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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8169485 | Anti-shake apparatus An anti-shake apparatus for image stabilizing comprises a movable unit and a controller. The movable unit is movable for an anti-shake operation. The controller stops the anti-shake operation after an exposure time and moves the movable unit to a first position afte... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164635 | Vibration correction control circuit for correcting displacement of optical axis caused by vibration, and image pickup apparatus provided with said vibration correction control circuit In a vibration correction control circuit mounted on an image pickup apparatus including an image pickup unit, provided with lenses, image pickup devices and vibration detecting element, and a driver element for adjusting the position of the image pickup unit, the e... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8149282 | Hand shake correction apparatus and digital photographing apparatus including the same A hand shake correction apparatus and a digital photographing apparatus including the hand shake correction apparatus are provided. The hand shake correction apparatus includes: a correction lens module including a correction lens and a correction lens supporting pl... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8134602 | Amplifier circuit In a first operational amplifier, an input signal is input to the negative input terminal, a reference voltage is input to the positive input terminal, a feedback path from the output terminal to the negative input terminal is formed, and the input signal is amplifi... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8045008 | Anti-shake apparatus An anti-shake apparatus for image stabilizing of a photographing apparatus comprises a movable unit and a controller. The controller controls the movement of the movable unit for anti-shake operation. The controller controls the movement of the movable unit such as ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7956896 | Image-taking apparatus capable of preventing an object point from moving orthogonal to the optical axis during magnification An image-taking apparatus is disclosed which is capable of adjusting a positional displacement of an image-taking optical system and an image-pickup element even in a state in which they are fixed. The image-taking apparatus includes the image-taking optical system ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7932924 | Image-shake correction apparatus The present invention provides an image-shake correction apparatus comprising: an image displacement device that displaces on an image forming plane an image formed by an image-capturing optical system; an image-shake correction device that displaces an image by use... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7907173 | Apparatus and method for controlling noise caused by vibration in camera module for mobile device An apparatus and method for controlling noise caused by vibration in a camera module for a mobile device are provided. The method includes transmitting a vibration signal sensed by a vibration sensor to a Choice Coil Motor (VCM) driver based on the vibration signal,... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7884852 | Vibration correcting device, lens barrel, and optical device An optical device with an imaging device for forming an image of a subject with a lens device includes a lens unit, a movable member making the lens unit movable within a plane orthogonal to the optical axis of the lens unit, an image pickup device imaging the subje... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7830414 | Optical apparatus with stabilization control based on temperature The invention relates to an optical apparatus having a vibration detector that detects vibration, a holding member that holds an image stabilizing optical system, an elastic member that elastically supports the holding member so that the holding member can shift wit... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7787016 | Imaging device for the stabilized imaging of an object onto a detector An imaging device (2) for the stabilized imaging of an object onto a detector (14) with a first optical unit (4) and a second optical unit (6) and an optical element that is arranged between the optical units (4, 6) and can be move... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7764306 | Anti-shake apparatus An anti-shake apparatus for image stabilizing comprises a movable unit and a controller. The movable unit is movable for an anti-shake operation. The controller stops the anti-shake operation after an exposure time and moves the movable unit to a first position afte... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7755666 | Actuator, and lens unit and camera with the same An actuator that has a simple mechanism capable of locking a movable member, and a lens unit and a camera with the same. The actuator (10) includes a fixed member (12), a movable member (14) having a locking element (14a), a movabl... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7705883 | Systems and methods of anti-aliasing with image stabilizing subsystems for cameras Systems and method for implementing anti-aliasing with image stabilizing subsystems for cameras are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment the method may comprise characterizing motion of a camera, characterizing aliasing for an image being photographed by the camera... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7688352 | Shake correction device, filming device, moving image display device, shake correction method and recording medium A filming device includes a filming unit which imports a plurality of frames configuring a moving image at a prescribed sampling rate, a shake amount detection unit which detects a shake amount of each of the frames, a frame position calculation unit which calculate... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7679645 | Image sensing system and its control method In an image sensing system having an image sensing optical system, and an image sensing element for photoelectrically converting incoming light from the image sensing optical system, a predetermined pattern image for adjustment, which is specified in advance, is rea... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7652688 | Imaging apparatus and zoom lens with a shift lens group A zoom lens including a plurality of lens groups and varying magnification by changing a distance between lens groups, wherein a last lens group positioned on an image side closest thereto with a negative part group having negative refractive power and a positive pa... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7623151 | Vibration correcting device, lens barrel, and optical device An optical device with an imaging device for forming an image of a subject with a lens device includes a lens unit, a movable member making the lens unit movable within a plane orthogonal to the optical axis of the lens unit, an image pickup device imaging the subje... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7528862 | Anti-shake apparatus with magnetic-field change detector arranged in driving coil An anti-shake apparatus of a photographing apparatus comprises a movable-unit and a fixed-unit. The movable-unit has an imaging device and can be moved in first and second directions. The fixed-unit slidably supports the movable-unit in both the first and second dir... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7522188 | Vibration reduction apparatus having feedback path for motion signal, and camera system A vibration reduction apparatus estimates a reference value from a vibration detection signal, and determines a target drive position from a difference between the vibration detection signal and the estimated reference value. A driving unit drives a vibration reduct... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7466343 | General line of sight stabilization system A line of sight stabilization system using two mirrors pivotally mounted to a fixed platform that can be used with existing imaging systems to provide pitch, roll, and yaw compensation while maintaining image orientation. By deflecting only the photons, the inventiv... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7450153 | Image-blur correction apparatus, lens apparatus and optical device An image blur correction apparatus which can be reduced in size is disclosed. The image blur correction apparatus has a base member which is moved in a direction of an optical axis with respect to a member extended in the direction of the optical axis and a lens hol... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7443422 | Blur correction apparatus and camera When a photographing apparatus that is in a photographing enabled state but, at the same time, in a blur correction disabled state, is expected to be subjected to a shock, e.g., when an flash device in the photographing apparatus is about to be deployed, a blur corr... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436447 | Lens barrel and picture taking apparatus having the same A lens barrel movable between a collapsed position and a photographing position, and a picture taking apparatus using the lens barrel. The lens barrel has lens groups movable along an optical axis, a deformable mirror supported in the lens barrel, the deformable mir... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432953 | Image-taking apparatus detecting vibration and correcting image blurring An image-taking apparatus which improves accuracy of taken images by correcting image blurring is disclosed. The image-taking apparatus comprises an image pickup element which photoelectrically converts an object image formed by an image-taking optical system; a det... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426340 | Stage apparatus and camera shake correction apparatus using the stage apparatus A stage apparatus in which a movable stage is guided in first and second directions orthogonal to each other on a stationary member, includes a pair of first elongated holes formed on one of the movable stage and the stationary member and are elongated in the first ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7380998 | Image pickup apparatus having image pickup optical system An image pickup apparatus comprising a first lens unit which comprises at least a negative lens element and at least a positive lens element and has negative refractive power, a second lens unit which has positive refractive power, and an optical path bending reflec... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7375905 | Optical unit and image pickup apparatus having the same An optical unit for forming an object image according to the present invention includes: a reflection member for bending an optical axis of the optical unit; a front lens group arranged closer to an object side of the optical unit than the reflection member; a rear ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369313 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus A zoom lens wherein the image plane movement upon lens shifting is minimized. A power variation section and a final lens group are disposed in order from an object side. The power variation section includes at least two lens groups movable in an optical axis directi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7355630 | Anti-shake apparatus with position detecting magnet An anti-shake apparatus of a photographing-apparatus comprises a movable-unit and a fixed-unit. The movable-unit has an imaging-device and a position-detecting magnet. The movable-unit can be moved in a first-direction and a second-direction. The fixed-unit has a ha... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352389 | Anti-shake apparatus for correcting hand shake effect through first and second drive coil units An anti-shake-apparatus of a photographing-apparatus comprises a movable-unit and a fixed-unit. The movable-unit has an imaging-device, a first coil-unit having a first driving-coil and a first position-detecting-coil, and a second coil-unit having a second driving-... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343052 | End-user-navigable set of zoomed-in images derived from a high-resolution master image The invention relates generally to improvements in systems used in the development (“authoring”) of interactive visual media. More particularly, the invention relates to (a) the automatic or semi-automatic generation of a set of files representing “zoomed-in... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7324134 | Apparatus for correction based upon detecting a camera shaking An apparatus for detecting a deviation of a camera as a result of a shaking. The apparatus includes a shaking detector which detects a deviation of the camera from shaking based upon an output of at least two pairs of acceleration sensors which are located on differ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7295243 | Autofocus apparatus having a flash synchronized to an autofocus sampling time The autofocus apparatus determines a focus position according to a result of sampling an AF evaluated value and drives a lens system to the focus position. This autofocus apparatus further performs a flash in synchronism with a sampling timing of an AF evaluated val... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292270 | Image blurring correction apparatus When the camera is performing the pan or tilt operation on performing image blurring correction, the image blurring correction is stopped and a vibration-proof lens is returned to a reference position at a speed that is changed according to a focal length of the zoo... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286163 | Image taking device with bent optical system A digital camera having an image shake correction apparatus and a method of preventing the image shake of an image taken by the digital camera. The digital camera includes optical elements arranged along a bent line for focusing an object image upon a light receivin... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7260253 | Method for correction of relative object-detector motion between successive views Motion correction for optical tomographic imaging in three dimensions. An object of interest is illuminated to produce an image. A lateral offset correction value is determined for the image. An axial offset correction value is determined for the image. The lateral ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253838 | Gimbal optical system for document image capture An imaging device for document imaging may comprise a housing and an optical system having a lens system and an optical detector. The optical system is responsive to image light reflected by an object and produces image data representative of the image light. The op... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253834 | Image pickup apparatus having image pickup optical system An image pickup apparatus comprising a first lens unit which comprises at least a negative lens element and at least a positive lens element and has negative refractive power, a second lens unit which has positive refractive power, and an optical path bending reflec... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7221401 | Monitoring system, monitoring method, and imaging apparatus A camera includes a lens unit and an imaging unit. The optical axis of the camera is defined as a reference line, and a central line of a shooting area including an object to be shot is defined as an imaging centerline. A shift lens is moved to a shift-lens position... | 05/22/2007 |
