Class 396/178 - Folding flash

Subclass of Class 396 - Photography
Definition: Subject matter wherein the illumination means is manually
No. of patents: 72
Last issue date: 10/04/2011

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8032018	Photographing apparatus having a folding flash unit Provided is a photographing apparatus. The photographing apparatus may illuminate auto focus (AF) auxiliary light onto a subject without regard to an opening/closing of a flash because the flash may illuminate the light out of a main body even when the flash is rece...	10/04/2011
7539407	Image taking apparatus with flash device An ornament plate of a ring-shape made of a metal with a high heat radiation effect, for instance, aluminum, is attached to an end surface on an object side of a lens barrel such that the ornament plate covers the whole front part of the lens barrel. Four kinds of L...	05/26/2009
7011285	Modular stand structure The present invention is to provide a modular stand structure being applied to the back panel of a portable electronic device, which comprises a first board and a cover disposed on a second board. The top of one surface of the first board has a movable button, such ...	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
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
6788893	Moving member holding device A moving member holding device that holds at a first position a moving member that makes a movement between the first position and a second position relative to a fixed member, includes: an engaging member provided at either the moving member or the fixed member and...	09/07/2004
6748168	Image capture apparatus having multi-function rotary device and protective cover An image capture apparatus includes: an image capture optical system; a rotary device rotatable from an initial position in a first direction and rotatable from the initial position in a second direction; a protective cover that performs an opening action to expose ...	06/08/2004
6640055	Camera having a built-in and self-contained flash lighting sub-assembly Camera having a built-in and self-contained flash sub-assembly. The camera includes a body having a movable cover member, and a flash device for illuminating a subject to be imaged. The flash device includes a light emitting unit, a capacitor for supplyin...	10/28/2003
6510286	Damper device for camera A strobe device in which a damper device is built has a light-emitting portion main unit containing a flash-emitting tube and other members therein supported by a rotational supporting mechanism having rotational damper functions. The rotational supportin...	01/21/2003
6389233	Cam mechanism for device having pop-up part Cam mechanism with a flat or planar locking member and a cam member also having a flat or planar shape. The cam mechanism is operable as a pop-up mechanism. The cam member moves substantially in a first plane and the lock member is urged or driven substan...	05/14/2002
6374051	Camera having pop-up strobe There is disclosed a camera in which a power for a pop-up action of a built-in strobe is branched and taken out from & barrel-driving power transmitting path, the barrel is popped up in synchronization with an advancing action of the barrel from a retract...	04/16/2002
6347189	Flash controller of a camera A flash controller of a camera system includes a camera body and an interchangeable lens which is detachably attached to the camera body, the camera body including a built-in flash, the interchangeable lens being of a type which can have data communicatio...	02/12/2002
6343189	Controller for controlling a built-in flash of a camera A camera includes a retractable built-in flash unit which is movable between a retracted position and a discharge position, and a controller which controls the built-in flash and provides an auto flash mode in which the controller allows the built-in flas...	01/29/2002
6278846	Compact camera having a flash unit and battery cover which rotate about a common axis A compact camera has a camera case that covers up more than half of a camera body in a resting position where the camera case covers a taking lens, a flash projector, a battery chamber and a cartridge chamber. By sliding the camera case to a working posit...	08/21/2001
6226456	Lens-fitted film unit with built-in strobe In a lens-fitted film unit with a built-in strobe, when photographing is conducted with strobe light, a strobe unit takes a first attitude in which a strobe panel is directed to a subject being photographed, while when photographing is conducted without t...	05/01/2001
6078753	Camera with combination flash reflector and viewfinder mirror A camera having a viewfinder for viewing a subject to be photographed, and a flash unit for illuminating the subject which is supported for movement between an operative position in which the flash unit faces the subject and a storage position in which th...	06/20/2000
6041188	Multi-position flash with shutter actuator operable in each position on compact camera A camera including a housing, a dual position flash pivotable between a folded position against the housing and an unfolded position extending from the housing, a taking lens, a shutter blade movable to momentarily uncover the taking lens in order to take...	03/21/2000
5987263	Camera A camera comprises a photographing optical system, and a cover for covering the photographing optical system, and the cover is supported turnably about a rotating axis which is neither parallel nor perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of a camera bod...	11/16/1999
5978604	Pivotal flash with pivot actuator in compact camera A compact camera including a housing, and a pivotal flash that can be pivoted between a folded position against the housing and an unfolded position extending from the housing, is characterized in that the housing has a pair of elongate surfaces that come...	11/02/1999
5930534	Flip-up flash which integrates with film roll chamber when folded to make one-time-use camera compact A compact camera comprising a body housing, a film roll chamber within the body housing, and a flip-up flash pivotally connected to the body housing to permit the flip-up flash to be flipped up from the body housing for use and flipped down to the body ho...	07/27/1999
5918079	Movable flash with built-in actuator for shutter release button in compact camera A compact camera including a housing, a manually depressible shutter release button, and a movable flash supported for movement between a folded position against the housing and covering the shutter release button and an unfolded position extending from t...	06/29/1999
