Patents by Inventor Motoshige Ito

Motoshige Ito 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: 7639294
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image pickup apparatus having a liquid crystal light controlling device in front of an image pickup device. A liquid crystal light controlling device has a rear face facing an image pickup device and has input terminals disposed at the circumferential positions of the rear face. An image pickup device has a package and a sensor portion held in the package for picking up an image of a subject. At positions of the package facing the liquid crystal light controlling device, there are disposed output terminals for supplying driving voltage to each of the input terminals of the liquid crystal light controlling device. The driving voltage is supplied from the output terminals on the package to the input terminals through a conducting portion of a holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Motoshige Ito
  • Patent number: 7602439
    Abstract: A lens unit includes: a lens barrel; a movable section including a movable lens and configured to be moved in an optical axis direction relative to the lens barrel; a linear actuator including a drive magnet and a drive coil and configured to move the movable section in the optical axis direction by supplying a current to the drive coil; and a pair of biasing blade springs including holding portions for holding the movable section, a plurality of spring portions biasing the movable section in the optical axis direction, and attachment portions to be attached to the lens barrel. One of the biasing blade springs is formed with two spring members through which the current is supplied to the drive coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Makii, Motoshige Ito, Hideo Okamoto, Takeshi Takizawa, Takatoshi Uneme, Keishi Iwana, Satoshi Imai, Fujio Kanai
  • Publication number: 20060181632
    Abstract: A lens unit includes: a lens barrel; a movable section including a movable lens and configured to be moved in an optical axis direction relative to the lens barrel; a linear actuator including a drive magnet and a drive coil and configured to move the movable section in the optical axis direction by supplying a current to the drive coil; and a pair of biasing blade springs including holding portions for holding the movable section, a plurality of spring portions biasing the movable section in the optical axis direction, and attachment portions to be attached to the lens barrel. One of the biasing blade springs is formed with two spring members through which the current is supplied to the drive coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Makii, Motoshige Ito, Hideo Okamoto, Takeshi Takizawa, Takatoshi Uneme, Keishi Iwana, Satoshi Imai, Fujio Kanai
  • Publication number: 20050134721
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image pickup apparatus having a liquid crystal light controlling device in front of an image pickup device. A liquid crystal light controlling device has a rear face facing an image pickup device and has input terminals disposed at the circumferential positions of the rear face. An image pickup device has a package and a sensor portion held in the package for picking up an image of a subject. At positions of the package facing the liquid crystal light controlling device, there are disposed output terminals for supplying driving voltage to each of the input terminals of the liquid crystal light controlling device. The driving voltage is supplied from the output terminals on the package to the input terminals through a conducting portion of a holding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Motoshige Ito