Patents by Inventor Toshinori Yamazaki

Toshinori Yamazaki 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: 20210373418
    Abstract: An accessory configured to be detachably mountable to an image pickup apparatus including a first mount portion including first bayonet claw portions, and first terminals, the accessory including a second mount portion including second bayonet claw portions configured to enable engagement with the first bayonet claw portions, and second terminals configured to enable contact with the first terminals, in which the second terminals are provided at positions that are different from positions of the second bayonet claw portions, and wherein, a half line that extends from a central axis of the second mount portion and passes through a second terminal that determines whether an optical apparatus is mounted on the image pickup apparatus or not, passes through a predetermined second bayonet claw portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Kunihiko Sasaki, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 11143841
    Abstract: An interchangeable lens assembly includes a plurality of lens-side claw portions configured to enable engagement with a plurality of camera-side claw portions, and a lock pin concave portion in which a lock pin is inserted. Furthermore, ?1 is an angle formed by a line passing through a fifth lens-side end and an optical axis, and a line passing through a center of a lock pin concave portion and the optical axis, and ?2 is an angle formed by a line passing through a fourth lens-side end and the optical axis, and a line that passes through the center of the lock pin concave portion and the optical axis. In the above, ?1 and ?2 satisfy a predetermined conditional expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sasaki, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masahisa Tamura, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 11143939
    Abstract: An accessory configured to be detachably mountable to an image pickup apparatus including a first mount portion including first bayonet claw portions, and first terminals, the accessory including a second mount portion including second bayonet claw portions configured to enable engagement with the first bayonet claw portions, and second terminals configured to enable contact with the first terminals, in which the second terminals are provided at positions that are different from positions of the second bayonet claw portions, and wherein, a half line that extends from a central axis of the second mount portion and passes through a second terminal that determines whether an optical apparatus is mounted on the image pickup apparatus or not, passes through a predetermined second bayonet claw portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Kunihiko Sasaki, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 11126067
    Abstract: An accessory configured to be detachably mountable to an image pickup apparatus including a first mount portion including first bayonet claw portions and first terminals, the accessory including a second mount portion including second bayonet claw portions configured to enable engagement with the first bayonet claw portions, and second terminals configured to enable contact with the first terminals, in which the second terminals are provided at positions that are different from positions of the second bayonet claw portions, and wherein half lines that extends from a central axis of the second mount portion and passes through second terminals that are used in communication between the image pickup apparatus and the accessory, all pass through a predetermined second bayonet claw portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Kunihiko Sasaki, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Publication number: 20210200066
    Abstract: An interchangeable lens assembly includes a plurality of lens-side claw portions configured to be engaged with a plurality of camera-side claw portions, and a lock pin groove portion into which a lock pin is inserted, a lens barrel, and a lens mount fixing member. When ?1 is an angle formed by a line passing through a fifth lens-side end and an optical axis, and a line passing through a center of the lock pin groove portion and the optical axis, and ?2 is an angle formed by a line passing through a fourth lens-side end and the optical axis, and a line that passes through the center of the lock pin groove portion and the optical axis, ?1 and ?2 satisfy a predetermined conditional expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sasaki, Masahisa Tamura, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Publication number: 20210181603
    Abstract: An accessory attachable to and detachable from an image pickup apparatus includes a second mount portion including a plurality of second bayonet claw portions capable of engaging with a plurality of first bayonet claw portions, a plurality of second terminals capable of contacting with a plurality of first terminals, an accessory body, and a mount fixing member for fixing the second mount portion to the accessory body. The plurality of second terminals is provided at positions different from positions of the plurality of second bayonet claw portions, and all of multiple second terminals, among the plurality of second terminals, used in communication between the image pickup apparatus and the accessory are provided at predetermined positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Kunihiko Sasaki, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Publication number: 20210157091
    Abstract: Interchangeable lenses 100A, B, C, and D include a focusing lens unit FLU that is to be moved in an optical axis direction to focus, a focus operation ring 103 that moves the focusing lens unit FLU in the optical axis direction, and a custom operation ring 104 that realizes one of a function among a first function and a second function different from the focusing, and a surface of the focus operation ring 103 has a first structure and a surface of the custom operation ring 104 has a second structure different from the first structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Toshinori Yamazaki, Masahisa Tamura, Takehiko Sato, Katsuhiro Inoue, Daisuke Nakashita, Mitsuhiro Izumi, Seishiro Takano
