Inventor

Toshihiro Hamamura

Inventor

Tokyo, JP

Overview

1994–2015

Patent span

LOC

Primary field

Patents· 71 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

LOC16primary

LOC1628%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television27%

G03BApparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them20%

G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus7%

C09DCoating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers4%

LOC133%

C08GMacromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds2%

C08LCompositions of macromolecular compounds2%

B05DProcesses for applying fluent materials to surfaces, in general1%

C08FMacromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds1%

PatentTitleYear

9,122,129'Image pickup apparatus, driving control method thereof, and computer-readable recording medium'2015 8,760,567'Photographing apparatus and method to reduce auto-focus time'2014 8,243,187'Photographing apparatus and photographing method'2012 8,229,292'Auto focus adjusting apparatus and camera system'2012 8,208,802'Focusing position determining apparatus, imaging apparatus and focusing position determining method'2012 7,990,458'Digital camera'2011 7,961,250'Photographing apparatus having an exposure mode selection function'2011 7,889,246'Photographing apparatus'2011 7,856,174'Apparatus and method for image pickup'2010 7,852,401'Photographing apparatus and photographing method for exposure control during continuous photographing mode'2010 7,839,436'Photographing apparatus with setting for white balance adjustment'2010 7,764,318'Photographing apparatus having a white balance adjustment function'2010 7,756,411'Photographing apparatus and method'2010 7,734,166'Photographing apparatus, photographing method and a computer readable medium of instructions for controlling the photographing apparatus'2010 7,689,113'Photographing apparatus and method'2010 7,625,143'Camera system'2009 7,620,314'Photographing apparatus and method'2009 7,539,409'Camera having cross-shaped operation member'2009 D0588179'Digital camera'2009 D0560240'Digital camera'2008 7,298,269'Image taking apparatus having selectively enabled IC tags'2007 7,218,341'Apparatus capable of shake estimation'2007 7,176,964'Electronic still camera provided with a display'2007 D0536013'Digital camera'2007 D0533574'Digital camera'2006 7,084,211'Cold setting coating composition'2006 7,045,004'Coating composition'2006 D0504451'Digital camera'2005 D0503730'Binoculars'2005 6,747,691'Apparatus capable of determining shake of the apparatus relative to an object'2004 6,718,070'Device and method for detecting subject inclination'2004 D0487761'Binoculars'2004 6,700,617'Image taking apparatus with operational image pick-up unit'2004 6,700,619'Electronic still camera with feedback control'2004 6,693,673'Digital camera for adjusting charge accumulation time in response to object distance'2004 6,639,626'Photographing apparatus with two image sensors of different size'2003 D0479260'Viewer for stereograph'2003 D0479255'Spotting scope'2003 D0472214'Conversion cable'2003 D0472216'Conversion cable'2003 D0472215'Conversion cable'2003 D0471220'Digital camera'2003 6,509,432'Ordinary temperature curable coating composition'2003 D0462705'Digital camera'2002 D0462706'Digital camera'2002 D0462371'Digital camera'2002 6,427,051'Controller for controlling a camera having a built-in flash'2002 6,347,189'Flash controller of a camera'2002 6,343,189'Controller for controlling a built-in flash of a camera'2002 6,341,202'Operation dial with an illuminator for a camera'2002 D0450337'Cable release controller for camera'2001 D0450338'Release timer switch controller for camera'2001 D0438230'Camera'2001 D0438228'Camera'2001 D0433434'Single-lens reflex camera body'2000 D0433435'Top assembly for a single-lens reflex camera body'2000 6,045,873'One-pack epoxy resin composition, one-pack corrosion resistant paint composition, and coating method using said compositions'2000 D0416035'Compact camera'1999 D0412004'35mm camera'1999 D0411214'Binoculars'1999 5,907,724'Lens barrel and camera provided with a lens barrel'1999 5,815,748'Camera'1998 5,805,939'Camera arranged with a viewfinder system having an optical axis different from that of a distance measuring device'1998 D0395905'Binoculars'1998 D0384684'Camera'1997 5,664,243'Camera'1997 D0381350'35 mm camera'1997 D0364631'Binoculars'1995 D0359501'35 mm camera'1995 D0357265'Camera'1995 D0342961'35 mm camera'1994

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1994–2003Patents assigned to ASAHI OPTICAL CO LTD (27)· patent assignee history

1994–2011Based in Tokyo, JP· patent location history

1997–2007Patents assigned to MINOLTA CO LTD (12)· patent assignee history

1997–2007Based in Osaka, JP· patent location history

1999Based in Saitama, JP· patent location history

2000–2015Based in Yokohama, JP· patent location history

2003–2009Patents assigned to PENTAX CORP (9)· patent assignee history

2003–2006Based in Kanagawa, JP· patent location history

2009–2011Patents assigned to HOYA CORP (7)· patent assignee history

2010–2015Patents assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD (9)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
ASAHI OPTICAL CO LTD	27	1994–2003
MINOLTA CO LTD	12	1997–2007
PENTAX CORP	9	2003–2009
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD	9	2010–2015
HOYA CORP	7	2009–2011

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Tokyo, JP	40	1994–2011
Yokohama, JP	12	2000–2015
Osaka, JP	12	1997–2007
Kanagawa, JP	3	2003–2006
Saitama, JP	3	1999