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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8169537 | Control method, control apparatus and control program for photographing apparatus The present invention relates to a control method of a photographing apparatus, the photographing apparatus and a control program, which are capable of automatically determining a photographing mode capable of generating a sharper image. If a first exposure time is ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7907206 | Image pickup apparatus and control method therefor There is provided an image pickup apparatus having a simple structure that enables reduction of shutter release time lag and shutter control with highly accurate shutter time. The apparatus comprises an image pickup element that converts an optical object image inci... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7864242 | Image sensing apparatus for making an image sensing operation using a mechanical shutter and an electronic shutter and control method An image sensing apparatus has an image sensing element which accumulates received light as a charge, a mechanical shutter which travels to shield the image sensing element, and a scan unit which makes a scan for starting charge accumulation. The image sensing appar... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7821571 | Solid-state imaging device, method of driving solid-state imaging device, and imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel array section having a plurality of unit pixels, each including a photoelectric conversion element, arranged therein; driving means for performing a shutter operation for removing charge stored in the photoelectric conv... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7583312 | Exposure control of image input apparatus An image input apparatus that includes a solid-state image sensing device having a plurality of pixels; a shutter having a front curtain and a rear curtain for opening and blocking an optical path to the solid-state image sensing device; a shutter-curtain sensor tha... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7453514 | Digital photography device having a rolling shutter Various methods, apparatuses, and systems in which a digital photography device includes a rolling shutter, a sensor, and a flash are described. The sensor implements a rolling shutter timing mechanism. The shutter includes a material that has an alterable transluce... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7440022 | Image sensing apparatus with electronic shutter function and mechanical shutter function, and image sensing method An image sensing apparatus having an electronic shutter for controlling the charge accumulation time of an image sensing element and a mechanical shutter for releasing/shielding an optical path to the image sensing element includes an electronic shutter mode of cont... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7411622 | Video signal processor The video signal processor of the present invention comprises a CCD for storing an inputted image by converting it into an electric charge through photoelectrical conversion to be stored by each field and then outputting the stored electric charge by each field; a s... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7400355 | Image pickup apparatus and photometer A received light quantity detection device where high-sensitivity pixels and low-sensitivity pixels are formed is used for photometry. It is possible to perform measurement over the low range (for example, 0[EV] through 8[EV]with a single occasion of photometry. In ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7391456 | Digital camera The invention relates to a digital motion picture camera including at least one optoelectronic sensor device for the recording of motion pictures. The sensor device has, in an areal arrangement, a plurality of sensor elements for the generation of a respective recei... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7372498 | Image pickup apparatus having a shutter clutch In an image pickup apparatus having an openable and closable shutter mechanism to protect an image pickup lens portion of a ultra-small and light-weight video camera, the shutter mechanism is composed of a drive mechanism 34 including an output shaft rotated ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7324136 | Electronic camera, and image display method and image recording method therefor The electronic camera, and image display method and image recording method applied thereto are capable of eliminating discontinuity in moving image caused by a camera control such as interruption by still image recording in moving image capturing and aperture switch... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7298408 | Method and apparatus for image capturing capable of capturing an image with a reduced current consumption An imaging apparatus includes an image optical pick-up device, first and second driving mechanisms, a shutter, and a driving current controlling mechanism. The image optical pick-up device photoelectrically converts an incident light image of a subject of a photogra... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7230606 | Optical mouse and method for preventing abnormal operation of the same Disclosed is an optical mouse and method for preventing abnormal operation of the same. The method comprises the steps of (a) when a shutter-on time of an image sensor is continuously increased or decreased, obtaining a plurality of frames for the shutter-on time, a... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7218346 | Method for driving solid-state image pickup device A method to overcome a disadvantage that the signal charges decrease depending upon the storage time in a photo-electric conversion unit of a solid-state image pickup device. At the moment t2 when a prescribed exposure time (t1−t2)... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7212244 | Focal plane shutter apparatus A focal plane shutter apparatus is constructed by a light shielding blade, a fitting pin attached to the blade and an arm which is slidably engaged with the fitting pin to open or close the blade. A surface hardness of the fitting pin is higher than that of the arm.... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7180543 | Imaging apparatus, imaging method and recording medium for minimizing a release time lag An imaging apparatus including a device for discharging charge or F/E-IC for discharging charge accumulated in an imaging device or CCD and for canceling exposure in a discharging term of the charge. The apparatus also includes a light shielding device or mechanical... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7151567 | Electronic camera with backlight correction capability When a still image is picked up with an electronic camera utilizing a MOS type solid-state image pickup device, a flashing device is operated under the condition that both an image signal read operation and an electronic shutter operation are not performed, and the ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7064311 | Optical image detector and method for controlling illumination of the same Disclosed is an optical image detector and method for controlling illumination of the same. The optical image detector comprises a light source for controlling the illumination in response to an illumination control signal and irradiating light having the controlled... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7046291 | Image photographing system having timer function, and medium An image photographing system in which one button is used in common for a function of prompt photographing and a function of photographing after a predetermined time has elapsed, comprises a button for instructing an execution of an image photographing process, a co... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7023479 | Image input apparatus having addition and subtraction processing Image data having a high S/N ratio is obtained even when the exposure time is relatively long. To achieve the above object, there is provided an image input apparatus in which an accumulation mode is set with the shutter open, thereby acquiring image data A1.... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023503 | Image sensor with photosensitive thin film transistors An image sensor array includes image sensors having photo TFTs to generate photocurrent in response to received images. The photo TFTs each have their respective gate electrodes shorted to source electrodes to increase generated photocurrent. Storage capacitors are ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6992700 | Apparatus for correction based upon detecting a camera shaking An apparatus for detecting a deviation of a camera as a result of the camera shaking, for example resulting from a hand of the camera operator shaking. The apparatus includes a shaking detector which detects a deviation of the camera from shaking based upon an outpu... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6956612 | User selectable focus regions in an image capturing device An image capturing device includes a focusable lens apparatus, an image sensor comprising a plurality of pixel elements, and an electronically actuatable shutter device including a plurality of individually addressable and actuatable shutter elements. A shutter elem... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6952233 | Video camera having a material element for controlling light transmission There is disclosed a video camera including a material element, arranged in a photographing optical system, for controlling the light transmission factor or amount, an image pickup element for receiving an optical image transmitted through the material element at th... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6933980 | Shutter for digital still camera A rotor is constituted by a two-pole permanent magnet, and enabled to rotate by a predetermined angle in a direction corresponding to the direction electric current supplied to a stator coil. Two shutter blades are moved by a driving pin which is integrally provided... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6930724 | Solid-state image sensing apparatus with a relative positional light shift Light from an object is incident to an image sensing device and converted into an image signal. The image sensing device is exposed to the light by a shutter, provided between the object and the solid-state image sensing device, for a first exposure period and a sec... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6876392 | Rangefinder for obtaining information from a three-dimensional object A rangefinder according to the present invention includes light source section, camera section, distance-measuring sensor, exposure controller and shutter. The light source section projects light onto an object for 3D imaging purposes. The camera section receives th... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6805500 | Focal-plane shutter for cameras A focal-plane shutter for cameras is constructed so that the second blade group is placed in a blade chamber on the shutter base plate side and the first blade group is placed in a blade chamber on the auxiliary base plate side. The auxiliary base plate is placed on... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6674475 | Method and circuit for electronic shutter control An improved method and apparatus for controlling the shutter open time in an opto-electronic device is presented. A frame of pixel intensity data is collected and the average pixel intensity value is across said frame is calculated and compared to a first... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6657671 | Image input device and method with strobo-light control An image input device, in which a system controller controls, when successive operations for picking up images are to be executed, a second operation for picking up an image at the timing when image data obtained in a first operation for picking up an ima... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6542194 | Imaging apparatus that starts charge accumulation in sequence based on movement speed on light-shielding member An imaging device performs moving image shooting in which smearing does not occur and further performs a still image shooting by a sufficiently accurate shutter operation. The imaging device includes an imaging element that accumulates received light as a... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6510282 | Long-life focal plane shutter for reconnaissance cameras A shutter for reconnaissance cameras includes a digital signal processor (DSP) system which provides for control of motors moving two curtains. The curtains each define an edge, the gap between the edges of the curtains defines an exposure slit. The shutt... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6307597 | Apparatus for sampling and displaying an auxiliary image with a main image Apparatus for displaying a combined image of an auxiliary image and a main image includes a source of a main image signal and a source of samples representing an auxiliary image signal. A quincunx subsampler is coupled to the auxiliary image sample source... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6195127 | Digital camera, having a flash unit, which determines proper flash duration through an assessment of image luminance and, where needed, a preliminary flash emission A digital camera includes a flash lamp and a CCD imager. A microcomputer first exposes the CCD imager without a light-emission of the flash lamp. Therefore, a luminance evaluation value is calculated by a calculator on the basis of a luminance signal incl... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6057909 | Optical ranging camera Apparatus for creating an image indicating distances to objects in a scene, comprising: a modulated source of radiation, having a first modulation function, which directs radiation toward a scene; a detector, which detects radiation reflected from the sce... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5929909 | Videophone system having a camera and a shutter A videophone system having an electronically controlled shutter to vary the amount of light falling onto the target by a shutter, e.g., for a greater or lesser length of time during a short exposure time rather than b y means of a controlled mechanical ap... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5803900 | Light source device for endoscope provided with noncircular opening A light source device for an endoscope provided with a noncircular opening which is capable of stabilizing the rate of change of the quantity of illuminating light with the quantity of movement of the stop blade and thereby preventing the hunting phenomen... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5751352 | Exposure control device An exposure control device of a still-video camera has a CCD and a photoreceptor element for sensing a photometry value of an object. First, the camera is aimed at the main object in such a manner that the main object is positioned in the center of the fr... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5751354 | Image sensing apparatus and method with exposure performed based on focus evaluation values A digital electronic camera has a first stroke switch and a second stroke switch. When the first stroke switch is pressed, adjustment of focus, coarse adjustment of exposure and detection of light-source flicker are detected using a signal from an image s... | 05/12/1998 |
