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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7949251 | Camera and electronic device A camera includes: an electrical-power-supply-source detection unit that detects, among a plurality of batteries, from which battery supply of electrical power is being received; a battery capacity detection unit that detects a remaining amount in each of the plural... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7761004 | Electronic apparatus, lighting apparatus and method of calculating electric quantity thereof A fully charged battery or an unused battery is set in a battery box of a lighting apparatus. A user turns on an illumination electric source of the apparatus and selects the battery. A maximum number of lighting times Smax when the lighting apparatus causes manual ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7555212 | Battery check device A battery check device for a portable electronic apparatus, such as a digital camera, for example, can selectively use a plurality of types of batteries. The battery check device comprises a battery determining processor that determines a type of battery, when the b... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7355649 | Image sensing apparatus cleaning operation and control method of said cleaning operation Image sensing apparatus having an image sensing element for sensing an object of shooting is provided. According to one aspect of the invention, when a cleaning mode is designated and executed to remove a foreign substance in the neighborhood of and on the image sen... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7315323 | Digital camera using an indicating device to indicate a plurality of functions Operation situations of a plurality of functions of the camera can be checked from a front of the camera without adding any new hardware. A self-timer LED which is previously provided on a front of the camera is also used as an indicating device which indicates oper... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7274577 | Electronic instrument having booster circuit Provided is an electronic instrument in which a starting voltage of a power supply is less than a starting voltage of a general booster circuit, and which is capable of starting efficiently. The electronic instrument includes: a power supply for supplying power; a f... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272497 | Vehicle navigation system with multi-use display A vehicle navigation system (e.g., GPS) with multi-use display generator that provides for the switching of a displayed image from a navigational based image to a non-navigational image such as a favorite photo. This versatility allows for the user of a vehicle navi... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7157880 | Battery monitoring system A battery monitoring system including a first device powered by a first battery, a second device powered by a second battery and operated in conjunction with the first device, a first information generating portion that generates a first information indicating the s... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147330 | Portable eyes protector for preventing the user's eyes from becoming myopic A portable eyes protector for preventing the user's eyes from becoming myopic includes a body and a brightness sensor mounted in the body and flush with an outer periphery of the body for sensing a brightness of the surrounding environment. A distance measurer is mo... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146063 | Method and apparatus for detecting and fixing incorrect date tags on digital images A method and apparatus for detecting and fixing incorrect dates tagged to digital images is disclosed. The current date on a digital imaging device and the dates tagged to digital images are used to determine any potentially incorrect dates tagged to the digital ima... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7119517 | Method for recycling secondary battery A method features the steps of determining whether a secondary battery collected from a user is reusable when being handed over again to the user after being recharged, by performing a simple inspection on a site where the battery is received and returned to the use... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7102684 | Video camera with low battery warning A warning is displayed for a constant time prior to end of a battery with respect to battery packs having various cell structures. A microcomputer 14 in the side of a video camera recorder body 10 obtains a reference voltage value from a voltage correc... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7091697 | System and method for efficiently implementing a battery controller for an electronic device A system and method for effectively managing operating power for an electronic device may include a battery pack coupled to the electronic device for supplying operating power to the electronic device. A battery controller may be configured as a single integrated-ci... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7064522 | Secondary battery with display to indicate residual capacity The present invention is to provide a display for a secondary battery in response to the status thereof. For this end, the secondary battery is provided with the display section including LEDs and the switch. If the switch is operated while the secondary battery is ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7036034 | System, method and computer program product for power-saving task processing A system for power-saving task processing includes a remaining power detector detecting a remaining power of a battery, and a motion information table defining a relationship between the remaining power of the battery on execution of a task and a plurality of proces... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6804461 | Flash apparatus and auxiliary battery apparatus A flash apparatus operates on power supplied from internal batteries and an external battery in an auxiliary battery apparatus. A battery check is executed by detecting the charge speed at which a main capacitor is charged and comparing the charge speed with a thres... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6771896 | Electric camera with image printing system In a camera provided with image-pickup elements for receiving light to form an image of a subject, for converting the light into electric signals and for producing image information of the image of the subject by the electric signals; there are further provided a pr... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6750915 | Digital camera having battery life determiner A digital camera includes a shutter button. After a lapse of 10 seconds from an operation of the shutter button, an image sensor is subjected to main exposure, and a compressed image signal thus obtained is recorded onto a recording medium. It is noted that a remain... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6704506 | Illuminant-equipped camera A movable power switch member mounted on the front face of a camera body is provided with a luminous display unit comprising any number (preferably a plurality) of illuminants, and light emission is so controlled as to realize different forms of displayin... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6434337 | Warning device and method in multifunction electronic apparatus In a digital still camera equipped with a DAP (Digital Audio Player), the camera is so adapted that the camera can be used in a camera mode even when battery voltage declines owing to use of the camera in the DAP mode. The number of images to be recorded ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6351611 | Battery check system for use in cameras A battery check system for use in a camera has a monitor circuit and a control circuit. The monitor circuit detects the condition of a battery used in the camera. The control circuit controls the operation of the monitor circuit and controls the operation... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6345157 | Camera with built-in electric circuit In order to provide a camera capable of warning a user thereof that the camera is rendered inoperable because a predetermined battery is not set in a camera body or the battery is not put in the camera properly, in the camera according to the present inve... | 02/05/2002 |
