Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Seigenji

Kiyoshi Seigenji 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).

  • Publication number: 20040201764
    Abstract: An image shooting camera is provided with a silver salt picture shooting section, a video signal recording section, an information provider, an information recording section and an index data recording section. The provider outputs an individual identification number and a frame number of a silver salt photosensitive medium used as a recording medium of the silver salt picture shooting section. The numbers outputted from the provider are recorded by the information recording section. The index data recording section records index data including the numbers through the video signal recording section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 1996
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: TSUTOMU HONDA, TOUGO TERAMOTO, HIROAKI KUBO, GEN SASAKI, KIYOSHI SEIGENJI, HIDEKI NAGATA, SHIGETO OHMORI, TOSHIHIRO HAMAMURA
  • Patent number: 5815748
    Abstract: To shoot a still picture and a moving picture simultaneously, a light beam having passed through a taking lens is split by a half-mirror into two light beams so that one of the split light beams is directed to silver halide film and the other is directed to a CCD. An image captured by the CCD is displayed on a viewfinder. Focus condition of an image on the silver halide film is detected by the phase-difference detection method and focus condition of an image on CCD is detected by the contrast detection method so that, based on detection results, the focus of the taking lens or of a relay optical system is adjusted to obtain a well-focused image. When focus condition detection by one method is impossible, results of focus condition detection by the other method are used to adjust the focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Hamamura, Tsutomu Honda, Kiyoshi Seigenji
  • Patent number: 5664243
    Abstract: A camera divides a light beam having passed through a taking lens unit into two light beams. One light beam forms an image on a silver salt film. Another light beam forms an image on a CCD. A light path for said another light beam is provided with an aperture diaphragm. The taking lens unit has an aperture diaphragm. Said two aperture diaphragms are correlatively controlled by a controller incorporated in the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Okada, Shigeto Ohmori, Hideki Nagata, Tsutomu Honda, Kiyoshi Seigenji, Toshihiro Hamamura, Tougo Teramoto, Takashi Kato, Hiroaki Kubo
  • Patent number: 5253010
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board for use in a display unit of a camera, which includes a flexible substrate with a printed circuit pattern, a die of an integrated circuit chip mounted on said substrate for driving the display drive, a plurality of wires, and resin sealant for covering said integrated circuit chip. The flexible substrate has first terminals to be in contact with a display device and second terminals in electric connections to said first terminals, respectively. The die of the integrated circuit chip includes a plurality of connecting terminals. The plurality of wires are for bonding said connecting terminals of the integrated circuit chip to said second terminals of said printed circuit pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunji Oku, Kiyoshi Seigenji, Masao Naito, Yoshiyuki Mizumo
  • Patent number: 5146249
    Abstract: Disclosed are film cartridges having improved digital code patterns, films having improved digital signal means, and cameras adapted for use with the film cartridges or the films. The improved code patterns include bits with different weights and a bit which is made conductive with at least one of the bits with the different weights.One of the cameras disclosed is provided with a reading device on a spool so that the reading device can continuously read the signal means at a front tip of a leader portion of the film throughout the duration in which the film is wound around the spool. Another camera disclosed is adapted to read the code patterns on the film cartridge upon insertion of the film cartridge into a cartridge chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeo Hoda, Nobuyuki Taniguchi, Kiyoshi Seigenji
  • Patent number: 5036342
    Abstract: Disclosed are film cartridges having improved digital code patterns, films having improved digital signal means, and cameras adapted for use with the film cartridges or the films. The improved code patterns include bits with different weights and a bit which is made conductive with at least one of the bits with the different weights.One of the cameras disclosed is provided with a reading device on a spool so that the reading device can continuously read the signal means at a front tip of a leader portion of the film throughout the duration in which the film is wound around the spool. Another camera disclosed is adapted to read the code patterns on the film cartridge upon insertion of the film cartridge into a cartridge chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeo Hoda, Nobuyuki Taniguchi, Kiyoshi Seigenji
  • Patent number: 5032234
    Abstract: A printed circuit board is plated through the steps of providing a printed circuit board, covering at least a predetermined portion to be plated of the printed circuit board with a mask, sealing tightly the periphery of the concavity by sandwiching a sealing material between the mask and the circuit board, providing an electric contact piece, filling up the space with plating solution, connecting the electric contact piece to a power supply, and supplying a plating electric current to the predetermined portion to be plated of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunji Oku, Kiyoshi Seigenji
  • Patent number: 4925525
    Abstract: A method of making a printed circuit board includes providing a substrate coated with a conductive layer, developing a first photoresist layer on the conductive layer to define a first conductive pattern of the desired circuit configuration having a plurality of discontinuous segments, and a second conductive pattern interconnecting the discontinuous segments of the desired circuit configuration. A second layer of photoresist is positioned across the whole surface of the substrate except at least a selected portion of the first conductive pattern, and the substrate is electrically activated during a coating process for depositing conductive material on the selected portion of the first conductive pattern. The first conductive pattern is subsequently coated with photoresist, and the second conductive pattern, which is now exposed on the substrate, is subject to an etching process to effectively remove all of the second conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunji Oku, Yoshiyuki Mizumo, Kiyoshi Seigenji
  • Patent number: 4687266
