Patents by Inventor Yu Numabe

Yu Numabe 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).

  • Imaging apparatus
    Patent number: 8587884
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first lens barrel, a second lens barrel disposed side by side with the first lens barrel in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the first lens barrel, a reference metal sheet including a mounted surface portion mounted on a surface perpendicular to the optical axis of the first lens barrel and a reference surface portion facing an optical axis direction, an adjustment metal sheet including a base surface portion mounted on a surface perpendicular to an optical axis of the second lens barrel and an adjustment surface portion facing an optical axis direction and positioned side by side with the reference surface portion in state of being separated in the optical axis direction, and an adjustment section changing a direction of the adjustment surface portion to reference surface portion and adjusting a direction of optical axis of second lens barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki Nakayama, Yu Numabe
  • IMAGING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120162789
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first lens barrel, a second lens barrel disposed side by side with the first lens barrel in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the first lens barrel, a reference metal sheet including a mounted surface portion mounted on a surface perpendicular to the optical axis of the first lens barrel and a reference surface portion facing an optical axis direction, an adjustment metal sheet including a base surface portion mounted on a surface perpendicular to an optical axis of the second lens barrel and an adjustment surface portion facing an optical axis direction and positioned side by side with the reference surface portion in state of being separated in the optical axis direction, and an adjustment section changing a direction of the adjustment surface portion to reference surface portion and adjusting a direction of optical axis of second lens barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki Nakayama, Yu Numabe