Patents by Inventor Yoshinobo Tanaka

Yoshinobo Tanaka 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).

  • Focal plane shutter, photographing apparatus including the same, and photographing method for the photographing apparatus
    Patent number: 8025448
    Abstract: Provided are a focal plane shutter, which can offer a live view function, and improve a control velocity of a shutter speed to reduce a time interval between shootings, a photographing apparatus including the focal plane shutter, and a photographing method for the photographing apparatus. The focal plane shutter includes: a front curtain; a rear curtain; a support part coupled to one side of the front curtain and the rear curtain; and a movable part movably contacting one side of the support part, wherein either the front curtain or the rear curtain is independently moved by the motion of the movable part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung-gyu Kim, Yoshinobo Tanaka
  • Focal plane shutter, photographing apparatus including the same, and photographing method for the photographing apparatus
    Publication number: 20090041447
    Abstract: Provided are a focal plane shutter, which can offer a live view function, and improve a control velocity of a shutter speed to reduce a time interval between shootings, a photographing apparatus including the focal plane shutter, and a photographing method for the photographing apparatus. The focal plane shutter includes: a front curtain; a rear curtain; a support part coupled to one side of the front curtain and the rear curtain; and a movable part movably contacting one side of the support part, wherein either the front curtain or the rear curtain is independently moved by the motion of the movable part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung-gyu Kim, Yoshinobo Tanaka