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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6313870 | Modular photographic film digitizing apparatus An image input apparatus with a main unit; a film holding adaptor, freely attachable or detachable to or from the main unit, for holding a film; a carriage for holding an illuminator for illuminating a film held in the film holding adaptor and an imaging ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6164844 | Power transmission apparatus The invention is directed to an engaging mechanism. The engaging mechanism comprises a cam element which moves upon modification of an engaging position, a cam follower abutted against a cam surface of the cam element, a detecting element for detecting a ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6132110 | Pivotally mounted lens cover for a moveable lens barrel capable of being separated from the lens barrel upon the occurrence of an external force to protect the coupling mechanism from breakage A camera comprises a fixed lens barrel including a moving lens barrel moveable to a collapsed position for non-photography and to a thrust position for photography, and a lens cover capable of pivoting with support shafts, which lie parallel to a plane su... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6119333 | Mini-module with upwardly directed leads A power module with leads extending upwardly. The circuit components and connections of the power module are arranged upon a substrate having interface leads attached thereto extending away from the undersurface of the substrate. The interface leads exten... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6106164 | Transmission device of driving-force for camera A transmission device of driving-force for transmitting driving-force of various types of driving sources inside a camera. In order to provide the transmission device of driving-force that can contribute to downsizing of a camera without decreasing a tran... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6102585 | Camera having operating buttons which, while arranged in close proximity, are designed to prevent inadvertent operation thereof A camera including a hole drilled in the top surface of the outer housing member of the camera, a shaft extending across and fixed within the hole, a release button mounted within the hole in a manner such that the release button pivots about the shaft, a... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6104878 | Failure detection apparatus for storing and displaying the nature of the failure and the time of its occurrence A failure detection and storage device provided with a failure factor detection unit for detecting generation of a failure factor when the failure factor being capable of causing a failure of a camera is generated, a date-and-time information output unit ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6101336 | Camera with self-timer photographing function A camera with self-timer photographing function has a release button for a release switch operation, a self-timer photographing mode switching button, and the like. A photographing mode for a scene in which only a photographer enters a screen and a photog... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6101474 | Voice recording/reproducing apparatus A voice recording/reproducing apparatus includes an A/D converting circuit for converting an input analog voice signal into a digital signal; a digital signal processing circuit for coding the converted digital signal in a predetermined format and decoding the... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6099171 | Lens-shutter device A lens-shutter device of the present invention includes main blades and sub blades which can rotate in the opening and closing directions within an inner space formed by a case and a case cover. When the shutter is closed, protrusions of the case cover di... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6092817 | Adjustable tote A light-weight carrier comprised of hollow tubular members joined by angle brackets to form a substantially rectangular structure. Two longer sides extend beyond the ends of the two shorter sides. The first ends of the two longer sides receive and support... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6094223 | Automatic focus sensing device An automatic focus sensing device senses an in-focus position by using a high-frequency component in an image signal to step drive an imaging lens in the direction of the optical axis of the imaging lens while the image signal is being read in succession ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6086308 | Cart handling system Wheeled carts are pushed onto an inlet end of a conveyor and are automatically advanced, one at a time, to a cross conveyor for delivery to a cart loader conveyor. A cart loader is provided near the outlet end of the cart loader conveyor for automatically... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6081391 | Lens barrel A lens barrel includes a fixed frame, a plurality of lens groups disposed inside the fixed frame movably along an optical axis relative to the fixed frame, at least three lens holding frames holding at least one lens group, a cam frame having bottomed can... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6078409 | Film image input device with detachable cartridge holding unit In a scanner having a film image input unit for reading images from developed film stowed in a cartridge and a cartridge film holding unit capable of being detachably attached to the image input unit and of holding the cartridge, a locking mechanism is us... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6072955 | Abnormality detecting means for detecting whether abnormal condition has occurred or not when failure factor is applied A failure detection and storage device provided with a failure factor detection unit for detecting generation of a failure factor when the failure factor being capable of causing a failure of a camera is generated, a date-and-time information output unit ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6072643 | Lens barrel A lens barrel of the present invention includes a fixed frame, a plurality of lens groups disposed on the inner circumference of the fixed frame movably along an optical axis direction with respect to the fixed frame, at least three lens holding frames fo... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6070353 | Hammer for a portable firearm A hammer for a portable firearm, such as automatic pistol, which hammer is at least partially exposed and has a hammer piece (1), arranged for firing a bullet cartridge by striking action and an end piece (2) extending a given distance for facilitating gr... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6068205 | On-off control for sprinklers and the like employing a sealing membrane In an automatic on-off sprinkler, water enters an inlet and passes through a hollow interior region to the outlet. A reciprocating member in the hollow region normally blocks the outlet when water entering a narrow passageway fills a central chamber above... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6067418 | Camera with a shake detection function A camera with a shake detection function includes a shake detector for detecting a camera shake, a signal amplifier which performs a differential amplification based on an output of the shake detector and a voltage value output by a camera controller, whi... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6067398 | Image recording apparatus In an image recording apparatus according to this invention, an image recording media which has an image data recording area and an image data management area for managing the recording state of image data in the image data recording area and cannot be ov... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6055586 | Image manipulating system including means for displaying an image and information relating to transfer of an image An image manipulating system according to the present invention can perform interval recording for repeatedly recording supplied image information at predetermined time intervals. Herein, a limit value of recording time intervals designative depending on ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6041187 | Power transmission apparatus The invention is directed to an engaging mechanism. The engaging mechanism comprises a cam element which moves upon modification of an engaging position, a cam follower abutted against a cam surface of the cam element, a detecting element for detecting a ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6039476 | Drive force transmission mechanism having inclined drive shaft for camera Drive force transmission device for a camera, namely, a film drive mechanism for a camera, in which a drive force of a motor is transmitted through a differential gear mechanism to a wind shaft and a rewind shaft and is also transmitted through a screw ge... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6036385 | Adaptable pressure writing instrument holder An instrument holder, which may be separate from or integral with the instrument for persons with or without physical disabilities. A central bore enables insertion of instruments of varying shapes. Gripping surfaces include a compound bevel downward and ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6035136 | Zoom lens barrel A zoom lens barrel is intended to ensure precision in dimensions for a cam groove and contribute to realization of a compact and lightweight design and reduction in cost of manufacturing. The zoom lens barrel has a cam cylinder that is a cam member having... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6033130 | Lens cover and a lens cover support assembly mounted external to a lens barrel A lens cover mounted camera with a lens cover movable to selectively assume at least a closing condition that covers a front surface of a photographing lens and an opening condition that exposes the front surface of the photographing lens, and further hav... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6031915 | Voice start recording apparatus A voice start recording apparatus includes a voice level determining circuit for determining whether consecutive frames of input voice is sound or silent, each frame being a coded voice signal; a continuity monitoring circuit for monitoring continuity of ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6024457 | Lens barrel A lens barrel is provided with: first and second lens frames which are adapted to be able to make a relative displacement therebetween and are adapted so that an inner peripheral portion of one of the first and second lens frames overlaps with an outer pe... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6026245 | Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus having a main power source in a main unit thereof, a lens frame supported so that it can be moved in an optical-axis direction relative to the main unit of the imaging apparatus, a lens frame driving mechanism for advancing or with dr... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6023592 | Camera with modular components A camera body comprises a lens barrel unit, a spool chamber unit forming a spool chamber, a patrone chamber unit forming a patrone chamber, and a rail member that has an aperture that is provided so that a beam from the lens barrel unit can pass through a... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6023591 | Camera having ejector for film cartridge A camera according to the present invention which uses a film cartridge equipped with an indicating section for indicating an exposed state of a film housed within the film cartridge. The camera comprises a film compartment for accommodating the film cart... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6005616 | Frame-by-frame color image pickup apparatus In a frame-by-frame color image pickup apparatus, images of light components transmitted through red, green, and blue filters of a rotating filter are introduced to an image pickup device arranged in an optical path with rotating filter. The cells in the ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5999750 | Camera Disclosed is a camera comprising a camera main body composed of a plurality of units including at least a lens barrel unit, a spool chamber unit and a Patrone chamber unit, a strobe unit including a strobe light emitter which is movable to a light emissio... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5999749 | Light projector for camera and method of adjusting the same A light projector for camera including a light emission lamp having a filament, a lamp mounting frame which holds the light emission lamp integrally therewith as well as has a pair of support shafts projecting from opposite the sides thereof with one of t... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5997006 | Bidirectional gasket having water energizing pockets A bidirectional gasket providing a water-tight seal between a manhole assembly and a pipe, having a T-shaped anchoring portion for embedment in a manhole opening. An A-shaped pipe engagement portion joined to the anchoring portion by a connecting web faci... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5995302 | Lens barrel A lens barrel of the present invention includes a fixed frame, a plurality of lens groups disposed on the inner circumference of the fixed frame movably along an optical axis direction with respect to the fixed frame, at least three lens holding frames fo... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992900 | Pressure actuated pipe swivel joint A packless swivel joint capable of rotation without the necessity for a mechanical drive includes a hollow tubular member provided with helical corrugations of tight pitch and a corrugation pitch to corrugation with ratio of between two to one to three to... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5991549 | Camera having a strobe unit The present invention provides a camera having strobe unit, comprising a strobe flashing unit for emitting illumination light toward an object, a switch for switching states of flashlight emanating from the strobe flashing unit by selecting normal flashli... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5987268 | Film loading device having cartridge positioning shaft for camera A film loading device of a camera receiving a film accommodating type cartridge has a cartridge chamber lid turnably supported in a loose state and a positioning shaft having a slidingly supported inclined portion attached to a presser member fixed to the... | 11/16/1999 |
