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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7095355 | Low power ADC for imaging arrays An analog to digital converter ADC is adapted for low power for use in an imaging array. The ADC is a digital inverter with feedback to convert an asynchronous ramp voltage to an output count at each crossing of a voltage threshold. A separate circuit generates a vo... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7071973 | Digital camera having multiple image taking modes A rotatable semitransparent mirror is arranged at an inclination above the optical path from the taking lens to the image sensing element, and the light reflected by the semitransparent mirror is directed to an optical finder provided above the mirror. The image sen... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6904184 | Image processing apparatus In an image processing apparatus, image data, defining input images of a scene recorded at different times and with different viewing positions and viewing directions, is processed to generate data defining a time-lapse sequence of images for display to a user showi... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6516147 | Scene recognition method and system using brightness and ranging mapping A method of controlling exposure of a scene image comprising the following steps: sensing a scene for image data; deriving values representative of a brightness map of the scene; sensing the scene for image data; deriving values representative of a range ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6421504 | Hybrid camera To record images by a film recording system and an electronic recording system with one light-emission of a flashing device, the flashing device is controlled according to set values of photo film recording conditions since the sensitivity of a silver hal... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6314243 | Electronic flash light-emission controlling method and apparatus and camera In a camera with a shutter that also works as a diaphragm and adjusts an aperture of a lens and a shutter speed by controlling an opening shape, a first opening value for obtaining a target exposure is found according to a subject distance, a guide number... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6222998 | Camera for controlling light emission timing of electronic flash device A camera exposes an object image on a silver halide film. A shutter adjusts an object beam which reaches the silver halide film. An electronic flash device irradiates the object with flashlight. An electronic image sensing element converts the object imag... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6101333 | Method and apparatus for acquiring electronic and/or photographic images A method and apparatus are disclosed whereby generally matched exposures for at least first and second photoresponsive materials generally concurrently can be obtained, wherein the first photoresponsive material is more photoresponsive than the second.... | 08/08/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6029015 | Camera with built-in electronic flash An ever-flash exposure control system for a built-in flash camera controls a shutter to open and close so as to provide a standard exposure for scene brightness which are higher than standard scene brightness for which the shutter provides a full aperture... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5966549 | Camera A camera having a substitute shake amount calculator 51e that, where flash light is emitted while integration is being performed by a shake sensor, seeks a substitute shake amount using past shake amounts stored in a memory 56 instead of the shake amount ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5953545 | Exposure controlling device for camera An exposure controlling device comprises, a controlling unit that controls, at the time of an exposure, the DC motor to rotate forward to open the shutter blades and then to rotate reversely to close the shutter blades, a calculating unit that calculates ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5867741 | Camera for image pickup on film and also for electronic image-sensing A camera for image pickup on a film and also for electronic image-sensing comprises an electronic image-sensing apparatus having an image sensing device for transforming a subject image into an electric signal, a monitor for displaying the subject image o... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5822628 | Flashlight control apparatus A flashlight control apparatus having a device for emitting flashlight towards a subject and a device for receiving the light reflected from the subject through a photographing lens. An output is generated which corresponds to the received light which is ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5794085 | Exposure controlling device for camera An exposure controlling device comprises, a controlling unit that controls a DC motor, a calculating unit that calculates a time period between a predetermined starting point and a point where a predetermined aperture area is obtained during the forward r... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5794082 | Electronic flash device with slave emission function An electronic flash device with a slave emission function, includes a light-receiving circuit unit for starting slave emission in response to the steep leading edge of an optical signal, a light-emitting unit for irradiating illumination light for a photo... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5774747 | Method and apparatus for controlling exposure of camera An exposure control method and apparatus for a camera having a two-area divided brightness measurement system. A central light value is determined based on a central area brightness of a photographic scene, and a peripheral light value is determined based... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5327183 | Camera having flash A camera having a flash, a focal plane shutter, a mechanism for changing a size of a film frame by changing a size of an aperture of the camera, and a mechanism for setting a flash synchronized shutter speed. The focal plane shutter has a leading-shutter-... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5233374 | Red eye prevent control device in an automatic focus adjustment camera and red eye prevent photographing method involving automatic focus adjustment The present invention is designed such that during flash photographing which involves pre-light emission for preventing red eye, focus adjustment is effected on the basis of focus adjustment information detected during the time from after the pre-light em... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5231446 | Red-eye preventing device A red-eye preventing device for preventing a red-eye phenomenon by projecting red-eye preventing illumination light onto a subject prior to execution of flash photography. The device includes a red-eye preventing illumination part for projecting the red-e... