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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6762888 | Control system of zoom lens for digital still cameras A system to be used in a digital still camera to control zooming of the zoom lens, uses programmed data written in a micro controller unit (MCU) instead of the known cams that are usually used to mechanically control zooming of the zoom lens of digital still cameras... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6744565 | Biaxial driving mechanism and image inputting apparatus used this mechanism and light projecting apparatus used this mechanism A biaxial driving mechanism, an image inputting apparatus used this biaxial driving mechanism and a light projecting apparatus used this biaxial driving mechanism, in which a mirror positioned in front of a camera or a light projecting instrument is rotated biaxiall... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6717742 | Objective for a movie camera An objective for a movie camera for digital cinematography comprises a cylindrical main barrel with a bayonet or K mount, an inner tube, fixed optical elements, adjustable optical sliding elements and drive rings with scales for adjusting the optical sliding element... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6714356 | Optical device provided with tremble correcting function In binoculars provided with a tremble preventing function, correction lenses are held by a lateral-direction driving frame which is supported in an opening portion of a lengthwise-direction driving frame. The state of the power switch of the binoculars is detected. ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6714357 | Lens drive system A lens drive system includes a lens frame having a lens element; a nut member secured to the lens frame; a feed screw shaft having a male thread portion and a non-threaded portion, the male thread portion engaged with a screw hole of the nut member; an engagement po... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6710936 | Image sensor module with zooming function An image sensor module with a zooming function is disclosed. The sensor module consists of first and second barrels for respectively holding condensing lenses used for image capture, and a housing having a guide channel at a sidewall thereof and movably and stably r... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6710950 | Piezoelectric actuator for digital camera optical system A support for an optical system of a digital camera is constructed which provides adjustable positioning of the lens elements in response to signals from the camera control processor. The support comprises multiple tubes, mounted for relative coaxial movement, which... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6707993 | Lens barrel A compact lens housing which is of a multistage type in which it is projected and retracted through three stages. The lens housing includes three pairs, each of which is composed of a straight-moving member which is movable in an axial direction of the lens housing ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6683654 | Flange back focus adjustment mechanism for a video camera A video camera capable of always stably performing adjustment of a flange back focus of a CCD. Three cam following ribs of three cam followers formed on a CCD holder are kept in pressure contact with three cams of an adjuster ring by means of three spring... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6678565 | Control unit The control unit sets up the center and an insensitive zone of a zoom seesaw switch provided in a drive unit of an ENG lens by an electrical processing. The control unit is capable of dispensing with a mechanical adjustment of the center and the insensiti... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6661585 | Zoom lens control apparatus This invention discloses a zoom lens control apparatus which has a first lens unit for executing magnification operation, and a second lens unit for correcting variations in image plane along with magnification operation of the first lens unit and serving... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6654181 | Lens position control apparatus A lens position control apparatus is disclosed which comprises a variable power lens unit that moves along the optical axis; a focusing lens unit; a drive unit for driving the variable power lens unit along the optical axis; a member defining the referenc... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6643073 | Device for driving object lens There is provided an objective lens drive for driving an objective lens to optically read information recorded on a rotative driven disc. An objective lens holding member (2) is held by four first metal wires (61) on a relay holding member (71), and the r... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6618212 | Lens driving apparatus and photographic apparatus A lens driving apparatus which drives a first and a second lens group arranged in the optical axis by a first drive means and a second drive means, wherein the apparatus has a first and a second cam followers extending mutually parallel in a right angle d... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6618211 | Lens barrel free from influence of magnetic flux leakage A lens barrel according to the present invention includes a first lens group; a second lens group; a third lens group; a first actuator for driving the first lens group; a second actuator for driving the second lens group; and third and fourth actuators f... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6618559 | Zoom lens position calibration A focal length position of a zoom lens is calibrated by performing at least one focal length adjustment, collecting a time period measurement for each focal length adjustment, and calculating a calibrated time to zoom to a desired focal length based on th... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6603612 | Object lens barrel, object lens barrel drive unit and optical information recording and reproducing unit A combinational object lens 3 constructed of a first lens 1 and a second lens 2 is formed. The first lens 1 and a first lens barrel 4 for retaining the first lens 1 are fixed by bonding to a second lens barrel 5 for retaining the second lens 2 only via a ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6603609 | Zoom lens barrel having variable fully-open aperture value function A lens barrel includes a variable power lens unit, an aperture-variable light-amount adjusting unit having an adjusting member that adjusts the fully open state of the aperture, and a variable power lens control mechanism that shifts the variable power le... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6597517 | Lens barrel A lens barrel includes an optical lens unit, a manual operation member for manually moving the optical lens unit in an optical axis direction, a motor member for driving the optical lens unit in the optical axis direction, a motor operation member for act... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6580571 | Lens apparatus The lens apparatus permits rapid focusing by the operator demanding an autofocus start-up direction to carry out AF in the direction in an AF mode. When a start of the AF mode is instructed, an AF standby state of waiting for the operator to demand the AF... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6574057 | Optical apparatus, optical apparatus driving unit and camera system The invention discloses an optical apparatus comprises an optical member, manual operation means for manually driving the optical member, a driving motor for electrically driving the optical member, determination means for determining either manual drive ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6570717 | Adjustable lens assembly An adjustable lens assembly includes a lens barrel for carrying a lens, at least one guiding member having a shaft axis parallel to the optical axis of the lens barrel for guiding the direction of motion of the lens barrel, a gear shaft driven by a drivin... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6553185 | Optical apparatus An optical apparatus, such as a lens barrel, includes a first unit holding member and a second unit holding member arranged to hold a first optical unit and a second optical unit, respectively, a driven member arranged to be driven to move in an optical a... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6529337 | Image blur correction apparatus An image blur correction apparatus includes a correction optical system for correcting an image blur, an actuator for driving the correction optical system, a plurality of resilient members provided on an outer periphery of the correction optical system, ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6522479 | Zoom lens A zoom lens having both manual mode and auto focus mode of focus adjustment. The zoom lens includes, in order from the object side, a focus portion, a zoom portion, and a main portion. Zooming is accomplished by moving some or all of the lens elements in ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6501604 | Lens driving apparatus The lens driving apparatus in accordance with the present invention comprises a focus motor having a lead screw; a lens holding frame meshing with the lead screw so as to be movable along an optical axis as the lead screw rotates; a nut plate meshing with... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6490098 | Lens barrel A lens barrel comprises an optical system provided within a main body of the barrel, an operation ring used for a photographer to operate the optical system, driving means, used for an electric drive, for generating a driving force transferred to the oper... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6456444 | Lens barrel A lens barrel according to the present invention includes a first lens group; a second lens group; a third lens group; a first actuator for driving the first lens group; a second actuator for driving the second lens group; and third and fourth actuators f... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6453123 | Control system of zoom lens for digital still cameras A system to be used in a digital still camera to control zooming of the zoom lens, which uses programmed data written in a micro controller unit (MCU) instead of cams that are usually used to mechanically control zooming of the zoom lens of digital still ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6404568 | Lens barrel A lens barrel includes first and second tubes, a base, a single motor, and a drive gear for transmitting a drive force of the motor to the first and second tubes. The drive gear includes a cylindrical gear and a shaft gear having a shaft inserted in the c... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6396650 | Lens driving apparatus A lens driving apparatus includes an intermediate barrel expandable and collapsible in an optical axis direction, for moving a rear lens group in the optical axis direction along with expanding and collapsing; a movable barrel, concentric with the interme... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6392827 | Drive and guide mechanism and apparatus using the mechanism A lens driving device which does not make larger an apparatus in which the device is installed, which ensures a longer span for preventing a tilt of a lens therein, and which allows an easy access to the lens after assemblage is disclosed. The lens drivin... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6337952 | Lens apparatus This invention relates to a TV lens apparatus having the angle of view maintaining function of maintaining the angle of view constant. In the present invention, in a state in which the lens has been operated by the angle of view maintaining function when ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6331918 | Light interception structure for an automatic focus detection surveying instrument A light interception structure for an automatic focus detection surveying instrument includes a telescopic optical system having an objective optical system and an ocular optical system, a beam splitting optical element which splits object light transmitt... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6292221 | Motorized focusing device and viewing system utilizing same An improved focusing coupler device for coupling the image capturing portion of an endoscope to a video camera is disclosed. The coupler device includes a housing having an elongate internal chamber defining an optical pathway for connecting the optical i... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6292313 | Lens drive unit A zoom control connector, to which a zoom controller is connected, is disposed at the bottom of a drive unit of an ENG lens. When connecting the connector with the zoom controller, a unit discrimination circuit connects a changeover circuit with an A/D co... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6292308 | Lens barrel A lens barrel includes a lens barrel part generally cylindrical about an optical axis, a first driving part arranged to serve as a drive source for executing a focusing action, a second driving part arranged to serve as a drive source for executing a zoom... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6288848 | Lens barrel and optical equipment A lens barrel comprising a vibration motor including an annular rotor and an annular stator provided coaxially with the optical axis, a first rotary ring capable of rotation about the optical axis, a first rotary member receiving a rotational force from t... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6285511 | Manual and automatic apparatus for lens barrel The present invention is an apparatus not requiring the change of manual and automatic operations, preventing a lens from unexpectedly moving under manual operation, and making it possible to perform manual operation when a driving speed is low even under... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6278844 | Optical apparatus An apparatus, such as an image pickup apparatus, includes an optical unit, and an operating device which brings the optical unit to a usage start position by drawing in the optical unit after drawing out the optical unit from a stowage position. The opera... | 08/21/2001 |
