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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8000593 | Distance measuring device and distance measuring method A distance measuring device includes a display processor that acquires an image which includes a distance measuring object from a camera, and generates display information indicating the image, an acceleration sensor that is provided with a device housing having the... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7936988 | Imaging apparatus and control method therefor An imaging apparatus determines the appropriateness of a continuous focusing operation when performing shooting using autofocus. When the continuous focusing operation is determined to be appropriate, the imaging apparatus performs a display indicating that the imag... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7920783 | Camera and lens system A camera assembly, preferably a cinematographic camera assembly, comprises a camera housing and a plurality of interchangeable lenses which can be attached to the camera housing for capturing an image. Each lens has a body and a lens system comprising at least one l... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7912364 | Optical observation apparatus and image-pickup apparatus The optical observation apparatus includes an optical element which reflects a first wavelength region light from an object to introduce the light to an eyepiece part, and a light source which emits a second wavelength region light. A wavelength-selective optical fi... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7877006 | Focus information display system A focus information display system is provided in which focus state detection that is performed during automatic focusing (AF) and the like is also performed during manual focusing (MF) and the like to display focus information indicating a focus state. By arranging... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7865075 | Electronic camera, image processing apparatus, image processing method and image processing computer program An electronic camera detects a person's face image from an object image obtained by photographing an object, executes an enlarging process on the detected face image so as to obtain a face image whose face size is suitable, and displays the face image which is enlar... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860388 | Image capturing apparatus and method for out-of-focus determination and correction An image capturing apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit operable to acquire a plurality of captured images at least relating to the focus control among images captured by an image capturing unit; an image comparison unit operable to compare focus states of ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7697834 | Hidden autofocus In a method and system for focusing a camera focus can be repeatedly alternated between an original focus position and a plurality of other focus positions. An image can be displayed when the focus position is the original focus position. The image can be suppressed... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7689112 | Lens system having a function of displaying an operating direction of a focus operation member for setting a focus in a lens A lens system according to an aspect of the present invention includes a focus operation member for manual operation of a focus of a taking lens, a focusing direction detecting device which detects a moving direction of the focus for setting a focused state with res... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7590343 | Autofocus system An autofocus system includes: an imaging device which captures a subject image; a matching image detection device which detects an image that most matches a stored reference pattern image of a target subject to focus on; a determining device that determines that an ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7548688 | Optical apparatus An optical apparatus having a viewfinder optical system includes a Fresnel lens capable of converging light onto a focusing screen and a plurality of microprism groups disposed in positions corresponding to focusing areas. Beams of light are projected onto each micr... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7512332 | Camera with superimpose indication function A camera has a viewfinder that forms a subject image to be observed, a multipoint auto-focus adjuster that focuses the subject image on the basis of multiple focus points defined on the subject image, a superimposer that superimposes an indicator mark on a position ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7433587 | In-finder indicator for single-lens reflex camera An in-finder indicator for a single-lens reflex camera comprises an eyepiece lens, a reflecting mirror for reflecting a beam of light from a subject, a screen having a screen surface which is subjected to surface treatment to form prisms for presenting a superimpose... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433586 | Camera with an auto-focus function A first area of a predetermined size is set as a focus area from which AF evaluation values are picked up in AF control when a focus mode is a normal one. When the focus mode changes to a macro mode, a second area narrower than the first area is set as the AF area. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7421195 | Apparatus for acquiring focussing information and method of acquiring focusing information A storage unit is configured to store beforehand a table that shows a relation between spread parameters and command values supplied to a control unit to acquire a focused image of an object, and information that designates a command value corresponding to an inflec... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417803 | Focusing mechanism for a vision detector A machine vision image acquisition system is provided with a housing or enclosure that protects the acquisition system components from an industrial environment. The machine vision image acquisition system has a focusing mechanism that can be actuated externally to ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7403705 | Camera device having automatic focusing function A camera device is provided which has an optical system including a focus lens, focus control for focusing the optical system on a subject by driving the focus lens, and display control for causing a display to display numerals indicating a first distance of a close... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7372499 | Electronic flash, electronic camera and light emitting head The present invention is directed to a light emitting head for use with an electronic camera. The light emitting head is preferably formed as an array of red, green, and blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) provided on the sides of a light guide member, preferably a po... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7362967 | Digital camera and manual focus method thereof A digital camera and a method for manually focusing the digital camera are disclosed. The digital camera includes an image sensing unit, a buffer memory unit, an image processing unit, and an image display unit. The image sensing unit senses a signal and produces a ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356254 | Image processing method, apparatus, and program An image of a region in which a blur tends to clearly appear is extracted from a digital photograph image as a blur checking regional image. Then, the extracted blur checking regional image is displayed in a size appropriate for the resolution of a display device. | 04/08/2008 |
