Patents by Inventor Toshifumi Nakano
Toshifumi Nakano 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).
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Patent number: 8390727Abstract: An optical unit (1) includes a first attachment/detachment portion (2) to which an imaging optical system (31) is detachably attached, an optical path division means (3), a finder optical system (6), and a second attachment/detachment portion (4). An imaging unit includes a third attachment/detachment portion (11) disposed at a position corresponding to the second attachment/detachment portion (4) and an imaging element (12, 12?). An imaging body (20, 20?) includes the optical unit (1) and imaging unit (10, 10?) which are detachably attached to each other through the second and third attachment/detachment portions (4) and (11).Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2010Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Toshifumi Nakano, Tatsuya Suzuki, Hisashi Goto
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Publication number: 20130043617Abstract: A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional wood product including a curved face includes: softening a blank formed of a bowl-shaped wood; compressing the blank, the compressing being deforming the softened blank into a bowl shape different from that before the softening, by applying a compressive force to the blank; fixing the shape of the deformed blank by applying the compressive force; drying the fixed blank; and heat-shaping the blank, the heat-shaping being shaping the dried blank into a shape similar to the shape of the blank while heating the blank in the ambient air. The blank after the drying and before the heat-shaping has an inner face of the bowl shape, the inner face having a shape closer to a final shape to be achieved after the heat-shaping than a shape of an outer face of the bowl shape, and a surface area of the outer face is larger than that of an outer face of the final shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Toshifumi NAKANO, Nobuo KITAYOSHI
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Patent number: 8226307Abstract: An imaging body (1) includes: an attachment/detachment portion (2) to which an imaging optical system (12) is detachably attached; an imaging element (3); and a conversion optical system (4). The conversion optical system (4) is constituted by front side lens systems (4a, 4b) and a rear side lens system (4c). The conversion optical system (4) forms an intermediate image between the attachment/detachment portion (2) and imaging element (3). A shutter (5) is provided near the intermediate image.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2010Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Toshifumi Nakano, Tatsuya Suzuki, Hisashi Goto
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Publication number: 20120018046Abstract: A method of manufacturing a compressed wood product that is obtained by compressing and forming a wooden piece, includes applying a compressive force to a blank piece that is cut out from raw wood and has a predetermined shape while sandwiching the blank piece between a pair of metal molds; and dividing the compressed blank piece into a plurality of portions by cutting. A compression rate, at the compressing, of an area of the blank piece corresponding to a boundary of the portions divided at the dividing is higher than compression rates, at the compressing, of other areas of the blank piece. A width of the boundary is larger than a cut width that is obtained when the blank piece is cut at the dividing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya SUZUKI, Toshifumi NAKANO, Tatsuo KITAZAWA
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Publication number: 20110158630Abstract: In order to provide an electronic photographing apparatus capable of reduction in size and cost and obtaining a stable photographic image, the invention includes a structure having an electric circuit board and an electronic photographing apparatus constituting unit (barrel unit, strobe unit, display device unit, battery case, recording medium case) attached to the electric circuit board and a box-shaped exterior body in which the structure is inserted and housed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2011Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.Inventors: Toshifumi NAKANO, Tsuyoshi FUKUTA
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Publication number: 20100309363Abstract: An imaging body (1) includes: an attachment/detachment portion (2) to which an imaging optical system (12) is detachably attached; an imaging element (3); and a conversion optical system (4). The conversion optical system (4) is constituted by front side lens systems (4a, 4b) and a rear side lens system (4c). The conversion optical system (4) forms an intermediate image between the attachment/detachment portion (2) and imaging element (3). A shutter (5) is provided near the intermediate image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2010Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: TOSHIFUMI NAKANO, Tatsuya Suzuki, Hisashi Goto
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Publication number: 20100284684Abstract: An imaging body (1) includes: an attachment/detachment portion (2) to which an imaging optical system is detachably attached; an optical path division means (3); an imaging element (4); and a conversion optical system (5, 5?). The conversion optical system (5, 5?) is formed by a front lens system (5a, 5c, 5d) and a rear lens system (5b, 5e). The front lens system (5a, 5c, 5d) is disposed between the attachment/detachment portion (2) and the optical path division means (3). The rear lens system (5b, 5e) is disposed between the optical path division means (3) and the imaging element (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: Toshifumi Nakano, Tatsuya Suzuki, Hisashi Goto
