Patents by Inventor Takashi Ishizawa

Takashi Ishizawa 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: 20240337507
    Abstract: An input device includes an operation nob configured to perform a rotation operation and a push operation; one magnet provided so as to perform a rotational movement in response to the rotation operation and to perform a sliding movement in response to the push operation, from an initial state; a magnetic sensor disposed on a substrate and configured to detect a magnetic field generated by the magnet; and circuitry configured to determine operation contents of the rotation operation and the push operation based on a detection result of the magnetic sensor, wherein the magnet is disposed such that a rotation axis serving as a rotation center when performing the rotational movement passes through the magnet, and magnetization directions of an N pole and an S pole of the magnet are inclined with respect to the rotation axis of the rotational movement and a direction of the sliding movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Asuka KOIKE, Yasuhiro ISHIZAWA, Takashi SATO
  • Patent number: 11137568
    Abstract: Provided is a lens holder driving device having the fixing part including a base member, the driving mechanism including a yoke, the position detection part including a sensor magnet attached on a corresponding outer peripheral surface of the lens holder in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis. A magnetic detection device provided to the fixing part such that the magnetic detection device is opposite to the sensor magnet. The yoke includes an outer cylinder part having a cylindrical shape. The outer cylinder part includes a plurality of plate parts which are opposite to each other in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis. The plate parts having cutout parts at positions opposite to the sensor magnet. The lens holder driving device includes a foreign matter intrusion prevention member configured to prevent intrusion of foreign matters from the cutout part of the plate part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Osaka, Takashi Ishizawa
  • Patent number: 10880461
    Abstract: Provided are a lens driving device, a camera module, and a camera-mounted device for which the miniaturization and weight reduction can be achieved and the reliability can also be improved. The lens driving device includes auto-focusing and shake-correcting driving parts utilizing a voice coil motor. An autofocus movable part includes a lens holder adapted to hold a lens part and an auto-focusing coil part, an autofocus fixing part includes a magnet holder adapted to hold an auto-focusing magnet part, and a shake-correcting fixing part includes a base to which a shake-correcting coil part is disposed. At least one of the lens holder, magnet holder, and base is formed from a molding material consisting of polyarylate (PAR) or a PAR alloy which is a mixture of multiple resin materials including polyarylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Osaka, Takashi Ishizawa, Atsushi Kikuchi, Minoru Katagiri
  • Patent number: 10750062
    Abstract: Provided are a lens driving device, a camera module, and a camera-mounted device for which the miniaturization and weight reduction can be achieved and the reliability can also be improved. The lens driving device includes auto-focusing and shake-correcting driving parts utilizing a voice coil motor. An autofocus fixing part includes a Hall element configured to detect a position of an autofocus movable part in the optical-axis direction, and the autofocus movable part includes a position-detecting magnet arranged near the Hall element. Both of an auto-focusing magnet part and the position-detecting magnet are radially magnetized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Osaka, Takashi Ishizawa
  • Publication number: 20200057242
    Abstract: Provided is a lens holder driving device having the fixing part including a base member, the driving mechanism including a yoke, the position detection part including a sensor magnet attached on a corresponding outer peripheral surface of the lens holder in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis. A magnetic detection device provided to the fixing part such that the magnetic detection device is opposite to the sensor magnet. The yoke includes an outer cylinder part having a cylindrical shape. The outer cylinder part includes a plurality of plate parts which are opposite to each other in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis. The plate parts having cutout parts at positions opposite to the sensor magnet. The lens holder driving device includes a foreign matter intrusion prevention member configured to prevent intrusion of foreign matters from the cutout part of the plate part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko OSAKA, Takashi ISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200003989
    Abstract: Provided is a lens holder driving device having a leaf spring including: an inner periphery side end part fixed to a lens holder, an outer periphery side end part fixed to a fixing part, and a plurality of link parts provided along a circumferential direction for coupling between the inner periphery side end part and the outer periphery side end part. Each of the link parts includes at least one bent part, and an elastic arm part connected to each of both ends of the bent part. An opposite part facing the bent part, is formed at the outer periphery side end part, and the leaf spring includes at least one stretchable and flexible resin provided between the bent part and the opposite part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko OSAKA, Takashi ISHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 10451834
