Patents by Inventor Norikazu KANEDA

Norikazu KANEDA 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: 20250119639
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus comprises: an image sensor configured to shoot a subject image through an optical system and generate image data; a connector configured to detachably attach a heat dissipation unit; a controller configured to detect whether the heat dissipation unit is attached to the connector; and a notification unit configured to notify a user of information. The controller causes the notification unit to notify an available shooting time of a moving image according to whether the heat dissipation unit is attached to the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki YAMASAKI, Shinichi YAMAMOTO, Norikazu KANEDA
  • Publication number: 20250106490
    Abstract: An image capturing device includes: a casing; a heat source provided inside the casing; a monitor; a hinge provided to the casing and rotatably supporting the monitor; and a heat dissipation unit including a plurality of fins provided on an outer surface of the casing and thermally connected to the heat source. The monitor is configured to be rotatable by the hinge between a first position at which the monitor covers the plurality of fins of the heat dissipation unit, and a second position at which the monitor is away from the plurality of fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Norikazu KANEDA
  • Patent number: 12244915
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging main body; a fan accommodation portion provided in an upper portion of the imaging main body; and a cooling fan disposed in the fan accommodation portion, wherein the fan accommodation portion includes an upper surface, a pair of side surfaces, and a front surface that cover the cooling fan, and an intake port and an exhaust port for the cooling fan to perform intake and exhaust are provided on a surface of the fan accommodation portion different from the upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norikazu Kaneda, Hiroyuki Kuroki, Hiroki Kasugai, Yuuji Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20240214655
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a housing, an imaging module disposed in the housing and including an imaging element, and a heat conductive sheet including a first end portion in contact with the imaging module and a second end portion in contact with an inner surface of the housing. An intermediate portion between the first end portion and the second end portion of the heat conductive sheet is curved outward convexly and is in contact with a portion of the inner surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke ITAYA, Yuuji MATSUO, Norikazu KANEDA, Takuya AMANO
  • Publication number: 20240048827
    Abstract: The imaging apparatus includes a first object to be cooled, a second object to be cooled, and a heat dissipation member including a first connection part connected to the first object to be cooled, a second connection part connected to the second object to be cooled, and a first fin, The first connection part is provided at a position closer to the first fin than the second connection part, The heat dissipation member includes a cutout in a portion between the second connection part and the first fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya AMANO, Norikazu KANEDA, Yuuji MATSUO, Tatsuya SATO
  • Publication number: 20240045313
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a flow path including a flow direction diverter that changes the direction of air flow, a heat dissipation member including first fins, second fins, and third fins disposed in the flow path, and an object to be cooled connected to the heat dissipation member. The first fins are pin-shaped fins disposed in the flow direction diverter in the flow path, the second fins are plate-shaped fins disposed in a section of the flow path downstream of the flow direction diverter, and the third fins are plate-shaped fins disposed in a section of the flow path upstream of the flow direction diverter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoki ZEMBUTSU, Norikazu KANEDA, Yuuji MATSUO, Tatsuya SATO, Takuya AMANO
  • Publication number: 20240048828
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an object to be cooled, a heat dissipation member, a first heat conductive sheet including a first heat absorbing part that absorbs heat from the object to be cooled and a first heat dissipating part that dissipates heat to the heat dissipation member, a second heat conductive sheet including a second heat absorbing part that absorbs heat from the object to be cooled and a second heat dissipating part that dissipates heat to the heat dissipation member, and an elastic member that biases the first heat absorbing part and the second heat absorbing part and maintains connection between the first heat absorbing part and the object to be cooled and between the second heat absorbing part and the object to be cooled. The elastic member biases the first heat absorbing part and the second heat absorbing part overlapping each other toward the object to be cooled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya SATO, Takuya AMANO, Yuuji MATSUO, Norikazu KANEDA, Shunsuke ITAYA
  • Patent number: 11776773
    Abstract: A release switch device includes: a button; a first elastic member to be pressed and displaced by the button; a pressure-sensitive sensor to face the first elastic member at an interval, to be pressed and displaced by the button with interposition of the first elastic member, when the button is displaced exceeding a predetermined stroke amount; and a second elastic member to be pressed and displaced by the button with interposition of the first elastic member and the pressure-sensitive sensor. When the button is displaced by a first stroke amount equal to or larger than the predetermined stroke amount, the pressure-sensitive sensor receives a first repulsive force of the second elastic member and outputs a first output value. When the button is displaced by a second stroke amount larger than the first stroke amount, the pressure-sensitive sensor receives a second repulsive force larger than the first repulsive force of the second elastic member and outputs a second output value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Norikazu Kaneda
