Patents by Inventor Mutsumi Sugiura

Mutsumi Sugiura 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).

  • Imaging device, portable terminal using the same, and image device producing method
    Patent number: 7656452
    Abstract: This invention relates to dust-proof, moisture-proof structures of the image pickup devices mounted in small-size thin types of electronic apparatus. More specifically, an image pickup device of this invention includes an image pickup element, a mounting base having a formed leg section which abuts on the image pickup element, an image pickup optical system that guides photographic object light to the imaging region of the image pickup element, and an outer frame member that contains the image pickup element, the mounting base, and the image pickup optical system. The space formed at the photoelectric conversion plane side of the image pickup element is sealed by using the mounting base or by using the mounting base and a part of the outer frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventors: Masashi Saito, Mutsumi Sugiura
  • Imaging device, portable terminal using the same, and image device producing method
    Publication number: 20060146170
    Abstract: This invention relates to dust-proof, moisture-proof structures of the image pickup devices mounted in small-size thin types of electronic apparatus. More specifically, an image pickup device of this invention includes an image pickup element, a mounting base having a formed leg section which abuts on the image pickup element, an image pickup optical system that guides photographic object light to the imaging region of the image pickup element, and an outer frame member that contains the image pickup element, the mounting base, and the image pickup optical system. The space formed at the photoelectric conversion plane side of the image pickup element is sealed by using the mounting base or by using the mounting base and a part of the outer frame member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2004
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Masashi Saito, Mutsumi Sugiura