405 patents
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Utility
Actuator, Camera Module, and Camera-mounted Device
6 Jan 21
An actuator is provided with: the fixed part being formed by arranging either a coil part or a magnet part on a base member on the external peripheral side of the driven part; a movable part having a frame-like holding member for arranging and holding the other of the coil part or the magnet part on the base-member-side surface on the external peripheral side of the driven part; and a support part for inclinably supporting the movable part in relation to the fixed part, the support part being disposed on the base member.
Yohei ENTA
Filed: 26 Jul 17
Utility
Lens Driving Device, Camera Module, and Camera-mounted Device
6 Jan 21
The lens driving device includes: an AF movable part; an AF fixing part disposed spaced apart from the autofocus movable part; an AF driving section that moves the AF movable part in an optical-axis direction with respect to the AF fixing part; an OIS movable part that includes the AF movable part, the AF fixing part and the AF driving section; an OIS fixing part disposed spaced apart from the OIS movable part; and an OIS driving section that sways the OIS movable part in a plane orthogonal to the optical-axis direction with respect to the OIS fixing part.
Masayoshi SUGAWARA
Filed: 16 Sep 20
Utility
Light Scanning Apparatus and Method of Controlling Light Scanning Apparatus
6 Jan 21
A light scanning apparatus includes a light source configured to intermittently emit light based on an irradiation timing signal; a mirror configured to reflect the light emitted by the light source; an actuator configured to cause the mirror to be deflected based on drive signals; a sensor configured to output a signal according to deflection of the mirror; an irradiation timing adjusting-unit configured to adjust the irradiation timing signal based on the output signal of the sensor; and an irradiation timing storage configured to store the adjusted irradiation timing signal.
Yuji KIMURA, Takayuki KUROKAWA
Filed: 23 Jun 20
Utility
Vibration actuator and portable device
4 Jan 21
A vibration actuator includes: a fixing part including one of a coil and a magnet; a movable part including the other one of the coil and the magnet; and an elastic supporting part configured to support the movable part movably with respect to the fixing part.
Yuki Takahashi, Kazutaka Sakaguchi, Yasutaka Kitamura, Shigeyuki Shimomura, Yuki Ogihara
Filed: 27 Dec 18
Utility
Semiconductor integrated circuit for discharging and power supply system
4 Jan 21
Disclosed is a semiconductor integrated circuit for discharging, which includes: a plurality of discharging elements; a plurality of external terminals connected respectively to first terminals of the plurality of discharging elements; and a controlling external terminal which is capable of receiving from an outside a signal indicating that an operation of an internal circuit is enabled/disabled.
Chuhei Terada, Yoichi Takano
Filed: 13 Jun 19
Utility
Sensing System, Sensing Method and Non-transitory Computer Readable Medium
30 Dec 20
A sensing system contains a vibration device attached to a stem of an agricultural crop for applying vibration to the agricultural crop, at least one sensor attached to the stem of the agricultural crop for sensing vibration of the agricultural crop caused by the vibration applied to the agricultural product from the vibration device to transmit vibration information relate to the vibration of the agricultural crop and a computing device for identifying one local maximum value among a plurality of local maximum values in a frequency spectrum obtained from the vibration information received from the at least one sensor as a resonance frequency of the vibration of the agricultural crop to determine a growth degree of a fruit of the agricultural crop based on the identified resonance frequency
Shigenori INAMOTO, Takanori HANAYAMA, Akio ISHII, Toru TAKEMOTO
Filed: 10 Mar 19
Utility
Secondary Battery Protection Apparatus
30 Dec 20
A secondary battery protection apparatus includes a plurality of secondary battery protection apparatuses.
Kohei SHIBATA
Filed: 9 Sep 20
Utility
Distance Measuring Camera
30 Dec 20
This distance measuring camera contains: a first optical system for collecting light from a subject to form a first subject image, a second optical system for collecting the light from the subject to form a second subject image, an imaging unit for imaging the first subject image formed by the first optical system and the second subject image formed by the second optical system, and a distance calculating part 4 for calculating a distance to the subject based on the first subject image and second subject image imaged by the imaging part.
Satoshi AJIKI
Filed: 10 Mar 19
Utility
Lens driving device, camera module, and camera-mounted device
28 Dec 20
Provided are a lens driving device, a camera module, and a camera-mounted device for which the miniaturization and weight reduction can be achieved and the reliability can also be improved.
Tomohiko Osaka, Takashi Ishizawa, Atsushi Kikuchi, Minoru Katagiri
Filed: 5 Jul 18
Utility
Optical scanning device and method for producing optical scanning device
14 Dec 20
An optical scanning device includes: a mirror that has an optical reflection surface; a mirror support unit configured to support the mirror; a pair of drive beams arranged on both sides of the mirror support unit and connected such that the mirror support unit is swingable; a drive source provided on the drive beams and configured to swing the mirror support unit, the drive source including a stack structure of a plurality of piezoelectric thin films; and a piezoelectric sensor formed on a connection beam connected to the drive source or the drive beams, a number of piezoelectric thin films included in the piezoelectric sensor being less than a number of the piezoelectric thin films included in the drive source.
