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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7962031 | Pulsed control of camera flash Input from a user is received, to take a picture. A camera flash is signaled to produce multiple flash pulses during a single shutter cycle of the picture. The amplitudes of at least two of the flash pulses are different relative to each other. The picture is stored... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7129983 | Control of a flash unit in a digital camera The invention is based on a method for controlling a flash unit in connection with a digital image sensor without a mechanical shutter, wherein the exposure of the image sensor is performed in sub-areas, such as pixel rows or columns, or in another order, by using a... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6647206 | Camera including stroboscopic unit A camera includes a stroboscopic light emission unit capable of operating at least in an intermittent light emission mode, wherein the camera has a photographing mode setting unit for setting the camera either in a single photographing mode or in a sequen... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6571061 | Uniform flash-emission controller A uniform flash-emission controller which controls an intensity of a light emission of a flashtube, the uniform flash-emission controller includes an IGBT which causes the flashtube to emit a rapid series of short flash pulses; an IGBT controller which sw... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6404987 | Flash system In a flash system, information on a light emission mode, etc., is communicated to a slave flash device through pulse light emitted from a master flash device, and, after completion of communication of the information, the master flash device makes light e... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6167199 | Information transmitting apparatus using flash light emission In an information transmitting apparatus capable of transmitting information by using flash light emission of a flash light emission tube, communication data is detected at timing synchronized with a predetermined period and, when the detected communicati... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5875362 | Single-use flash camera with emergency strobe or continuous illumination enhancements The invention relates to a single-use camera comprising a mechanism for repetitive flashing not connected to shutter operation.... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5752103 | Electronic flash device An electronic flash device for use with a camera having a shutter with an aperture that opens gradually. The electronic flash device includes a flash tube having a discharge path; a switching element arranged in the discharge path; and a light emission co... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5692223 | Remotely-controlled flash photographing system A flash photographing system includes a first firing device operable to fire a first flash light effective for photography of the camera device; a second firing device operable to fire a second flash light ineffective for photography of the camera device,... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5640622 | Electronic flash apparatus of a camera An electronic flash apparatus of a camera incorporating a focal plane shutter has a capacitor for storing an electric charge, a flashtube for irradiating a subject with a flash of light by the electric charge stored in the capacitor and a setting unit cap... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5579068 | Electronic flash apparatus of a camera Disclosed is an electronic flash apparatus of a camera incorporating a focal plane shutter. The apparatus is constructed of a capacitor for storing an electric charge, a flashtube for irradiating a subject with a flash of light by the electric charge stor... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5491533 | Electronic flash control system and method for high-speed flashing An electronic flash control system and method for a high-speed repeating flash having a main capacitor which stores energy for flashing, a discharge element, a switching apparatus, a control unit and a photometric unit. The switching apparatus causes the ... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5168300 | TTL automatic flash control device A TTL automatic flash control device for a flash light source for a camera is disclosed. The device has a flash control unit for controlling flashing of the flash light source. In sequential flashing photographic operation mode in which a plurality of fla... | 12/01/1992 |
| 4713686 | High speed instantaneous multi-image recorder This high speed, instantaneous multi-image recorder comprises a video camera, sensor unit and light projector. A frame memory is connected to the video camera, a flashtube is to the light projector, a retarder is to the sensor unit. The flashtube is conne... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4192597 | Photographic apparatus for selectively actuating a pulsable electronic strobe Photographic apparatus is provided for use with a pulsable type strobe light and automatic cameras of the type which, upon actuation, undergo a predetermined time delay, which varies from camera to camera within select limits, prior to their initiating an... | 03/11/1980 |
