Patents by Inventor Shinga Nakashima
Shinga Nakashima 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).
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Patent number: 11592643Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which is capable of stably detecting rotating operations of a rotary ring provided on an outer periphery of a lens barrel or the like. A holding member is provided on an inner periphery of the rotary ring to hold the rotary ring. A rotation detecting member detects a rotation direction and a rotation amount of the rotary ring when the rotary ring has been rotated. An urging member urges the rotary ring against the holding member in an urging direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of the rotary ring. A detecting direction of the rotation detecting member and the urging direction of the urging member are parallel to each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shinga Nakashima
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Publication number: 20230059185Abstract: An electronic device includes a rotation operation unit including a rotation operation member, and a finger placing portion configured so that a finger is placed on it when the electronic device is gripped. The rotation operation unit and the finger placing portion are located in close proximity to each other on a surface on a user side of the electronic device. The rotation operation unit is tilted with respect to the electronic device toward the finger placing portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventor: Shinga Nakashima
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Patent number: 11500466Abstract: A space-saving image pickup apparatus capable of appropriately vibrating the image pickup apparatus locally or as a whole using one vibration device is provided. The image pickup apparatus comprising an operation member, a vibration device configured to generate a vibration, a vibration transmission member fixed to the vibration device, and a controller configured to drive the vibration device in response to an operation of the operation member. Part of the vibration transmission member comes into contact with part of the operation member, and the operation member vibrates due to a vibration transmitted from the vibration device via the vibration transmission member.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shinga Nakashima
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Patent number: 11442340Abstract: An electronic apparatus to which an external apparatus is detachably attachable includes a controlling unit configured to make a vibration device vibrate by using a vibration parameter corresponding to a type of the external apparatus to be attached to the electronic apparatus, the vibration device being provided on at least one of the electronic apparatus and the external apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsuto Noda, Shinga Nakashima, Akira Watanabe, Takazumi Seo, Kohei Uemura, Toshihiro Ogawa, Hiroshi Toriumi
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Patent number: 11391907Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a rotary ring that has a plurality of groove portions formed in an inner periphery in a rotation direction, a holding member that holds the rotary ring, a click member that generates a click feel by repeating an abutting state in which the rotary ring abuts on the groove portion and a non-abutting state in which the rotary ring does not abut on the groove portion when the rotary ring is rotated, and an urging member that urges the click member from an inside of the rotary ring toward an outside of the rotary ring. The click member which protrudes from a cutout portion obtained by cutting out a portion of the holding member abuts on the groove portion from the inside of the rotation ring toward the outside of the rotation ring.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shinga Nakashima
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Patent number: 11297235Abstract: An optical apparatus configured to correct an image blur by moving an image stabilization unit in a first direction different from an optical axis direction based on shake information obtained by a shake detector includes a vibration device configured to generate a vibration in order to transmit to a user a tactual sense according to an operation of an operation unit by the user. During an imaging and recording period, the vibration device generates the vibration having a vibration intensity in a second direction different from the first direction higher than that in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takazumi Seo, Toshihiro Ogawa, Kohei Uemura, Shinga Nakashima, Atsuto Noda, Akira Watanabe
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Publication number: 20210357033Abstract: A space-saving image pickup apparatus capable of appropriately vibrating the image pickup apparatus locally or as a whole using one vibration device is provided. The image pickup apparatus comprising an operation member, a vibration device configured to generate a vibration, a vibration transmission member fixed to the vibration device, and a controller configured to drive the vibration device in response to an operation of the operation member. Part of the vibration transmission member comes into contact with part of the operation member, and the operation member vibrates due to a vibration transmitted from the vibration device via the vibration transmission member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventor: Shinga Nakashima
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Patent number: 11150732Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a vibration device configured to generate a vibration to transmit to a user a touch sense in response to an operation of a user on an operation unit, and a grip portion gripped by the user. A lens barrel is attached to a front surface side of the image pickup apparatus. The grip portion covers a rear surface side and the front surface side of the image pickup apparatus. The grip portion that covers the front surface side of the image pickup apparatus includes a protrusion portion. The vibration device is disposed inside the protrusion portion and on a side facing an optical axis of the lens barrel.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinga Nakashima, Toshihiro Ogawa, Takazumi Seo, Akira Watanabe, Kohei Uemura, Atsuto Noda
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Publication number: 20210227106Abstract: An image pickup apparatus that does not disturb a photographing operation, has high portability, and facilitates attachment and detachment. The image pickup apparatus includes a body part and a frame part. The body part has an image pickup lens. The frame part has an opening. The frame part is provided with a notch section that is formed by cutting out a part of the frame part in a direction different from a natural falling direction of the image pickup apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Shinga Nakashima, Ryoji Okuno
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Publication number: 20210105391Abstract: An optical apparatus configured to correct an image blur by moving an image stabilization unit in a first direction different from an optical axis direction based on shake information obtained by a shake detector includes a vibration device configured to generate a vibration in order to transmit to a user a tactual sense according to an operation of an operation unit by the user. During an imaging and recording period, the vibration device generates the vibration having a vibration intensity in a second direction different from the first direction higher than that in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: Takazumi SEO, Toshihiro OGAWA, Kohei UEMURA, Shinga NAKASHIMA, Atsuto NODA, Akira WATANABE
