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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8025446 | Lens module and imaging apparatus using same A lens module includes a lens barrel and a number of lenses received in the lens barrel. The lens barrel defines a light incident opening in a side surface thereof for light passing therethrough. The lenses include a reflecting lens. The reflecting lens includes a l... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7967513 | Reflector assembly for use with electronic devices A reflector assembly for use with an electronic device includes a light guiding member forming a light-guiding passage having a light guide assembly in the form of a plurality of lens assembled therein, the light guiding member is assembled in an electronic device h... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7635228 | Lens barrel, camera equipped with the lens barrel and method of assembling the lens barrel A lens barrel including a first moving lens group for advancing light of a subject onto an image plane, a second moving lens group for advancing light of the subject onto the image plane, a shaft section for guiding the first moving lens group and the second moving ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7585121 | Camera module and electronic device incorporating the same A camera module includes a body having a front face and a back face opposite to the front face, a display screen disposed on the front face of the body, a camera lens provided on the back face of the body, a through window defined in the body, and a turn member rota... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7563037 | Digital camera module and lens used therein A digital camera module (100) and a lens (20) used therein, the digital camera module includes a holder (10), an image pickup module (30) and a lens (20). The holder has a window (12) defined on a sidewall, the window is con... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7553093 | Camera module A camera module (100) includes a lens unit (20), an image sensor (80), an optical group (406a, 406b), and at least a first light directing unit and a second light unit directing each having two reflective surfaces. Th... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7465107 | Photographing apparatus and control method therefor A photographing apparatus which realizes a taking lens barrel whose shape is not largely changed during panning or tilting shot, thereby being compact in size and easy to handle. In the photographing apparatus, an image pickup device (14i) outputs an e... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7458735 | Image-taking lens unit An image-taking lens unit has an image-taking lens system that forms an optical image of an object and an image sensor that receives the optical image in a rectangular image-sensing region and converts the optical image into an electrical signal. The image-taking le... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7180542 | Imaging lens device and digital camera having the imaging lens device Imaging lens device has a zoom lens system and an image sensor. The zoom lens system has a first reflecting surface, a first movable lens unit, an aperture stop, a second reflecting surface, a second movable lens unit. A first reflecting surface bends a first optica... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170558 | Compact and low-profile digital camera A digital camera which allows to make thickness, height and width of its camera body small. The camera has a first optical member for generally perpendicularly bending a first optical axis of light coming from an object through a lens opening part, a second optical ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7161668 | Wafer edge inspection In one embodiment, a surface analyzer system comprises a radiation targeting assembly to target a radiation beam onto a surface; and a reflected radiation collecting assembly that collects radiation reflected from the surface, wherein the reflected radiation collect... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161669 | Wafer edge inspection In one embodiment, a system to inspect an edge region of a wafer, comprises a surface analyzer assembly comprising a radiation targeting assembly that targets a radiation beam onto a surface of the wafer; a reflected radiation collection assembly to collect radiatio... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156565 | Driver for opening and closing dual-blade shutter adapted to be reset without re-opening shutter In a camera, a dual-blade shutter has a pair of shutter blades supported for opening and closing movement to uncover and re-cover an exposure aperture, and a shutter driver that projects into respective overlapping slots in the shutter blades and is supported for sh... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154551 | Imaging device with solid optical member An imaging device includes a convex mirror for reflecting first incident light representing an object, the convex mirror having a shape of solid of revolution; an imaging mechanism for taking a reflected image represented by light reflected in the convex mirror; and... | 12/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7079325 | Taking lens apparatus A taking lens apparatus has a zoom lens system that is composed of a plurality of lens units and that achieves zooming by varying the distances between the lens units and an image sensor that converts the optical image formed by the zoom lens system into an electric... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7012669 | Reflection barrier for panoramic display A panoramic display system includes a curved projection screen, a panoramic projector, and a substantially conically shaped barrier. The projector is configured to project an image onto the projection screen from a projection point located substantially above the pr... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6999114 | Electronic camera employing reflective flat panel display for viewing and printing images An electronic camera utilizing a reflective flat panel display for printing and/or viewing images in disclosed herein. One such electronic camera comprises the following components: (a) an electronic image acquisition assembly for capturing an image and converting i... