Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7962033 | Methods and apparatus for full-resolution light-field capture and rendering Method and apparatus for full-resolution light-field capture and rendering. A radiance camera is described in which the microlenses in a microlens array are focused on the image plane of the main lens instead of on the main lens, as in conventional plenoptic cameras... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7643749 | Camera module A camera module includes an image sensor, a first lens, a second lens and a beam splitting and combining component. The beam splitting and combining component is disposed between the first lens, the second lens and the image sensor. The first lens is suitable for im... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7590348 | Photographing apparatus A photographing apparatuses, enabling to keep dynamic resolution, as well as, to obtain an image being wide in dynamic range, with using a plural number of cameras therein, and further enabling to photograph a further wider range, comprises: a plural number of photo... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7548691 | Camera module for combining distant image and close image into single image A camera module is advantageously used in a vision system mounted on an automotive vehicle. The camera module includes a first optical system focused on distant objects such as a preceding vehicle and scenery in front of a vehicle and a second optical system focused... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7376345 | Camera reference device and method of taking a photographic image using a camera reference device This invention relates to an apparatus and method to permit a photographer to take accurate portraiture pictures. There is provided a camera reference device for adjusting the settings on a camera comprising a reference member with qualitative indicia for determinin... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7338139 | Cabinet apparatus for kitchen utensils and appliances A cabinet apparatus for the efficient and safe organization, storage and use of kitchen appliances and utensils, particularly in a relatively small amount of space. The cabinet includes a bottom portion for holding a miniature refrigerator. A middle portion includes... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7283042 | System for observing the area laterally behind a vehicle A system for viewing the area laterally rearward of an automotive vehicle to enhance the safety of backing out of a parking space includes a license plate securing frame having a compartment that houses small wireless transmitting TV cameras, and viewing screens loc... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277118 | Method and system for compensating for parallax in multiple camera systems A camera array captures plural component images which are combined into a single scene. In one embodiment, each camera of the array is a fixed digital camera. The images from each camera are warped to a common coordinate system and the disparity between overlapping ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274478 | Image printing apparatus and image printing control method A print-direct printer for receiving and printing JPEG data from a DSC divides the area of a memory into a plurality of blocks, stores the received JPEG data in the memory on a block-by-block basis and decompresses the compressed JPEG data that has been stored in th... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7271829 | Inkjet printer for digital camera An inkjet printer is provided which is dimensioned to be at least partially received within a memory card slot of a digital camera. The printer has media and ink supplies, a page width inkjet printhead having ink ejection nozzles for ejecting ink from the ink supply... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7257260 | Method and a device for processing digital image A method and a device for processing digital image are provided. The processing method comprises a coding process and a decoding process. The coding process comprises the steps of: obtaining the background data of an image data; separating the foreground data from t... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7215799 | Content data processing system, electronic device apparatus, and server device An electronic device apparatus includes: a generating unit for acquiring an authentication image containing an image of a fingerprint of an owner of the electronic device apparatus and/or an image of a possession of the owner, and for generating first authentication... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7190482 | Image data registering apparatus and method, storage medium, and program product A designating picture plane for designating image data to be registered on the basis of specific information read out from a detachable memory for storing image data and the-specific information which specifies the image data is displayed. An area in which the image... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7158038 | Monitoring system and method Sensing devices 1a, 1b, . . . , 1n for sensing a person 2 moving close to a plurality of previously selected locations and receivers 4a, 4b, . . . , 4n for receiving identific... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7106526 | Thin imaging apparatus, a thin camera, and an imaging method A thin imaging apparatus with an extremely low profile captures high quality images with outstanding resolution. The imaging apparatus has a light guide, incidence mirror, imaging device, and aperture unit. The incidence mirror reflects and guides light from a subje... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7084909 | Electronic camera, imaging system and imaging method An electronic camera comprises imaging means for imaging an image of an object, first image creating means for creating a first image based on the image imaged by the imaging means, operating means for setting information indicating a predetermined process, first tr... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7043048 | Capturing and encoding unique user attributes in media signals User attribute data, such as a retinal scan, is encoded into a media signal as it is captured in media capture device, such as a camera, video recorder, etc. The user attribute data uniquely associates the creator with the content he or she creates. By steganographi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6978051 | System and method for capturing adjacent images by utilizing a panorama mode A system and method for capturing adjacent images includes an imaging device with a panorama manager that performs various procedures to manipulate one or more image parameters that correspond to adjacent frames of captured image data. An image-stitching software pr... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6954280 | Image communication method, apparatus, and system Proposed is a method of displaying a transmission log such that it can be easily recognized. Images are transmitted to an external device. A list holding information representing the transmitted images and information representing the transmission order of the image... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6903843 | Process automatically selecting the size of print support for editing digital images The invention relates to the automatic printing of medical digital images. Medical imaging systems especially comprise a medical imaging device 1, a signal processing and image display station 2, a data entry device 4 allowing the selection of t... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6761257 | Coin discriminating device, coin handling apparatus including such a device, and coin discriminating method A coin discriminating device has a first camera for producing a first image of a first surface of a coin, a second camera for producing a second image of a second surface of the coin, and a processor, e.g. a computer, which is operatively connected to the first and ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6560413 | High-precision panoramic imaging system A panoramic imaging system includes multiple cameras and mirrors. The field of view of each camera is directed radially outward from a central axis of the imaging system by one of the mirrors, the target alignment planes for the mirrors being defined by a... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6542699 | Camera A camera is provided with an object lens, an aperture and a guiding device for an image-recording medium. The camera includes a device for providing generally scattered or white light to be incident on a first portion of the image-recording medium and a l... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6400910 | Partial pre-exposure of photographic film A photographic film strip in the form of a length of photographic film has a pre-exposed area and an unexposed area. The pre-exposed area is continuous and extends along one edge of the strip between ends of the strip. The unexposed area is also continuou... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6351617 | Method and apparatus for forming single-exposure synthesized images A method and apparatus for forming a single-exposure synthesized image on film is provided where an instantaneous image is combined with an image from a prepared picture on film. The preparation picture is reflected by a reflective mirror, and then is ref... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6289181 | Camera A camera (1) is provided with an object lens, an aperture and guiding means for an image recording medium. The camera includes a means for providing generally scattered or white light to be incident on a first portion of the image recording medium and a l... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6278480 | Compound eye camera system A compound eye camera provided integrally with plural image pickup elements and a display unit adapted to display an image, divided into stripes in every scanning line or in every plural scanning lines and to give different directionalities to the display... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6208814 | Pre-exposing method for a photographic film and manufacturing method for a lens-fitted film unit A lens-fitted film unit is loaded with a photographic film for which pre-exposure is performed in advance. When the pre-exposure is performed for the photographic film, the photographic film is advanced out of a cartridge shell. The advanced photographic ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6195513 | Electronic camera accessory and image composition system An accessory unit is mounted on an electronic camera, and a printer connects to the electronic camera via a SCSI terminal of the accessory unit. An image signal is captured from a CCD in response to the releasing operation, and the image signal is analog-... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5940641 | Extending panoramic images In a method of making a single image of a scene which is the combined images of different portions of the scene, including providing first and second image capturing structures with the second image capturing structure including a moveable lens; and movin... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5937212 | Image pickup apparatus A compound eye image pickup apparatus with reduced parallax having two optical image pickup systems wherein the cross points between entrance pupils and optical axes of the two optical image pickup systems are generally coincident.... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5933668 | Camera mounting apparatus An optical image matching apparatus and method of use, including mechanism for mounting an optical instrument, mechanism for syncromoniously moving a plurality of optical instruments, said mechanism further including mechanism for fixedly connecting two o... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5897231 | Slide duplicator An attachment to a camera lens for creating a single slide transparency or photograph from two slide transparencies such that a before-and-after or combination picture can be formed on a single photograph or transparency comprising an enclosure formed fro... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5819123 | Lighting device for card simultaneous photographing camera A lighting device for a card simultaneous photographing camera which is easy to operate and which permits miniaturization includes a pair of lenses, with a first lens 2 for person photographing and a second lens 3 for card photographing mounted in a row o... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5771071 | Apparatus for coupling multiple data sources onto a printed document A system for providing a printed output image including information from a data collection system onto a single print medium is disclosed. Data collection systems and methods are disclosed for collecting data from a plurality of spatially separated source... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5765063 | Multi-direction camera A multi-direction camera is provided in which a mirror (3) having a plurality of reflecting surfaces (31, 32) is disposed in front of a lens (4). The mirror (3) reflects the light from a plurality of directions and the lens (4) receives the reflected ligh... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5757431 | Apparatus for coupling multiple data sources onto a printed document A system for providing a printed output image including information from a data collection system onto a single print medium is disclosed. Data collection systems and methods are disclosed for collecting data from a plurality of spatially separated source... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5708857 | Multi-direction camera in combination with a car A multi-direction camera comprising a mirror 3 having a plurality of reflecting surfaces 31 and 32 disposed in front of a lens 4. The lens 4 receives light reflected from the mirror 3 from a plurality of directions and forms an image by the image sensor 7... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5587752 | Camera, system and method for producing composite photographic image A photographic camera, system and method are presented for producing a composite image or print from an exposed film frame and a selected prerecorded image. The prerecorded image is selected by the photographer at the time of exposure of the film frame (1... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5579117 | Method of manufacture of a trading card and the like using computer generated duplex template printing method A method is described for making handleable card having images on front and back surface of the card. The process includes the creation of templates which incorporate a combination of design elements and repetitive textual information stored as computer f... | 11/26/1996 |
