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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184376 | Three unit zoom lens and image pickup apparatus equipped with same A zoom lens includes, in order from the object side, a negative lens unit, a positive lens unit and a positive lens unit. During zooming from the object side, the second lens unit moves, the distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases, th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180116 | Image pickup apparatus and system for specifying an individual Disclosed is an electronic imaging apparatus which has different drive modes of an image pickup device for image shooting between an image for detecting the face of a subject and an image for detecting a feature value for specifying an individual based on the detect... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174590 | Image pickup apparatus and image pickup method The present invention is an image pickup apparatus provided with a pixel section in which pixels each including a photoelectric conversion section and a signal storage section that temporarily stores a signal charge of the photoelectric conversion section are two-di... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169714 | Two-unit zoom lens system and image pickup apparatus using the same A two-unit zoom lens system which forms an image on an image pickup surface, includes in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit G1 having a negative refracting power and a second lens unit G2 having a positive refracting power. A... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168338 | Mobile terminal equipment using fuel battery and fuel battery system for mobile terminal equipment Mobile terminal equipment is provided with a battery receiving chamber for using a fuel battery cell unit including a hydrogen storage alloy container, a pressure adjusting valve, and a fuel battery cell. A fuel battery system for mobile terminal equipment is furthe... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164637 | Driving apparatus and image pickup apparatus An X-axis driving mechanism section as one of driving sources of a driving apparatus including: a transducer for generating an elliptical vibration on a driving section in response to application of a predetermined frequency voltage signal; a bottom case having a ho... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160435 | Flash unit, camera, and camera flash system A flash unit of the present invention is capable of being used as a supplementary light source for taking photographs, and comprises a light emitting section capable of changing an illumination area of a flash, an imaging section capable of imaging a picture, includ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159755 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus using the same A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having two lens components including a negative lens component of negative refractive power and a positive lens component of positive refractive power; a second lens group i... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159565 | Zoom optical system and electronic imaging apparatus having the same An electronic imaging apparatus includes a zoom optical system having, in order from the object side, a first lens unit with positive power, a second lens unit with negative power, and an aperture stop, in which the first lens unit is composed of a single positive p... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159532 | Electronic image pickup apparatus An electronic image pickup apparatus includes a zoom lens system which is a taking optical system, an electronic image pickup element which is disposed at an image side of the taking optical system (zoom lens system), and which converts an image formed by the taking... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159529 | Image outputting apparatus and program An operation unit switches the operating mode between a 3D display output mode in which the images of the 3D image file are displayed as a stereoscopic images and a 2D display output mode in which one of the images of the 3D image file is displayed as an ordinary pl... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154648 | Zoom lens system and image pickup apparatus using the same A zoom lens system includes in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a negative refracting power, a second lens unit having a positive refracting power, a third lens unit having a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens unit having a negative refr... | 04/10/2012 |
| D657408 | Digital camera body of lens replacing type | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149522 | Image forming optical system and electronic image pickup apparatus using the same There is provided an image forming optical system in which, it is possible to achieve both, the small-sizing and slimming of an optical system, and a favorable correction of various aberrations, mainly the chromatic aberration. In an image forming optical sys... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8130452 | Electronic image pickup apparatus An electronic image pickup apparatus comprising a zoom lens system and an image pickup device disposed on an image side of the zoom lens system and which converts an image formed by the zoom lens system into an electric signal, the zoom lens system having, in order ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125526 | Camera for selecting an image from a plurality of images based on a face portion and contour of a subject in the image There is disclosed a camera which detects a face portion of a subject from a shot image to determine whether a shot image is a good shot candidate image from the features of the face portion and a face portion-related image portion. As examples, the features include... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118500 | Vibrating device and image equipment having the same A vibrating device includes first and second members, each shaped almost like a rectangle and composed of first and second parts, a connection member composed of a first circuit which inputs an electrical signal to the first part, a second circuit which outputs an e... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116619 | Image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus of the present invention includes: a fixed frame; a zoom lens holding frame; a focus lens holding frame; a focus driving unit and a zoom driving unit; an image pickup device; a base plate that is coupled to the fixed frame and displaceably ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115852 | Contrast control for use in image display apparatus and image pickup apparatus An image display apparatus includes a display which displays an image based on an image signal. An ambient light measuring unit measures the intensity of ambient light around the display. A brightness distribution measuring unit measures a brightness distribution in... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115161 | Imaging apparatus for taking images of objects in a plurality of directions and vehicle incorporating the same The invention relates to an imaging apparatus that is capable of taking images of objects in at least three directions on a single imaging device, has a wide imaging angle of view and can easily be made compact, and a vehicle incorporating it. The imaging apparatus ... | 02/14/2012 |