5878291	Variable illuminating angle mechanism for a flash unit A variable illuminating angle mechanism which can vary the illuminating angle of a flash unit. The variable illuminating angle mechanism includes a device which prevents a light emitting body or an illuminating lens from being moved in excess of a range o...	03/02/1999
5864718	One-time use camera with multi-lamp flash A one-time-use flash camera comprising a camera housing that contains a cartridge chamber holding a film cartridge and a film roll chamber holding an unexposed film roll on which a predetermined maximum number of exposures can be made, and a flash device,...	01/26/1999
5828910	Compact camera with flip-up multi-lamp flash wheel A compact camera comprising a camera body, a multi-lamp flash unit supported for movement relative to the camera body to advance respective flash lamps successively to a flash illumination position for illuminating a subject being photographed, and a driv...	10/27/1998
5805940	Compact camera with flip-up multi-lamp flash wheel A compact camera comprising a camera body, a multi-lamp flash unit supported for movement relative to the camera body to advance respective flash lamps successively to a flash illumination position for illuminating a subject being photographed, and a driv...	09/08/1998
5794084	Camera A camera comprises a movable unit, such as a cover and a flash emitting part for flash photography, movable relative to a camera body, for protecting a photographing optical system, an urging member for urging the movable unit, and a resistance member for...	08/11/1998
5768638	Single-use camera with chemical flash array A single-use camera including a camera body, a shutter driver, a battery, a film advance mechanism and a film frame counter connected to the film advance mechanism, includes a chemical flash arrangement having a compact photoflash lamp array. The photofla...	06/16/1998
5745815	Camera cover An opening is formed in an upper cover so as to be positioned above a printed circuit board when the upper cover is attached to a camera's main body. In order to connect the contacts of the printed circuit board and the lead wires, the upper cover is atta...	04/28/1998
5729768	One-time use camera provided with frangible flash support destroyed by opening lighttight enclosure to remove exposed film A one-time-use camera comprises a film cartridge and a lighttight enclosure which contains the film cartridge and can be opened to remove the film cartridge. Further, the one-time-use camera has a flash unit which is characterized in that a frangible supp...	03/17/1998
5708877	Folding assembly for use with an imaging device A folding assembly for use with an imaging device can foldably connect a first housing section to a second housing section so as to accommodate movement of the first and second housing sections relative to each other between erect and folded positions. Th...	01/13/1998
5708875	Camera having electronic flash equipment A camera having an electronic flash equipment includes a body case having a generally rectangular shape in a front elevational view. A photographing lens is provided near the center of a front surface of the body case. A strobe mounting arm is pivoted, at...	01/13/1998
5613169	Compact camera with unexposed-film storage slot surrounding flash receiving pocket for flip-up flash unit A compact camera comprises a body portion, and a flash unit supported to be flipped up from the body portion for picture-taking and to be flipped down to the body portion for storage. The body portion is configured to form an exterior flash receiving pock...	03/18/1997
5598238	Camera with front flip-up flash unit and rear flip-up flash retainer having front and rear viewfinder openings A camera is provided with a front flip-up flash unit and a rear flip-up flash retainer having front and rear viewfinder openings that are aligned to view a subject to be photographed when the flash unit and the flash retainer are flipped up. If the flash ...	01/28/1997
5546147	Lens deployment mechanism for compact camera A compact camera having a retractable objective lens carrier that is associated with a flip open flash unit and lens cover to move from a retracted, parked position to an extended, home position on initial movement of the lens cover to an open, unfolded p...	08/13/1996
5541688	Method of assembling flash unit to camera A method of assembling a flash unit to a camera, comprises the steps of pivotally connecting the flash unit to a main body part of the camera, positioning a front cover part of the camera in engagement with the flash unit, and moving the front cover part ...	07/30/1996
5485234	Light source indicator for compact camera with combination flip-up flash and viewfinder assembly A compact camera comprises a flip-up flash unit which has a viewfinder opening for viewing a subject to be photographed when the flash unit is flipped up from a camera body to a use position, and a a pair of front and rear viewfinder lenses adapted to be ...	01/16/1996
5471370	Strobe control apparatus of camera A strobe control apparatus for a strobe-incorporated camera. A light emitter is supported in a camera body by a supporting mechanism so as to move between a retracted position and an operative position. A drive mechanism moves the light emitter between th...	11/28/1995
5319404	Compact camera with dual-pivot folding flash unit A compact camera has a flash unit comprising a flash arm pivotally connected to the camera body for movement between a folded position substantially flat against a top face of the camera body and an unfolded position standing up from the top face and a fl...	06/07/1994
5276474	Compact camera with folding flash unit In a compact camera including a flash unit that pivots between a folded storage position integrated with the camera body and an unfolded use position elevated from the camera body, the flash unit has respective parts that lie within separate cavities in t...	01/04/1994
5270754	Viewfinder lens mount for compact camera with flip-up flash/viewfinder unit A compact camera comprises a flash unit adapted to be flipped up from a camera body for use and flipped down towards the camera body for storage and having a viewfinder opening for viewing a subject to be photographed, and an elongate resiliently flexible...	12/14/1993

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