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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8174606 | Digital photographing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and recording medium storing program to execute the method to provide live view images in a photographing mode A digital photographing apparatus is provided including a lens unit, an imaging device, and a main mirror disposed between the lens unit and the imaging device, wherein the position of the main mirror can be changed so that the main mirror either reflects at least p... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169529 | Apparatus and methods for performing light metering in an imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor configured to capture an image of a subject, a finder optical system configured to enable a photographer to optically observe the subject, a light-metering unit configured to perform a light-metering operation for a ligh... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160425 | Storing video data in a video file A method of storing different video data in a video file is disclosed. The method processes a display of video windows (eg 621) each for displaying the different video data in an arrangement, and a user interface (eg 601) for selecting a period of the ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8023033 | Viewfinder and imaging apparatus A viewfinder includes: a main unit to be detachably attached to a camera body; and a display unit including a display portion on which a picture to be imaged at the camera body side; wherein the display portion includes a supporting member, a display panel including... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7847853 | Image taking apparatus and lens apparatus An image taking apparatus which can perform a focusing operation quickly is described. The image taking apparatus comprises a light splitting unit which splits a light flux from the image-taking lens into a plurality of light fluxes, a view finder optical system for... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7705907 | Image display apparatus and camera capable of having an electronic image superimposed on an optical image What is disclosed is a display apparatus that introduce an electronic image that is generated electronically into a viewing optical system through which an object is viewed to make the electronic image viewable in such a way as to be superimposed on an image of the ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7609316 | Optical viewfinder system of camera An optical viewfinder system includes: a lens element group (22), a beam splitter (30) and a window (40). The beam splitter is disposed behind the lens group. The window located behind the beam splitter, the lens element group and the beam split... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7456894 | Image pickup apparatus and display device An image pickup apparatus includes a case, a photographing optical system, an imaging element, and a viewfinder device. The viewfinder device includes a viewfinder case, a transmission liquid crystal panel, a lighting device, a first sheet polarizer, and a second sh... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7428381 | Electronic motion picture camera The invention relates to an electronic motion picture camera having an optical receiving system and a beam splitter which splits the receiving beam path into a taking beam path leading to an optoelectronic taking sensor and a viewfinder beam path leading to an optic... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7414669 | Image capturing apparatus with a laser-framing viewfinder An image capturing apparatus with a laser-framing viewfinder includes a housing, a laser source installed inside the housing for generating a laser beam, a first lens installed inside the housing for diverging the laser beam, a framing mask for masking the laser bea... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414664 | Image taking apparatus and lens apparatus An image taking apparatus performs a focusing operation quickly and includes a light splitting unit which splits a light flux from an image-taking lens into a plurality of light fluxes, a view finder optical system observing an object image formed by the light flux ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7400827 | Camera provided with optical finder According to the present invention, light from a taking lens is reflected by a quick return mirror in a lateral direction of a body unit. Then, after passing through a screen, the light is reflected toward an upper side of the body unit by a second mirror except par... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7391460 | Arrangement of bending optical systems in a picture taking lens unit and an optical finder unit of a camera A camera according to the present invention includes a picture-taking lens unit including a picture-taking optical system having a bending optical system which optically bends incident light and an optical finder unit including a finder optical system having a bendi... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7372447 | Microdisplay for portable communication systems The invention relates to a microdisplay system that utilizes a small high resolution active matrix liquid crystal display with an illumination system and a magnifying optical system to provide a hand held communication display device. The system can employ an LED il... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7358998 | Image switching apparatus providing an optical compensator An image switching apparatus for an electronic camera. The electronic camera has a lens, an image sensor and a viewfinder. The image switching apparatus includes a housing, an optical assembly and a reciprocating driving device. The housing is disposed between the l... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7334949 | Mirror box and electronic still camera A mirror box includes a mirror that is selectively set to one of a reflecting position, which is on an optical path between a photographing lens and an imaging device so that incident light passing through the photographing lens is reflected to a view-finder, and a ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336307 | Camera having accumulation operation in the period between the time of fully opening a leading shutter and the time of starting of a trailing shutter Disclosed is a camera including: an image-taking device; a shutter unit having a first shutter member that travels from a position where a shutter opening is closed to a position which is retreated from the opening, and a second shutter member that travels from the ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333143 | Light amount adjustment actuator unit, stepping motor, optical unit, and electronic camera An optical unit includes a first unit formed by accommodating, in a first case, an optical member which receives a light beam from an object, a light amount adjustment mechanism to adjust the amount of the light beam, and a light amount adjustment actuator unit cons... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324153 | Digital camera and power supply control thereof A digital camera, in which power supply to a display screen constituted by an LCD is ON/OFF-controlled, is disclosed. When drive power is supplied to the LCD, an object image is displayed on the LCD based on image data obtained by image pickup, and the LCD is used a... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321354 | Microdisplay for portable communication systems The invention relates to a microdisplay system that utilizes a small high resolution active matrix liquid crystal display with an illumination system and a magnifying optical system to provide a hand held communication display device. The system can employ an LED il... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319811 | Information processing apparatus and method A moving image processing apparatus can perform a zoom process for each frame image of moving image data in an digital zoom section. An image quality determining section determines an image quality of a frame image obtained through the zoom process in reproduction, ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7298410 | Automatically ejectable viewfinder of photographing apparatus and photographing apparatus having the same A viewfinder of a photographing apparatus to monitor a photographed image. The viewfinder of the photographing apparatus has a viewfinder body disposed to be drawn inside of the photographing apparatus body and outside of the photographing apparatus body, and a driv... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7292783 | Lens drive mechanism and image-taking apparatus A lens drive mechanism, enabled to move lens holding member in a stable state, is disclosed. The lens drive mechanism comprises: first and second guide members, each extending in a predetermined direction; a first lens holding member holding a first lens and includi... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292282 | Digital camera employing multiple light shielding walls A main frame of a camera body has a CMOS image sensor and an eyepiece of an optical finder, and the lens unit popped up from the camera body has a taking lens and an objective lens of the optical finder. Light shielding walls are formed on the main frame, and light ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7283211 | Distance-measuring optical apparatus, distance-measuring method, distance-measuring system, in-vehicle imager, and in-vehicle driving support apparatus A distance-measuring optical apparatus for measuring a distance to an object as a target comprises an imaging optical system; an image sensor; a driving section for moving at least the imaging optical system substantially perpendicular to an optical axis; an image s... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280151 | Video camera with a rotatable grip unit A video camera is disclosed which can make photographing without any compulsion. A rotary grip is provided on a side face of a camera body so as to be rotatable relative to the camera body, the camera body having an image pickup device, a camera lens and a circuit b... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7242383 | Portable microdisplay system An active matrix color crystal display has an active matrix circuit, a counterelectrode panel and an interposed layer of liquid crystal. The active matrix display is located in a portable microdisplay system that has a display computer that generates images to be di... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242431 | Viewfinder of photographing apparatus and camcorder having the same A viewfinder to be used with a photographing apparatus or a camcorder to monitor an image being photographed. The viewfinder has a viewfinder body disposed to be drawn inside of the photographing apparatus body and to be drawn out of the photographing apparatus body... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239351 | System matching finder view area and capture area in single-lens reflex image pickup apparatus, method thereof, and image pickup apparatus thereof A video camera obtains a capture scope obtained through finder optics of a single-lens reflex camera and indicated by a view frame mask. A PC detects the position corresponding to the capture scope from the captured image captured by the image pickup device of the s... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7224395 | Camera having a shutter to cut reverse-incident light from the eyepiece lens A camera comprises a beam splitter configured to divide an incident light from a subject through a photographing lens, an eyepiece lens configured to observe the incident light divided by the beam splitter with a viewfinder, a relay lens provided between the beam sp... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7209170 | Solid-state electronic image pickup apparatus and method of driving the same In order to reduce the frame rate, when all photodiodes contributing to output of a video signal in a CMOS image sensor must be simultaneously exposed (at the timing of strobe flashing Δts), as in a case where strobe is flashed, readout pixels composing the CMOS ty... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7184208 | Variable power finder and imaging apparatus A variable power finder is proposed, which comprises: an objective system; an inverting system; and an ocular system, in order from object side. The third lens group of the objective system is constituted by one lens prism having at least one reflection surface, and... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180542 | Imaging lens device and digital camera having the imaging lens device Imaging lens device has a zoom lens system and an image sensor. The zoom lens system has a first reflecting surface, a first movable lens unit, an aperture stop, a second reflecting surface, a second movable lens unit. A first reflecting surface bends a first optica... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176961 | Portable electronic device and portable cellular phone A portable electronic device is provided which an operator (photographer) has not an abnormal but favorable feeling from a design (aesthetic) viewpoint and which enables the operator to know an area in which a photograph can be successfully taken or a position of a ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7136104 | Mirror box and electronic still camera A mirror box comprises a quick return mirror and an optical low-pass filter. When observing a subject image, the quick return mirror is set to a reflecting position, in which the quick return to mirror is inclined to the optical axis of a photographing lens group by... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133070 | System and method for deciding when to correct image-specific defects based on camera, scene, display and demographic data A captured image is processed with one or more correction processes selected from a plurality of such processes, each associated with correction of a specific type of image defect, in order to improve the appearance of a viewed image generated from the captured imag... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130127 | Terrestrial telescope with digital camera A terrestrial telescope with digital camera has an imaging optical system having a group of objective lenses and an imaging element disposed at a position at which an optical image is formed by the group of objective lenses. An observation optical system is provided... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7119319 | Solid-state image sensing element and its design support method, and image sensing device A solid-state image sensing element has a photoelectric conversion element which converts incoming light into an electrical signal in accordance with an amount of the light, a microlens which is arranged on an incident surface, a light guide which is arranged betwee... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116364 | Method and apparatus for maintaining a consistent effective focal length in a digital camera A digital camera maintains a consistent effective focal length upon switching from a first focus mode to a second focus mode, the focus modes having different maximum focal lengths. Maintaining a consistent effective focal length across focus mode changes obviates t... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7112779 | Optical apparatus and beam splitter An optical apparatus is disclosed, which can take high-quality images by using light transmitted through a beam splitter. The optical apparatus comprises a light-receiving element and a beam splitter. The first surface of the beam splitter reflects part of incident ... | 09/26/2006 |
