Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| 20080198258 | Single lens reflex type electronic imaging apparatus There is disclosed an electronic imaging apparatus capable of selecting a first observation mode in which a subject image is observed using an optical finder and a second observation mode in which the subject image is acquired as image data from an image pickup device a... | 08/21/2008 |
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| 20080002964 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A DIGITAL READING GLASS A method (50) and system for a digital reading glass (10) in a camera phone can include, a display (22), and a processor (11) coupled to the camera (14) and display. In addition, the digital reading glass can further include a light so... | 01/03/2008 |
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| 20070212056 | Single-lens reflex camera A single-lens reflex camera has a first image pickup device as a main image pickup device, a second image pickup device for live-view observation, a reflection mirror which switches an optical path between an optical path directed toward the first image pickup device an... | 09/13/2007 |
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| 20070140683 | Image capture apparatus An image capture apparatus has an electronic view finder assembly. The assembly has a casing including inner and outer casings; an accommodation spacing, an opening, a cover, an eye cup portion, a stopper, and a dust prevention cushion. The accommodation spacing accommo... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070122134 | Imaging device The present invention provides an imaging device having a shake correction device which corrects image shake by moving a portion of a photographic lens or by moving an imaging element, which is capable of displaying images obtained from the imaging element as a live vie... | 05/31/2007 |
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| 20060263080 | Digital camera A digital camera includes a first imaging section for acquiring subject image data, a movable mirror for guiding the light beam of the subject to a finder optical system, and a second imaging section for capturing the subject image data in the finder optical system. In ... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060210265 | Digital camera A lens-interchangeable digital camera having a body, a taking lens that is detachably attached to the body and is driven by a motor provided in the taking lens or a motor provided in the body, a lens determining unit configured to determine a kind of the taking lens att... | 09/21/2006 |
| 20060210263 | Digital photographing apparatus having two display panels, and method of controlling the same A digital photographing apparatus includes: a first display panel; and a second display panel which performs a first motion that moves the second display panel between a first position, where the second display panel covers the first display panel, and a second position... | 09/21/2006 |
| 20060177214 | Image display device and image display program An image display device includes: a storage device that stores a plurality of images; a display section; and a control section that reads out an image of interest from the storage device to make the display section display the image of interest, wherein when a first man... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060140621 | Imaging apparatus with display and image display apparatus A digital camera is provided with a vertically long camera body having an approximately rectangular solid shape. An LCD panel provided in a rear surface of the camera body is arranged such that longitudinal directions of the display screen and the camera body correspond... | 06/29/2006 |
| 20060051083 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program Disclosed is an information processing apparatus, wherein an operation mode at power-on is set to an optimal operation mode for a user in accordance with a state of a display panel unit. According to an embodiment of the present invention, an information processing appa... | 03/09/2006 |
| 20060008267 | Method and apparatus for adjusting exposure for a camera A camera phone and method for automatically adjusting the exposure of a camera in order to improve image of an object is previewed with a current exposure, data is extracted from frames of the previewed image and analyzed to determine illumination of the previewed objec... | 01/12/2006 |
| 20050286888 | Vertical and horizontal pictures taken without camera rotation This invention describes a method for changing a picture orientation of a picture taken by an image sensor of an electronic device, e.g., for taking horizontal and vertical pictures, preferably having identical picture size and a picture aspect ratio, without changing a... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050259180 | Electronic device with a multi-axis turning function An electronic device with a multi-axis turning function has a main body, a rotation member, a display, an operation portion, a first pivot, a second pivot and a third pivot. The main body has a lens positioned on an end thereof and a first axis co-axial with the lens. T... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050157184 | Image capturing apparatus An image capturing apparatus for capturing and recording images, including a function switch section for switching at least first and second image capturing functions, a first operation member which is operated to start image capturing in the first image capturing funct... | 07/21/2005 |
| 20050013605 | Digital camera A digital camera provided with a mirror to reflect part of the object image light and transmit the remaining light, a finder to capture part of the reflected light, an image sensor to capture and photoelectrically convert the remaining transmitted light to image signals... | 01/20/2005 |
