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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7965936 | 4D light field cameras A camera acquires a 4D light field of a scene. The camera includes a lens and sensor. A mask is arranged in a straight optical path between the lens and the sensor. The mask including an attenuation pattern to spatially modulate the 4D light field acquired of the sc... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7925154 | Camera module and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a camera module including an image sensor module including a substrate; an image sensor that is mounted on a top surface of the substrate; a ground pad that is disposed on a bottom surface of the substrate; and a sealing member that seals the image senso... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7917028 | Portable electronic device with replaceable camera module A portable electronic device includes a camera module and a main body. The camera module includes a housing, a lens received in the housing, an image sensor received in the housing for capturing an image of an object, a first ferromagnetic or magnetic element fixed ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7792423 | 4D light field cameras A camera acquires a 4D light field of a scene. The camera includes a lens and sensor. A mask is arranged in a straight optical path between the lens and the sensor. The mask including an attenuation pattern to spatially modulate the 4D light field acquired of the sc... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7720373 | Image pickup apparatus having, disposed between an image pickup optical system and an image pickup unit, a birefringent crystal optical member, a phase-difference-changing crystal optical member, and a birefringent organic film At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an image pickup apparatus which includes an image pickup unit, a first optical member, a film, a second optical member, and a luminosity correcting filter. The image pickup unit includes an image sensor. The first opt... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7620315 | Image taking main unit The present invention provides an image taking main unit that prevents entry of foreign matter and has excellent usability even when an image taking lens unit is not attached thereto. The image taking main unit has a concave mount to which the image taking lens unit... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7555211 | Nonadjustable focusing type camera module A nonadjustable focusing type camera module includes a lens assembly having at least one lens, a lens accommodating part mounted on an upper surface of a substrate, and a barrel having an inner space in which the lens assembly is arranged along an optical axis. An u... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7426342 | Digital still camera module with light optimization mechanism A lens module includes a barrel (40), a plurality of lenses (42), and a light guide plate (60). The barrel is covered at one end thereof with a transparent board (50). The lenses are received in the barrel. The light guide plate, which is... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7418202 | Article having a birefringent surface and microstructured features having a variable pitch or angles for use as a blur filter An optical low pass filter or blur filter, and method of making the filters, using an article having a birefringent surface for refracting incoming light when used with an image sensor. The birefringent surface of the article, such as a film, is structured or tilted... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412162 | Imaging device having an angle adjusting device for an image sensor An imaging device includes an image sensor provided at an imaging position of a photographing optical system, at least one optical element provided in front of the image sensor, a hermetically-sealing holding member which hermetically seals and integrally holds the ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7400827 | Camera provided with optical finder According to the present invention, light from a taking lens is reflected by a quick return mirror in a lateral direction of a body unit. Then, after passing through a screen, the light is reflected toward an upper side of the body unit by a second mirror except par... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7349626 | Imaging apparatus The imaging apparatus 1 comprises: a semiconductor imaging device 5 which converts incident light to an electrical signal; an optical filter 4 which is opposed to an incident surface of the semiconductor imaging device 5 and transmits lig... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7270447 | Uniform luminance and color mixing lens for LED device A lens for an LED having a lens body providing total internal reflection of light emitted by the LED from a first emission point disposed proximate a first junction of the lens body and centerplane. The lens includes an arcuate light-diffusing edge for diffusing lig... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7203009 | Lens device A lens device in which a first movable lens holding frame and a second movable lens holding frame are moved along an optical axis by rotating a cam cylinder rotatably provided on a lens barrel, an escape channel for escapement of a portion of the second movable lens... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7064789 | Digital camera having a tilting/swinging mechanism A digital camera includes a photographic lens that is provided on a camera body of the digital camera so that an optical axis of the photographic lens is stationary with respect to the camera body; an image pick-up element on which an image of an object to be photog... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7020391 | Sensor device A camera is disclosed which is provided with a sensor device that includes: a substrate having formed thereon which first and second line sensors that are arranged a fixed baseline length apart from each other and a third sensor for receiving light from a field whic... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6763188 | Camera photometer Light beams, reflected on an outer surface around a lens barrel which may be incident to a light receptor, are intercepted at a maximum by a camera photometer embodying a light shield mask having a wide range light shield formed to intercept light over a wider range... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6650474 | Optical filter and optical device provided with this optical filter Light emitted from a taking lens 20 enters a first birefringent plate 1a to be spatially divided along a first direction extending perpendicular to the direction in which the light advances to achieve two separate rays L10 and L20. The vibrational planes ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6574439 | Photometric apparatus for camera A photometric apparatus which satisfies the demands for reductions in the size, thickness and cost and which is highly optioned despite a simple arrangement. A photometric optical system provided separately from a photographic optical system (1) has at le... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6552671 | Brush encoder with resilient contact strips A brush encoder includes a coding-plate support member, to which a coding plate is fixed, and a brush support member, to which a brush is fixed, the brush having a base portion and resilient contact strips. The brush support member includes a support surf... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6480682 | Photometric device comprising a photo sensor mounted on a circuit board A photometric device is constituted of a photometric window, a circuit board behind the photometric window, a photo sensor mounted on the circuit board with its photoreceptive surface oriented toward the photometric window, and a mask member placed betwee... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6449437 | Light emitting and receiving circuit, camera and optical device A light emitting and receiving circuit 10 has a light emitting diode 14 with a p-n junction. The light emitting diode 14 is connected with a circuit using the light emitting diode as a light emitting element, and a circuit using the light emitting diode 1... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6381024 | Optical probe for use with a digital camera for measuring focal depth An optical probe apparatus for determining a position of an image sensor in a digital camera relative to a reference surface on the digital camera. The optical probe assembly includes a probe mounting surface adapted to be removably mountable to the digit... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6370331 | Photometry/distance measuring unit A compact and high-performance photometry/distance measuring unit in which a chip can be used in common optimally, and the characteristics of the devices can be optimized. The photometry/distance measuring unit comprises a distance measuring PSD, a spot s... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6314241 | Camera A camera having a function of detecting the direction and intensity of a light source such as the sun is arranged to prevent a shadow from appearing by emitting a flash light when the result of detection indicates a condition under which a shadow is expec... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6154614 | Camera optical system having nonphotographic lens formed integrally in photographic lens section A camera optical system has a photographic optical system and a finder optical system. The photographic optical system has a photographic lens section that receives an optical image from a subject to be photographed and forms an image on a film. The finde... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6072959 | Photometric apparatus for camera A photometric apparatus which satisfies the demands for reductions in the size, thickness and cost and which is highly optioned despite a simple arrangement. A photometric optical system provided separately from a photographic optical system (1) has at le... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6052536 | Camera In a camera wherein a lens cap is detachably attached there are provided first and second photometric sensors on a lens barrel and the camera main frame, respectively. It is detected in accordance with the photometric values by the first and second photom... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5822627 | Focus state detection device A compact focus state detection device having a plurality of focus state detection areas at the center of and away from the center of the photo field. A first focus state detection optical system has focus state detection areas away from the center of the... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5805941 | Camera having focus detecting optical system A camera having a focus detecting optical system includes a quick-return mirror having the function of splitting the optical path of a light beam coming from a photographic lens into two so that one is reflected and the other is transmitted, a submirror a... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5765060 | Photometry device for a camera A light redirecting member moves in concert with an aperture mechanism between a first position to redirect light to a metering sensor and a second position to allow light to pass to an imaging sensor. A motor drives the aperture mechanism to predetermine... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5737648 | Photometric device for a camera A photometric device, to measure light incident from a photographic lens of a camera, which can perform accurate photometry, independently of the direction of polarization of the incident light. The photometric device is provided with a first semi-transpa... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5717966 | Camera capable of metering light transmitting through a viewfinder Camera capable of indicating set photographic field by masking an area out of the photographic field nearby an image forming plane within a visual field of a viewfinder or lowering transmittance of the area in accordance with a change of photography forma... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5715480 | Remote control camera using optical signal A camera body has at least one opening formed in a front position thereof for receiving optical information about a subject. A remote control light sensor is provided within the camera body to receive a remote control light signal emitted from an external... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5701528 | Aperture stop for a photometry unit of a camera Attaching window glass to a window used in photometry without degrading the external appearance of a camera, with the aim of simplifying the photometric optical system. The device has a photometric unit which conducts photometry on the subject region and ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5682567 | Process for exposure control in microscope cameras and corresponding photomicroscope Before the exposure of a film, the brightness of the miscroscope image is determined with a sensor by multiple constant (͌) which characterizes the dependence of the microscope image with time is determined. The film is subsequently exposed for a single ... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5669022 | Optical apparatus including a light modulation finder optical system An optical apparatus includes a projection optical system for projecting an object image; a focal detection system for detecting a defocus state of the object image with respect to a photosensitive plane by a light emitted from the projection optical syst... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5668919 | Camera A camera includes a photometric optical system and a range measuring optical system which are provided independently of a photographing optical system so that the optical path of the photometric optical system and that of a projection or reception system ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5659804 | Panoramic camera A panoramic camera has a camera housing rotatable about an axis of rotation that defines a viewpoint which points along a radial optical path that object rays traverse as the camera is rotated about its axis; a lens assembly having an optical path and a f... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5636001 | Digital film camera and digital enlarger Exposure control for cameras and photographic enlargers in which image light from a lens or light source is reflected off a spatial light modulator having a plurality of controllable elements able to be positioned in three dimensions. This reflected light... | 06/03/1997 |
