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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7194083 | System and method for interfacing plain old telephone system (POTS) devices with cellular networks A system and method for interfacing plain old telephone system (PATS) devices with a cellular network is presented. In a broad sense, the system includes an interface that bridges the POTS devices with the cellular network. The interface is configured to convert POT... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192204 | Camera A camera is provided where it is easy for a user to grip a camera body, it is easy for the user to operate, and it is advantageous for improving handling and manageability. A grip belt is provided at the right side surface of a camera body. The grip belt has a first... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193653 | Camera lens assembly and portable wireless terminal comprising the same A portable wireless terminal, comprising a main body, a folder hinged to the main body so as to be opened from and closed into the main body, and a camera lens assembly rotatably connected to a hinge axis of the folder, such that the camera lens assembly is formed a... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188958 | Projection arrangement and electronic customer device A projector arrangement (1) is proposed wherein a first, back or illumination part (10) and a second, front or image projection part (20) are detachably attachable with respect to each other so as to form a unit at least in an operation mode of ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191129 | System and method for data mining of contextual conversations A system and method for mining data from stored telephone conversations is provided. Users request advanced data processing on the recorded data, either on the live data stream or the data in storage. Processes search the recorded data for keywords and phrases that ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187404 | Camera for printing manipulated images on media The present invention provides a handheld camera comprising a sensor adapted to sense an image, a housing adapted to receive a print roll, and a drive system for dispensing media from the print roll along a print path to an outlet. A printer is positioned in the pri... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184088 | Apparatus and method for obtaining 3D images An apparatus and method particularly, but not exclusively, suited for use in survey applications are disclosed which allow a three dimensional image of a target or target area to be created. An imaging device is used to capture a two dimensional image of the target ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183589 | Semiconductor device with a resin-sealed optical semiconductor element To provide a semiconductor device 10, which is thin, compact, and excellent in mechanical strength and humidity resistance. Semiconductor device 10A has a configuration such that in semiconductor device 10A, wherein an optical semiconductor elem... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180546 | Devices including a thermally conductive member which guides heat produced by an image capturing unit to a display chassis An LCD having a backlight is inserted in a shield for protecting various types of electronic components used in an electronic camera by shielding static electricity applied to the LCD, and the LCD is held by the shield. In this structure, thermal conductive rubber i... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7180547 | Camera platform assembly A camera platform assembly is disclosed and claimed to include a control base adapted to receive control signal, a rotary table horizontally rotatably supported on the control base and controlled to rotate horizontally on the control base by control signal received ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176958 | Fifth wheel video monitor system At least one video camera mounted upon the tractor part of a truck. An anchor is affixed to the truck so as to prevent any relative motion of anchor and truck, and a rail is affixed to the anchor. A slider is moveably mounted upon the rail so that motion along the r... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170557 | Modular digital imaging system A modular digital imaging system adapted to transfer digital images. In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of modules which are stackable to form a customizable unit. A first one of the plurality of modules provides a first function and has a first elec... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167207 | Cradle apparatus for camera The cradle apparatus for a camera facilitates satisfactory engagement and disengagement of a camera connector, ready locking of a camera in a state in which connectors are connected, and minimization of the dustiness of the connector of the cradle is to be provided.... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167206 | Cradle for information apparatus, cradle for digital camera and camera system A cradle is capable of supplementing convenience of a portable information apparatus such as a digital camera of which functions including an image display function and a removable medium are omitted. If the camera is mounted on a camera mounting section of the crad... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164432 | Information processing apparatus and method therefor, and medium The present invention can realize an information processing apparatus and a method therefor which can prevent a degraded visibility even if the posture of the information processing apparatus is changed in order to provide better portability or to prevent surroundin... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164546 | Lens shift mechanism and projection type video display A lens mounting plate to which a projection lens unit is fixed is brought into contact with a sliding base. The lens mounting plate is pressed against the sliding base by the urging of a coiled spring. The pressing force is set such that the position of the projecti... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162806 | Video sighting system A sighting system is integrated with video gathering and recording capabilities. A video camera unit may be coupled in front of or behind a weapon's sights. In another embodiment, the weapon's sights are electronically generated by the video camera. Where a zoom len... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161596 | Display location calculation means Display location calculation means and methods for calculating a display location are disclosed. It has become common for users to indicate a point on a display in order to communicate with a machine. It is therefore necessary to be able to calculate the location on... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161620 | Moving pedestal for a camera including wheels and sensors for detecting a moving amount thereof A method is provided for picking up an image of an object with a camera mounted via a pan head on a moving pedestal. A reference position on a floor surface on which the moving pedestal moves and a reference angle of the moving pedestal are both set. A moving amount... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158175 | System including a digital camera and a docking unit for coupling to the internet Described is a system having a digital camera and a docking unit which permits the docking unit to receive images over a channel and direct them to a viewable display in the digital camera. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156359 | Secure mounting system for overhead mounted projector An adjustable tamper-resistant overhead mounting system for a projector. The system includes brackets attachable to the projector and a suspension member attached to an overhead structure. At least one tamper resistant fastener is used at each connection of the brac... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158167 | Video recording device for a targetable weapon A compact video image recording device which is mountable to a gun and useful for recording video images before and after the firing of the gun. The recording device includes a camera comprising a lens and a video image sensor. The video recording device is mounted ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155118 | Portable terminal The invention relates to a portable terminal, which can include a main body portion, a display portion provided with a display screen and coupled to an end portion of the main body portion to be folded or unfolded with respect to the main body portion. A camera devi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154538 | Image processing system, image processing method, image upload system, storage medium, and image upload server The image upload system of the present invention, comprising, inter alia: a capture unit for capturing the image data from an image input apparatus disposed on a network; a storage unit for storing the plural captured image data; an image capture control unit for co... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154551 | Imaging device with solid optical member An imaging device includes a convex mirror for reflecting first incident light representing an object, the convex mirror having a shape of solid of revolution; an imaging mechanism for taking a reflected image represented by light reflected in the convex mirror; and... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151571 | Digital camera for use by right-handed and left-handed people A digital camera for use by both left-handed and right-handed users. The digital camera has a body design that employs a swivel mechanism and symmetric placement of pertinent camera hardware components, particularly flash devices. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151676 | Recording media protecting mechanism Open and close of a cover of a recording media holding section is locked and unlocked in accordance with turn-on and turn-off of a power switch. Turn-on and turn-off of the power switch is performed in accordance with an operation of for example a movable grip. When... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151664 | Portable media device A portable media device includes a memory, a data interface port communicatively coupled to the memory, and a portable housing encasing the memory and data interface port. The portable housing may include a locking retaining portion such as a carabineer clip or the ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149514 | Cellular docking station A system for communicating with the user of a cellular telephone via the cellular mobile radio (CMR) system and the public switched telephone network (PSTN). A communications interface appends the telephone exchange number of an outgoing communication to include an ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148967 | Hyper-spectral/continuously-tunable imager The invention employs a linear variable interference filter, which can be manually moved back and forth along its long axis in front of a slit parallel to its short axis. Thus, the filter pass-band varies linearly from 4,000 angstroms to 10,000 angstroms with a pass... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145603 | Docking station assembly for transmitting digital files A docking station assembly for transmitting digital images, the docking station assembly comprises a housing for forming an enclosure for the docking station assembly and the housing includes an insert-receiving portion for receiving any of a plurality of removable ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146106 | Optic semiconductor module and manufacturing method An optic semiconductor package includes a main board of a substantially planar plate shape. The main board includes an aperture therethrough and a plurality of board metal patterns formed at the periphery of the aperture. A package portion is coupled to the main boa... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146197 | Portable communication device with two housings connected by cylindrical hinge A portable communication device is disclosed. The portable communication device comprises a first housing extending in the longitudinal direction thereof, a second housing rotated about a first hinge axis perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the first hous... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142243 | Image sensing apparatus having a member that adjusts with temperature change This invention has building members which include an image sensing portion, an optical member for forming a beam from an object to be sensed into an image on the image sensing portion, a positioning portion which positions the optical member, and a support member wh... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142244 | Digital camera with integrated cable storage A digital camera apparatus wherein the cable used to link the camera to a processing device is stored within the body of the camera. The camera includes a cover associated with the camera housing that together define a storage cavity. The storage cavity is adapted t... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140788 | Camera body A camera which includes a camera body includes a main body and a mirror box fixed to the main body. The mirror box and the main body are made of a first material having a first thermal expansion coefficient and a second material having a second thermal expansion coe... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7136099 | Electronic camera including enhanced functionality to change length-to-breadth ratios of captured images The digital camera 1, when a length-direction range expanding button 14 or a breadth-direction range expanding button 15 is operated, changes the length-direction and breadth-direction image pickup effective ranges of a solid state image pickup ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133280 | Multiaxial hinge assembly with rotational direction indicator A multiaxial hinge assembly that enables rotation about a first axis between a clockwise limit and a counterclockwise limit and also enables rotation about a second axis that is orthogonal to the first includes a rotational direction indicator to provide an indicati... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133607 | Wireless communication activation system and method A system and method of alerting a wireless communication capability of a camera body to the presence of an external antenna element present in electrical communication with a pre-existing port of the camera body that was originally not designed for an external anten... | 11/07/2006 |
