Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Harunari

Yoshihiro Harunari 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: 4862202
    Abstract: A magnification change-over device for a camera is provided with an incident optical path for the incidence of the light of an object to be photographed; a first optical path for guiding the object light incident on the incident optical path to a first aperture; a second optical path for guiding the object light incident on the incident optical path to a second aperture; changeover means for selection between the first and second optical paths; and optical means for differentiating the magnification of an image formed through the second aperture from that of an image formed through the first aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayuki Tsuboi, Isao Nakazawa, Yoshihiro Harunari, Yasuhisa Sato, Yasuyuki Yamada
  • Patent number: 4764786
    Abstract: A distance measuring device for a camera includes a first distance measuring arrangement adapted for measuring the distance of the middle part of a photographing field; a second distance measuring arrangement for measuring the distances of the middle and peripheral parts of the field; and a switch for selection between the first and second distance measuring arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuichi Tamura, Yoshihiro Harunari
  • Patent number: 4720723
    Abstract: In a distance measuring device which has a semiconductor position sensor or the like employed as a light receiving element and which produces two different signals corresponding to the incident angles of a light coming from an object, the signals from the light receiving element are supplied, one after another, to a dual-slope type integrator such as a Miller integrator. A length of time required for reverse integration of the dual-slope type integrator is measured. Distance to the object is computed on the basis of the measured time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1988
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Harunari, Ryuji Tokuda, Takashi Kobe
  • Patent number: 4701048
    Abstract: An input circuit which converts currents produced from a plurality of photo-sensitive elements arranged in a distance measuring apparatus. The input circuit has a switching element series connected to at least one of the photo-sensitive elements. When the switching element is operated, the output current of one of the photo-sensitive elements is supplied to a converting circuit which converts current into a voltage. Only one converting circuit is present. The output of the converting circuit is produced in a time series to a computing circuit. The computing circuit processes the signal thus received and produces a signal corresponding to an object distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryuji Tokuda, Yoshihiro Harunari, Takashi Kobe