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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7903964 | Imaging apparatus with rotatable grip and monitor portions An imaging apparatus has a grip portion, a camera portion, and a monitor portion for displaying an image captured by the camera portion. The camera portion has an imaging optical system and an imaging device for capturing the image of a subject guided by the imaging... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7639942 | Observation device and camera The observation device includes: an optical unit on which an intermediate image of an object to be observed is formed; a display unit that displays an image of a subject to be photographed; and a display unit moving unit that causes the display unit to be inserted i... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7630626 | Camera system A camera system includes a conventional single-lens reflex function. A camera head includes a finder support section which detachably supports an optical finder unit. When the optical finder unit is attached to the finder support section, the camera becomes a camera... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7437067 | Stand apparatus, electronic equipment using the same and its accessory apparatus A stand apparatus having the connector so as to correspond to a position of an electronic equipment being housed and comprises a connection inhibiter member to inhibit the connection if the position of the electronic equipment being housed and a turned state of the ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7155118 | Portable terminal The invention relates to a portable terminal, which can include a main body portion, a display portion provided with a display screen and coupled to an end portion of the main body portion to be folded or unfolded with respect to the main body portion. A camera devi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7142244 | Digital camera with integrated cable storage A digital camera apparatus wherein the cable used to link the camera to a processing device is stored within the body of the camera. The camera includes a cover associated with the camera housing that together define a storage cavity. The storage cavity is adapted t... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6937280 | Electronic device having pivotal display and stereo speakers It is an object of this invention to properly output sounds in stereo at the time of reproducing of images in a video camera having a pivotal image display unit. The invention includes an image display unit which can pivot on an electronic device body and displays i... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6927797 | Viewfinder for high definition video camera A viewfinder for mounting on a camera having a video signal tap, such as a professional video camera, to extend forwardly and laterally of the camera. A pivotable member is connected to a support base for selectively pivoting about a laterally extending axis and bei... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6795650 | Camera having shared optics for optical viewfinding and for electronic capture and display An optical and electronic viewer of a camera has a body having entrance and exit openings and entrance and exit tunnels extending inward from respective openings. The body has a cross tunnel connecting the entrance and exit tunnels. An eyepiece is mounted at the exi... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6778775 | Video camera with flat screen viewfinder The invention proposes a camera 1 furnished with a flat screen viewfinder 4 which comprises a specific fixing system. The fixing system essentially comprises a boom 5 for connecting the viewfinder 4 and the camera body 2. The boom ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6549237 | Image sensing apparatus capable of seeing image displayed on display device through finder An image sensing apparatus having a display device mounted rotatable about an axis on a side of the image sensing apparatus for displaying a sensed image. When the display device is folded up by the side of the image sensing apparatus, a mirror reflects a... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6480681 | Adjustable viewfinder optical system for shoulder-supported cameras An adjustable viewfinder optical system for a shoulder-supported movie or video camera having interchangeable objective lenses. The system includes first and second lens groups aligned on an optical axis for receiving and relaying an image received from t... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6253032 | Studio camera viewfinder In a studio camera (SC), comprising an image pickup unit (PUU) for converting a scene into image signals, and a viewfinder (VF) for displaying the image signals on a viewfinder display (D), the viewfinder (VF) having a position adjustment mechanism (PAM) ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6141505 | Electronic device A device comprising a main body and a sub-body that is rotatably supported on a side surface of the main body, wherein a bearing is located on either the main body or the sub-body and a shaft that engages with said bearing is located on the other unit, th... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6104533 | Viewfinder with diffractive optical element An optical viewfinder system comprising two optical elements, and a field stop or a reticle, to provide an image of a scene to a viewer, and further comprising a diffractive optical element to provide a clear, stationary image of the field stop or reticle... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6078753 | Camera with combination flash reflector and viewfinder mirror A camera having a viewfinder for viewing a subject to be photographed, and a flash unit for illuminating the subject which is supported for movement between an operative position in which the flash unit faces the subject and a storage position in which th... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5949504 | Viewing angle control apparatus for LCD monitor of camcorder A control apparatus for a camcorder is disclosed for maintaining an optimum viewing angle for an LCD display when the camcorder is tilted at an angle in the process of aiming the camcorder at a subject. A separate drive unit moves the LCD display with res... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5920426 | Telescopic viewfinder optical system A variable length telescoping viewfinder for cameras that provides a variably adjustable eye viewing distance relative to the camera without changing the focus or magnification of the scene being photographed throughout the telescoping movement of the vie... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5893649 | Camera-mounted VTR A camera-mounted VTR having a grip part for holding a main unit of the VTR at one side surface of the main unit of the VTR. A view finder is provided at the main unit of the VTR in such a way as it may be raised or inclined in respect to the main unit of ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5774754 | Camera capable of previewing a photographed image A camera includes a photographic recording device which records an image of an object on a photosensitive recording medium; an image pick-up device which picks up an image of the object to generate an image signal; a display device which displays a monito... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5767906 | Viewfinder mounting for video camera A viewfinder mounting for mounting a viewfinder on a camera body for adjustable movement in a common plane in two directions perpendicular to each other. This viewfinder mounting includes a first slide mechanism including first and second slide members co... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5765047 | Lens shutter camera having a zoom viewfinder mechanism and an adjustable strobe light generating unit A lens camera having a viewfinder mechanism and an adjustable strobe light generating unit, wherein the zoom viewfinder mechanism has a disk cam to cause a lens group of a viewfinder optical system to move back and forth in an optical axis direction accor... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5678080 | Compact viewfinder device using a fiber optical plate to transmit an optical image A compact viewfinder device suitable for use in a camera. The viewfinder device includes an image-forming optical system to form a subject image on an image-forming plane, and a fiber optical plate having a plane of incidence and an exit plane and which t... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5612755 | Motion picture film recording camera The invention relates to a compact motion picture film recording camera with a video adapter (16), an insertable cassette and a pivotable view lens, wherein a compact structure is achieved in spite of several functions in that a partially permeable reflec... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5570157 | Visual axis detection apparatus The invention relates to an apparatus with an illumination device for illuminating an eyeball; a light-receiving device having a plurality of photoelectric changing elements for changing reflected light from the eyeball; a storage device for storing a plu... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5557458 | Real image finder optical system A real image mode finder optical system includes an objective lens, a relay lens, and an eyepiece. A plurality of reflecting surfaces is arranged between the objective lens and the eyepiece. At least one of the reflecting surfaces is movable for deflectin... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5552931 | Finder optical system A finder optical system includes a finder objective lens provided independent of a photographic objective lens, an image erecting unit for erecting an image formed by the finder objective lens, and an eyepiece. The distance from a surface, closest to an i... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5539490 | Camera finder system and related control method A camera having a camera finder system including a finder housing having a camera finder. The camera further includes a movable housing linearly movable into the finder housing whereby the camera finder is moved forward out of a camera body or backward in... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5465132 | Finder system for a reflex camera A finder system for a reflex camera is disclosed with a finder in the form of a hood with an eyepiece at the top that can be looked straight down through. The hood has an opening in one wall of the hood, an attachment that accepts either a 90° telescopic... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5436686 | Compact camera with cover for handle A compact camera has a flash unit/viewfinder which in a non-operative folded position covers a handle for the camera body.... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5408361 | Focal length transitional method, auxiliary lens for transiting focal lengths, and lens system and finder having focal length transitional function A varifocal lens system is constructed by two or more lens groups and has a function for changing a focal length of the lens system by changing a distance between the lens groups while the position of an image face is constantly held. An auxiliary lens co... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5321456 | Detachable view finder for video camera The present invention relates to a view finder for a video camera; and, more particularly, to a detachable view finder usable as a separate and independent unit from the main body of the video camera. The detachable view finder comprises means for detacha... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5034764 | Combined eye- and waist-level real image mode finder A combined eye- and waist-level real image mode finder is equipped with an objective lens, a first eyepiece, a second eyepiece arranged so that an optical axis is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the first eyepiece, and a light beam split... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4786150 | Zoom lens with beam splitter A zoom lens including a plurality of movable lens units for zooming, a diaphragm and a beam splitter for splitting off part of the light beam toward an optical device, characterized in that this beam splitter is arranged in between the frontmost and rearm... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4755840 | Reflex apparatus for the viewing of the ground-glass plate of a photographic camera The apparatus includes a casing, in which a reflector is mounted, which casing is attached on the one hand to a supporting frame and on the other hand via a bellows to the frame. The supporting frame is intended to be slipped onto the ground-glass plate o... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4705374 | Tilting viewfinder and video door accessory for motion-picture camera A case hinges to the side of the movie camera next to the ground glass. One end of a viewfinder tube mounts pivotally to the case; the other supports an ocular. Light from the inverted image on the ground glass passes, at a right angle to the camera side,... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4682240 | Interlocked television camera and electronic viewfinder combination The top surface (1a) of the TV camera has a tower block (5, 6) secured thereto including, for example, a "camera ON" or "red light" indicator. To provide for movement of an electronic viewfinder in form of a TV monitor (2) while preventing inadvertent rot... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4605296 | Mounting arrangement for a camera viewfinder A mounting arrangement for adjustably attaching a viewfinder to a camera having at least one rocker, the rocker having a curved surface which permits a rocking motion between the viewfinder and the camera. Preferably, the mounting arrangement includes an ... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4591254 | Adaptor for T.V. camera Adaptor for a video movie camera having a detachable viewfinder which extends laterally from one side of the camera for viewing with the eye of the user which is closest to the camera. The viewfinder is provided with a first fastening element which is ada... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4506967 | Apparatus facilitating the aiming for view finder The trunnion bearing assemblies of a view finder for a television camera are provided with brake assemblies to hold the view finder in any chosen inclination or position, while yet permitting easy manual change of inclination and position. A pair of such ... | 03/26/1985 |
