Patents by Inventor Naoki Kashiwagi

Naoki Kashiwagi 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: 5563807
    Abstract: An information processing system by which it is possible to easily define a lens arrangement and thus make it is possible to easily perform an optical evaluation, wherein a plurality of object positions may be defined for the same focal length of an optical lens system. A lens is designated as the lens used for focusing, and the values to be changed, such as the distances between lenses, are calculated and defined corresponding to the object positions. The arrangement of an optical system may be defined in a plurality of hierarchy levels, and information on decentering may be defined for each decentered configuration of each group including the lens faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Kashiwagi, Shin Yamaguchi, Hironobu Araki, Keiko Iijima, Junko Nakatsu
  • Patent number: 5434757
    Abstract: To allow smooth access to such elements as operating knobs for power window switches and a door lock switch provided in a unit panel in the night time lighting condition, the entire surface of an escutcheon panel mounted on the unit panel is defined as a switch operating part for an illuminating lamp which illuminates the elements to be accessed. The illuminating lamp may be lighted up for a prescribed time period to illuminate the escutcheon panel when the switch operating part is touched so that unnecessary consumption of electric power may be avoided. The escutcheon panel may be made of at lease semi-transparent plastic so that light from an illuminating lamp placed behind the escutcheon panel may be transmitted through the escutcheon panel. Alternatively, the element to be accessed such as a switch knob mounted on the escutcheon panel may be made of at lease semi-transparent plastic so that illuminating light may be transmitted therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Assignee: Kasai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoki Kashiwagi