  • Publication number: 20230239555
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging main body; a fan accommodation portion provided in an upper portion of the imaging main body; and a cooling fan disposed in the fan accommodation portion, wherein the fan accommodation portion includes an upper surface, a pair of side surfaces, and a front surface that cover the cooling fan, and an intake port and an exhaust port for the cooling fan to perform intake and exhaust are provided on a surface of the fan accommodation portion different from the upper surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Norikazu KANEDA, Hiroyuki Kuroki, Hiroki Kasugai, Yuuji Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20230081836
    Abstract: A release switch device includes: a button; a first elastic member to be pressed and displaced by the button; a pressure-sensitive sensor to face the first elastic member at an interval, to be pressed and displaced by the button with interposition of the first elastic member, when the button is displaced exceeding a predetermined stroke amount; and a second elastic member to be pressed and displaced by the button with interposition of the first elastic member and the pressure-sensitive sensor. When the button is displaced by a first stroke amount equal to or larger than the predetermined stroke amount, the pressure-sensitive sensor receives a first repulsive force of the second elastic member and outputs a first output value. When the button is displaced by a second stroke amount larger than the first stroke amount, the pressure-sensitive sensor receives a second repulsive force larger than the first repulsive force of the second elastic member and outputs a second output value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventor: Norikazu KANEDA
  • Publication number: 20230035644
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: a heat source; a heat dissipation mechanism for dissipating heat of the heat source; and a main body to which the heat source and the heat dissipation mechanism are attached, wherein the heat dissipation mechanism is disposed on an outer peripheral portion of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KUROKI, Hikaru TSUCHITANI, Yuuji MATSUO, Norikazu KANEDA
  • Publication number: 20210364887
    Abstract: An electronic device stores and holds a battery as a drive power source and has a configuration in which the battery can be attached/detached to/from the electronic device. In the electronic device, the battery lid in the electronic device includes a lid plate having a rib, and a lock plate configured to be movable to a first position and a second position with respect to the lid plate, and when the lock plate moves from the first position (non-lock position) to the second position (lock position) with respect to the lid plate, the battery is locked by the battery lock portion and stored and held in a predetermined battery hold position of the battery storage portion, and the battery lid is suppressed from being pressed by the stored and held battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Norikazu KANEDA, Masaaki SASAKI
  • Patent number: 10139940
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a casing; a first operation unit that is on the casing and receives an operation from a user; a second operation unit that is on the casing and receives an operation from the user; and a first protection barrier between the first operation unit and the second operation unit protruding from a plane of the casing on which the first operation unit and the second operation unit are disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ruriko Monobe, Norikazu Kaneda
  • Publication number: 20160077643
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present disclosure includes: a casing; a first operation unit that is provided to the casing and receiving an operation from a user; a second operation unit that is provided to the casing and receiving an operation from a user; and a first protection barrier formed between the first operation unit and the second operation unit so as to protrude from a plane of the casing to which the first and second operation units are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: RURIKO MONOBE, NORIKAZU KANEDA
  • Patent number: 8472799
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an optical system, a camera housing defining an opening with an interior storage space, and a flash mechanism connected to the housing. The flash mechanism is movable between an exposed state and an unexposed state. The flash mechanism has a first arm, a second arm, and a light emitting component attached to the second arm. The first arm is located at a first rotational position in the exposed state and is configured to rotate around a first axis located within the interior space. The second arm is located at a third rotational position in the exposed state and is configured to rotate with respect to the first arm around a second axis located closer to the subject than the first axis in the exposed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Norikazu Kaneda, Dai Shintani
  • Publication number: 20120106940
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an optical system, a camera housing defining an opening with an interior storage space, and a flash mechanism connected to the housing. The flash mechanism is movable between an exposed state and an unexposed state. The flash mechanism has a first arm, a second arm, and a light emitting component attached to the second arm. The first arm is located at a first rotational position in the exposed state and is configured to rotate around a first axis located within the interior space. The second arm is located at a third rotational position in the exposed state and is configured to rotate with respect to the first arm around a second axis located closer to the subject than the first axis in the exposed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Norikazu KANEDA, Dai Shintani