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6924946 | Lens diaphragm device, video camera incorporated with the same, and lens for the video camera The present invention is directed to a lens diaphragm device that can avoid a degradation of an image due to both diffraction of a light beam and flares. The diaphragm device includes two diaphragm vanes (2 and 4) that respectively have notches (28 ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6853807 | Imaging device and digital camera using the imaging device An imaging device has a zoom lens system having a plurality of lens units and forming an optical image of an object so as to continuously optically zoom by varying distances between the lens unit; and an image sensor converting the optical image formed by the zoom l... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6837628 | Barrier opening and closing mechanism A barrier opening and closing mechanism includes a refractive optical system having a plurality of lens elements and disposed so as to refract light substantially at right angles; a lens barrel holding the refractive optical system; a rotary cam ring disposed concen... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6754446 | Imaging device and digital camera using the imaging device An imaging device has a zoom lens system comprising a plurality of lens units and forming an optical image of an object so as to be continuously and optically zoomable by varying a distance between the lens units; and an image sensing element converting the optical ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6738569 | Omnidirectional visual camera To provide an omnidirectional visual camera having a simple configuration and which can pick up omnidirectional images covering an angle of 360° around an axis. This camera comprises a reflecting member and a camera section. The reflecting member is composed of a r... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6728482 | Imaging device and digital camera using the imaging device An imaging device has a zoom lens system having a plurality of lens units and forming an optical image of an object so as to continuously optically zoom by varying distances between the lens unit; and an image sensor converting the optical image formed by the zoom l... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6616347 | Camera with rotating optical displacement unit Ranges of objects are determined using a camera equipped with a rotating optical axis displacement unit (ODU). The ODU receives light about an offset line of sight, and displaces it to a substantially parallel camera line of sight. The displaced light is ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6575643 | Camera apparatus The camera apparatus includes a camera main body and a convex mirror. A picture reflected by the convex mirror is taken by the camera main body. Even if the angle of view of a camera lens is set small and the camera main body is made compact, a picture ha... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6456799 | Combination camera The present invention is an imaging apparatus which includes a housing that encloses, in a common cavity thereof, an arrangement comprising a pair of independent cameras constructed in combination with each other, said pair of cameras being a digital came... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6375366 | Omnidirectional camera device An omnidirectional camera device is able to restrict a range in which images of objects are picked up. This omnidirectional camera device comprises a rotationally-symmetric convex mirror (24) fixedly attached to one end of a transparent tube assembly (20)... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6305853 | Camera utilizing film and reflective imager A camera system employs an electronic imager such as a Charged Couple Device (CCD) or a Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) array that captures a first portion of light and reflects a second portion of light reflected from a target subject. The... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6157483 | Binocular with low magnification and wide field of vision The invention aims to provide binoculars suitable to be used in a theater or a sports stadium, which can provide a wide and bright field of view on one hand, and which are compact and lightweight with improved portability and maneuverability on the other ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6055374 | Folding camera A foldable camera having a base housing containing a self-developing film unit, and an upper housing including an objective lens. The housings extend generally parallel to each other, and in the folded inoperative position, the upper housing overlies and ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5971631 | Optical windows A surveillance camera assembly has an apparatus (9-15) for providing a rotatable field of view in a plane with a tilted mirror (15) rotatable about an axis normal to the plane, and a window (5) subtending at least a 90° field of view and as much as a sub... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5960218 | Dual focal length camera Compact dual focal length cameras are disclosed having wide angle and telephoto modes of operation. The ratio of telephoto to wide angle ratios is at least 3 to 1, but is typically higher so that the cameras can be used in conjunction with binoculars to t... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5946031 | Electronic still camera with printing capability A photographic apparatus combines an image capturing apparatus with an image rendering apparatus, where the image capturing apparatus operates as an electronic camera and has an integral liquid crystal display panel for viewing acquired images prior to pr... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5946502 | Photographic apparatus A self-developing camera is disclosed which comprises a housing assembly including a film exit opening. Provision is made for an objective lens assembly mounted on the housing assembly and which defines an optical axis for optically capturing images of a ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5758199 | Panoramic camera A panoramic camera has a camera housing rotatable about an axis of rotation that defines a viewpoint which points along a radial optical path that object rays traverse as the camera is rotated about its axis; a lens assembly having an optical path and a f... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5721995 | Lens-fitted photographic film unit having shutter with connection lever and crank lever In a lens-fitted photographic film unit, a connection lever makes one reciprocating movement when struck by a shutter actuating lever. The reciprocating movement of the connection lever is transmitted to a crank lever to a pair of shutter blades to cause ... | 02/24/1998 |
| 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 |
