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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7758258 | Image-pickup apparatus An image-pickup apparatus includes a mirror moving into and out of an optical path, a shutter mechanism including shutter blades and a shutter-driving spring driving the shutter blades in an open direction, a charge-holding member holding the shutter mechanism with ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7708477 | Focal plane shutter for cameras In the focal plane shutter for cameras, a shutter base plate, an shank for attaching the first blade drive component and the second blade drive component respectively so as to enable to be rotated, an shank for attaching a set component so as to enable to be rotated... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7435017 | Digital single lens reflex camera At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a digital single lens reflex camera which includes a motor on a side of a mirror box above a battery storage unit for a detachable battery, such that the motor's output shaft can be substantially perpendicular to the ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7324748 | Focal plane shutter and image sensing apparatus The size of the opening 1094a of the shutter base plate 1094 is set, considering driving amounts of the image sensor 101 and the low pass filter 108 during shake correction, so that the size of the opening 1094a in X-... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7182529 | Camera having a mirror box A camera includes a mirror box to which a photographing lens is mounted, an object image being formed on one of an image pick-up device and sensitive film via the photographing lens; a main frame, the mirror box being provided on the main frame; and a shock absorbin... | 02/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6494626 | Focal plane shutter A focal plane shutter capable of carrying out electric automatic exposure control and mechanical manual exposure control comprises a selecting member for selecting an automatic exposure position and a plurality of exposure time period positions, a switchi... | 12/17/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6390691 | Focal-plane shutter for camera A focal-plane shutter for a camera has a base plate having a shutter opening and which is connectable to a body of the camera having a rear cover which can be opened and closed during a film replacement operation. The focal-plane shutter has an opening se... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6036378 | Focal plane shutter unit having three plates A focal plane shutter unit includes two pairs of blade units consisting of a plurality of light shielding thin plates, a first plate having a first aperture, a second plate having a second aperture, disposed in a face-to-face relationship with the first p... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5659825 | Camera body A camera body adapted for use in a single lens reflex (SLR) camera which has a mirror box associated therewith and a mount to removably mount and slidably adjust the placement of the mirror box. The mount allows the mirror box to be slid in a plane which ... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5623711 | Camera having shutter block with guide rails Guide rails for positioning a film are formed on a shutter block. The guide rails project through an opening in a thin back plate of a camera body to regulate the position of a film drawn from a film cartridge chamber into a spool chamber. A frame apertur... | 04/22/1997 |
| 4881092 | Motor driven camera A motor driven camera includes a mirror drive mechanism of swinging a movable mirror between a finder viewing position and an exposure retracted position, a shutter charge mechanism for performing charge driving and charge releasing of a shutter, a first ... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4799077 | Common drive for shutter blades and objective lens assembly The shutter blades of a scanning blade shutter and the movable element of an adjustable focus lens in a single lens reflex camera are actuated by a single or common drive. The scanning blade shutter is coupled to the common drive by a rotatably mounted be... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4743933 | Camera and method for taking flash photographs using an electronic flash A camera, such as a single lens reflex camera, having a focal plane shutter and an interchangeable lens incorporating a diaphragm system, and provided with a control system for taking photographs using an electronic flash, in which the diaphragm system ma... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4611243 | Electronic camera having improved support for optical low-pass filter An electronic camera of a type employing an optical low-pass filter to eliminate moire pattern effects wherein the overall size of the camera is reduced and an optimum shutter efficiency is obtained. The camera includes, in order, an objective lens, a ret... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4417796 | Single lens reflex camera body A mirror box formed of metal serves as a metallic portion constituting together with a plastic portion an essential part for imparting strength characteristics to a camera body. The metallic portion is provided with a base for a lens mount and with simila... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4313658 | Camera having electromagnetic drive source Disclosed is a single lens reflex camera having an electrically driven focal plane shutter. A locking arrangement locks the shutter curtains in their start positions before shutter release to prevent unintentional actuation of an exposure due to faulty op... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4306793 | Camera provided with electromagnetic drive source In a camera provided with an electromagnetic drive source when energized producing an electromagnetic force by which the shutter is driven to move, the above-described electromagnetic force of drive source is used only as the power of driving the shutter,... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4303318 | Camera exposure time control device An exposure time control device for a camera which measures the light reflected from a surface of a leading shutter curtain and/or a surface of a film can determine exact exposure time even if difference exists between reflection factors of the surfaces, ... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4284341 | Exposure control system for single lens reflex cameras A through-the-lens type automatic exposure control system controls exposure time in accordance with an object light representative signal stored in a storage device prior to a shutter actuation, with respect to exposure time faster than a given value, and... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4264159 | Control system for single lens reflex camera An automatic exposure control system for a single lens reflex camera, of the type wherein diaphragm blades defining a diaphragm aperture are driven in response to a camera release operation to change the aperture in accordance with the light from an objec... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4260232 | Camera structure for single lens reflex camera In a single lens reflex camera including a camera body provided with a film receptacle, a film transporting mechanism and an operating member for effecting film advancing and shutter cocking; a shutter block in which shutter blades or the like and shutter... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4236797 | Mirror mechanism for a monocular reflex camera The invention relates to a mirror mechanism for a monocular reflex camera with a laminated focal plane shutter, in which at least the opening blades of the shutter are automatically guided back into their initial positions by a spring-operated guidance me... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4202615 | Single lens reflex camera with electrical shutter A single lens reflex camera with electrical shutter comprises an electromagnet assembly which is energized from a power supply whenever the supply voltage is above a given level. The camera includes a movable reflecting mirror which is adapted to move upw... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4179206 | Single lens reflex camera with electromechanically initiated diaphragm and shutter control In a single lens reflex camera an electromagnetic release initiates operation of an automatic diaphragm control, a mirror driver, and a shutter driver, in that order. The electromagnetic release device includes a mechanical output terminal for controlling... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4163612 | Camera structure for single lens reflex camera In a single lens reflex camera including a camera body provided with a film receptacle, a film transporting mechanism and an operating member for effecting film advancing and shutter cocking; a shutter block in which shutter blades or the like and shutter... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4142787 | Automatic diaphragm control mechanism for a single lens reflex camera A mechanism for automatically controlling the diaphragm aperture of a single lens reflex camera in response to scene brightness, has a photo-electric element disposed within camera body outside the photographic light path to receive light coming from the ... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4137539 | Single lens reflex camera A single lens reflex camera of compact construction provided with high and low speed controlling mechanisms for a shutter blind wherein the high speed controlling mechanism is received in a space defined by the bottom end of the winding shaft of the shutt... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4110767 | Shutter and view finder for single lens reflex camera In a single lens reflex camera, the shutter base plate is provided with a recess in which the reflecting mirror is mounted. This permits the mirror to be closer to the film plane and hence permits the imaging plane, prism and viewing lens of the view find... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4079396 | Focal plane shutter unit A focal plane shutter unit for a camera has a dimension-stable framework which has a rear wall member provided with an exposure aperture and with a film guide channel defining a path of the film behind the exposure aperture and which has a front surface t... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4074291 | Single lens reflex camera with automatic exposure control mechanism A single lens reflex camera in which the diaphragm aperture is stopped-down to a preset position before measuring the image light for use in the automatic exposure control mechanism of the camera. A mirror, which is provided in the camera along its optica... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4062028 | Single reflex camera In a single lens reflux camera an electromagnetic release initiates operation of an automatic diaphragm control, a mirror driver, and a shutter driver, in that order. The electromagnetic release device includes a mechanical output terminal for controling ... | 12/06/1977 |
| 3999196 | Photographic camera A photographic camera provided with a focal plane shutter having a plurality of vertically-movable shutter blades, in which at least a part of the leading-shutter blade consisting of a plurality of thin plates is positioned, in order to reduce the height ... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3964078 | Electro-mechanical arrangement in a single lens reflex camera having a detachable bottom cover plate for providing access to a circuit board of the arrangement An electro-mechanical arrangement in a single lens reflex camera facilitates manual access to circuit elements whose electrical operation is related to variable photographic factors. These circuit elements form a portion of circuitry for electrically cont... | 06/15/1976 |