Hisamichi Sekine, Maiko Nagawatari, Seiya Sato
Filed: 14 Jan 19
Utility
Antenna Device
9 Dec 20
An antenna device installed in a vehicle includes a stacked dipole antenna unit.
Hiroki YOSHIOKA
Filed: 1 Jun 20
Utility
Power Supply Apparatus, Semiconductor Integrated Circuit, and Ripple Suppressing Method
9 Dec 20
A power supply apparatus includes a voltage conversion circuit, a reference voltage generating circuit, a constant current control circuit which includes a current controller and a differential circuit which controls the current controller based on the reference voltage and current detection voltage showing a size of the output current, and wherein an electric current on the current path is controlled by the current controller a reference voltage adjustment circuit which adjusts a first reference voltage generated by the reference voltage generating circuit to converge a ripple occurring in the output current to a predetermined ripple rate or less, based on a voltage of a first potential point set on the current path from an output portion on a high potential side of the voltage conversion circuit to the current controller and a control voltage of the current controller.
Daisuke IMADE, Hiroki MATSUDA, Satoshi ARIMA
Filed: 21 May 20
Utility
Distance Measuring Camera
2 Dec 20
A distance measuring camera 1 includes a first optical system for collecting light from a subject to form a first subject image, a second optical system for collecting the light from the subject to form a second subject image, an imaging part for imaging the first subject image formed by the first optical system and the second subject image formed by the second optical system, and a distance calculating part 4 for calculating a distance to the subject based on the first subject image and the second subject image imaged by the imaging part S.
Satoru SUTO, Takashi MATSUMOTO, Masato EHARA, Satoshi AJIKI
Filed: 22 Feb 18
Utility
Secondary Battery Protection Circuit, Secondary Battery Protection Apparatus and Battery Pack
2 Dec 20
A secondary battery protection circuit for protecting a secondary battery, including: a low-voltage detecting circuit configured to detect a voltage across the secondary battery that is lower than a second voltage for low voltage detection, the second voltage being set to be lower than a first voltage for overdischarge detection; and a switching circuit configured to cause a gate of a charge control NMOS transistor to be fixed at a potential at a high side power supply terminal, upon detecting, by the low-voltage detecting circuit, that the voltage across the secondary battery is lower than the second voltage for low voltage detection.
Takashi TAKEDA
Filed: 21 May 20
Utility
Actuator and electric beautifying device
30 Nov 20
An actuator has: an affixed section having a coil; a first mobile section that is elastically held and disposed so as to allow movement in the axial direction inside one end of the coil, and has a first magnet magnetized in the axial direction of the coil and disposed on one end in the axial direction; and a second mobile section that is elastically held and disposed so as to allow movement in the axial direction inside another end of the coil, and has a second magnet magnetized in the axial direction and disposed on the other end in the axial direction.
Yuki Takahashi, Yasutaka Kitamura, Masaharu Kagami, Chikara Sekiguchi, Kazutaka Sakaguchi, Shigenori Inamoto
Filed: 23 Mar 17
Utility
Vibration actuator
30 Nov 20
A vibration actuator has a movable body including a magnet, a fixing body including a coil, and an elastic support portion.
Takanori Matsuyama, Shinya Tashima, Koichi Azumai, Katsuhiro Hashimoto
Filed: 27 Feb 19
Utility
Light Scanning Apparatus
25 Nov 20
A light scanning apparatus for causing a mirror to oscillate to scan with light reflected by the mirror includes an interconnect formed of gold; a protective film for covering the interconnect; and an adhesive film formed between the interconnect and the protective film.
Hisanori AGA, Yasuyuki SUDO
Filed: 20 May 20
Utility
Camera Actuator, Camera Module, and Camera Mount Device
25 Nov 20
A camera actuator comprises: a fixed-side member; a movable-side member disposed separated from the fixed-side member in a direction orthogonal to a light axis, the movable-side member holding a lens unit; a first lens drive actuator that displaces the movable-side member in at least a prescribed direction; an elastic support member that extends in the direction orthogonal to the light axis, and supports the movable-side member in relation to the fixed-side member so as to allow the displacement in at least the prescribed direction; and a damping member that is disposed between the movable-side member or a member fixed to the movable-side member, and the fixed-side member or a member fixed to the fixed-side member.
Masahiro SAITO
Filed: 31 Jan 19
Utility
Power Control Semiconductor Device, Variable Output Voltage Power Supply, and Designing Method
25 Nov 20
A power control semiconductor device includes: a voltage control transistor connected between an input terminal and an output terminal; a control circuit that controls the voltage control transistor in accordance with a voltage of the output terminal; and an external terminal that controls an output voltage externally.
Shinichiro MAKI, Yoichi TAKANO, Katsuhiro YOKOYAMA
Filed: 28 Apr 20
Utility
Actuator and electric beauty device
23 Nov 20
Provided is an actuator that has a simple configuration and can stably achieve high output.
Yuki Takahashi, Masami Kamijo, Kazutaka Sakaguchi, Yasutaka Kitamura, Masaharu Kagami, Shigenori Inamoto
Filed: 1 Aug 16