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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120013792 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE An electronic device in which a sliding member and a guide trench that regulates the moving path are formed in a device body, comprising the device body, wherein a slide member that slides along the surface of the device body is connected to the device body, the sliding... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110310294 | Camera Housing A camera housing capable of carrying camera components and peripherals is provided. The housing includes a front portion, a back portion and an intermediate portion in between. The intermediate portion is formed with an arched recess dimensioned to receive the shoulder ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110224499 | BODY-WORN VITAL SIGN MONITOR The invention provides a body-worn vital sign monitor that measures a patient's vital signs (e.g. blood pressure, SpO2, heart rate, respiratory rate, and temperature) while simultaneously characterizing their activity state (e.g. resting, walking, convulsing, falling) a... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110164173 | BALANCED MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT FOR, AND METHOD OF, STEADILY SUPPORTING A MOTION-SENSITIVE, IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE A balanced mounting arrangement stably supports a motion-sensitive, image capture device, and includes a mount for holding the device during image capture, and a handheld equipoising structure having a support platform on which the mount and the held device are mounted ... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110158630 | ELECTRONIC PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS In order to provide an electronic photographing apparatus capable of reduction in size and cost and obtaining a stable photographic image, the invention includes a structure having an electric circuit board and an electronic photographing apparatus constituting unit (ba... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110102669 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS An image pickup apparatus includes a body to which a lens barrel is attached, a grip portion fixed onto the body, the grip portion including a handle to be gripped in holding the body, an extension that extends from the handle to a object side, and a projection that upw... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110019081 | DEVICE FOR COUPLING A CAMERA AND LENS ASSEMBLY TO A BELT Embodiments of the invention provide a device for coupling a camera to an article of clothing, for example, a belt, of a wearer. The coupling device comprises a slot engaging portion on one end for engaging a slotted receptacle of a support structure. The device include... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019080 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE WITH PROTECTION FOR A LENS MODULE AND A DISPLAY SCREEN THEREOF An image capturing device includes a first device body and a second device body. The first device body includes a first front surface, a first rear surface, and a lens module disposed at the first front surface. The second device body is disposed rotatably in front of t... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100214470 | ADJUSTABLE HANDLE, PARTICULARLY FOR CAMERA The invention relates to a handle (1) for actuating a device such as a video camera. The handle includes indentations (3) for accommodating the fingers of the user. An adjustment system (5, 7, 8, 9, 11) enables the width (11, 12, 13, 14) of a... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100186234 | ELECTRIC SHAVER WITH IMAGING CAPABILITY System and method for improving the shaving experience by providing improved visibility of the skin shaving area. A digital camera is integrated with the electric shaver for close image capturing of shaving area, and displaying it on a display unit. The display unit can... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100182486 | Portable Image Acquisitioner with Micro Objective Lens A portable image acquisitioner with micro objective lens for photographing or observing with hand-holding is disclosed. The image acquisitioner includes a V-shaped foldable body and a rotatable lens. The body is composed of a first casing and a second casing pivotedly c... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100177168 | INTEGRATIVE SPECTACLE-SHAPED STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO MULTIMEDIA DEVICE An integrative spectacle-shaped stereoscopic video multimedia device includes a blinder and a video device disposed in the blinder. The video device includes two digital camera modules, an adjusting device for adjusting an axle distance and included angle between the di... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100149388 | CAMERA MODULE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SAME An exemplary camera module includes a barrel, first and second lens assemblies, a circuit board, first and second image sensors. The barrel includes a first inner space, a first light incident opening in communication with the first inner space, a second inner space and... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100128135 | MODULAR NIGHT VISION GOGGLES WITH PELLICLE A night vision goggle system is shown, including optical modules, a heads-up display (HUD) module, and a camera module. Each module may be added to and removed from the system without structural, electrical, or optical damage to itself or the remaining modules. Each opt... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100128167 | Foldable picture-taking device with scanning function The present invention relates to a foldable picture-taking device with scanning function including a picture-taking main body, a connecting module, and a supporting base module, wherein one end of the picture-taking main body is linked with a first revolving device and ... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100118158 | VIDEO RECORDING CAMERA HEADSET A wireless video recording camera headset providing hands-free video recording and a two-way audio relay to a wireless handset. A recorded video stream is saved to a non-volatile buffer in the headset and may be viewed, edited and manipulated via the wireless handset.... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100110192 | Mobile Surveillance System A mobile pan and tilt camera and display-control apparatus comprising a fully rotatable camera mounted to a vehicle for capturing images, a display-control box having an image display screen and control buttons for controlling said camera and its movement attached to an... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100085471 | DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF ELECTRONIC PENS A miniaturized optical component (36) for a camera pen has the shape of a plate and comprises at least two non-overlapping radiation-transmitting sections: an imaging section (36′) configured to transmit an image of an object plane, and an illuminating s... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100079664 | MOUNTING AND BRACKET FOR AN ACTOR-MOUNTED MOTION CAPTURE CAMERA SYSTEM The present invention relates to computer capture of object motion. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to capturing of facial movement or performance of an actor. Embodiments of the present invention provide a mounting bracket for a head-moun... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100073555 | IMAGE CAPTURE MODULE OF HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH POLYDIRECTIONAL ROTATION FUNCTION An image capture module of a handheld electronic device is provided. In the image capture module, a spherical casing cooperates with a fixing cover and accommodates a camera module. The spherical casing is fixed in a casing of the electronic device by the fixing cover. ... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100045842 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SLIDEABLE COVERS An electronic device with slideable covers is provided. The electronic device includes a main body. Two sliding slots are defined in each of side surfaces of the main body, and a receiving space is defined in one end of each sliding slot, another receiving space is defi... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100020229 | WEARABLE PERSONAL VIDEO/AUDIO DEVICE METHOD AND SYSTEM A system for capture and transmission of video and audio data includes multiple input devices, each designed to be worn by a user. The input devices capture video and audio signals corresponding to views available at the location of each user and transmit the informatio... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100007714 | FLEXIBLE IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS WITH A PLURALITY OF IMAGE FORMING UNITS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME A flexible image photographing apparatus includes a plurality of image photographing units to photograph a photographing object. A flexible body receives the plurality of image photographing units and may be transformed when a force is applied. A control portion is disp... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090317051 | Mobile Timestamp Systems and Methods of Use Computer-based systems and methods are disclosed for generating video clips for specific events. The system comprises at least a server, a video capture device, the video capture device being operatively coupled to the server, and one or more mobile timestamp devices, t... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090316040 | CAMERA MODULE A camera module includes a lens barrel, a lens holder, an image pickup device, and a plurality of springs supporting the lens holder in such a manner that the lens holder is movable along an optical axis of an imaging optical system. Each of the springs includes first a... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090284649 | REMOTE INSPECTION DEVICE A remote inspection device is provided for inspecting visually obscured locations. The device is generally comprised of a imager housing and a display housing disposed on opposite ends of a modular, flexible cable. An imaging device is embedded in the end of the cylindr... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090278974 | Hand-held imaging apparatus and storage medium storing program A hand-held imaging apparatus 10 comprises a lower housing 11, an upper housing 21, an outer camera 25, a lower LCD 12, a touch panel 13, and change means. The upper housing 21 is foldably connected to the lower housing <... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090268032 | CAMERA SYSTEM A camera apparatus, which can be worn on a person and provides hands-free operation, includes a housing for a camera and a mounting device for the housing on a person. The camera apparatus is able to transmit video signals and may also transmit and receive audio signals... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090262205 | Voice activated headset imaging system A voice activated headset imaging system and elements thereof enable hands-free imaging. Hands-free imaging in some embodiments of the invention comprises receiving by a headset assembly a voice command and executing by the headset assembly an imaging control instructio... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090256956 | IMAGING DEVICE AND SHOLDER PAD There is provided an imaging device including a main body having a front part and a rear part; and a lens mounted to the front part of the main body. The main body includes a slope formed in the rear part, the slope being inclined upward with respect to a bottom surface... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090256955 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ROTATABLE IMAGE-CAPTURING MODULE A portable electric device with a rotatable image-capturing function includes a casing, a main circuit board and a touch pen. The main circuit board is disposed in the casing. The touch pen has a pen body and an image-capturing module disposed at one end of the pen body... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090252490 | DIGITAL CAMERA WITH LEFT- OR RIGHT-HANDED OPERATION A digital camera has a housing and an exposure circuit in the housing. The digital camera further includes a locating post fixed on the housing, a rotatable assembly, and a shutter button electronically connected to the exposure circuit. The rotatable assembly has a hol... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090251593 | SHOULDER PAD, PAD UNIT, AND VIDEO CAMERA A pad main body of a shoulder pad includes an elastic pad part comprising two side walls provided to face each other, and a bottom wall provided between these side walls to form a U-shape along with the side walls; and a rib provided on the inside of the U shape of the ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090247245 | Improvements in or Relating to Electronic Headset Devices and Associated Electronic Devices An electronic headset comprising connectivity functionality, the connectivity functionality arranged to allow the headset to be operatively coupled to a remote associated electronic device for the transmission of signalling between the headset and the device, the headse... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090207303 | IMAGING APPARATUS An imaging apparatus includes an apparatus body, a monitor connected to the apparatus body, and a hinge mechanism including a support member. The supporting mechanism includes a mounting portion on a first end, the mounting portion being rotatably mounted on the apparat... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090195661 | INTERCONNECTED CAMERA MODULE AND PRINTER MODULE A camera module for a compact printer system. The camera module includes a CMOS image sensor that captures an RGB image when a take button is actuated. The RGB image is transformed to a suitable format, such as L*a*b*, for transfer directly to a printer module. The came... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090190026 | Pair of Spectacles with Miniature Camera A pair of spectacles with miniature camera (122) includes a front frame (1), spectacle lenses (2) and side arms (3). The ends of the front frame (1) are extended backwards to form extending portions (11, 12) with cavities (11... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090185071 | Portable Electronic Apparatus A portable electronic apparatus includes an exterior member which houses a main body of the apparatus and has an opening, a part of the main body being exposed through the opening; a lid which is attached to the exterior member so as to cover or uncover the opening; a h... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090161007 | Camera apparatus Disclosed is a camera apparatus including an enclosure configured to enclose an imaging unit, a terminal arrangement unit arranged adjacent to a curved surface of an edge portion of the enclosure, and a cover member for covering the terminal arrangement unit, configured... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090153729 | Reflowable Camera Module With Integrated Flash A reflowable camera module is implemented using a Chip Scale Package (CSP). An image sensor is formed on one portion of the carrier. A light emitting diode (LED) is formed on another portion of the carrier. The LED serves as an integrated camera flash. Additional optica... | 06/18/2009 |