    Abstract: In a lens holder driving device, each of an upper plate spring and a lower plate spring, which are respectively provided on an upper side and a lower side of a lens holder, has an inner peripheral side end fixed to the lens holder, an outer peripheral side end fixed to a fixing part, and a plurality of arms. The plurality of arms of the upper plate spring and the plurality of arms of the lower plate spring have substantially identical shapes in a plan view. Each of the plurality of arms includes at least one U-turn shaped portion that is folded over. Either the upper plate spring or the lower plate spring has at least one stretchable and flexible resin that is provided so as to straddle over the mutually opposing parts of the U-turn shaped portion of the plurality of arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Osaka, Takashi Ishizawa
  • Patent number: 10412279
    Abstract: Provided are a lens driving device, a camera module, and a camera-mounted device for which the miniaturization and weight reduction can be achieved and the reliability can also be improved. The lens driving device includes AF and shake-correcting driving parts utilizing a voice coil motor. An AF fixing part includes an AF control part controlling the energization current through an AF coil part. The AF driving part includes upper and lower elastic supporting parts, auto-focusing power-source lines connected to power-supplying suspension wires functioning as a shake-correcting supporting part, signal lines connected to signal suspension wires functioning as a shake-correcting supporting part, and coil power-supply lines electrically connecting the AF control part to the AF coil part. The upper elastic supporting part functions at least as the AF power-supply lines or the signal lines, and the lower elastic supporting part functions as the coil power-supply lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Osaka, Takashi Ishizawa
  • Patent number: 10338341
    Abstract: A lens holder driving device is provided with a lens holder, a securing part including a base member, a drive mechanism, and a position detection unit. The drive mechanism includes a yoke that is provided to stand on the base member. The position detection unit includes a sensor magnet mounted to the outer peripheral surface of the lens holder, and a magnetic detection element provided in the securing part. The yoke is provided with a tube-shaped external cylinder part, and the external cylinder part includes a plurality of plate sections each having a cutout section. The lens holder driving device includes a foreign matter entry prevention member that prevents foreign matter from getting inside from the cutout sections of the plate sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Osaka, Takashi Ishizawa
  • Publication number: 20190011664
    Abstract: Provided are a lens driving device, a camera module, and a camera-mounted device for which the miniaturization and weight reduction can be achieved and the reliability can also be improved. The lens driving device includes auto-focusing and shake-correcting driving parts utilizing a voice coil motor. An autofocus movable part includes a lens holder adapted to hold a lens part and an auto-focusing coil part, an autofocus fixing part includes a magnet holder adapted to hold an auto-focusing magnet part, and a shake-correcting fixing part includes a base to which a shake-correcting coil part is disposed. At least one of the lens holder, magnet holder, and base is formed from a molding material consisting of polyarylate (PAR) or a PAR alloy which is a mixture of multiple resin materials including polyarylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko OSAKA, Takashi ISHIZAWA, Atsushi KIKUCHI, Minoru KATAGIRI
  • Publication number: 20180364446
    Abstract: Provided are a lens driving device, a camera module, and a camera-mounted device for which the miniaturization and weight reduction can be achieved and the reliability can also be improved. The lens driving device includes auto-focusing and shake-correcting driving parts utilizing a voice coil motor. An autofocus fixing part includes a Hall element configured to detect a position of an autofocus movable part in the optical-axis direction, and the autofocus movable part includes a position-detecting magnet arranged near the Hall element. Both of an auto-focusing magnet part and the position-detecting magnet are radially magnetized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko OSAKA, Takashi ISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20180364447
    Abstract: Provided are a lens driving device, a camera module, and a camera-mounted device for which the miniaturization and weight reduction can be achieved and the reliability can also be improved. The lens driving device includes AF and shake-correcting driving parts utilizing a voice coil motor. An AF fixing part includes an AF control part controlling the energization current through an AF coil part. The AF driving part includes upper and lower elastic supporting parts, auto-focusing power-source lines connected to power-supplying suspension wires functioning as a shake-correcting supporting part, signal lines connected to signal suspension wires functioning as a shake-correcting supporting part, and coil power-supply lines electrically connecting the AF control part to the AF coil part. The upper elastic supporting part functions at least as the AF power-supply lines or the signal lines, and the lower elastic supporting part functions as the coil power-supply lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko OSAKA, Takashi ISHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 10107987
    Abstract: A lens holder drive device has: a lens holder; a fixing part that includes a base member disposed below the lens holder; a drive mechanism; an upper-side plate spring; a lower-side plate spring; and a position detection unit that detects the position of the lens holder in the optical axis direction. The drive mechanism has: a drive coil fixed to the perimeter of the lens holder; a yoke having a substantially square columnar shape; and a drive magnet disposed to face the drive coil in a first direction which is orthogonal to the optical axis direction. The position detection unit includes: a sensor magnet attached to an outer circumferential surface of the lens holder in a second direction which is orthogonal to the optical axis direction and the first direction; and a magnetic sensing element that faces the sensor magnet and is provided to the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Osaka, Takashi Ishizawa