| 7324749 | Image display method, image display apparatus and image display program An image correcting personal computer displays on its monitor a correction screen consisting of a main display area, a sub display area and a parameter adjusting area. The main display area is divided into a plural number of split image display sections displaying s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317479 | Automated zoom control Automated zoom control and/or automated wide angle capture for digital camera systems and related methods. The camera is configured to have imaging apparatus that selectively couples images from an image scene to an image sensing apparatus that senses the coupled im... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7283161 | Image-taking apparatus capable of distributing taken images over network An image-taking apparatus and an image-taking system are disclosed which can protect the privacy of a person whose image is taken, and which can avoid the distribution of images of unnecessarily large data volumes. The image-taking apparatus includes an image-taking... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280751 | In-finder display device An in-finder display device includes an optical member having prisms and disposed about a position where an objective unit forms an image; an image-inverting unit receiving light from the optical member; an eyepiece unit for guiding the light from the image-invertin... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7271830 | Motion detection in an image capturing device An image capturing device includes an electronic image sensor, a memory, and a processor. The memory includes a motion detect routine, a predetermined image interval, and at least one predetermined motion threshold. The processor conducts the capturing of images sep... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7248301 | System and method for providing camera focus feedback Disclosed are systems and method for providing feedback to a user. In one embodiment, a system and a method pertain to analyzing levels of focus of discrete portions of an image, evaluating a relative focus of the image portions, and identifying to a user the image ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248796 | Imaging apparatus and method, recording medium, and program An image capturing apparatus includes: a focal position adjusting device operable to adjust a focal position of an optical system to a predetermined position in a first image capture period and change the focal position of the optical system in a second image captur... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7221863 | Image processing apparatus and method, and program and recording medium used therewith An image processing apparatus displays a realistic image depending on a user's viewpoint. A sensor control unit 41 detects a user's viewpoint and a point of interest based on signals from various sensors, and outputs the detected viewpoint and point to a dept... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221864 | Lighting apparatus for photographing A lighting apparatus for lighting subjects to be photographed, includes a plurality of lighting units each having a lighting element and a radiating surface for radiating light from the lighting element, and each radiating surface having a normal line oriented in th... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221398 | Accurate preview for digital cameras A digital camera and method that embodies a preview image that shows what the final image will look like, including depth of field and shutter speed temporal effects (blur). Preview images are displayed as a series of stop-action still images rather than as continuo... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215373 | Object distance display apparatus to display an object distance based on measured object distance data The object distance display apparatus displays object distances according to actually measured object distance data entered in advance, matched with focusing lens positions acquired from a television lens device, and enables, when the apparatus is connected to the t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7191492 | Swivel structure having direction indication A swivel structure having direction indication is described. The swivel structure includes a first swivel base and a second swivel base. The first swivel base has at least a window and the second swivel base has at least a first direction indication mark and at leas... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7181351 | Status indicator and status indicating method A status indicator and status indicating method are provided to indicate multi-working statuses of an electronic device with a single status indicator. The status indicator includes an MCU (10, 10′), and an LED circuit. The MCU includes a CPU (101), ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174095 | Optical apparatus for observing object According to the present invention, an optical apparatus is provided that comprises a recording medium, a distance-detecting sensor, an illustrated-guide selector, and an image-indicating device. The recording medium stores illustrated-guide data for a plurality of ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7133608 | Camera A camera divides a light beam having passed through a taking lens unit into two light beams. One light beam forms an image on a silver salt film. Another light beam forms an image on a CCD. A light path for said another light beam is provided with an aperture diaphr... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133571 | Automated cropping of electronic images The present invention relates to the automated and semi-automated cropping of electronic images, and in particular to an apparatus and a method of using an electronic camera to capture and crop such electronic images. An electronic imaging processing device (1 | 11/07/2006 |
| 7120461 | Camera phone and photographing method for a camera phone A camera phone and photographing method for a camera phone is provided which allows a camera phone to easily and precisely set a composition of a subject to be photographed. If a standard, preset composition guideline is not appropriate for a particular subject to b... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7106963 | Electronic equipment Electronic equipment of which the assembling process is easy is disclosed. The electronic equipment comprises a first member with electric conductivity, a second member with electric conductivity and a third member with elasticity. The first member is fixed to an in... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099575 | Manual focus device and autofocus camera A digital still camera includes an aperture stop opening, a taking lens system, and a CCD pickup element. In a manual focus device, an iris shifting mechanism sets the aperture stop opening in an aperture stop unit with reference to a first light amount gravity cent... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7076119 | Method, apparatus, and program for image processing Tag information that accompanies image data obtained by a digital camera is used efficiently and a high-quality image is reproduced. An image processing apparatus comprises a first color conversion unit for correcting a characteristic caused by the model of the digi... | 07/11/2006 |
