Patents by Inventor Makoto Fujimoto

Makoto Fujimoto 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: 20070279744
    Abstract: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a display optical system which includes a first optical system configured to form a magnified image of an image displayed on an image display element, the first optical system including an optical member, a second optical system configured to magnify and guide light of the magnified image from the first optical system to one of an observer or a projection surface, the second optical system including a decentered reflecting surface, and an adjusting mechanism configured to displace the optical member of the first optical system in such a way as to have a component in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the first optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Makoto Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 7286803
    Abstract: A mobile information terminal includes a case that is formed in tabular form and in the size of a palm, a display device that is stored such that the screen is exposed to the outside, an electronic circuit that is stored in the case and controls the display device, a protective frame that is arranged on the edge portion of the case and surrounds the edge portion, and a hooking portion that sticks out outward of the case from the protective frame, and is formed for fingers to be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shogo Hamasaki, Daisuke Iino, Makoto Fujimoto, Kazuhisa Watanabe, Atsushi Saso
  • Patent number: 7268954
    Abstract: A zoom lens system comprising a multiple of lens units with various positive and negative powers that can, in at least one exemplary embodiment, be used to reduce ghost light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Makoto Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20070142097
    Abstract: A mounting device includes a case that has an insertion inlet for a mobile information terminal, a connector that establishes electrical connection to the mobile information terminal inserted in the insertion inlet, and an ejection mechanism that ejects the mobile information terminal after completion of processing through the connector. After the completion of the processing, by an action of the ejection mechanism, the mobile information terminal is popped up from the mounting device, and a user is understandably notified of the completion of the processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Shogo Hamasaki, Daisuke Iino, Makoto Fujimoto, Kazuhisa Watanabe, Atsushi Saso, Norihiko Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7196853
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment is directed to a zoom lens system configured to impart an appropriate refractive power to an image stabilizing lens unit. The zoom lens system can include: a first lens unit; a second lens unit; and a rear lens group. The plurality of lens units constituting the rear lens group can contain a lens component, where the lens component can include: a front lens sub-component; and a rear lens sub-component. Moreover, in at least one further exemplary embodiment at least a part of the front lens sub-component or the rear lens sub-component can be moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiro Nishio, Makoto Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 7126758
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compact zoom lens system having a image stabilizing function. This zoom lens system is provided with a plurality of lens units of which the interval between adjacent ones is changed during zooming. Shake correction is effected by a part of a lens unit of negative optical power of the plurality of lens units. Specifically, the lens unit of negative optical power is comprised of two lens components of negative optical power, and one of these two lens components is moved so as to have a component in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis to thereby change the imaging position of the zoom lens system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Fujimoto, Akihiro Nishio
  • Publication number: 20060203356
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compact zoom lens system having a image stabilizing function. This zoom lens system is provided with a plurality of lens units of which the interval between adjacent ones is changed during zooming. Shake correction is effected by a part of a lens unit of negative optical power of the plurality of lens units. Specifically, the lens unit of negative optical power is comprised of two lens components of negative optical power, and one of these two lens components is moved so as to have a component in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis to thereby change the imaging position of the zoom lens system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Makoto FUJIMOTO, Akihiro NISHIO
  • Patent number: 7057632
    Abstract: An optical scanning apparatus includes a laser unit formed by integrating a semiconductor laser and collimator lens, an incident optical system for making a light beam emerging from the laser unit strike an optical deflector while keeping the light beam wider than the width of a deflecting surface of the optical deflector in the main scanning direction, and an imaging optical system for forming the light beam reflected/deflected by the optical deflector into an image on a scanned surface. The laser unit is shifted by a shift adjusting means in a predetermined direction with respect to the optical axis of the incident optical system so as to make an illuminance distribution of scanning lines on the scanned surface become substantially symmetrical about the scanning central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamawaki, Makoto Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20060056057
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment is directed to a zoom lens system configured to impart an appropriate refractive power to an image stabilizing lens unit. The zoom lens system can include: a first lens unit; a second lens unit; and a rear lens group. The plurality of lens units constituting the rear lens group can contain a lens component, where the lens component can include: a front lens sub-component; and a rear lens sub-component. Moreover, in at least one further exemplary embodiment at least a part of the front lens sub-component or the rear lens sub-component can be moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiro Nishio, Makoto Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20060023317
    Abstract: A zoom lens system comprising a multiple of lens units with various positive and negative powers that can, in at least one exemplary embodiment, be used to reduce ghost light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Makoto Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20050275949
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compact zoom lens system having a image stabilizing function. This zoom lens system is provided with a plurality of lens units of which the interval between adjacent ones is changed during zooming. Shake correction is effected by a part of a lens unit of negative optical power of the plurality of lens units. Specifically, the lens unit of negative optical power is comprised of two lens components of negative optical power, and one of these two lens components is moved so as to have a component in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis to thereby change the imaging position of the zoom lens system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Makoto Fujimoto, Akihiro Nishio
