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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8036520 | Information processing apparatus and method, and program Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus configured to make a transition to one of a plurality of modes each defining processing to be executed and execute the one of a plurality of modes to which a transition has been made, which may include first se... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7970268 | Setting of photographic parameter value Provided is a photographing parameter setting system including: a photographing device which photographs an image; and a photographing information providing device which provides photographing information for specifying predetermined photographing parameter values t... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7873266 | Motion detector camera A motion detector camera includes a camera mechanism mounted inside a housing, a motion detector exposed on a surface of the housing, and a controller for controlling the camera mechanism in response to signals received from the motion detector. The camera can inclu... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7747154 | Method of capturing and processing sensed images A method of capturing and processing sensed images includes the step of sensing a viewed image to generate a viewed image signal carrying data representing the viewed image. The viewed image signal is communicated to a central processor. A printed data storage devic... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7623778 | Photographic system, photographic device and photographic method A photographic system of plural photographic devices includes a master device, which is a device that is instructed to prepare for the photographing, is provided. The master device includes a request section that requests photographic condition information from anot... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7561786 | Methods and systems for automatic identification of device accessories, and devices configured to automatically identify attached accessories A camera includes an image transducer mounted within a housing and configured to convert an image focused on the image transducer into a digital image signal, and a control unit coupled to the image transducer and configured to receive the digital image signal and t... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7362965 | Wireless communication activation system and method A system and method for removable connection of an antenna element to a first flash synchronization connector of a camera body having wireless communication capability therein. An electrical event may be produced when the antenna element is connected to the first fl... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355649 | Image sensing apparatus cleaning operation and control method of said cleaning operation Image sensing apparatus having an image sensing element for sensing an object of shooting is provided. According to one aspect of the invention, when a cleaning mode is designated and executed to remove a foreign substance in the neighborhood of and on the image sen... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355632 | Image sensing apparatus and control method therefor, and subject determination apparatus, subject management apparatus, and control method therefor This invention is to simplify operations for photographing a subject and acquiring radio tag information. In this invention, when a radio tag information registration photographing mode is selected, and it is detected that the photographing button (shutter button) i... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7342605 | Digital camera having an all-frame print number setting device to collectively set all recorded frames for printing An image file imaged by a digital camera is stored in a memory card, and the digital camera sets the number of prints for each image file according to the digital print order format (DPOF) standard and records the number as a printing information file in the memory ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7324133 | Method and apparatus for controlled camera useability A programmable digital camera requiring a programming password to be entered to access the camera's programmability. The camera further includes programming so as to allow the camera to be operated only for a specified time interval, after which the camera becomes i... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317872 | Remote microphone and range-finding configuration Remotely operable electronic apparatus are applied to distance measurement and picture/sound recording wherein, for example, a remote unit may be equipped with a microphone and an active range finder coupled to an auto-focussing capability. In one embodiment a camer... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312845 | Method of capturing and processing sensed images A method of capturing and processing sensed images includes the step of sensing a viewed image to generate a viewed image signal carrying data representing the viewed image. The viewed image signal is communicated to a central processor. A printed data storage devic... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304664 | Digital camera having a display unit to display the print status of a connected printer A digital camera and a printer are directly connected to each other, and a printing progress situation is displayed on a display unit of the digital camera while an image taken by the digital camera is being printed. Further, when a printing mode is changed to a pho... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304677 | Customizing a digital camera based on demographic factors A method for customizing a camera for at least one particular demographic group is disclosed. The camera includes a programmable memory that stores at least one parameter value to control at least one operation of the camera. The method includes the steps of identif... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304666 | Remote configuration of menus Methods and apparatus for configuring a menu of an image-capturing device are provided. The methods include entering data into a first computer, receiving the data at a second computer that is located remotely of the first computer, transferring the data to the imag... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295242 | Electronic camera having a mode setting device In a divisional process for determining which of a camera mode, an OFF mode, and an audio mode is set by a mode setting switch, a process to close a lens cover of a taking lens is performed when the audio mode is set for achieving an audio play function that is unre... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290095 | Information processing apparatus and method therefor, and recording medium An information processing apparatus, in which binding of data common to processes is performed such that common data is registered, and in which if it is determined that common data is not yet been registered, a task is shifted to a sleeping state and then shifted t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286169 | Cascading image modification using multiple digital cameras incorporating image processing This patent describes a multi effect system to provide enhanced image effects. The effects are provided by interconnecting a series of camera manipulation units, each of the camera manipulation units applying an image manipulation to an inputted image so as to produ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283788 | Remote microphone teleconferencing configurations Electronic teleconferencing configurations use one or more remote microphones for added functionality. A base unit includes an interface to a telecommunications network and at least one remote microphone in wireless communication with the base unit, enabling a carde... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283158 | Digital camera and function appending method for the same There is provided a digital camera to which external programs can be installed for appending desired functions thereto. Print image data generating programs to be stored in a recording medium in the digital camera are transmitted from a personal computer, an externa... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7272788 | Client-server system for merging of metadata with images A method and system for merging metadata with digital images is disclosed, where the digital images are stored as image files having metadata fields associated therewith. The method and system include receiving data uploaded from a remote location, providing a web a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7265779 | Electronic camera, information obtaining system and print order system The camera comprises: an imaging device; a communicating device for transmitting and receiving information to and from a portable telephone capable of determining the communication area, and obtaining the images and maps of the imaging place and the information on t... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259879 | Print ordering system and control method therefor, and server computer and communication terminal used for print ordering system and control method therefor In order to make it possible to simply order extra prints, an image viewing/ordering ID and an image viewing/ordering password and an order determining ID and an order determining password are issued (created) when input of image data is accepted. Each of members be... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249898 | Function control method for camera In a camera which obtains a still image and/or a moving image, at least a part of functions of the camera are previously restricted. To lift the restrictions, an operation restriction code (key data) is used. An externally inputted code and the operation restriction... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7232072 | Combined code reader and digital camera An image capture system having an image capture module and a terminal unit captures both photo images and coded images. An alterable optical path of the system operates in a first configuration when capturing coded images and in a second configuration when capturing... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228010 | Systems, methods and devices for determining and assigning descriptive filenames to digital images Systems, methods and devices are disclosed for determining and assigning descriptive filenames to digital images based on auxiliary input such as user provided input or input from some reference database. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7215433 | Print order system and method A user orders prints of pictures in a relatively easy manner. In a place such as a convenience store, a print order device and a print order receiver are installed with a one-to-one correspondence therebetween. The user orders prints of images from the print order d... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7136094 | Share link between image capturing devices A digital image capturing system includes at least two digital image capturing devices and a bi-directional link cable connecting the image capturing devices. The image capturing devices are capable of sharing data items over the bi-directional link cable. ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133070 | System and method for deciding when to correct image-specific defects based on camera, scene, display and demographic data A captured image is processed with one or more correction processes selected from a plurality of such processes, each associated with correction of a specific type of image defect, in order to improve the appearance of a viewed image generated from the captured imag... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133607 | Wireless communication activation system and method A system and method of alerting a wireless communication capability of a camera body to the presence of an external antenna element present in electrical communication with a pre-existing port of the camera body that was originally not designed for an external anten... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7117519 | Method and system for selecting actions to be taken by a server when uploading images A method and system for allowing a user to select actions to be taken by a server when uploading images from a hand-held image capture device is disclosed. The method and system include storing an action list on the image capture device that includes one or more ite... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7106007 | Flashlight lamp circuit with automatic light adjustment A flashlight lamp circuit with automatic light adjustment includes a flashlight charging unit for controlling charging of a main capacitor, a flashlight activation unit activating the flashlight lamp to project a flashlight on the photographed object according to a ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102670 | Bookmarking captured digital images at an event to all present devices An event bookmarking device detects input signals corresponding to events of interest, generates event bookmarks in response to receiving the input signals so that the event bookmark identifies the event of interest, and broadcasts the event bookmarks. An image capt... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098943 | Shooting condition providing apparatus, shooting condition setting system, and shooting condition providing method Anyone using a camera device can set proper shooting conditions according to shooting result while imaging the shooting result. A plurality of sample images and shooting condition data such as shutter speed of each sample image or diaphragm value are stored in a dat... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7075572 | Image photographing/reproducing system and method, photographing apparatus and image reproducing apparatus used in the image photographing/reproducing system and method as well as image reproducing method The image photographing/reproducing system includes an photographing apparatus for photographing an image, first communication unit for transmitting and receiving information to and from second communication unit at a communication point installed in a predetermined... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7054361 | Method and apparatus for enhancing an infrared signal protocol An apparatus and method for providing control signals, comprising a processor coupled to a memory, for generating a signal sequence. The processor encodes the signal sequence into a plurality of symbols using a 5 pulse position modulated (5 PPM) scheme. Advantageous... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050143 | Camera system with computer language interpreter A portable camera with integral printer device, the camera including a digital image capture device for the capturing of digital images; an integral programming language interpreter connected to the digital image capture device for the manipulation of the digital im... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050829 | Method and apparatus for sending battery capacity level between radio communication devices A portable telephone that includes a control unit, a memory unit, a wireless communication function unit, an imaging unit, a display unit, an operation unit, a voice input unit, a voice output unit, a battery and a power supply unit. The control unit controls the ba... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7042505 | Red-eye filter method and apparatus A digital camera has an integral flash and a means for storing and displaying a digital image. Under certain conditions, a flash photograph taken with the camera may result in a red-eye phenomenon due to a reflection within an eye of a subject of the photograph. The... | 05/09/2006 |
