Patents by Inventor Kazunori Yuge
Kazunori Yuge 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).
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Publication number: 20190346657Abstract: A lens barrel in which an air flow path that causes an external space and an internal space to communicate is formed includes an aperture unit disposed in the internal space and configured to rotate a plurality of vane members within a predetermined range to form a predetermined opening, an optical unit disposed in the internal space and located on an object side with respect to the aperture unit, and a through-hole formed in the aperture unit and communicating with the internal space. When at least one of the optical unit and the aperture unit moves in an optical axis direction, the lens barrel discharges, through the air flow path and the through-hole, air in the internal space and static electricity charged in the plurality of vane members included in the air in the internal space.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Osamu HAYASHI, Kazunori YUGE, Takaaki UE, Satoru YASUTOMI, Tetsuya TAKAGI, Naoki MATSUMOTO, Takahiro KOYAMA
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Patent number: 9977217Abstract: An imaging device comprises a lens barrel including an optical system that collects light from a predetermined viewing area and that defines an optical axis; an imaging unit that receives the light collected by the optical system and generates image data, the image data defining a main image that includes a determined sub area; a ring-shaped operation ring that is provided on an outer circumference of the lens barrel and that is manually rotatable about the optical axis of the optical system; and an area change unit that changes at least one of (A) a size of the determined sub area, or (B) a position of the determined sub area, responsive to a manual operation of the operation ring.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Kazunori Yuge, Tetsuya Takagi
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Publication number: 20170184808Abstract: An imaging device comprises a lens barrel including an optical system that collects light from a predetermined viewing area and that defines an optical axis; an imaging unit that receives the light collected by the optical system and generates image data, the image data defining a main image that includes a determined sub area; a ring-shaped operation ring that is provided on an outer circumference of the lens barrel and that is manually rotatable about the optical axis of the optical system; and an area change unit that changes at least one of (A) a size of the determined sub area, or (B) a position of the determined sub area, responsive to a manual operation of the operation ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Kazunori Yuge, Tetsuya Takagi
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Patent number: 9641747Abstract: An imaging device comprises a lens barrel including an optical system that collects light from a predetermined viewing area and that defines an optical axis; an imaging unit that receives the light collected by the optical system and generates image data, the image data defining a main image that includes a determined sub area; a ring-shaped operation ring that is provided on an outer circumference of the lens barrel and that is manually rotatable about the optical axis of the optical system; and an area change unit that changes at least one of (A) a size of the determined sub area, or (B) a position of the determined sub area, responsive to a manual operation of the operation ring.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Kazunori Yuge, Tetsuya Takagi
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Patent number: 9473703Abstract: A blur correction apparatus includes a first fixing member, a moveable member and a second fixing member. A coil for generating a magnetic flux is arranged on the first fixing member. The movable member includes (1) an optical element, (2) a first magnet facing the coil, and (3) a second magnet arranged along a line parallel with an optical axis of the optical element and facing the first magnet, such that the first magnet is arranged between the second magnet and the coil. The movable member can move in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis. The second fixing member includes a hall element that is arranged adjacent to the second magnet. The second magnet is arranged between the first magnet and the hall element. The coil, the first magnet, the second magnet and the hall element are sequentially disposed in a line parallel with the optical axis, in this order.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Kazunori Yuge, Masaya Ota, Yoshiaki Sueoka
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Publication number: 20160142622Abstract: An imaging device comprises a lens barrel including an optical system that collects light from a predetermined viewing area and that defines an optical axis; an imaging unit that receives the light collected by the optical system and generates image data, the image data defining a main image that includes a determined sub area; a ring-shaped operation ring that is provided on an outer circumference of the lens barrel and that is manually rotatable about the optical axis of the optical system; and an area change unit that changes at least one of (A) a size of the determined sub area, or (B) a position of the determined sub area, responsive to a manual operation of the operation ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2015Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Kazunori Yuge, Tetsuya Takagi
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Publication number: 20160105612Abstract: A blur correction apparatus includes a first fixing member, a moveable member and a second fixing member. A coil for generating a magnetic flux is arranged on the first fixing member. The movable member includes (1) an optical element, (2) a first magnet facing the coil, and (3) a second magnet arranged along a line parallel with an optical axis of the optical element and facing the first magnet, such that the first magnet is arranged between the second magnet and the coil. The movable member can move in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis. The second fixing member includes a hall element that is arranged adjacent to the second magnet. The second magnet is arranged between the first magnet and the hall element. The coil, the first magnet, the second magnet and the hall element are sequentially disposed in a line parallel with the optical axis, in this order.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Inventors: Kazunori YUGE, Masaya OTA, Yoshiaki SUEOKA
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Patent number: 9285604Abstract: A blur correction apparatus includes a first fixing member, a moveable member and a second fixing member. A coil for generating a magnetic flux is arranged on the first fixing member. The movable member includes (1) a first magnet facing the coil, (2) a second magnet arranged adjacent to the first magnet, such that the first magnet is arranged between the second magnet and the coil arranged in the first fixing member, and (3) an optical element. The movable member can move in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the optical element relative to the first fixing member. The second fixing member includes a hall element that is arranged adjacent to the second magnet in the movable member.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Kazunori Yuge, Masaya Ota, Yoshiaki Sueoka
