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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8089508 | Capsule type medical system The present invention provides a capsule type medical system capable of displaying different images on a monitor in such a display mode that a diagnosis can be easily made when one capsule type endoscope includes a plurality of image pickup units. A capsule type end... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7525569 | Systems and methods to reversibly convert a film-based camera into a digital camera An apparatus captures a digital image from a film-based camera having a chamber to receive a film cartridge and a take-up spool to advance the film after each shot. The apparatus includes a cartridge shaped to fit in the camera film chamber, the cartridge including ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7385653 | LED package and backlight assembly for LCD comprising the same An LED package used as a light source in a backlight assembly for an LCD includes a substrate, a plurality of light scattering protrusions on the upper surface of the substrate, LEDs separated from each other by designated intervals and arranged in a line on the sub... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7369875 | Imaging device When sending photographic image data obtained in an electronic camera 1 via a communication interface 42 to a radio telephone line of a PDC 3, a PHS 4, etc., an RISC-CPU 11 converts the image data to data having a configuration all... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369174 | Helmet-mounted thermal imaging system An improved thermal imaging camera system is adapted to be releasably mounted to a protective helmet typically worn by a firefighter or other emergency personnel at an incident site. The present system comprises a thermal imaging camera assembly having a single eyep... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362965 | Wireless communication activation system and method A system and method for removable connection of an antenna element to a first flash synchronization connector of a camera body having wireless communication capability therein. An electrical event may be produced when the antenna element is connected to the first fl... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356255 | Electronic camera, information device and portable information apparatus An electronic camera comprising an LCD panel for image reproduction and an imaging device is disclosed, in which private information attaching a predetermined attribute to a designated photographed image can be input, and in accordance with the private information, ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343043 | Image compression apparatus, method and recording medium storing an image compression program An image compression apparatus and method, and a carrier wave encoded with a computer readable control program having instructions for use by a computer, perform an image compression process. A compression level is determined for use in compressing a picture image t... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336313 | 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... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7319490 | Input switch with display and image capturing apparatus using the same An input unit of the present invention includes: an instruction input unit including a display part, a posture of the instruction input unit capable of being displaced by a pressure applied to a first face thereof including a display screen of the display part; a sw... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7289132 | Method and apparatus for image acquisition, organization, manipulation, and publication To better realize the great potential of amateur digital photography, the present invention introduces an integrated system for the acquisition, organization, manipulation, and publication of digital images by amateur digital photography enthusiasts. The system of t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289142 | Monolithic integrated circuit having a number of programmable processing elements A monolithic integrated circuit includes programmable processing circuitry. The processing circuitry includes four programmable circuitry elements. Switching circuitry is operatively connected to the programmable circuitry elements and is configured to provide data ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7251048 | Recording images together with link information Apparatus for providing composite electronic image of a scene including at least one link to other information comprises a camera for providing an image signal, a link generator responsive to the scene or the immediate environment for generating a link signal, and a... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243378 | Modular helmet A helmet for protecting the head having a rigid shell that includes a body, made of an expanded polystyrene type of material, for example, molded over an outer skin, the shell further including a rigid arch device, the arch device includes a headband applied to the ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7218759 | Face detection in digital images A method and apparatus for the detection of faces in a digital image captured under a variety of lighting conditions are provided. Rather than subjecting an entire image to computationally intensive face detection analysis, the image is subjected to computationally ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215371 | Electronic camera with quick review of last captured image A camera incorporates a working memory (124) for storing a working image corresponding to the last captured image. The working image is displayed on a display screen (36) in a quick review mode of operation in response to a quick review signal entered ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7206017 | Image reproduction apparatus with panoramic mode based on aspect ratio An image reproduction apparatus includes display-image discrimination unit for discriminating a display mode (normal display, at-a-glance display, panoramic display, etc.) in which selected image data is to be displayed, display-mode setting unit for setting the dis... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206022 | Camera system with eye monitoring In one aspect of the invention a camera system is provided having an image capture system adapted to capture an image of a scene during an image capture sequence and an eye monitoring system adapted to determine eye information including a direction of the gaze of a... | 04/17/2007 |
