Patents by Inventor Tomoya Onaka

Tomoya Onaka 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: 20240142550
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor includes a ceramic substrate, a GMR layer, and an undercoat layer. The ceramic substrate includes a substrate body and a glazing layer. The substrate body contains a ceramic as a material thereof. The glazing layer is formed on a surface of the substrate body. The GMR layer has a multilayer structure of a plurality of magnetic layers and a plurality of non-magnetic layers. The undercoat layer is formed between the glazing layer and the GMR layer. The undercoat layer contains a BCC solid solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Naoki KOHARA, Kazuhiro ONAKA, Tomoya NAKATANI, Prabhanjan Dilip KULKARNI
  • Patent number: 11503191
    Abstract: An image-capturing apparatus comprises a board configured to hold an image sensor, a holding member configured to hold an optical member so as to be insertable into and removable from an optical path, the holding member being held between a lens barrel and the image sensor, and a sealing member configured to surround a periphery of a light receiving surface of the image sensor, the sealing member being provided on a side of the image sensor with respect to the optical member, wherein the sealing member includes a first sealing portion which contact the board and a second sealing portion which contacts the holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Fujiwara, Tomoya Onaka
  • Patent number: 11378869
    Abstract: A fixing component fixes an imaging lens and have a side surface including an opening. A holding frame holds an optical element. A holding base is inserted into the opening from a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the imaging lens and holds the holding frame. A driving gear drives the holding frame in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the imaging lens. The holding base has an engagement portion that engages with the driving gear when the holding base is inserted into the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomoya Onaka
  • Patent number: 11196905
    Abstract: An image-capturing apparatus comprises a fixed portion configured to fix an image-capturing lens, the fixed portion having an opening portion on its side surface, and a holding base configured to be inserted through the opening portion in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the image-capturing lens, wherein the holding base holds, slidably with respect to an orthogonal plane which is orthogonal to the optical axis, an optical element holding frame which holds an optical element, the fixed portion includes a first sliding portion in an inside of the fixed portion formed through the opening portion, and the optical element holding frame includes a second sliding portion which slidably contacts the first sliding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoya Onaka, Daisuke Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 11178321
    Abstract: An optical apparatus includes a holding frame configured to hold an optical element and including a rack, and a driver configured to drive the holding frame. The driver includes a worm rotated by the actuator, a worm wheel configured to form a worm gear together with the worm, and a pinion configured to rotate with a rotation of the worm wheel and engaged with the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Fujiwara, Tomoya Onaka
  • Patent number: 11146734
    Abstract: An image-capturing apparatus comprises an image sensor, a driver configured to incline at least one of the image sensor and an image-capturing optical system with respect to a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the image-capturing optical system, and a corrector configured to perform shading correction on an image-capturing signal based on an inclination angle of the at least one of the image sensor and the image-capturing optical system with respect to the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomoya Onaka
  • Publication number: 20210141292
    Abstract: A fixing component fixes an imaging lens and have a side surface including an opening. A holding frame holds an optical element. A holding base is inserted into the opening from a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the imaging lens and holds the holding frame. A driving gear drives the holding frame in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the imaging lens. The holding base has an engagement portion that engages with the driving gear when the holding base is inserted into the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventor: Tomoya Onaka
  • Publication number: 20200329183
    Abstract: An image-capturing apparatus comprises a fixed portion configured to fix an image-capturing lens, the fixed portion having an opening portion on its side surface, and a holding base configured to be inserted through the opening portion in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the image-capturing lens, wherein the holding base holds, slidably with respect to an orthogonal plane which is orthogonal to the optical axis, an optical element holding frame which holds an optical element, the fixed portion includes a first sliding portion in an inside of the fixed portion formed through the opening portion, and the optical element holding frame includes a second sliding portion which slidably contacts the first sliding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Tomoya Onaka, Daisuke Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20200329180
    Abstract: An optical apparatus includes a holding frame configured to hold an optical element and including a rack, and a driver configured to drive the holding frame. The driver includes a worm rotated by the actuator, a worm wheel configured to form a worm gear together with the worm, and a pinion configured to rotate with a rotation of the worm wheel and engaged with the rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Daisuke Fujiwara, Tomoya Onaka
  • Publication number: 20200329182
    Abstract: An image-capturing apparatus comprises a board configured to hold an image sensor, a holding member configured to hold an optical member so as to be insertable into and removable from an optical path, the holding member being held between a lens barrel and the image sensor, and a sealing member configured to surround a periphery of a light receiving surface of the image sensor, the sealing member being provided on a side of the image sensor with respect to the optical member, wherein the sealing member includes a first sealing portion which contact the board and a second sealing portion which contacts the holding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Daisuke Fujiwara, Tomoya Onaka
  • Publication number: 20200077027
    Abstract: An image-capturing apparatus comprises an image sensor, a driver configured to incline at least one of the image sensor and an image-capturing optical system with respect to a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the image-capturing optical system, and a corrector configured to perform shading correction on an image-capturing signal based on an inclination angle of the at least one of the image sensor and the image-capturing optical system with respect to the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Tomoya Onaka
  • Publication number: 20190187404
    Abstract: An imaging device according one embodiment of the present invention has: a second group lens barrel having a second group lens and movable in an optical axis A direction of an imaging optical system; a first actuator engaged with the second group lens barrel via an actuator coupling portion to move the second group lens barrel in the optical axis A direction; a cam cylinder rotatable about an rotation axis B parallel to the optical axis A; a first cam follower provided to the second group lens barrel and engaged with a second group cam groove of a cam cylinder; a second cam follower coupled so as to be relatively movable via a second group rack member and engaged with the second group cam groove; and a rack spring that actuates the second cam follower to the cam cylinder and actuates the actuator coupling portion toward the first actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventor: Tomoya Onaka