Patents by Inventor Taketoshi Kawamura

Taketoshi Kawamura 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).

  • Patent number: 5327210
    Abstract: A light measurement device includes a photoelectric converter for receiving light from an object to be measured and converting the light to a measuring electrical energy in accordance with the intensity of the light, an offset amount measurement device for measuring the offset amount of the photoelectric converter, temperature measurement device for measuring a first temperature of the photoelectric converter when measuring the offset amount, and a second temperature of the photoelectric converter when measuring the light from the object, a memory device for storing a characteristic of the photoelectric converter with respect to temperature, correction amount calculation device for calculating a correction amount based on the characteristic, the first temperature, and the second temperature, and a light intensity calculation device for calculating a light intensity based on the measuring electrical energy, the offset amount, and the correction amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Okui, Kazuhiko Naruse, Taketoshi Kawamura, Shinji Shimizu, Mikio Uematsu, Hiroshi Furukawa, Izumi Horie
  • Patent number: 4975730
    Abstract: A photographic enlarger for carrying out a printing operation using exposure data fed directly from an external analyzer by converting the data into suitable exposure data for the enlarger. The enlarger can function efficiently even when a condition of the optical system of the enlarger, for example, the magnification or aperture size, of the optical system, is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: Minolta Camera Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Naruse, Taketoshi Kawamura