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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7226223 | Camera with motorized film advancement A camera (2) has a main body (4) defining a pair of film chambers on opposite sides of an exposure opening (18) comprising a first chamber (14) for receiving a film cassette having a central spool to which film is secured and a second cha... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7024035 | Method of setting region to be subjected to red eye correction and red eye correcting method The method sets a region to be subjected to red eye correction for red eye designation when a red eye in an image that has been produced in shooting is corrected into an eye having a pupil of a specified color. This setting method automatically extracts only the red... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6929408 | Camera with motor and gear drive system A pinion gear is fixed on a rotating shaft of a motor for supplying a driving force of a plurality of driving mechanisms. A speed reducing gear is engaged with the pinion gear, and a sun gear is engaged with a speed reducing gear. A planet worm includes a spur gear ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6722796 | Camera A camera equipped with an accommodating chamber which constitutes a periphery including a film spool spindle and which accommodates a film cartridge having a recess at one longitudinal end thereof, includes: a protruding surface portion which is provided in the acco... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6665493 | Camera film feed device and film feed method A camera film feed device is provided for enabling freely loadable placement of a film magazine which has a takeup shaft on which a film is wound and which has a film leader protruding from a film feeding opening. The camera film feed device includes a ma... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6574438 | Motor drive camera A zoom lens device is attached in front of a main body. The main body has a film cartridge chamber and a take-up chamber. A take-up spool is rotatably positioned into the take-up chamber. The zoom lens device consists of a fixed lens barrel and plural mov... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6564013 | Driving device and camera First and second driving systems are driven by a first motor via first and second planetary mechanisms through motor rotation in first and second directions, respectively. A third driving system is driven by the second planetary mechanism through motor ro... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6560411 | Mechanical power switching apparatus and camera If a sun gear is rotated in the clockwise direction, a planetary arm is also rotated in the clockwise direction so as to permit the planetary gear and a transmission gear to operatively mesh. If the sun gear is then rotated in the clockwise direction, a c... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6529688 | Driving device and apparatus having the same, and camera There is provided a camera which is compact in size and inexpensive even with the use of two motors, which allows relevant mechanisms to be laid out freely to thereby simplify motor controlling sequences, and which allows the user to quickly perform preli... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6491449 | Film feeding apparatus for camera A film feeding apparatus for a camera has a spool chamber, a spool, and a motor. The spool is rotated in the spool chamber for winding up a film. The motor is arranged within the outer diameter of the film winding of the spool to expose the outer peripher... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6434333 | Driving mechanism using shape-memory alloy A driving mechanism is disclosed that utilizes a shape-memory alloy. In particular, mechanical components are movably positioned by a member composed of shape-memory alloy, which changes shape when heated. The present invention reduces the number of mecha... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6385401 | Camera with motor-driven zoom lens and motor-driven film-advance mechanism A camera having a motor-driven zoom lens and a motor-driven film-advance mechanism uses a single electric motor and a drive train to selectively driving the zoom lens and the film-advance mechanism by the electric motor. A zoom control knob is provided, w... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6377754 | Driving force transmission switching apparatus A driving force transmission switching apparatus for a camera in accordance with the present invention includes: a drive source that generates a driving force; a worm gear that receives the driving force to rotate; a driving force transmission gear device... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6375367 | Optical apparatus An optical apparatuses having a cartridge chamber lid, includes a motor, a sun gear which is driven by the motor, a planet gear meshing with the sun gear and arranged to move from a first position to a second position while rotating when the sun gear rota... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6361224 | Film transport device and camera A film transport device includes a spool arranged to take up and wind thereon a film pulled out from a film cartridge, a motor disposed within the spool, a spool gear arranged to have an output of the motor transmitted thereto and to drive the spool, the ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6347194 | Apparatus including recording head, reading head, and winding portion with internal motor A camera in which a film is fed from a film cartridge and is wound around a film winding portion, the camera having a recording head for recording magnetic information on the film and a reading head for reading the magnetic information from the film. The ... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6343880 | Camera loadable with photo film cassette A camera has a spool drive shaft disposed to project from an inside of a cassette holder chamber, connected with a spool of a photo film cassette coaxially, to feed a photo film from a cassette, and to wind the photo film back into the cassette. A sun and... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6338580 | Film support and feed system of a camera A film support and feed system of a camera includes a pressure plate, a film feed mechanism which moves the film frame in a space in front of the pressure plate, a film suction mechanism which brings the film frame into intimate contact with the pressure ... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6336751 | Film feeding device, and optical apparatus including the same A film feeding device includes a driving source, a spool gear, provided on a film wind-up spool, to which a driving force of the driving source is transmitted, a cartridge-spool driving gear for transmitting the driving force of the driving source to a ca... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6321038 | Camera with driving mechanism and lens positioning control mechanism and method A camera, lens positioning mechanism and method use a lens holding member to hold a lens therein for receiving optical information that may be captured on film or digitally. The lens holding member interfaces with a ring-shaped barrel member, geared ring ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6315466 | Clutch unit and camera A clutch unit according to the present invention includes a driving sleeve fixed to a driving shaft and a driven sleeve fixed to a driven shaft. A coil-like clutch spring is received on the driven sleeve, and a clutch sleeve is received on the driving sle... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6317564 | Camera featuring a single drive source and a plurality of selectable drive transmission mechanisms A camera includes a plurality of camera operation mechanisms, a sun gear which rotates by means of a motor, a planetary gear which revolves around the sun gear, and a plurality of output gears each capable of meshing with the planetary gear by means of re... | 11/13/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6276845 | Power transmission mechanism The present invention provides a power transmission mechanism characterized in that two-directional rotations of a driving shaft can be transmitted to a driven-side shaft, it shows a high degree of freedom in arrangement even when it is applied to a drivi... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6275661 | Apparatus adapted for film having magnetic recording part An apparatus, such as a camera, adapted for a film having a magnetic recording part, includes a magnetic head which reads information from the magnetic recording part of the film, a motor, a first shield member which shields the magnetic head from magneti... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6229965 | Apparatus such as camera adapted for film having magnetic recording part An apparatus, such as a camera, adapted for a film having a magnetic recording part, includes a magnetic head which at least reads information from the magnetic recording part of the film, a pad which brings the film close to the magnetic head, a pad supp... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6215958 | Power transmission apparatus including plural selectable drive transmission mechanisms usable with single drive source, and camera using same A camera includes a plurality of camera operation mechanisms, a sun gear which rotates by means of a motor, a planetary gear which revolves around the sun gear, and a plurality of output gears each capable of meshing with the planetary gear by means of re... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6210048 | Camera including an improved drive mechanism A camera has at least one motor, a spindle gear (i.e. a gear having a spindle) for rewinding and thrusting a film, a cam that rotates together with the spindle gear when the spindle gear is rotated in a film-rewinding direction and that remains at rest wh... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6190059 | Camera In a camera body section of a camera according to the present invention, a cartridge chamber unit and a spool chamber unit are located on a lower connecting member with a lens barrel unit as a central unit. Furthermore, a driving-force transfer mechanism ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6175694 | Camera featuring a single drive source and a plurality of selectable drive transmission mechanisms A camera includes a plurality of camera operation mechanisms, a sun gear which rotates by means of a motor, a planetary gear which revolves around the sun gear, and a plurality of output gears each capable of meshing with the planetary gear by means of re... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6170999 | Power transmission device wherein a film take-up spool gear also partakes in film rewinding A power transmission device comprises a spool gear disposed at a film take-up spool and an output gear that outputs a driving force that has been transmitted to the spool gear. The spool gear acts both to drive a take-up spool in the course of film windin... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6167198 | Camera featuring a single drive source and a plurality of selectable drive transmission mechanisms An apparatus, such as a camera, comprises a plurality of operation mechanisms, a first rotation member, such as a sun gear, rotatable by operation of a motor, a second rotation member, such as a planetary gear which revolves around the sun gear, and a plu... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6164844 | 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 ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6157787 | Film feeding mechanism In a mechanism for feeding a film, used in a camera, etc., in which a film having one perforation formed at a specified position relative to each frame or a film having a plurality of perforations formed at specified positions relative to each frame with ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6157785 | Roll-film camera A roll-film camera for receiving a roll-film is disclosed which includes: a pair of spool compartments, each of which the roll-film can be placed in; a reversible film winding mechanism which rotates a spool placed in one of the pair of spool compartments... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6122456 | Movement control device A movement control device has a DC motor by which a recording medium is moved by one frame of an image, and a stepping motor by which a recording medium is moved by a small predetermined amount. A driven gear fixed on the output shaft of the DC motor is m... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6104881 | Camera having device that opens and closes light lock door of film cartridge A camera with a device that opens and closes a light lock door of a film cartridge loaded in the camera includes a drive source that moves a photographing lens barrel, and an opening/closing mechanism that uses the drive source to open and close the light... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6085043 | Apparatus having a power switch controlled by an operating device of an optical device An apparatus including a switching device for switching a power transmission system between first and second states. A holding device holds the switching device at least in the first or the second state. The holding device utilizes an operation device for... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6071018 | Film drive mechanism An electric motor 12 and a gear head 13 are located in the space inside the take-up spool 5, an output shaft 13a of the gear head 13 formed such that it has a length that accommodates the engagement length of the take-up spool only is direct-coupled to th... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6061524 | Camera In a zooming-focusing type camera, a driving force of a motor is selectively transmitted to a zooming mechanism for controlling a focal length of an optical lens system, a film winding mechanism for winding a film by a length corresponding to one frame an... | 05/09/2000 |
