Patents by Inventor Kiyomitsu Furuyama
Kiyomitsu Furuyama 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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Patent number: 9013628Abstract: A lens barrel includes: a lens holding frame holding a lens; a mounting member to which the lens holding frame is mounted; an inclination regulating member regulating a position of the lens holding frame with respect to the mounting member, thereby regulating inclination of the lens holding frame with respect to an optical axis; and an eccentricity regulating member regulating the position of the lens holding frame with respect to said mounting member, thereby regulating eccentricity of the lens holding frame with respect to the optical axis, in which the eccentricity regulating member is supported by said inclination regulating member.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kiyomitsu Furuyama, Takashi Terai, Toshiaki Edamitsu, Naoko Matsubara
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Publication number: 20130335623Abstract: A lens barrel includes: a lens holding frame holding a lens; a mounting member to which the lens holding frame is mounted; an inclination regulating member regulating a position of the lens holding frame with respect to the mounting member, thereby regulating inclination of the lens holding frame with respect to an optical axis; and an eccentricity regulating member regulating the position of the lens holding frame with respect to said mounting member, thereby regulating eccentricity of the lens holding frame with respect to the optical axis, in which the eccentricity regulating member is supported by said inclination regulating member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kiyomitsu Furuyama, Takashi Terai, Toshiaki Edamitsu, Naoko Matsubara
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Publication number: 20110273777Abstract: A lens barrel includes: a barrel ring fixedly or movably supporting a plurality of lenses arrayed in an optical axis direction; a first holding ring movably holding the barrel ring in the optical axis direction; an operating ring rotatably supported by the first holding ring; a second holding ring which prevents the operating ring from coming loose, by bayonet engagement with the first holding ring; and a stopper pin, which is introduced between the first holding ring and the second holding ring, to prevent relative rotational displacement.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Koyama, Kiyomitsu Furuyama
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Patent number: 8040616Abstract: A lens barrel includes: a barrel body; a diaphragm pivotally held in the barrel body; a diaphragm operating member that changes the diameter of the diaphragm; an operation arm that can pivot in the barrel body and fits in the diaphragm operating member, the operation arm, when pivoted, changing the diameter of the diaphragm via the diaphragm operating member; and a light-blocking plate that prevents unwanted light from entering the barrel body and has a passage portion through which the operation arm passes and an engagement portion that an engaging piece protruding from the diaphragm operating member engages, the light-blocking plate, along with the diaphragm operating member, pivotally supported, wherein the passage portion has an opening having a width that is substantially the same as the width of the operation arm.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2009Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Koyama, Kiyomitsu Furuyama, Shohei Uno
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Patent number: 8011839Abstract: A lens barrel includes: a barrel body; a mount that is attached to an end of the barrel body and has a connection portion to be connected to an imaging apparatus body; and a substrate that is disposed on an attachment surface of the mount that is attached to the barrel body and on which a controller for controlling the action of the barrel body is formed, wherein the mount has a locking member that protrudes from the attachment surface and locks an operation member for operating a mechanism in the barrel body, and the substrate has a clearance that prevents interference with the locking member.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kiyomitsu Furuyama, Takashi Koyama, Shohei Uno
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Publication number: 20100014172Abstract: A lens barrel includes: a barrel body; a diaphragm pivotally held in the barrel body; a diaphragm operating member that changes the diameter of the diaphragm; an operation arm that can pivot in the barrel body and fits in the diaphragm operating member, the operation arm, when pivoted, changing the diameter of the diaphragm via the diaphragm operating member; and a light-blocking plate that prevents unwanted light from entering the barrel body and has a passage portion through which the operation arm passes and an engagement portion that an engaging piece protruding from the diaphragm operating member engages, the light-blocking plate, along with the diaphragm operating member, pivotally supported, wherein the passage portion has an opening having a width that is substantially the same as the width of the operation arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2009Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Koyama, Kiyomitsu Furuyama, Shohei Uno
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Publication number: 20100014851Abstract: A lens barrel includes: a barrel body; a mount that is attached to an end of the barrel body and has a connection portion to be connected to an imaging apparatus body; and a substrate that is disposed on an attachment surface of the mount that is attached to the barrel body and on which a controller for controlling the action of the barrel body is formed, wherein the mount has a locking member that protrudes from the attachment surface and locks an operation member for operating a mechanism in the barrel body, and the substrate has a clearance that prevents interference with the locking member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2009Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kiyomitsu Furuyama, Takashi Koyama, Shohei Uno
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Patent number: 6097895Abstract: The present invention provides an image blur correction apparatus wherein an image blur correction system is capable of being selectively set, at least, so as to operate in a first image blur correction characteristic or operate in a second image blur correction characteristic different from the first image blur correction characteristic, changeover between them is such that circular changeover is effected between the image blur correction characteristics every execution of a common predetermined operation on a predetermined control member (for example, every depression on a control member of a depression type), and the image blur correction system is forcibly reset so as to operate in the first image blur correction characteristic at start of power supply to the image blur correction apparatus, irrespective of which is the latest image blur correction characteristic set in response to the operation on the control member, whereby the image blur correction system is always set in the determined characteristicType: GrantFiled: June 23, 1998Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kiyomitsu Furuyama
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Patent number: 6081668Abstract: A camera is designed to select at least any one of a plurality of focus areas and adjust the focus relative to an object located in the selected focus area. The camera comprises panning detection means for detecting a panning operation and focus area selecting means for selecting a specific focus area among the plurality of focus areas based on the detection result of the panning detection means.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1998Date of Patent: June 27, 2000Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyomitsu Furuyama, Takashi Watanabe, Shigeki Sato