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Patent number: 10911648Abstract: An image pickup apparatus capable of being downsized even when provided with an eye detection sensor when the apparatus includes an electronic viewfinder. The image pickup apparatus includes an electronic viewfinder for viewing an image through an eyepiece and a display unit provided with a display on which the image is displayed. The eye detection sensor detects whether an eye of a photographer approaches the electronic viewfinder. The electronic viewfinder and the display are controlled selectively according to an eye detection result by the eye detection sensor. The eye detection sensor is disposed on the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shinga Nakashima
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Publication number: 20210018820Abstract: An electronic apparatus to which an external apparatus is detachably attachable includes a controlling unit configured to make a vibration device vibrate by using a vibration parameter corresponding to a type of the external apparatus to be attached to the electronic apparatus, the vibration device being provided on at least one of the electronic apparatus and the external apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Atsuto NODA, Shinga NAKASHIMA, Akira WATANABE, Takazumi SEO, Kohei UEMURA, Toshihiro OGAWA, Hiroshi TORIUMI
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Patent number: 10623590Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a USB connector compliant with a USB standard, and is configured to be electrically connectable to a device including an adaptor apparatus via the USB connector. The imaging apparatus includes a system control circuit that detects whether the adaptor apparatus is electrically connected via the USB connector, and a switch that performs processing for changing a signal group to be assigned to terminals of the USB connector, according to a result of detection by the system control circuit.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koichi Odagaki, Shinga Nakashima, Katsuhiro Doshin
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Publication number: 20200106938Abstract: An image pickup apparatus capable of being downsized even when provided with an eye detection sensor when the apparatus includes an electronic viewfinder. The image pickup apparatus includes an electronic viewfinder for viewing an image through an eyepiece and a display unit provided with a display on which the image is displayed. The eye detection sensor detects whether an eye of a photographer approaches the electronic viewfinder. The electronic viewfinder and the display are controlled selectively according to an eye detection result by the eye detection sensor. The eye detection sensor is disposed on the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: Shinga Nakashima
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Publication number: 20200096724Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a rotary ring that has a plurality of groove portions formed in an inner periphery in a rotation direction, a holding member that holds the rotary ring, a click member that generates a click feel by repeating an abutting state in which the rotary ring abuts on the groove portion and a non-abutting state in which the rotary ring does not abut on the groove portion when the rotary ring is rotated, and an urging member that urges the click member from an inside of the rotary ring toward an outside of the rotary ring. The click member which protrudes from a cutout portion obtained by cutting out a portion of the holding member abuts on the groove portion from the inside of the rotation ring toward the outside of the rotation ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: Shinga Nakashima
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Publication number: 20200096725Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which is capable of stably detecting rotating operations of a rotary ring provided on an outer periphery of a lens barrel or the like. A holding member is provided on an inner periphery of the rotary ring to hold the rotary ring. A rotation detecting member detects a rotation direction and a rotation amount of the rotary ring when the rotary ring has been rotated. An urging member urges the rotary ring against the holding member in an urging direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of the rotary ring. A detecting direction of the rotation detecting member and the urging direction of the urging member are parallel to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: Shinga Nakashima
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Publication number: 20190391650Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a vibration device configured to generate a vibration to transmit to a user a touch sense in response to an operation of a user on an operation unit, and a grip portion gripped by the user. A lens barrel is attached to a front surface side of the image pickup apparatus. The grip portion covers a rear surface side and the front surface side of the image pickup apparatus. The grip portion that covers the front surface side of the image pickup apparatus includes a protrusion portion. The vibration device is disposed inside the protrusion portion and on a side facing an optical axis of the lens barrel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Shinga Nakashima, Toshihiro Ogawa, Takazumi Seo, Akira Watanabe, Kohei Uemura, Atsuto Noda
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Publication number: 20180205836Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a USB connector compliant with a USB standard, and is configured to be electrically connectable to a device including an adaptor apparatus via the USB connector. The imaging apparatus includes a system control circuit that detects whether the adaptor apparatus is electrically connected via the USB connector, and a switch that performs processing for changing a signal group to be assigned to terminals of the USB connector, according to a result of detection by the system control circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Koichi Odagaki, Shinga Nakashima, Katsuhiro Doshin
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Patent number: 8740485Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an open/close lid configured to close or open a paper conveyance path of a recording paper, and a locking member configured to hold a closing state of the open/close lid by engaging with an engaging portion of the open/close lid, and to be capable to move to a position engageable with the engaging portion of the open/close lid or a position of retracting from the position engageable with the engaging portion of the open/close lid. The locking member moves to the position engageable with the engaging portion of the open/close lid at non-print time, and further moves to the position of retracting from the position engageable with the engaging portion of the open/close lid at print time.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shinga Nakashima
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Publication number: 20120020717Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an open/close lid configured to close or open a paper conveyance path of a recording paper, and a locking member configured to hold a closing state of the open/close lid by engaging with an engaging portion of the open/close lid, and to be capable to move to a position engageable with the engaging portion of the open/close lid or a position of retracting from the position engageable with the engaging portion of the open/close lid. The locking member moves to the position engageable with the engaging portion of the open/close lid at non-print time, and further moves to the position of retracting from the position engageable with the engaging portion of the open/close lid at print time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shinga Nakashima