| D653275 | Digital camera | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103112 | Decoding method, decoding apparatus, storage medium in which decoding program is stored, and electronic camera In a decoding method for decoding coded light ray information, coded first image information and coded second image information different from the first image information are decoded. The first image information and the second image information are obtained in takin... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103111 | Coding method, electronic camera, recording medium storing coded program, and decoding method In a method of coding light ray information including information about a position on a predetermined surface and information about an incident angle to the surface when a ray of light from a subject enters the surface, the light ray information is divided into two ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102606 | Zoom lens system and electronic image pickup apparatus using the same A zoom lens system includes, in order from an object side, a first lens unit G1 having a positive refracting power, a second lens unit G2 having a negative refracting power, a third lens unit G3 having a positive refracting power, and a fourth l... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098325 | Digital camera A digital camera of the present invention has: an optical housing having a bending optical system for reflecting photographic object light entering along a first optical axis to a second optical axis direction perpendicular to the first optical axis to form an image... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8084920 | Drive apparatus and image pickup apparatus An anti-vibration unit has: an X-axis transducer generating elliptical vibration in drivers; a frame which is a fixing member having a holding portion for holding the X-axis transducer; an X frame having fixed thereto a slide element to which the drivers of the X-ax... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081253 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus equipped with same A zoom lens has a negative object side lens unit (or first lens unit G1), a positive image side lens unit (or third lens unit G3), a positive intermediate lens unit (or second lens unit G2), and an aperture stop. The distance between the object ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8049969 | Zoom lens system and image pickup apparatus using the same A zoom lens system includes in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refracting power, a second lens unit having a positive refracting power, a third lens unit having a negative refracting power, and a fourth lens unit havin... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049807 | Digital camera and dust reduction apparatus for digital camera Arranged are an optical element, a piezoelectric element arranged on the optical element, and an oscillation circuit for causing the piezoelectric element to vibrate so as to generate vibrational waves, wherein the volume of the piezoelectric element is determined b... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041203 | Camera, camera controlling method, and recording medium storing camera controlling program A camera includes a mode setting unit which sets an operation mode of the camera to a normal mode or an illumination apparatus control mode. A display unit selectively displays an image and information. A setting unit sets and changes operating conditions of an illu... | 10/18/2011 |
| D647077 | Voice recording/reproducing device equipped with moving image shooting function | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035726 | Digital camera and focus control method A focus evaluation value representing a focusing state of a taking lens is repeatedly calculated on the basis of an image signal output from an imaging section of a digital camera, a change in the focus evaluation value generated by the movement of the taking lens i... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035697 | Electronic imaging apparatus and method An electronic imaging apparatus includes a color imaging device having several drive modes including at least first and second drive modes. A simultaneous shooting unit simultaneously or continuously executes an operation of acquiring a first image data by driving t... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033993 | Endoscope device and display device An endoscope device of the invention includes: an insertion portion disposed with an observation optical system; an operation portion continuously provided to a proximal end side of the insertion portion; a display device main body provided to a proximal end side of... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8031410 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus equipped with same A zoom lens includes, in order from its object side, a first lens unit having a negative refracting power, a second lens unit having a positive refracting power, and a third lens unit having a refracting power. During zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto... | 10/04/2011 |
| D646261 | Voice recording/reproducing device | 10/04/2011 |
| D645838 | Voice recording/reproducing device | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023816 | Camera and control method thereof A camera can display, record and play image data after converting a captured image into the digital data. The camera comprises a guidance display setting means for causing a hierarchical guidance display to be made in order to set at least a control of a shooting op... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023199 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus equipped with same A zoom lens has a plurality of lens units including, in order from its object side to image side, a first lens unit having a negative refracting power composed of two lens elements including a biconcave negative lens and a positive lens, and a second lens unit havin... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8018659 | Image forming optical system and electronic image pickup apparatus equipped with same An image forming optical system comprising, in order from the object side: a first lens group G1 that is fixed during zooming and includes a reflecting optical element for bending an optical path; a second lens group G2 having a negative refracting pow... | 09/13/2011 |
