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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7817909 | Optical device and light source An optical device directs light from a light source to a region of space, such as the field of view of a camera when the optical device is used as a camera flash unit. This device includes a first optical element which converges light from the light source towards a... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7668448 | Flash apparatus and imaging apparatus A flash apparatus is provided. The flash apparatus includes: an attachment portion capable of being attached in a freely detachable manner to an attachment target portion provided on an imaging apparatus; a main body supported in a turnable manner in an anteroposter... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7657165 | Image taking apparatus An image taking apparatus has a small light-emitting section capable of easily adjusting a luminous intensity distribution of flash. Two reflection side plates are disposed such that they cover Fresnel lenses disposed on both ends of a protector when a zoom switch i... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7577347 | Image taking apparatus In an image taking apparatus, an arc tube and a reflector are moved forward when a zoom switch is operated to a WIDE-side and two reflection side plates are disposed such as to cover and hide Fresnel lenses located on both ends of a protector. Light emitted sideway ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7529478 | Adaptive illumination lighting system An adaptive illumination device comprising first and second lighting units connected to each other by way of a hinge mechanism, and further provided with a gear mechanism such that angular movement of the first lighting unit about the hinge causes equivalent angular... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7385641 | Camera arrangement with multiple illuminators for close in photography A camera arrangement comprising an illumination assembly for illuminating an object to be photographed by the camera arrangement, the illumination assembly comprising a sensor for sensing the object, first and second illuminators and a controller for controlling the... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382976 | Light source having a variable focal length A variable focal length light source is constructed using a tunable focus length lens which can be adjusted in synchronization to the focal length of a camera lens. In one embodiment, a deformable lens is used in conjunction with an LED light source to provide the t... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7362521 | Lens module and electronic device using the same A lens module includes a frame, a guide bar, a lever, a first lens and a second lens. The frame is for carrying an image sensor with a photosensitive surface. The guide bar is disposed on one side of the frame and parallel to a normal of the photosensitive surface. ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356252 | Auto-focusing zoom lens mechanism An auto-focusing zoom lens mechanism includes a base unit forming a space; an auto-focusing (AF) lens unit located in the base unit and having a trajectory bar engaged therewith; a zoom lens unit located in the base unit and mounted on the AF lens unit and having a ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7298970 | Zoom flash with variable focus lens A camera apparatus (10) has a zoom lens (12) having a zoom focus setting that is adjustable over a range of focus values and control circuitry for generating a variable voltage potential according to the zoom focus setting. A flash illumination apparat... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7253967 | Optical assembly with a lens magnification-adjusting function An optical assembly includes a barrel including a slot, a lens installed inside the barrel for magnifying an image, a magnification-adjusting mechanism installed outside and around the barrel including an adjusting loop installed outside the barrel in a rotatable ma... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7236312 | Collapsible lens barrel and imaging device A lens barrel has a base, a second lens holder frame holding a second lens group, a first lens holder frame holding a first lens group, a cam ring, and a fixed ring. The second lens holder frame has three guides projecting axially from an outer circumferential porti... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7227672 | Gear changing device and communication apparatus including the same In a gear changing device, when a sun gear rotates in a forward direction, a rotating member is rotated in the same direction as the sun gear and planetary gears are pivotally rotated around the sun gear. When the sun gear rotates in a reverse direction, the rotatin... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7228004 | Method for sharpening a digital image A method of sharpening a digital image having image pixels values includes the steps of: determining a Dmin value, representing a value corresponding to a minimum possible exposure for a system that produced the digital image; for each pixel value in the ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7136672 | Mobile telephone with built-in camera and flash A mobile telephone quipped with a camera may employ, as a camera flash, one or more RGB tri-color LEDs arranged on a face of the mobile telephone which is aligned with the direction in which a photograph may be taken by the camera. The viewing angle of the RGB tri-c... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7130535 | Camera system with flash control based on focal length When the focal length of a photographic lens is less than a first focal length, a dimming correction amount deltaY is set to a certain minus value (deltaYW=−WddY) (S100, S150). When the focal length is greater than a second focal length, the dimming ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7123828 | Camera assemblies having overlapping rocker and link projections A camera assembly has a main member having a mount defining an optical axis. A rocker supported by the mount, is pivotable between first and second positions. First and second taking lenses are movable by the rocker between a first configuration, in which the optica... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120355 | Camera assembly having lens turret and independently movable rocker A camera assembly has a mount defining an optical axis. The mount has opposed first and second stops. A rocker pivots between the stops. An over-center mechanism biases the rocker toward the nearer stop. A lens turret has primary and secondary openings. The lens tur... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7099573 | Zoom lens camera, and a rotation transfer mechanism A zoom lens camera includes an optical-element drive mechanism for a photographing optical system, and a zooming-associating mechanism for associating a zooming-associated driven member with a zooming operation to be driven by the optical-element drive mechanism in ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7052155 | Illuminated magnetic retrieval apparatus An illuminated magnetic retrieval apparatus includes an illumination module which includes a handle portion which houses a battery power supply and which houses illumination circuit means powered by the battery power supply. A flexible optical fiber light conveyance... