Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8125561 | Zooming optical system and electronic image pickup apparatus using the same A zooming optical system having six lens groups includes in order from an object side, a first lens group having a positive refracting power, which is fixed at the time of zooming, a second lens group having a negative refracting power, which is movable at the time ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8107001 | Image forming optical system and electronic image pickup apparatus using the same An image forming optical system includes in order from an object side to an image surface, a first lens group having a positive refracting power, a second lens group having a negative refracting power, and a third lens group having a positive refracting power. At th... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8098323 | Camera system and camera body A camera system having a camera body and an interchangeable lens is made more convenient to use. A camera system 1 includes an interchangeable lens unit 2 and a camera body 3. A body microcomputer 10 of the camera body 3 decides wh... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8089555 | Optical chromatic aberration correction and calibration in digital cameras Methods and the corresponding device are presented for the correction of lateral chromatic aberration within a digital camera or other imaging device, using calibration approaches that do not require previously acquired lens data to effect the correction. An in-came... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8077254 | Portable camera having lens assembly switching mechanism A portable camera having a lens assembly switching mechanism is provided. The portable camera includes a camera main body, a camera module, a slab module and a coupling structure. The camera main body has a camera opening formed in a first surface thereof. The camer... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077255 | Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus capable of performing phase difference detection while allowing light to enter an imaging device is provided. An imaging unit (1) includes an imaging device (10) including light receiving sections (11b, 11b | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072532 | Camera module with switching lenses An exemplary camera module includes a printed circuit board, an image sensor, a spacer and a lens holder. The image sensor and the spacer are both mounted on the printed circuit board. The lens holder is arranged on and is rotatable relative to the spacer. The lens ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068168 | Device for connecting a camera lens to a movie camera A device for connecting a camera lens to a movie camera has a camera housing with a lens mount and a device for acquiring data relating to the camera lens connected to the lens mount. Said device further comprising a miniaturized electronic system with data memory f... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8054373 | Lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus and method for controlling the same Provided are a lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus that can use a suitable lens according to a photographing circumstance, a method of controlling the lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus, and a recording medium having recorded there... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049814 | Holographic microscope The preferred embodiments of the present invention include a holography attachment device that is attachable to a digital imaging device to form a holographic microscope. The holography attachment device includes a chamber having at least one attachment mechanism to... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8013930 | Imaging apparatus and exposure control method used for the same An imaging apparatus includes a shutter drive section, an aperture blade drive section, an ND filter drive section, a light intensity detection section, a memory, and a control section. The shutter drive section opens and closes a shutter for a light receiving surfa... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7999875 | Solid-state imaging device A solid-state imaging device includes column amplifiers that are each provided for a different one of column signal lines. Each column amplifier includes: a constant current circuit that supplies a constant current; an amplifier circuit that is connected in series w... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995134 | Image pickup apparatus At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an image pickup apparatus that has an external sensor for detecting brightness separately from an image sensor for obtaining an image pickup signal and controls the insertion and removal of a filter into and from an i... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7932952 | Light quantity adjusting device, optical system having the same, and image taking apparatus An optical performance is deteriorated by a minute phase difference of transmission wave front of an ND filter. In a light quantity adjusting device which includes an ND filter (P1) for attenuating a quantity of light passing through an aperture formed by dia... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929046 | Image-pickup apparatus, lens apparatus and image-pickup system having combination identification function An image-pickup system is disclosed which is capable of performing highly accurate back focus adjustment for each combination of an image-pickup apparatus and a lens apparatus. The system includes a first memory provided in the image-pickup apparatus and stores firs... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7911528 | Image pickup apparatus At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an image pickup apparatus that has an external sensor for detecting brightness separately from an image sensor for obtaining an image pickup signal and controls the insertion and removal of a filter into and from an i... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7864241 | Lens barrel, camera and mobile information terminal A lens barrel includes: a lens frame retaining at least one portion of the plurality of lens groups; a first lens cylinder supporting the lens frame inside thereof and including a plurality of cam followers on an outer circumferential section thereof; and a second l... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7852399 | Multi-eye image pickup device A stereo camera comprises a camera body, a lens barrel rotatably attached to the camera body, and a converter lens barrel 14 detachably attached to the camera body. The lens barrel contains a pair of a first imaging optical system and a first CCD, and a pair ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7843504 | Camera cap with a white balance insert A dual-purpose camera cap functions as a camera lens protector and a white balance filter. The camera cap includes a camera cap body having a locking mechanism or a flexible member to engage with or fitted over a camera lens housing. The camera cap body also include... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7821569 | Converter lens attachment with built-in light source for compact digital camera A converter lens attachment with a built-in light source for macrophotography by a compact camera is disclosed. The converter lens attachment includes a mounting seat, a printed circuit board (PCB) with light emitting diodes (LEDs) parallelly mounted on the mounting... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7817205 | Camera array and method for adjusting a lens with respect to the image sensor Camera arrangement, in particular for use in a motor vehicle, including a printed circuit board with an image sensor and an objective lens carrier, and an objective lens for projecting an image onto the image sensor, the objective lens being connected by connecting ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7796184 | Camera system and camera main body A camera system includes a camera main body and a camera head mounted to the camera main body. A main body CPU of the camera main body determines whether or not an image signal transmitted from the mounted camera head can be processed by a signal conversion processi... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7768573 | Optical apparatus and image-taking apparatus An optical apparatus is disclosed which provides good usability and operability. The optical apparatus comprises a first memory storing a default setting data set for controlling functions of the apparatus and a second memory storing a user setting data set for cont... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7746404 | Digital camera with panoramic image capture A method for generating a panoramic image that enables a user to obtain panoramic photographs with a digital camera without the aid of a computer system or specialized lenses. A digital camera according to the present techniques captures a series of image frames as ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7719606 | System and method for effectively performing a white balance procedure for electronic cameras A system and method for effectively performing a white balance procedure for electronic cameras includes a neutral density diffusion light filter assembly adapted to be attached over the lens of a camera-type device equipped with an electronic device that captures i... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7679670 | Digital camera module with manual focusing function A digital camera module (100) with a manual focusing function includes: a base (10), a barrel (40) and at least one rod (50). The barrel is received in the base and is connected with the base. The rod is connected with the barrel and the ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7675567 | Camera, camera system, and lens apparatus A camera is provided which includes an image capturing element; a memory for recording images obtained from the image capturing element; and a controller for changing the number of recorded pixels of the images stored in the memory based on information about a lens ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7646421 | Digital camera A digital camera of the present invention includes a microcomputer 110 having a live view mode controlling so that image data generated by a CMOS sensor 133 or image data obtained by subjecting the image data generated by the CMOS sensor 133 to ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7633546 | Image capture apparatus An image capture apparatus can immediately start image recording capable of preventing the deterioration of image quality, even when brightness of an object immediately after the activation of a power source is higher than a reference value. A filter control circuit... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7619679 | Image pickup apparatus having iris member and filter units An image pickup apparatus capable of preventing a decline of resolution of a still image while keeping a dynamic range of exposure control. The image pickup apparatus capable of photographing with changing over a moving image and a still image, includes an iris mech... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7616255 | Single motor/actuator for adjusting two assemblies The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for a single motor/actuator adjustment of two assemblies (e.g., for performing zoom and auto-focus functions) for image adjustment using a clutch unit (e.g., a switch) in image adjus... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7593055 | Camera system, camera main body, and camera head In a connection check mode, a camera main body sends an electromagnetic wave signal to a lens unit to enable radio communication between the camera main body and the lens unit. Then the camera main body sends its own specification data to the lens unit through the r... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7586536 | Image sensor unit and image taking apparatus The present invention relates to an image sensor unit including an image sensor that generates an image signal and a filter, and to an image taking apparatus that receives light from a subject and generates an image signal. The image sensor unit and the image taking... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7567290 | Camera system, camera body, imaging lens unit, and interchangeable lens camera A camera with a removable imaging lens unit is a small and reliable camera which can prevent electrostatic discharge from causing breakdown or malfunctions. Electrical contact points on a camera body are covered and protected by a mount barrier. When mounting the im... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7557857 | Quantity-of-light adjusting apparatus In a quantity-of-light adjusting apparatus having an iris and an ND filter which limit incident light, a control method for the quantity-of-light adjusting apparatus, and a computer program product providing a control program for the quantity-of-light adjusting appa... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7554600 | Lens-barrel and image pickup apparatus A main flexible substrate has a mount surface portion to be mounted to the rear surface of a base, and a movable surface portion extended from the mount surface portion. At a portion of the movable surface portion near the mount surface portion, there is provided an... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7508442 | Camera system and camera body The present invention provides a camera body with high operability and a camera system with high operability including the camera body and an image pickup lens unit that is detachably mounted on the camera body. The camera body has two modes, namely, a photographing... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7502066 | Methods for manufacturing and testing image sensing devices A method of manufacturing an imaging subsystem is provided. The method includes manufacturing an image sensing device including a unique identifier. The image sensing device is incorporated into an imaging subsystem. The imaging subsystem is operated and characteriz... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7489359 | Lens adapter There is provided a lens adapter easily detachable to and from a case, with an optical component such as a filter, a conversion lens etc. attached without a dedicated member on a camera side for attaching. The lens adapter has an attachment section attached to the c... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7486332 | Camera having lens system A camera has a lens system that includes a lens barrel incorporating therein an image taking lens, the lens barrel being variable in a barrel length between a collapsed state in which the barrel length is relative short and a photographic state in which the barrel l... | 02/03/2009 |
