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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7433592 | Digital camera A digital camera allowing a user to easily check shooting conditions with low power consumption is to be provided. The digital camera includes a display unit having a display panel on which a plurality of shooting conditions are displayed and an indicator needle, a ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7277131 | Electronic camera including a display for displaying number of frames An electronic camera comprises an image-capturing element; a recording device that records image data constituted of image capturing signals output from the image-capturing element into a data recording medium; a frame number calculating device that calculates a num... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7215880 | One-time-use camera In one aspect of the invention, a camera is provided. The camera has a photosensitive element; a light blocking expansion structure combined with the photosensitive element to form a light tight chamber there between. The light blocking expansion structure has an ap... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7141350 | Article of manufacture having a performance verification indicator An article of manufacture has an environmental sensitive label with at least one cumulative time-temperature indicator and at least one thermal event indicator thereon. The cumulative time-temperature indicator and the thermal event indicator each provides an indepe... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7088396 | System and camera for creating lenticular output from digital images A digital camera for capturing images to be provided to a lenticular apparatus, including: a digital camera that can capture digital images; a memory that stores the captured digital images; a processor for processing the captured digital images, a display for displ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7031605 | Film feeding device and image reading apparatus having same A negative film setter has film holders for having set therein films to be fed. Each of the film holders has both a detecting sensor for detecting whether a film is set therein and a lamp which is lit when a film is set in a film holder and which is not lit when a f... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027728 | Camera with indication of measure of focus as a function of focal distance A camera includes software to compute a measure of focus at a plurality of focal distances. The camera includes an indicator of the measure of focus as a function of focal distance. The camera may also include an indication of present focal position. The camera may ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6847783 | Instant camera and recording apparatus A camera body of an instant camera is provided with four light sources LED1 to LED4 for a display. The four light sources LED1 to LED4 flash on and off in mutually different display modes in accordance with the state of progress of a seri... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6816677 | Film counter wheel and method for presetting the film counter wheel during film pre-loading A system and method for pre-setting the counter wheel orientation in a camera pre-loaded with film is provided. Alignment indicia on the counter wheel are arranged during assembly to determine at various positions relative to the camera metering system whether the c... | 11/09/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6763189 | Film alignment mechanism and frame counter resetting mechanism A camera for use with film bearing a series of latent pre-exposed images for subsequent user-exposure, comprises a film sprocket wheel (34) extending into a film passageway, the sprocket wheel comprising a wheel having a plurality of equidistantly-spaced teet... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6757492 | Method of verifying the usabilty of photosensitive film product just prior to use A method of verifying the usability of a photosensitive film product just prior to use by applying at least one environmental sensitive label to the photosensitive film product. The environmental sensitive label has at least one cumulative time-temperature indicator... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6704499 | Camera with frame counter A camera includes a frame counter having a single numerical scale of frame count indicia capable of being successively viewed after each picture is taken. The frame count indicia are arranged in one column in which the indicia are only odd numbers and are... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6490412 | Camera An object of the present invention is to provide a camera capable of exactly displaying the number of residual films, even if there is concerned with such a situation that at the time when layered films remain in a film pack, the rear cover is opened and ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6480674 | Lens-fitted film unit and production method thereof A lens-fitted unit includes a photographic film loaded in advance, a shutter, a taking lens, an exposure counter plate that is provided with numerals indicating the number of exposures or the number of exposed frames, and is moved in one direction for eac... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6463219 | Camera with a film perforation wheel A camera for edge-perforated film with a film feed device (9) and a rotatably mounted film perforation wheel (sprocket wheel) (101) that engages with teeth (102) in the edge perforations of the film and executes a rotational movement during feeding of the... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6463216 | Film unit with a lens A film unit includes a body with an optical system having a lens therein. An advance system for advancing a film includes a film counter displaying information relating to the number of pictures remaining in the film and further displays additional inform... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6412993 | Arrangement of usage indicator in a recyclable, digital camera A recyclable, one-time use print on demand, digital camera comprises an image sensor device for sensing an image. A processor processes the image sensed by the image sensor device. The camera includes a supply of print media on to which an image processed... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6374055 | Counting device preferably picture counting device for a camera and camera with picture counting device A counting device, in particular a picture counting device for a camera, comprises a counting mark carrier (401) which forms a first assembly and has a plurality of counting marks disposed in a ring shape and an indicating device (415) which forms a secon... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6363224 | Camera that records print quantity designation on film for each exposure, and has print quantity totalling A camera for successively capturing images of subjects, has a print quantity selector that can be manually operated to provide various print quantity designations of the number of prints to be made for each one of the captured images. A print reset can be... