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Cloaking System Using Optoelectronically Controlled Camouflage
A Cloaking System designed to operate in the visible light spectrum, utilizes optoelectronics and/or photonic components to conceal an object within it.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7422353 | Light-emitting device for image taking and image-taking apparatus having same A light-emitting device is disclosed which enables efficient use of luminous flux and achieves a desired light emission characteristic. The light-emitting device has an optical member which has an emergence surface and a plurality of optical portions, each of the op... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7287863 | Light tunnel with gradient filter layer A light tunnel with a gradient filter layer includes a light tunnel body and a gradient filter layer. In this case, the gradient filter layer is disposed at a light emerging side. The transmission rate at the central area of the gradient filter layer is smaller than... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7127163 | Ring light guide A ring illuminator (20) has a light channeling section (22) with an input face (24) optically coupling the light channeling section (22) to a flash unit (16) of a camera (12) for obtaining flash illumination therefrom. A rin... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7106526 | Thin imaging apparatus, a thin camera, and an imaging method A thin imaging apparatus with an extremely low profile captures high quality images with outstanding resolution. The imaging apparatus has a light guide, incidence mirror, imaging device, and aperture unit. The incidence mirror reflects and guides light from a subje... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7092628 | Photography systems and methods utilizing filter-encoded images In a photography method, a film image is scanned and digitized to provide a digital image. An identifier associated with the film image is read. The identifier points to a group of filter effects. Each filter effect has a preassigned digital modification. The modifi... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7016604 | Autofocus using a holographic aperture element Autofocus methods and digital cameras employing a holographic element or hologram. The holographic element generates one or more displaced images that are processed to generate a bipolar contrast signal that provides for improved autofocus performance of the digital... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6813444 | Camera having an openable lens cover A camera includes a camera body having a photographing lens, a lens cover plate which is supported on the camera body so that said lens cover plate moves between a closed position at which the lens cover plate covers the front of the photographing lens and an open p... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6773118 | Apparatus for positioning and adjusting a light pipe An apparatus for positioning and adjusting a light pipe includes a bracket that is formed by folding a metallic plate. When the metallic plate is folded to form the bracket, a first end and a second end of the metallic plate perpendicularly press against each other ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6714727 | Camera capable of having alternatively positioned mode indicator A camera is capable of being assembled with an alternately positioned mode indicator. The camera includes the following in order to achieve this objective. A support adapted to hold a mode indicator at any one of at least two different locations in order to enable t... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6704500 | Control of light emission from flash lamp externally attached to digital camera For controlling emission of light from an outer flash lamp having a light receiving part and externally attached to a camera, which may be a digital camera and may be enclosed inside a watertight housing for underwater photography, having an inner lamp wh... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6625399 | Non-linear flash and lightning detection device A method and device for detecting and/or photographing unregulated light flash events such as lighting strikes and muzzle flashes during both daylight and night time conditions is disclosed. The present device utilizes a photodiode sensor in conjunction w... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6512887 | Flash lamps for underwater photography provided with target light and control methods and devices therefor A flash lamp for underwater photography for use in combination with a camera has a target light, which may be a laser diode or a focussed LED and is set so as to emit a beam of light coaxially with its flash light source such that the user can visually as... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6473565 | Lens-fitted photo film unit having auxiliary module A lens-fitted photo film unit has a main body preloaded with photo film. A front cover covers a front of the main body. An exposure unit is secured between the main body and the front cover, for providing the photo film with an exposure. A plate-shaped in... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6397011 | Camera with automatic stop change device A first light guide and a second light guide are attached to a flash charge switch. Each light guide is arranged in a direction where the flash charge switch is slid. If the flash charge switch is in an OFF position, the first light guide transmits light ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6345156 | Flash unit In a flash circuit of a flash device, a Zener diode (37) is connected to a tap point (23f) located at an intermediate position of a secondary coil of an oscillation transformer (23). The oscillation transformer (23) and an oscillation transistor (22) cons... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6317566 | Electronic flash device for photographic camera An electronic flash device equipped with LED indicator for providing an indication of completion of charging a main capacitor and a circuit for lowering power consumption has a controlling transistor operative to control a base current of the oscillating ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6243536 | Lens-fitted photo film unit with data recording device A lens-fitted photo film unit is provided with a data recording device, wherein a plastic light guide member has a flash light entering portion that is opposed to a front portion of a flash projector of a built-in flash device, and a light projection term... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6115556 | Digital camera back accessory and methods of manufacture The invention includes a digital camera back accessory for use with a film-formatted camera of the type that includes a camera body and a film image plane. A solid state digital focal plane collects optical radiation and converts the radiation to digital ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6101337 | Optical system having fiber optical plate An optical system includes an photographic lens, a fiber optical plate, and an image pickup member. The photographic lens forms the first image in the vicinity of the entrance end surface of the fiber optical plate, and after the first image is transmitte... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6088543 | Optical transmission element, and illumination device employing this optical transmission element An optical transmission element according to the present invention, includes a light transmitting portion that has a plurality of optical elements that are arranged so as to be separated by air gaps, and the air gaps. And, light that is incident upon the ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6061522 | Flash lamp usable both as a main and as a slave and connector therefor to an underwater camera A camera for underwater photography may be used together with one or more flash lamps each capable of serving both as a main lamp and as a slave. The camera is connected through its housing to a main lamp by way of an optical cable and when it is clicked,... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6058271 | Illumination device An illumination device for photography includes a guide part arranged to guide, through the inside of a dense member, a light emitted from a flash light emitting part disposed in a camera body and to cause the light to exit from a position located away fr... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5974273 | Method and apparatus for controlling a remote light source A method and apparatus for activating a remote light source in synchronization with an indication provided from a camera. A transducer is coupled to the external electrical connector of a conventional camera in order to convert the electrical signals that... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5890022 | Camera with flash illumination light source for phosphorescent exposure counter A camera comprises an exposure counter for indicating the number of frames of a film load that have been exposed or remain to be exposed, and a flash illumination light source for illuminating a subject being photographed. The exposure counter has a phosp... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5870638 | Camera having two operative modes A camera includes an imaging device having an image receiving plane, the imaging device receiving an optical image formed on the image receiving plane and outputting signal corresponding to the received image, and a pressure plate arranged between a photo... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5784658 | Optical data recording device of camera and lens-fitted photographic film unit An optical data recording device is mounted in a lens-fitted photographic film unit with a built-in flash device. The optical data recording device is provided for optically recording a number of dots on the photographic film, as print format data for des... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5689734 | Pressurized camera system Camera system for viewing an object located in a region of contamination (e.g., oil, water, particulate matter, or the like). The system is capable of being internally pressurized above ambient pressure, so that the contamination is prevented from enterin... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5678080 | Compact viewfinder device using a fiber optical plate to transmit an optical image A compact viewfinder device suitable for use in a camera. The viewfinder device includes an image-forming optical system to form a subject image on an image-forming plane, and a fiber optical plate having a plane of incidence and an exit plane and which t... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5555046 | Flash indication aid for cameras with manual flash A device for a camera having a manually operated flash assembly includes a sensing element made from a photochromic, metameric or other material which is capable of producing visible optical density changes, such as color changes, based on the level of in... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5517280 | Photolithography system A photolithography system includes a plurality of cantilevers, preferably formed in a silicon wafer. Each cantilever includes a tip located near the free end of the cantilever and a waveguide which extends along the length of the cantilever and intersects... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5486885 | Character image display apparatus for a camera A character image display apparatus in a film device with a lens mounted thereon or a camera is constructed such that a hole is provided on a reflector in a flash unit provided on a body of the camera, one end of a photoconductor is fixed to the hole and ... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5467157 | Small-sized tripod head with connecting cable attached to driving shaft A small-sized tripod head for tilting or panning a television camera or the like by remote control. The connecting cable of the tripod head does not obstruct a smooth motion of the tripod head. Annular terminals are disposed on the outer periphery of a dr... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5363159 | Three-dimensional photograph A three-dimensional photographic technique comprises scanning the outside surface of the three-dimensional surface such as a human subject using a color digitizer which generates spatial and color data relating to the outside surface. The spatial data is ... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5317354 | Remote control for a camera having an optical fiber A remote control apparatus of a camera including a remote control signal receiving element and a remote control mode indicating element provided in the camera body, a plurality of indicating windows on the sides of the camera body, and an optical connecto... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5305041 | Remotely controllable camera system A remotely controllable camera system has a photodetector mounted in a camera housing and facing a front panel thereof. The photodetector detects an external optical command signal beam applied thereto through the front panel. The camera system also has a... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5221938 | Color cathode ray tube screen exposure apparatus This invention provides a color CRT screen exposing apparatus which collects light very effectively to make the most of the light for exposure and, more particularly, provides an improved exposing apparatus wherein the shape of light source can be easily ... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5072248 | Release switch apparatus A release switch apparatus having a release button which is supported in a camera body so as to move between an initial position and a specific operational position in which the release button is pushed down. The apparatus includes a light emitter provide... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4740803 | Photo imaging system using two-dimensional optical lens array A photo imaging system includes a two-dimensional lens array for forming an image of an object on a receptor element. The lens array includes a number of optical glass fibers which are mounted in rows between supporting plates so that each row is adjacent... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4693548 | Device for recording information on a photosensitive medium for electrophotography A novel information recording device scans and exposes a photosensitive medium for electrophotography by information light by the use of a scanning light forming optical integrated circuit (IOS) including a light deflecting portion and a condensing thin f... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4605295 | Single lens reflex camera A quick mirror return mechanism includes a return spring and a quick return setting member, which are formed, in the region where they abut against each other, so that as the return spring is stressed, the resilient force of the return spring is directed ... | 08/12/1986 |
