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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7414669 | Image capturing apparatus with a laser-framing viewfinder An image capturing apparatus with a laser-framing viewfinder includes a housing, a laser source installed inside the housing for generating a laser beam, a first lens installed inside the housing for diverging the laser beam, a framing mask for masking the laser bea... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7224538 | Electro-optical reader with improved laser intensity modulation over extended working range The combination of a rooftop optical element and a soft edge aperture stop, as well as the introduction of a negative spherical aberration in a positive focusing lens, improve working distance and depth of focus in both moving beam and imaging readers for electro-op... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7164542 | Zoom lens, variable magnification group, camera unit and portable information terminal unit Disclosed is a zoom lens herein. The zoom lens has a first group G1 having a negative focal length, a second group G2 having a positive focal length and a third group G3 having a positive focal length in turn from an object side, and has an open... | 01/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6778218 | Electronic image pickup apparatus In an electronic image pickup apparatus, a beam splitter and an image pickup element are incorporated into an optical finder unit together with optical parts used for an optical finder. The optical finder unit includes a finder case for receiving the optical parts u... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6701082 | Camera having diopter adjustment mechanism A camera has a rangefinder device having an optical system constituted by a plurality of optical elements and a diopter adjustment mechanism capable of adjusting the observation diopter of the rangefinder device by operation by the user from outside the c... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6684029 | Finder optical system and camera having finder optical system A camera including a photographing optical system and a finder optical system, includes an objective optical system and an ocular optical system, the optical axes thereof being parallel with each other; a reflection surface which reflects a light bundle i... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6650837 | Dual image viewfinder for camera In a viewfinder for a camera, a first front finder lens forms an image of a subject including a background area of the subject, a second front finder lens forms an image of the subject including a background area of the subject that is greater than the ba... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6628902 | Mirror adjustment method and apparatus method and apparatus for aligning an optical element in an optical sub-assembly is provided. Pivoting fine tuning plates connected to the main body of the sub-assembly are used to set the height and angle of the optical element. The optical element is con... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6571064 | LED reflector device A camera viewfinder reflector for directing light from an indicator outside the line-of-sight of the viewfinder into the viewfinder is provided. The reflector may be combined with an existing element of the camera assembly, such as a leaf spring, or may c... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6564017 | Mechanism for adjusting an angle of a mirror incorporated in an optical device, and a parallax correcting mechanism of a camera A parallax correcting mechanism of a camera includes a mirror; a mirror frame supporting the mirror; a pair of pivotal-point projections formed on a viewfinder body to lie on a mirror rotational axis of the mirror; a pair of recesses formed on the mirror ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6536960 | Image-sensing apparatus In a digital camera having a half mirror retractable out of the optical path and an optical viewfinder receiving light reflected from the half mirror, the sensitivity of an image-sensing device is set as specified by the user. When a relatively high sensi... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6515797 | Viewfinder apparatus and optical apparatus having the same A viewfinder apparatus includes an objective lens unit, an eyepiece unit, an image display element for displaying an image formed by an image pick-up element, an illuminating device for illuminating the image display element, an optical system for introdu... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6487374 | Viewfinder optical system A viewfinder optical system directs a luminous flux emanating from an image plane to a pupil. The viewfinder optical system has an eyepiece optical system. The eyepiece optical system enlarges an image in order to be viewed by the pupil. The eyepiece opti... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6480681 | Adjustable viewfinder optical system for shoulder-supported cameras An adjustable viewfinder optical system for a shoulder-supported movie or video camera having interchangeable objective lenses. The system includes first and second lens groups aligned on an optical axis for receiving and relaying an image received from t... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6466743 | Real image type finder A real image type finder is provided with an imaging optical system, a focusing glass disposed at a focusing surface of the imaging optical system, an observing optical system for observing an image formed on the focusing glass, a case that accommodates t... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6408138 | Camera view-correction apparatus for taking pictures The camera view-correction apparatus comprises at least one dividing plate located in the view finder so as to divide the view finder into several regions. Each region has a light source at the far end, so that when all the light sources are successfully ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6408133 | Finder system in photographing apparatus A focusing position selecting mechanism for determining focusing positions of a taking lens is provided with a selector member for selecting among a plurality of focusing positions including a focusing position for close-up photographing. In the front por... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6278845 | Camera incorporating a flash light illumination device In the present invention, flash light is illuminated through a finder optical system and thereby the user can be notified of the moment of release operation. The camera size can be reduced by the following layout of the finder unit and the flash unit. Thi... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6233097 | Secondary image formation type view finder including two half mirrors A secondary image formation type view finder comprising an objective optical system, a first mirror for folding an optical axis, a relay lens system and a second mirror for folding the optical axis, wherein an optical axis of the relay lens system is disp... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6144502 | Viewfinder optical system and optical apparatus having the same A viewfinder optical system includes an image inverting optical unit for inverting an image formed by an objective optical unit, the image inverting optical unit inverting the image by using a reflecting action of light, and an eyepiece optical unit on wh... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6122455 | Lensless viewfinder and lensless viewfinder camera A viewfinder, particularly useful in a camera, is lensless but which provides a useful reticle to aid the user to properly frame the desired scene. A camera body includes a viewfinder front wall opening. Surrounding the front wall opening, on its interior... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6091545 | Real image finder optical system having half mirror and information display surface within eyepiece optical system A real image type finder optical system is provided with an objective optical system having a positive power, an erecting optical system for erecting a real image formed by the objective optical system and an eyepiece optical system for observing the real... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6038409 | Viewfinder optical system of thin-type camera In a viewfinder optical system in a thin-type camera, the following are provided: first to fourth lenses for effecting image-forming operation; a first reflecting mirror for bending a principal optical axis 90 degrees in a heightwise direction of a camera... | 03/14/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5839007 | Internal indicator of a view finder in a camera An internal indicator apparatus of a finder for a camera includes an optical finder system which includes an eyepiece system. An indicator indicates photographing data which can be viewed through the eyepiece system. The indicator is located in the vicini... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5668674 | Reflecting prism and a finder system having a reflecting prism A double Porro prism having an incident surface, an exit surface, and a plurality of reflecting surfaces for internally reflecting light rays from the incident surface to the exit surface. The plurality of reflecting surfaces having a final reflecting sur... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5630188 | Lighting type bright frame finder A lighting type bright frame finder has as objective lens having a negative focal length; an eyepiece having a positive focal length; a frame; and a joining prism joined through a half mirror. An optical path from the frame to the eyepiece is formed by ar... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5612755 | Motion picture film recording camera The invention relates to a compact motion picture film recording camera with a video adapter (16), an insertable cassette and a pivotable view lens, wherein a compact structure is achieved in spite of several functions in that a partially permeable reflec... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5589991 | Optical assembly with folding mirror assembly An optical assembly with a folding mirror assembly is provided. The folding mirror assembly comprises first and second reflecting members having first through fourth reflecting surfaces and mounting means for mounting the reflecting members thereon. The f... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5583606 | Eye direction detecting apparatus An eye direction detecting apparatus for a camera having a light transferring system for guiding a beam of parallel light rays to an eye of a photographer includes a light receiving system having a light receiving portion on which a first Purkinje image b... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5581319 | Illuminating window type bright frame finder An illuminating window type bright frame finder is provided which comprises an objective lens with a negative focal length, an eyepiece with a positive focal length, a liquid crystal frame, and a half mirror. An optical path from the liquid frame to the e... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5495365 | Finder optical system A finder optical system includes an objective system having a positive refracting power, a reflecting member having a field frame of variable shape, for erecting an image, and an eyepiece system having a positive refracting power. At least one positive le... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5491528 | Real image mode finder optical system having an objective lens integrated as a prism with a reflective surface A real image mode finder optical system includes an objective lens, an image inverting optical member for erecting an object image formed by the objective lens, and an eyepiece for observing the object image. The objective lens has a reflecting surface an... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5465132 | Finder system for a reflex camera A finder system for a reflex camera is disclosed with a finder in the form of a hood with an eyepiece at the top that can be looked straight down through. The hood has an opening in one wall of the hood, an attachment that accepts either a 90° telescopic... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5420657 | Viewfinder of a camera having projected indicator marks A view finder of a camera, in which an indication mark is observed through an eyepiece in a peripheral light intercepting portion of a finder optical system field frame. The finder includes a finder body which defines an optical path of the finder optical... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5369456 | Mirror adjusting apparatus of view finder An adjusting apparatus of a mirror having a reflecting surface located in an optical path of a view finder. The apparatus includes a casing to which the mirror is attached, a mirror adjusting mechanism which is movable between a fixed state and an adjusta... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5345287 | Apparatus for correcting parallax and/or diopter of camera A parallax and/or diopter correcting apparatus in a camera having a photographing optical system separate from a finder optical system, including a reflecting mirror provided in the finder optical system to change the direction of the optical axis thereof... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5317451 | Albada finder An albada finder comprising an objective lens group, which includes two negative lenses, and an eyepiece lens group, which includes two positive lenses, arranged in this order from the object side. A view frame is formed on the object side surface of the ... | 05/31/1994 |
