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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175451 | Electronic viewfinder apparatus and imaging apparatus The electronic viewfinder 3 includes a reflective type liquid crystal display 315, a finder optical system 32, and a transmission plate 34 that transmits a part of the optical image signal collected by the finder optical system 32 ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7983553 | Applied camera composition guide A camera and camera insert having an improved crop area on a composition guide. The composition guide can be molded into the insert, such as a camera screen, and/or alternatively printed or painted thereon. The crop area can be horizontal and/or vertically oriented ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7912366 | System and method for providing photograph location information in a wireless communication device Descriptive location information is associated with and displayed with a photograph taken on a wireless communication device. The descriptive location information is derived from raw location data received from a global positioning system (GPS) receiver in the wirel... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912367 | Image processing system The table 200 represents that only small dots should be formed in the range Cd1 of relatively small tone values. In the range Cd2, the production rate of small dots gradually decreases, while the production rate of medium dots increases. In the ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912368 | Eyepiece lens system, finder optical system, and electronic viewfinder of imaging apparatus and imaging apparatus An eyepiece lens system for an electronic viewfinder, usable to be disposed on an optical axis between a reflective LCD of the viewfinder and a last optical surface of the viewfinder, the eyepiece lens system comprising: a first lens having a positive refractive ind... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7873270 | Interchangeable lens type camera system and camera body An interchangeable lens type camera system includes a camera body and an interchangeable lens mountable to the camera body. An error detector detects whether a communication error occurs between a communication unit of the camera body and a communication unit of the... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7853140 | Digital still camera, image reproducing apparatus, face image display apparatus and methods of controlling same including determination device and decision device The image of a subject is sensed, the image of the subject is displayed on the display screen of a digital still camera and the image of a face is detected in the image of the subject. The image of the subject is shifted in such a manner that the center of the detec... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7711262 | Method of photographing panoramic image Disclosed is a method of photographing a panoramic image, the method including the steps of: checking if a configuration of each scene constituting the panoramic image is arbitrarily set whenever each scene is photographed; outputting a photographic guide screen on ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7706678 | Electronic imaging apparatus having optical/electronic finder mechanisms switchable in accordance with imaging condition An electronic imaging apparatus having a section for generating imaging data which indicates an imaging condition; an optical finder mechanism for introducing light from a subject to a finder; a data display device for displaying at least one of the subject's image ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7672581 | Camera composition guide A camera and camera insert having an improved crop area either on a crop guide or otherwise provided on a display. The composition guide can be molded into the insert, such as a camera screen, or alternatively printed or painted thereon. The crop area can be horizon... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7636520 | Light-emitting unit and superimposing device A light-emitting unit for superimposement is provided. The light-emitting unit is applied to one of a pentagonal roof-mirror or a pentagonal Dach-prism of a viewfinder optical system of a camera. The unit comprises a light source, a light-emitting lens, and a second... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7616884 | Viewfinder for single lens reflex camera In a viewfinder for a single lens reflex camera, in which a focused image of an object formed on a ground glass by a photographing lens is transmitted to an ocular optical system through a pentagonal prism or a pentagonal mirror and an information image displayed on... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7609960 | Finder device and camera The present invention discloses a finder device and camera including the finder device having an information display device arranged near a mat screen on which a subject image is formed, and an imaging device for acquiring a finder image including the subject image ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7542669 | Diffraction display device and viewfinder display device A diffraction display device includes a diffraction optical element that comprises a diffraction display portion and a non-display portion disposed between a pair of substrates, and an illuminating device that emits linearly polarized illuminating light to be incide... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7471891 | Single-lens-reflex digital camera A single-lens-reflex digital camera in which an optical image of an object that is to be photographed via a photographing lens is reflected by a main mirror to be formed on a focusing screen so that the optical image is viewed through a viewfinder while the main mir... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7440692 | Digital camera A digital camera includes a first imaging section for acquiring subject image data, a movable mirror for guiding the light beam of the subject to a finder optical system, and a second imaging section for capturing the subject image data in the finder optical system.... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7433587 | In-finder indicator for single-lens reflex camera An in-finder indicator for a single-lens reflex camera comprises an eyepiece lens, a reflecting mirror for reflecting a beam of light from a subject, a screen having a screen surface which is subjected to surface treatment to form prisms for presenting a superimpose... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428381 | Electronic motion picture camera The invention relates to an electronic motion picture camera having an optical receiving system and a beam splitter which splits the receiving beam path into a taking beam path leading to an optoelectronic taking sensor and a viewfinder beam path leading to an optic... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426343 | Holographic optical device, camera finder indication, and camera The present invention relates to a holographic optical element (8), a viewfinder display (5, 6, 7) of a camera (1) using thereof, and a camera (1). The purpose of the present invention is to show various superimposed displays for various ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424217 | Method of evaluating image information, photographing device, and storage medium having program stored thereon An evaluation on image information is indicated before operating a shutter operating section. For example, a method of evaluating image information includes: (a) a step of converting an optical image of an object to be photographed into electrical image information;... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7372499 | Electronic flash, electronic camera and light emitting head The present invention is directed to a light emitting head for use with an electronic camera. The light emitting head is preferably formed as an array of red, green, and blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) provided on the sides of a light guide member, preferably a po... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7349020 | System and method for displaying an image composition template A system and method for displaying image composition templates with preview images is described. One embodiment comprises analyzing at least one characteristic of a preview image, determining a nature of the preview image based upon the analyzed characteristic, sele... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7327903 | Method and apparatus for reconstruction of a multi-dimensional image A method and apparatus for imaging including reconstruction of an image of an object from a set of projections acquired for different positions of an acquisition apparatus around the object to be imaged and in which a projection source is situated at a finite distan... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7317485 | Digital still camera with composition advising function, and method of controlling operation of same A digital still camera is designed so that even a beginner can acquire photographic technique. To this end, picture-taking advice conforming to the subject of photography is displayed, in a shooting mode, on the display screen of a liquid crystal display device with... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7309932 | Voice coil motor apparatus for positioning A voice coil motor apparatus for positioning is disclosed. The voice coil motor is used by the auto-focus lens control module of a miniature camera. The apparatus contains a voice coil motor, a position feedback sensor, and a positioning controller. The voice coil o... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7301560 | Three-dimensional field for calibration and method of photographing the same A three-dimensional field for calibration having a wide-angle area 110 and a zooming area 120 located within an area overlapped with the wide-angle area 110 comprises: a plurality of rough alignment reference marks 122 for zooming and a p... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7286178 | Digital camera having inclination sensor A digital camera includes an inclination sensor for detecting an inclination in a rotating direction around an optical axis. When a shutter button is half-depressed, a character signal corresponding to a detection result of the inclination sensor is generated by a c... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280751 | In-finder display device An in-finder display device includes an optical member having prisms and disposed about a position where an objective unit forms an image; an image-inverting unit receiving light from the optical member; an eyepiece unit for guiding the light from the image-invertin... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274400 | Digital camera and composition assist frame selecting method for digital camera A digital camera has a plurality of shooting modes such as a day scenic shooting mode, a night scenic shooting mode and a person shooting mode and displays a composition assist frame selected from a plurality of composition assist frames on a liquid crystal monitor ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7239350 | Image pick-up device and system that provide image taking guidance The objective of the present invention is to achieve an image-pickup device which, when the user picks up an image of a subject using the image-pickup device, makes it possible to reduce a failure relating to framing techniques and image-pickup techniques. Guide inf... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236698 | Imaging system The invention relates to an imaging system equipped with an electronic viewfinder suitable for compactness and having a sufficient angle of viewing field and satisfactory optical performance, especially the ability to prevent harmful light. The imaging system compri... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7224395 | Camera having a shutter to cut reverse-incident light from the eyepiece lens A camera comprises a beam splitter configured to divide an incident light from a subject through a photographing lens, an eyepiece lens configured to observe the incident light divided by the beam splitter with a viewfinder, a relay lens provided between the beam sp... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7174095 | Optical apparatus for observing object According to the present invention, an optical apparatus is provided that comprises a recording medium, a distance-detecting sensor, an illustrated-guide selector, and an image-indicating device. The recording medium stores illustrated-guide data for a plurality of ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7161621 | Image-capturing device with position detector for vibration reduction An image-capturing device includes: an image-capturing element that converts light to an electrical signal; a photographic lens member that condenses subject light at the image-capturing element; a board on which the image-capturing element is mounted; and an elasti... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7133608 | Camera A camera divides a light beam having passed through a taking lens unit into two light beams. One light beam forms an image on a silver salt film. Another light beam forms an image on a CCD. A light path for said another light beam is provided with an aperture diaphr... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129981 | Rendering system and method for images having differing foveal area and peripheral view area resolutions A client-server arrangement for camera viewing using digital cameras across a computer network. A camera server controls a motorized gimbal which determines the viewing angles of a set of cameras according to signals from a client computer which is equipped with an ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7120461 | Camera phone and photographing method for a camera phone A camera phone and photographing method for a camera phone is provided which allows a camera phone to easily and precisely set a composition of a subject to be photographed. If a standard, preset composition guideline is not appropriate for a particular subject to b... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120309 | Ghost image correction system and method A new and useful method and system for correcting for ghost images in a telecentric optical system is provided. Ghost images generated from planar optical surfaces in the image space after the major elements of a telecentric optical system are shift invariant. In ot... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119319 | Solid-state image sensing element and its design support method, and image sensing device A solid-state image sensing element has a photoelectric conversion element which converts incoming light into an electrical signal in accordance with an amount of the light, a microlens which is arranged on an incident surface, a light guide which is arranged betwee... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7061684 | Finder optical system and camera provided with the same An observation optical system of the present invention comprises an image erect optical system and an eyepiece optical system for observing an object image. The eyepiece optical system comprises a positive single lens having double convex surfaces and a negative men... | 06/13/2006 |
