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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7899318 | Photographic apparatus and photographic method A photographic apparatus infers a user's photographic intent and accordingly switches between a manual shoot mode and an automatic shoot mode. In the manual shoot mode, processing to save photographic image data is timed in accordance with the user operating a user-... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7822336 | Image capture device with automatic focusing function In a digital camera, a focus lens is moved at a low speed between a timing at which a shutter key is half pressed and a timing at which the shutter key is fully pressed to detect a focused position. When the shutter key is fully pressed by a user before the focus le... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7787760 | Lens aperture-adjustment device and closed circuit television camera A lens aperture-adjustment device of a closed circuit television camera for capable of switching between automatic and manual adjustments of lens aperture is provided. The device includes a geared motor for driving aperture blades of a lens aperture mechanism; a dri... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7042510 | Setting operation device and electronic apparatus It is an object of this invention to provide a setting operation device which can effectively cope with the tendency toward multiple functions and allows a user to easily change and check functions. In order to achieve this object, the device includes a first rotati... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6427052 | Exposure-condition setting device for camera An exposure-condition setting device for a camera includes an Xv dial for setting an exposure compensation value, having a plurality of exposure compensation value indicia, the exposure compensation value indicia representing exposure compensation values;... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6240256 | Exposure compensation device for an auto exposure camera An exposure compensation device for an automatic exposure camera which is able to easily perform exposure compensation setting regardless of an exposure control mode setting. A first setting unit sets the lens aperture. A second setting means sets the shu... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6122451 | Setting apparatus for camera A setting apparatus for a camera includes a first switch having a plurality of stop positions; a second switch; and a shutter speed setting device which can select a desired shutter speed from a plurality of shutter speeds set at predetermined steps in ac... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5913086 | Setting of control information changing apparatus A setting of control information changing apparatus having first and second operational components, a setting change device, and a switching device. The setting change device changes the setting of the first control information, for example, in response t... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5809344 | Camera A camera includes an operation device having a plurality of operation modes for executing an operation, a mode changing device for changing over operation modes, a designation device for designating a desired operation mode as an initial mode, and a reset... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5666570 | Camera A camera comprises a lens optical system including a zooming lens, a photographic mode setting circuit capable of selectively setting a plurality of kinds of photographic modes, exposure conditions being individually set for the respective photographic mo... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5630185 | Information setting device for a camera An information setting device for a camera which, according to various photographic modes of the camera, automatically sets either a valid mode in which changing of set information is permitted or an invalid mode in which changing of set information is no... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5504552 | Camera system A camera system comprises a brightness measuring circuit, a exposure line choosing circuit, an operable switch, a film driver and a film driving mode selector. The brightness measuring circuit measures brightness of a photographic scene to send a brightne... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5479237 | Camera having information setting apparatus A camera having an information setting apparatus which sets information such as the shutter speed, the aperture value, and the ISO speed of the film, and its purpose is to be able to quickly and accurately perform a manual setting of the information value... | 12/26/1995 |
| 4618238 | Camera A multi-mode camera is provided which permits a selection from among a plurality of photographing modes including an automatic mode, a manual mode, an average photometry mode and a spotwise photometry mode. The camera includes a photographing information ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4589757 | Camera A multi-mode camera is provided which permits a selection from among a plurality of photographing modes including an automatic mode, a manual mode, an average photometry mode and a spotwise photometry mode. The camera includes a photographing information ... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4589755 | Camera A multi-mode camera is provided which permits a selection from among a plurality of photographing modes including an automatic mode, a manual mode, an average photometry mode and a spotwise photometry mode. The camera includes a photographing information ... | 05/20/1986 |
| 3947862 | Exposure multiplication indicating means for automatic exposure setting camera In one arrangement, the exposure multiplication indicating means includes an exposure multiplication selector dial having a small window cut therein and numerals marked thereon representing exposure multiplication, a film sensitivity dial, and an indicium... | 03/30/1976 |
