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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8000597 | Input device An input device for zooming and shutter releasing includes a shutter release button; a pressing protrusion; a tact switch located on a substrate and configured to be pressed when the shutter release button is pressed downward; a rotary member rotatably supported at ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7738785 | Camera A camera with a first assembly and a second assembly. The second assembly is moveably provided on the first assembly and is movable between a first position at which operation members are covered and a second position at which the operation members are exposed. ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7606483 | Electroluminescent display device and a digital camera using an electroluminescent display device An electroluminescent display device includes an electroluminescent display, and at least one switch which is positioned adjacent to an inner surface of the electroluminescent display, the switch being activated upon an outer surface of the electroluminescent... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7426344 | Electronic apparatus provided with a rotating-operation member and the rotating-operation member An electronic apparatus provided with a plurality of rotating-operation members, in which respective disk sections of the plurality of rotating-operation members are arranged to be at least partially overlapped, to thereby enable it to achieve space-saving. As the e... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7379666 | Electronic appliance An electronic appliance is provided, which can be produced at a low cost, and in which there is a degree of freedom in a setting value and any one of a number of setting values can be set as an operating condition with a simple operation. A digital camera 1 i... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7356255 | Electronic camera, information device and portable information apparatus An electronic camera comprising an LCD panel for image reproduction and an imaging device is disclosed, in which private information attaching a predetermined attribute to a designated photographed image can be input, and in accordance with the private information, ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352964 | Camera The present invention provides a highly operable easy-to-use camera having a simple configuration without losing a locking function. In a camera comprising: a rotary operation dial 7 to be operated rotationally; a lock arm 5 for locking the rotary oper... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346276 | Camera The present invention provides a highly operable easy-to-use camera having a simple configuration with a few parts without losing a locking function. In a camera comprising: a rotary operation dial 6 to be operated rotationally; a locking function for locking... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7324133 | Method and apparatus for controlled camera useability A programmable digital camera requiring a programming password to be entered to access the camera's programmability. The camera further includes programming so as to allow the camera to be operated only for a specified time interval, after which the camera becomes i... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7304667 | Image capturing apparatus that outputs condition data in association with an image An image processing system includes: an image capturing apparatus for obtaining an image of a subject, having a setting unit, which sets an obtaining condition for the image according to user's operation, and an outputting unit, which outputs the obtaining condition... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302580 | Digital combined apparatus, control method therefor, and digital combined apparatus system This invention relates to a digital combined apparatus including an operation panel, a reader/writer which writes/reads data on/from a recording medium, and a controller which controls the operations of the operation panel and reader/writer. When the reader/writer r... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7216232 | Method and device for inserting and authenticating a digital signature in digital data A method for inserting a digital signature into digital data is provided. The digital data has bits and the method includes the steps of: assigning predetermined bits of the digital data for receiving the digital signature; signing the digital data excluding the pre... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211755 | Knob structure A knob structure is disposed on an electronic device to input a preset control signal. The knob structure includes a rotary encoder, a brake wheel, and a rotary wheel. A plurality of ratchets is disposed around the circumference of the brake wheel and locked on the ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7199832 | Portable photographic device and grip with integrated controls for single handed use An image-capturing device comprises a lens, flash and viewfinder attached along a central axis of symmetry to the top of a grip having recessed shutter triggers on opposing sides and rear thumb controlled means for adjusting the focus of the lens, powering and contr... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7142780 | Camera system and lens barrel A camera system comprises a camera body; a lens barrel having a photographing optical system, which can be mounted at the camera body; a shutter release switch disposed at the camera body and operated to start a shutter release operation; and a first operating switc... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7082265 | Electronic device and camera An electronic device comprises a terminal, an armature which can contact the terminal, a knob member which moves between a first position and a second position, sliding the armature on the terminal, a first energizing member which energizes the knob member in the di... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7054551 | Multi-function button with mode selection A mode selection device and a multi-function button containing such a device are provided. The mode selection device includes a case, a chassis and a dial. The case has a hole; the chassis, lying under the case, includes a latch and a set of slots. The latch is betw... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7042510 | Setting operation device and electronic apparatus It is an object of this invention to provide a setting operation device which can effectively cope with the tendency toward multiple functions and allows a user to easily change and check functions. In order to achieve this object, the device includes a first rotati... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6999675 | Electronic device and camera An electronic device comprises a terminal, an armature which can contact the terminal, a knob member which moves between a first position and a second position, sliding the armature on the terminal, a first energizing member which energizes the knob member in the di... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6973731 | Encoder Disclosed is an encoder including a rotary member and a fixed member. The fixed member is provided with an electrode having A-channel, B-channel and C-channel patterns, the rotary member is provided with contacts which are to be opposed to the electrode. A-C state s... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6965734 | Electronic equipment and camera Pawls are formed on an outer peripheral portion of an operation dial at intervals equal to step rotating angles of the operation dial so that a user's finger nail can be placed on one of the pawls to rotate the dial. When the finger nail is placed on one of the pawl... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6928557 | Method and apparatus for ejecting a recording medium from a storage unit detachable from host equipment A detachable storage unit is connected to host equipment in a computer system and holds an ejectable storage medium. The storage unit has a connection detector that detects whether or not the storage unit is connected to the host equipment, and a storage medium dete... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6650835 | Photographing device, recording medium, program, camera and camera production method A photographing device having an operation member to be operated by an external operation, a memory device for memorizing a plurality of control sequences to be conducted according to an operation of the operation member, a setting device for setting a re... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6571066 | Camera with multimode power button A camera includes a power supply, a microcontroller having a timer, and a multimode power button capable of being actuated for an actuation time. When the camera is off and the button is actuated, the microcontroller turns the camera on. When the camera i... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6571065 | Specification-variable camera A specification-variable camera comprises a plurality of switches. A specification-change member renders a predetermined combination of the plurality of switches conductive. An operation member is used to select a mode of the camera. A detection switch se... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6570622 | Image pickup apparatus and image reproducing apparatus having an operating member An image pickup apparatus is provided, which is compact in size but allow the effective use of space inside the apparatus. The image pickup apparatus comprises a sound output section, and an operating member for operating the image pickup apparatus. The o... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6567618 | Camera A camera body has grip portions for right-handed users and the left-handed users provided respectively on the right and left sides thereof. A release button to be operated by the right hand is mounted on the side of the grip portion for right-handed users... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6496652 | Camera enabling the change in the product specifications, and a method of manufacturing A camera is provided which enables the selection of a plurality of specifications in a simple structure and by a simple method. A first contact pattern, a second contact pattern, and a third contact pattern are provided at different positions, respectivel... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6459856 | Control dial device of a camera A camera having a control dial/display panel unit includes a ring member which can be manually rotated about a first axis; a display panel which is surrounded by the ring member so as to be viewed through an aperture of the ring member from outside the ca... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6456795 | Camera with a display device and operation keys In a multifunction camera, an area selector is used both as an operation key in a first selection mode for selecting the focus detection area of the focus detection device, and as an operation key in a second selection mode for selecting the function sett... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6453122 | Camera capable of being held stably A camera has a camera body. A taking lens is disposed at a front face of the camera body, for introducing object light. A grip portion is disposed in the camera body and lower than the taking lens, and adapted to holding of the camera body. A release butt... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6438325 | Photographic camera system A photographic camera system includes a photographic camera that can successively expose a photographic film in different frame sizes and an automatic printer for automatically printing the processed photographic film exposed with those different frame si... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6427052 | Exposure-condition setting device for camera An exposure-condition setting device for a camera includes an Xv dial for setting an exposure compensation value, having a plurality of exposure compensation value indicia, the exposure compensation value indicia representing exposure compensation values;... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6424806 | Camera having interlock preventing simultaneous use of electronic zoom and panoramic format A camera adapted to APS is equipped with an optical zooming feature and a feature of entering a demand of electronic zooming by which information regarding a zooming ratio readable to make a print from a frame of a negative film at a print magnification c... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6415106 | Portable apparatus A portable apparatus having setting means for setting mutually contradictory functions, wherein the setting means comprises a pair of operation buttons, and the operation buttons are disposed on opposing surfaces of the body of the portable apparatus, res... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6374052 | Camera To provide a camera configured to be supported by the hands of a photographer on the bottom surface of the body thereof whose operability is improved by allowing various settings to be easily made with the camera body supported reliably and allowing a set... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6374056 | Camera with magnetic recording device A camera with a magnetic recording device that may record optional data on a magnetic recording layer of a photo filmstrip while the photo filmstrip is advanced by one frame after each exposure. The optional data is print number data designating the numbe... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6356716 | Camera having operation member on rear cover thereof, variable picture size camera and picture size switching mechanism, and click stop mechanism A camera having a rear cover with an operation member thereon, includes an electrical signal generation device and a mechanical operation device, provided in a camera body; a movable common operation member provided on the rear cover of the camera to actu... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6341202 | Operation dial with an illuminator for a camera An operation device of a camera includes an indication member comprising a plurality of characters, an operation member which is movable relative to the indication member and includes an index mark for pointing at one of the plurality of characters when t... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6240256 | Exposure compensation device for an auto exposure camera An exposure compensation device for an automatic exposure camera which is able to easily perform exposure compensation setting regardless of an exposure control mode setting. A first setting unit sets the lens aperture. A second setting means sets the shu... | 05/29/2001 |
