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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7092627 | Shooting system and silver-salt camera A shooting system of the present invention comprises a silver-salt camera unit shooting on a silver-salt photosensitized material, an electronic image pickup unit which is detachably combined with the silver-salt camera unit and in which a solid image pickup element... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7031605 | Film feeding device and image reading apparatus having same A negative film setter has film holders for having set therein films to be fed. Each of the film holders has both a detecting sensor for detecting whether a film is set therein and a lamp which is lit when a film is set in a film holder and which is not lit when a f... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6982816 | Film scanner A film scanner has a transport table for transporting the film held by a film holder in a sub-scan direction, a transport mechanism for moving the transport table in the sub-scan direction, a line sensor and a line sensor drive circuit for obtaining an image of the ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6941065 | Camera interlocks that ensure proper movement of film The camera of this invention has a film cassette compartment, a film spool (13), a film exposing area, and an interlock that prevents moving exposed film from the film cassette. With the camera, a film cassette (2) is loaded into the film cassette comp... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6678472 | Camera A camera having a transport device for stepwise transport of a film in each case by the length of a respective picture, wherein the transport device includes a film take-up shaft which is driven by way of a winding reel on which a pull element, preferably... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6529687 | APS camera and method An APS single use camera has a cover with an aperture that provides access to the film sensor and the light lock door driver via a tool adapted to be received into the aperture. The tool is used to open the light lock door and push the film sensor out of ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6507699 | Photographic process and one-time use camera to prevent unauthorized recycling and/or reuse of the camera A one-time use camera including film. The camera comprises a shutter release and a device adapted to deactivate a camera function in order to prevent unauthorized reuse of the camera. The deactivating device comprises: a first counter whose value can be c... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6507712 | Camera A camera in which a magazine can be loaded into a magazine chamber in the direction along a winding shaft thereof in a state in which a film leader is wound thereon. During such magazine loading, the film leader is inserted along the outer periphery of a ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6463219 | Camera with a film perforation wheel A camera for edge-perforated film with a film feed device (9) and a rotatably mounted film perforation wheel (sprocket wheel) (101) that engages with teeth (102) in the edge perforations of the film and executes a rotational movement during feeding of the... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6402396 | Film back exchangeable camera and exchangeable film back A film back exchangeable camera has a camera body and a film back that can be attached to and detached from the camera body. The camera includes: an aperture formed in the film back, through which photographing light flux passes; a film supplying mechanis... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6325555 | Camera with external combined crank and key for film pre-winding and limiting removal and reloading of film and method of accomplishing same A camera having means for pre-winding unexposed film, in non-darkroom conditions from a film cartridge to a take up spool and limiting removal and replacement of the film cartridge to those designated to do. A latching member includes a pair of slots stru... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6295420 | Drive force transmission device for camera A film drive mechanism for a camera, in which a drive force of a motor is transmitted through a differential gear mechanism to a wind shaft and a rewind shaft and is also transmitted through a screw gear to a spool shaft or a fork shaft whereby, operation... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6222994 | Film unit with a lens attached A film unit is provided with an unexposed film chamber in which an unexposed film is accommodated beforehand; a photographing lens through which the unexposed film is imagewise exposed; a film wind-up chamber; a spool provided in the film wind-up chamber,... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6128440 | Spool repositioning apparatus for camera assembling and methods A method and apparatus for assembling a camera. In the method, a film cartridge is positioned in a cartridge chamber of a camera frame assembly having a rear opening, a thumbwheel, and an active light lock closer. A spool of the cartridge and a film advan... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6125241 | Camera A camera has a transmitting mechanism, for transmitting a driving force necessary for camera operation, that is provided behind a path for feeding a film. The camera has a cartridge chamber wherein a film cartridge is loaded, and the film cartridge is loa... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6085037 | APS camera structure for film preloading An APS camera having various mechanical features that simplify film pre-loading, especially in single use APS cameras, is disclosed. The disclosed camera employs the film advance mechanism to open and close the APS film cassette's light lock door, and als... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6078354 | Telecine scanning A telecine scanner, with which the horizontal picture steadiness errors are reduced by the film guidance in the area of the film gate 5, includes a first guiding element 11 supporting one of the longitudinal edges of the film 4 at at least two points in t... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6035144 | Still photo camera A still photo camera for film and electronic image recording selectively employs various media and media evaluation modes with selectable mechanical, optical and electronic imaging.... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5956537 | Film feeding device for camera A film feeding device for a camera uses first and second electric motors associated with first and second planetary gearing mechanisms, respectively. In one embodiment, the first motor and first planetary gearing mechanism drive a spool shaft of a film ca... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5911088 | Camera A camera includes a motor, a structural body arranged to support the motor through an elastic member, and a power transmission mechanism for transmitting the rotation output of the motor to a camera operating mechanism. The power transmission mechanism in... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5883729 | Scanner device A scanner device including a line sensor, an AD conversion circuit for AD-converting an inputted image signal, a memory for storing therein a digital signal which is outputted from the AD conversion circuit, a DA conversion circuit for DA-converting the d... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5832322 | Photographic camera with a frame counter in the back A camera includes a main body having a first cavity for receiving a film cartridge and a second cavity for receiving film withdrawn from the film cartridge, a metering apparatus mounted within the main body for metering the film, one frame at a time, betw... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5828915 | Film winding fixture for use with a film cartridge and method A method of prewinding film from a film cartridge having a rotatable spool for allowing a contained film to be thrust from the confines of the cartridge after a light blocking door is opened to permit a filmstrip to be thrust from the cartridge, into a fi... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5778269 | Camera and advance-rewind unit A camera for use with photographic film and advance-rewind unit. The camera has a body that defines a film path and a film drive disposed in operative relation to the film path. The advance-rewind is mounted on the body. The advance-rewind has a crank and... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5754903 | Motorized film loading method A film loading method for a camera comprising the steps of opening a door to uncover a chamber for a film cartridge, inserting a film leader which protrudes from the film cartridge through a film ingress slot in the chamber and into engagement with a film... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5742862 | Photographic cassette and camera equipped with a cassette according to the invention The invention concerns a cassette for photographic film. The cassette for photographic film according to the invention comprises: a winding spool (45); a photographic film (41) designed to be wound on said winding spool, means being provided for fixing one end... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5721996 | Power transmission apparatus The invention is directed to an engaging mechanism. The engaging mechanism comprises a cam element which moves upon modification of an engaging position, a cam follower abutted against a cam surface of the cam element, a detecting element for detecting a ... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5701531 | Film feeding device A mechanism, for feeding a film with a photographing information magnetic recording area, of a camera. The camera including the mechanism has a cartridge holder inside which a film cartridge housing the film in is set; an aperture for defining an exposure... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5697263 | Actuating mechanism A device, having a planetary gear and a single motor, in use for switching and transmitting a driving force of the motor to any one of station gears and for driving each station gear in both rotational directions. The operation of locking levers for preve... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5689745 | Apparatus and method for loading and unloading a camera with a discrete film strip An apparatus is disclosed for loading a photographic camera (426) of a type including an external housing (428, 478) having a movable closure (484) giving access to a film guide track (566) within the camera, the guide track extending between an unexposed... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5687411 | Instant camera A camera according to the present invention has an arrangement that a film is discharged to a side toward a subject after a picture has been taken, the instant camera comprising a grip portion formed on a right portion of a camera body when viewed in a no... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5677759 | Film transfer and viewing device The present invention is a film housing device comprising a film housing member that houses developed film; a driving mechanism that feeds the film housed in said housing member to a position outside the housing member where the film may be visually obser... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5678070 | Actuator built-in apparatus with ultrasonic wave actuators driven at different frequencies An apparatus such as a camera, etc. incorporates at least first and second ultrasonic wave actuators driven at predetermined frequencies for driving the apparatus. The first and second ultrasonic wave actuators are drive-controlled at different frequencie... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675835 | Photographic camera including features for positioning an external film loading and unloading device A photographic camera (426) is disclosed which includes an external housing (428, 478) having at least one movable closure (484) which, in an open position of the at least one closure, enables a discrete strip of film to be loaded from an exterior of the ... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5649246 | Information processing device and method An information processing device, such as a camera, capable of magnetically recording information on film, controls magnetic recording and film feeding using a single position detector that detects film position information, such as perforations in the fi... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5640636 | Camera A camera having a device for feeding a film, comprises a driving unit for generating driving force, a first unit to be driven for feeding the film in a first direction, a second unit to be driven for feeding the film in a second direction which is differe... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5621493 | Photographic camera with shifting cartridge holder A photographic camera includes a camera body, a cartridge holder, and a shift device. The cartridge holder is capable of holding a film cartridge to be used in the photographic camera, and movable between a first position in which the film cartridge can b... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5610679 | Methods of film winding and loading a film in a lens-fitted film unit and a film supplying spool A method for loading an unexposed photographic film in a lens-fitted photographic film unit, the method including the steps of: providing a cartridge storing the unexposed film therein, and a film supplying spool having a film winding part around which th... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5604558 | Automatic film cartridge ejection device of a camera A device such as a camera adapted for an image recording medium cartridge includes a first device for automatically performing an operation relating to at least one of loading and unloading of the cartridge and a second device for varying an operation of ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5596381 | Camera for use with photographic film in a cartridge A camera in use with a photographic film in a cartridge. The camera includes: a cartridge chamber for accommodating the cartridge, in which the cartridge includes a spool and a bar code disk; a regulation member for regulating a location of the spool in t... | 01/21/1997 |
