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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7643747 | Photographing apparatus and initialization method thereof A photographing apparatus requiring a short initialization time, and a method thereof are provided. The photographing apparatus includes a camera part for converting an optical image converged through a lens into an electric signal, and processing the electric signa... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7397498 | Camera device and method and program for starting the camera device A camera device comprises a movable optical system, a driving unit which drives the optical system, and a control unit which controls the driving unit to move the optical system to a predetermined state by an initialization processing based on a startup program whic... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391438 | Camera device and method and program for starting the camera device A camera device comprises an optical system driven to a predetermined position upon initialization when a photographing mode has been set, a memory including an area for storing lens information inherent to the optical system, an area for storing a file management p... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385631 | Camera device and method and program for starting the camera device A camera device comprises a movable optical system, a driving unit which drives the optical system, and a control unit which makes the driving unit start driving of the optical system to a predetermined state by an initialization of the optical system by using an in... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7379665 | Driving device and light-amount adjusting device provided with the same A driving device includes a stepping motor for causing the light-amount adjusting member to open and close so as to adjust an amount of light passing through an optical system. A driving range where the light-amount adjusting member is actually used for effecting li... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7362968 | Combination camera and DSC lens control method using the same A combination camera and a DSC lens control method using the same, including a lens position check unit for checking a position of a DSC lens if electric power is applied, and a switching unit for switching the DSC lens to a closed state if the lens position check u... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7312826 | Digital camera apparatus with high speed imaging and energy saving features A digital camera 10 includes a systems control section 20. When the systems control section 20 receives any of operation signals from a key operation section 18, the systems control section 20 measures the passage of time with a ti... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7248180 | Meter reading system A reduced power-consumption meter reading system has a clock for counting elapsed time and days and outputting a first output signal for a predetermined time during a month, a first power supply activated by the first signal of the clock, and an image-processing uni... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7218849 | Lens device having a controller for controlling optical elements and photographing apparatus including the lens device In a lens device, when a lens is subjected to speed control and when initialization in which an absolute position of the lens is initialized after a power supply is turned on is completed, the lens is returned to a position before the lens is initialized. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7110314 | Semiconductor memory device and method for initializing the same A semiconductor memory device includes memory cell blocks (11) through (14) including a nonvolatile memory cell. The memory cell blocks (11) through (14) include chip-data storing regions (11b) through (14b) fo... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7075570 | Method of processing files and an apparatus thereof A method and an apparatus of processing files according to the present invention comprise a first and second apparatus for recording data in a manner complying with the DCF standardized file-managing structure. In the method and apparatus, a file for management is f... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6992710 | Electronic camera apparatus and file management method A virtual directory name (TRAVEL) having a form not specified in the DCF Standard is employed as a recording name in a directory (101TOSHI) recorded in a file management structure complying with the DCF Standard, whereas a virtual directory management file which cor... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6778770 | Camera control settings with persistence based on elapsed time since power-off A camera, at power-on, determines elapsed time since power-off. The camera restores at least one control setting to a persistent value when the elapsed time is less than a predetermined threshold. The camera restores the at least one control setting to a default val... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6643458 | Image pickup apparatus and method of controlling same There is disclosed an image pickup apparatus having a lens barrel which is sinkable into the apparatus body, and is controlled, if necessary, not to sink into the body even when the power is switched off The image pickup apparatus has a power key which sw... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6473569 | Camera and information processing apparatus A camera that records image data generated by electronically capturing an image of a subject in a removable memory, includes: a non-volatile memory that differs from the removable memory in which the image data are recorded, and a main MPU that saves mana... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6370336 | Auxiliary drive system for running-in movable components An auxiliary drive system controls an actuator to force movable members such as shutter blades of a power-driven shutter system to cause predetermined movement so as thereby to run in the movable members when the the power-driven apparatus is loaded with ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6349173 | Camera with motor-driven lens barrel A camera has a movable lens barrel that is stowed in a camera body while the camera is inactive, and is protruded from the camera body to a near range focusing position or a far range focusing position by rotating a drive ring in one direction. The movabl... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6292631 | Camera and its battery pack A mechanism, of a camera, for surely resetting a microcomputer at time of switching among a plurality of types of power sources. In the mechanism in which a manual operation dial for switching among the plurality of types of power sources is rotated to sl... | 09/18/2001 |
| 5826118 | Camera having a controller to determine a reference position of a lens barrel A camera including a camera body, a lens barrel, a power supply source to supply power to circuits of the camera, and a main switch to switch the power supply source between a power supplied status and power-not-supplied status. The lens barrel has a firs... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5751351 | Video camera apparatus with inhibition of image display during initialization A video camera apparatus includes a lens for forming an image, a camera circuit for converting the image formed by the lens into an image signal and outputting the image signal, and a controlling circuit for performing an initialization operation in which... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5749004 | Option setting device and method of operating same for use with a camera An option setting device for use with a camera includes a power supply unit supplying power to the option setting device, a microcomputer controlling the operations of the camera. A RAM stores option settings set by the microcomputer, while a non-volatile... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5721989 | Camera having a mode memory device A camera including a main switch which turns on/off a power supply, and a first memory unit for storing a mode/function which is selected from changeable modes/functions to be used in photography. The camera further includes a second memory unit for stori... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5717959 | Apparatus for detecting a sight axis Apparatus for detecting a sight axis may be used with a device for detecting the attachment of a detachable power supply. Forming structure is provided for forming information corresponding to a sight axis of a viewer of the apparatus. Structure is also p... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5652923 | Lens driving device The present invention provides a lens driving device, such as an automatic focusing device, which is arranged to detect a difference (the amount of overrun) between a given target amount of driving of a lens and an amount in which the lens is actually dri... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5523813 | Switching mechanism for a photographic camera having a panoramic photographing function The present invention discloses a switching mechanism for a photographic camera having a panoramic photographing function, wherein changeover between ON/OFF of a main switch as well as changeover of photographing mode (PANORAMA, NORMAL, etc.) can be simul... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5309195 | Auto power cut-off device for camera and driving method therefor An auto power cut-off device for camera and a driving method which can automatically close an automatic lens cap and concurrently cut-off power supplied to an auxiliary circuit in case that a user does not use a camera during a predetermined time after su... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5136327 | Power control circuit for cameras A power supply unit for cameras, wherein if no operation is performed for a certain time with a power switch ON, power is supplied only to a display unit and the power supply to other circuits is automatically turned OFF. In this state, when a release swi... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5086313 | Operation switch unit for a camera An operation switch unit for actuating more than two switches comprising a substrate on which the switches are located on apexes of an imaginary polygon, the number of sides of the polygon corresponding to number of switches, and a single operating member... | 02/04/1992 |
| 4916474 | Camera having a CPU reset function A camera having a CPU reset function. The CPU has an on state in which a reference clock is supplied to maintain the CPU in an oscillating state, and an off state in which the oscillation is stopped. When the on and off states are changed over by an exter... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4603957 | Switch state detecting apparatus for a camera A detecting apparatus for detecting the state of switch means operatively associated with the release operation or the like is disclosed. The cycle of sampling pulse for detecting the state of the switch to be applied to the switch means when the use of t... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4522480 | Battery voltage checking device for cameras A battery checking device for cameras of the type having a booster circuit the output of which is fed as electrical power to a load is disclosed. In the case of the camera of the type described, when the battery voltage is checked at the output of the boo... | 06/11/1985 |
