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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7424217 | Method of evaluating image information, photographing device, and storage medium having program stored thereon An evaluation on image information is indicated before operating a shutter operating section. For example, a method of evaluating image information includes: (a) a step of converting an optical image of an object to be photographed into electrical image information;... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7403705 | Camera device having automatic focusing function A camera device is provided which has an optical system including a focus lens, focus control for focusing the optical system on a subject by driving the focus lens, and display control for causing a display to display numerals indicating a first distance of a close... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7239093 | System and method for controlling luminance of an LED lamp A system for controlling luminance of an LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamp includes an MCU (3), an LED circuit (4), an LED lamp (5), and a display (6). The MCU controls the LED circuit to adjust a luminance value of the LED lamp. The MCU in... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7035477 | Image composition evaluation A method of providing composition evaluation of an image includes analyzing a composed image in accordance with one or more predefined composition rules and providing a report or warning signal if one or more of those compositional rules have been contravened. The a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6944345 | Image-capturing device An image-capturing device according to the present invention includes: an image-capturing element which captures an image of a photographic subject and outputs image data; a data extraction device which extracts data corresponding to a region designated in advance w... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6891148 | Scaling device for photographic images A scaling device projects a known optical pattern into the field of view of a camera, which can be employed as a reference scale in a resulting photograph of a remote object, for example. The device comprises an optical beam projector that projects two or more space... | 05/10/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6163653 | Camera A camera includes a focus detecting device having a plurality of focus detecting points and capable of selecting a particular focus detecting point from among the plurality of focus detecting points, and a light measuring device having a plurality of ligh... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6141499 | Camera capable of displaying the level of visual effect A camera is provided with a photographing device for setting various photographing conditions which determine a state of a subject image to be obtained as a picture, the photography device including an exposure device having a Plurality of selectively set... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6081670 | Depth-of-field indicator for a camera An apparatus for controlling a camera to achieve sharp, clear pictures includes a sensor for determining the distance of the camera from a subject and a controller for calculating the camera's depth-of-field, determining whether the subject is within the ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6035130 | Camera with condition indication facility A camera with a condition indication facility allows a photographer to be informed of a camera shake condition through the use of a relatively simple construction. A plurality of shake level indicators are provided in the rear cover of the camera. The ind... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5687409 | Camera display device for displaying information based on photographic optical system focusing control A display device for a camera to accurately display distance information and depth of field information. The camera includes a focusing control device to drive a photographic optical system to an in-focus position in relation to a photographic subject. A ... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5678079 | Photometer for a camera A photometer for a camera that performs multi-area photometry and displays the exposure deviation to the photographer. The photometer includes a light measuring device with a plurality of photometric elements that perform photometry at a plurality of area... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5666570 | Camera A camera comprises a lens optical system including a zooming lens, a photographic mode setting circuit capable of selectively setting a plurality of kinds of photographic modes, exposure conditions being individually set for the respective photographic mo... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5664235 | Portrait photography camera and method A portrait photograph camera incorporates a taking lens assembly having a predetermined focal length, and photographs a human head on instant film. A pair of indicia are displayed within a field frame of a viewfinder. According to the indicia, the human h... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5621495 | Representation of depth of field in camera In representing a depth of field in a camera, the depth of field is displayed on the basis of the magnitude of a field depth feeling Df which corresponds to human feeling. The field depth feeling Df is obtained by processing at least one of a depth of fie... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5546159 | Camera for preventing camera shake An anti-shake camera includes a camera shake correction lens for correcting image blurring caused by a camera shake, a camera shake correction lens position detection device for detecting the moving position of the camera shake correction lens, and an ind... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5537185 | Camera-shake display device A camera-shake display device comprises a detection unit for determining whether a photographing lens detachably mounted on a camera body is provided with a compensation optical system for compensating camera-shake upon reception of a signal representing ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5510875 | Representation of depth of field in camera In representing a depth of field in a camera, the depth of field is displayed on the basis of the magnitude of a field depth feeling Df which corresponds to human feeling. The field depth feeling Df is obtained by proccesing at least one of a depth of fie... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5463443 | Camera for preventing camera shake An anti-shake camera includes a camera shake correction lens for correcting image blurring caused by a camera shake, a camera shake correction lens position detection device for detecting the moving position of the camera shake correction lens, and an ind... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5408286 | Signal generating device with selective pattern reading A signal generating device has a pattern carrying unit with separated or connected patterns. Contact members of a signal reader make contact with the patterns and one of the patterns is selected for reading by a selector.... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5359385 | Camera having learning function A camera having a learning function which automatically sets data for current photographing in accordance with a tendency of data set in the past (learned data) and takes a photograph in accordance with the data thus set. The camera comprises a light meas... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5231442 | Camera with zoom lens operation display device A camera has a zoom lens. The zoom lens has a variable focal length over a predetermined focal length range, the ends or limits of which correspond to the longest and the shortest focal lengths of the zoom lens, respectively. The camera includes a detecto... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5019852 | Representation of depth of field in camera In representing a depth of field in a camera, the depth of field is displayed on the basis of the magnitude of a field depth feeling Df, which corresponds to human feeling and sensitivity. The field depth feeling Df is obtained by processing at least one ... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4974013 | Camera having an exposure compensation information setting operation member A camera has an exposure compensation information setting operation member for manually setting an exposure compensation value in which even if the release operation member lies in an inoperative state when the exposure compensation value is set by the se... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4868598 | Camera A camera employing a multi-photometric method of repeatedly performing a light measuring operation every time an operation member is operated to determine an exposure value on the basis of every measured value of light thus obtained is arranged to display... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4751542 | Light metering system with user reference preselection capability A light metering system which allows the user to select a color or gray scale reference for the system prior to operation of the apparatus (e.g. camera) with which the light metering system functions. The preselected reference chosen by the user takes int... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4731630 | Display device An information display device comprises a scale display including segments arranged in a line in one direction in the display area and a character display arranged in the display area for displaying characters and/or numerals. The character display includ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4688922 | Display method and apparatus for camera A display method and apparatus for a camera wherein when there is a possibility of achieving an optimal exposure for a preset aperture by closing or opening a diaphragm, a warning is displayed, so that the operator is informed of the fact that an optimal ... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4671655 | Exposure meter An exposure meter includes a display device 16 on which is displayed a histogram 17. The x axis is divided into cells representing ranges of possible luminance values. The height (i.e., y value) of each cell of the histogram represents the number of indiv... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4656466 | Electro-optic display device A display device in which display contents to be displayed by a display element such as a liquid crystal, as well as display portions and display forms can be recognized and display patterns can be easily recognized in cases where complicated photographin... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4639113 | Camera display device A display device for simultaneously displaying a manual mode exposure and correction values for optimal exposures of other modes is provided. As a result, a compact display device for displaying a deviation from an optimal exposure of a manual mode and ex... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4618238 | Camera A multi-mode camera is provided which permits a selection from among a plurality of photographing modes including an automatic mode, a manual mode, an average photometry mode and a spotwise photometry mode. The camera includes a photographing information ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4589754 | Camera A multi-mode camera is provided which permits a selection from among a plurality of photographing modes including an automatic mode, a manual mode, an average photometry mode and a spotwise photometry mode. The camera includes a photographing information ... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4589755 | Camera A multi-mode camera is provided which permits a selection from among a plurality of photographing modes including an automatic mode, a manual mode, an average photometry mode and a spotwise photometry mode. The camera includes a photographing information ... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4589757 | Camera A multi-mode camera is provided which permits a selection from among a plurality of photographing modes including an automatic mode, a manual mode, an average photometry mode and a spotwise photometry mode. The camera includes a photographing information ... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4575213 | Device for displaying data in camera viewfinder A device for displaying data in the viewfinder of a camera including a data film on which photographic data such as shutter speed is provided, and LED package including LEDs for illuminating the data on the data film and terminals of the LEDs, and a field... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4341451 | Camera having depth of focus indicating means A device for indicating the depth of field of a camera having aperture setting means and range setting means. The device comprises a plurality of optically active elements positioned for view in the camera viewfinder and scale means associated with the op... | 07/27/1982 |
