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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7417681 | Multifunctional integrated image sensor and application to virtual interface technology An electronic camera including an electronic imaging sensor providing an output representing an imaged field, a first imaging functionality employing the electronic imaging sensor for taking a picture of a scene in the imaged field, a second imaging functionality em... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7398017 | Method and arrangement for taking a camera into use in a mobile device The invention relates to a method for using a mobile device camera, and particularly to implementing the camera rapidly and easily. The method according to the invention for triggering a mobile device camera (322) includes a predetermined key sequence for tri... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391967 | Camera system The present invention provides a camera system, which can simplify an ordering procedure. An IC memory comprising a contactless interface is mounted on a camera, or an image recording medium, such as memory card or film. In a case where a customer has carried the ca... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7349011 | Image pickup control apparatus, image pickup control method, image pickup control system, and storage medium In an image pickup control apparatus capable of remotely and reliably controlling an image pickup apparatus from another apparatus, control data for controlling the image pickup apparatus is stored in advance and is transmitted to the image pickup apparatus when the... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336300 | Image pickup control apparatus, image pickup control method, image pickup control system, and storage medium In an image pickup control apparatus capable of remotely and reliably controlling an image pickup apparatus from another apparatus, control data for controlling the image pickup apparatus is stored in advance and is transmitted to the image pickup apparatus when the... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7283160 | Electronic device, control method therefor and storage medium A system including an external apparatus and digital camera allows the external apparatus to set a set value which cannot be set by the stand-alone digital camera. In response to a request from the external apparatus (computer), the digital camera updates an image s... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7232072 | Combined code reader and digital camera An image capture system having an image capture module and a terminal unit captures both photo images and coded images. An alterable optical path of the system operates in a first configuration when capturing coded images and in a second configuration when capturing... | 06/19/2007 |
| RE39674 | Peripheral and camera system using the same, for rewriting programs stored in a camera In a camera system, if software is rewritten in accordance with the change in hardware structure, compatibility between the hardware and the software is determined, thereby avoiding a problem, such as an inoperable condition or a breakdown of a component. The camera... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7228377 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device, IC card, and mobile terminal In a semiconductor integrated circuit device equipped with a flash memory and an EEPROM which are nonvolatile memories, the invention provides a technique that makes it possible to restrict an EEPROM capacity to a minimum necessary amount and reduce a chip area. Dat... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7172113 | System and method for creating a display card A system and method enables a user such as a visitor to a facility to create a photographic identification card for himself. The user terminal prompts a user to enter identifying information including his name, and takes a photograph of the user. An identification b... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170692 | Mechanical cam type zoom lens device A mechanical cam type zoom lens device includes a movement position detector detecting movement positions of focus and zoom lenses moved by respective drivers, a reference compensation value calculating unit setting a plurality of zooming positions for a zoom lens w... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7149423 | Lens apparatus diagnostic system, diagnostic program, record medium, lens diagnostic system and controller diagnostic system The lens apparatus diagnostic system, the diagnostic program, the record medium, the lens diagnostic system and the controller diagnostic system have the effects of, by connecting a personal computer to a TV lens and having a diagnosis of the TV lens performed by th... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7124427 | Method and apparatus for surveillance using an image server Methods and apparatus for an image server surveillance system provide for as control and coordination of cameras that may be widely deployed, analyzing data from multiple cameras, making data available in such a way that it can be efficiently transmitted over a netw... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119835 | Camera docking solution provides a user interface for printers, CD writers and other devices A camera mount includes a hosting device including a flat surface for mounting a camera including a user interface. A first connector is located on the flat surface such that the first connector mates to a complementary connector located on the camera. The user inte... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120586 | Method and system for segmenting and identifying events in images using spoken annotations A method for automatically organizing digitized photographic images into events based on spoken annotations comprises the steps of: providing natural-language text based on spoken annotations corresponding to at least some of the photographic images; extracting pred... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7107516 | Method and system for viewing images from an image capture device on a host computer A method and system for viewing images from an image capture device on a host computer. The method and system include establishing communication between the image capture device and the host computer, and mounting the image capture device as a disk on the host compu... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101195 | Connector A connector for coupling a component to external circuitry, comprising a base, a guide for guiding the component along an axis towards the base, a first barb positioned to latch an edge of the component at a first distance along the axis from the base, and a second ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7047283 | Apparatus and method of upgrading program of firmware board A program on a firmware board is upgraded without cutting off power or resort to additional firmware writing hardware by providing the board with a flash memory which stores a file for production and a production-processing program for updating the file. A host comp... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7015959 | Image pickup apparatus for picking up and recording still or moving images and a method for controlling the same When an image pickup apparatus is changed over to a mode different from a photographing mode, such as a power-off mode or a reproducing mode, priority is given to writing a temporarily-recorded image in a recording medium, so that it is possible to surely preserve t... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7009643 | Automatic determination of image storage location Automatic determination of image storage location based on comparing information contained in a data source against image metadata that is stored along with the image. The data source contains information such as date events like birthdays, and anniversaries, locati... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006764 | User interface for controlling cropping in electronic camera A camera adjusts the aspect ratio of a viewfinder image. The camera has a body and a capture unit mounted in the body. The capture unit has an imager and storage media operatively connected to the imager. The capture unit selectively captures an electronic image of ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6980233 | Image pickup control apparatus, image pickup control method, image pickup control system, and storage medium In an image pickup control apparatus capable of remotely and reliably controlling an image pickup apparatus from another apparatus, control data for controlling the image pickup apparatus is stored in advance and is transmitted to the image pickup apparatus when the... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6972789 | Electronic device, control method therefor, and storage medium A system including an external apparatus and digital camera allows the external apparatus to set a set value which cannot be set by the stand-alone digital camera. In response to a request from the external apparatus (computer), the digital camera updates an image s... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6965398 | Internet camera An Internet camera, which operates in accordance with parameters contained in configuration data, is provided with a storage that stores the configuration data, a network interface for connecting the Internet with a predetermined site on the Internet. The Internet c... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6959365 | Microcomputer including a flash memory and a flash memory rewrite program stored therein A microcomputer with a built-in flash memory is obtained in which the flash memory can be properly rewritten with a rewrite program kept placed on the flash memory and without requiring additional complicated control circuitry. On accepting an erase/write command wh... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6943820 | Systems and methods to reversibly convert a film-based camera into a digital camera An apparatus captures a digital image from a film-based camera having a chamber to receive a film cartridge and a take-up spool to advance the film after each shot. The apparatus includes a cartridge shaped to fit in the camera film chamber, the cartridge including ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6907194 | Camera having continuously cropping viewfinder A camera and method provide image cropping. The camera has a body and a capture unit mounted in the body. The capture unit has an imager and storage media operatively connected to the imager. The capture unit selectively captures an electronic image of a scene. A vi... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6856765 | Camera with light emission function, camera part inspection apparatus, camera adjustment apparatus, and camera part unit A CPU judges whether a current operating state of a camera corresponds to an in-service state of a lens barrel or an in-service state of a self-timer, and performs light emission control over a front display LED or a rear display LED by controlling an LED drive circ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6804652 | Method and apparatus for adding captions to photographs A method and apparatus are provided for adding captions to photographs. An apparatus for adding captions to photographs includes a medium for storing a photograph image. A microphone is provided for receiving user spoken words. A voice recognition system is coupled ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6540415 | Document capture stand A stand facilitates and supports the use of digital cameras including digital video cameras in performing an equivalent function to a scanner in recording digital images which may be downloaded to a computer. The stand incorporates means for automatically... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6512893 | Device for unlocking cartridge chamber lid of camera A camera of the kind using a cartridge with the cartridge accommodated inside a cartridge chamber is required to ensure that the lid of the cartridge chamber is openable only when film has been rewound into the cartridge. To meet this requirement, there i... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6496653 | Camera operating apparatus A camera operating apparatus for operating at least one camera unit at an operation speed which is to be changed by an operator, comprises a retainer having an operation surface, a joystick mounted on the retainer and having a center axis, the joystick be... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6449438 | Active tripod mount enables easy docking between any compliant camera and dock A camera mount includes a body including a flat surface for mounting a camera. A hollow post is located on the flat surface and sized to fit within a mounting hole of the camera. A trigger device for raising and lowering a first connector is located withi... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6442349 | Camera capable of storing photographing data and display device connectable thereto A camera comprises a photographing data memory for storing data determined for each photographing at the time of photographing, a setting memory for determining whether to store the photographing data or not, a remaining memory capacity discriminator for ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6434336 | Data-imprinting apparatus for a lens-equipped film unit A data-imprinting apparatus for preventing the imprinting of incorrect dates in a lens-equipped film unit that lacks a monitor display unit for the confirmation of the date display. The lens-equipped film unit 1 contains a built-in data module 27 that lac... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6341201 | Remotely controllable camera system A camera system includes a taking lens and a lens cover type of operation card. The operation card incorporates a function of operating the camera system and covers the taking lens when attached to a front of the camera. The operation card may also be att... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6249649 | Apparatus having a film-cartridge-ID confirming function An apparatus having a film-cartridge-ID confirming funtion which is adapted to a film cartridge with an information recording portion includes a reading device that reads ID information for identifying the film cartridge from the information recording por... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6219494 | Peripheral and camera system using the same, for rewriting programs stored in a camera In a camera system, if software is rewritten in accordance with the change in hardware structure, compatibility between the hardware and the software is determined, thereby avoiding a problem, such as an inoperable condition or a breakdown of a component.... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6195511 | Memory alteration system for camera and its control method In a camera which mounts a microcomputer with an internal flash memory, it is impossible to arbitrarily rewrite the contents of all program areas in the flash memory. In this invention, the flash memory is divided into a plurality of banks, and one bank h... | 02/27/2001 |