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7012760 | Lens barrel To the female helicoidal screw of the lens barrel (outer barrel body), there is always imparted a biasing force from a plurality of looseness eliminating springs formed on the outside peripheral portion of the lens barrel (inner barrel body) which are integrally sup... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7013083 | Camera of flash built-in type In a flash built-in camera, a movable lens barrel is movable between a collapsed position of being contained inside a camera body, and photographing positions in front of the collapsed position, and holds a taking lens. A flip-up flash emitting unit is movable betwe... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6973261 | Camera A camera can reduce the size of the camera. The camera comprises a lens barrel which allows the focal length of an image-taking optical system to be changed, a view finder unit for observing an object image, a cam member having a cam for driving the view finder unit... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6965733 | Lens barrel incorporating the cam mechanism A cam mechanism for a lens barrel includes a cam ring including a cam groove which is open at one end, and a support ring supporting an imaging component, the support ring having a cam follower engageable with the at least one cam groove and movable therein towards ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6958746 | Systems and methods for improved telepresence The present invention provides a modular, flexible system for deploying multiple video perception technologies. The telepresence system of the present invention is capable of allowing an operator to control multiple mono and stereo video inputs in a hands-free manne... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6930721 | Lens mount apparatus for a high definition video camera A lens mount apparatus for removably supporting interchangeable lenses on the front of a conventional professional HD video camera separately and alternatively to the lens mount provided with the video camera. A replacement face plate is mounted on the front of the ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6925254 | Camera apparatus The camera apparatus comprises a camera-body portion 1; a display pane 2 attached to the camera-body 1 as an outwardly fixing type with freely rotary operation; and a lens block 5 provided at the upper portion of the camera-body 1 ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6826364 | Zoom flash and flash photography system A zoom flash includes a light emitter, a zoom driver which moves the light emitter along an axis to vary an illumination angle, a detecting device which detects a zoom position of the light emitter, a calculation device which calculates a pre-flash emission level ac... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6771898 | Direction and collimation controllable flash An electronic flash is constructed with the ability to vary both collimation and direction allowing a user to direct the flash to a portion of the subject. Collimation and direction of the flash may be displayed in the viewfinder of the camera and may be independent... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6611663 | Camera having variable magnification where light distribution angle and field angle are unchangeable during focusing The present invention provides a camera comprising a cam member having cam groves formed for moving lens units, where the cam groves alternately have variable power cam regions for moving the lens units for variable power and focusing cam regions for movi... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6600877 | Zoom interlocking mechanism for camera A cam plate is disposed horizontally and movably to a horizontal direction inside a camera body. The cam plate includes a plate portion for moving variator lenses of a zoom finder device in cooperation with a zoom lens to vary a viewable field angle of a ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6598986 | Zoom strobe device A zoom strobe device is provided with a light emitting unit, which includes a light source and a reflector and a light collecting lens that collects the light emitted by the light emitting unit. The light emitting unit and the light collecting lens are mo... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6535690 | Camera having mechanically linked zoom lens, retractable flash device and variable flash angle A camera includes a flash device movable between a withdrawn position, in which the flash device is received in a camera body, and an in-use position, in which the flash device protrudes from the camera body, an illumination-angle-varying mechanism for ch... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6519418 | Camera capable of varying luminous intensity distribution angle of flash device A camera includes a lens barrel having a cam part in which a plurality of magnification varying cam areas for varying magnification and a plurality of focusing cam areas for focusing are alternately formed in a continuous manner, a flash light emitting pa... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6497520 | Compact camera A film transport gear mechanism is mounted on an upper portion of an internal body frame of a camera, and held rotatably from the top by a gear holding plate (51). The gear holding plate is integrally formed with a finder frame (50) that holds a viewfinde... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6496650 | Camera with flash unit A zoom flash unit is disposed above a film containing chamber. Driving force of a magnification varying motor is transmitted to the zoom flash unit via a gear train, a rack plate, and a lever. By transmitting the driving force to the zoom flash unit, a fl... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6493510 | Camera having zoom flash device A camera has a zoom optical system, which includes three lens groups disposed on an optical axis, for being set at least between a wide-angle end and a telephoto end. A zoom motor with plural barrels is movable in first and second moving region continuous... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6477325 | Lens-fitted photo film unit with lens position changing device A lens holder for holding a taking lens is fitted in a lens barrel rotating and shifting. The lens barrel is provided with cams respectively inserted in pins of the lens holder. Each of the cams has a short-distance cam groove and a long-distance cam groo... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6404988 | Camera A camera includes a flash light emitting part arranged to be movable between a stowed position and a usage position, a first lever member arranged to swing in such a way as to cause the flash light emitting part to move from the stowed position to the usa... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6374051 | Camera having pop-up strobe There is disclosed a camera in which a power for a pop-up action of a built-in strobe is branched and taken out from & barrel-driving power transmitting path, the barrel is popped up in synchronization with an advancing action of the barrel from a retract... | 04/16/2002 |