  • Patent number: 6967679
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an imaging apparatus constructed as follows. The imaging apparatus picks-up a subject image formed by a imaging optical unit, and comprises an image pickup device for photoelectrically converting a subject image, a memory for storing gamma property data of the image pickup device and light quantity distribution data of incident light in accordance with pixel positions on the image pickup device; and a correcting circuit for correcting image signals outputted from each pixel of the image pickup device based on the gamma property data and light quantity distribution data that are stored in the memory. Thereby, a drop in peripheral light quantity can be electrically corrected while reflecting the gamma property of the image pickup device without an increase in noise, whereby a high-quality image accurately reproducing the actual brightness distribution in a shooting range can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Makoto Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 6927883
    Abstract: A high definition light-scanning optical apparatus uses an oblique incidence optical system and has a simple configuration that does not exert any adverse effect on the quality of the image formed by it as the elements of the apparatus are appropriately arranged. The light-scanning optical apparatus comprises an incidence optical system adapted to cause the light beam emitted from an incident light emitting light source including a fold mirror to strike a deflection plane of an optical deflector with a predetermined angle in the sub-scanning section and a focussing optical system for focussing the light beam reflected by the deflection plane of the optical deflector on a surface to be scanned. The focussing optical system includes an f? lens system having a spherical lens and a first cylindrical lens showing power in the main-scanning direction and a second cylindrical lens showing power in the sub-scanning direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Makoto Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20040121798
    Abstract: The mobile information terminal comprises; the case that is formed in tabular and in size of the palm; the display device that is stored such that the screen exposes to outside; the electronic circuit that is stored in the case and controls the display device; the protective frame that is arranged on the edge portion of the case and surrounds the edge portion; and the hooking portion that sticks out toward outside of the case from the protective frame, and is formed for fingers to be inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Shogo Hamasaki, Daisuke Iino, Makoto Fujimoto, Kazuhisa Watanabe, Atsushi Saso
  • Publication number: 20040121821
    Abstract: A mounting device comprises a case that has an insertion inlet for a mobile information terminal, a connector that establishes electrical connection to the mobile information terminal inserted in the insertion inlet, and an ejection mechanism that ejects the mobile information terminal after completion of processing through the connector. After the completion of the processing, by an action of the ejection mechanism, the mobile information terminal is popped up from the mounting device, and a user notifies the completion of the processing understandably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Shogo Hamasaki, Daisuke Iino, Makoto Fujimoto, Kazuhisa Watanabe, Atsushi Saso, Norihiko Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6496310
    Abstract: An optical system includes a diffractive optical element in which a phase given to incident light from an optical axis toward the peripheral part in the radial direction is not reversed in an effective area and an absolute value of optical power on the optical axis is made minimum. In the optical system, chromatic aberration of magnification of a high order is satisfactorily corrected and flare caused by additional diffraction light (unnecessary diffraction light) is suppressed to as minimum as possible while maintaining a high imaging performance up to peripheral part of a field angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Makoto Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 6466246
    Abstract: Disclosed is a color image forming apparatus in which it is possible to prevent positional deviation in scanning of each optical scanning device without having to improve the lens accuracy to an extreme degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Makoto Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 6459470
    Abstract: An image printer for printing images with less cross-talk between images and less image flickering is provided. A plurality of images are interleft in one or a plurality of line units and a lenticular lens is used to make it possible for each individual pixel to be distinguished. The difference in brightness between an attentional pixel and the surrounding pixels that surround this attentional pixel is taken, and a correlation value is produced, the correlation value being reduced if the difference is large and increased if the difference is small. The image printer is equipped with a pixel shape controller that makes the printed pixels smaller in a region where the correlation value is low, and makes the printed pixels larger in a region where the correlation value is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Iwano, Hiroshi Akahori, Kunio Nobori, Kazuhiro Kayashima, Makoto Fujimoto, Yasuhito Kawamata
  • Publication number: 20020130960
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an imaging apparatus constructed as follows. The imaging apparatus picks-up a subject image formed by a imaging optical unit, and comprises an image pickup device for photoelectrically converting a subject image, a memory for storing gamma property data of the image pickup device and light quantity distribution data of incident light in accordance with pixel positions on the image pickup device; and a correcting circuit for correcting image signals outputted from each pixel of the image pickup device based on the gamma property data and light quantity distribution data that are stored in the memory. Thereby, a drop in peripheral light quantity can be electrically corrected while reflecting the gamma property of the image pickup device without an increase in noise, whereby a high-quality image accurately reproducing the actual brightness distribution in a shooting range can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventor: Makoto Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20020126397
    Abstract: An optical system includes a diffractive optical element in which a phase given to incident light from an optical axis toward the peripheral part in the radial direction is not reversed in an effective area and an absolute value of optical power on the optical axis is made minimum. In the optical system, chromatic aberration of magnification of a high order is satisfactorily corrected and flare caused by additional diffraction light (unnecessary diffraction light) is suppressed to as minimum as possible while maintaining a high imaging performance up to peripheral part of a field angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventor: Makoto Fujimoto