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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7643746 | Light intensity adjusting system A light intensity adjustment system is provided which greatly decreases or makes unnecessary image compensation by the image processing device side, improves scan precision, and can reduce the scan time; and which comprises: a light irradiation device 1 that ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7570881 | Color balanced camera with a flash light unit The imaging device comprises a flash light unit, an imaging unit, a memory comprising predetermined color balance parameters specific to the individual flash light unit, and an image processor to correct the image colors based on the parameters. The predetermined pa... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7546032 | Electronic camera having light-emitting unit An electronic camera comprises a light-emitting unit 38 for emitting light, color components of which can be changed; a color-component measuring unit 51 for obtaining color components involved in any one of light from a light source for illuminating a... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7502559 | Camera lens assembly for mobile phone Provided is a camera lens assembly including an optical filter employing a plurality of color light emitting diodes. The camera lens assembly includes a lens module having a printed circuit board, an image sensor positioned on the printed circuit board, an IR filter... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7480455 | Surveillance camera assembly with external adjusting rings A surveillance camera assembly with external adjusting ring has a camera and a cover. The camera comprises a lens assembly, two adjusting rings, and a mounting ring. The lens assembly has a lens and two adjusting rod extending out of the lens and being capable of ro... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7463825 | Camera flash with improved color balance A camera flash is disclosed for producing a warm light having a desired color temperature. In one embodiment, the flash has a xenon flash component producing a light with a spectrum having a color temperature at a higher Kelvin rating than the warm light, and a ligh... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7457536 | Flash device A flash device includes at least one light emitting unit is attachable to a plurality of connection portions. A shielding portion shields the connection portion without an attached light emitting unit. A capacitor accumulates an electric charges and is charged by a ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7418209 | System and method for multi-dimensional encoding The invention provides, according to its various embodiments, a method for secure communication that involves encoding and transmitting an optical communications signal that is encoded based on a multi-dimensional encoding technique. The multi-dimensional encoding t... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418201 | Flash apparatus, camera provided with flash apparatus, semiconductor laser device, and method of manufacturing the same In an embodiment of a flash apparatus, a semiconductor laser device is used as a flash-use light source. Laser light beams are approximately evenly scattered by a reflector plate whose reflection surface is formed of Ag coarse film, whereby illumination of a wide ra... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415202 | Image taking device, method for controlling light sources and computer program An image taking device with a lighting device includes a light irradiating portion for irradiating light to a subject and a light receiving portion for receiving reflected light from the subject that is irradiated by the light. The light irradiating portion is struc... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7400826 | Imaging device and method for producing a flash of light with pulsing An imaging device and method for producing a flash of light utilizes pulsing of one or more color lights, e.g., red, green and blue lights, emitted from light sources to produce the flash of light. The light sources may include light emitting diode dies configured t... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7372499 | Electronic flash, electronic camera and light emitting head The present invention is directed to a light emitting head for use with an electronic camera. The light emitting head is preferably formed as an array of red, green, and blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) provided on the sides of a light guide member, preferably a po... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370802 | Hand held scanner with rotating head A hand-held optical character scanner includes a handle with a base including a plurality of angled planes for supporting the handle on a substantially flat object at different angles relative to the surface of the object, an arm extending from the handle, with a mo... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7346275 | Camera, process for reconstructing an image information, and process for calibrating an image information A camera is provided with media for creating a light signal with at least one of known spectral intensity distribution, chromaticity coordinates and brightness detectable by recording medium positionable within the camera. Processes for reconstructing and calibratin... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7340159 | Image taking device and personal identification system In order to perform personal identification by matching a first body image that is obtained in advance by an image taking process with a second body image that is obtained when the identification is performed, an image taking device (1) for obtaining the seco... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7298970 | Zoom flash with variable focus lens A camera apparatus (10) has a zoom lens (12) having a zoom focus setting that is adjustable over a range of focus values and control circuitry for generating a variable voltage potential according to the zoom focus setting. A flash illumination apparat... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7284871 | Light-emitting diode module for flash and auto-focus application A flash module has a first light-emitting diode (“LED”) optically coupled to a first lens having a first viewing angle, and a second LED optically coupled to a second lens having a second viewing angle. The second viewing angle is greater than the first viewing ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7226178 | Lamp for an underwater camera A lamp for an underwater camera to illuminate and photograph or film objects in the macrorange including a minimum of three LED diodes that emit white light which are arranged concentrically and at the same distance from each other around, and at a specific angle to... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7221864 | Lighting apparatus for photographing A lighting apparatus for lighting subjects to be photographed, includes a plurality of lighting units each having a lighting element and a radiating surface for radiating light from the lighting element, and each radiating surface having a normal line oriented in th... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7209652 | Lighting control apparatus with a plurality of lighting devices A lighting control apparatus of a photographing apparatus, comprises a plurality of lighting devices, a continuous imaging control processor, and a pulse-signal generating and control processor. The plurality of lighting devices illuminate a photographic subject by ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206507 | Method and apparatus for producing untainted white light using off-white emitting diodes A white light emitting device by using off-white light emitting diodes (LED's). Rather than using just pure white LEDs, the white light emitting device arranges those LEDs which exhibit off-white colors in a manner such that the combination of light emanating from t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7184658 | Automatic flash switching rotational strobe frame In the realm of professional photography, and those amateur wanting professional results, when photographing people, the illumination devices must be located directly above and on the centerline of the camera lens. This is the desired effect as not to have shadows b... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7158323 | Apparatus for switching optical low pass filters for use in optical instrument Disclosed is an optical filter switching apparatus used in an optical instrument for converting externally input image information into video image information and outputting the video image information. The apparatus comprises: an optical filter holding section hol... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7139474 | Mobile equipment and mobile phone with shooting function Mobile equipment includes LEDs supplied with a current to emit red light, green light and blue light, FETs and a booster circuit for controlling the current supplied. The current supplied is controlled to supply all of the LED with a current of a low level to illumi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139472 | Camera system A camera executes a photographing operation with multiple flashes. The camera includes a photometering unit and a control unit. The control unit controls light emission at a first electronic flash unit which is either built into or externally mounted at the camera a... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136672 | Mobile telephone with built-in camera and flash A mobile telephone quipped with a camera may employ, as a camera flash, one or more RGB tri-color LEDs arranged on a face of the mobile telephone which is aligned with the direction in which a photograph may be taken by the camera. The viewing angle of the RGB tri-c... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136582 | Lighting apparatus The present invention aims at providing a lighting apparatus which is to be installed in a color camera, which is capable of providing the stable quantity of light from a light source such as an LED, and which is capable of stabilizing color tones of an image captur... | 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 |
| 7128423 | Illumination apparatus, and image capturing apparatus and projector apparatus using this illumination apparatus An illumination apparatus comprises a plurality of luminous bodies as light sources, luminous body drive portions configured to drive to light each of the plurality of luminous bodies, an optical member configured to lead and apply light exiting from a luminous body... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127159 | Strobe illumination An illumination technique is provided that adjusts the respective light intensities of each of a plurality of light sources that are strobed at desirable consistent intensities by adjusting a respective light pulse pattern for each respective light source. All the l... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7085489 | Mobile device and mobile telephone device having imaging function Mobile equipment includes LEDs supplied with a current to emit red light, green light and blue light, FETs and a booster circuit for controlling the current supplied. The current supplied is controlled to supply all of the LED with a current of a low level to illumi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7076162 | Mobile equipment and mobile phone with shooting function Mobile equipment includes LEDs supplied with a current to emit red light, green light and blue light, FETs and a booster circuit for controlling the current supplied. The current supplied is controlled to supply all of the LED with a current of a low level to illumi... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7050715 | Forensic visualization and recording apparatus An integrated imager and camera mounting assembly that allows a single operator to scan the crime scene for prints without assistance, and to attain an optimally illuminated and stably focused recorded image with single handed adjustments. The assembly includes an A... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7049760 | Camera flash circuit using a piezoelectric transformer to trigger firing of the camera flash tube A camera flash circuit employing a piezoelectric transformer in the flash trigger circuit, the piezoelectric transformer having input terminals coupled to the main flash voltage storage capacitor and an output terminal coupled to the flash trigger terminal on the fl... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7046926 | Light emitting semiconductor device and photographic illumination apparatus employing same Light emitting semiconductor device(s) of the present invention is/are provided with three LED elements by way of lead frame(s) on substrate(s) Reflector(s)—having parabolically curved surface(s) at inner wall(s) thereof is/are installed at periphery or peripherie... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7035534 | Photographic lightmeter-remote, system, and method A lightmeter-remote is usable in a system with a remotely settable camera and a plurality of remotely settable photolamps. The lightmeter-remote has a body, and a lightmeter, exposure controller, and transmitter disposed in the body. The exposure controller can be s... | 04/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6987931 | Flash control device, flash control system, master flash device, and remote flash device A flash control device has selectable two light emission modes. The first light emission mode causes a remote flash part to perform a light emission with a main light emission of a master flash part. The second light emission mode causes a remote flash part to perfo... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6947666 | Support apparatus and method for use with a camera and strobe lights A support apparatus for a camera and strobe lights includes a mounting plate for holding the camera substantially normal to and at a fixed distance from the photograph area, a set of legs attached to one or more portions of the apparatus providing support and positi... | 09/20/2005 |
