56 patents
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Utility
Focal-plane shutter and imaging device
7 Sep 21
A focal-plane shutter for electronic front curtain scanning allows blades to move in two directions across the opening in a balanced manner, rather than in one direction.
Yusuke Suzuki
Filed: 30 Jan 20
Utility
Camera module shielding mechanism and electronic device
10 Aug 21
A technique enhances security measures in the IoT by reducing leakage of private images and degraded security due to unauthorized image capturing, eliminates the possibility that an unintended image is captured and stored, and also shows people around the user that the camera function of an electronic device is not working.
Kenzo Imai, Koji Sawanobori, Nobuaki Watanabe, Daisuke Yaginuma
Filed: 27 Feb 20
Utility
Drive device and electronic device
3 Aug 21
A driver can axially rotate and axially extend and retract a driving target.
Yosuke Momose
Filed: 14 Sep 18
Utility
Imaging device and electronic device
3 Aug 21
An imaging device used in, for example, a smartphone controls a blade to avoid remaining open after unauthorized external access or a drop impact.
Kenzo Imai, Nobuaki Watanabe, Daisuke Kakemizu
Filed: 29 Nov 19
Utility
Focal-plane shutter, and imaging device and electronic apparatus comprising focal-plane shutter
13 Jul 21
A focal-plane shutter that has a shutter base plate that has an opening; a shutter blade that opens/closes the opening; a blade arm that pivotally supports the shutter blade; and a blade drive member that has a drive pin that is connected to the blade arm.
Kenta Kawakami
Filed: 13 Aug 18
Utility
Housing, lens drive device provided with same, imaging device, electronic apparatus, and housing production method
15 Jun 21
The housing includes a plate-shaped base; and a cover provided with a bottom plate and a side plate, and covers a main surface of the base.
Haruka Matsuhisa, Yusuke Ehara
Filed: 7 Jun 16
Utility
Linear vibration motor and electronic device
1 Jun 21
A linear vibration motor comprising a movable element, having an integrated magnet, and a coil wherein winding parts and are caused to cross lines of magnetic force M1 and M2 of the magnet, where the coil is near to the movable element, and wherein the movable element is caused to vibrate along an axial direction through application of power to the coil, wherein: in the magnet, the direction of magnetization is aligned with the axial direction, and the magnet has two magnet pieces and, lined up in a direction that crosses the axial direction, and that have magnetic poles in mutually opposing directions; and other magnet pieces and, having magnetic poles that are magnetized in a crossing direction, where magnetic poles are in contact with, or near to, the identical magnetic poles of the two opposing magnetic poles on the same end sides of the two magnet pieces.
Shinsuke Okayasu
Filed: 15 May 19
Utility
Geared motor and robot comprising said geared motor
13 Apr 21
A motor portion wherein a driveshaft protrudes from the front end of a motor case; a gear mechanism portion is provided on the front side of the motor portion; and a connecting member, between the motor portion and the gear mechanism portion, for connecting these coaxially, wherein: the angle of rotation or rotational speed, or the like, of the driveshaft can be detected through a detecting portion.
Yosuke Momose
Filed: 11 Jul 19
Utility
Blade drive module, imaging unit provided with blade drive module, and imaging device
9 Mar 21
Reduces an increase in temperature of the blade member.
Kazuo Shikama
Filed: 28 Nov 16
Utility
Blade driving device and electronic device
9 Mar 21
A blade driving device includes a blade for covering an opening for an imaging device operable through motor driving and a user manual operation.
Kenzo Imai, Daisuke Kakemizu, Taizo Takiguchi
Filed: 17 Dec 19
Utility
Imaging device
2 Mar 21
An imaging device, having a substrate for mounting an imaging portion; a lens barrel for holding a lens group; a shield plate covering the vicinity of the substrate; a case disposed so as to cover the lens barrel, the substrate, and the shield plate; and a coupling, for connecting the substrate and another member, connected electrically to the ground electropotential, and a biasing portion that contacts the coupling so as to receive a biasing force in the optical axial direction.
