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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7012234 | Apparatus and method for capturing oversize images for imaging devices Disclosed are image scanning systems and methods including an imaging apparatus having a first image capture area with an image scannable area that is smaller than the image to be scanned, a second platen on which the image to be scanned is disposed, and an optical ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6950608 | Capture of multiple interlaced images on a single film frame using micro-lenses and method of providing multiple images to customers Cameras and methods are provided for recording more than one image on a photosensitive element. The cameras and methods record the images in the form of separate patterns of concentrated image elements. Apparatuses and methods are provided for recovering images from... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6509950 | Preexposure method and apparatus for photosensitive films A preexposure apparatus comprises a film supply station ST1 for arranging a film cartridge 14 containing a film 12 accommodated therein, a film-drawing station-ST3 for automatically drawing the film 12 over its entire length, an exposure station ST5 for e... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6466746 | Stereo camera A stereo camera capable of photographing a stereo picture maintaining an optimum stereo effect. Right and left lens boards 42R, 42L of a stereo camera 41 are coupled to a camera body 46 via upper and lower two sets of parallel links 47. Parallel grooves 4... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6292634 | Stereo camera A stereo camera capable of photographing a stereo picture maintaining an optimum stereo effect. Right and left lens boards (42R, 42L) of a stereo camera (41) are coupled to a camera body (46) via upper and lower two sets of parallel links (47). Parallel g... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6280892 | Preexposure method and device for photosensitive film A preexposure apparatus comprises a film supply station ST1 for arranging a film cartridge 14 containing a film 12 accommodated therein, a film-drawing station ST3 for automatically drawing the film 12 over its entire length, an exposure station ST5 for e... | 08/28/2001 |
| 5737655 | Stereo camera A stereo camera optimally corrects a parallax despite a photographing distance. Lens boards of right and left photographing lenses are mounted with slide guides for obliquely feeding in an inter-optical axis distance approaching direction as the lens boar... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5214461 | Two and four picture mode camera A camera for producing either two or four separate photographic images selectively on a single sheet of film has a fixed wall for dividing the exposable area of the film into two equal areas and a pair of movable walls acting in combination with the fixed... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5125041 | Still image processing method for blurring an image background and producing a visual flowing effect A still image processing method which can execute the effective flowing process is provided. In this method, when the flowing process is executed by shifting some or all of the pixels constituting a still image of one image plane in a predetermined direct... | 06/23/1992 |
| 4872030 | Device for producing photographic exposure of images appearing on the screen A device for producing photographic exposures of images appearing on an image screen onto a film platform carrying a plane film comprises a support holding a number of objectives and displaceable parallel to the axis extending through the central point of... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4799072 | Separate-exposure photographing apparatus A separate-exposure photographing apparatus including an image display unit for displaying an image to be photographed. A projection optical system projects and focuses the image displayed on the image display unit onto a film. The projection optical syst... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4629300 | Separate-exposure photographing apparatus A separate-exposure photographing apparatus including an image display unit for displaying an image to be photographed. A projection optical system projects and focuses the image displayed on the image display unit onto a film. The projection optical syst... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4566767 | Multiple image type photographing apparatus A multiple image photographing apparatus in which images of different sizes can be formed on a single film sheet. A television monitor is movably mounted in a horizontal direction, while a film holding and conveying mechanism is movably mounted in a verti... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4505561 | Multi-image camera An apparatus for transmitting pictures from a screen to pre-determined panels on a film sheet has a film sheet, a screen, two 45° mirrors which are disposed in a ray path between the screen and the film sheet, a lens system which is disposed in the ray p... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4310240 | Photographic apparatus with movable lens A photographic apparatus, suitable for use in a low cost microfiche system, for exposing a plurality of image areas on a single card-like film unit, preferably of the self-developing type. The apparatus has a fixed object plane, where documents to be copi... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4286853 | Microfiche camera having motor control system A self-developing microfiche camera for exposing a plurality of micro-image areas arranged in rows and columns on a single card-like film unit. The camera includes a system for controlling operation of an electrical motor in an exposure cycle mode during ... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4273433 | Two-bladed shutter mechanism for microfiche camera A simply constructed two bladed shutter mechanism is provided for use in a photographic apparatus such as a microfiche camera having a scanning optical system for exposing a plurality of micro image areas on a single cardlike film unit. The camera lens is... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4270855 | Camera for taking multiple exposures on a single sheet of film A hand-held camera, preferable of the self-developing type, for sequentially positioning different areas of a film unit in position for exposure. The camera includes a chamber for locating a film cassette containing at least one film unit in position for ... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4240729 | Multiple image camera Apparatus for receiving video output from a patient scanning device and photographing a plurality of video displays sequentially in multiple images onto a sheet of x-ray film. A video monitor adapted for connection to a scanning device, such as a gamma ra... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4235543 | Microfiche camera with lens and film transport system A microfiche camera suitable for use in a low cost microfiche system for exposing a plurality of image frame areas on a single card-like film unit, preferably of the self-developing type. The camera includes a lens mounted on a carriage for lateral moveme... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4235545 | Microfiche camera with cooperating shutter and light shield A microfiche camera suitable for use in a low cost microfiche system for exposing a plurality of image frame areas on a single card-like film unit. The camera includes a carriage mounted lens that is moved incrementally through linear passes to expose seq... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4206465 | Photographically recording apparatus A photographically recording apparatus comprising means for storing a plurality of photosensitive sheets, exposure means including a support means for supporting one of the photosensitive sheets, optical means for projecting an image to be recorded on the... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4174895 | Apparatus for producing multiple image formats An apparatus of generally known classification which produces photographic records of multiple images in various display formats, i.e. a four-frame, six-frame, or other such multiple frame format arrangement of the images, wherein positional movements in ... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4107711 | Photographic camera for taking three dimensional photographs and method and apparatus for forming trivision images A photographic camera for three dimensional photography on fixedly positioned photosensitive material. A screen having a plurality of lenticular elements with the boundaries of adjacent elements forming lines defining stripe portions is located in the lig... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4067025 | Self developing camera for use in macrophotography and endoscopic pathology An endoscopic photographic system includes the body inserted endoscope cocted via a fiber optic bundle to a photographic lens carrier in a focusing mount. The photographic lens is provided with a compound sliding mount which positions it on a camera back... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4027315 | Multiple image camera Apparatus for receiving video output from a patient scanning device and photographing a plurality of video displays sequentially in multiple images onto a sheet of x-ray film. A video monitor adapted for connection to a scanning device, such as a gamma ra... | 05/31/1977 |
| 3978500 | Process for recording and reproducing images A method of recording images on a photosensitive medium by making successive exposures of an object on to the medium through an array of lens elements adjacent the medium, each exposure producing a plurality of recorded sub-images on the medium, and movin... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3963346 | Microfilm cameras A microfilm camera which includes a suction plate for holding a sheet of film. The suction plate is movable in steps across a picture gate. Between the objective lens and the contact surfaces of the picture gate there is a chamber formed at one end by a g... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3937565 | Process of coding indicia and product produced thereby A printed sheet of material has indicia thereon in scrambled or coded form produced by operation of an auto-stereoscopic camera using a lenticular screen. The indicia which appear inchoate to ordinary vision, can be decoded or unscrambled by viewing the s... | 02/10/1976 |