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5113216 | Camera A camera comprising a semi-open type shutter which also serves as a diaphragm, a flash device, a setting circuit for setting an aperture value for flash photography, and a control circuit for varying the opening speed of the shutter in accordance with the... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4899191 | Exposure control apparatus for lens-shutter type camera A first table for storing a correspondence between an exposure value and a shutter-blade aperture time and a second table for storing a correspondence between an exposure value and an effective exposure time are prepared at a specific focal length. A corr... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4843418 | Photographic camera The photographic camera which prints a code signal representing printing information on a film is capable of selecting a real focal length photographing mode for printing a normal range of a frame, a plurality of pseudo focal length photographing mode eac... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4771309 | Strobe control circuit for flash photography A strobo control circuit for a program shutter which opens or closes sectors by means of a stepping motor, wherein a data ROM (read-only memory) is accessed in accordance with a value obtained by computing a code representative of a distance to a subject,... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4720725 | Flashmatic device for cameras A flashmatic device for cameras equipped with a programmed electronic shutter having sectors serving also as diaphragm blades, firing the flash at a suitable point in a phase of the shutter operation in which the aperture is gradually opened, to ensure sy... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4684234 | Strobo control circuit A strobo control circuit includes shutter blades having the function of the diaphragm and which are opened so that an opening area thereof is substantially proportional to the square of exposure time. A distance to a subject to be photographed is detected... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4603954 | Synchronizing device for flash photography The object distance from a range finder is factored into the guide number of the strobe to obtain an aperture value in binary form by a decoder. As the size of aperture opening of the shutter is increasing from the minimum to the maximum, a counter counts... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4592640 | Stroboscopic lamp synchronizing device A stroboscopic lamp synchronizing device for a photographic camera is disclosed, which includes a first time setting circuit for providing a time instance delayed from an actuation time of a trigger switch by a predetermined time period, a second time set... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4509845 | Apparatus for controlling the emission of an electronic flash An apparatus for controlling the emission of an electronic flash is provided, which is used with a photographic camera of the type in which the photometry of reflection from a film surface is effected. The apparatus calculates an exposure period on the ba... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4479704 | Trigger device for electronic flash A trigger device for an electronic flash so designed that a shutter control signal produces a signal for opening and closing an electromagnetically driven shutter and a timer for delaying the shutter control output signal are provided in such a manner tha... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4468106 | Camera system In a camera system wherein a shutter is opened to expose a photographic sensitized film to light to record an image and the shutter is subsequently closed after a predetermined time and a flash device such as a flashbulb is actuated during the time the sh... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4449804 | Interval timer device The present invention relates to an interval timer device for a camera, particularly an interval timer for producing a release signal for operating the shutter release operation of a camera at a certain predetermined frequency and a charge signal for perf... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4317621 | Exposure control apparatus for use with a camera having electronic flash controlling capability An exposure control apparatus for use with a camera having electronic flash controlling capability and including a photometric circuit activated by a trigger switch which is operated in response to a shutter release operation is disclosed. The exposure co... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4255030 | Camera with proportional fill flash quench strobe A photographic exposure control system is provided for controlling the firing of an electronic flash of the quench type so as to automatically provide a proportional fill flash under conditions of substantial ambient scene light intensity. The photographi... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4238149 | Flash camera system with daylight cutout control A shutter control circuit which normally responds to ambient light switches automatically to a flash mode in response to a charge signal from a flash unit. The light flash eliminates the charge signal. To prevent the absence of a charge signal from return... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4208111 | Synchronizing device for electronic program shutter In an electronic program shutter having sectoral shutter blades functioning in varying both the aperture and the exposure time corresponding to the brightness of the field, a synchronizing device according to the present invention comprises a sectoral shu... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4192587 | Proportional fill flash A photographic camera control system is provided for varying the time at which a source of artificial illumination is energized subsequent to the commencement of a photographic exposure interval in accordance with variations in the ambient scene light int... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4192595 | Electroflash controlling circuit including a delay circuit for electrically controlled focal plane shutters An electroflash controlling circuit wherein, in order to make the fully open time of a shutter and the flashing time of a flash accurately coincide with each other, a delaying circuit operated by an electric signal for starting a shutter blade opening mot... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4188103 | Range synchronized flash photographic apparatus and method for achieving optimum flash exposure An image recording apparatus and method employing a diaphragm shutter having a time variable exposure aperture with flash firing, following actuation of the shutter, after a time interval dependent on subject range. The functional relationship between the... | 02/12/1980 |
