...When G.G. Hubbard learned of his future son-in-law's invention, he called it "only a toy." His daughter was engaged to a young man named Alexander Graham Bell.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5515104 | Camera having color correction coefficients set in accordance with a combination of photographic parameters A camera has a display for displaying a subject with colors which are determined in accordance with a color correction coefficient. The coefficient is generated in accordance with a combination of photographic parameters, such as a shutter speed, an apert... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5489965 | Finder display apparatus A finder display apparatus provides a display of information associated with the photographing within a finder field. The finder display apparatus has a reflecting surface, a polarizing plate and an electro-optical display device constituted by a twisted ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5486893 | Camera having a display for predicted images A camera has a predicted image display device in which image signals based on different kinds and control values of photographing information are stored and in which images based on the stored image signals are displayed. Photography may be performed base... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5329325 | Synchronized zoom electronic camera system The present invention is directed to a multiple camera system which captures a photo image on film and captures and stores an electronic image on a magnetic recording media. The system has two operating states. In the "compose" or "view" state the electro... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5315334 | Liquid crystal finder/projector for video camera A liquid crystal finder attached video camera whose liquid crystal finder is usable as a liquid crystal projector. This liquid crystal finder attached video camera is composed of a video camera body, a liquid crystal view finder unit having a transmission... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5300976 | Movie camera system having view finding and projecting operations An electronic movie camera system having a projecting function as well as a view finding function. The system includes a system body, a housing mounted on the system body, an LCD panel disposed within the housing to display an image corresponding to an im... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5270767 | Camera with camera-shake detection apparatus A camera wherein the light emitted by a subject, which has passed through a photographic optical system, is formed as an image on an area sensor, and which includes an electronic viewfinder that indicates the image of the subject based on the output from ... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5196876 | Photography booth and method A photography system includes a photograph producing first system having a camera with a photographically usable output, an electronic output corresponding to the photographically usable output, a first video display and a photograph producing system for ... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5172151 | Image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus in which an image of an object is converted by an image sensor into video signals to be supplied to a monitor is disclosed wherein a control circuit controls the substantial exposure of the image sensor and the monitor is inhibit... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5099265 | Combination optical and electronical viewfinder A combination optical and electronical viewfinder is provided to have both an optical systems and and electronical system in combination for the viewfinder of a camcorder for selecting either one of the two systems by a simple mainpulation of a mirror for... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5072246 | Self photography booth and method A self photography system comprises a photographic camera having an image inlet. A video camera has an image inlet and an image outlet, and the video camera is disposed proximate the photographic camera. A pane of semitransparent material is aligned with ... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5055863 | Multiple image transfer camera system A camera system for the simultaneous and substantially exact capturing of images of a subject on separate image reproduction mediums wherein an optical member is interposed between a lens group and a pair of separate, discrete image receiving mediums. One... | 10/08/1991 |
| 4963906 | Fiber-optically coupled video viewfinder A fiber optic video viewfinder for a motion picture camera. The conventional ground glass focusing screen of the camera is replaced by a fiber optic element that comprises a fused coherent bundle of optical filaments. A front face of the fiber optic eleme... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4908640 | Apparatus for taking photograph with monitoring system An apparatus for taking photograph with monitoring system comprises a primary camera for taking an objective photograph, a monitor camera, and a half mirror disposed in front of the lens of the primary camera obliquely to its optical axis, the lens of the... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4903056 | Camera having checking function A camera having checking function in which part of a light beam passing through the conjugate system of the camera lens unit is taken out. The light beam taken is passed through a focusing optical system to focus an optical image on an imaging device, and... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4896175 | Photography booth and method A self-photography booth comprises a booth having a first end portion for a person to be photographed and a spaced and aligned opposite second end portion. A camera is operably associated with the second end portion and includes a selectively operable fil... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4888605 | Photographing apparatus with self-monitoring device A photographing apparatus with a self-monitoring device having a still camera and a video camera sharing a photographic lens each other, a monitoring television device for forming a monitored image thereon from video signals obtained by the video camera, ... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4888606 | Photographic apparatus having a self-monitoring device A photographic apparatus having a self-monitoring device, comprising a still camera, a TV camera, a monitor TV for visualizing a vedeo signal corresponding to an image photographed by the TV camera, and means for producing a mirror image of a photographic... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4837633 | Electronic boundary framing device and method An electronic view finder having an electronic display screen is provided with an electronic image source which produces an electronic image of a boundary frame and a neutral or black background with the electronic boundary frame being adjustable electron... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4804983 | Photography booth and method A self photography system includes a film camera having an image inlet and an image outlet and also includes a shutter assembly for selectively exposing a length of film to a viewed image. A video camera is coupled to the image outlet by a prism which ass... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4739411 | Focus warning system for a manually-focused still video camera having an electronic viewfinder A manually-focused video camera provides a movie image for an electronic viewfinder and a still image for recording apparatus. A diaphragm in the optical section of the camera determines the optical aperture presented to incoming image light, which coinci... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4692006 | Video viewfinder system A video viewfinder system according to the preferred teachings of the present invention is shown for use with a camera of a standard design. The video viewfinder system includes video monitors for displaying derived images from a video camera of a primary... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4571627 | Electronic viewfinder An electronic viewfinder for an electronic imaging still camera may be selectively operated in either an electronic viewfinder mode in which electronic image data sensed by the photoresponsive sensing elements of the camera is transmitted to provide a vid... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4560264 | Device for displaying data in camera viewfinder A camera viewfinder which includes a device for displaying data, such as shutter speed and aperture value. A liquid crystal display and associated illuminating systems are provided for the display device. The illuminating system includes an illuminating l... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4557572 | Camera A camera includes means for separating an image to be photographed into in plurality of picture elements. These picture elements are transmitted by means of fiber optics or by means of opto-electrical converters to a view finder which displays the image t... | 12/10/1985 |