Patents by Inventor Shirai Osamu

Shirai Osamu 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).

  • Electronic camera with an automatic lens cover
    Patent number: 6515705
    Abstract: A camera including a body, an image pickup unit including an optical lens system and an image pickup device and being formed to rotate around the body freely; a lens cover opening and closing in front of the optical lens system group; and a lens cover driving unit for driving the lens cover to open while the image pickup unit rotates from an unused position in one direction within a predetermined range, and driving the lens cover to close while the image pickup unit rotates in another direction within a determined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takami Fumio, Maruyama Toraji, Shirai Osamu
  • Electronic camera with an automatic lens cover
    Publication number: 20020089601
    Abstract: A camera including a body, an image pickup unit including an optical lens system and an image pickup device and being formed to rotate around the body freely; a lens cover opening and closing in front of the optical lens system group; and a lens cover driving unit for driving the lens cover to open while the image pickup unit rotates from an unused position in one direction within a predetermined range, and driving the lens cover to close while the image pickup unit rotates in another direction within a determined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Takami Fumio, Maruyama Toraji, Shirai Osamu