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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8036525 | Method and apparatus for motion compensation A motion compensation apparatus for a camera module with a half-shutter function is provided. The apparatus includes an initialization unit for selecting a subject, a motion of which is to be detected, from images secured in a half-shutter state, and calculates moti... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7970271 | Brightness correction apparatus for moving images, and method and program for controlling same In order to perform a brightness correction that is suited to a face image in a moving image, a still-image brightness correction parameter for performing a brightness correction suited to a subject image is calculated from a face image in the subject image and the ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7929853 | Method and apparatus for taking pictures on a mobile communication terminal having a camera module A method and an apparatus for taking pictures on a mobile communication terminal having a camera module are provided, which can control the photographing of an object in accordance with the motion of the object. The method includes generating a current frame by phot... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7885531 | Apparatus, medium, and method for photographing based on face detection A photographing method, medium, and apparatus based on face detection in a portable camera. The portable photographing apparatus may include an image input unit that receives an image, a face detection unit that detects a face from the received image, a storage unit... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7756409 | Image pickup device and image pickup method An image pickup device and image pickup method are disclosed, wherein an image is picked up by changing the shutter speed in accordance with the illuminance of an object in the case where the rate at which the object moves in the whole image is smaller than a predet... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7593632 | 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... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7536098 | Imaging apparatus and imaging method An apparatus suitably detects a recording trigger even in a low-brightness or low-light-intensity environment, and acquires, from a recorded image, a high-quality image from which a person or the like can be easily recongized. When a recording trigger is to be detec... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7433588 | Camera control apparatus, camera control method, program and storage medium Traveling photographing of a camera is controlled in accordance with a plurality of photographing parameters and priority orders of the plurality of photographing parameters, respective stored in a storage unit, a motion of an object photographed with the camera is ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426340 | Stage apparatus and camera shake correction apparatus using the stage apparatus A stage apparatus in which a movable stage is guided in first and second directions orthogonal to each other on a stationary member, includes a pair of first elongated holes formed on one of the movable stage and the stationary member and are elongated in the first ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7343027 | Image processing apparatus, image signal generation method, information recording medium, and image processing program By using input image signals of a plurality of frames, the motions of prescribed areas within an image based on the input image signals are detected, and then a layering is performed. An image signal of a peripheral image which occurs at the same time as an objectiv... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7313278 | Content generation, extraction and distribution of image region segments from video images The present invention provides methods for extracting an image region segment from a video image, a system for extracting an image region segment, a program for extracting an image region segment, a method for distributing an extracted video image, and a method for ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308196 | 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... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7301563 | Image pickup apparatus A short-time exposure image data and a long-time exposure image data of the same object to be photographed are stored to SE memory and LE memory and then transferred to CPU, motion thereof being detected at a motion detecting section on the basis of the two image da... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7281867 | Camera attaching device A first attaching base member is fixed to a camera arranging place. A second attaching base member is attached to the first attaching base member. The first attaching base member and the second attaching base member form an internal wiring chamber for passing camera... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7231144 | Element layout apparatus, element layout program and element layout method Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide an element layout apparatus, an element layout program and an element layout method which lay out a plurality of images taken by a camera, a video recorder or the like, so as to express a sense of time or ambience with ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231065 | Method and apparatus for controlling cameras and performing optical character recognition of container code and chassis code A method and apparatus for controlling cameras and performing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) of a container code and a chassis code on a containers and a chassis associated with a truck has at least one camera capable of viewing the truck as it passes the camer... | 06/12/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7162151 | Camera A camera comprises an optical photographing system, an image pickup device which receives a luminous flux via the optical photographing system to output image data, a monitor on which an image is displayed based on the image data, an actuator which controls a positi... | 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 |
