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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7253833 | Vehicle periphery visual recognition system, camera and vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus and vehicle periphery monitoring system A vehicle periphery visual recognition system 1 is made up of an image pickup unit 11 for picking up images of image pickup ranges in three directions of the lower area at the front of a vehicle and the left and right side areas at the same time, and a... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7181136 | Apparatus for stereoscopic photography An apparatus for providing left and right eye images along the axis of a single camera lens (7), the apparatus comprising optical means arranged to provide said left and right eye images (22, 20) as a pair of head-to-head or toe-to-toe images, i.e. wit... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7162153 | Apparatus for generating a combined image An apparatus for generating a combined image includes a first reflector, a second reflector, a third reflector, and a camera. In some embodiments, one or more of the reflectors may be movable between a first position and a second position. Additionally, the apparatu... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7025454 | Extended depth of field optics for human vision The present invention provides extended depth of field to human eyes by modifying contact lenses, intraocular implants, and/or the surface of the eye itself. This may be accomplished by applying selected phase variations to these optical elements (e.g., by varying s... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6996339 | Three-dimensional photographing apparatus and three-dimensional photographing method, and stereo adapter A three-dimensional photographing apparatus includes a photographing unit configured to photograph an object from a plurality of viewpoints and a projecting unit configured to project a pattern on the object in photographing. The projecting unit including an optical... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6922285 | Optical system for photographing stereoscopic image, and stereoscopic image photographing apparatus having the optical system A stereoscopic image photographing optical system includes a pair of front optical components of negative refractive power, a combining optical element for superposing respective optical axes of the pair of front optical components on each other, a rear optical comp... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6915073 | Stereo camera and automatic convergence adjusting device A stereo camera with an automatic convergence adjusting device is provided. A stereo-image is captured by a CCD through a stereo adapter. A fiducial light beam in a plane of symmetry which includes a perpendicular bisector line of a segment between the viewpoints of... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6864910 | Optical apparatus An optical apparatus is arranged to automatically control, on the basis of an object distance, a convergence distance of right and left optical systems arranged to cause right and left optical images having a predetermined amount of parallax to enter a photographing... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6862410 | Stereoadapter, pattern projection adapter, and adapter for light-emitting member A stereoadapter is mounted in front of an imaging optical system of a camera to photograph a parallax image. An optical system has two light-receiving modules spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance to receive light from the same object. Then, the o... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6862140 | Stereoscopic image pickup system A stereoscopic image pickup system for obtaining parallactic images includes a pair of front optical components, the pair of front optical components respectively including a pair of reflecting members capable of rotating around respective predetermined axes and hav... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6819869 | Three-dimensional image-capturing device and adapter for three-dimensional image-capturing A three-dimensional image-capturing device using a pattern projection method is provided. The device is comprised of a camera and an adapter mounted on the lens barrel of the camera. The first-half area of the camera's CCD captures a pattern image in the invisible r... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6721500 | Apparatus for three dimensional photography An apparatus 1 provides left and right eye images to a conventional camera lens 7 such that the images are recorded by the camera 3 as head-to-head images. The apparatus 1 includes left and right plane mirrors 11, 12 that direct li... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6686988 | Optical system, and stereoscopic image photographing apparatus having the same An optical system includes a pair of front optical components, an optical member for superposing respective optical axes of the pair of front optical components on each other, a rear optical component disposed such that the superimposed optical axes coinc... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6414791 | Optical system for photographing a stereoscopic image, zoom lens and image pickup optical system An optical system is provided with a pair of forward optical components each having a shutter for controlling the amount of transmission of a light from an object, an optical member for laying the optical axes of the pair of forward optical components one... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6363225 | Optical system for shooting a three-dimensional image and three-dimensional image shooting apparatus using the optical system An optical system for shooting a three-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image shooting apparatus using the optical system produces an image with a smaller amount of light leaked from the side to be cut off over an entire image frame when parallax... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6208813 | Method and arrangement for taking pictures of the human body, especially of the mouth cavity A camera and a method for taking stereophotographic pictures. The camera comprises a camera housing for carrying film, a film placement plate in the camera housing for positioning against a portion of the film to be exposed to ensure precise planar placem... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5828913 | Method for three dimensional measurement and imaging having focus-related convergence compensation A method of photogrammetry to determine the position of an object in three dimensions using an apparatus for creating a pair of images, and adjusting the overlap of the images by automatically adjusting the convergence of a pair of image gathering means. ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5671450 | Stereo image forming adapter A stereo image forming adapter mounted forwardly of the zoom lens of a camera is provided with a plurality of deflecting members disposed at spacing intervals for deflecting light from an object, and a reflecting member for reflecting light flux from each... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5581314 | Camera with stereoscopic optical system A stereoscopic camera is provided with a mechanism to move reflective members into and out of an optical path such that the camera may take stereoscopic photographs in one position of the moving mechanism. The camera may also take normal full-frame photog... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5349403 | Photographic camera for producing sterographic and mono photographs A photographic camera for use in producing stereographic and mono photographic images. The camera is provided with a reflector system comprising reflectors, lenses and shutters for use in projecting two images onto a light sensitive recording medium in si... | 09/20/1994 |
| 4437745 | Three dimensional camera system A stereo optics apparatus, comprising a zoom lens attachable to a camera body and having an operating element operable when moved in first and second directions to increase or decrease the focal length of said zoom lens, first and second spaced apart mova... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4288819 | Multi-field imaging device A multi-field imaging device is described for directing light from a first optical field and a separated second optical field into a video camera used for security surveillance thereby reproducing a split-screen image with the video camera. The multi-fiel... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4178090 | 3-Dimensional camera device This invention relates to a reflex camera device having a single lens for the photography of right and left images from an object space transmitted as first and second light ray bundles from two positions separated by an interocular distance onto a single... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4009951 | Apparatus for stereoscopic photography Photographic apparatus employing a single color filter for use in conjunction with a camera to produce a decodable composite image of a scene, which image has a three dimensional quality when decoded. The composite image is formed of two images, each imag... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3990087 | 3-Dimensional camera This invention relates to a reflex camera device having a single lens for the photography of right and left images from an object space transmitted as first and second light ray bundles from two positions separated by an interocular distance onto a single... | 11/02/1976 |
