Patents by Inventor Shigehiro Torii

Shigehiro Torii 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: 20190391359
    Abstract: A lens apparatus includes a first cam follower engaged with a cam groove and a first rectilinear groove, and configured to move forward and backward in an optical axis direction of the lens apparatus with rotation of the cam barrel, a second movable member including a second cam follower engaged with the cam groove and a second rectilinear groove, and configured to move forward and backward in the optical axis direction with rotation of the cam barrel, a contacting member provided on the first movable member, and a biasing member configured to bias the contacting member. The contacting member includes a first contacting portion that contacts the second movable member, the second movable member includes a second contacting portion that contacts the first contacting portion, and at least one of the first contacting portion and the second contacting portion inclines to the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventor: Shigehiro Torii
  • Patent number: 9565352
    Abstract: An optical apparatus includes an image sensor that includes a focus detecting pixel and an image pickup pixel, a first focus detector configured to provide a focus detection based upon a phase difference between the pair of image signals detected by the focus detecting pixel of the image sensor, a second focus detector configured to provide a focus detection based upon a contrast value based upon an output of the image pickup pixel of the image sensor, and a controller configured to provide autofocus utilizing the first focus detector when a focus detection precision of the first focus detector is equal to or higher than a first value and an image magnification variation amount calculated from a wobbling amount of the image pickup optical system used for the second focus detector is equal to or higher than a second value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirokazu Shukuin, Kunihiko Sasaki, Yuki Nagao, Daisuke Ochi, Atsushi Koyama, Shigehiro Torii, Shota Shimada, Masayasu Mizushima
  • Publication number: 20160349902
    Abstract: The information terminal device (1) of the present invention includes an operation determining section (43). The operation determining section (43) releases locking of an operation carried out with respect to an active application in the information terminal device (1), in a case where a holding of the information terminal device (1) by a user is detected while the operation is being locked. This prevents the user from carrying out an unintended operation with respect to an active application, instead of making operations complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Shigehiro TORII, Satoshi EGUCHI, Eiji FUMIMOTO, Yuhji MAEJIMA, Yu YUMURA
  • Patent number: 9411123
    Abstract: An optical apparatus includes a base member (101) including a first rotation limiting end and a second rotation limiting end, a cylindrical member (113) rotatable relative to the base member in a circumferential direction, an abutting member (128) fixed on the cylindrical member, capable of abutting on each of the first and second rotation limiting ends, and rotatable, along with the cylindrical member, between the first and second rotation limiting ends, a first rolling support member (107) fixed on the base member to support the cylindrical member, rotatable around an axis that is parallel to a rotation center axis of the cylindrical member, and rotatable in a direction orthogonal to the rotation center axis, and the first rolling support member is disposed in a third region where a first region and a second region in a region around the rotation center axis overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigehiro Torii
  • Publication number: 20150323759
    Abstract: An optical apparatus includes a base member (101) including a first rotation limiting end and a second rotation limiting end, a cylindrical member (113) rotatable relative to the base member in a circumferential direction, an abutting member (128) fixed on the cylindrical member, capable of abutting on each of the first and second rotation limiting ends, and rotatable, along with the cylindrical member, between the first and second rotation limiting ends, a first rolling support member (107) fixed on the base member to support the cylindrical member, rotatable around an axis that is parallel to a rotation center axis of the cylindrical member, and rotatable in a direction orthogonal to the rotation center axis, and the first rolling support member is disposed in a third region where a first region and a second region in a region around the rotation center axis overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventor: Shigehiro Torii
  • Publication number: 20150113402
    Abstract: A control section (11a) disclosed includes a length measuring section (12) for measuring the length (2) of the path (4b) extending from a specified position (5a) to a specified position (5b) both detected by an input surface (41), a rate setting section (14a) for setting the rate (3) of conjunction between a user operation (4a) and movement of a locator (7), and a position information transmitting section (15a) for transmitting, as information on the position of the locator (7) as moved through the user operation (4a), information on a position on a seek bar (6) which position can be calculated from the length (2) and the rate (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taisuke Hara, Shigehiro Torii, Eiji Fumimoto, Tomoyuki Katayama
