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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6301443 | Low profile strobe device with conductive elastic members A strobe device comprising a circuit substrate including a plurality of conductive elastic members. The plurality of conductive elastic members includes a first portion forming a predetermined electric circuitry. A second portion, if present, forms variou... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6028398 | Cold cathode fluorescent lamp driving apparatus using a piezoelectric transformer An AC driving signal of a frequency in the vicinity of the resonance frequency of a piezoelectric transformer is generated by a variable oscillation circuit and the waveform of the output signal of the variable oscillation circuit is shaped so as to be su... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5911085 | Variable emission angle strobe light and control method therefor In order to vary a light emission angle, a light source is moved so that its position relative to a reflector is varied. In one mode, by compulsively moving the light source to one end of a movement range of the light source, the one end is set as an orig... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5869936 | Strobe device A strobe device according to the present invention includes: a main capacitor; and step-up means including at least one step-up capacitor, the at least one step-up capacitor being rapidly charged via a flash discharge tube in an ionization state, a charge... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5842047 | Strobe light and photographic camera incorporating the same A strobe light which emits light by supplying a flash discharge tube with the electric charge stored in a main capacitor uses an aluminum-electrolytic capacitor having a dissipation factor (tanĪ“) of 0.03 or lower, and has voltage controlling means for se... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5504545 | Illuminating apparatus A compact illuminating apparatus for viewing films by transmitted light and having uniform light distribution across a diffusing plate, comprising a shallow elongated box-like main body having a base with a bottom having alternately arranged mountains and... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5291179 | Printed circuit board A printed circuit board includes a wiring pattern formed on an insulating board according to a predetermined electric circuit, and a cover member covering a portion of the wiring pattern used as a contact, the cover member being formed of an electrically ... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5280161 | Apparatus for optically reading a bar code Light emitted from either one or two light sources is converged by first and second lenses to illuminate a strip shaped area where an object with a bar code is disposed. Alternatively, the first and second lenses may be combined with one another to form a... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5262810 | Film winding system A film winding system has a spool which houses a motor as a driving source and a driving force conveying mechanism including an epicycle gear. The driving force conveying mechanism for conveying the driving force from the motor to the spool further includ... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5249007 | Strobe apparatus The strobe apparatus of the present invention applies upon both the ends of the flash discharging tube the oscillating voltages to be caused in the primary winding of the trigger transformer by the discharging operation of the trigger capacitor, and also,... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5201302 | Voltage regulator tube for ignition system of internal combustion engine A voltage regulator tube for an ignition system of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a cylindrical enclosure made of electrical insulating material and formed with a hollow extending therethrough; a first metallic sealing member for sealing one o... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5028945 | Electric zoom camera Electric zoom camera wherein zooming speed is not influenced even by drop of power source voltage, by driving its zooming electric motor by an electric pulse current such that the period (T0, T1, T2, - - -) is defined by p... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5004958 | Strobe apparatus A series connection of a reverse direction diode 10 and a main capacitor 2 is connected across both terminals of a DC power source 1. Another series connection of a strobe tube 3 and forward semiconductor switching device 9 is connected across both termin... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4959672 | Motor-driven film winder A motor-driven film winder for a camera has an internal gear portion (5a) fixed to a motor (1), one or two step-shaped planet gears (7), (8) having first gears (7a), (8a) to mesh with a pinion gear (4) driven by the motor and the internal gear portion (5a... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4938588 | Distance detecting apparatus In a distance detecting apparatus comprising a light receiving sensor PSD which outputs two photo-currents which correspond to the incident angle of reflection of light reflected from an object lit by emitted comprising, an integral capacitor and a pair o... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4899086 | Electroluminescence light emission apparatus An electroluminescence light emission apparatus based on a switch circuit formed of a switch element and a thyristor connected in series across a DC power source, and a control circuit for setting the thyristor and switch element in alternating conducting... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4866341 | Discharge lamp with base for sealing the lamp A discharge lamp comprises a cylindrical glass bulb with an open bottom and a closed top of dome-shape or flat-shape, a base for holding an anode and a cathode with at least one separation plate for dividing an inner space of the bulb into plural spaces f... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4847538 | Electronic flash equipment Electronic flash equipment in the present including a Field Effect Transistor which is connected to a flash tube in series and a voltage control structure which controls the conductivity of the Field Effect Transistor by control of a voltage across the ga... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4735494 | Zoom lens control system and method for zooming control The present invention user plural driving speeds of the focusing lens component of a zoom lens which responds to plural separate control regions of focal length and object position. In each control region, the focusing lens component is driven in predeter... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4697906 | Electric flash device An electric flash device for photography is controlled of its light radiation of a flash tube by a transistor, which is connected in series with the flash tube and is given its base current through a parallelly connected capacitor and resistor, and when t... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4695144 | Drive apparatus of lens and exposure mechanism by motor Driving of camera lens (5) and driving of exposure mechanism (9) (shutter/aperture blades) are driven by a single motor (7) wherein a main body of exposure mechanism is affixed to the lens barrel, and a drive member (10) of the exposure mechanism (9) is s... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4695893 | Automatic focusing apparatus In an automatic focusing apparatus which detects sharpness signals from high-frequency components of brightness signals contained in video signals from video cameras and which stops a focusing lens of the video camera at a position at which its peak value... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4603958 | Automatic electronic flash An automatic electronic flash measures brightness of a predetermined photographing angle including a photographic object, and using the measured brightness and film sensitivity indicates a stop value to be set in camera when the photographic scenery has r... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4596449 | Zoom lens apparatus A zoom lens apparatus comprising a moving construction for moving a zoom-ratio adjusting barrel composed of a variator-lens amount and a compensator-lens mount by the rotation along the direction of the optical axis within the fixed barrel; a stepping mot... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4585313 | Lens drive device and optical lens assembly utilizing the same A lens drive mechanism comprising a lens mount, a basic barrel having a compartment defined therein for accommodating the lens mount for movement in a direction parallel to the optical axis, a pin member, and a generally semicircular cross-sectioned cam m... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4584477 | Method for measuring distance and optical distance meter In a method of distance measuring and an optical distance measuring apparatus, a pulse-modulated infrared light beam is irradiated to an object to produce a reflected light beam, which is then received by a resonance circuit, and intensity of output of th... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4572635 | Automatic film loading system In an automatic film loading system, a film winding spool (9) is driven at a higher speed by a motor (20) through gears (120, 12, 122, 13), and the film advancing sprocket (4) is driven by a speed to drive the film at a slower speed before catching of the... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4570205 | Strobe apparatus A lower part of a reflection mirror is cut away to admit light flooding downwards in a special photographing situation, for instance, close-up photography, by slidably removing an auxiliary movable mirror part from the cut away part. By sliding the movabl... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4564796 | Driving circuit for a stepping motor A driving circuit for a stepping motor drives the stepping motor in two-phase operation for most of the time period of driving and switches to a single-phase operation immediately before stopping the stepping motor, thereby achieving compatibility between... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4545667 | Camera with automatic strobe A camera with automatic strobe is provided with an electric motor which rotates only in a predetermined single direction, a motion transmitting apparatus comprising to spring means and an abutting means to transmit the energy of rotation to the strobe par... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4527875 | Illuminated finder The present invention relates to an illuminated finder comprising illuminating windows through which light is entered for looking at an image of an object and a view frame, each window being disposed on an upper and front surface of a camera, and comprisi... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4514084 | Distance measuring apparatus In a distance measuring apparatus in accordance with the present invention, a light beam of a wide solid angle is projected on a photographic object by means of a strobo light source, and reflected rays are received by a photoelectric device array which h... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4502768 | Camera with a built-in strobo The present invention relates to a camera with a built-in strobo which comprises a small strobo and a lens cover for protecting a photographing lens, the strobo operating when a flashing part is shifted to a predetermined position, and further comprises a... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4502770 | Motor drive circuit for still camera Controlling of film winding-up and film rewinding are carried out responding to an insertion of film, open and close of the back lid of the camera and moving of the film; and the motor is stopped when the status of the camera operation is abnormal, such a... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4472042 | Flash camera In a photographic camera provided with an electronic flash unit comprising a strobo lamp, the strobo lamp part is raised up and down by means of a small electric motor and gear link when the brightness of the object scenery is dark at a pressing of shutte... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4468592 | Strobo apparatus In a strobo apparatus comprising a power source part (A) containing a low voltage battery and a DC-DC converter circuit, a flashing part (B) containing a main capacitor and being separably connected with the power source part, and also has a detecting means fo... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467362 | Apparatus and method for transmitting ultrasonic wave An ultrasonic wave transmission apparatus built in an image producing apparatus with an auto-focusing apparatus has features that transmission timings are determined by processing a vertical synchronization signal produced in the video camera and that tra... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4454441 | Piezoelectric driving apparatus A number of piezoelectric discs are stacked with electrodes inbetween for application of DC voltage thereto through a pair of lead wires, forming piezoelectric blocks, and a plurality of the piezoelectric block are stacked to form a moving member, which i... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4453110 | Strobo flash apparatus In a strobo flash apparatus comprising a power source part and an exchangeable flashing part, the power source part includes a DC-DC converter circuit for inducing a D.C. high voltage and has a connecting plate with its edge parts are formed as grooves, t... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4371245 | Photographing lens system with focus informing means A photographing lens, which is to be mounted on a camera in an interchangeable manner is provided with a focus-informing means, which informs the photographer of focussings of the photographing lens during manual focussing operation thereof by buzzer or b... | 02/01/1983 |
