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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190011 | Zoom lens system, interchangeable lens apparatus and camera system Provided is a zoom lens system including a compact focusing lens unit and having a suppressed change in image magnification at the time of movement of the focusing lens unit. The zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, includes a first lens ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8103157 | Camera adjustment Cameras are adjusted by setting magnifications of two or more cameras to be substantially equal, focusing the two or more cameras, and setting the two or more cameras so that portions of an object captured thereby when displayed are aligned. ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098983 | Zoom lens system, interchangeable lens apparatus and camera system A zoom lens system is provided that includes a compactly constructed focusing lens unit and that has a suppressed change in the image magnification at the time of movement of a focusing lens unit. The zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8064761 | Method to determine auto focus of a digital camera An image is focused onto an image sensor array by efficient movement of an adjustable focus lens by a lens focus motor. A minimum of three focus positions is required to determine an estimated best focus position of the lens focus motor. After which a sweep of the f... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8023814 | Zoom lens system, interchangeable lens apparatus and camera system Provided is a zoom lens system including a compact focusing lens unit and having a suppressed change in image magnification at the time of movement of the focusing lens unit. The zoom lens system of the present invention includes, in order from object side to image ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7978967 | Camera body, interchangeable lens, and imaging apparatus An interchangeable lens includes an obtaining unit for obtaining first control information and second control information from the camera body, the first control information being an instruction to control the first drive unit (diaphragm), the second control informa... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7885525 | Lens barrel, driving method thereof, and image pickup device A lens barrel which is capable of increasing the total length of the lens barrel in a shooting state even in a case where the collapsed lens barrel length is short, with a simple construction. A shooting optical system is disposed movably in an optical axis directio... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7801430 | Camera adjustment Cameras are adjusted by setting magnifications of two or more cameras to be substantially equal, focusing the two or more cameras, and setting the two or more cameras so that portions of an object captured thereby when displayed are aligned. ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7801431 | Image capturing device and auto-focus method thereof An image capturing device includes a lens unit, an image sensor, a face recognition unit, a selecting unit, an auto-focusing (AF) unit and a driving unit. The lens unit focuses images onto the image sensor. The image sensor converts the images into electronic signal... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7801432 | Imaging apparatus and method for controlling the same An imaging apparatus includes an object information holding unit to hold a size of a predetermined object included in a subject; an imaging unit to convert incident light from the subject to a captured image; an object detecting unit to detect the object included in... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7792420 | Focus adjustment device, imaging device and focus adjustment method A focus adjustment device includes an image sensor that includes imaging pixels for capturing an image formed via an imaging optical system and focus detection pixels for detecting a focus adjustment state at the imaging optical system, a focus detector that detects... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7751700 | Focus adjustment device, imaging device and focus adjustment method A focus adjustment device includes an image sensor that includes imaging pixels for capturing an image formed via an imaging optical system and focus detection pixels for detecting a focus adjustment state at the imaging optical system through a first pupil division... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7725016 | Liquid zoom lens Disclosed herein is a liquid zoom lens. The liquid zoom lens comprises a cylindrical body including glass lenses respectively coupled at upper and lower openings to the body, an auto-focus lens part including a first liquid insulating layer and a first electrolyte l... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7720370 | Lens barrel and imaging device provided with lens barrel, and assembly method of lens barrel It is an object of the present invention to provide a lens barrel in which operability for a user is increased and a reduction in parts is achieved while provided with a manual operating member. There is provided the lens barrel that is provided with an imaging opti... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7697828 | Integrated optical focusing/zooming system An integrated optical auto focus and zooming system is provided, which includes a first optical lens, a first hollow casing, a second hollow casing, a plurality of piezoelectric elements. The first optical lens is placed in the first hollow casing, the first hollow ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7693408 | Camera with multiple focus captures A method and system provides a series of images having different focuses. The method can include storing at least one image in a buffer while an autofocus mechanism is determining a focus of the camera. Then, at least one image can be stored in the buffer after the ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7646969 | Camera snubber assembly A method and system for limiting the motion of components such as the optics of a camera are disclosed. The system can comprise a stage and a snubber assembly for controlling motion of the stage in six degrees of freedom. For example, the snubber assembly can permit... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7555210 | Axial snubbers for camera A method and system for limiting the motion of items, such as camera optics, are disclosed. A motion limiting member can be used to limit the motion of the item using a surface thereof that abuts a structure of the item. Limits on the motion can be defined by a posi... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7551847 | Image pickup apparatus and method and program When focus is to be achieved in manual focus, accurate and quick focus is attained when switched from a telemacro mode to a normal mode. An image pickup apparatus includes: a shooting mode determining module; a zoom lens drive module; a focus lens drive module; a st... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7546030 | Autofocus device and method Autofocus device has a lens-driving unit that drives a lens and a focal-point-position-detecting unit that detects a position of a focal point of the lens. The device also has a distance-measuring sensor that measures a distance to a subject and a control unit that ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7539406 | Camera, lens driving method, and lens driving program A camera is provided with a first stepping motor configured to move a zoom lens, second stepping motor configured to move a focus lens, first determination section configured to determine timings at which the zoom lens or the focus lens is started, second determinat... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7539405 | Image pickup apparatus with autofocus function An image pickup apparatus comprises a setting unit which arbitrarily sets different auto focus search ranges, a selection unit which selects a desired auto focus search range from said different auto focus search ranges arbitrarily set by the setting unit, and an au... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7499637 | Cam mechanism of a zoom lens A cam mechanism of a zoom lens which includes a front optical element and a rear optical element positioned behind the front optical element in an optical axis direction, the front optical element and the rear optical element being guided linearly in the optical axi... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7493033 | Image pickup device and method, and program An image pickup device having an auto-focus feature of adjusting a focus lens to focus on a picked-up image of an object, a zoom feature of changing a focus distance, and a telemacro-mode shooting feature of obtaining generally-difficult close-range focus by fixing ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7480451 | Combined actuator for camera shutter and focus functions The combined actuator described can be incorporated into a miniaturized camera product. In the camera product, the shutter driver uses the focus or zoom actuator's power amplifiers to control the current flow in shutter actuators. As such, the space needed for the c... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7450837 | Zoom optical system, imaging lens device, and digital apparatus A zoom optical system has lens groups, and performs zooming by varying distances between the respective lens groups in an optical axis direction thereof. The zoom optical system has two or more lens groups having a negative optical power and a positive optical power... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7447426 | Optical apparatus and lens control method An optical apparatus is disclosed, which is capable of suppressing an image blur at the start of zooming. The optical apparatus comprises a memory storing data indicating the position of a second lens unit according to the position of a first lens unit, and a contro... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444073 | Digital camera module with auto-focusing function A digital camera module (100) with an auto-focusing function is adapted for use in a foldable electronic device. The digital camera module includes a lens mount (10), a lens barrel (20), a voice coil actuator (40), and an image pick-up mo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436607 | Lens module A lens module includes a base; a focusing ring rotatably mounted to the base and having at least one driving portion formed on a torus thereof, the driving portion having at least two positioning portions and at least one inclined portion in connection with the two ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430368 | Zoom lens assembly capable of macro photography A zoom lens assembly includes an optical system forming an optical axis and having at least one lens group, a base member (1), a macro ring member (2) rotatably engaged with the base member for accomplishing both zooming and focusing operations, a lens... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7424215 | Lens device and imaging device using the same A lens frame holding a taking lens is movably connected to a driving shaft via a connector. A guide member is disposed at a lower portion of the lens frame so as to separate from the connector by about 180 degrees around an optical axis. The guide member is movably ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423822 | Lens barrel and optical apparatus The present invention is directed to a lens barrel that is simplified in structure with the reduced number of components and is facilitated in assembly and associated adjustment. The lens barrel enables an appropriate frictional force against the rotation force caus... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418200 | Optical unit and imaging device A collapsible type optical unit is described that is capable of moving its optical system between a working position and a retracted position as well as an image-pickup apparatus including the optical unit. The optical unit and the image-pickup apparatus are capable... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411729 | Optical filter, method of manufacturing optical filter, optical system, and imaging apparatus An optical system includes a plurality of optical elements having finite refractive power and an electronic imaging device disposed at an image side of the optical system. At least one of the plurality of optical elements is made of resin, and an infrared-cut coatin... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412160 | Image pickup apparatus and lens barrel An image pickup apparatus includes a lens barrel, a lens holding frame made movable in an optical axis direction inside the lens barrel, a movable lens held in the lens holding frame, a yoke inserted into the lens barrel and attached to the lens barrel, a magnet att... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412157 | Lens driving device A lens driving device includes a substrate which generates surface acoustic waves on its surface and a movable unit which is coupled to an optical lens and executes translation above the substrate using the surface acoustic waves. The lens driving device can impleme... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7388720 | Imaging apparatus A lens-controlling device controls a first lens unit which moves for zooming and a second lens unit which moves for correcting the displacement of an image plane caused by zooming and for focusing. The lens-controlling device includes a memory which stores data for ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7372413 | Mobile communication device A mobile communication device (100) includes a main body (110), a cover body (120) and a linking member (130). The cover body is coupled to the main body and is movable relative to the main body. The cover body includes a lens module (... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372637 | Focusing unit and optical device A focusing mechanism allowing a user to adjust the focus from infinity to a close distance rapidly and precisely, and an optical device utilizing such a focusing mechanism. The focusing unit includes an optical member movable along an optical axis of an optical syst... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369330 | Image-forming lens set An image-forming lens set includes a first lens, a second lens, an aperture and a third lens arranged orderly from an objective side toward an image side in sequence. The first lens is made of plastic material and has a positive diopter and two opposite surfaces inc... | 05/06/2008 |
