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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7388720 | Imaging apparatus A lens-controlling device controls a first lens unit which moves for zooming and a second lens unit which moves for correcting the displacement of an image plane caused by zooming and for focusing. The lens-controlling device includes a memory which stores data for ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7365914 | Actuator An actuator comprises: an electro-mechanical conversion element; a driving frictional member that is mounted onto one side in an extension/contraction direction of the electro-mechanical conversion element; a driven member that is frictionally engaged with the drivi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356252 | Auto-focusing zoom lens mechanism An auto-focusing zoom lens mechanism includes a base unit forming a space; an auto-focusing (AF) lens unit located in the base unit and having a trajectory bar engaged therewith; a zoom lens unit located in the base unit and mounted on the AF lens unit and having a ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355646 | Drive control apparatus for driving magnification-varying lens unit to wide-angle end or telephoto end when switching from AF mode to MF mode A drive control apparatus has a controller which operates in a first mode carrying out auto focusing control and a second mode not carrying out auto focusing control and carries out control so as to drive forcibly a magnification-varying lens unit to a wide-angle en... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352089 | Driving apparatus A driving apparatus includes a stepping motor having a lead screw, a rack, and a rack-retaining bar, a barrel, a barrel-retaining bar, and a connecting spring for connecting the rack to the barrel. The connecting spring includes an engaging portion that engages with... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352515 | Rotational-to-linear coaxial mechanical drive A linear mechanical drive has an outer housing, a drive sleeve that is conformably and slidably received within the outer housing, a mount sleeve conformably and slidably received within the drive sleeve, and a guide extending between the outer housing and the mount... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7345836 | Zoom lens driving apparatus A zoom lens driving apparatus achieves the object of driving multiple lens groups by a single motor and low production cost. When a first lens group, which includes a first lens, moves along guide rods, a leading cam of a leading member drives a leading pin of a fol... | 03/18/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7339756 | Lens driving device A lens driving device includes a focus lens frame, first and second shafts, a rack member, a lead screw and a spring member. One or more lenses are attached to the focus lens frame. The first and second guide shafts are arranged parallel to an optical axis of one or... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330317 | Lens system and image capturing apparatus A lens system 3 is provided with a plurality of lens units including a first lens unit 9, and has a condition changing structure 6 that is capable of changing the condition of the first lens unit 9 without changing the position of the fir... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318508 | One-way rotational transfer mechanism A one-way rotational transfer mechanism includes a rotary input shaft; a hollow-cylindrical rotary output shaft positioned around the rotary input shaft; a circumferentially-uneven-width-space forming portion formed on the rotary input shaft to form at least one acc... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7298564 | 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... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7295390 | Lens actuating device, camera module and portable electronic equipment Power from a focusing motor (14) is transmitted via a gear (35a) to a focusing lead screw (15) so that a first lens holder (4) is moved in a direction of an optical axis. Power from a zooming motor (10) is transmitted via a ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295382 | Image pickup device and method of controlling a lens unit An image pickup device includes a collapsible lens barrel which is held in a main body of the device in non-picture-taking mode, and a shutter unit which is arranged behind a rearmost one of a plurality of optical lenses that make up the lens barrel and which includ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7265913 | Movable lens control device A movable lens control device for controlling movements of movable lens groups including a first movable lens group and a second movable lens group, the movable lens control device including a lens driving device for moving the first and second movable lens groups i... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262927 | Auto-focus lens module An auto-focus lens module uses electromagnetic force to drive a lens moving for focusing. The auto-focus lens is composed by a lens holder, a coil and an upper frame clipped on outer circumference of a lens so as to form a lens holder set. And the coil is fixed betw... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259923 | Lens barrel A lens barrel, including, a moving frame (2) to hold a lens (8), a direct-advance ring (4) provided on an outer periphery of the moving frame and movable relative to the moving frame in an optical direction, a resilient member (6) provide... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253834 | Image pickup apparatus having image pickup optical system An image pickup apparatus comprising a first lens unit which comprises at least a negative lens element and at least a positive lens element and has negative refractive power, a second lens unit which has positive refractive power, and an optical path bending reflec... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253967 | Optical assembly with a lens magnification-adjusting function An optical assembly includes a barrel including a slot, a lens installed inside the barrel for magnifying an image, a magnification-adjusting mechanism installed outside and around the barrel including an adjusting loop installed outside the barrel in a rotatable ma... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7233449 | Lens moving mechanism and imaging apparatus A lens moving mechanism which includes a moving lens for zooming or focusing; a lens holder holding the moving lens in a lens-barrel, and being supported freely movably into an optical axis direction of the moving lens; a guide shaft guiding the lens holder into the... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230773 | Drive mechanism of a zoom lens A drive mechanism of a zoom lens includes three movable members which support optical elements, including a front movable member, an intermediate movable member and a rear movable member; a common driving member including a driving device for moving the three movabl... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230778 | Sliding track for optical apparatus This sliding track for optical apparatus provides a system for mounting and easily moving lens cells and/or other portions of an optical apparatus that are co-axially arranged with respect to an optical axis of the apparatus along said optical axis while maintaining... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224536 | Imaging device having a rotatable optical element An imaging device includes a rotatable optical element rotated stepwise only in a forward direction to produce a specific photographic effect; a manual operation device which selectively generates a forward rotation signal indicating a number of angular steps of the... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7217045 | Connect/disconnect mechanism for a surveillance camera head A surveillance camera assembly includes a mounting apparatus that is attachable to a mounting surface. A camera head assembly is secured to the mounting apparatus by moving the camera head assembly toward the mounting apparatus in a direction along an axis, and rota... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215488 | Optical apparatus An optical apparatus is disclosed which can suppress an increase in size thereof even if its lens is driven in a large movable range. The apparatus comprises a first linear actuator which includes a first member to which an electrical signal is input and a second me... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215489 | Optical apparatus An optical apparatus is disclosed which can well maintain a surface contact state between a vibrator and a contact member of a vibration type linear actuator to perform a stable lens drive. The optical apparatus comprises a vibration type linear actuator driving a l... | 05/08/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7209295 | Optical system, and optical apparatus The invention relates to an optical system that has reduced power consumptions, ensures noiseless operations and fast responses, contributes to cost reductions due to simplified mechanical structure, and, albeit having a small outside diameter and small size, is cap... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206145 | Lens driving device and electronic camera using the same A circumferential surface of a lens holder is provided with a reflection member having different reflectance relative to a surrounding portion thereof. An opening is formed in an upper cover at a position confronting the reflection member at a time when the lens hol... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7196512 | Magnetic head tester The magnetic head tester of the present invention drives a medium for rotation to float a slider from the medium so as to test a magnetic head for its characteristics, and the tester includes a holder removably holding the slider opposed to the surface of the medium... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197240 | Camera module and portable terminal equipped with the camera module The casing of the camera module is composed of two housings. The first housing has a base part provided with an opening for attaching a object side fixed lens and a first and second side walls extending from the base part, large cutout openings being formed between ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194167 | Method and apparatus for a fiber optic housing and aligning device The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for a fiber optic housing and aligning device. In one embodiment, a fiber optic housing and aligning device is provided. The device includes a housing having an opening in a wall thereof, the wall having a curv... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7173772 | Lens barrel A guide bar used in a video lens barrel in the related art has problems of deterioration in supporting accuracy of the lens retaining frame, high manufacturing cost, and upsizing of the lens barrel. Also, in a cam pin type lens barrel, how the lens retaining frame i... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173773 | Whole group focusing structure A whole group focusing structure comprises a lens track cylinder, a first lens group, a second lens group, and a drive motor is used to rotate and move the lens track cylinder, so as to carry out focus between the first and second lens groups. A slant parallel secti... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168082 | Optical actuator An optical actuator according to this invention includes a focusing lens for focusing a laser beam on a information disk, a lens holder for holding the focusing lens, a focusing coil for driving the focusing lens in an axial direction of the laser beam, a tracking c... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162152 | Position detecting device of lens barrel with disk-shaped magnet and sensor chip A position detecting device for detecting a position of a movable body which is moved by a drive system having a rotation body includes a magnetic part having an N-pole and an S-pole on a face of the rotation body and a sensor chip having at least a magneto-resistiv... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161751 | Optical module and camera module An optical unit is disclosed which is capable of being easily assembled, enabling its optical element to smoothly move, and preventing friction loss from being generated around its nut member. A lens driving apparatus is provided for moving an optical element holder... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7157706 | Cryogenically cooled adjustable apertures for infrared cameras A continuously variable diaphragm or swappable fixed aperture for use in thermal infrared cameras, which aperture or diaphragm can be cooled to cryogenic temperatures. The invention contemplates mounting aperture control means, if necessary, in a vacuum or extending... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154684 | Optical element holding apparatus An optical element holding apparatus provided with a holding portion for holding a flange portion of an optical element. The holding portion includes a bearing surface block having a bearing surface, which contacts the flange portion, and a bearing surface block sup... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7145738 | Driving mechanism for a camera lens A camera lens drive mechanism includes a lens cylinder, and the lens hollow is able to fit over a lens. A conductor coil is wound around an outer surface of the lens cylinder, and a coil spring is surrounding the lens hollow cylinder. A magnetic body is opposite to ... | 12/05/2006 |
