Patents by Inventor Shunichi Matsunaga

Shunichi Matsunaga 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).

  • Image pickup apparatus and display device
    Patent number: 7456894
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a case, a photographing optical system, an imaging element, and a viewfinder device. The viewfinder device includes a viewfinder case, a transmission liquid crystal panel, a lighting device, a first sheet polarizer, and a second sheet polarizer. The viewfinder case includes a case body and a case partitioning member. The lighting device and the first sheet polarizer are supported inside the case partitioning member. The transmission liquid crystal panel is supported inside the case partitioning member with the display surface faced to the window. The second sheet polarizer is supported inside the case body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihito Saiki, Hirokazu Nakayoshi, Toshitake Terada, Shunichi Matsunaga
  • Image pickup apparatus and display device
    Publication number: 20060170806
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a case, a photographing optical system, an imaging element, and a viewfinder device. The viewfinder device includes a viewfinder case, a transmission liquid crystal panel, a lighting device, a first sheet polarizer, and a second sheet polarizer. The viewfinder case includes a case body and a case partitioning member. The lighting device and the first sheet polarizer are supported inside the case partitioning member. The transmission liquid crystal panel is supported inside the case partitioning member with the display surface faced to the window. The second sheet polarizer is supported inside the case body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihito Saiki, Hirokazu Nakayoshi, Toshitake Terada, Shunichi Matsunaga