| RE39524 | Hybrid camera system with electronic album control A hybrid camera includes a pair of imaging systems for capturing images on contained photographic film and an electronic imager, respectively, the film having a magnetic layer. An exterior imaging display allows the user to review the captured image and an input dev... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7187858 | Camera and method for operating a camera based upon available power in a supply In one aspect of the invention, a camera for use with a power supply is provided. The camera has a voltage detecting circuit adapted to detect a voltage level at the power source and to generate a voltage level signal. An image capture system is also provided and pe... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7176962 | Digital camera and digital processing system for correcting motion blur using spatial frequency First image data and second image data are generated by capturing a subject image at a CCD. The first image data captured over a first exposure time manifest a relatively small extent of image blur. The second image data are captured over a second exposure time set ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173197 | Handheld fish measuring apparatus with integral camera A handheld apparatus for measuring fish, game, and the like is provided and includes a scale, a camera, and a length measuring device. The scale includes a support member that extends outwardly from the apparatus housing, and a display that is visible through the ho... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170058 | Device for assisting a person in rescue operations under hazardous situations An abnormality detection support device, suitable for a case where rescue operations are made under situations that visibility is disturbed by smoke due to fire, includes an infrared camera, a display which, at least when the infrared camera is in use, comes to be p... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7161618 | Camera system including camera and computer having inter-device control capability and camera thereof A camera system includes a camera for photographing an object and acquiring image data of the object, and a computer connectable to the camera. The camera is provided with a manipulation member and a camera controller for detecting an operation of the manipulation m... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7149422 | Motion detector camera A motion detector camera includes a camera mechanism mounted inside a housing, a motion detector exposed on a surface of the housing, and a controller for controlling the camera mechanism in response to signals received from the motion detector. The camera can inclu... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140788 | Camera body A camera which includes a camera body includes a main body and a mirror box fixed to the main body. The mirror box and the main body are made of a first material having a first thermal expansion coefficient and a second material having a second thermal expansion coe... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140789 | Remote controlled pan head system for video cameras and its method of operation A pan head system for selectively attaching a video camera to a stand that enables the video camera to be operated and panned from a remote location. The pan head system includes a camera mount for engaging a video camera. The pan head system also has a stand mount ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7133162 | Appliance and method of using same having a user help capability A hand-held image capture and communication appliance and method of using same are provided wherein images may be scanned and saved in an internal memory. The appliance includes a processor for manipulating and exhibiting the images on a built-in display screen. Pro... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133607 | Wireless communication activation system and method A system and method of alerting a wireless communication capability of a camera body to the presence of an external antenna element present in electrical communication with a pre-existing port of the camera body that was originally not designed for an external anten... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7126640 | Autofocus strobe control in image sensing apparatus Provided is control relating to autofocusing in an image sensing apparatus having an image sensing unit for photoelectrically converting an optical image of a subject to obtain an image signal representing the subject, and an autofocus function, the apparatus being ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119917 | Facsimile server device A facsimile server device that can append TTI information to facsimile data in various manners. The facsimile server device is connected to a plurality of data processing devices such as client PCs over LAN, and is adapted to send facsimile data to a designated remo... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117256 | Method and system for transferring and sharing images between devices and locations A method and system of formatting and transferring image data allows a user to easily select image data format settings and format received image data in accordance with the user selected format settings. The user can save the image data to a second location in the ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7102686 | Image-capturing apparatus having multiple image capturing units An image-capturing apparatus is capable of capturing a three-dimensional image and a high quality panoramic image as the need arises, and is portable if it is used as a single lens camera that captures a normal two-dimensional image. A second image-capturing unit ha... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7092966 | Method software program for creating an image product having predefined criteria A method and software program for creating an image product having at least one image provided thereon. The method includes providing a digital template for use in creating the image product. The digital template has at least one digital container for placement of d... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092627 | Shooting system and silver-salt camera A shooting system of the present invention comprises a silver-salt camera unit shooting on a silver-salt photosensitized material, an electronic image pickup unit which is detachably combined with the silver-salt camera unit and in which a solid image pickup element... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7061522 | Optical fiber fusion-splicer In an optical fiber observing image processing apparatus, at least two different capturing modes is provided in an image capturing means for capturing image data from two or more television cameras, so that, by automatically switching capturing modes in synchronous ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7062221 | Wireless remote control system for extendable masts A wireless remote control system is provided for use with an extendable mast arrangement. The wireless remote control system includes a wireless remote control and a base. The wireless remote control has an operator interface for the input of mast control commands a... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057621 | Screen display apparatus and a method for utilizing the screen display apparatus in a mobile terminal An apparatus and method for displaying a multimedia screen in a mobile terminal. A first memory selectively stores multimedia image data received at a service request of the mobile terminal or text data and background screen image data provided for a display service... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053927 | System for optimizing the display and rendering of digital images for digital mastering A digital mastering system for processing digital image signals originating from scanned motion picture film includes a film scanner for scanning motion picture film and generating a stream of digital image signals corresponding to motion picture images, a color gra... | 05/30/2006 |
