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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8150255 | Flash control for electronic rolling shutter A method performed by an electronic camera in flash mode is as follows. A scene ambient lighting indication is obtained. An integration time interval and a flash pulse-on time interval for taking a picture is then set. The set integration time interval is shorter wh... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7949249 | Software based photoflash synchronization of camera equipped portable media device and external lighting apparatus Methods of using software to synchronize the control of a camera on portable media device with the photoflash on an external lighting apparatus. The Camera-Equipped Portable Media Device (CEPMD) utilizes an External Lighting Apparatus (ELA) as a light source ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7362965 | Wireless communication activation system and method A system and method for removable connection of an antenna element to a first flash synchronization connector of a camera body having wireless communication capability therein. An electrical event may be produced when the antenna element is connected to the first fl... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7305181 | Imaging device An imaging device, such as a digital camera, has a mechanism for compensating an image blur caused by hand jiggling and is capable of consecutively shooting, through one operation of a shutter operation section (36), frames of an image in a state where the me... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7136513 | Security identification system This is a security and identification system designed to obtain improved images for use by real-time facial recognition and identification systems for screening individuals passing through secure entry or checkpoints such as airport passenger terminals, government o... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133607 | Wireless communication activation system and method A system and method of alerting a wireless communication capability of a camera body to the presence of an external antenna element present in electrical communication with a pre-existing port of the camera body that was originally not designed for an external anten... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7052151 | Photography light source device Light source devices for photography using LED elements as a light source known in the prior art provide insufficient quantity of light, and the inability to avoid size increases in order to generate a sufficient quantity of light has been problematic. A photography... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050104 | Image sensing apparatus An apparatus employing a flashlight device such as an electronic still camera, a camcorder, etc. with an adequate luminous quantity during sensing an image, independently of an electric charge accumulation period in an image sensing device, thereby to make an adequa... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7027096 | Image pickup control device for controlling an exposure time and a method of driving an image sensor during such exposure time An image pickup control device of the present invention drives an image sensor including an output amplifier. A controller feeds a first control signal to a driver, which drives the image sensor, for controlling an exposure time. A switching circuit switches a power... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7016603 | Wireless communication module A microcontroller radio card (2) for insertion into a first device, e.g., a camera (10) to allow for remote operation of a second device, e.g., a flashpack (22), utilizing the existing controls of the first device. The card includes a base (3... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6983106 | Synchronizer for fundus camera A synchronizer is provided to establish a mechanical switching interface between an electronic digital color camera and a fundus camera for appropriately coordinating the complete opening of the color camera shutter with the energization of fundus camera flash unit,... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6957092 | Disposable device with removable radio module A method and apparatus for a disposable mobile communication device having a destructively removable radio module. The mobile communication device can include a disposable frame, a radio module coupled to the disposable frame, the radio module being irreplaceably re... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6418278 | Camera shutter system The camera of this invention includes an improved shutter system that has the same shutter waveform when a flash is employed and when a flash is not employed. In a preferred embodiment, the shutter system includes a shutter that is rotatably mounted to th... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6407512 | Flashing device of an automatic light-regulation type Flash light is repeatedly emitted in a pulse state by intermittently turning on and off an IGBT. The flash light reflected by a subject is received by a phototransistor to integrate a received light amount with a capacitor. While the IGBT is turned off, a... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6366737 | External flash control system A flash control system remotely controls an external flash by a camera. In the camera, a stop value is calculated as a photographic exposure factor for the external flash, and a flash-light emission timing of the external flash is calculated. A built-in f... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6353711 | External flash control system A flash control system remotely controls a an external flash by a camera. In the camera, a first factor is calculated to determine an amount of a flash-light to be emitted from a built-in flash of the camera, and a second factor to determine an amount of ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351610 | External flash control system A flash control system remotely controls an external flash by a camera. In the camera, a guide number is calculated as an exposure factor for the external flash, and a flash-light emission timing of the external flash is calculated. A built-in flash of th... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6215957 | Synchronizer for fundus camera A synchronizer is provided to establish a mechanical switching interface between an electronic digital color camera and a fundus camera for appropriately coordinating the complete opening of the color camera shutter with the energization of fundus camera ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6094544 | Photographing operation control device A photographing operation control device has an electro-developing recording medium to electronically develop an image formed thereon. An exposure calculation is performed based on a photometry value corresponding to an object to be photographed, so that ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6075948 | Electronic flash apparatus A flash circuit board has a resilient integral portion that urges a flash reflector against a flash tube and urges a triggering electrode against the flash reflector in order to enable the flash tube to be fired. Also, the resilient integral portion of th... