Patents by Inventor Shinji Kaioka

Shinji Kaioka 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).

  • Optical member conveying device
    Patent number: 9521305
    Abstract: An optical member conveying device (90) of an embodiment of the present invention includes: a small LED illumination device (13) which (i) is included in a lens unit suction head (14) which adheres to a top surface of a lens section (50) and (ii) emits light from above the top surface of the lens section (50) toward an opening hole (3a) from which light enters, the opening hole (3a) being provided on the top surface of the lens section (50); and a control section which controls the lens unit suction head (14) to carry out an alignment of the lens section (50) in accordance with a projection image obtained by projecting, by use of light emitted from the small LED illumination device (13), the opening hole (3a) on a side of a back surface of the lens section (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji Kaioka, Akitoshi Ikuno
  • OPTICAL MEMBER CONVEYING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150256726
    Abstract: An optical member conveying device (90) of an embodiment of the present invention includes: a small LED illumination device (13) which (i) is included in a lens unit suction head (14) which adheres to a top surface of a lens section (50) and (ii) emits light from above the top surface of the lens section (50) toward an opening hole (3a) from which light enters, the opening hole (3a) being provided on the top surface of the lens section (50); and a control section which controls the lens unit suction head (14) to carry out an alignment of the lens section (50) in accordance with a projection image obtained by projecting, by use of light emitted from the small LED illumination device (13), the opening hole (3a) on a side of a back surface of the lens section (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Shinji Kaioka, Akitoshi Ikuno
  • Camera module, electronic device including the same, and method for positioning lenses of camera module
    Patent number: 8390725
    Abstract: In a camera module, the position of image pickup lenses at an end at infinity is defined by contact between a bottom surface of a lens barrel and a surface of a sensor cover. This makes it possible to realize a camera module having image pickup lenses positioned with a high degree of accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Sekimoto, Yoshihito Ishizue, Shinji Kaioka
  • Camera module, electronic device including the same, and method for positioning lenses of camera module
    Publication number: 20100110270
    Abstract: In a camera module, the position of image pickup lenses at an end at infinity is defined by contact between a bottom surface of a lens barrel and a surface of a sensor cover. This makes it possible to realize a camera module having image pickup lenses positioned with a high degree of accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Sekimoto, Yoshihito Ishizue, Shinji Kaioka