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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189097 | Adjusting method of flash intensity An adjusting method of flash intensity is applied in an image capture apparatus with a flash lamp, where two pre-flash images corresponding the object are retrieved under two different pre-flash lights, respectively, and then a flash intensity of main-flash light is... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8174611 | Digital image segmentation using flash A digital camera function, such as can be implemented in a cellular telephone handset, and that includes automated segmentation of foreground subjects in acquired digital photos and images. Successive images are captured by the digital camera function at different f... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8154650 | Electronic device having a camera flash redirector An electronic camera device has an imaging sensor to capture an image of a scene, a flash to illuminate the scene for capture by the sensor, and an evaluator to detect a condition in the scene. A redirector shifts the peak of a spatial energy profile of light from t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8130313 | System and method to estimate autoexposure control and auto white balance In a particular embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes determining at least one ambient exposure parameter using an ambient illumination, the at least one ambient exposure parameter including a first sensitivity parameter of an autoexposure controller using... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130312 | Reflowable camera module with integrated flash A reflowable camera module is implemented using a Chip Scale Package (CSP). An image sensor is formed on one portion of the carrier. A light emitting diode (LED) is formed on another portion of the carrier. The LED serves as an integrated camera flash. Additional op... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130311 | Method of capturing an image with a mobile device A mobile device including an image capturing unit, a flash unit and a control unit. The control unit may initiate the image capturing unit to capture an image with activating the flash unit. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8120699 | Digital camera for shooting a plurality of images to be synthesized to form one image in a special shooting mode A digital camera capable of setting a special shooting mode for shooting a plurality of images to be synthesized to form one image and comprises an imaging device, a strobe device, a storage unit temporarily storing at least one image shot by the imaging device, a s... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115860 | LED flash control An image recording apparatus with a solid state light emitting device is provided that controls one or more exposure settings for an image recording in low light conditions in response to a level of light reflected from a scene illuminated with the solid state light... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115861 | Image pickup system, image capturing method, and computer-readbale storage medium storing program for performing image capturing method An image pickup system causes a first illumination unit to emit light toward a subject at a first angle without causing a second illumination unit for emitting light toward the subject at a second angle different from the first angle, and causes an image pickup unit... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8072533 | Conductive holder for flash and flash assembly having same A conductive holder for a flash comprises a base, an elastic first holding arm, and an elastic second holding arm. The base includes a first end and an opposite second end. The first holding arm extends from the first end. The second holding arm extends from the sec... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8059190 | Portable electronic apparatus and supplementary light device A portable electronic apparatus includes a main body, a camera device, and a supplementary light device. The camera device and the supplementary light device are fixed on the main body. The supplementary light device includes a light module, a lens module, and a mot... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8035730 | Digital camera and flash emission control method based on face detection A digital camera includes an imaging unit for generating image data, an emission unit for emitting a flash, a face detection unit for detecting face information in the image data, and an emission amount control unit for controlling the emission amount of a flash. A ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8026976 | Digital camera and method for controlling emission amount of flash A digital camera including an imaging unit, a flash device, a face region extraction unit for detecting a face region from image data generated by the imaging unit, and a flash control unit for controlling emission amount of the flash using the region information ou... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8018525 | Camera flash module and method for controlling same An auto-exposure algorithm for controlling a camera flash uses image processing to identify important areas of the image affected by the flash, while disregarding highly reflective/illuminated areas and uses a ND filter to linearize the flash triggering with highly ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8004600 | Composite image device and related portable electronic device A composite image device having image capturing, laser pointing, lighting and related functions in one includes a first perspective window, a second perspective window, a third perspective window, an image capturing module, laser source module, a light source module... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7978262 | Digital camera and flash emission control method A digital camera including an imaging unit, a flash unit, a face detection unit that performs face detection on image data generated by the imaging unit, and an emission control unit that controls a redeye reduction emission and a main emission performed by the flas... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978261 | Image pickup device, automatic focusing method, automatic exposure method, electronic flash control method and computer program An image pickup device provided with an electronic flash function including an image pickup unit configured to input image data corresponding to a subject, a face detection unit configured to detect a human face from the image data input from the image pickup unit, ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978260 | Electronic camera and method with fill flash function A method and camera for electronic image capture provide an electronic image capture device, a scanning aperture shutter located to control light energy received by the image capture device, a flash unit oriented to illuminate an image scene, a photocell unit adapte... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7969504 | Camera system and camera A camera system including a camera having an image displaying unit that displays various images and an external flash device that is connected to the camera when in use. To the camera is connectable either a first external flash device whose light emission amount is... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969503 | Portable electronic device for capturing images A portable electronic device having a main body, the device including a camera arrangement for capturing images in a plurality of directions relative to the main body of the device; a lighting element; and a reflector, at least a portion of which is movable about th... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965335 | Wireless camera flash trigger device A flash accessory device readily adaptable to most compact digital camera models provides a hand grip with a mounting base for attachment to the bottom of a compact digital camera. The hand grip contains a multi-mode digital pre-flash detector circuit, a wireless tr... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7920205 | Image capturing apparatus with flash device having an LED array A digital camera (10) includes a face detecting section (74), a color temperature detecting section (76) and a flash device (86) having an LED array in which RGB LEDs are regularly arranged as a light source. When a shutter button (18 | 04/05/2011 |