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6356715 | Prints remaining indicating for camera with variable length print capability A print roll including an integrated circuit device measuring the amount of consumable materials left within said print roll.... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6314239 | Device for preventing unauthorized recycling of lens-fitted photo film unit A switching circuit is connected to an oscillation transistor of a charging circuit of a flash device of a lens-fitted photo film unit, for turning on or off the oscillation transistor. When a rear cover of a unit body of the film unit is separated, a bat... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6308016 | Verifing camera with demonstration mode and method A method demonstrates a film-unloaded verifying camera in response to shutter button actuation. In the method, an electronic image is captured and the electronic image is shown to the user along with an indicator that film is not loaded. The film shutter ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6301444 | Exposure count indicator for camera An exposure count indicator comprises a scale of successive exposure count indicia for visually indicating which film frame is positioned for exposure in a camera, and a confirmation indicator separate from the exposure count indicia for providing a visua... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6301445 | Dual wheel exposure counter A dual wheel exposure counter comprising a rotatable tenths counter wheel having a series of at least two spaced units, and a rotatable unit counter wheel having a series of ten spaced units and a rotating member which rotates the tenths counter wheel to ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6298201 | Exposure count indicator An exposure count indicator includes a flexible split ring having a series of exposure count indicia provided along the split ring, and a mask that covers the split ring to prevent the exposure count indicia from being seen. When the split ring is rotated... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6298200 | Exposure count indicator for camera An exposure count indicator for providing a visible indication of the number of frames that remain available to be exposed or are actually exposed on a filmstrip in a camera, comprises a numerical scale of successive exposure count indicia at least divide... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295414 | Apparatus with information erasure based on last film frame An apparatus, such as a camera, includes a storage device which stores at least one of cartridge-identifying information for identifying each individual film cartridge and history information indicative of contents of a usage history of a film cartridge c... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6292632 | Exposure count indicator for camera An exposure count indicator has a scale of successive exposure count indicia for visually indicating which film frame is positioned for exposure in a camera, and a confirmation indicator separate from the exposure count indicia for providing a visual conf... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6263166 | Exposure count indicator for camera A camera has a rear cover part, and a rotatable counter dial with a numerical scale of exposure count indicia to be successively viewed. Each of the indicia has the same color. A label on the rear cover part is superimposed to the counter dial and has the... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6259864 | Exposure count indicator for camera A camera has a rear cover part, a label on the rear cover part, and a numerical scale of exposure count indicia to be successively viewed. The numerical scale of exposure count indicia is located on the label, and each of the indicia has the same color. A... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6252654 | Indicating device used for a paper cassette and for indicating a remaining amount of recording papers A detecting lever for a remaining amount of recording papers is provided at the bottom of a paper cassette. The top of the detecting lever abuts on the recording paper contained in the paper cassette. As the recording paper is used, the detecting lever is... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6233400 | Lens-fitted photographic film unit and method of manufacturing the same A lens-fitted film unit is preloaded with photographic film, and has an eight-toothed driven sprocket wheel in mesh with perforations on the film. When the photographic film is fed by one frame, the sprocket is caused to make one rotation. A shutter mecha... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6233406 | Camera having film winding apparatus A camera having a manual film winding apparatus in which a film is wound in association with a rotation of a winding operation device from a wind start position to a wind end position includes: an encoder which rotates in association with the movement of ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6205295 | Camera with film-door-lock indicator A camera comprising a cartridge receiving chamber for a film cartridge with a film leader that can be advanced from the film cartridge in preparation for film exposure and can be wound into the film cartridge after film exposure, a film door movable open ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6192195 | Camera with combination anti-back pawl and window for exposure counter A camera includes an exposure counter wheel that has a series of exposure count indicia and is incrementally rotated in a count direction to successively view the exposure count indicia, and an anti-backup pawl that engages with the exposure counter wheel... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6185377 | Apparatus such as camera adapted for film having magnetic recording part An apparatus, such as a camera, adapted for a film having an information recording part includes a reading device which, when a partially used film reloaded into the apparatus is transported, reads out information recorded on the information recording par... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6167203 | Camera with the function of changing the transmittance of liquid-crystal display section to let user know photograph enable mode A camera comprises a liquid-crystal display device and a liquid-crystal control section. The liquid-crystal display device has a liquid crystal whose transmittance is variable. The liquid-crystal control section, in the photograph enable mode, brings the ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6160963 | Frame counter device A frame counter device includes a rotatable counter disk. A train of plural numbers are arranged on one face of the counter disk in an arc shape, and have an outermost point and an innermost point. The outermost point is the farthest from a rotational cen... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6097899 | Rotational support for counter wheel facilitates assembly/disassembly or frame counter A frame counter comprising a counter wheel rotatable in a count related direction to change a frame count, and an anti-backup pawl for engaging the counter wheel to prevent reverse rotation of the counter wheel, is characterized in that a fixed bearing co... | 08/01/2000 |
