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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8120674 | Imaging apparatus By connecting to or mounting a first storage medium that stores image data as a retrieval object (e.g. first memory card 121) and a second storage medium that stores a retrieve condition (e.g. non-volatile memory 111 or second memory card 122), ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8045020 | Imaging apparatus having specific mode switching sequence and hard disk drive appearance to externally-connected devices An imaging apparatus, comprising: a first recording module, which has a first initialization time from initialization to coming into a recordable condition; a second recording module which has a second initialization time from initialization to coming into a recorda... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7907188 | Image reproduction device An image reproduction device has a display interface, a data reading unit, an image processing section, a recording unit, and a control section. The display interface outputs to a monitor device including a display screen. The data reading unit reads data from an ex... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7855735 | Method of operating camera timing module A method of operating a timer module includes the steps of querying a non-volatile memory module to determine available digital image storage locations, each storage location having assigned thereto an image number; receiving a selection selecting one of the availab... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7639286 | Image input apparatus for storing image data into a removable recording medium An image input apparatus includes a mounting unit adapted to mount a removable recording medium; and a lid for the mounting unit. If an opening of the lid is detected during access to the removable recording medium, the image input apparatus suspends the access to t... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7605851 | Method of operating a camera timing module A timer module is arranged to be mechanically and electronically coupled to a digital image capture camera module and one or more memory modules. A method of operating the timer module includes initially querying the one or more memory modules to determine available... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7589767 | Image-recording device An image-recording device comprises a recording processor that records a common still image on a plurality of recording media, respectively, which are detachably mounted on the image-recording device. A common unique data is recorded together with the still image on... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7495698 | Compact holder for memory storage device and digital image processing apparatus having the same A memory card holder in which different types of memory cards are compatible, and a digital image processing apparatus using the memory card slot. The memory card holder and digital image processing apparatus each includes: a plurality of memory card accommodating u... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7372504 | Camera with video capturing button and still capturing button capable of simultaneous operation One of first and second picture-taking operating devices is placed in a rear surface of a camera body, while the other of the picture-taking operating devices is placed in a front surface of the camera body. An operator can selectively use the two picture-taking ope... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365782 | Image pickup device and method for enabling switching between a first recording medium and a second recording medium When a key for directly transferring from the screen of a “video mode” of tape reproduction to the screen of memory stick reproduction is separately arranged, the ratio of an occupation area of the key on the screen is increased. Therefore, a setting operation i... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7358991 | Digital camera and method of preventing image data from being erased from the digital camera The present invention relates to a digital camera, which is designed such that a recording medium can be loaded thereon, the medium capable of recording photographed image data and prohibiting recorded image data from being erased. The digital camera includes an ini... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7257310 | Method and apparatus for processing digital images files to a digital video disc There is provided a method and apparatus for transferring digital image files to a digital video disc. The files in the digital video disc, or digital photos, are representative of a plurality of still pictures and are user controllable interactively played on eithe... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7236193 | Apparatus and method to capture image and other data and recording onto multiple recording medium An image capturing apparatus that is capable of loading a plurality of memory media that includes a plurality of medium wearable units where a respective memory medium is loaded detachably; a medium selector for selecting from said plurality of medium wearable units... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7116363 | Digital camera and ejection mechanism for memory card in mobile instrument A digital camera having a camera body includes a small memory card receiving member, a large memory card receiving member having a width larger than the width of the small memory card receiving member, and a forward projecting portion having a inclined portion which... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7110027 | Method and apparatus for producing still video images using electronic motion video apparatus An electronic video camera temporarily records and saves motion video in a relatively high-resolution form in a frame aging buffer. While video frames are saved in high-resolution form, it is possible to extract a relatively high-resolution still image from the buff... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7098948 | Digital camera accommodating different portable recording media and control method thereof A digital camera which converts a picked-up optical image of an object into digital image data comprises a memory card slot part and a disk drive part. Digital image data can be transferred between a memory attached to the memory card slot part and a small disk inse... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7015959 | Image pickup apparatus for picking up and recording still or moving images and a method for controlling the same When an image pickup apparatus is changed over to a mode different from a photographing mode, such as a power-off mode or a reproducing mode, priority is given to writing a temporarily-recorded image in a recording medium, so that it is possible to surely preserve t... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6995802 | Image binarization method and binary image creation method An image binarization method having highest fidelity for multi-digitized luminance data, and a binary image creation method by which images can be obtained in real-time without post-processing. Thresholds in binarization are not fixed, but set in accordance with cha... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6995793 | Video tap for a digital motion camera that simulates the look of post processing A sequence of motion images, captured by an image capture system such as a digital camera, are converted into a sequence of modified motion images providing the appearance of motion images captured by the same capture system and subsequently rendered in a post-proce... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6992711 | Digital camera with a plurality of media for recording captured images A digital camera reduces the possibility that a user's release operation is disabled and performs photographing operations at the appropriate times. The digital camera (1) can load a memory card (40a) and a magnetic disk card (40b)... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6956613 | Photographing device CPU 10 generates memory card loading/unloading information, based on memory card loading/unloading detection signals inputted from memory I/O 16. Memory I/O 16 works even when the power supply is in the OFF condition. CPU 10 also generate... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954229 | Storing image data to digital cameras A system for outputting camera-formatted data to a digital camera interface, wherein the camera-formatted data corresponds to application-formatted data from an application program. A print operation for the application program is started. A camera driver correspond... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6950129 | One-time-use digital camera In one embodiment, the present invention provides a one-time-use camera. The one-time-use camera includes an electronic digital camera system for generating digital image data representative of a captured image. A non-volatile memory is provided in communication wit... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6930709 | Integrated internet/intranet camera An integrated Internet camera includes, as embedded components contained within the camera body and controlled by a microcontroller, at least a network interface device for connecting to the Internet, a transport control device for packetizing according to Internet ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6927794 | Digital camera provided with a plurality of mounting portions to each of which a recording medium is mounted The CPU 17 accesses multiple slots 41a and 41b in a digital camera 1 at regular intervals to detect whether or not memory cards 40a and 40b are mounted in the slots 41a and 41... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6897894 | Electronic camera with recorded image searching function The time during which the search keys in the operation section instruct search control section continuously to search for image data recorded on recording media is measured. The search range in the recording media is adjusted by a search control section variably bas... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6873367 | Electronic camera system In an electronic camera system, a camera body includes a card slot for receiving a memory card M, a card slot for receiving an HDD pack H, and a battery chamber for receiving a battery B. An expansion unit includes a grip portion for receiving a battery back having ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6871010 | Video recorder for recording moving and still picture information When a still picture information is recorded on the recording medium 7 while a moving picture information is recorded by the VTR 6, a still picture information to be recorded can be confirmed and recorded by displaying the still picture information to ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6661454 | Digital camera with memory card fullness icon A digital camera having a plurality of adjustable memory card fullness icons to visually indicate the amount of memory space that is available for storage in a plurality of corresponding removable memory cards insertable into the digital camera is disclos... | 12/09/2003 |
| 5986700 | Recording operation control device A device for controlling a recording operation of a still video camera includes a plurality of slot units, with a recording medium mounted in each of the plurality of slot units. A power supply circuit applies a voltage to the plurality of slot units to r... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5805214 | Ultra small video camera and a video camera system in use thereof Image data photographed by a video camera 20 are compressed by a compression and decompression circuit 5, the compressed image data are recorded in an incorporated type semiconductor memory 6 or disk-type memory 13 fixed in the video camera 20 and the rec... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5796429 | Apparatus for recording a video signal together with information from an external storage device A video signal recording apparatus selectively reads information stored in a plurality of external storage devices through a plurality of connecting parts and records the read information together with a video signal on a recording medium. A video camera ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5646684 | Ultra small video camera and a video camera system Image data photographed by a video camera 20 is compressed by a compression and decompression circuit 5, the compressed image data is recorded in an incorporated type semiconductor memory 6 or disk-type memory 13 fixed in the video camera 20 and the recor... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5640203 | Recording operation control device A recording operation control device has a plurality of slot units in which, for example, an IC memory card is mounted. IN a plural record mode, the same image signal is recorded to a plurality of IC memory cards through the slot units. An output voltage ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5604536 | Image memory system for storing divided multibit digital images There is provided an image memory system of a solid-state camera in which a solid-state memory device which is divided into a plurality of memory areas is used as an image recording medium, wherein digital data of one pixel is supplied in parallel to the ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5153730 | Electronic still camera having two recording stages for recording still-image signals An electronic still camera comprising an image-pickup section, and A/D conversion section, a primary recording section, a secondary recording section, a control section, and an image-signal processing section. The image-pickup section generates still-imag... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5067029 | Electronic still camera capable of selecting recording media An electronic still camera in which as a recording medium, for example, at least either one of a semiconductor memory, an optical memory, and a magnetic memory is selected so as to record a video signal therein. Through the selection of the recording medi... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5057924 | Electronic still camera for converting and recording still image signal into a plurality of streams An image pick-up section generates an electronic still image signal. An A/D conversion section converts the electronic still image signal generated by the image pick-up section into a digital signal. A conversion section converts the digital signal conver... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4930014 | Method and apparatus for processing a still picture signal A still picture signal editing or processing apparatus having a still picture signal source for generating a still picture signal, an analog-to-digital converter for converting the still picture signal into a digitized still picture signal, first and seco... | 05/29/1990 |
