Patents by Inventor Toshinori Hayata

Toshinori Hayata 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: 4264175
    Abstract: In a camera equipped with both a standard lens and a telephoto lens which may be arbitrarily selected for exposures by manipulating a first control knob, a focusing device is provided which selects the focusing ranges or depths of field of the telephoto lens by a second control knob only in the case of the photography with the telephoto lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1981
    Assignee: West Electric Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinori Hayata, Kunio Tsuji, Akitoshi Morioka
  • Patent number: 4213681
    Abstract: A combination of a film cartridge loading type camera with an electronic flash of the type wherein a flash lamp converts into a flash of light the energy stored in a main flash capacitor by a DC-DC converter. An optimum exposure may be ensured depending upon the speed of the film used, upon the distance to a subject and upon whether or not the flash is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1980
    Assignee: West Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinori Hayata, Kunio Tsuji, Hajime Mitsui
  • Patent number: 4171887
    Abstract: A camera is provided with a flash device and a selectively engagable lens adjusting arrangement such as a telescopic conversion lens. A view finder angle adjusting mechanism such as a periphery masking frame is provided and is connected through a linkage to the lens adjusting arrangement, so that a view finder angle corresponding to the angle of the lens being used is provided. The camera includes a beam angle adjusting means such as a Fresnel lens associated with the flash device, so that the beam angle of light from the flash device can be adjusted to correspond to the angle of the lens being used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1979
    Assignee: West Electric Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshinori Hayata