Patents by Inventor Masayasu Shigematsu

Masayasu Shigematsu 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: 20230403450
    Abstract: A viewfinder unit includes an optical member between a display and an eyepiece, a first member holding the optical member in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical member, an illuminator, a second member holding the illuminator, a sensor picking up a photographer's eye image, a detector detecting proximity of the eye to the eyepiece, and an opening wider than a display area of the display in the optical axis direction. When the eyepiece is viewed in the optical axis direction, the illuminator is inside the opening and outside the display area. Part of a first area of the optical member, projecting from an outline of the first member in the optical axis direction, is inside the opening in the orthogonal direction, and at least one of the illuminator and the second member is in a second area surrounded by the outline and the first area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventor: Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 11831967
    Abstract: A viewfinder unit includes an optical member between a display and an eyepiece, a first member holding the optical member in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical member, an illumination device, a second member holding the illumination device, a sensor capable of picking up a photographer's eye image, and an opening wider than a display area of the display in an optical axis direction of the optical member. When the eyepiece is viewed in the optical axis direction, the illumination device is inside the opening and outside the display area. Part of a first area of the optical member, projecting from an outline of the first member in the optical axis direction, is inside the opening in the orthogonal direction, and at least one of the illumination device and the second member is in a second area surrounded by the outline and the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Publication number: 20230305370
    Abstract: An adapter device includes a first mount and a second mount. The first mount is fastened to the adapter device by multiple screws, and has first through third mount recesses and first through third mount claws disposed following a circumferential direction. The second mount is fastened to the device by multiple screws, and has fourth through sixth mount claws and fourth through sixth mount recesses disposed following the direction. The first through third mount claws are insertable to mount recesses on an imaging apparatus, the fourth through sixth mount claws are insertable to mount recesses on an accessory, and the smallest angle range of the first through third mount recesses in the direction of the first mount is not greater than the smallest angle range of the fourth through sixth mount claws in the direction of the second mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 11758261
    Abstract: The immediacy is not reduced, and autofocus is not started while the focus position being selected. The image pickup apparatus includes an operation member that selects a position for performing autofocus using a light input device that detects the movement of the finger and instructs the start of autofocus by an operation by the finger. When autofocus being performed, a display object for selecting a position for performing autofocus is displayed on the display unit 28 and the viewfinder in-field display unit 41. The system control unit 50 moves the display object according to the movement amount of the finger detected by the light input device, and starts autofocus at the position of the display object when the operation member is operated. The light input device is disposed below the face, of the operation member, on which the finger is placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayasu Shigematsu, Yohei Sato
  • Patent number: 11720006
    Abstract: An accessory configured to be detachably mountable to an image pickup apparatus including a first mount portion including first bayonet claw portions, and first terminals, the accessory including a second mount portion including second bayonet claw portions configured to enable engagement with the first bayonet claw portions, and second terminals configured to enable contact with the first terminals, in which the second terminals are provided at positions that are different from positions of the second bayonet claw portions, and wherein, a half line that extends from a central axis of the second mount portion and passes through a second terminal that determines whether an optical apparatus is mounted on the image pickup apparatus or not, passes through a predetermined second bayonet claw portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Kunihiko Sasaki, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 11714257
    Abstract: An interchangeable lens assembly includes a plurality of lens-side claw portions configured to enable engagement with a plurality of camera-side claw portions, and a lock pin concave portion in which a lock pin is inserted. Furthermore, ?1 is an angle formed by a line passing through a fifth lens-side end and an optical axis, and a line passing through a center of a lock pin concave portion and the optical axis, and ?2 is an angle formed by a line passing through a fourth lens-side end and the optical axis, and a line that passes through the center of the lock pin concave portion and the optical axis. In the above, ?1 and ?2 satisfy a predetermined conditional expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sasaki, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masahisa Tamura, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 11698573
    Abstract: An adapter device includes a first mount and a second mount. The first mount is fastened to the adapter device by multiple screws, and has first through third mount recesses and first through third mount claws disposed following a circumferential direction. The second mount is fastened to the device by multiple screws, and has fourth through sixth mount claws and fourth through sixth mount recesses disposed following the direction. The first through third mount claws are insertable to mount recesses on an imaging apparatus, the fourth through sixth mount claws are insertable to mount recesses on an accessory, and the smallest angle range of the first through third mount recesses in the direction of the first mount is not greater than the smallest angle range of the fourth through sixth mount claws in the direction of the second mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Publication number: 20230117070
    Abstract: An interchangeable lens assembly includes a plurality of lens-side claw portions configured to be engaged with a plurality of camera-side claw portions, and a lock pin groove portion into which a lock pin is inserted, a lens barrel, and a lens mount fixing member. When ?1 is an angle formed by a line passing through a fifth lens-side end and an optical axis, and a line passing through a center of the lock pin groove portion and the optical axis, and ?2 is an angle formed by a line passing through a fourth lens-side end and the optical axis, and a line that passes through the center of the lock pin groove portion and the optical axis, ?1 and ?2 satisfy a predetermined conditional expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sasaki, Masahisa Tamura, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Publication number: 20230116290
    Abstract: An accessory attachable to and detachable from an image pickup apparatus includes a second mount portion including a plurality of second bayonet claw portions capable of engaging with a plurality of first bayonet claw portions, a plurality of second terminals capable of contacting with a plurality of first terminals, an accessory body, and a mount fixing member for fixing the second mount portion to the accessory body. The plurality of second terminals is provided at positions different from positions of the plurality of second bayonet claw portions, and all of multiple second terminals, among the plurality of second terminals, used in communication between the image pickup apparatus and the accessory are provided at predetermined positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Kunihiko Sasaki, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 11537028
    Abstract: An interchangeable lens assembly includes a plurality of lens-side claw portions configured to be engaged with a plurality of camera-side claw portions, and a lock pin groove portion into which a lock pin is inserted, a lens barrel, and a lens mount fixing member. When ?1 is an angle formed by a line passing through a fifth lens-side end and an optical axis, and a line passing through a center of the lock pin groove portion and the optical axis, and ?2 is an angle formed by a line passing through a fourth lens-side end and the optical axis, and a line that passes through the center of the lock pin groove portion and the optical axis, ?1 and ?2 satisfy a predetermined conditional expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sasaki, Masahisa Tamura, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 11500270
    Abstract: An accessory attachable to and detachable from an image pickup apparatus includes a second mount portion including a plurality of second bayonet claw portions capable of engaging with a plurality of first bayonet claw portions, a plurality of second terminals capable of contacting with a plurality of first terminals, an accessory body, and a mount fixing member for fixing the second mount portion to the accessory body. The plurality of second terminals is provided at positions different from positions of the plurality of second bayonet claw portions, and all of multiple second terminals, among the plurality of second terminals, used in communication between the image pickup apparatus and the accessory are provided at predetermined positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Kunihiko Sasaki, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: D960957
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: D960958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu, Jun Kamiya
  • Patent number: D960959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: D960960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu, Jun Kamiya
  • Patent number: D960961
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: D963725
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: D963731
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu, Jun Kamiya
  • Patent number: D963732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Katsuhiro Inoue, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shigehiro Torii, Toshinori Yamazaki, Toru Matsumoto, Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: D1016121
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu