Patents by Inventor Koji Nagaoka
Koji Nagaoka 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: 11572016Abstract: An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Akiko Shiga, Toru Miyakoshi, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Akira Kinoshita, Kaoru Yoshino, Hitomi Naganuma, Takashi Kuriyama, Koichi Fukuda, Yuki Kita, Koji Nagaoka, Tomoya Nakagawa, Masakazu Sekiguchi, Takashi Shionoya
-
Patent number: 11513306Abstract: An interchangeable lens is removably attached to a camera body including a body-side mount, an image sensor, body-side terminals and a first to fourth body-side claws. The interchangeable lens includes the lens-side mount, lens-side terminals which are in contact with body-side terminals, a first to fourth lens-side claws engaged with the first to fourth body-side claws once the interchangeable lens is attached to the camera body. The first and third lens-side claws are disposed on a third lens-side line intersecting with the first lens-side line at an optical axis with approximately 45 degrees. The first lens-side line passes through a center between opposite ends of the first lens-side claw to the optical axis. The second and fourth lens-side claws are disposed on a fourth lens-side line orthogonal to the third lens-side line at the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Nagaoka, Noriyasu Kotani
-
Publication number: 20220134715Abstract: Provided is a strand board with improved strength and water resistance. Reduction in productivity is prevented and characteristics of the strand board can be varied as desired while achieving certain strength and water resistance of the strand board. A strand board B is formed by stacking and laminating five strand layers 1 each formed by a large number of strands 5. The strand board B has substantially constant density distribution in the lamination direction of the strand layers 1. Three of the five strand layers 1 of the strand board B are high-density strand layers 1a having a higher density than the other strand layers 1, and the other strand layers 1 are low-density strand layers 1b.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Katsuhito OSHIMA, Kazuki SAKAMOTO, Kazuhiro HIRATA, Koji NAGAOKA, Yasushi SUGIO
-
Publication number: 20220097605Abstract: An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Akiko SHIGA, Toru MIYAKOSHI, Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Akira KINOSHITA, Kaoru YOSHINO, Hitomi NAGANUMA, Takashi KURIYAMA, Koichi FUKUDA, Yuki KITA, Koji NAGAOKA, Tomoya NAKAGAWA, Masakazu SEKIGUCHI, Takashi SHIONOYA
-
Publication number: 20220075140Abstract: A lens barrel and an optical device that can be reduced in size. A lens barrel includes: a cylinder cam with a cam groove; a first movement section having a first cam follower that moves along one side surface of the cam groove in the optical axis OA direction; and a second movement section having a second cam follower that moves along the other side surface of the cam groove in the optical axis OA direction. The position of the first cam follower in the optical axis OA direction and the position of the second cam follower in the optical axis OA direction can overlap each other at least partially.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventor: Koji NAGAOKA
-
Patent number: 11260630Abstract: Provided is a strand board with improved strength and water resistance. Reduction in productivity is prevented and characteristics of the strand board can be varied as desired while achieving certain strength and water resistance of the strand board. A strand board B is formed by stacking and laminating five strand layers 1 each formed by a large number of strands 5. The strand board B has substantially constant density distribution in the lamination direction of the strand layers 1. Three of the five strand layers 1 of the strand board B are high-density strand layers 1a having a higher density than the other strand layers 1, and the other strand layers 1 are low-density strand layers 1b.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: DAIKEN CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuhito Oshima, Kazuki Sakamoto, Kazuhiro Hirata, Koji Nagaoka, Yasushi Sugio
-
Patent number: 11220215Abstract: An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Akiko Shiga, Toru Miyakoshi, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Akira Kinoshita, Kaoru Yoshino, Hitomi Naganuma, Takashi Kuriyama, Koichi Fukuda, Yuki Kita, Koji Nagaoka, Tomoya Nakagawa, Masakazu Sekiguchi, Takashi Shionoya
-
Publication number: 20210373275Abstract: An interchangeable lens is removably attached to a camera body including a body-side mount, an image sensor, body-side terminals and a first to fourth body-side claws. The interchangeable lens includes the lens-side mount, lens-side terminals which are in contact with body-side terminals, a first to fourth lens-side claws engaged with the first to fourth body-side claws once the interchangeable lens is attached to the camera body. The first and third lens-side claws are disposed on a third lens-side line intersecting with the first lens-side line at an optical axis with approximately 45 degrees. The first lens-side line passes through a center between opposite ends of the first lens-side claw to the optical axis. The second and fourth lens-side claws are disposed on a fourth lens-side line orthogonal to the third lens-side line at the optical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Koji NAGAOKA, Noriyasu KOTANI
-
Patent number: 11175473Abstract: An interchangeable lens is removably attached to a camera body including a body-side mount, an image sensor, body-side terminals and a first to fourth body-side claws. The interchangeable lens includes the lens-side mount, lens-side terminals which are in contact with body-side terminals, a first to fourth lens-side claws engaged with the first to fourth body-side claws once the interchangeable lens is attached to the camera body. The first and third lens-side claws are disposed on a third lens-side line intersecting with the first lens-side line at an optical axis with approximately 45 degrees. The first lens-side line passes through a center between opposite ends of the first lens-side claw to the optical axis. The second and fourth lens-side claws are disposed on a fourth lens-side line orthogonal to the third lens-side line at the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Nagaoka, Noriyasu Kotani
-
Publication number: 20210311376Abstract: A lens barrel includes a first frame, a second frame rotatable with respect to the first frame, an urging member held by one of the first frame and the second frame, and a moving member that is disposed to be movable in optical axis direction and transfers an urging force of the urging member to the another one of the first frame and the second frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2019Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Kunihiko SHIMIZU, Hisanori TOGAWA, Koji NAGAOKA, Takuji HAMASAKI
