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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179473 | Pivoting structure coupled to a rotatable housing structure Disclosed are pivoting structures and methods of pivoting structure. The pivoting structures can include a movable shutter plate including an aperture, pivotally fastened to a supporting plate by the pivot pin, and having a slot that receives a slot pin of a rotator... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174612 | Imaging device Improved methods and apparatus for imaging comprising a base, an outer dome mounted on said base, a central shaft intersecting said base, an imaging array including at least one imaging chip mounted on said shaft, means for focusing light onto said imaging chip havi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8164686 | Surveillance television camera A surveillance television camera including a camera base which is mounted on an installation surface and to which a surveillance television camera is mounted, a dome cover which is detachably attachable to the camera base and a locking device including a movable loc... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159602 | Imaging system with relaxed assembly tolerances and associated methods An imaging system includes an extended depth of field (EDOF) optical system, a sensor on a sensor substrate, and a securing mechanism adapted to secure the EDOF optical system directly to the sensor substrate. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154653 | Expandable two axis or three axis camera support A camera support or head has a pan frame pivotably attached to a support hub. The support hub is attached to a camera crane or similar apparatus. The pan frame has first and second spaced apart and parallel adjustable length pan arms. A pan motor is attached to the ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154652 | Lens apparatus and shooting apparatus using same A lens apparatus can be easily set even in cases where the lens body and demands are distant from each other upon shooting without a decrease in reliability. A lens body mounted on a camera body is provided with a command signal converting unit, a time-series positi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8144242 | Image sensor holder An image sensor holder includes a frame, first and second slidable holders, first and second driving devices, first and second driving arms, and at least two elastic members. The first slidable holder is slidably mounted on the frame. The second slidable holder is s... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139145 | Camera module Provided is a camera module providing EMS shielding, so that electromagnetic waves generated in the camera module are prevented from radiating to the outside and external electromagnetic waves or noise are prevented from flowing into the camera module. The camera mo... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139146 | Camera module, method of focusing the same, and device for focusing the same An a camera module includes: a lens barrel housing lenses; a housing formed integrally with the lens barrel; and a substrate unit having a top surface bonded to the housing with an adhesive and including pass portions through which an ascending and descending unit p... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134638 | Display with rotatable image capturing module A display including a first housing, a display panel and an image capturing module is provided. The first housing has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The display panel is disposed on the first surface. The image capturing module i... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8125564 | Stabilized camera platform system A stabilized camera system has a roll frame formed as a parallelogram linkage and pivotably attached to a pan frame. A tilt frame is pivotably attached to the roll frame. Control circuits are provided to compensate for drift, to allow manual aiming of the camera dur... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120701 | Modular portable motion control system A modular portable motion control camera system includes one or more motion control blocks that are connected together directly to each other, connected together with connecting hardware, or connected to other equipment to be moved by the motion control block to cre... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8102467 | Camera module and imaging device Provided are a camera module and electronic equipment that are advantageous in alleviating a stress to be imposed on connectors and a flexible substrate at the time of attaching a printed wiring substrate. A first flank 44 of a lens barrel 22 and a sec... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094233 | Imaging device for a camera A first video camera includes a lens barrel, a main frame, a first side panel, a second side panel, a first media insertion part, a viewfinder, a handle part, and a stay. The first media insertion part is fixed to the main frame. The viewfinder is disposed at the up... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8085343 | Image capture apparatus An image capture apparatus includes an outer housing, a capturing lens, a slide cover, and a grip projection portion. The capturing lens is disposed on a front face of the outer housing. The slide cover is slidable relative to the outer housing between a closed posi... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8072536 | Web cam apparatus The web cam apparatus provides for a web cam to automatically track a user when the user moves out of a previously direct frame of the web cam. More than one mount type is provided so that various web cams and monitors with web cams can be accommodated. The apparatu... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8063981 | Camera device adapting to different lens sensors A camera device includes a lens cover defining a lens opening. Two positioning posts extend from the lens cover. The two positioning posts are arranged at two opposite sides of the lens opening, for selectively mounting a first circuit board having a first lens or a... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063980 | Accessory and accessory for image pickup apparatus An accessory and an accessory for an image pickup apparatus are provided and are advantageous in reducing cost by reducing the number of parts. A retaining ring is engaged in an annular groove formed in an outer circumference of a cylindrical part of a wide-angle co... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059193 | Image pickup apparatus having a camera body and display unit Disclosed is an image pickup device which includes a camera body and a display unit serving as a monitor, supported for turning on an upper surface of the camera body and capable of being folded in a horizontal position on the upper surface of the camera body and ca... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054377 | Document processing device with picture-taking, video and audio recording, scanning and projecting functions The present invention is to provide a document processing device with picture-taking, video and audio recording, scanning and projecting functions, which mainly is including a set of base composed of a left and a right base bodies, a vertical rack bar able to be ins... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054376 | Image sensor holder An image sensor holder a frame, a first slidable holder, a second slidable holder, a first and a second driving arms, a first and a second driving device and at least two restoration devices. The first slidable holder is slidably mounted on the frame. The second sli... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054378 | Webcam module having a clamping device A webcam module having a clamping device includes a body portion, a first sliding unit, a second sliding unit, a first torsion element and a second torsion element. The first sliding unit and the second sliding unit are provided on the body portion. The first slidin... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045050 | Printing system having a cradle mounted to a printer and a camera mounted to the cradle A cradle device on which a camera device is mounted can be mounted on a printer device. There is provided a printing system that includes a camera device having an imaging unit and a memory for storing image data photographed by the imaging unit, a cradle device hav... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040431 | Terminal cover for camera apparatus Disclosed is a camera apparatus including an enclosure configured to enclose an imaging unit, a terminal arrangement unit arranged adjacent to a curved surface of an edge portion of the enclosure, and a cover member for covering the terminal arrangement unit, config... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035731 | Camera with monitor A monitor with a large screen is provided at the back of the camera. In the recording mode, a preview image or a captured image is displayed in a part of the monitor where there is little possibility of being covered by the hand of the operator. In the reproducing m... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035733 | Lens barrel rotation detection apparatus and lens barrel rotation type image pickup apparatus A lens barrel rotation detection apparatus for detecting a rotational state of a lens barrel to which a lens for image pickup is attached and which is rotated in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction by driving force of a driving section, includes: a single... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035734 | Self-balancing remote sensing device and remote sensing system comprising same A self-balancing remote sensing device, and a system comprised of the remote sensing devices and one or more base stations, is provided for remotely monitoring both terrestrial and maritime environments. Specifically, a spherically-shaped self-balancing remote sensi... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035732 | Image pickup apparatus with rotary lens barrel An image pickup apparatus including a lens barrel, a hollow shaft, a base, electric wiring, and a protection member. The lens barrel has a lens and an image pickup device embedded therein. The hollow shaft is rotatable about an axis intersecting with an optical axis... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8031264 | Wall mount camera A wall-mounted security camera is provided. A camera unit captures video within a field of vision of the camera unit. A base module couple to a power outlet, controls the camera unit, receives an input video signal from the camera unit, and transmits an output video... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8026977 | Switching mechanism for video camera A switching mechanism for a video camera includes: a control unit; a driving device connected with and controlled by the control unit; a first belt pulley connected with the driving device; a second belt pulley smaller than the first belt pulley in diameter; a belt ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023039 | Image capture apparatus with an operation member for a cover of a connector An image capture apparatus includes a housing body, an image capture optical system, an image capture device, a connector, a cover, and an operation member. The display panel is provided to the housing body to be pivotable between a usage position where a display su... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8018527 | Connecting structure and digital camera module employing the same A digital camera module (100) includes an image capturing apparatus (30) and a connecting structure (40). The image capturing apparatus includes an image sensing module (32) and a flashing module (34). The connecting structure incl... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018528 | Backlash prevention system and method An optical module includes a first optics group, a second optics group, and an image sensor, wherein the first optics group and second optics group are configured to provide an image having a focus and a magnification to the image sensor. In some embodiments of the ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018526 | Optical device module, fabrication method thereof, optical device unit and fabrication method thereof One end of a flexible substrate is connected to a solid-state image sensing device and the other end constitutes an external connection part in which external lead-out electrodes are provided. A plurality of electronic components are mounted on a mounting part of th... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8013932 | Waterproof electronic recording device A waterproof electronic recording device with a display panel is disclosed. In an embodiment, a housing of the electronic recording device is cylindrical in shape with an electronic display module having a display panel disposed at a back end of the housing. A latch... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8004602 | Image sensor structure and integrated lens module thereof An image sensor structure and an integrated lens module thereof are provided. In the image sensor structure with the integrated lens module, the image sensor structure comprises a chip and a lens module. The chip has light-sensing elements, first conducting pads, an... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7990467 | Parallax image pickup apparatus and image pickup method A parallax image pickup apparatus for forming a parallax image train by photographing an object from a plurality of directions includes an image pickup unit in which an image pickup device and an image forming optical system are integrated in order to photograph the... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990468 | Monitor camera having a dual structure cover The monitor camera (9) comprises a pedestal (1) to be attached to a mounting surface, an imaging device (7) rotatably attached so as to be rotatable around the central axis L of the pedestal (1), and a dome-type cover (3) having a ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986368 | Digital photo frame with photographing function A digital photo frame with photographing function includes a digital frame, a lens module, a bracket, and a copy stand. The digital frame may further include a display module, a frame, a memory module, a control module, an input module, a power supply module, and a ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7978263 | Mobile phone configuration A handheld electronic device hinge for mechanically connecting first and second rotatable body members of a handheld electronic device, said hinge comprising a first bracket and a second bracket, wherein said first bracket comprises: a first connecting member for co... | 07/12/2011 |
