Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Futami

Tsuyoshi Futami 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: 8582018
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a detector that repeatedly carries out a series of operation of generating an evaluation value to evaluate the degree of focusing of a position after driving of a lens toward one end part in the drive range of the lens, and detects the evaluation value of a position that is closer to the end part than the position of the evaluation value of the highest degree of focusing and is immediately adjacent or adjacent across a predetermined number of positions to the position of the evaluation value of the highest degree of focusing. The imaging device further includes a drive controller that makes the series of operation be repeatedly carried out toward the other end part in the drive range of the lens, and drives the lens to a position of a degree of focusing not smaller than the detected evaluation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Futami, Shinichi Ohtsubo, Atsushi Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 8565590
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a supplying section configured to supply a driving command for driving at least a portion of a lens in a specific direction to a focal-point adjustment device for changing or adjusting a focal-point distance in accordance with power supplied to the focal-point adjustment device; and an inference section configured to infer a position, at which the lens is located after being driven in accordance with the driving command in the specific direction, on the basis of the driving command supplied to the focal-point adjustment device and on the basis of error information serving as information on an error of a driving quantity by which the lens driven by the focal-point adjustment device is moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Ohtsubo, Tsuyoshi Futami, Atsushi Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20120114320
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a supplying section configured to supply a driving command for driving at least a portion of a lens in a specific direction to a focal-point adjustment device for changing or adjusting a focal-point distance in accordance with power supplied to the focal-point adjustment device; and an inference section configured to infer a position, at which the lens is located after being driven in accordance with the driving command in the specific direction, on the basis of the driving command supplied to the focal-point adjustment device and on the basis of error information serving as information on an error of a driving quantity by which the lens driven by the focal-point adjustment device is moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Ohtsubo, Tsuyoshi Futami, Atsushi Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20120105707
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a detector that repeatedly carries out a series of operation of generating an evaluation value to evaluate the degree of focusing of a position after driving of a lens toward one end part in the drive range of the lens, and detects the evaluation value of a position that is closer to the end part than the position of the evaluation value of the highest degree of focusing and is immediately adjacent or adjacent across a predetermined number of positions to the position of the evaluation value of the highest degree of focusing. The imaging device further includes a drive controller that makes the series of operation be repeatedly carried out toward the other end part in the drive range of the lens, and drives the lens to a position of a degree of focusing not smaller than the detected evaluation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Futami, Shinichi Ohtsubo, Atsushi Iwasaki