Patents by Inventor Yukinobu Kawai

Yukinobu Kawai 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).

  • Image pickup apparatus
    Publication number: 20090295984
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an operation button; and an operation member turnably mounted around the operation button, having an operation portion, and configured to allow a user to select a plurality of operation states by turning the operation portion. The operation portion is formed such that a user's finger placed on the operation button comes into contact with the operation portion at one or more positions to which the operation portion is turned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yukinobu Kawai, Kimihiro Abe, Katsuhisa Hakoda