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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180215 | Vibrating device and image equipment having the same A vibrating device includes a drive unit configured to drive a vibrating member to produce vibration Z (x, y) at a dust-screening member, the vibration being expressed as follows: Z(x,y)=Wmn(x,y)·cos(γ)+W | 05/15/2012 |
| 8126325 | Apparatus, an optical unit and devices for use in detection of objects An apparatus for generating and viewing an image of an item (95) against a reflective surface (94) with a light source (85), a camera (97) and operational electronics (98) installed on a single, common circuit board (99) loc... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8107810 | Imaging device and optical device An imaging device comprising a light transmissive member 18 having light transmissive character, a vibration member 20 causing bending vibration for the light transmissive member, a driving portion 56 for driving the vibration member 20, ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8090255 | Housing assembly for portable electronic device A housing assembly for a portable electronic device is disclosed. The portable electronic device includes a camera assembled therein. The housing assembly includes a base housing and a cover. The base housing has an aperture defined therethrough for exposing the cam... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8041209 | Door mirror A door mirror which includes a camera for checking the side of a vehicle which is in a blind spot of a driver, has a door mirror body having a through hole formed for lens side part of the camera to be inserted therein, and a camera cover having an opening part for ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041208 | Imaging apparatus having foreign substance removal member which overlaps shutter blade moving locus in optical axis direction An imaging apparatus includes a foreign substance removal member configured to move along a surface of an optical member to remove foreign substances, a shutter blade configured to open and close an photographic optical path, the shutter blade being disposed closer ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8023818 | Articulating infrared window An articulating infrared window to be installed into a panel of a cabinet is disclosed. The window includes a window housing and an infrared transparent pane. The infrared transparent pane is installed within the window housing. Embodiments of the window housing can... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7970277 | Business card case mountable on notebook computer A business card case is mountable on a notebook computer. The business card case has a receptacle for storing plural business cards. The business card case includes a protrusion part, a supporting part and a restriction structure. The protrusion part is inserted in ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7933514 | Camera system and digital camera A camera system includes: a digital camera; and a key device configured as a unit separate from the digital camera. The digital camera includes a control device that sets a lock mode for encrypting image data and recording the encrypted image data into a recording m... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933513 | System for duplicating radiographic film images A film copy system includes a camera supported by a cradle which is removably attached to a cradle mount. A light shaft carried by the cradle is provided for releasably engaging a film holder and spacing the film holder a predetermined distance from the camera. ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7903965 | Safety apparatus for controlling operation of functional equipment having movable parts The safety apparatus for controlling operation of functional equipment having movable parts is configured to use a camera to view and cause detection of a safety related event in a field of view of the camera. The device is useful in a reverse vending machine (RVM) ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7881604 | Image recording device, image managing system, and image recording control program An image recording device that includes: a photographing condition information storing unit that stores photographing condition information including information of an area in which an image is photographed and information of a period of time in which the image is p... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7853142 | System and method for an imaging system for a container security system A system for visually capturing and monitoring the contents and events surrounding a cargo container is provided. The system includes an image capture device, a control device, and an image processing device. This system may be used for both visible and infrared ima... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7831141 | Mobile device with integrated photograph management system A mobile device comprises a network communication system such as a wide area network mobile telephony system, a camera for capturing a digital photograph, and a photograph management application. The photograph management application receives the digital photograph,... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7822338 | Camera for electronic device An electronic device includes a support structure and a camera carried by the support structure and including a detector surface and a lens having an optical axis, and having a field of view. A display is carried by the support structure in a fixed relation to the c... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7805069 | Imaging device, system and associated methods using multiple harmonized data streams An imaging system includes an image sensor, a digital image sensing device and a host system. The digital image sensing device provides image data in a plurality of formats, suitable for the differing requirements of different applications running on a host system. | 09/28/2010 |
| 7805070 | Image sensor inspection device An inspection device for visually inspecting an image sensor of a digital recording device, such as a digital camera. The inspection device includes a tubular housing and a lens mounted therein. The housing is configured to engage a lens interface of a camera body. ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7783192 | Picture image providing method and picture-taking device using the method A picture image providing method and a picture-taking device using the method are provided. The picture-taking device includes: a picture-taking module generating a picture image by taking a picture of a photography object via a camera; a transmission location manag... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7756415 | Method and system for automatically estimating the spatial positions of cameras in a camera network A method for automatically estimating the spatial positions between cameras in a camera network utilizes unique identifying signals, such as RFID signals, transmitting between nearby cameras to estimate the relative distances or positions between cameras from receiv... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7751702 | Digital camera The digital camera capable of printing shot images by directly connecting a digital camera to the printing device, and even if the printing device does not support at least one of the index printing and the multiple printing, a synthetic image corresponding to the p... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7738786 | Camera lens assembly for portable terminal Disclosed is a camera lens assembly of a portable terminal, which includes a lens housing; and a drive plate provided at a position adjacent to the lens housing, wherein the lens housing rotates as the drive plate moves linearly. Because of the camera lens assembly,... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7706683 | Self adjusting operation lamp system A combined operation lamp image detecting system includes an operation lamp attached to a movable mount, and at least one camera arranged in a fixed, known and/or detectable positional relationship relative to the operation lamp. The moveable mount includes actuator... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7693416 | Image capturing apparatus and foreign substance removing method thereof In a case that a cleaning mode is designated, it is determined whether or not a lens unit is attached to a camera main body. If it is determined that the lens unit is not attached to the camera main body, a quick return mirror is moved upward and a shutter is opened... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7689119 | Digital camera that stores the location of an object An image processing device including an optical system, a storage device, a position detecting device, and a direction detecting device. An optical system obtains an image of an object, and a storage device stores a predetermined position of an object to be shot. Th... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7676151 | Film cartridge type digital camera A film cartridge type digital camera is provided and includes: a film cartridge type case having a compatible shape with a film cartridge into which a film camera is loaded; and an imaging device loaded into the film cartridge type case in a curved state. ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7672582 | Portable electronic device with attachable camera module A portable electronic device is described that includes a main body 1, an attachable camera module 2 and a connecting mechanism 12. The attachable camera module 2 comprises a sleeve barrel 20, a lens module 22, a focusing me... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7668457 | Image archiving apparatus and method of controlling same A image archiving apparatus is connected to a digital still camera and acquires the serial ID and product ID of the camera. The image archiving apparatus reads image files from the camera. If a camera folder corresponding to the connected camera has been generated, ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668458 | Protection device for photographic apparatus A protective device for photographic apparatus comprises an umbrella with a shaft which slides in a ball joint having a compressible o-ring that fits inside a groove within the ball joint. The ball joint is held in place with compression screws joining two halves of... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7653303 | Digital camera and digital camera printing system applied thereon A digital camera and a digital camera printing system which confirms whether there exists flawed photographic images, and the type of flaws which exist in order to avoid wasting photographic printing paper. The digital camera printing system includes a storing unit ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7650069 | GrannySnap architecture Systems and methods for facilitating photo completion are provided. According to one embodiment, a system is provided including a hand held device, an application running on the hand held device, and a printing system. The hand held device includes the capability to... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7639943 | Computer-implemented system and method for automated image uploading and sharing from camera-enabled mobile devices A computer-implemented system and method for automatically capturing a set of images with a camera-enabled mobile device and for uploading the set of images to a network server is disclosed. The present invention further includes creating an animation of two or more... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7620316 | Method and device for touchless control of a camera A device (100) and a method (200) for operating a camera (130) based on touchless movements is provided. The device (100) includes a sensing unit (110) for detecting a touchless movement, and a controller (130) for handling ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7609961 | Vehicle camera A vehicle camera includes a vehicle lens having an opening, a camera body within the vehicle lens having a viewing axis through the opening, a base attached to the vehicle lens, wherein the viewing axis is at an angle between about 15 to 75 degrees with respect to a... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7580628 | Optical apparatus with dust reduction capability The present invention realizes efficient dust removal in an optical apparatus in such a manner that a single circuit drives a plurality of dust reduction optical elements to vibrate. When the optical elements have different resonance frequencies, it can be configure... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7567755 | Information recording apparatus having plurality of start modes Provided is an information recording apparatus having a mode SW for selecting a first mode of starting photographing after operations of a unit for detecting whether or not there is a disk and a unit for detecting remaining recording capacity of the disk when an ins... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7561794 | Digital camera and image-sharing method Image data captured by digital cameras are shared among the digital cameras. Image data captured by digital cameras constituting members of an image-sharing group are shared, by way of a network, within the image-sharing group. Every time captured image data are out... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7515827 | Photographing apparatus and method for taking a picture A photographing apparatus includes a storage device for storing a silhouette image; an image sensor for capturing a first image of an object, the first image including a first object image and a first background image; a comparison module for comparing the first obj... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7499644 | Vehicle with a catadioptric camera The invention relates to a vehicle (1) comprising at least one catadioptric camera (2), which is mounted on the vehicle and which has an optical axis (5) and at least one first mirror (6) that is arranged on the optical axis. The optical ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7489863 | Image signal processing apparatus and method thereof in mobile communications terminal An image signal processing apparatus and a method thereof which can simplify design of a circuit for controlling each of camera modules when a terminal has two camera modules therein, the image signal processing apparatus includes: first and second camera modules fo... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7471892 | Vision-assisted hand tools A hand tool has two digital video cameras mounted thereon adjacent to a working end of the tool for viewing a work site, which video cameras are connected to a pair of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) mounted on the tool proximate a control end of the tool. The hand t... | 12/30/2008 |