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Publication number: 20100283886Abstract: An optical unit (1) includes a first attachment/detachment portion (2) to which an imaging optical system (31) is detachably attached, an optical path division means (3), a finder optical system (6), and a second attachment/detachment portion (4). An imaging unit includes a third attachment/detachment portion (11) disposed at a position corresponding to the second attachment/detachment portion (4) and an imaging element (12, 12?). An imaging body (20, 20?) includes the optical unit (1) and imaging unit (10, 10?) which are detachably attached to each other through the second and third attachment/detachment portions (4) and (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: Toshifumi Nakano, Tatsuya Suzuki, Hisashi Goto
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Patent number: 7453508Abstract: In a camera system of this invention, a light beam coming from a photographing lens is reflected by a quick return mirror in the widthwise direction of a body unit, and is reflected by a second mirror via a half mirror and screen in the upward direction of the body unit except for some light beam components. The light beam reflected by the second mirror is reflected by a third mirror in a direction opposite to that of the light beam reflected by the quick return mirror, and is also reflected by a fourth mirror toward an eyepiece side in the back side of the body unit. Some light beam components reflected by the half mirror are fetched by an AF sensor unit to detect the focal point position of the photographing lens.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2005Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Shigeru Iwase, Motoaki Kobayashi, Toshifumi Nakano
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Publication number: 20080094728Abstract: A camera having a lens barrel housed therein includes a reflection optical member for reflecting a light beam incident along a first optical axis (O1) from a subject so as to reflect the light beam toward a second optical axis (O2) intersecting the first optical axis; a light-quantity adjusting member for adjusting the quantity of incident light from the subject; and a drive source for displacing the light-quantity adjusting member, in which by displacing the light-quantity adjusting member, the quantity of the incident light from the subject can be adjusted, and the light-quantity adjusting member is displaced in a direction substantially perpendicular to an optical axial plane inclusive of the first optical axis and the second optical axis so as to adjust the light-quantity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: Naoki Matsumoto, Hitoshi Yoshida, Akira Futami, Toshifumi Nakano, Tsuyoshi Kawai
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Patent number: 7321470Abstract: A camera having a lens barrel housed therein includes a reflection optical member for reflecting a light beam incident along a first optical axis (O1) from a subject so as to reflect the light beam toward a second optical axis (O2) intersecting the first optical axis; a light-quantity adjusting member for adjusting the quantity of incident light from the subject; and a drive source for displacing the light-quantity adjusting member, in which by displacing the light-quantity adjusting member, the quantity of the incident light from the subject can be adjusted, and the light-quantity adjusting member is displaced in a direction substantially perpendicular to an optical axial plane inclusive of the first optical axis and the second optical axis so as to adjust the light-quantity.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2005Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Naoki Matsumoto, Hitoshi Yoshida, Akira Futami, Toshifumi Nakano, Tsuyoshi Kawai
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Publication number: 20050174464Abstract: In a camera system of this invention, a light beam coming from a photographing lens is reflected by a quick return mirror in the widthwise direction of a body unit, and is reflected by a second mirror via a half mirror and screen in the upward direction of the body unit except for some light beam components. The light beam reflected by the second mirror is reflected by a third mirror in a direction opposite to that of the light beam reflected by the quick return mirror, and is also reflected by a fourth mirror toward an eyepiece side in the back side of the body unit. Some light beam components reflected by the half mirror are fetched by an AF sensor unit to detect the focal point position of the photographing lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2005Publication date: August 11, 2005Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeru Iwase, Motoaki Kobayashi, Toshifumi Nakano
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Publication number: 20050168834Abstract: A camera having a lens barrel housed therein includes a reflection optical member for reflecting a light beam incident along a first optical axis (O1) from a subject so as to reflect the light beam toward a second optical axis (O2) intersecting the first optical axis; a light-quantity adjusting member for adjusting the quantity of incident light from the subject; and a drive source for displacing the light-quantity adjusting member, in which by displacing the light-quantity adjusting member, the quantity of the incident light from the subject can be adjusted, and the light-quantity adjusting member is displaced in a direction substantially perpendicular to an optical axial plane inclusive of the first optical axis and the second optical axis so as to adjust the light-quantity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2005Publication date: August 4, 2005Applicant: Olympus CorporationInventors: Naoki Matsumoto, Hitoshi Yoshida, Akira Futami, Toshifumi Nakano, Tsuyoshi Kawai
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Patent number: 6879782Abstract: A camera is provided which includes a camera main body, a first cover covering one side of the camera main body, a second cover covering the other side of the camera main body, an appearance surface formed on an exterior of the camera main body and positioned between the first and second covers when the camera main body is held between the first and second covers to produce an appearance of the camera, and an operation member arranged on the appearance surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2003Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshifumi Nakano, Naoki Matsumoto