| 7146023 | Image processor, image signal generating method, information recording medium, and image processing program By using input image signals of a plurality of frames, the motions of prescribed areas within an image based on the input image signals are detected, and then a layering is performed. An image signal of a peripheral image which occurs at the same time as an objectiv... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7136581 | Image taking apparatus and program product AF is started in response to the depression of a shutter button 61 by the user, and a plurality of images are obtained in succession with a time interval while a first image and a second image are obtained in this order with a time interval by a CCD 11... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7047214 | Process for providing event photographs for inspection, selection and distribution via a computer network A process for providing event photographs for inspection, selection and distribution via a computer network generally includes the steps of taking event photographs, associating identifying data with each photograph taken, transferring the photographs to a computer ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6985875 | Process for providing event photographs for inspection, selection and distribution via a computer network A process for providing event photographs for inspection, selection and distribution via a computer network generally includes the steps of taking event photographs, associating identifying data with each photograph taken, transferring the photographs to a computer ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6924837 | Digital camera with attitude and shake detection A digital camera with an anti-blur function is provided with simple structures. The digital camera comprises an automatic exposure control mechanism for an automatic exposure mode and inclinometer. As sub-modes, the automatic exposure mode comprises a normal program... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6834162 | Motion detector camera A motion detector camera including a housing having a mounting member in a bottom surface for mounting the housing to a tripod, the housing having an film advance mechanism for automatically advancing a film of the camera after each exposure. The camera includes a w... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6614996 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus automatically determines the photographing mode and displays on a display a kind of the photographing mode with the image of the subject. The image forming apparatus comprises an image pickup part for forming an image of the sub... | 09/02/2003 |
| 5930532 | Automatic focusing device of camera having highly reliable movement prediction feature An automatic focusing device of camera is adapted to control the lens to focus on an object moving along the optical axis of the lens. The focus detecting section of the device outputs a plurality of focus detection signals according to the focused state ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5915133 | Camera with a photographic mode automatic selecting apparatus A camera having a photographic mode automatic selecting apparatus. A photographic mode selecting device selects a photographic mode from a plurality of photographic modes. A photographic distance detecting device detects photographic distance data of a ph... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5739856 | Photographic subject position predicting apparatus A photographic subject position predicting apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a focal point detection device that detects the focal point adjustment state of the photographic lens, a moving speed detection device that detects th... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5692118 | Autofocus control device having moving body tracking control An autofocus control device to perform lens drive control with moving body tracking control. The autofocus control device includes a defocus amount computation device to determine a defocus amount representing an amount of deviation in the optical axis di... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5649241 | Autofocus adjustment device An autofocus adjustment device capable of computing the confidence level of focus detection accurately is disclosed. The autofocus adjustment device includes a focus detection device to determine focus detection results of the phototaking lens and a confi... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5623708 | Autofocus adjustment device of a camera and method A camera includes an autofocus adjustment device. The autofocus device comprises a lens and camera body. The lens is comprised of a shooting lens, a lens information circuit, and a lens movement mechanism. The camera body has a main mirror, a submirror, a... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5512974 | Target follow-up device and camera comprising the same The target follow-up device of the present invention is adapted quickly and reliably to follow up the position of a target which is moving at high speed. It incorporates an imaging sensor having a number of imaging elements, which performs photometry over... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5477302 | Automatic focus adjustment apparatus for moving object photography An automatic focus adjustment apparatus includes a focus detection unit for detecting a distance along the optical axis between an object image plane and a prospective focal plane of a photographing lens at a predetermined time interval, a moving amount d... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475466 | Camera having target follow up function Normally, movement of an object to be photographed is detected based upon the brightness information output by a photometric means, and the object to be photographed is followed up. During the exposure process the photometric means cannot perform photomet... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5109249 | Camera with a function of preventing a hand moving blur A camera that is equipped with a function of preventing a blurring of a picture caused by a hand movement of the camera operator. The camera comprises a first detector which detects a moving speed of the camera caused by a hand movement of the camera oper... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5030984 | Method and associated apparatus for minimizing the effects of motion in the recording of an image In this method and apparatus, motion is detected by sensing the change in luminance, over time, between sequential images at each image pixel site along with the changes in luminance at neighboring pixel sites. These changes are then used to compute the d... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4320948 | Motion detecting device in exposure control system for optical instrument The present invention relates to a motion detecting device for detecting the relative motion rate or velocity between an object and an optical instrument in an exposure control system by which the exposure time, i.e. the shutter speed of the instrument is... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4273430 | Photographic camera A photographic camera with an electrical circuit for generating an electric signal proportional to the relative motion between the object sighted and the camera. The camera has a control circuit which receives the generated signal and provides an output s... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4264161 | Motion detecting device in exposure control system for optical instruments The present invention relates to a motion detecting device for detecting the relative motion rate or velocity between an object and an optical instrument in an exposure control system by which the exposure time, i.e. the shutter speed of the instrument is... | 04/28/1981 |
