Patents by Inventor Tooru Yamano

Tooru Yamano 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).

  • Digital camera
    Patent number: 6067116
    Abstract: A digital camera having an upper cover functioning as a cover for the monitor and also attached to the basic body of the camera so that it can freely be opened or closed, and exposing or incorporating the monitor by opening or closing the upper cover, in which an upper cover state detector detects whether the upper cover is opened or closed, and a controller controls power supply to the basic body of the camera and/or to monitor according to a result of the detection by the upper cover state detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tooru Yamano, Takashi Shimamura, Yasushi Yamamoto