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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7734170 | Imaging apparatus There is provided an imaging apparatus having a viewfinder optical system; a first image sensor; a photometric sensor; and optical path changing means. The viewfinder optical system has a first reflective surface that reflects a monitoring luminous flux, and the fir... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7542670 | Finder optical system for a single-lens reflex camera An eyepiece includes, in order from the object side, a first lens with positive power, a second lens with positive power, and a third lens with negative power. The first lens is a positive meniscus lens with a convex surface facing the object side, and the eyepiece ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7509046 | Optical system, finder optical system, relay type finder optical system, eyepiece optical system, and single-lens reflex camera The invention concerns an optical system adapted to split an optical path from a taking optical system into a finder optical system, which has a camera-shake correction function best suited for the finder optical system, and so on. This optical system comprises a ta... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7433587 | In-finder indicator for single-lens reflex camera An in-finder indicator for a single-lens reflex camera comprises an eyepiece lens, a reflecting mirror for reflecting a beam of light from a subject, a screen having a screen surface which is subjected to surface treatment to form prisms for presenting a superimpose... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7400827 | Camera provided with optical finder According to the present invention, light from a taking lens is reflected by a quick return mirror in a lateral direction of a body unit. Then, after passing through a screen, the light is reflected toward an upper side of the body unit by a second mirror except par... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7391968 | Finder optical system for a single-lens reflex camera An eyepiece includes, in order from the object side, a first lens with positive power, a second lens with positive power, and a third lens with negative power. The first lens is a positive meniscus lens with a convex surface facing the object side, and the eyepiece ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7391460 | Arrangement of bending optical systems in a picture taking lens unit and an optical finder unit of a camera A camera according to the present invention includes a picture-taking lens unit including a picture-taking optical system having a bending optical system which optically bends incident light and an optical finder unit including a finder optical system having a bendi... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7092030 | Image pickup apparatus with prism optical system An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup apparatus body, an image recording/reproducing section placed on the right-hand side within the image pickup apparatus body when viewed in a photographing direction, an image-displaying monitor disposed on the left-... | 08/15/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6829113 | Image-forming optical system The present invention relates to a high-performance image-forming optical system made compact and thin by folding an optical path using reflecting surfaces arranged to minimize the number of reflections. A prism member 10 has a first entrance surface 11, | 12/07/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6819868 | Camera A camera is provided that includes a camera housing and a TFT panel, which permits verification of a formed image, located on the back of the camera housing. A strobe unit and an electronic viewfinder unit are located in the upper part of the camera housing. The ele... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6795650 | Camera having shared optics for optical viewfinding and for electronic capture and display An optical and electronic viewer of a camera has a body having entrance and exit openings and entrance and exit tunnels extending inward from respective openings. The body has a cross tunnel connecting the entrance and exit tunnels. An eyepiece is mounted at the exi... | 09/21/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6724992 | Finder and camera using such finder A compact finder with excellent optical performance, and a camera including the finder are disclosed. The finder of the present invention includes an objective optical system, and an eyepiece optical system. The objective optical system includes, from an object side... | 04/20/2004 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6587644 | Finder unit A finder unit includes an objective optical system for forming a viewing image, an inverting optical system for making the viewing image formed by the objective optical system an erecting normal image, an eyepiece optical system for viewing the viewing im... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6549342 | Finder optical system A finder optical system for a single lens reflex camera is provided with a photographing optical system, a beam splitter for splitting light passed through the photographing optical system. First light deflected by the beam splitter forms a primary image ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6532344 | Camera incorporating real-image finder The present invention concerns a camera incorporating a real-image finder, having a structure more compact than ever. The camera includes an objective optical system; an erect-image optical system, having a reflecting surface, to receive a light bundle pa... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6516156 | Camera having liquid crystal display A camera including a liquid crystal display in which an image formed by a photographing lens system of the camera is indicated; an ocular viewing optical system which includes a half-mirror surface and an eyepiece lens system, the half-mirror surface refl... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6445887 | Viewfinder for camera with adjustable diopter A viewfinder for a camera with an adjustable diopter includes an objective lens and an eyepiece lens each having an optical axis extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the camera. Light rays from the objective lens are reflected by a mirror and dire... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6411783 | Finder unit A finder unit includes an objective optical system for forming a viewing image, an inverting optical system for making the viewing image formed by the objective optical system an erecting normal image, an eyepiece optical system for viewing the viewing im... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6314247 | View finder device having compact structure A view finder device has a Poro prism and a first optical system facing an emergent plane of the Poro prism. The first optical system is positioned beside the Poro prism and opposite to a recording medium passage through which an electro-developing record... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6314246 | Viewfinder optical system of a single-lens reflex camera A viewfinder optical system of a single-lens reflex camera has a photographic optical system and an image plane positioned on an optical axis of the photographic optical system. The system includes a first optical member positioned between the photographi... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6272294 | Real-image finder optical system A real-image finder optical system including a positive objective optical system in which an image of an object, being upside down and reversed from left to right, is formed; an erecting optical system, having a plurality of reflection surfaces, in which ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6262852 | Real image mode finder and camera using the same A real image mode finder includes an objective optical system with a positive refracting power, an image erecting optical system with a roof reflecting section, a first planar reflecting section, and a second planar reflecting section, and an eyepiece opt... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6236813 | Real image type finder A real image finder comprises an objective lens system including a convex lens and having a positive power as a whole, an erect image prism having four reflection surfaces and inverting an inverted image of an object formed through the objective lens syst... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6178042 | Real image mode finder and camera using the same A real image mode finder includes an objective optical system and an eyepiece optical system which has at least one reflecting surface. The objective optical system includes, in order from the object side, an objective unit, a first prism and a second pri... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6169859 | Viewfinder A diopter adjustment lens is provided with a follower pin on the edge thereof, and is arranged inside a cylinder provided with a guide groove engaging with the follower pin. A diopter adjustment dial, which is integrated with a diopter adjustment ring, is... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6166859 | Viewfinder optical system and optical apparatus having the same A viewfinder optical system for conducting light from an object to an observer includes a plurality of reflecting surfaces having optical powers. Optical paths of each ray of a light flux reflected successively by the plurality of reflecting surfaces inte... | 12/26/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6125238 | Real image type finder optical system Disclosed is a real image type finder optical system which is provided with an objective optical system having a positive power, an erecting optical system for erecting a reversed real image formed by the objective optical system, an eyepiece optical syst... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6125239 | Viewfinder device enabling display of optional photographic information A viewfinder device that includes a screen on which an image is projected, and an eyepiece lens through which the image is viewed. An optical member passes light beams from the screen to the eyepiece lens through an information display member, and a diffr... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6122454 | 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... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6078753 | Camera with combination flash reflector and viewfinder mirror A camera having a viewfinder for viewing a subject to be photographed, and a flash unit for illuminating the subject which is supported for movement between an operative position in which the flash unit faces the subject and a storage position in which th... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6078411 | Real-image finder optical system and apparatus using the same A real-image finder optical system having an objective optical system, an image-inverting optical system, and an ocular optical system, wherein a power is given to a reflecting surface of the image-inverting optical system that is closer to the observer s... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6075645 | Real-image finder optical system A real-image finder optical system is provided with an information display element located between an image plane of an objective optical system and a moving lens group of the objective optical system, and a partial mirror surface provided on an object si... | 06/13/2000 |
