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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8098446 | Lens barrel and camera A small-sized lens barrel and camera have the following configuration. The lens barrel has a first barrel, a second barrel movable between retracted position retracted in the inner diameter side of the first barrel and shooting position shifted toward the incident s... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8085483 | Lens barrel A telescopic lens barrel which is capable of increasing the assembling workability and advancing and retracting a lens in an optical axis direction of the lens barrel with high accuracy, without miniaturizing of the lens barrel. A barrel base plate holds an image pi... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7920345 | Lens barrel supporting frame, lens retaining structure, lens barrel and camera Lens barrel 3 includes a stationary frame 20, a drive frame 30, a rotation cam frame 70, and a first lens frame 60. The drive frame 30 is supported by the stationary frame 20 to be movable in a Y axis direction along ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7880985 | Lens barrel A lens barrel includes a first member which has a first sliding-contact surface and an opening formed in the first sliding-contact surface; a second member which has a second sliding-contact surface and moves relative to the first member, the second sliding-contact ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7808731 | Lens guide mechanism, lens barrel, and image pickup apparatus The present invention provides a lens guide mechanism, a lens barrel, and an image pickup apparatus. A lens guide mechanism relating to the present invention includes: a plurality of lens frames each including a sliding section; and a guide shaft engaged with the sl... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7808730 | Lens assembly with actuating means and auto-focus controlling apparatus having the same A lens assembly has a driving actuator which includes a magnet, a yoke and a coil and is formed along a lens barrel that accommodates a lens unit for focusing and an auto-focus controlling apparatus comprises the lens assembly for camera module. The magnet or the co... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7768727 | Optical lens barrel and image pickup apparatus A lens barrel includes front, intermediate, and rear barrels that hold front, intermediate and rear lens group, respectively. The relative distances among the barrels vary. The front barrel includes a lens barrier and a barrier actuating member. A barrier drive cam ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7746584 | Lens barrel supporting frame, lens retaining structure, lens barrel and camera Lens barrel 3 includes a stationary frame 20, a drive frame 30, a rotation cam frame 70, and a first lens frame 60. The drive frame 30 is supported by the stationary frame 20 to be movable in a Y axis direction along ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7684137 | Lens barrel, optical device and method for manufacturing lens barrel A lens barrel includes a first barrel, a second barrel having an inner face facing an outer face of the first barrel, and a circuit board supported by the second barrel. The circuit board is provided between the first barrel and the second barrel. The circuit board ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7663825 | Lens barrel device and image capture device A lens barrel device that includes optical parts holding frames, which hold optical parts so that the optical parts holding frames can linearly move in the optical axis directions, respectively, and an image capture device. ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7656596 | Lens apparatus and image pickup apparatus A lens apparatus and image pickup apparatus thereof. The lens apparatus includes a first fixed lens-barrel with fixed-side first guide grooves and fixed-side second guide grooves, a first movable lens-barrel arranged at the outside of the fixed lens-barrel, movable-... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7633693 | Retractable lens and slidable lens retracting device thereof A slidable lens retracting device is provided for retracting a lens system that include lens group units all positioned on a common optical axis when the lens system is in an operational state. At least one lens group unit is retracted from the on-axis position on t... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7561356 | Lens barrel A lens barrel is disclosed. The lens barrel includes a sleeve having curved groove on an inner side thereof, a lens module having at least one lens and an optical axis having an object end and an image end, and a pin projecting from the lens module and engaged in a ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7545590 | Optical lens module An optical lens module includes a lens barrel and a barrel base. The lens barrel includes an external wall. The barrel base has a receiving housing for receiving the lens barrel therein. The receiving housing includes an internal wall. The lens barrel defines at lea... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7471476 | Impact-resistant barrel assembly for a lens device A barrel assembly for a lens device includes a stationary barrel, first and second barrel components, and a coupling pin. The stationary barrel surrounds an axis and has a first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a guide slot formed thr... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7433137 | Lens barrel, camera and portable information terminal apparatus A lens barrel includes a) a plurality of lens groups each having at least one lens, b) a plurality of lens retaining frames, including a retractable lens retaining frame, c) lens retaining frame driving devices, d) a main-guide shaft member in parallel to the optica... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7423823 | Lens barrel A lens barrel component includes a lens holding member for holding a lens and a supporting member supporting the lens holding member. The lens barrel component is molded using a composite material containing at least clay and a thermoplastic resin. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423822 | Lens barrel and optical apparatus The present invention is directed to a lens barrel that is simplified in structure with the reduced number of components and is facilitated in assembly and associated adjustment. The lens barrel enables an appropriate frictional force against the rotation force caus... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7372638 | Lens barrel There is disclosed a lens barrel including a fixed frame, a rotary frame rotatable with respect to the fixed frame to advance or retract in an optical axis direction, and a rectilinear guide frame rotatable relative to the rotary frame to displace integrally with th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365925 | Method of aligning optical elements A method of aligning an optomechanical assembly and an optomechanical assembly are described. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362521 | Lens module and electronic device using the same A lens module includes a frame, a guide bar, a lever, a first lens and a second lens. The frame is for carrying an image sensor with a photosensitive surface. The guide bar is disposed on one side of the frame and parallel to a normal of the photosensitive surface. ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359131 | Lens positioning systems and methods An improved lens mount and related lens and lens barrel positioning methods are provided. In one example, a lens mount for use with a miniature camera can include a ring member having a substantially cylindrical interior surface defining a substantially cylindrical ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352387 | Camera with positioning device used to capture magnified and demagnified images To provide a camera that is suited to shoot both a demagnified image and a magnified image. The camera includes a housing body 11 containing a CCD 15, and a lens barrel 12. An abutted member 20 having an objective lens 40 th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342732 | Optical mount An optical mount (1) for optical component (2) which has a edge contour (4) relative to extending radially optical axis (A), includes a rigid optical support (3) having an axially oriented stop edge (5), which is suitable for an ax... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336433 | Focusable laser collimator A laser collimator includes an optical lens having an optical axis; a sliding lens holder for housing the lens having a longitudinal opening parallel to the optical axis; a stationary lens holder ring for fitting to the front of the sliding lens holder and having a ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7324290 | Variable focus optic module and optic system A variable focus optic module is provided with a housing, a lens assembly, and a protrusion and recess system. The lens assembly is movably disposed in operable relationship with the housing. The protrusion and recess system includes at least one protrusion disposed... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312936 | Digital image-capturing device A digital image-capturing device includes an outer lens barrel, an image sensor disposed in the outer lens barrel, an inner lens barrel mounted in the outer lens barrel, and a lens module mounted in the inner lens barrel. The outer lens barrel has a barrel coupling ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7265918 | Movable member supporting mechanism, and movable member supporting mechanism for lens barrel A movable member supporting mechanism includes a support ring; first and second rotatable members provided inside the support ring and supported thereby to be integrally rotatable and to be movable relative to each other in an axial direction thereof; a linearly mov... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262926 | Lens barrel There is described a lens barrel including; a plurality of lens units; an actuator to move at least a lens unit included in the plurality of lens units; and a housing member. The actuator includes: a vibrating device constituted by two vibrating members, each of whi... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7242540 | Axis-adjustable optical device and optical instrument utilizing the same An axis-adjustable optical device includes: a base; a first adjustment unit including a biasing component disposed between a support seat and the base, and a plurality of screw fasteners for coupling the support seat to the base; a second adjustment unit including a... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7236316 | Lens barrel assembly and assembling method therefor An opening direction of guide grooves formed in sub bearing portions 55, 58 are different from an opening direction of guide grooves formed in the main bearing portions 54, 57. Therefore, when the first, second lens holders 31, 32 can easily be ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233737 | Fixed-focus camera module and associated method of assembly A fixed-focus camera module includes an image sensor, a lens for focusing an image onto the image sensor, and a positioning structure for maintaining an alignment of the lens and image sensor. The alignment provides a desired image quality of the image focussed onto... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230777 | Lens unit and compact image pickup module The lens unit includes an imaging lens including lenses, each of which includes a lens portion having an optical function and a flange portion on a periphery of the lens portion, and a ring-shaped lens holding member provided between the lenses and holds at least on... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7215374 | Camera module having geared lens barrel A camera having a housing, an imaging array positioned in said housing, and a lens assembly is disclosed. The lens assembly includes a fixed portion attached to the housing and a moveable portion connected to the fixed portion by a threaded coupling. The lens is pos... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7196858 | Collapsible lens barrel and imaging apparatus There is provided a collapsible lens barrel including plural barrels of different outside diameters from one another and enabled to move coaxially and perform relative movement in an axial direction, and an image-capturing optical system disposed within the plural b... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7180689 | Lens tube of microscope A lens tube of a microscope includes a plurality of observation ports, and first and second optical path switching portions that move relative to each other for switching an optical path to an arbitrary one of the observation ports. The first optical path switching ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7158322 | Lens device and method for adjusting the same To provide a lens device involving simple adjustment work and an adjustment method for the same, the lens device includes the first and second lens groups, each including having a retaining guide section on a surface facing another of the first and second lens group... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7146200 | Camera lens mounting device of folder type telephone A camera lens mounting device of a folder-type telephone is disclosed. In the folder-type telephone including a body housing, a folder, and hinge means for rotatably connecting the body housing to the folder, the camera lens mounting device comprises hinge arms and ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7133224 | Lens barrel, camera and portable information terminal apparatus A lens barrel includes a) a plurality of lens groups each having at least one lens, b) a plurality of lens retaining frames, including a retractable lens retaining frame, c) lens retaining frame driving devices, d) a main-guide shaft member in parallel to the optica... | 11/07/2006 |
