Patents by Inventor Masaru Iino

Masaru Iino 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).

  • Image pick-up apparatus
    Patent number: 4467361
    Abstract: An apparatus for picking-up an image of an object including a solid state image sensor having a number of image sensing elements and an objective lens for projecting the image of the object onto the image sensor is disclosed. In order to remove a curvature of field of the objective lens, the image sensor is curved into a spherical shape having a radius of curvature equal to that of the curvature of field. The solid state image sensor may be curved in any desired shape to correct various aberrations of the objective lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1984
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Ohno, Kimihiko Nishioka, Nobuo Yamashita, Susumu Takahashi, Akihiro Namba, Takashi Mizusaki, Toshimasa Akagi, Masaru Iino