Yuta Nakamura
Filed: 30 Mar 18
Utility
Imaging optical apparatus
16 Feb 21
An imaging optical apparatus with a thin blade containing member for containing a blade member for limiting an opening, having an insertion portion that has an opening; an actuator for causing a blade member to slide; a containing frame for containing the actuator and the blade containing member, except for the insertion portion, having, on an outer edge, a recessed lens frame retaining portion into which the insertion portion; a lens frame, held in the lens frame retaining portion, having an insertion hole, for insertion of the insertion portion so that the center of the opening will be coaxial with the optical axis; and a clip for holding, in cooperation with the containing frame, a lens frame that is held in the lens frame retaining portion, through joining with the containing frame.
Kazuo Shikama, Kenzo Imai, Nobuaki Watanabe, Shozo Iwato, Koji Sawanobori
Filed: 24 Nov 17
Utility
Touchpad module
2 Feb 21
A touchpad module includes a movable plate in which one surface is an operation surface of a touchpad, a support member including a facing portion facing the other surface of the movable plate, damper members for connecting the movable plate and the support member, and an actuator for vibrating the movable plate.
Takashi Mori
Filed: 24 Oct 19
Utility
Imaging device
12 Jan 21
An imaging device having a substrate having an imaging unit mounted thereupon; a lens barrel holding a lens; a holder holding the lens barrel and being connected to the substrate; and a first elastic body impelling the substrate in a first direction perpendicular to the optical axis.
Yuta Nakamura
Filed: 16 Jan 18
Utility
Blade drive device
26 Oct 20
To enable adjustment of a lens frame (lens barrel) independently, and also to enable a reduction in thickness along the optical axial direction.
Kenzo Imai, Kazuo Shikama, Longji Bai, Nobuaki Watanabe, Shozo Iwato
Filed: 25 May 17
Utility
Blade driving device
19 Oct 20
To enable continuous operational control of the blade member with high resolution and good accuracy, even when achieving miniaturization and thickness reduction in a blade driving device, through enabling smooth movement of a movable member in a blade driving device.
Kazuo Shikama, Longji Bai, Nobuaki Watanabe
Filed: 25 Feb 16
Utility
Blade driving device and infrared imaging device
12 Oct 20
The use of a blade driving device including a first plate wherein a first opening portion is formed; a blade formed so as to enable opening/closing of the first opening portion; a driving mechanism driving the blade; and a cover, wherein a second opening portion is formed so as to essentially overlap the first opening portion, and formed so as to cover the base plate and the driving mechanism portion.
Naofumi Horio, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Shigemi Takahashi
Filed: 24 May 17
Utility
Imaging device
5 Oct 20
An imaging device includes a lens barrel for supporting, while enclosing, one or more lenses; an imaging element for detecting light that passes through the lens; a lens holder for supporting the lens barrel; an elastic body that is disposed so as to bias the lens barrel relative to the lens holder; and an upper case that is formed so as to enable connection with an external member.
Yuta Nakamura
Filed: 25 Apr 17
Utility
Blade drive device
28 Sep 20
Because a thin blade is disposed in a space that has a thickness in the optical axial direction, which contains a coil and a magnet, when the blade is driven the blade tends to become unstable, making smooth operation of the thin blade difficult.
Kazuo Shikama, Shozo Iwato, Kenzo Imai, Longji Bai, Nobuaki Watanabe
Filed: 25 May 17
Utility
Electronic component mounted member, imaging device, and imaging device for vehicle mounting
14 Sep 20
An electronic component mounting member, comprising: a flexible substrate, having flexibility, for connecting with another member, comprising: a main unit portion on which electronic components are mounted, and an extending portion, formed extending from the main unit portion, and having a terminal for connecting to another member; and a bending suppressing member disposed in the vicinity of a boundary line between the main unit portion and the extending portion, wherein: the flexible substrate has a cutout formed in the vicinity of the boundary line, and is connected to the other member in a state wherein the boundary line is bent.
Yuta Nakamura
Filed: 23 Mar 17