| 5903785 | Camera with date recording device A camera equipped with a date recording device and a display for showing at least the time. Also included is a device to display the time on the film. The display also indicates battery power and flashes to indicate when the battery has been replaced.... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5845158 | Camera having a motion compensation device A motion compensation camera having a camera body and a lens which is attachable to and removable from the camera body, such that the camera is able to compensate for blurring of a photographic image on an image plane resulting from motion or vibration of... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5799217 | Battery check device for a camera A battery check device which assesses a state of exhaustion of a battery installed in a camera, and which can accurately assess at any time the state of exhaustion of the battery according to the drive state of a camera mechanism, such as a mirror. The ba... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5790876 | Power saving control system and method for use with serially connected electronic devices A system including a plurality of electronic devices connected together through a bus, which can realize reduction in power consumption while ensuring communications. When a bias voltage on an external bus is detected by a bias detecting circuit and a com... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5784105 | Video camera with built-in secondary battery A video camera comprises a built-in secondary battery, a terminal used for connection with an external power source, and a main switch for controlling the supply of electric power to a circuit part provided for a control system and a signal processing sys... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5732295 | Camera with battery checkup function A camera with a battery checking function is provided with a timer for generating an output signal at predetermined time intervals, a memory for storing a calculated time value, an external switch for generating an activating signal for activating the cam... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5727241 | Photographic lens, camera body, and camera system A camera system regulates electric power from a power supply within a camera body to a plurality of built-in actuators within a removable photographic lens. The actuators may include motors, solenoids, and the like which operate functions such as autofocu... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5726556 | Charging state display apparatus A charging state display apparatus has a first means for indicating a charging amount and a second means for causing the first means to indicate a charging amount from a restart of charging.... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5717308 | Electric-supply equipment for camera In electric-supply equipment of the present invention, a main battery supplies electric power to equipment such as a camera, and an auxiliary battery such as an AA battery is used as a charging power source in order to supply electric energy to the main b... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5604626 | Photochromic devices A photochromic device is provided which allows the user to leave the device in a high transmissive state even when exposed to a source of radiation and to control the degree of darkening achieved while exposed to the source of radiation.... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5579066 | Camera In a camera which is provided with a clock which operates according to electrical power supplied from a battery, the date and time of photography are imprinted based upon the date and time output from the clock. When the changeover of the battery is detec... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5572283 | Display illumination device for camera A camera is provided with several displays illuminated by several illuminators which are controlled to be turned on and off in dependence upon the operation of several illuminator buttons. Further, the brightness of the illuminators, when turned on, may b... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5557365 | Camera attached with auxiliary device This invention relates to a battery check circuit of a camera which mounts, e.g., an interchangeable lens. In this invention, the number of motors in the interchangeable lens is informed to the camera via a communication, and a battery check level accordi... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5527630 | Battery check apparatus This invention relates to a battery check apparatus comprising an effecting circuit for effecting the power supply battery to decrease an internal resistance of the battery power supply and a check circuit for checking a battery life of the power supply b... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5528335 | Battery check device for a camera A battery check device, suitable for use in a camera, for reliably checking the essential capacity of a battery power source without affecting the voltage recovery of the battery power source after a long period of non-use. The battery check device monito... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5481326 | Camera data communication device In a camera data communication system for performing data communication operations between a detachable external accessory and a camera body through a data communication line (or lines), and for performing data communication operations between a camera da... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5424800 | Camera having solar battery and secondary battery A camera includes a solar battery, a secondary battery charged by the solar battery, a battery-checking circuit for checking a charged state of the secondary battery, an informing device for informing the charged state of the secondary battery checked by ... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5365305 | Power supply control circuit for a display of a camera In a power supply control circuit for a display of a camera, when an operation signal is input, a control circuit determines that an operation mode exists and activates a boosting circuit and a voltage dividing circuit. The control circuit activates a pow... | 11/15/1994 |