  • Publication number: 20210132472
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a first mount portion and a first cylindrical member that has a color different from a color of the first mount portion and is disposed in a circumferential direction of the first mount portion, an accessory includes an exterior portion, a second mount portion, and a second cylindrical member having a color different from a color of the second mount portion and similar to a color of the first cylindrical member and disposed in a circumferential direction of the second mount portion, and in a state where the accessory is attached to the image capturing apparatus, reference surfaces of the first mount portion and the second mount portion are in contact with each other, and the first cylindrical member and the second cylindrical member are externally exposed regardless of whether the accessory is attached to or detached from the image capturing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Haruhisa Ueda, Kazuaki Yamana, Haruki Ota, Seishiro Takano, Masahisa Tamura, Kunihiko Sasaki, Katsuhiro Inoue, Toru Matsumoto, Shigehiro Torii, Toshinori Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10901306
    Abstract: An optical element unit is insertable into and removable from an opening portion provided in an optical apparatus and a first portion with a first inner diameter and a second portion with a second inner diameter smaller than the first inner diameter are disposed inside of the opening portion. The optical element unit has a third portion with a first outer diameter and a fourth portion with a second outer diameter smaller than the first outer diameter, wherein the first outer diameter is greater than the second inner diameter. Therefore, when the optical element unit is inserted into the opening portion in a reverse way, the third portion contacts with the second portion so that the optical element cannot be fully inserted into the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshinori Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10852625
    Abstract: An interchangeable lens assembly includes a plurality of lens-side claw portions and a lock pin concave portion. Furthermore, internal angles of a quadrangle formed by connecting a center of a first lens-side claw portion, a center of a second lens-side claw portion, a center of a third lens-side claw portion, and a center of the lock pin concave portion satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshinori Yamazaki, Kunihiko Sasaki, Masahisa Tamura, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 10838164
    Abstract: A holding apparatus which holds an optical element, the apparatus including: a lens barrel having an axis; and an annular pressing member configured to be screwed with the lens barrel and press the optical element against the lens barrel in a direction of the axis, wherein an engaging portion is formed in the pressing member, the engaging portion being to engage with a fastening tool for fastening the pressing member, at least a part of the engaging portion being formed, in the direction, in a region of the pressing member where the pressing member is screwed with the lens barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Shima, Hidenori Nakagawa, Toshinori Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10782598
    Abstract: An interchangeable lens assembly includes a plurality of lens-side claw portions and a lock pin concave portion. Furthermore, internal angles of a quadrangle formed by connecting a center of a first lens-side claw portion, a center of a second lens-side claw portion, a center of a third lens-side claw portion, and a center of the lock pin concave portion satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshinori Yamazaki, Kunihiko Sasaki, Masahisa Tamura, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 10775585
    Abstract: An interchangeable lens assembly includes a plurality of lens-side claw portions configured to enable engagement with a plurality of camera-side claw portions, and a lock pin concave portion in which a lock pin is inserted. Furthermore, ?1 is an angle formed by a line passing through a fifth lens-side end and an optical axis, and a line passing through a center of a lock pin concave portion and the optical axis, and ?2 is an angle formed by a line passing through a fourth lens-side end and the optical axis, and a line that passes through the center of the lock pin concave portion and the optical axis. In the above, ?1 and ?2 satisfy a predetermined conditional expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sasaki, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masahisa Tamura, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: D899485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Katsuhiro Inoue, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shigehiro Torii, Toshinori Yamazaki, Toru Matsumoto
  • Patent number: D899486
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Katsuhiro Inoue, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shigehiro Torii, Toshinori Yamazaki, Toru Matsumoto, Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: D900193
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Katsuhiro Inoue, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shigehiro Torii, Toshinori Yamazaki, Toru Matsumoto, Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: D900194
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Katsuhiro Inoue, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shigehiro Torii, Toshinori Yamazaki, Toru Matsumoto, Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: D900195
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Katsuhiro Inoue, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shigehiro Torii, Toshinori Yamazaki, Toru Matsumoto, Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: D900196
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Katsuhiro Inoue, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shigehiro Torii, Toshinori Yamazaki, Toru Matsumoto, Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Patent number: D900197
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Katsuhiro Inoue, Kunihiko Sasaki, Shigehiro Torii, Toshinori Yamazaki, Toru Matsumoto, Kazuaki Yamana, Masayasu Shigematsu