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Patent number: 9232134Abstract: An imaging device comprises a lens barrel including an optical system that collects light from a predetermined viewing area and that defines an optical axis; an imaging unit that receives the light collected by the optical system and generates image data, the image data defining a main image that includes a determined sub area; a ring-shaped operation ring that is provided on an outer circumference of the lens barrel and that is manually rotatable about the optical axis of the optical system; and an area change unit that changes at least one of (A) a size of the determined sub area, or (B) a position of the determined sub area, responsive to a manual operation of the operation ring.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2014Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Kazunori Yuge, Tetsuya Takagi
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Publication number: 20150085156Abstract: An imaging device comprises a lens barrel including an optical system that collects light from a predetermined viewing area and that defines an optical axis; an imaging unit that receives the light collected by the optical system and generates image data, the image data defining a main image that includes a determined sub area; a ring-shaped operation ring that is provided on an outer circumference of the lens barrel and that is manually rotatable about the optical axis of the optical system; and an area change unit that changes at least one of (A) a size of the determined sub area, or (B) a position of the determined sub area, responsive to a manual operation of the operation ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Kazunori Yuge, Tetsuya Takagi
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Patent number: 8982222Abstract: A image stabilization apparatus includes a support member, a holder where a lens is movable between a retraction position and a vibration-prevention-and-correction region, an urging member that urges the holder in a direction of the vibration-prevention-and-correction region, and a drive member that causes the lens in the vibration-prevention-and-correction region to move to the retraction position when the drive member is in a first positional relation relative to the holder, and allows movement of the lens located in the retraction position to the vibration-prevention-and-correction region direction when the drive member is in a second positional relation relative to the holder, wherein when the holder and the drive member are in the second positional relation, the urging member causes the lens to move to the vibration-prevention-and-correction region from the retraction position, and in the position, enables movement of the holder within a plane perpendicular to the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignees: Olympus Imaging Corp., Olympus CorporationInventors: Kazunori Yuge, Yoshiaki Sueoka
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Patent number: 8928800Abstract: An imaging device comprises a lens barrel including an optical system that collects light from a predetermined viewing area and that defines an optical axis; an imaging unit that receives the light collected by the optical system and generates image data, the image data defining a main image that includes a determined sub area; a ring-shaped operation ring that is provided on an outer circumference of the lens barrel and that is manually rotatable about the optical axis of the optical system; and an area change unit that changes at least one of (A) a size of the determined sub area, or (B) a position of the determined sub area, responsive to a manual operation of the operation ring.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.Inventors: Kazunori Yuge, Tetsuya Takagi
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Publication number: 20140354860Abstract: A blur correction apparatus includes a first fixing member, a moveable member and a second fixing member. A coil for generating a magnetic flux is arranged on the first fixing member. The movable member includes (1) a first magnet facing the coil, (2) a second magnet arranged adjacent to the first magnet, such that the first magnet is arranged between the second magnet and the coil arranged in the first fixing member, and (3) an optical element. The movable member can move in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the optical element relative to the first fixing member. The second fixing member includes a hall element that is arranged adjacent to the second magnet in the movable member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicants: Olympus Imaging Corp., Olympus CorporationInventors: Kazunori YUGE, Masaya OTA, Yoshiaki SUEOKA
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Publication number: 20140152860Abstract: A image stabilization apparatus includes a support member, a holder where a lens is movable between a retraction position and a vibration-prevention-and-correction region, an urging member that urges the holder in a direction of the vibration-prevention-and-correction region, and a drive member that causes the lens in the vibration-prevention-and-correction region to move to the retraction position when the drive member is in a first positional relation relative to the holder, and allows movement of the lens located in the retraction position to the vibration-prevention-and-correction region direction when the drive member is in a second positional relation relative to the holder, wherein when the holder and the drive member are in the second positional relation, the urging member causes the lens to move to the vibration-prevention-and-correction region from the retraction position, and in the position, enables movement of the holder within a plane perpendicular to the optical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.Inventors: Kazunori YUGE, Yoshiaki SUEOKA
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Publication number: 20070177867Abstract: A camera is disclosed which comprises: a lens frame in which an optical system including a reflecting optical member is housed; a lens frame mounting part arranged on one side of the lens frame; a fixing member in which the lens frame is mounted through the lens frame mounting part in a direct or indirect manner; and one or more drive sources for driving movable portions in the camera. In this camera, at least one of the drive sources is arranged on the side of the lens frame mounting part with respect to an optical axis plane formed by optical axes before and after reflected by the reflecting optical member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2007Publication date: August 2, 2007Applicant: Olympus Imaging Corp.Inventors: Kazunori Yuge, Tetsumi Ichikawa, Naoki Matsumoto, Shinya Suzuki