  • Publication number: 20170235094
    Abstract: A lens holder driving device is provided with a lens holder, a securing part including a base member, a drive mechanism, and a position detection unit. The drive mechanism includes a yoke that is provided to stand on the base member. The position detection unit includes a sensor magnet mounted to the outer peripheral surface of the lens holder, and a magnetic detection element provided in the securing part. The yoke is provided with a tube-shaped external cylinder part, and the external cylinder part includes a plurality of plate sections each having a cutout section. The lens holder driving device includes a foreign matter entry prevention member that prevents foreign matter from getting inside from the cutout sections of the plate sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko OSAKA, Takashi ISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170123180
    Abstract: In a lens holder driving device, each of an upper plate spring and a lower plate spring, which are respectively provided on an upper side and a lower side of a lens holder, has an inner peripheral side end fixed to the lens holder, an outer peripheral side end fixed to a fixing part, and a plurality of arms. The plurality of arms of the upper plate spring and the plurality of arms of the lower plate spring have substantially identical shapes in a plan view. Each of the plurality of arms includes at least one U-turn shaped portion that is folded over. Either the upper plate spring or the lower plate spring has at least one stretchable and flexible resin that is provided so as to straddle over the mutually opposing parts of the U-turn shaped portion of the plurality of arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko OSAKA, Takashi ISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170124514
    Abstract: A project management system includes obtains an edit period of time of each of a plurality of files serving as a product of a project. The edit period of time ranges from a start of creation to a last update, and a grouping unit selects a second file whose creator and updater are the same as a creator of a first file included in meta information specifying each of the plurality of files and an updater of the first file included in an access log to the plurality of files and whose edit period of time at least partially overlaps the edit period of time of the first file. The first file and the selected second file are grouped, and the edit periods of time of the first file and the second file are output in association with the first file and the second file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Shota KASAI, Hiroshi SAITOU, Yuto YOSHIDA, Takashi ISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170115463
    Abstract: A lens holder drive device has: a lens holder; a fixing part that includes a base member disposed below the lens holder; a drive mechanism; an upper-side plate spring; a lower-side plate spring; and a position detection unit that detects the position of the lens holder in the optical axis direction. The drive mechanism has: a drive coil fixed to the perimeter of the lens holder; a yoke having a substantially square columnar shape; and a drive magnet disposed to face the drive coil in a first direction which is orthogonal to the optical axis direction. The position detection unit includes: a sensor magnet attached to an outer circumferential surface of the lens holder in a second direction which is orthogonal to the optical axis direction and the first direction; and a magnetic sensing element that faces the sensor magnet and is provided to the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko OSAKA, Takashi ISHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 8503121
    Abstract: A lens driving device includes a ring-shaped driving coil fixed to a lens holder so as to position around a tubular portion thereof and a rectangular hollow cylindrical yoke including a plurality of flat-shaped permanent magnets opposite to the driving coil. Each flat-shaped permanent magnet has both ends in a horizontal direction which extend in the proximity of opposed two sides of the yoke. The driving coil is disposed so as to extend up to the vicinity of the both ends in the horizontal direction of each flat-shaped permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Osaka, Takashi Ishizawa
  • Patent number: 8250205
    Abstract: A business process management computer, when the load of a service execution computer etc. is increased, determines the condition of a service call step which is calling a service execution unit, etc. of said service execution computer, etc. If said condition is the bottleneck condition, it determines the condition of the service call step in other process which is calling said service execution unit, etc. If there is no condition other than the bottleneck in that condition, the addition of the resource for said service execution computer, etc. is determined and if there is a condition in which the throughput can be limited, it is determined that the throughput should be limited. In a process which is configured with a plurality of service call steps, when the resource insufficiency has occurred, a means to make the adequate addition of the resource possible can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Ishizawa, Atsushi Hatakeyama, Naotsugu Toume, Ryo Kawai
  • Publication number: 20110310500
    Abstract: A lens driving device includes a ring-shaped driving coil fixed to a lens holder so as to position around a tubular portion thereof and a rectangular hollow cylindrical yoke including a plurality of flat-shaped permanent magnets opposite to the driving coil. Each flat-shaped permanent magnet has both ends in a horizontal direction which extend in the proximity of opposed two sides of the yoke. The driving coil is disposed so as to extend up to the vicinity of the both ends in the horizontal direction of each flat-shaped permanent magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko OSAKA, Takashi ISHIZAWA