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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189093 | Drive unit and drive module To provide a drive unit and a drive module which include a shape memory alloy as a drive source to move a driven member and are capable of the high-precision movement of the driven member to a reference position. A drive unit and a drive module can be provided by co... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8174608 | Drive unit and drive module A drive unit and drive module which use a shape memory alloy as a drive source to move a driven member, and which can drive at a high speed, independently of the ambient temperature and the position of the driven member. The timing of moving the driven member is con... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8115856 | Camera module A camera module includes a circuit board of a grounding pad, a lens module, and a voice-coil motor. The voice-coil motor for receiving and driving the lens module automatically focus comprises a main body, a metallic casing and a grounding structure. The metallic ca... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8068167 | SMA actuator driving device, and image pickup device incorporated with the same In a shape memory alloy actuator driving device, a predetermined constant current is applied to a shape memory alloy member as a retrieval signal to detect a terminal voltage of the shape memory alloy member, and a detection result of the terminal voltage is compare... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7990463 | Multi-stage lens driving device A multi-stage lens driving device for driving an optical lens so as to perform the functions of zooming and/or focusing comprises: a front cover, a rear cover, a plurality of yokes, a plurality of driving coils, a lens seat, and a plurality of permanent magnets. The... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990464 | Focusing device with uninterrupted excitation A focusing device includes a vertical-synchronization-signal generator generating a vertical-synchronization-signal sequence including vertical synchronization signals, an excitation-sequence generator generating an excitation sequence according to the vertical-sync... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7952639 | Piezoelectric actuator element for micromovement An actuator element comprises at least two actuator arms. Each of the at least two actuator arms is fixed to a first mount part at a first end of the actuator arm and to a second mount part at a second end of the actuator arm. The at least two actuator arms are conf... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7893989 | Camera unit for driving lenses and method of manufacturing the same A camera unit includes a soft substrate on which electrode regions and an image pickup device region are disposed, a driving electrode group disposed on one of the electrode regions, an image pickup device disposed on the image pickup device region, stationary unit ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7847856 | Digital camera The present invention discloses a digital camera having a camera body and a lens unit removably mounted on the camera body, in which the camera body calculates, based on information related to the lens unit, an optimum moving speed as an optimum speed for moving the... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7787044 | Lens module with ramped lens and camera module with same A lens module includes a lens barrel, a first lens, an adjusting disk and at least one first elastic member. The first lens has at least three first sloping portions thereon each having a lower end and a higher end gradually sloping from the lower end. The first slo... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7705909 | Camera module with improved leaf spring attachment A camera module for small digital cameras and camera-equipped cellular phones includes a lens unit; a holder housing the lens unit and displaceable along an optical axis; a coil on the holder; a yoke and magnets in the yoke providing a magnetic field to the coil; a ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7675565 | Digital camera module with lens moveable via radially magnetized magnets A digital camera module includes a lens assembly, a magnetic field generator, a shell and radially magnetized magnets. The magnetic field generator has a moving direction and surrounds the lens assembly. The shell covers the lens assembly. The radially magnetized ma... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675566 | Camera module A camera module 100 includes a movable section 10 that includes a lens 11, a fixed section 30 having a hollow space extending in the optical axis direction of the lens 11, and an elastic body 40 that elastically supports the... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7564498 | Camera with positioning device used to capture magnified and demagnified images To provide a camera that is suited to shoot both a demagnified image and a magnified image. The camera includes a housing body 11 containing a CCD 15, and a lens barrel 12. An abutted member 20 having an objective lens 40 therein i... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7561202 | Image device with lens adjustment for various environmental conditions A digital camera 100 including a lens unit 1a, and a first actuator 71 and a second actuator 72, which deform by being supplied with electric power, thereby moving the lens unit. The digital camera 100 includes a ROM 12 | 07/14/2009 |
| 7551224 | Digital camera module with auto-focusing function The digital camera module with an auto-focusing function includes a lens barrel (10), a lens mount (20) and an image pick-up sensor (50). The lens barrel has at least one lens (14) positioned therein. The lens mount includes a first frame... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7480004 | Two-step auto focus lens system A two-step auto focus lens system for a digital camera so that the digital camera can switch between a near focal point and a far focal point. The two-step auto focus lens system includes a coil base, a sensor, and a lens barrel. The coil base has two ends and a coi... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7468753 | Use of telephone-specific components to provide refocusing in a camera-ready device A telecommunications device includes a portable telephone unit having both wireless communication capability and image capture capability, with a refocusing arrangement that is mechanically driven by operations of telephone components primarily included to enable te... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7446811 | Driving controller and method for driving plural driving units and image sensing apparatus A driving controller is adapted for controlling driving of a plurality of driving units physically connected with one another, at least one of which includes a driving member frictionally engaged with a driven member. It is detected whether the driven member is bein... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444073 | Digital camera module with auto-focusing function A digital camera module (100) with an auto-focusing function is adapted for use in a foldable electronic device. The digital camera module includes a lens mount (10), a lens barrel (20), a voice coil actuator (40), and an image pick-up mo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7421195 | Apparatus for acquiring focussing information and method of acquiring focusing information A storage unit is configured to store beforehand a table that shows a relation between spread parameters and command values supplied to a control unit to acquire a focused image of an object, and information that designates a command value corresponding to an inflec... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7403229 | Testing of miniaturized digital camera modules with electrical and/or optical zoom functions A test apparatus and method for testing the zoom of a miniature digital camera module is presented. A combination of focus targets are illuminated by different colors of light and simultaneously viewed by the digital camera module. The focus targets range from a far... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400458 | Imaging optics with wavelength dependent aperture stop An imaging system includes a wavelength dependent aperture stop, which transmits light with different ranges of wavelengths through apertures of different diameters. Thus, different colored light will have different F-stops, which can be selected based on the power ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7391464 | Camera unit for driving lenses and method of manufacturing the same A camera unit includes a soft substrate on which electrode regions and an image pickup device region are disposed, a driving electrode group disposed on one of the electrode regions, an image pickup device disposed on the image pickup device region, stationary unit ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7362369 | Image-taking control apparatus for controlling a plurality of drivable parts of said apparatus such that each drivable part finishes its operation at substantially the same time An image-taking control apparatus lets the operations of a plurality of drivable parts, including a first drivable part whose driving speed can be switched only in steps, finish substantially simultaneously. A speed selector selects an operation speed for each of th... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352404 | Digital camera including defocus prevention A digital camera includes a mirror box having a lens mount to which a photographing lens is mounted; an image pick-up device having an imaging surface for capturing an object image which is focused on the imaging surface through the photographing lens; and a frame p... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342606 | Zoom lens system for camera A zoom lens system includes a zoom base to which an image pickup device can be coupled, a driving source for generating rotational force in accordance with a control signal of a control unit disposed in the electronic facility, plural power transmission gears dispos... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333724 | Camera and piezo ceramic motor therefor A camera has an axially moveable cylinder retaining a lens and a piezo ceramic motor for axially moving the cylinder. The motor has a piezo ceramic drive member that incrementally advances the cylinder in response to the application of an electric potential and a pi... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7330213 | Camera for shooting demagnified and magnified images A camera for shooting both a demagnified image and a magnifed image. In an embodiment, the camera includes a housing body containing a CCD, and a lens barrel. An abutted member having an objective lens therein is engaged with the lens barrel and a rotatable manually... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7289152 | Electronic image pickup system including a zoom lens and an electronic image pickup device located on an image plane side of the zoom lens The invention makes a suitable selection from zoom modes and lens elements so thin that the thickness of each lens group can reduced, thereby slimming down a zoom lens with great thoroughness and, hence, an electronic image pickup system. The electronic image pickup... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7274805 | Method of driving surveillance camera by using rotary electric machine There is no surveillance camera system optimum for monitoring an important monitor place by a surveillance camera mainly for crime prevention day and night without humans in attendance, which can automatically monitor the place without humans in attendance and, when... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7271511 | Autofocus actuator An autofocus actuator includes a cover which is provided with elastic tabs in addition to protrusions to which a stopper attached to a holder with a lens unit abuts when the holder is excessively displaced by, for example, a fall of an electronic equipment provided ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7233358 | Autofocus adaptor An autofocus adapter for detachably mounting between an imaging lens and a camera body and for detecting the focus state of the imaging lens is disclosed. The autofocus adapter includes two focus state detecting elements with light receiving surfaces slightly displa... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7212242 | Electronic image pickup system The invention makes a suitable selection from zoom modes and lens elements so thin that the thickness of each lens group can reduced, thereby slimming down a zoom lens with great thoroughness and, hence, an electronic image pickup system. The electronic image pickup... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212358 | Digital camera system with piezoelectric actuators A digital camera is constructed with multiple lenses mounted in a pair of tubular elements which are nested together for relative axial movement. Movement is provided by piezoelectric actuators mounted externally to a support tube on flexible printed circuit board e... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7203009 | Lens device A lens device in which a first movable lens holding frame and a second movable lens holding frame are moved along an optical axis by rotating a cam cylinder rotatably provided on a lens barrel, an escape channel for escapement of a portion of the second movable lens... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7173661 | Image-capturing device and camera An image-capturing device includes a photographic optical system; an image-capturing element provided rearward of the photographic optical system along an optical axis of the photographic optical system, which captures an image of a subject by receiving a light flux... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170559 | Image pickup apparatus having a beam limiting member The present invention relates to a compact and low-cost image pickup apparatus that is capable of photographing a high-quality image comparable to silver halide photographs even when the image is enlarged to 8×10″ size or larger and that enables the depth of fiel... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167203 | Digital camera having controller for reducing occurrences of blur in displayed images A digital camera comprises a camera body and an image sensing unit. The image sensing unit is provided with a taking lens and an image sensing device for taking images and with an optical viewfinder. The camera body is provided with a controller for controlling the ... | 01/23/2007 |