-
Patent number: 11054605Abstract: An interchangeable lens is removably attached to a camera body including a body-side mount, body-side terminal group above an upper side of an image sensor and a first to fourth body-side claws. The second body-side claw extends in circumferential direction with a center angle and is located outside the body-side terminal group. The interchangeable lens includes the lens-side mount, lens-side terminal group, a first to fourth lens-side claws engaged with the first to fourth body-side claws in proper attachment of the interchangeable lens. The four body-side claws are disposed in four regions divided by first and second body-side lines in relation to the arc-shaped body-side terminal group. The interchangeable lens is inserted to the camera body and rotated by a first angle for attaching and the terminals of the camera body and the interchangeable lens are connected. The center angle of the second body-side claw is smaller than the first.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Nagaoka, Noriyasu Kotani
-
Patent number: 11054604Abstract: An interchangeable lens is removably attached to a camera body including a body-side mount, an image sensor, a plurality of body-side claws disposed outside of the image sensor and a plurality of elastic members respectively disposed on image sides of the body-side claws. The interchangeable lens includes the lens-side mount, first and third lens-side claws engaged with the plurality of body-side claws upon attachment to the camera body. The first and third lens-side claws project from the cylindrical portion in the outer periphery direction of the lens-side mount and extend in the circumferential direction around the optical axis. The first and third lens-side claws are in contact with the two elastic members opposite to each other across an optical axis in once upon attachment to the camera body.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Nagaoka, Noriyasu Kotani
-
Publication number: 20210086693Abstract: An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Akiko SHIGA, Toru MIYAKOSHI, Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Akira KINOSHITA, Kaoru YOSHINO, Hitomi NAGANUMA, Takashi KURIYAMA, Koichi FUKUDA, Yuki KITA, Koji NAGAOKA, Tomoya NAKAGAWA, Masakazu SEKIGUCHI, Takashi SHIONOYA
-
Patent number: 10948684Abstract: An interchangeable lens that is removably attachable to a camera body includes: a lens-side mount; a cylindrical portion; a lens-side terminal group; a first lens-side projecting portion disposed at an outer periphery side of the lens-side terminal group, the first lens-side projecting portion projecting outwardly from the cylindrical portion and extending in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion; a third lens-side projecting portion at least partly disposed at a position facing the first lens-side projecting portion across the optical axis, the third lens-side projecting portion projecting outwardly from the cylindrical portion and extending in the circumferential direction; and a cutout provided on the third lens-side projecting portion in the circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Nagaoka, Masateru Asayama, Satoshi Kazahaya
-
Publication number: 20200409032Abstract: A lens barrel is removeably attachable to an image pickup unit, wherein a large amount of shake can be corrected. This lens barrel includes a mounting part that is removeably attachable to an image pickup unit, including: an image forming optical system that forms a subject image for the image pickup unit; a support unit that supports at least a portion of the image forming optical system; and a fixed unit that is disposed outside of the support unit and that is fixed to the mounting unit. The support part is relatively rotatable and moveable with respect to the fixed unit, about at least two axes which are substantially orthogonal to the light axis of the image forming optical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Koji NAGAOKA, Kunihiko SHIMIZU, Teppei OKUYAMA, Noriyasu KOTANI, Hisanori TOGAWA
-
Patent number: 10864652Abstract: This method for manufacturing a high-density strand board enables high-density strand boards to be formed by using about the same press pressure as press pressures required to form strand boards with common densities, so that the high-density strand boards can be produced without using special facilities and equipment. A pretreatment process P2 is performed on strands 5 before pressing. The pretreatment process P2 is comprised of a first treatment process P2a and a subsequent second treatment process P2b. At least one of beating, high-frequency treatment, high-temperature high-pressure treatment, high-water pressure treatment, repeated deaeration and dehydration treatment, and chemical treatment is performed in the first treatment process P2a, and roll pressing or flat press pressing is performed in the second treatment process P2b. A strand board B with a density of 750 to 950 kg/m3 is formed by using a press pressure of 4 N/mm2 or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: DAIKEN CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuhito Oshima, Yasushi Sugio, Koji Nagaoka, Kazuki Sakamoto
-
Patent number: 10845563Abstract: An accessory for a camera body including a plurality of camera-side terminals, a camera-side protruding portion, and an elastic member, the accessory includes: a first terminal that changes a voltage at the first camera-side terminal by contacting with a first camera-side terminal; an eighth terminal to which a first clock signal is input by contacting with a first camera-side clock terminal; a tenth terminal that outputs a second clock signal by contacting with a second camera-side clock terminal; and an accessory-side protruding portion that is to be pressed toward the camera body side by the elastic member, wherein: the accessory-side protruding portion has a contacting portion to contact with the elastic member; and a distance between the eighth terminal and the contacting portion and a distance between the tenth terminal and the contacting portion are shorter than a distance between the first terminal and the contacting portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Takao Goto, Osamu Katsuda, Koji Nagaoka, Takayuki Funaoka
-
Publication number: 20200361377Abstract: An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Akiko SHIGA, Toru MIYAKOSHI, Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Akira KINOSHITA, Kaoru YOSHINO, Hitomi NAGANUMA, Takashi KURIYAMA, Koichi FUKUDA, Yuki KITA, Koji NAGAOKA, Tomoya NAKAGAWA, Masakazu SEKIGUCHI, Takashi SHIONOYA
-
Patent number: D918285Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Koji Nagaoka, Osamu Katsuda
-
Patent number: D937926Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Koji Nagaoka, Osamu Katsuda