| 7868944 | Control unit for optical apparatus and image pickup apparatus There is provided a control unit of an optical apparatus and an image pickup apparatus, which can prevent a shift of an already controlled position of a member when an impact, etc. apply to the optical apparatus. A control unit for an optical apparatus that includes... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7847859 | Exposure control method and imaging apparatus A digital camera automatically changes its imaging sensitivity based on a proper exposure value that is calculated at a predetermined standard imaging sensitivity based on subject brightness measured from a photometry area of a scene to shoot. When the decided imagi... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7834930 | Camera with up/down lighting unit with space open to object side and opposite side in up position of lighting unit A camera with a lighting unit is disclosed, in which the installation space of a microphone can be secured without preventing miniaturization of the camera. The camera comprises a main body, a lighting unit including a light emitting portion and being movable betwee... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834931 | Apparatus and method for capturing an image using a flash and a solid-state image pickup device When flash photography is performed, an exposure time at a time of a preliminary light emission of a flash is set as short as possible so that the appropriate amount of light required for a main light emission of the flash can be accurately computed. Before the main... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7742098 | Digital camera with light emitting diode flash device In a digital camera including an electronic flash device using a light-emitting diode as a flash light source, white balance correction is performed by using a white balance correction value corresponding to a color temperature of light actually emitted from the ele... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7733415 | Illumination apparatus for image-taking A small illumination apparatus including an optical member less affected by heat from a light source is disclosed. The illumination apparatus has a light source and an optical member closer to a light irradiation side than the light source and having an entrance sur... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7714930 | Control method for digital photographing apparatus for efficient setting operation and digital photographing apparatus using the method A control method for a digital photographing apparatus is provided in which one of operating modes associated with a button is set according to the length of time the button is pressed and a digital photographing apparatus using the method. The method includes setti... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7714929 | Method for setting and adapting preset white balance of digital photographing apparatus and digital photographing apparatus performing the same A method for setting and applying preset white balance data of a digital photographing apparatus and a digital photographing apparatus employing the method are provided. The method for setting the preset white balance of a digital photographing apparatus in order to... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7697062 | Camera and method in a camera The present invention relates to a method in a camera for determining a camera setting when using pulsed flash is provided. The camera comprises a source of light. The source of light is adapted to emit light to illuminate an object. The object is further illuminate... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7683967 | Digital camera having an electronic flash device LED as a flashlight source In a digital camera including an electronic flash device using a light-emitting diode as a flash light source, white balance correction is performed by using a white balance correction value corresponding to a color temperature of light actually emitted from the ele... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7683966 | Digital camera having an electronic flash device using LED as a flash light source In a digital camera including an electronic flash device using a light-emitting diode as a flash light source, white balance correction is performed by using a white balance correction value corresponding to a color temperature of light actually emitted from the ele... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7679672 | Electronic flash, imaging device and method for producing a flash of light having a wavelength spectrum in the visible range and the infrared range using a fluorescent material An electronic flash, imaging device and method for producing a flash of light having a wavelength spectrum in the visible wavelength range and the infrared wavelength range uses a fluorescent material to convert at least some of the original light emitted from one o... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7675569 | Image sensing apparatus having an image sensor An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor configured to image an object to generate image data, a flash control unit configured to control a main flash, to be performed by a flash unit configured to emit flash to an object, according to preliminary image data ge... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7667767 | System and method for three dimensional capture of stop-motion animated characters A system and method are described for performing motion capture on stop-motion animated characters. For example, a method according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: embedding phosphor within a moldable material; forming one or more stop-motion objects f... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7663691 | Image capture using display device as light source A digital image capture system and method uses a display device to illuminate a target with light for improved image capture under poor lighting conditions. Various characteristics of the flash (e.g., brightness, color, duration, etc.) can be adjusted to improve ima... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7652717 | White balance correction in digital camera images A method of enhancing a digital image produced by a digital imaging device, includes using the digital imaging device to capture at least two original digital images of the same scene with each digital image being under two different lighting conditions and producin... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7633547 | Image sensing apparatus and signal processing apparatus This invention has as its object to integrate and simplify a communication interface, and to attain a size reduction of a camera housing and a cost reduction. To accomplish this, a digital camera transfers a control signal that controls the operation of at least one... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7630014 | Lighting apparatus for attachment to a camera's tripod mount and method of use A lighting apparatus for use with a camera is described. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus comprises one or more light emitting diodes and one or more small batteries contained in a housing. A cylindrical piece extends from one side of the housing and is ada... | 12/08/2009 |