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6026247 | Shutter and flash synchronization assemblage A shutter and flash synchronization assemblage comprising a flash circuit board having a shutter-flash synchronization contact, a shutter blade supported for movement between a lens covering position and a lens uncovering position, and an electrically con... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5970260 | Camera equipped with zoom lens In a camera equipped with a zoom lens for forming an image of an object onto a film surface, the camera is equipped with a front lens group composed of a first lens group, adjustable aperture blades, a second lens group, and a second lens group-holding me... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5913084 | One-time-use camera with shutter, flash, and optical film encodement synchronization A camera comprises flash circuit board, a shutter-flash synchronization contact conductively connected to the flash circuit board for synchronizing shutter opening and flash illumination, a shutter blade conductively connected to the flash circuit board a... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5848306 | Automatic strobe photographing system Disclosed is an automatic strobe photographing system in which a camera body having an at least a Q contact, a lens provided with a lens shutter mechanism, and an X contact, a strobe device having an X terminal and Q terminal are provided. The strobe devi... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5809350 | Flash device having flat emission mode There is provided a flash device to which a construction for starting a flash emission without depending on the turning-on of an X-sync contact is added without increasing the number of interfaces between a camera body and the flash device. In the flash d... | 09/15/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5765057 | Built-in flash camera A built-in flash camera includes a strobe which is flashed regularly, a photometry part for measuring a brightness within a shot visual field and an automatic exposure mechanism. An exposure of strobe light is decreased gradually from a standard exposure ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5754898 | Control device for a camera capable of using a flash device A camera has first and second openable/closable shutters disposed in side-by-side relationship with the same photographing optical path and can be attached with a flash device. The camera includes a first photographing portion for exposing a film with lig... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5708874 | Magnetically attaching flash units to cameras Apparatus for fixing a flash unit to a camera is disclosed. The apparatus includes mounting magnets and a structure for shielding the fields produced by the mounting magnets in a first undocked position and for exposing the fields produced by the mounting... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5678073 | Multiple taking lenses, equal number flash bulbs, camera with flash-lens sequencing to reduce red-eye A camera has a plurality of taking lenses and an equal number of flash sources which are used in a 1:1 relationship that attempts to maximize the flash-to-lens distance in order to reduce red-eye.... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5640623 | Wireless flash photographing system in which light emission control of a slave flash apparatus, situated away from a camera, is effected by a light signal from a master flash apparatus provided on the camera side A wireless flash photographing system prohibits flash light reception for a predetermined time period when it is determined that received flash light is not an identification signal. Light emission for pre-confirming a shade and main light emission are sw... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5585987 | Camera system including electronic flash device with slave emission function A camera system including an electronic flash device with a slave emission function, includes an electronic flash device including: a light-receiving unit for receiving a steep optical signal; a light-emitting unit for slave-emitting illumination light to... | 12/17/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5570148 | Flash control apparatus A flash control apparatus for causing a plurality of electronic flash devices to emit light in synchronism with the shutter opening operation of a camera comprises a plurality of synchro terminals connected to the plurality of electronic flash devices, re... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5483319 | Camera capable of photographing with flash A camera capable of photographing with flash comprises a pre-flash command circuitry 11 which commands a pre-flash used for curtailing red eye; rear synchronized photography command circuitry 25 which commands a rear synchronized photography; a microcompu... | 01/09/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5452048 | Middle curtain flash A camera system and method for operation of fill flash photography, combining natural and flash light, which centers the times of natural light and flash light images. Synchronization is achieved by centering the time a flash is triggered midway between t... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5448320 | Automatic surveillance camera equipment and alarm system A automatic surveillance camera equipment contains an infrared ray detecting sensor having a plurality of sensing zones and for detecting an intruder within a watching area and transmitting its signal to a control device, a control device for sending a co... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5389984 | System for recording identical electronic and photographic images Apparatus for recording a video image which is identical to a photograph of a person includes a video camera for making a video image and a photographic camera having an openable shutter for exposing a piece of film for taking a photograph. A computer is ... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5384611 | Camera system capable of wireless flash photographing A camera system capable of wireless flash photographing, comprising a camera and an external flash unit, wherein the external flash unit transmits a discriminating data such as a synchronized shutter speed with a wireless flash photographing, and the came... | 01/24/1995 |
