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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190019 | Digital camera A digital camera in which a recording portion made up of a microcomputer 110 and a card slot 153 performs predetermined processing on image data generated by a CMOS sensor 130 so that the image data takes on the aspect ratio accepted via an oper... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7885538 | Digital camera A digital camera in which a recording portion made up of a microcomputer 110 and a card slot 153 performs predetermined processing on image data generated by a CMOS sensor 130 so that the image data takes on the aspect ratio accepted via an oper... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7668456 | Digital camera A digital camera in which a recording portion made up of a microcomputer 110 and a card slot 153 performs predetermined processing on image data generated by a CMOS sensor 130 so that the image data takes on the aspect ratio accepted via an oper... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7561793 | User interface for controlling cropping in electronic camera A camera adjusts the aspect ratio of a viewfinder image. The camera has a body and a capture unit mounted in the body. The capture unit has an imager and storage media operatively connected to the imager. The capture unit selectively captures an electronic image of ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7493038 | Method and apparatus for controlling privacy mask display A method and an apparatus for controlling a privacy mask display includes a monitoring camera which is if tilted and its tilt angle becomes greater than 90° when a privacy mask to mask a specific target object in a captured image frame is displayed, an image and th... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7424219 | Viewfinder system for a digital camera and digital camera provided with such a system A viewfinder system for a digital camera comprises a main optical path for projecting an outside scene image onto a light sensitive area facility, which facility determines a user field, and an optical extraction path for through mirror-operation extracting a fracti... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7349165 | Clamping apparatus for clamping optical element A clamping apparatus for clamping optical elements (100) includes a first fixture (10), a second fixture (20) and two mounting members (30). The first fixture defines a plurality of holding holes (11). The second fixture defines a ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7327959 | Camera-mountable fiber optic transceiver system A system includes a multiplexing transceiver which is adapted to mount directly between a video camera and a camera battery pack, eliminating the need for triaxial adapters or other electrical cables at the camera and video production facility. A fiber optic cable c... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7274400 | Digital camera and composition assist frame selecting method for digital camera A digital camera has a plurality of shooting modes such as a day scenic shooting mode, a night scenic shooting mode and a person shooting mode and displays a composition assist frame selected from a plurality of composition assist frames on a liquid crystal monitor ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7142241 | Image pickup device An image pickup device has an image sensor having rectangular light receiving portions arranged in a matrix, and microlenses disposed in correspondence with said light receiving portions, said light receiving portions and said microlenses being formed integrally wit... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7136099 | Electronic camera including enhanced functionality to change length-to-breadth ratios of captured images The digital camera 1, when a length-direction range expanding button 14 or a breadth-direction range expanding button 15 is operated, changes the length-direction and breadth-direction image pickup effective ranges of a solid state image pickup ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7065294 | Lens-fitted photo film unit and photofinishing method A lens-fitted photo film unit is pre-loaded with photo film, and includes a viewfinder adapted for observing an object. A selector button is operable externally, for being shifted to a standard position and a telephoto position. A view region changer lever sets the ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7054552 | Vertical and horizontal pictures taken without camera rotation This invention describes a method for changing a picture orientation of a picture taken by an image sensor of an electronic device, e.g., for taking horizontal and vertical pictures, preferably having identical picture size and a picture aspect ratio, without changi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7013025 | Image correction apparatus The nature of the target image to be corrected is identified in regard to whether it is a still image or a moving image, and where it is a moving image, correction is performed with regard to the entire image, and where it is a still image, the image is divided into... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7006764 | User interface for controlling cropping in electronic camera A camera adjusts the aspect ratio of a viewfinder image. The camera has a body and a capture unit mounted in the body. The capture unit has an imager and storage media operatively connected to the imager. The capture unit selectively captures an electronic image of ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6907194 | Camera having continuously cropping viewfinder A camera and method provide image cropping. The camera has a body and a capture unit mounted in the body. The capture unit has an imager and storage media operatively connected to the imager. The capture unit selectively captures an electronic image of a scene. A vi... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6587643 | Lens-fitted photo film unit and photofinishing method A lens-fitted photo film unit is pre-loaded with photo film, and includes a viewfinder adapted for observing an object. A selector button is operable externally, for being shifted to a standard position and a telephoto position. A view region changer leve... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6538699 | Real-image finder A real-image finder includes an objective optical system which forms an image of an object onto a primary image forming surface; an ocular optical system through which the object image formed on the primary image forming surface can be viewed; and an imag... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6477333 | Image frame changing apparatus for camera A view frame changing apparatus of the present invention is constructed in which cam grooves formed at view frame pieces are arched by the predetermined curvature; thus the cam pins can smoothly slide over the entire area of the sliding area of the cam gr... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6215963 | Field frame switcher A camera has an AE sensor 10 and a display member 32 disposed in the vicinity of the focusing screen 4, and a field frame switcher having a light interrupting wing capable of changing a field frame. The light-interrupting wing crosses and interrupts a pre... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6205296 | Film information writing device, film information reading device and film information handling device The present invention provides a device and method for enabling the writing of a print format and a trimming magnification onto a film surface using a simple construction. Film information comprising a print format set using a format setting switch 10 and... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6181881 | Field-of-view frame switching device A field-of-view frame switching device has a rectangular fixed field-of-view frame and a plurality of light-shielding members for covering portions of the rectangular fixed field-of-view frame so as to vary the size of the actual field-of-view frame. The ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6154609 | Lens-fitted photographic film unit A lens-fitted photographic film unit has a picture frame size changing mechanism for changing the size of picture frames between a full size and a panoramic size. The picture frame size changing mechanism includes upper and lower exposure aperture masking... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6151452 | Camera, such as an APS camera, having a single-piece, rotatable viewfinder and light-pipe mask for format selection A camera for making pseudo-photographic images has a series of viewfinder masks that define various fields of vision and a series of light-pipe masks that selectively block the passage of light through two light pipes disposed within the camera. The selec... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6141504 | Finder optical system In a SLR camera having a diopter adjusting lens element movable along the optical axis, the movement of which causes a change in the apparent visual angle, there is provided a finder optical system including a field frame size varying mechanism for varyin... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6141503 | Visual field of finder change-over apparatus A visual field of finder change-over apparatus for changing over a size and shape of a visual field of finder of a camera in a plurality of stages, includes a pair of first visual-field frame members which are movable relative to the visual field of finde... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6104532 | Real image mode variable magnification finder optical system A real image mode variable magnification finder optical system is provided with an objective system having a positive refracting power, a correctly erect image forming system having a plurality of reflecting members for converting an intermediate image fo... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6064834 | Exposure and view finder orientation switching mechanism for a camera When a switching lever is positioned for horizontal photographing, an exposure frame composed of two switching frames is switched to a horizontal photographing exposure frame. When the switching lever is positioned for vertical photographing, a wheel ring... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6035140 | Finder system for camera Disclosed is a finder system for a camera. The finder system has real-image type first and second optical systems apart by a predetermined base length. Light passed through the first and second objective optical systems are combined and superimposed image... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5999756 | Viewfinder device of display plural visual frames A viewfinder device having an optical path for viewing a photographic image includes a plurality of visual field frames. Each of the plurality of visual field frames define a photographic range. In addition, each of the plurality of visual field frames is... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5983026 | One-time-use camera with variable format film encoder A variable format camera comprising a front cover part having a particular-format viewfinder opening, and at least one other-format mask movable beneath the front cover part into alignment with the viewfinder opening to change the format of the view throu... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5974265 | Different variable format one-time-use camera with common film encodement device A group of two different variable format cameras comprise a viewfinder in each of the cameras; a single format mask supported for movement into and out of the viewfinder in one of the cameras, and an identical format mask supported for movement into and o... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5970267 | Apparatus for switching visual field frame of view finder, operation apparatus therefor, and apparatus for acturating rotary operation member having neutral position A field frame switching apparatus for a finder in which an elongated standard visual field, a narrow-width visual field and a laterally-elongated visual field can be selected. A pair of narrow-width visual-field-forming light-interception frames are provi... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5950025 | Print format selection device for camera A print format selection device for selecting one of different print formats to each picture frame of a filmstrip loaded in a camera or lens-fitted photo film unit, wherein an original field of view of a viewfinder corresponds to a picture frame defined b... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5950029 | Variable format viewfinder mask and lens cover in camera A camera including a viewfinder for viewing a subject to be photographed, a masking a device for the viewfinder having a number of different format mask configurations, a taking lens for forming an image of the subject, and a lens cover for the taking len... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5946510 | Albada type finder and camera therefor having a movable mask In an Albada type finder 10 applied to a camera capable of photographing either the full size or the panoramic size, when the panoramic size is specified with a change-over switch 24, a lever 58 rotates clockwise around a pin 70, and then a lever 60 is pu... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5933667 | Viewfinder mask for a photographic camera, viewfinder, and camera A viewfinder mask, viewfinder and photographic camera. The viewfinder mask connects to a camera lens for adjusting the image field of the viewfinder to the adjustable focal length of the camera lens. The viewfinder mask comprises an L-shaped frame part an... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930539 | Finder visual field changing mechanism A movable visual field frame (a CP visual field frame) is arranged behind an H visual field frame, which determines a visual field corresponding to a high-vision (H) angle of view. The CP visual field frame comprises a pair of substantially L-shaped movab... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5897232 | Camera with widthwise pseudo zoom masks and method of exposing a pseudo zoom image A photographic camera (10) includes a film supply chamber (14); a film takeup chamber (16) and a film exposure gate (18) positioned between the chambers. The gate defines a maximum exposed image width (W) in a direction of film travel between the chambers... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5828914 | Camera with variable format viewfinder A camera comprising a pair of front and rear viewfinder openings with a similar aspect ratio which defines a field of view through the front and rear viewfinder openings, and a masking device having a front masking opening with an aspect ratio that is dif... | 10/27/1998 |
