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Kenichi Kikuchi
Kenichi Kikuchi, Kawanishi-Shi JP
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| 20110050964 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit which forms a subject image on an image pickup device through an optical system to generate an image pickup signal; an adjustment unit which changes an optical zoom magnification with respect to the subject image; and a control unit which records image data as a moving image in a memory in response to a moving image recording command, the image data being obtained based on the image pickup signal, and stops recording the moving image for a time period during which the zoom magnification is changed. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110080494 | IMAGING APPARATUS DETECTING FOREIGN OBJECT ADHERING TO LENS - An imaging element having an imaging surface on which an optical image of a subject field passing through an optical lens is emitted generates an image signal corresponding to the optical image of the subject field by photoelectric conversion. An aperture mechanism controls an aperture of the optical lens. A shutter controls exposure time for the imaging element. An exposure adjustment unit adjusts an exposure value for the imaging surface based on an evaluation value of brightness of the subject field. A focus adjustment unit adjusts a focus position of the optical lens. A CPU detects a foreign object adhering to the optical lens by performing shooting under a plurality of shooting conditions in which the exposure value and the focus position are identical and aperture values are different from each other, and comparing a plurality of the image signals obtained from the imaging element during the shooting. | 04-07-2011 |
Kenichi Kikuchi, Hyogo JP
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| 20090153695 | Camera performing photographing in accordance with photographing mode depending on object scene - A camera includes a CPU. The CPU individually detects a ratio of an object which exceeds a threshold value in a moving amount to a center area of an object scene and a ratio of an object which exceeds the threshold value in the moving amount to a peripheral area of the object scene. If differences between the respective detected ratios are large, the CPU sets a photographing mode to a sports mode. When a shutter button is operated, the object scene is photographed in accordance with a set photographing mode. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153702 | Camera performing photographing in accordance with photographing mode depending on object scene - A camera includes a CPU. The CPU individually detects a ratio of an object which exceeds a threshold value in a moving amount to a center area of an object scene and a ratio of an object which exceeds the threshold value in the moving amount to a peripheral area of the object scene. If differences between the respective detected ratios are large, the CPU sets a photographing mode to a sports mode. When a shutter button is operated, the object scene is photographed in accordance with a set photographing mode. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153728 | Camera performing photographing in accordance with photographing mode depending on object scene - A camera includes a CPU. The CPU individually detects a ratio of an object which exceeds a threshold value in a moving amount to a center area of an object scene and a ratio of an object which exceeds the threshold value in the moving amount to a peripheral area of the object scene. If differences between the respective detected ratios are large, the CPU sets a photographing mode to a sports mode. When a shutter button is operated, the object scene is photographed in accordance with a set photographing mode. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100253831 | Electronic camera and focus control method - An electronic camera includes a shutter button. When the shutter button is half-depressed, a focal level of an object is determined on the basis of an image signal outputted from an imaging device, and a moving start position of a focus lens is settled on the basis of the determination result. More specifically, a correction amount of the moving start position is settled in accordance with the determination result of the focal level, and a position that subtracts the correction amount from a lens position at a time the shutter button being half-depressed is settled as the moving start position. The higher the focal level, the more reduced the correction amount. The focus lens gradually moves toward the imaging device from the settled moving start position, and a focal position is specified on the basis of the image signal outputted from the imaging device at each step. | 10-07-2010 |
Kenichi Kikuchi, Kanagawa JP
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| 20090021178 | Apparatus and method for driving backlight unit - The present invention is directed to a drive apparatus for a backlight unit ( | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090096724 | Display apparatus, quantity-of-light adjusting method for display apparatus and electronic equipment - A display apparatus includes display means for displaying an image, a light source that irradiates light to the display means, and control means for controlling the quantity of light of the light source with pulse width modulation. The control means controls the quantity of light of the light source based on the ratio of the light-on period with pulse width modulation to the light-off period when the light source is turned off. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090153464 | DISPLAY UNIT AND BACKLIGHT UNIT - The screen is exempt from variation in brightness due to uneven temperature distribution. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100181921 | Apparatus and method for driving backlight unit - The present invention is directed to a drive apparatus for a backlight unit ( | 07-22-2010 |
Kenichi Kikuchi, Saitama JP
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| 20110204753 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A piezoelectric device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The piezoelectric device having a piezoelectric vibration sheet ( | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110227457 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECES AND DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Piezoelectric vibrating pieces are disclosed having selectively roughened surfaces. An exemplary piece is made of a piezoelectric material configured as a piezoelectric substrate. The piece also includes at least one excitation electrode and at least one extraction electrode. The substrate has opposing main surfaces initially having low surface roughness. At least one main surface is formed in a mesa or reverse mesa manner, wherein the central region has a different thickness than the peripheral region. The central region has relatively low surface roughness (irregular unevenness), while the peripheral region has relatively high surface roughness. The excitation electrode is formed on the central region (mesa or reverse mesa) while the extraction electrode (connected to the excitation electrode) is formed on the peripheral region. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110316390 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An exemplary piezoelectric vibrating device includes a piezoelectric vibrating piece that vibrates when electrically energized. A first package plate has a main recess in which the piezoelectric vibrating piece is placed, and a peripheral surface surrounding the recess. A second package plate is bonded to the peripheral surface of the first package plate in airtight manner. A band of adhesive bonds the first package plate to the second package plate. The adhesive band surrounds the peripheral surface. Between the adhesive and the main recess is a band of metal film. The band of metal film prevents gas, generated from the adhesive, from flowing into the recess. The band of metal film surrounds the peripheral surface and is disposed inboard of the band of adhesive. | 12-29-2011 |
Kenichi Kikuchi, Fujisawa JP
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| 20120107718 | FUEL CELL SEALING STRUCTURE - A fuel cell sealing structure has a power generating body, and first and second separators arranged in both sides in a thickness direction of the power generating body. On a surface in one side in a thickness direction of the first separator, formed integrally first and second sealing protrusions respectively brought into close contact with an outer peripheral portion of the power generating body and the second separator in an outer peripheral side of the first sealing protrusion, and a short circuit prevention rib protruding in line with the first and second sealing protrusions by an electrically insulating rubber-like elastic material. On a surface in another side thereof, formed integrally a third sealing protrusion brought into close contact with a surface in an opposite side to the power generating body in the second separator, by the electrically insulating rubber-like elastic material. | 05-03-2012 |