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Patent number: 6640058Abstract: A camera is provided which has a back cover for opening and closing an aperture, a spool chamber and a cassette chamber. A battery chamber for housing a battery is disposed on a supporting shaft side of the back cover, and the aforementioned battery chamber is present obliquely behind the cassette chamber inside the camera when the back cover is in a closed state. A part of the battery chamber protrudes from the back face of the back cover. Therefore, the exterior shape of the camera can be miniaturized and downsized without hindering loading of a film cassette. Further, since the battery chamber portion protruding from the back cover can be made to function as a grip portion of the camera, a camera superior in portability and favorable in holdability is provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2002Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Yokomae, Toshifumi Nakano
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Publication number: 20030185554Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera comprising a camera main body, a first cover covering one side of the camera main body, a second cover covering the other side of the camera main body, an appearance surface formed in the camera main body and positioned between the first and second covers in a state that the camera main body is held between the first and second covers to produce an appearance of the camera, and an operation member arranged on the appearance surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2003Publication date: October 2, 2003Applicant: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshifumi Nakano, Naoki Matsumoto
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Patent number: 6574434Abstract: In a camera to which the present invention is applied, a camera body having a pop-up ST unit attached thereto is sandwiched between front and back covers. A plugged rubber arranged inside the back cover is pressed by a front cover rib provided on the front cover in the state in which the front and back covers are joined to each other, whereby the front and back covers are kept liquid-tight to each other. Moreover, an ST rubber arranged on the periphery of the ST body is pressed by the front cover rib in the state in which the ST body is sandwiched between the front and back covers, whereby the front cover, the back cover, and the ST body are kept liquid-tight to one another. Simultaneously, the ST rubber is pressed by a cover rib provided on the back cover, whereby the back cover and the ST body are kept liquid-tight to each other. Thus, the water-proofing function can be secured among the three members, that is, the front cover, the back cover, and the ST body.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2001Date of Patent: June 3, 2003Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideaki Matsuoto, Toshifumi Nakano, Takashi Muroi
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Patent number: 6549419Abstract: To keep a flexible printed substrate planar when the substrate is set in a mounter for mounting parts and to miniaturize the substrate, the present invention proposes an electric substrate, for example, a flexible printed substrate on which electronic parts are mounted, the electric substrate having a first area (30: a part mounting area) formed therein, a second area (40: part mounting area) formed therein, and a third area (10: a separable area) that joins the first and second areas like a “bridge” and that can be removed when the substrate is assembled into predetermined equipment, the third area having a positioning hole 11 (one of a set of positioning holes) for use in mounting electric parts on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2000Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshifumi Nakano, Kuniko Morisaki
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Publication number: 20020159776Abstract: The camera of the present invention has a back cover for opening and closing the aperture, spool chamber and cassette chamber. A battery chamber for housing a battery is disposed on the supporting shaft side of the back cover, and the aforementioned battery chamber is present obliquely behind the cassette chamber inside the camera when the back cover is in a closed state, and a part of such battery chamber protrudes from the back face of the back cover. Therefore, the exterior shape of the camera can be miniaturized and downsized without hindering the loading of the cassette. Further, since the battery chamber portion protruding from the back cover can be made to function as a grip portion of the camera, provided is a camera superior in portability and favorable in holdability.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2002Publication date: October 31, 2002Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Yokomae, Toshifumi Nakano
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Patent number: 6471375Abstract: A flood light includes a lamp that is located at a focus of a reflecting mirror having a reflecting surface whose cross-section is oval and partially arcuate. A concave lens having negative refracting power is disposed between first and second foci about which an elliptical reflecting surface of the reflecting mirror is disposed. Some light rays from the lamp pass directly from the lamp through the lens while other rays from the lamp are reflected by the mirror before passing through the lens. Generally speaking, on the upstream side of the lens, the reflected rays enter the lens outboard of the rays that pass directly from the lamp to the lens. This construction provides a small flood light that has a high optical output, and effectively uses bundles of rays emitted from the lamp to produce a luminous intensity distribution desirable as light for range finding.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2001Date of Patent: October 29, 2002Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoaki Kobayashi, Toshifumi Nakano