Patents by Inventor Kentaro Terao

Kentaro Terao 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: 11815654
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes: a first lens; a first tube that holds the first lens and moves along an optical axis; a focusing lens; an actuator that drives the focusing lens; and a second tube that holds the focusing lens and the actuator and moves along the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Kinouchi, Kentaro Terao, Satoshi Kazahaya, Hiroki Takita, Mizuki Wayu
  • Publication number: 20220043236
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes: a first lens; a first tube that holds the first lens and moves along an optical axis; a focusing lens; an actuator that drives the focusing lens; and a second tube that holds the focusing lens and the actuator and moves along the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki KINOUCHI, Kentaro TERAO, Satoshi KAZAHAYA, Hiroki TAKITA, Mizuki WAYU
  • Patent number: 11215784
    Abstract: A lens barrel and camera moves a lens in the optical axis direction at a high speed. This lens barrel is provided with: a first electromagnetic drive unit; a first lens holding frame, which holds a first lens, and moves the first lens in the optical axis direction by means of the first electromagnetic drive unit; a second electromagnetic drive unit; and a second lens holding frame, which holds a second lens, and moves the second lens in the optical axis direction by means of the second electromagnetic drive unit. The first lens holding frame is disposed on the inner circumference side of the second lens holding frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Kinouchi, Kentaro Terao, Satoshi Kazahaya
  • Patent number: 11181715
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes: a first lens; a first tube that holds the first lens and moves along an optical axis; a focusing lens; an actuator that drives the focusing lens; and a second tube that holds the focusing lens and the actuator and moves along the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Kinouchi, Kentaro Terao, Satoshi Kazahaya, Hiroki Takita, Mizuki Wayu
  • Publication number: 20190293902
    Abstract: A lens barrel and camera moves a lens in the optical axis direction at a high speed. This lens barrel is provided with: a first electromagnetic drive unit; a first lens holding frame, which holds a first lens, and moves the first lens in the optical axis direction by means of the first electromagnetic drive unit; a second electromagnetic drive unit; and a second lens holding frame, which holds a second lens, and moves the second lens in the optical axis direction by means of the second electromagnetic drive unit. The first lens holding frame is disposed on the inner circumference side of the second lens holding frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki KINOUCHI, Kentaro TERAO, Satoshi KAZAHAYA
  • Publication number: 20190179108
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes: a first lens; a first tube that holds the first lens and moves along an optical axis; a focusing lens; an actuator that drives the focusing lens; and a second tube that holds the focusing lens and the actuator and moves along the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki KINOUCHI, Kentaro TERAO, Satoshi KAZAHAYA, Hiroki TAKITA, Mizuki WAYU
  • Patent number: 8982226
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit that repeatedly captures images of a subject to obtain image information; a recording unit that records timing information indicative of a given point in time during an imaging period of the image information; and a display unit that displays an image corresponding to the timing information, which is extracted from the image information, in response to an end of the imaging period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Masahide Tanaka, Akihiko Obama, Satoshi Kazahaya, Hiroki Harada, Hiroki Ono, Kentaro Terao
  • Patent number: 8467139
    Abstract: An optical device includes: a holding frame holding an optical system; a tubular member provided at an outer circumferential surface with a first concave groove and at an inner circumferential surface with a second concave groove, and holding the holding frame; and an eccentric pin penetrating through the first and second concave grooves, including one end attached to the holding frame, and eccentrically rotating against the first and second concave grooves in response to a force applied to the other end of the eccentric pin. A length, in a first direction intersecting a penetrating direction through which the eccentric pin penetrates, of the first concave groove is greater than a length, in a second direction intersecting the first direction and the penetrating direction, of the first concave groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Kentaro Terao
  • Publication number: 20110181969
    Abstract: An optical device includes: a holding frame holding an optical system; a tubular member provided at an outer circumferential surface with a first concave groove and at an inner circumferential surface with a second concave groove, and holding the holding frame; and an eccentric pin penetrating through the first and second concave grooves, including one end attached to the holding frame, and eccentrically rotating against the first and second concave grooves in response to a force applied to the other end of the eccentric pin. A length, in a first direction intersecting a penetrating direction through which the eccentric pin penetrates, of the first concave groove is greater than a length, in a second direction intersecting the first direction and the penetrating direction, of the first concave groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kentaro TERAO
  • Publication number: 20090309989
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit that repeatedly captures images of a subject to obtain image information; a recording unit that records timing information indicative of a given point in time during an imaging period of the image information; and a display unit that displays an image corresponding to the timing information, which is extracted from the image information, in response to an end of the imaging period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Masahide Tanaka, Akihiko Obama, Satoshi Kazahaya, Hiroki Harada, Hiroki Ono, Kentaro Terao
  • Patent number: 6816674
    Abstract: A blur correcting device comprises: a blur correction optical system that corrects an image blur by moving along a direction substantially perpendicular to an optical axis; a locking member that locks the blur correction optical system when an image blur correction is not executed; and a lock drive device having an elongated external shape with a length thereof set along a direction in which a tangential line of a circle having a center thereof at the optical axis extends on a plane substantially perpendicular to the optical axis, which generates a drive force to drive the locking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Kentaro Terao
  • Publication number: 20040057710
    Abstract: A blur correcting device comprises: a blur correction optical system that corrects an image blur by moving along a direction substantially perpendicular to an optical axis; a locking member that locks the blur correction optical system when an image blur correction is not executed; and a lock drive device having an elongated external shape with a length thereof set along a direction in which a tangential line of a circle having a center thereof at the optical axis extends on a plane substantially perpendicular to the optical axis, which generates a drive force to drive the locking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Kentaro Terao