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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5576788 | Camera shake amount display apparatus for camera A camera which reduces camera shake by adjusting the shutter timing is characterized in that it has a mode for displaying a camera shake amount to allow a photographer to recognize a camera shake. A shutter timing determining section permits shutter relea... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5576787 | Camera having an image blur suppression device An image-shake correcting camera including an image shake correcting device for correcting image shakes caused by camera shakes and a photographic mode setting device for setting an operation condition of camera in photography, in which the image shake co... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5574520 | Camera changing magnetic recording upon detection of abnormal camera state A camera of the kind having a function of recording information designating an arbitrary number of prints in a magnetic recording track provided for each of frame portions of a film is arranged to inhibit the information designating the arbitrary number o... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5572279 | Camera incorporating an auto-zoom function A camera incorporating an auto-zoom function made operative when a photographer holds both a camera body and a lens barrel.... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5572252 | Video camera having erroneous recording preventing function and method thereof A video camera wherein the number of times that an output signal from a swing sensor reaches or exceeds a threshold value is counted, and based on the resulting counted value, the video camera is judged as being in a photographing state or not, the record... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570151 | Camera which operates a shutter according to a photographer's wink and the vibration level A camera which releases the shutter based on the wink of a photographer when vibrations are affecting the camera. The camera includes a wink detection device which detects a wink of the photographer and produces a corresponding wink detection output signa... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5559571 | Lens barrel and electric circuit board connection structure A shake-prevention mechanism is positioned on a support unit that supports the shake-prevention optical system. A single flexible printed circuit board having connection ends that connect to the various electrical connections is used as the wiring device ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5546159 | Camera for preventing camera shake An anti-shake camera includes a camera shake correction lens for correcting image blurring caused by a camera shake, a camera shake correction lens position detection device for detecting the moving position of the camera shake correction lens, and an ind... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5543879 | Driving apparatus When an ultrasonic motor and a vibration detecting element are provided, in order to make it possible to accurately effect the detection by the vibration detecting element, the resonance frequency band and/or the drive control range of the ultrasonic moto... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5537180 | Camera for recording position information of object to be photographed on the basis of moving amount of object in photographic image plane, and method of recording position information A camera shake detecting unit detects and outputs an angular velocity applied to a camera. When the camera shake detecting unit detects the angular velocity applied to the camera, a camera rotational angle calculating unit calculates the rotational angle ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5537185 | Camera-shake display device A camera-shake display device comprises a detection unit for determining whether a photographing lens detachably mounted on a camera body is provided with a compensation optical system for compensating camera-shake upon reception of a signal representing ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5534967 | Shake detection and compensation system using high-pass filter arithmetic means A camera shake detection apparatus includes a camera shake sensor unit, an HPF arithmetic unit for removing drift and offset components of the camera shake sensor unit, an HPF large signal determination unit for detecting a large shake signal state from a... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5530505 | Vibration detection device and camera having vibration detection function A vibration detection device has a vibration detector for detecting a vibration generated in a target detection object and outputting a signal corresponding to the vibration and a one-chip microcomputer. The one-chip microcomputer has an A/D converter, a ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5523892 | Lens barrel A lens barrel having a fixed cylinder for holding a photographic optical system, and a rotary cylinder surrounding the fixed cylinder which is provided with a fitting portion for holding the rotary cylinder rotatively, and also, a diametral portion whose ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5416558 | Camera with shake preventing apparatus A camera includes an aperture stop or lens shutter mechanism unit, a base on which the mechanism unit is mounted, a shake correction lens juxtaposed with a photographing lens in an optical axis direction, and a driving unit for moving the shake correction... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5416557 | Camera apparatus having drift detecting unit A solid-state imaging device electronically images at least a portion of an image of a subject formed on a film exposure surface through a potographic optical lens. This imaging device is driven at a high speed by an imaging device driver to repeatedly pe... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5416554 | Camera capable of correcting camera-shake A camera comprises an angular velocity sensor for detecting camera-shake. The angular velocity sensor takes a certain time to be stabilized after its operation is started. When correction of camera-shake is required during the certain period, it is displa... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5414486 | Camera shaking prevention device and camera shaking warning device There is disclosed a device for preventing the camera shaking, provided with a light metering circuit for receiving the light from an object and releasing luminance signal corresponding to the luminance of the object; a detection circuit for detecting the... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5369462 | Inclination detecting apparatus and camera for detecting hand shake using the same An inclination detecting apparatus includes a light projecting section, a light receiving section and an operating section. The light projection section projects light towards an object. The light receiving section receives lights reflected from at least ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5331365 | Camera shaking detection apparatus A light-emitting element is arranged in a camera body to emit light toward part of the face of a user. A light-receiving element receives light reflected by the face. A detection unit detects shaking of the camera body on the basis of a change in photocur... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5262820 | Camera having a blur detecting device In the disclosed invention, a camera has a blur detecting device which detects a possible blurring of a photograph in plural areas of an objective field through the use of image sensors such as CCDs. One of the plural areas is selected for detecting a blu... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5239334 | Camera A camera of the kind permitting a shot either without any flash device or with a flash device is arranged to set a first camera-shake limit shutter speed to be used for a normal shot to be taken without using a flash device and a second camera-shake limit... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5235427 | Camcorder and method of controlling recording in accordance with shaking of the camcorder The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for detecting a shaking condition of a camcorder, and temporarily halting or suspending operation of the camcorder while the camcorder is shaking excessively. The present invention employs ... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5218442 | 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 ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5198856 | Camera having camera-shake detecting device A camera having a camera-shake detecting device is arranged to make a display indicating that a shake of the camera is undetectable only in cases where the camera shake is consecutively found to be undetectable for a given number of times while a camera-s... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5170205 | Eliminating camera-shake An exposure control device of a camera by which an appropriate camera-shake limit shutter speed Tvf can be obtained in accordance with a focal length f of a photographing lens, and by which an arbitrary program diagram can be set on the basis o... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5166723 | Camera shake detecting device A camera shake detecting device includes a filter circuit, a variable gain amplifier and a camera shake detection/warning circuit. The filter circuit inputs a receiving output corresponding to a field luminance from a light receiving unit of an active typ... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5138445 | Motion vector detector circuit There is provided a motion vector circuit for detecting screen shake of an image of an object. The circuit comprises a binary-coded edge portion signal generator for signal-processing a video signal corresponding to the image to generate a binary-coded ed... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5072251 | Blur detecting apparatus A blur detecting apparatus is provided with a light projecting means for projecting a signal light, light receiving means for receiving the signal light projected from the light projecting means and detecting the received position of the signal light, gui... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5066971 | Camera A camera has a changeable picture frame forming means for changing the picture frame size and features the prohibition of actuating the changeable picture frame forming means during the use of one and the same roll of film.... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5060007 | Image blur display device The present patent application discloses an image blue display device in which the image information in a first time is compared with the image information in a second time to detect a changed place, and this place is displayed as the image blur informati... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4999662 | Method and apparatus for indicating an operating condition of a camera prior to use A method and apparatus for indicating an improper operating condition of a camera prior to use of the camera utilizes a motion detector which detects handling of the camera by the photographer when the camera is turned off. The motion detector provides an... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4901096 | Camera apparatus and method An apparatus and method for controlling the operation of a camera, such as a photographic camera or a still image recording electronic camera, to prevent the recording of picture information which is blurred due to camera movement while the shutter of the... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4864339 | Apparatus for stabilizing an image focused by a photographic lens onto a photosensitive surface This apparatus includes a lens element (2) associated with first guide means (6, 7) defining a first degree of freedom of this lens element (2) in a plane parallel to the film plane. These first guide means (6, 7) are associated in turn with second guide ... | 09/05/1989 |
