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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8120692 | Image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus includes a first operation unit indicating a state set by the position of a first operation member, such as a dial, and a second operation unit indicating a state that is set so as to be irrelevant to the position of a second operation memb... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8063971 | Image capture apparatus with optical finder A first display region for displaying an optical image of an object and a second display region for displaying information are provided for a finder device. The first display region and the second display region can be observed at the same time through an eyepiece w... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7839446 | Image capturing apparatus and image display apparatus including imparting distortion to a captured image An image-capturing apparatus has an optical system imparting distortion to an image of an object to be captured so that the distortion is imparted so that a central portion of the image is magnified and a peripheral portion is reduced; an image-processing circuit fo... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7755693 | Imaging apparatus and control method therefor An imaging apparatus including a display device configured to display a shot image includes an external monitor output unit configured to output a signal to an external monitor, a switching unit configured to switch a content of a display on the display device, and ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7652710 | Camera with photometric function and optical element for camera Optical system for guiding subject light incident through a photo-taking lens 20 toward a finder 100 through a prism 90 is prepared and a plate-like diffractive element 50 is provided on the optical path. Light from an LED 70 to be... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7586534 | Multi-eye image pickup device, adjusting method and device therefor, and image-area adjusting system and method A multi-eye image pickup device includes a left-side optical unit and a right-side optical unit. At a time of adjustment, an adjustment target mark is located so as to be slightly shifted in a faraway direction relative to a subject position where a subject is shot.... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7440692 | Digital camera A digital camera includes a first imaging section for acquiring subject image data, a movable mirror for guiding the light beam of the subject to a finder optical system, and a second imaging section for capturing the subject image data in the finder optical system.... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7428381 | Electronic motion picture camera The invention relates to an electronic motion picture camera having an optical receiving system and a beam splitter which splits the receiving beam path into a taking beam path leading to an optoelectronic taking sensor and a viewfinder beam path leading to an optic... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7414664 | Image taking apparatus and lens apparatus An image taking apparatus performs a focusing operation quickly and includes a light splitting unit which splits a light flux from an image-taking lens into a plurality of light fluxes, a view finder optical system observing an object image formed by the light flux ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7400827 | Camera provided with optical finder According to the present invention, light from a taking lens is reflected by a quick return mirror in a lateral direction of a body unit. Then, after passing through a screen, the light is reflected toward an upper side of the body unit by a second mirror except par... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7391460 | Arrangement of bending optical systems in a picture taking lens unit and an optical finder unit of a camera A camera according to the present invention includes a picture-taking lens unit including a picture-taking optical system having a bending optical system which optically bends incident light and an optical finder unit including a finder optical system having a bendi... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7302173 | Optical apparatus A camera, in which it is possible to adjust the position of two mirrors easily for striking a balance between the focus detection performances in an optical viewfinder state and an electronic image display state. The optical apparatus includes a first mirror movable... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7289152 | Electronic image pickup system including a zoom lens and an electronic image pickup device located on an image plane side of the zoom lens The invention makes a suitable selection from zoom modes and lens elements so thin that the thickness of each lens group can reduced, thereby slimming down a zoom lens with great thoroughness and, hence, an electronic image pickup system. The electronic image pickup... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281804 | Prism assembly for separating light A prism assembly is provided. The prism assembly comprises a first prism component having a triangular cross-section along an optical path, a second prism component having a first quadrilateral cross-section along the optical path, a third prism component having a s... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7262794 | Method of making digital photograph and digital photograph made by that method A method of making a digital photograph composed of a moving water element and still element by applying a known computer image processing system, and a digital photograph made by this method, involves taking a basic photograph indicating a realistic image of still ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7239351 | System matching finder view area and capture area in single-lens reflex image pickup apparatus, method thereof, and image pickup apparatus thereof A video camera obtains a capture scope obtained through finder optics of a single-lens reflex camera and indicated by a view frame mask. A PC detects the position corresponding to the capture scope from the captured image captured by the image pickup device of the s... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7110022 | Image output calibrating system for cameras In an image output calibrating system for cameras, a camera is supported so as to be directed at a plurality of different angles, and a light source is placed in front of the camera. A control unit associates the pan and tilt angles of the camera with corresponding ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7084920 | Image pickup apparatus In an image pickup apparatus comprising an optical finder for optically displaying an object image, an image pickup device for receiving the object image and converting it into an image signal for photographing, an electronic finder for displaying the object image r... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7046287 | Portable information terminal equipped with camera The information terminal body may be designed to foldably pivot a pair of flat cases each having a display unit through a hinge which is equipped with a photographing optical system for the camera function unit of which optical axis of lens is perpendicular to an ax... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7038725 | Camera having a single display device for both a viewfinder display and a monitor display A small-sized photographing apparatus in which a single display device performs both of a viewfinder and monitor display. The apparatus includes a body having a viewfinder window; the display device, the display surface of which can be observed from outside of the b... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7030925 | Camera system having converting means, recording means, reproduction means, plate-shaped display and protection means A camera system comprising means for converting an object image into an image signal, recording means for recording the image signal on a recording medium, reproduction means for reproducing the image signal recorded on the recording medium, finder means for display... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7006764 | User interface for controlling cropping in electronic camera A camera adjusts the aspect ratio of a viewfinder image. The camera has a body and a capture unit mounted in the body. The capture unit has an imager and storage media operatively connected to the imager. The capture unit selectively captures an electronic image of ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6992718 | Illuminating apparatus, display panel, view finder, video display apparatus, and video camera mounting the elements Light emitted from a white LED 15 is converted by a lens 11 into light having an excellent directionality. The light illuminates a display panel 863 from the direction of an angle θk. The display panel 863 is a polymer dispers... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6968118 | Image processing apparatus, its control method, and storage medium This invention has as its object to provide a control method of an image processing apparatus which allows confirmation of the sensed image without considerably reducing the operable time of a camera and the number of images that can be sensed. To achieve this objec... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6906746 | Image sensing system and method of controlling operation of same When a subject is imaged for the purpose of deciding the angle of view, the full image that is capable of being sensed by a CCD is displayed on an LCD. The user designates the position of a cropping area in the image being displayed. Only image data representing the... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6907194 | Camera having continuously cropping viewfinder A camera and method provide image cropping. The camera has a body and a capture unit mounted in the body. The capture unit has an imager and storage media operatively connected to the imager. The capture unit selectively captures an electronic image of a scene. A vi... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6829113 | Image-forming optical system The present invention relates to a high-performance image-forming optical system made compact and thin by folding an optical path using reflecting surfaces arranged to minimize the number of reflections. A prism member 10 has a first entrance surface 11, | 12/07/2004 |
| 6819868 | Camera A camera is provided that includes a camera housing and a TFT panel, which permits verification of a formed image, located on the back of the camera housing. A strobe unit and an electronic viewfinder unit are located in the upper part of the camera housing. The ele... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6795650 | Camera having shared optics for optical viewfinding and for electronic capture and display An optical and electronic viewer of a camera has a body having entrance and exit openings and entrance and exit tunnels extending inward from respective openings. The body has a cross tunnel connecting the entrance and exit tunnels. An eyepiece is mounted at the exi... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6714244 | Internal indication of a viewfinder of a camera An internal indicator of a viewfinder of a camera includes a viewfinder optical system which includes a focusing screen on which an object image is formed through a photographic optical system of the camera; at least one optical deflector that is positioned on or in... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6643459 | Electronic camera An electronic camera includes: a substantially rectangular parallelepiped image-capturing unit main body provided with an image-capturing device for generating an image signal by capturing an optical image formed by a photographic lens unit; a substantial... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6597400 | Image pickup apparatus and a method for operating same An image pickup apparatus and its method of operation eliminate complicated operations of a touch panel and simplify its operation. An image pickup apparatus has an electronic viewfinder provided on a video camera body so as to enable a user to watch a sh... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6571056 | Waterproof case for camera A waterproof case for containing a camera includes a case body configured such that the camera is freely inserted therein and removed therefrom, and an optical system arranged at a part of the case body where a photographic lens of the camera faces. The o... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6549237 | Image sensing apparatus capable of seeing image displayed on display device through finder An image sensing apparatus having a display device mounted rotatable about an axis on a side of the image sensing apparatus for displaying a sensed image. When the display device is folded up by the side of the image sensing apparatus, a mirror reflects a... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6538697 | Man-machine interface apparatus and method There is disclosed a VTR apparatus which can display a menu item for selecting a page and other VTR function menu items on the four corner portions in a viewfinder. These menu items have eye switch functions. When the page selection menu item is selected ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6536960 | Image-sensing apparatus In a digital camera having a half mirror retractable out of the optical path and an optical viewfinder receiving light reflected from the half mirror, the sensitivity of an image-sensing device is set as specified by the user. When a relatively high sensi... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6535248 | Camera including a macro mode alarm device A camera of the present invention is selectively operable in a normal mode or a macro mode and includes a macro mode alarm device. When the operator of the camera selects the macro mode on a normal/macro mode switch while seeing a subject through an optic... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6516156 | Camera having liquid crystal display A camera including a liquid crystal display in which an image formed by a photographing lens system of the camera is indicated; an ocular viewing optical system which includes a half-mirror surface and an eyepiece lens system, the half-mirror surface refl... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6477329 | Digital camera with rotatable components A digital camera with rotatable components is disclosed. In the front of camera there is provided a lens, a flash, and a viewfinder, while in the rear thereof there is provided a liquid crystal display (LCD) corresponding to lens, a control button, and th... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6459857 | Electronic camera An electronic camera includes: a substantially rectangular parallelepiped image-capturing unit main body provided with an image-capturing device for generating an image signal by capturing an optical image formed by a photographic lens unit; a substantial... | 10/01/2002 |