    Abstract: A frame member is bonded on a base plate having a plurality of electrical contacts thereon. The frame member includes a plurality of apertures corresponding to the electrical contacts. Bonding means bonding the frame member on the base plate is formed by a waterproof double faced bonding member including a waterproof sheet and waterproof bonding agent applied to both sides of the sheet, the double faced bonding member separates the electrical contacts from each other to prevent accidential conduction between the adjacent electrical contacts due to a water drop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junichi Tanii, Toshio Yamaki, Kiyoshi Seigenji
  • Patent number: 4676616
    Abstract: Disclosed are film cartridges having improved digital code patterns, films having improved digital signal means, and cameras adapted for use with the film cartridges or the films. The improved code patterns include bits with differnt weights and a bit which is made conductive with at least one of the bits with the different weights.One of the cameras disclosed is provided with a reading device on a spool so that the reading device can continuously read the signal means at a front tip of a leader portion of the film throughout the duration in which the film is wound around the spool. Another camera disclosed is adapted to read the code patterns on the film cartridge upon insertion of the film cartridge into a cartridge chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1987
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeo Hoda, Nobuyuki Taniguchi, Kiyoshi Seigenji
  • Patent number: 4588272
    Abstract: Disclosed are film cartridges having improved digital code patterns, films having improved digital signal means, and cameras devices adapted for use with the film cartridges or the films. The improved code patterns include bits with different weights and a bit which is made conductive with at least one of the bits with the different weights.One of the cameras devices is provided with a reading device on a spool so that the reading device can continuously read the signal means at a front tip of a leader portion of the film throughout the duration in which the film is wound around the spool. Another camera device is adapted to read the code patterns on the film cartridge upon insertion of the film cartridge into a cartridge chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1986
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeo Hoda, Nobuyuki Taniguchi, Kiyoshi Seigenji
  • Patent number: 4440481
    Abstract: A photographic camera of a type utilizing a roll of film comprises a camera back lid, a take-up spool for taking up the film therearound, and a plurality of switches incorporated in the take-up spool. The switches built in the take-up spool are all closed, when the film is turned around the spool, to generate a signal inidcative of the fact that the film has no doubt been secured to the spool. An electric circuit is also provided for disabling the film wind-up so long as the camera back lid has not yet been closed even though the film has already loaded in the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1984
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeo Hoda, Shigeru Oyokota, Kiyoshi Seigenji, Nobuyuki Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 4431283
    Abstract: Disclosed are film cartridges having improved digital code patterns, films having improved digital signal means, and camera devices adapted for use with the film cartridges or the films. The improved code patterns include bits with different weights and a bit which is made conductive with at least one of the bits with the different weights.One of the camera devices is provided with a reading device on a spool so that the reading device can continuously read the signal means at a front tip of a leader portion of the film throughout the duration in which the film is wound around the spool. Another camera device is adapted to read the code patterns on the film cartridge upon insertion of the film cartridge into a cartridge chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1984
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeo Hoda, Nobuyuki Taniguchi, Kiyoshi Seigenji
  • Patent number: 4420236
    Abstract: The camera detects coded perforations of the film at a detecting position for reading out information represented by coded perforations on the film. The camera back cover includes a pressure plate to resiliently abut the film at the exposure station and coacts with film abutting structure to maintain the film flat at a detecting position such that the coded perforations on the film can be read out to generate a film sensitivity signal and two different outputs are provided to indicate whether or not the film is of standard sensitivity and the film sensitivity is displayed. The display modes are changeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1983
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Taniguchi, Takeo Hoda, Shigeru Oyokota, Kiyoshi Seigenji
  • Patent number: 4417793
    Abstract: A camera capable of functioning in accordance with informations received from a roll of film, and is provided with circuitry for generating first and second electric signals each changing in response to respective passages of the sprocket holes with a time lag provided between the changes in the first and second electric signals, with the sprocket hole signal indicative of the passage of sprocket holes being formed in response to the first and second electric signa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1983
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeru Oyokota, Nobuyuki Taniguchi, Takeo Hoda, Junichi Tanii, Kiyoshi Seigenji, Toshiaki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: RE28771
    Abstract: A translator comprising a light receiving unit including three kinds of photocells having spectral sensitivities to red, green and blue colors respectively for receiving light from the optical projecting system of an enlarger equipped with color correction filters, arithmetic units for calculating ratios between the outputs of the photocells by taking one of the outputs as denominators and the other two outputs as numerators respectively, comparison output setting units having their outputs determined only by the conditions of a negative previously memorized for comparison with the outputs from the arithmetic units respectively, and comparison units for comparing the outputs from the arithmetic units with the corresponding comparison outputs individually to indicate the differences therebetween, whereby the amount of color correction given only by the conditions of the negative is adjusted for the enlarger actually used for color printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1976
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuo Aimi, Kiyoshi Seigenji