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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8159601 | Sequential shooting controller A sequential shooting controller includes both high and low load drive modes, and first and second power-voltage detectors. The high/low load drive modes drive a device under high/low loads. The first power-voltage detector detects a power-voltage by connecting a lo... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154651 | Image recording apparatus and control method thereof Disclosed is an image recording apparatus capable of preventing maloperations when entering into sleep mode. The image recording apparatus comprises a display module, a detecting unit, a power supply unit, a first switch, a second switch and a control unit having an... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8120700 | Image sensor power supply An image sensor may have a power supply voltage regulator controlled by a feedback loop. The feedback signal may be derived by applying the supply voltage at a point distant from the voltage regulator to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) which may be a spare chan... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115862 | Electronic camera that wirelessly transfers data, which includes a power save mode An electronic camera comprises a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with a computer or a printer, and a power save mode changeover unit that changes over a power save mode to either an ON or an OFF state according to the operational sta... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111323 | 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 ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8102466 | Imaging device and control method therefor, and program for the same An imaging device capable of preventing the imaging device from becoming unusable due to the battery running out or a lack of storage capacity in the storage medium, by performing battery charge and data transfer in a limited period of time. The imaging device inclu... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098324 | Imaging device, GPS control method, and computer program An imaging device includes an imaging unit configured to execute processing to capture image data, a global positioning system (GPS) device configured to execute position calculation processing based on data received from a satellite, and a main controller configure... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8085342 | Highly miniaturized, battery operated, digital wireless camera using programmable single chip active pixel sensor (APS) digital camera chip A miniaturized camera which is programmable and provides low power consumption. An active pixel image sensor used in the highly miniaturized camera provides improved imaging functionality as well as reduced power consumption, extending the possible life time of the ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085341 | Digital camera including remaining battery voltage check A digital camera has a battery that supplies electric power, a battery level detector, a time detector, a remaining voltage calculator, and a boot controller. When the digital camera is turned off, the battery level detector detects a remaining voltage level of the ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8059192 | Method and apparatus for maximizing the sustainable flash of a handheld portable electronic device A method and apparatus for maintaining a maximum sustained flash current over the whole length of a flash using a programmable current drive in a handheld portable device powered by a battery. The method involves measuring the battery voltage before and after a flas... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059191 | Method for shutting down a timing generating unit, a method for shutting down a digital image-capturing device, and a digital image-capturing device A method for shutting down a digital image capturing device is provided, The steps of the method are as follows: first, outputting a reset signal from a control unit of the capturing device to a timing generating unit; then setting a vertical pulse signal of the tim... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8045049 | Signal processor configured to process a first signal to generate a second signal A signal processor for reducing power consumption. The signal processor includes a signal processing circuit and a first regulator connected to the signal processing circuit. The first regulator receives an external regulated voltage from an external regulator conne... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040430 | Battery capacity display device and camera A battery capacity display device for an electronic apparatus, includes: a nonvolatile storage unit that stores information related to a remaining capacity in a rechargeable battery output from a battery module having the rechargeable battery and an arithmetic opera... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8031263 | Image input apparatus, a method of controlling thereof and a computer-readable storage medium An image capturing apparatus that commences a pre-shooting operation on a first stroke of a release button, executes a shooting operation on a second stroke of the release button, and stores generated image data in a connected storage medium. The image capturing app... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8009227 | Method and apparatus for reducing device and system power consumption levels A method of managing power consumption in a device, such as a video image processing device for processing data from one or more pixels, includes forming a frame of an image. The method further includes determining one or more regions of interest in the image, ident... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8004601 | Imaging apparatus using multiple regulators to decrease overall power consumption An imaging apparatus for reducing power consumption. The apparatus includes a first regulator connected to a signal processing circuit and a second regulator connected to an output circuit. The first regulator generates a first regulated voltage that is in accordanc... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7990466 | Method of auto-retracting lens of image capture apparatus and control system using the same A method of auto-retracting a lens of an image capture apparatus and a control system using the same are applied to an image capture apparatus with a retractable lens. The method includes the following steps. A hardware circuit of the image capture apparatus detects... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986367 | Camera system and power supply for optical recording devices A camera system includes a video camera having a first mating mechanism defined on a bottom, planar surface of the video camera. A battery assembly contains an energy cell and a first surface of the battery assembly is releasably engageable with the mounting mechani... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7961248 | Image pickup apparatus having battery display which accounts for image capturing mode or setting status In an electronic image pickup apparatus, if a mode used and some of setting values of additional functions are changed, a camera control microprocessor computes the number of images that can be captured on the basis of a current consumption integrated value that has... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7936394 | Mobile devices having an image sensor for charging a battery Mobile devices and methods of operating mobile devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a mobile device includes a rechargeable battery, a battery charger electrically coupled to the battery, and an image sensor operably coupled to the battery charger to sel... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7911530 | Digital camera and system capable of sharing power with a mobile device In the digital camera that can be used in connection to a mobile phone or other mobile electronic devices and the system thereof, a battery mounted in each device is shared to allow power to be supplied between the devices, and allow both devices to be used for long... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911531 | Battery, camera and camera system A battery takes in a charge current value or a discharge current value from a current detection device at predetermined sampling intervals. Then, based upon the current value, a power consumption quantity representing the extent to which power has been consumed duri... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7872685 | Camera module with circuit board A camera module includes an image sensor, a lens module and a circuit board. The lens module is disposed at an object side of the image sensor and has a plurality of electrical connection points thereon. The circuit board includes a main body and a bent portion elec... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7859590 | Electronic device having device side terminal portion for contact with battery An electronic device includes, in an interior of a flat housing, a battery compartment, and a device side terminal portion that contacts a side terminal portion of a battery stored in the battery compartment portion. The device side terminal portion includes a plura... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7855748 | Reference voltage generation in imaging sensors The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate generating and/or maintaining low noise reference voltages for CMOS imaging System-on-Chip (iSoC) sensors. A primary reference voltage can be generated utilizing a low noise bandgap. Further,... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7855747 | Portable integrated device and a method of controlling power thereof A portable integrated device and a method of controlling power thereof. The method of controlling power to a digital integrated device which includes a first body and a second body slidingly attached to each other and a first mode and a second mode including sliding... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7855749 | Digital camera having multiple power off modes Either of two power off modes can be selected in a digital camera that reads out images from an image-capturing element, temporarily stores them in a buffer memory and then transfers and records the images from the buffer memory into a recording medium. In a first p... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7843506 | Imaging device, GPS control method, and computer program An imaging device includes an imaging unit configured to execute processing to capture image data, a global positioning system (GPS) device configured to execute position calculation processing based on data received from a satellite, and a main controller configure... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843507 | Image capturing apparatus, power controlling method and medium storing a program for executing the method An image capturing apparatus includes a power source controller for controlling a power supply to the image capturing apparatus to be in one of: (i) an on state, and (ii) an off state. A detector detects when any one of a plurality of operation members of the image ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7830448 | Imaging apparatus with protecting circuit for CCD An imaging apparatus is provided with a power source, a power supply circuit connected to the power source and having power supply lines for supplying a positive voltage and a negative voltage, an image pickup element, plural drivers for generating multi-phase drivi... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7825982 | Operation stabilized pixel bias circuit A pixel bias current supply for supplying a stable source of bias current to pixels of an imager includes a current bypass feature for improving stability when one or more pixels of an imager saturates. The pixel bias current supply also features voltage limiters to... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7808548 | Power management for digital devices A method according to one embodiment includes coupling at least one power supply to a power bus comprised in a digital camera. The method of this embodiment may also include allocating power to at least one component of the digital camera by coupling at least one co... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7782394 | 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 ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7777809 | Method and apparatus for maximizing the sustainable flash of a handheld portable electronic device A method and apparatus for maintaining a maximum sustained flash current over the whole length of a flash using a programmable current drive in a handheld portable device powered by a battery. The method involves measuring the battery voltage before and after a flas... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7773148 | Power system having a battery unit that calculate cumulative work volume value A camera includes: a battery unit on which a battery is mounted, that can be detachably loaded into the camera and supplies power to the camera; and a function unit that executes camera functions, wherein: as a function of the camera is executed, the function unit t... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7773147 | Method for predicting quantity of taking pictures A method for predicting the quantity of pictures that can be taken is applied to a picture-taking function of a digital still camera. Firstly, a lookup table is individually built for different power using operations of a battery according to the operational modes o... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7755698 | Systems and methods for dynamic current scaling of analog functions in an imager According to the invention, a system for dynamically scaling bias current on an imaging system is disclosed. In the invention an image sensor capable of producing at least a two-dimensional image and capable of at least two modes of operation is equipped with a cont... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7742099 | Incorporating imaging unit position data An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to execute processing to capture an image; a GPS (Global Positioning System) device configured to execute position calculation processing based on data received from a satellite; a power-supply control unit co... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7719607 | Electronic device system and electronic camera system The invention provides an electronic camera system which operates an electronic camera in a minimum power mode when a not-genuine secondary battery is attached to the electronic camera. Namely, for the electronic camera which uses a detachable secondary battery as a... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7719608 | Image pickup apparatus, method for controlling the image pickup apparatus, and computer readable medium storing a program for controlling the mode setting of the image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit for picking up an image, a lens barrier for covering the front of a lens of the image pickup unit, a display for displaying image data recorded on a recording unit, and a controller for controlling mode switchi... | 05/18/2010 |