  • Patent number: 9007510
    Abstract: An optical apparatus is configured to execute a manual focus mode in which focusing is performed by an operation of a manual operating unit by moving an image pickup optical system configured to form an optical image of an object. The optical apparatus includes a diaphragm configured to adjust a light quantity, and a controller configured to control a movement of the image pickup optical system in accordance with an operating amount of the manual operating unit so that a unit moving amount that is a moving amount of an in-focus position of the image pickup optical system per unit operation of the manual operating unit corresponds to a product between a diameter of a minimum confusion circle of the image pickup optical system, a diaphragm value of the diaphragm in the manual focus mode, and a coefficient that is a natural number or a reciprocal of the natural number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Ochi, Yuki Nagao, Atsushi Koyama, Masayasu Mizushima, Shigehiro Torii, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shota Shimada, Hirokazu Shukuin
  • Patent number: 9007704
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes a fixed cylinder configured to hold a plurality of lens units that constitute a main optical system, an extender configured to be rotatably held by the fixed cylinder and disposed between the plurality of lens units, a first shaft configured to rotate the extender around a first axis that is parallel to an optical axis of the main optical system so that the extender is inserted into or retracted from an optical path of the main optical system, a second shaft configured to rotate around a second axis that is parallel to the optical axis so as to transmit a rotation to the first shaft, and an exterior member attached to the fixed cylinder, the second shaft is attached to the exterior member, the exterior member is attached to the fixed cylinder, and the rotation of the second shaft is transmitted to the first shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigehiro Torii
  • Publication number: 20130308200
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes a fixed cylinder configured to hold a plurality of lens units that constitute a main optical system, an extender configured to be rotatably held by the fixed cylinder and disposed between the plurality of lens units, a first shaft configured to rotate the extender around a first axis that is parallel to an optical axis of the main optical system so that the extender is inserted into or retracted from an optical path of the main optical system, a second shaft configured to rotate around a second axis that is parallel to the optical axis so as to transmit a rotation to the first shaft, and an exterior member attached to the fixed cylinder, the second shaft is attached to the exterior member, the exterior member is attached to the fixed cylinder, and the rotation of the second shaft is transmitted to the first shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigehiro Torii
  • Publication number: 20130070144
    Abstract: An optical apparatus is configured to execute a manual focus mode in which focusing is performed by an operation of a manual operating unit by moving an image pickup optical system configured to form an optical image of an object. The optical apparatus includes a diaphragm configured to adjust a light quantity, and a controller configured to control a movement of the image pickup optical system in accordance with an operating amount of the manual operating unit so that a unit moving amount that is a moving amount of an in-focus position of the image pickup optical system per unit operation of the manual operating unit corresponds to a product between a diameter of a minimum confusion circle of the image pickup optical system, a diaphragm value of the diaphragm in the manual focus mode, and a coefficient that is a natural number or a reciprocal of the natural number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Ochi, Yuki Nagao, Atsushi Koyama, Masayasu Mizushima, Shigehiro Torii, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shota Shimada, Hirokazu Shukuin
  • Publication number: 20130064534
    Abstract: An optical apparatus includes a zoom optical system including a focus lens unit, an operation portion configured to manually and mechanically change a focal length of the zoom optical system, and a controller configured to control the focus lens unit so as to move along a track depending on an object distance in an operation of the operation portion. The controller moves the focus lens unit to a second position that is different from a first position that is a position of the focus lens unit in disconnecting a power when a first focal length that is a focal length of the zoom optical system in disconnecting the power is different from a second focal length that is a focal length of the zoom optical system in reconnecting the power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Koyama, Yuki Nagao, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shota Shimada, Shigehiro Torii, Masayasu Mizushima, Daisuke Ochi, Hirokazu Shukuin
  • Patent number: D899485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Katsuhiro Inoue, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shigehiro Torii, Toshinori Yamazaki, Toru Matsumoto