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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170410 | Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus including a strobo assembly capable of controlling a light emitting angle of a strobo. The imaging apparatus includes a case and a strobo assembly mated to the case and that revolves with respect to the case. The strobo assembly includes a light... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7957638 | Image pickup apparatus and method of controlling the same An image pickup apparatus which is capable of achieving excellent moving image shooting even when strobe popup is not successfully performed during moving image shooting. A camera implementing the image pickup apparatus has a strobe that shifts between a retracted p... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7907840 | Compressible zoom camera A device includes a housing capable of forming an internal space during operation of the device. The device also includes a camera having an optical zoom portion provided within the housing. The optical zoom portion is capable of expanding into the internal space wh... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7778541 | Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes a flash light emitting portion moving between a housed position and a light emitting position, a biasing means for biasing the flash light emitting portion toward the light emitting position, a member to be locked moving with a movement... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7756414 | Image capturing apparatus with pop-up flash structure An image capturing apparatus includes a pop-up flash. Pop-up flash includes a flash housing configured for receiving a flash therein, a drive lever and a locking lever. Flash housing is pivoted on image capturing apparatus, and moves between a first position and a s... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7747162 | Pop-up module for electronic device A pop-up module for an electronic device. The pop-up module includes a pop-up member, a base where the pop-up member is rotatably installed, a first elastic member, a projection unit disposed in the pop-up member, a moving member, a second elastic member, a first ro... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7646975 | Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes an exterior ease to which a lens device is attached, a base plate supported in the vicinity of an objective lens of the lens device, a flashlight device pivotally connected to the base plate and capable of moving between a pop-up positi... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7519288 | Strobe device for camera A strobe pop-up device for moving a strobe assembly to pop-up, bounce, and closed positions includes: a strobe assembly having a strobe, and a strobe connecting link, a bottom end of which is rotatably supported by a main body of the camera to move the strobe assemb... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7505682 | Pop-up flash unit for camera A pop-up flash unit (2) for a camera includes a mounting seat (30) disposed in the camera body, a flash member (20) rotatably mounted on the mounting seat between a projected position for operating and a retracted position for storage, a driving... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7435017 | Digital single lens reflex camera At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a digital single lens reflex camera which includes a motor on a side of a mirror box above a battery storage unit for a detachable battery, such that the motor's output shaft can be substantially perpendicular to the ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7412161 | Pop-up flash of a camera A pop-up flash of a camera includes a slidable member mounted to a camera body, the slidable member being movable between a retreated position and an advanced position in front of the retreated position; and a flash unit supported by the slidable member to be movabl... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406258 | Pop-up flash of a camera A pop-up flash of a camera includes a flash unit movable between a retracted position, in which the flash unit is accommodated in a camera body, and a fully-lifted position, in which the flash unit projects from the camera body; a biasing device which biases the fla... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7362971 | Camera unit incorporating a lidded printhead unit A camera unit includes a chassis. An image sensor is mounted to the chassis and is configured to sense an image. A display is mounted to the chassis and is configured to display the sensed image. A printhead unit is mounted to the chassis and is configured to print ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352963 | Camera A camera is disclosed, in which the generation of a large gap between the illumination unit and the camera body is suppressed. The camera comprises: an illumination unit movable between a protrusion position and a retraction position, and biased toward the protrusio... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7325987 | Printing method using quill-jet A system for depositing a material is described. The system uses at least one cantilever, and more typically a plurality of cantilever to transfer small amounts of material from a source of material to a substrate surface. One application for the system is a printin... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325903 | Quill-jet printer A system for depositing a material is described. The system uses at least one cantilever, and more typically a plurality of cantilever to transfer small amounts of material from a source of material to a substrate surface. One application for the system is a printin... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7304677 | Customizing a digital camera based on demographic factors A method for customizing a camera for at least one particular demographic group is disclosed. The camera includes a programmable memory that stores at least one parameter value to control at least one operation of the camera. The method includes the steps of identif... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7254323 | Illumination optical system, illumination device and image-taking apparatus An illumination optical system is disclosed, which leads a luminous flux forward effectively, which emitted backward from a light source. The illumination optical system comprises a light source, and a first optical member arranged on an opposite side of a light irr... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248300 | Camera and method of photographing good image A camera includes a release button, an input unit, an A/D converter, a memory, a control unit, an alarm, a recording unit and an output unit. The memory stores data for the image converted by the A/D converter. The control unit judges whether or not the image stored... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7210629 | Portable communication device A portable communication device includes a first housing extending in a first direction, a second housing extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and formed at a bottom surface of the first housing so that a predetermined region of an ou... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7123370 | Control system and units removably attachable to the same A control system having device units removably attachable to a control device such as a computer is arranged to optimize the allocation and distribution of electric power to the device units and also displays of varied kinds. For this purpose, each device unit of th... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7106959 | Camera and waterproof camera casing A camera includes an outer cover; a lens barrel which is housed inside the outer cover in the state that a front face of the lens barrel is substantially in flush with a front face portion of the outer cover surrounding the front face of the lens barrel, whereas whe... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106007 | Flashlight lamp circuit with automatic light adjustment A flashlight lamp circuit with automatic light adjustment includes a flashlight charging unit for controlling charging of a main capacitor, a flashlight activation unit activating the flashlight lamp to project a flashlight on the photographed object according to a ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103273 | AF driving mechanism of camera A worm gear is provided on a rotating shaft of an AF motor. A first supporting cylinder includes a gear portion and a receiving portion. A wheel gear, which is in engagement with the worm gear, is formed on an outer surface of the gear portion. A slit is formed at t... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099573 | Zoom lens camera, and a rotation transfer mechanism A zoom lens camera includes an optical-element drive mechanism for a photographing optical system, and a zooming-associating mechanism for associating a zooming-associated driven member with a zooming operation to be driven by the optical-element drive mechanism in ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7092626 | Placement of light-emitting section in image sensing apparatus In an image sensing device in which a hinge mechanism is secured to the side face of the main body of the image sensing device and an image display unit for displaying a captured image is mounted by the hinge mechanism so as to be free to rotate, a light-emitting de... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7084920 | Image pickup apparatus In an image pickup apparatus comprising an optical finder for optically displaying an object image, an image pickup device for receiving the object image and converting it into an image signal for photographing, an electronic finder for displaying the object image r... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082264 | System comprising camera and waterproof housing A system has a camera and a waterproof housing. The camera has a strobe light-emitting portion which is rotated to the pop-up position for light emission and to the restoring position for non light-emission position and a light-emission preparing member which moves ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7057660 | Digital camera having a display device with a cover A digital camera having a camera body, a shutter release button, a photographic optical system, a display cover, a lens/strobe flash cover, a nonskid grip pits/projection, a mode dial, operation buttons, indication lamps, a display screen, and a strobe flashing unit... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7050714 | Camera with movable lens barrel A camera includes a movable lens barrel, a flip-up flash emitting unit, a biasing spring to retract the flash emitting unit, and a slidable cover for a front of the movable lens barrel. A transmission gear transmits motion from a motor toward the movable lens barrel... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7035536 | Flash control mechanism A flash case, in which a flash is provided, is automatically moved to an up position, when a user selects a flash mode in a state where the flash case is at a down position, when a user begins to forcibly raise the flash case by hand in a state where the flash case ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7011459 | Camera with slidable cover In a camera, a movable lens barrel is movable between a collapsed position and photographing positions determined in front of the collapsed position. A slidable cover is movable, covers a front of the movable lens barrel when in a closed position, and uncovers the f... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7013083 | Camera of flash built-in type In a flash built-in camera, a movable lens barrel is movable between a collapsed position of being contained inside a camera body, and photographing positions in front of the collapsed position, and holds a taking lens. A flip-up flash emitting unit is movable betwe... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6999676 | Operating apparatus for moving a pop-up flash unit from a non-projected position to a projected position on a photographic device An operating apparatus is utilized in a photographic device, and includes a base frame, a rotating seat, and a moving seat that carries a pop-up flash unit thereon. The rotating seat and the moving seat are disposed within a first accommodating chamber in the base f... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6952527 | Apparatus for releasing flash device automatically The present invention relates to a built-in flash mechanism that will pop up when the illumination is insufficient or it is manually switched on. The present invention comprises a flash unit having a buckle, a driving motor, a driving gear set formed on said driving... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6930726 | Digital camera with mode selecting device capable of displaying camera condition A mode selecting dial and an indicator are provided on a digital camera body. Plural symbols corresponding to each mode are printed on the mode selecting dial. When one of the plural symbols is set at the indicator, the digital camera is set to the mode correspondin... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6925254 | Camera apparatus The camera apparatus comprises a camera-body portion 1; a display pane 2 attached to the camera-body 1 as an outwardly fixing type with freely rotary operation; and a lens block 5 provided at the upper portion of the camera-body 1 ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920285 | Flash device The present invention relates to a built-in flash mechanism that will automatically pop up when the illumination is insufficient or it is manually switched on. This invention comprises a built-in flash, a one-way electromagnetic valve, a spring that will switch the ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6909847 | Camera with built-in strobe The present invention provides a camera with a built-in strobe which can reduce its whole size, while having a pop-up mechanism that enables a strobe casing attached to a camera body to be shiftable. The camera is provided with a camera body (2), a support un... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6850703 | Pop-up mechanism of flashing apparatus and camera apparatus equipped with the flashing apparatus A pop-up mechanism and a camera apparatus equipped with this pop-up mechanism that can be configured without using a motor or a gear train and manufactured at a low cost by reducing the number of parts and realizing compactness and light weightare disclosed. A pop-u... | 02/01/2005 |
