Patents by Inventor Tomoki Nishiyama

Tomoki Nishiyama 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: 7808541
    Abstract: To enable to display a scale indicative of a reference length on a screen of a display at an accurate length even when exchanging the lens in an image pickup apparatus to any lens. In a case of mounting an exchange lens (4F, 4Z) to an image pickup apparatus main body (3) and displaying an image of an object picked up by an image sensor (2) and a scale (5) indicative of a reference length in juxtaposition on a screen of a display (6), a previously measured optical magnification or an actual magnification is outputted from optical magnification outputting means (8) provided to the exchange lens (4F, 4Z) is outputted, an actual magnification on the screen of the display (6) is calculated based on the optical magnification, the size for the image sensor and the screen size, and the size of the scale on the screen is set based on the actual magnification and the reference length of the scale by a scale setting means (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Moritex Corporation
    Inventors: Shuji Shikano, Naohiro Tsuda, Tatsuo Seki, Yasuhiko Fukunaga, Tomoki Nishiyama, Makoto Toyota
  • Publication number: 20080218604
    Abstract: To enable to display a scale indicative of a reference length on a screen of a display at an accurate length even when exchanging the lens in an image pickup apparatus to any lens. In a case of mounting an exchange lens (4F, 4Z) to an image pickup apparatus main body (3) and displaying an image of an object picked up by an image sensor (2) and a scale (5) indicative of a reference length in juxtaposition on a screen of a display (6), a previously measured optical magnification or an actual magnification is outputted from optical magnification outputting means (8) provided to the exchange lens (4F, 4Z) is outputted, an actual magnification on the screen of the display (6) is calculated based on the optical magnification, the size for the image sensor and the screen size, and the size of the scale on the screen is set based on the actual magnification and the reference length of the scale by a scale setting means (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: MORITEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji Shikano, Naohiro Tsuda, Tatsuo Seki, Yasuhiko Fukunaga, Tomoki Nishiyama, Makoto Toyota