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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7660012 | Gradation image forming apparatus and gradation image forming method A gradation image forming apparatus comprises a gradation data generation section. The gradation data generation section generates gradation data in each pixel of a gradation image based on at least one table of a reference color number corresponding to a pixel valu... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7610421 | Bus request control circuit A bus request control circuit provided in a signal processing circuit having a higher priority in an arbitration circuit includes a request signal transmitting section which transmits a request signal to request a bus right to the arbitration circuit. A request ackn... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7609960 | Finder device and camera The present invention discloses a finder device and camera including the finder device having an information display device arranged near a mat screen on which a subject image is formed, and an imaging device for acquiring a finder image including the subject image ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7602993 | Image processing and display using a plurality of user movable viewer areas The image processing method includes specifying an original image to be processed, displaying the specified original image, dividing the image into a plurality of movable or transformable areas, selecting one of the divided areas, specifying image processing to be p... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7593634 | Digital camera The present invention discloses a digital camera having a live view mode for continuously capturing and displaying a series of subject images, in which when the live view mode is selected, a computation part initializes an aperture mechanism based on photographing l... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7593631 | Camera having focusing device In a camera having a focusing device, the direction of moving a focus lens included in a photographing lens is varied depending on the defocus state with reference to a specific position (e.g., reverse point) of the focus lens. For example, a camera having a defocus... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7593148 | Image compressing method and image compression apparatus An image compressing method includes: separating image data obtained from an image pickup device into each primary color component; obtaining difference data between each piece of image data of color components of colors other than a reference color in the image dat... | 09/22/2009 |
| D600701 | Interface for a digital camera | 09/22/2009 |
| 7548267 | Digital single-lens reflex camera A digital single-lens reflex camera comprises: an optical viewfinder; a retractable movable mirror for guiding subject images to the optical viewfinder; an image display device, serving as an electronic viewfinder, for displaying a subject image captured by an image... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7523087 | Determining and/or designating better ad information such as ad landing pages The performance (e.g., in terms of selection rates, conversion rates, revenues, profits, etc.) of different ad landing pages may be evaluated and compared by (i) for a given ad or collection of ads, serving the ad with the different ad landing pages (e.g., by rotati... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7522828 | Interchangeable lens type camera system and intermediate accessory An interchangeable lens type camera system in which an intermediate accessory is removably attached between a camera body and a lens barrel includes a first CPU provided in the camera body, a second CPU provided in the intermediate accessory, and a third CPU provide... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7522191 | Optical image capturing device An optical image capturing device which is configured to carry out underwater photographing, and comprises a selecting section configured to select a plurality of photographing modes including an underwater photographing mode, an imaging member to obtain an object i... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7519731 | Comparing configuration information for a data forwarding device Techniques for comparing sets of configuration information for data forwarding devices, such as routers, are disclosed. Scoping may be used to limit comparisons to particular hierarchical levels and/or categories of sets of configuration information. Different users... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7512327 | Image capturing device having blurring correction function and blurring correction method An image capturing device and a blurring correction method in which an imaging unit or a blurring correction optical system is driven to correct blurring in response to an output of a vibration detecting sensor. In such blurring correction, when a driving mechanism ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511900 | Lens barrel A lens barrel of the present invention is of a retractable type. After one frame is retreated from a photographing optical path, another frame moves in an optical axis direction to a position where the one frame has been disposed. The one frame is, for example, a le... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7508439 | Digital camera having a movable image display screen Disclosed is a digital camera which does not need a dedicated exclusive lens barrier and permits use in compact states in normal photography. The digital camera comprises a camera body, a photographing lens which is provided on the front side of the camera body, an ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7502555 | Information terminal device This is an information terminal device for receiving signals transmitted by a camera device. The device comprises information memory for storing information, a receiving unit for receiving a signal wirelessly transmitted by the camera device and a transmitting unit ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7499952 | Digital camera and image data recording method A digital camera includes an image shooting section which obtains at least one set of image data by shooting. A metadata creating section creates metadata including a plurality of data elements indicative of information concerning the at least one set of image data ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499639 | Electronic imaging device There is disclosed an electronic imaging device having an imaging element, a mechanism which removes dust attached to the imaging element or an optical element disposed in front of the imaging element, and a display section which displays that at least the mechanism... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7495692 | Image processing device and electronic camera In an image processing device such as an electronic camera having a detecting section which detects blurring of an image (movement of the image) picked up by an imaging element, a part of evaluation or calculation required for controls (AF, AE, AWB, etc.) is perform... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7492408 | Electronic imaging apparatus with anti-dust function An electronic imaging apparatus includes an imaging optical system which forms an optical image of an object. A photoelectric conversion element converts the optical image into an electric signal. The optical element is arranged between the imaging optical system an... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7491491 | Detecting and/or measuring a substance based on a resonance shift of photons orbiting within a microsphere Detecting and/or measuring a substance based on a resonance shift of photons orbiting within a microsphere of a sensor. Since the resonance of the microsphere has a large quality factor, the sensor is extremely sensitive. The sensor includes the microsphere coupled ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7489339 | Print system, and printer and digital camera making up system In a print system including a digital camera and a printer functionally connected, a secondary battery of the camera is charged by receiving electric power supplied from the printer. The digital camera displays the state of the secondary battery. ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7488287 | Ultrasonic diagnosing system An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has an ultrasonic endoscope, an ultrasonic observing portion, a position detecting unit, a monitor, a keyboard, and a mouse. Cross-sectional planes in parallel therewith are set to radial tomographic images, an intersecting line se... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7486326 | Optical apparatus having dust off function An optical apparatus having dust-off function comprises a dust-off filter located in the vicinity of an optical electronic device such as an image-pickup element, an image display element, or the like. An optical apparatus includes a mechanism that controls vibratin... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7483164 | Image processing apparatus Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus having a memory to store taken image data, for effecting image processing on the stored image data, including: an image data storage control section for outputting block data end signals indicating data end of blocke... | 01/27/2009 |
| D583825 | Icon for portion of display or screen | 12/30/2008 |
| 7471312 | Printing system, image operating system, printing method, and storage medium A printing system includes: a camera unit for performing an electro-optic conversion on an image from a subject, generating image data storable in a storage unit, and storing print instruction information as associated with the image data according to the capture in... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7463639 | Edge devices for providing a transparent LAN segment service and configuring such edge devices A transport LAN segment service is provided over a transport network. The transport network will include edge devices configured to support one or more transparent LAN segments. Configuration is simplified by advertising TLS-port-label information, layer 2 address l... | 12/09/2008 |
| D582465 | Digital camera | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463591 | Detecting data plane liveliness of a label-switched path Detecting if a label-switched path (LSP) is functioning properly. To test that packets that belong to a particular Forwarding Equivalence Class (FEC) actually end their MPLS LSP on an label switching router (LSR) that is an egress for that FEC, a request message car... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7456869 | Imaging device and imaging device adjusting method An imaging device according to one aspect of the present invention has a CCD, a mechanical shutter which prevents transmission of incident light beams to the CCD, a main CPU which sequentially reads stored electric charges obtained by the CCD in a plurality of field... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7456873 | Image signal processing system and camera for obtaining luminance-system signal and color-system signal Briefly, a camera according to the present invention includes a first signal processing system having a first gamma conversion processing unit for subjecting an output from an image pick-up device to gamma conversion processing and a luminance signal generating unit... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457483 | Image processing apparatus, image processing program and storage medium There is disclosed an image processing program causing a computer to perform the following operations setting image processing executed for a processing target image as application image processing, setting a plurality of predetermined processing parameter values us... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7452143 | Electrostatic actuator, shutter device, imaging module, and camera A shutter device comprising a fixed member which has a plurality of electrodes arranged on a surface, a light-transmitting region which is provided in the fixed member, a light-shielding member which is able to move between two positions where the light-transmitting... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453499 | Electric camera and signal amplification ratio adjusting method for therefor In an electronic camera according to the present invention, an electric charge is stored in a CCD as a light receiving signal having at least color information with respect to received light beams. Standard color information is acquired by an imaging circuit and a m... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453515 | Data processing device for controlling audio recording and picture taking According to the present invention, a data processing device includes an imaging unit for outputting a taken picture as image data, a memory for temporarily storing the image data output from the imaging unit every at least one frame, a power source for applying pow... | 11/18/2008 |
| D580467 | Digital camera | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450171 | Distance-measuring device installed in camera The present invention provides a distance-measuring device has an AF area sensor that includes an image pick up element formed on a semiconductor substrate for receiving two images having a parallax therebetween, and a photo reception signal processing circuit forme... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450838 | Camera having autofocus adjustment function A camera has a contrast detection section which detects contrast of an object image signal obtained through a taking lens, and a multipoint distance measuring section which ranges a plurality of points in a photographic screen through a pair of optical systems diffe... | 11/11/2008 |
