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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123418 | Imaging device An imaging device includes an imaging unit; a display unit; an electronic finder unit that performs preview display before actual shooting based on image signals successively generated by the imaging unit; an optical finder unit having a finder window; an optical-pa... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8061908 | Image sensing apparatus An image sensing apparatus comprises: a mirror which reflects light coming from a photographing optical system at a mirror down position; a mirror support member which rotatably supports the mirror; a contacting member against which the mirror support member contact... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8002479 | Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes: a mount fixing member to which a lens mount is fixed; a connected body obtained by integrally connecting a plurality of constituent units including a battery holder unit, the plurality of constituent units provided around the mount fix... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7748914 | Single-lens reflex camera A single-lens reflex camera has a first image pickup device as a main image pickup device, a second image pickup device for live-view observation, a reflection mirror which switches an optical path between an optical path directed toward the first image pickup devic... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7674051 | Mirror angle adjustment mechanism A mirror adjustment mechanism including a first reflection mirror rotatable around a rotation shaft, and a second reflection mirror rotatably provided on the first reflection mirror. One of the ends of the rotation shaft of the first mirror is allowed to move in the... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7654754 | Camera having improved camera cushion and seal A silicon-like resilient member is utilized for at least one of a mirror cushion and a light seal. This new member is believed to resist flaking and other problems associated with traditional foam members. ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7352404 | Digital camera including defocus prevention A digital camera includes a mirror box having a lens mount to which a photographing lens is mounted; an image pick-up device having an imaging surface for capturing an object image which is focused on the imaging surface through the photographing lens; and a frame p... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7253839 | Electronic camera A photographic lens system for forming an object image is placed in the lens barrel of an electronic camera. In a camera body, a beam splitter for forming branched optical paths and an image sensing element for photoelectrically converting the formed object image ar... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7140788 | Camera body A camera which includes a camera body includes a main body and a mirror box fixed to the main body. The mirror box and the main body are made of a first material having a first thermal expansion coefficient and a second material having a second thermal expansion coe... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7071973 | Digital camera having multiple image taking modes A rotatable semitransparent mirror is arranged at an inclination above the optical path from the taking lens to the image sensing element, and the light reflected by the semitransparent mirror is directed to an optical finder provided above the mirror. The image sen... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7061684 | Finder optical system and camera provided with the same An observation optical system of the present invention comprises an image erect optical system and an eyepiece optical system for observing an object image. The eyepiece optical system comprises a positive single lens having double convex surfaces and a negative men... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6962447 | Camera provided with eyepiece A camera includes a screen on which an image of an object is projected, a plurality of reflection surfaces for erecting the image on the screen, and an eyepiece system with positive refracting power for observing the image. In this case, the eyepiece system includes... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6941069 | Light-projecting device A light-projecting device comprises an ocular optical system facing an emergent opening of a hollow pentagonal mirror. A superimpose-plate is provided in an incident opening of the hollow pentagonal mirror so that a subject image obtained through a photographing opt... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6914634 | Digital camera A digital camera having a taking lens, a finder for viewing light transmitted through the taking lens, an image sensing element for optoelectrically converting light which passes through the taking lens, a light splitter capable of changing transmittance and dividin... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6903885 | Light-projecting device A light-projecting device comprises a superimpose-plate, which is put on a focusing glass. A hollow pentagonal mirror has a roof reflecting plane, reflecting a light beam passing through the focusing glass and the superimpose-plate, a third reflecting plane, reflect... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6874955 | Fixing device for fixing an autofocus module to a mirror box of an SLR camera A fixing device for fixing an autofocus module to a mirror box of an SLR camera having a quick-return mirror accommodated in the mirror box, wherein the quick-return mirror has a half mirror portion so that a light bundle of an object which is passed through the hal... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6825882 | Digital single lens reflex camera A digital single lens reflex camera includes a reflector located in a photographic light path to reflect object-carrying light transmitted through a photographic optical system toward a finder optical system. An image pickup device is located at the imaging plane of... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6809772 | Shutterless digital camera and method of using same A shutterless digital camera includes an optical viewfinder having a pair of spaced apart mirrors for facilitating in one mode of operation through-the-lens viewing of an object image to be captured and for facilitating in the same one mode of operation through-the-... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6692163 | Single-lens reflex camera provided with eyepiece A single-lens reflex camera provided with an eyepiece includes a screen on which an image of an object is projected, a plurality of reflecting surfaces for erecting the image projected on the screen, and an eyepiece with positive refracting power for obse... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6394667 | Camera and camera assembling method Openings 30 are formed in positions that are exposed when the back cover of the camera is opened so that ratchets 14a and 14b of a shutter unit 10 incorporated in a camera body 1 are seen through the openings 30. After external parts such as a cover are a... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6390692 | Mirror system having reduced vibration for a single-lens-reflex camera A single-lens-reflex camera includes means for virtually eliminating vibration, noise, and motion caused by mirror movement, resulting in a higher resolution image being recorded on a light-sensitive surface at the rear of the camera. A pair of bi-parting... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6266490 | Antistatic viewfinder At minimum, a member near an image plane that is observed through an eyepiece is made of antistatic resin obtained by giving the resin itself ion conductivity so that its antistatic effect can be of long duration.... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6126334 | Camera having interchangeable objective lens An optical filter, such as a low-pass filter, which is disposed between a photo-taking lens mounted on a mount part of the camera body having an image sensor disposed on an image forming plane and a main mirror disposed within the camera body, is held in ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6126333 | Manual film winding device of a camera A manual film winding device of a camera has a winding lever which is manually rotated between a winding start position and a winding end position. Also provided are a ratchet mechanism having a ratchet wheel, which is rotated in association with the wind... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6072637 | Zoom lens system A zoom lens system that is free from parallax, is compact, and offers excellent optical performance has, from the object side, a positive first lens unit, a negative second lens unit, a positive third lens unit, and a negative fourth lens unit. The zoom l... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6021006 | Optical system having composite prism An optical system comprises a pentagonal roof prism and a transparent plate. A rear surface of the pentagonal roof prism is provided with a triangular recessed portion. The wall of the recessed portion is frosted. The transparent plate is a triangular pla... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6014273 | Photometering apparatus A photometering apparatus having a photometering lens and a light receiver to measure a finder screen of a single lens reflex camera, wherein the photometering lens and the light receiver are arranged so that the focusing screen is substantially conjugate... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5980122 | Light blocking apparatus for a camera A camera includes a fixed first mirror for both reflecting a light flux and transmitting the light flux therethrough, a second mirror for reflecting a part of the light flux transmitted through the first mirror toward a particular device, the second mirro... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5778270 | Electro-developing type camera using electro-developing recording medium An electro-developing type camera using an electro-developing recording medium comprises a photographing lens system for forming an optical image on the medium to record and develop the image therein, a finder for viewing the image obtained by the lens sy... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5687413 | Camera having short entire length A camera includes a photographing optical system in which at least one of a plurality of reflecting surfaces is disposed between a plurality of lenses and the optical path is bent by two reflecting surfaces including the at least one reflecting surface so... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5646711 | Motor-driven camera An SLR camera which uses a film cartridge having a spool includes first and second motors. The first motor performs a film advancing operation, in which the first motor rotates the spool to advance a film wound on the spool from the film cartridge, and a ... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5604554 | Indicator with finder of single lens reflex camera An indicator within a finder of a single lens reflex camera is provided with a simple construction. The indicator may include a mirror for reflecting light of an object transmitted through a photographing lens to form an object image onto a focusing plate... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5539489 | Single-lens reflex camera A single-lens reflex camera comprises a camera body, a lens system, a film holder having a rectangular aperture and mounted as rotatable relative to the camera body, a mirror that can reflect light, which is to enter the aperture, a focusing screen for tr... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5499069 | Camera system and an optical adapter to reduce image format size A rear attachment is provided to permit objective lens systems designated for a certain image format to be used for imaging on a smaller image format. Thus, a 35 mm single lens reflex camera lens can be used to create an image on a smaller format CCD arra... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5495307 | Camera A camera comprises: a photographing lens; a viewfinder lens lying behind the photographing lens so that an object to be photographed can be viewed; a first reflector mirror capable of being displaced between a first position, at which the first reflector ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5481324 | Camera A single-lens reflex type camera which is very more compact than the conventional single-lens reflex camera, or is equal to the COMPACT camera in compactness. Two prisms 4 and 5, between which a slantingly extending low refractive index layer 15 is sandwi... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5432584 | Lens accommodation device for a camera A lens accommodation device for a camera employing a lens unit that is interchangeably mounted to a camera body. The lens unit provides data to the camera body as to whether the photographic lens thereof is accommodatable. If the lens is accommodatable, t... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5408286 | Signal generating device with selective pattern reading A signal generating device has a pattern carrying unit with separated or connected patterns. Contact members of a signal reader make contact with the patterns and one of the patterns is selected for reading by a selector.... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5349404 | Finder indication optical system in a single-lens reflex camera A finder indication optical system in a single lens reflex camera comprising an eyepiece, an indicator for indicating photographing information, a pentagonal prism having a third reflecting surface for reflecting light from an object, a light transmitting... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5337106 | Liquid-crystal image director for single-lens-reflex camera The mirror in a single-lens-reflex (SLR) camera is eliminated by employing a liquid crystal cell and a polarizing beam splitter. The light from an illuminating lamp (32) is linearly polarized in a horizontal direction by a polarizer (58). The polarized il... | 08/09/1994 |
