Patents by Inventor Keijiro Tsuchihama

Keijiro Tsuchihama 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
    Patent number: 5682559
    Abstract: A camera which includes an operation button which is capable of being depressed, a lever which is rotatably mounted around the operation button, a memory which stores the camera condition which is presently set in response to the rotation of the lever in a predetermined direction, and a circuit arrangement which changes over the camera condition to the condition which is stored in the memory in response to the depression of the operation button. When the lever is rotated, the camera condition presently set is stored in the memory. Thereafter, the stored contents are resumed when the operation button is depressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshino, Toshihiko Ishimura, Tatsuro Izumi, Keijiro Tsuchihama, Shigeto Ohmori