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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7860389 | Photographic device, method of processing information, and program A photographic device which may include a selection portion for selecting a given number of shooting modes matched with shooting conditions from a plurality of shooting modes previously prepared, a display control portion for juxtapositionally displaying images indi... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7215373 | Object distance display apparatus to display an object distance based on measured object distance data The object distance display apparatus displays object distances according to actually measured object distance data entered in advance, matched with focusing lens positions acquired from a television lens device, and enables, when the apparatus is connected to the t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7174095 | Optical apparatus for observing object According to the present invention, an optical apparatus is provided that comprises a recording medium, a distance-detecting sensor, an illustrated-guide selector, and an image-indicating device. The recording medium stores illustrated-guide data for a plurality of ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7071985 | Optical device and method for selecting object of focus A camera capable of automatically detecting a main object in a sensed image. A distance distribution generation unit discriminates a plurality of areas in the sensed image on the basis of a predetermined condition, and a main object area determination unit automatic... | 07/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6915072 | Finder, marker presentation member, and presentation method of positioning marker for calibration photography A finder apparatus which is used together with a photographing apparatus presents a marker for positioning for setting relative positions of the photographing apparatus and an object for calibration so as to be visually recognizable by an operator in a finder config... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6437811 | User interface for sorting photographs on a digital camera A user interface for viewing and sorting photos at one time from a single common screen. The sorting operations includes such processes as deleting, locking, grouping, printing, and rotating the photographs or other data files such as tables. A user can (... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6101332 | Camera with a blur warning function The present invention provides a camera with a blur warning function which does not widely vary in feeling of use between film-loading and film-unloading. In this camera, a film loading sensing section senses whether a film is loaded or not, a focal lengt... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6097898 | 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 photograph device including an exposure device having a plurality of selectively sett... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6021280 | Display system for camera A camera display system comprises circuit sections and a driving section disposed in a camera, a display section having display patterns each corresponding to an error detected in one of the circuit sections or the driving section, and a control section f... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5892991 | 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... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5747225 | Light sensitive device The invention relates to a light sensing device comprising a spironaphthoxazine dispersed in a layer of gelatin on a base material.... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745809 | Camera with correspondingly shaped operation members and display areas In a camera for displaying a plurality of control contents such as set values and functions controlled by a plurality of operation members on an LCD device, there are provided a plurality of display areas which constitute the LCD device and are formed by ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5727234 | Camera with shake detection and display A camera is provided that accomplishes a warning display using a range measurement frame indicating a specific subject field region. The camera includes a shake amount detection system that detects the amount of shaking of the camera, a drive system that ... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5715485 | Apparatus for displaying photographing information for a camera A photographing information setting apparatus for a camera has a capability of improving the operativity in setting photographing information by displaying all of the photographing information or a part thereof contained in a photographing information gro... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5659817 | Mode selecting system of a camera A mode selecting system of a camera which comprises a first mode group which includes a plurality of photo-taking modes, wherein photographing parameters are automatically set by the camera when each one among the modes of the first mode group is selected... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5659823 | Camera A camera includes a manually operable member having a plurality of distance measuring areas and for switching between exposure correction and AF area and between single photographing and continuous photographing. A viewfinder of the camera displays not on... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5659822 | Camera display system and method A display device for use in a camera includes a display having a plurality of display units for displaying character patterns. A memory stores character patterns for a first display and character patterns for a second display. The character patterns for t... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5649245 | Camera setting and display device A camera setting and display device has a visual display and includes setting members that set corresponding photographic information in a camera. A storage device included in the camera has a first storage area that selectively stores a first set of phot... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5649244 | Multi-function camera having color coordinated operational modes and manipulation members A multi-function camera having a display unit in which the different operational modes are displayed in different colors. The operational modes are controlled by manipulation members on the exterior surface of the camera. The manipulation members are colo... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5634151 | Autofocusing operation display apparatus and method An autofocusing apparatus including a device for irradiating a light ray toward an object; a device for sensing a light beam corresponding to the image of the object and the light ray reflected off of the object; a device for indicating to the user of the... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5634154 | Display system and method for a camera A display and method for selecting a control mode or an operational parameter of a camera utilizes a display screen located laterally adjacent a plurality of switches on the camera. During a first display condition, a plurality of control mode symbols are... | 05/27/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5280320 | Electronically controlled camera having internal photographing mode and display An electronically controlled camera which takes a picture every time a preset interval passes and displays remaining time available until a picture taking operation is effected on a display portion by reducing the interval time. A display portion displays... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5204715 | Range-finding-direction-changeable-camera A zoom camera being capable of changing a distance measuring direction to measure an object distance, and more particularly a camera which indicates the distance measuring direction overlapped on an object image in a view finder display. An object image i... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5198856 | Camera having camera-shake detecting device A camera having a camera-shake detecting device is arranged to make a display indicating that a shake of the camera is undetectable only in cases where the camera shake is consecutively found to be undetectable for a given number of times while a camera-s... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5060007 | Image blur display device The present patent application discloses an image blue display device in which the image information in a first time is compared with the image information in a second time to detect a changed place, and this place is displayed as the image blur informati... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5041860 | Indicator unit for an electronically controlled camera An indicator unit for an electronically controlled camera that is able to effectively indicate required information for operating the camera. Such information includes, for example, the frame number of the film in the camera, the focal length of the camer... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4994844 | Camera system An camera system includes a body and an accessory which is attachable to the camera body. A controller is provided in the camera body for controlling camera function. And an operable switch is also provided in the camera body. A function data concerning w... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4862201 | Photographic camera A photographic camera system including a mode setting device for selectively setting the system to a real focal length photographing mode for printing an ordinary photographic zone and a pseudo focal length photographing mode for printing a zone narrower ... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4855782 | Display device for indicating the setting of a zoom lens A display device in a camera with a zoom lens, for providing a visual indication of the setting of the zoom lens. It includes a zoom encoder (10) for detecting the zoom lens setting, a liquid crystal display (8) having a plurality of display segments (S1-... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4697898 | Display device of a camera system A camera having a photo-taking lens changeable over to two different focal lengths includes display means for displaying a scale indicative of distances, the scale being displayed by the display means so as to be along a predetermined surface, the scale h... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4673277 | Multi-program control device for camera A multi-program control camera permitting selection of various exposure control modes is provided with a display arrangement to indicate, by pictographs and/or letters, the effects of a picture image obtainable by selection of the exposure control modes; ... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4647176 | External display device for camera An external display device for displaying photographic information of varied kinds for a camera uses a numerical display part for selectively displaying numerical photographic information of different kinds and a photography mode display part for displayi... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4536074 | Exposure control mode selection device for camera A multi-mode automatic exposure control camera capable of permitting selective switch-over among various exposure control modes is provided with a device which displays each selected exposure mode in the form of a pictograph or the like representing a pic... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4529291 | Exposure mode control device for camera The disclosed automatic exposure control camera is capable of operating in various exposure modes. In the exposure mode control device, a number of selectable switches select one of a number of imaging effects. An exposure mode selector arrangement holds ... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4011571 | View finder for cameras In a view finder for cameras comprising a sight field for viewing an object to be photographed, the improvement which comprises mark means in said sight field for guiding on the centering of said object to be photographed and on the proper photographing d... | 03/08/1977 |
