigeyoshi Fujie
  • Camera having a printer with a paper feed device using a vibration actuator
    Patent number: 6515761
    Abstract: An electronic camera having a printer with a portable printing function and a sheet feed device suitable for use with the printer. The electronic camera includes an image storage device it photoelectrically convert an optical image to picture data, a first memory to store picture data, and a printer unit to print the picture data. The printed picture data may be fed by a sheet drive mechanism having vibration member and a piezoelectric element fixed to the vibration member and expanding and contracting according to an applied voltage, and a driver which applies to the piezoelectric element a voltage including an alternating component, and at least one projection formed on the vibration member in a position in the neighborhood of a peak of the standing wave, and a sheet separation unit formed on the vibration member, outside the range of the standing wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki Aoto, Shigeyoshi Fujie
  • CAMERA HAVING A PRINTER WITH A PAPER FEED DEVICE USING A VIBRATION ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20020089678
    Abstract: An electronic camera having a printer with a portable printing function and a sheet feed device suitable for use with the printer. The electronic camera includes an image storage device it photoelectrically convert an optical image to picture data, a first memory to store picture data, and a printer unit to print the picture data. The printed picture data may be fed by a sheet drive mechanism having vibration member and a piezoelectric element fixed to the vibration member and expanding and contracting according to an applied voltage, and a driver which applies to the piezoelectric element a voltage including an alternating component, and at least one projection formed on the vibration member in a position in the neighborhood of a peak of the standing wave, and a sheet separation unit formed on the vibration member, outside the range of the standing wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 1998
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: KAZUAKI AOTO, SHIGEYOSHI FUJIE