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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7193795 | Optical system with image producing surface control unit An optical system to attain a clear image of an object when the object is photographed in a state where an optical axis of a lens is inclined relative to the object, includes a lens which refracts light radiating from the object, an image producing surface on which ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 5809349 | Camera with adjusting device for objective lens and image carrier and a focusing process A camera is described with objective lens and image reception carrier equipment and a focussing process. From related extension measured distances (x1-x2, x2-x3, δb), final adjusted, set-point focus values (θsoll, .PHI.soll) are ob... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5640630 | Multi-stage focus photogrammetric box camera A multi-stage focus box camera is disclosed which comprises a tubular body open at both ends formed of a dimensionally stable, light weight material. A lens board and lens extender assembly slides over one end of the camera body and is adapted for sliding... | 06/17/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5534959 | Film plane rotation in rigid cameras for depth of field and perspective control A rigid camera with a film holder independently rotatable about a horizontal axis and a vertical axis. The film holder rotates synchronously with the focusing plate of the viewfinder. The focusing plate rotates independently about a first horizontal axis ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 4764781 | Universal translational and rotational film drive mechanism Prior art optical correlator systems can perform only translation or rotation. Moreover, images obtained from these prior art systems are blurred due to movements of the target. In the present optical correlator system, to compare symbols on a particular ... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4763147 | Special purpose camera The displacement devices (17, 23: 17', 23') and the orientation hinges (21, 26: 21', 21') of the lens holder body and of the image holder body (11 resp. 12) cooperate with electric emitters (36, 35, 38, 29: 36', 27', 28', 29') of which the output signals ... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4692007 | Photographic camera The professional camera comprises a plurality of electronic measurement sensors. A first measurement sensor (37, 38) is intended for the angle (ω) by which the base (10) of the camera is inclined to the horizontal during focusing. A second measurement se... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4602860 | Camera focusing means In a camera of the flat bed type having a base, the camera being focused by looking at ground glass back viewing screen supported on a frame which is movable for focusing; means are provided to adjust the frame to simultaneously move the frame forward and... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4591252 | Photographic ground-glass plate camera The image carrier and lens carrier of a photographic ground-glass plate camera are supported on a camera base for lengthwise displacement on separate guide rails, and for pivoting about a vertical axis. A bellows is connected between the carriers. The pos... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4564277 | Apparatus for a photographic camera with lens and film carriers which can be reset in relation to one another An apparatus permits, with the aid of an electronic calculator, the calculation of the spatial coordinates of object points of a motif scene to be photographed, and does so based upon the image points optically image inverted for the object points. The ca... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4497554 | Camera focusing means In a camera of the flat bed type having a base, the camera being focused by looking at ground glass back viewing screen supported on a frame which is movable for focusing; means are provided to adjust the frame to simultaneously move the frame forward and... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4283129 | Camera for recording the output of an instrument A camera is disclosed for mounting adjacent an instrument such as a cathode ray tube device for recording an image from the display screen thereof. The camera includes an enclosure with a first opening for cooperation with the display screen of the instru... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4176937 | Finder system for photographing apparatus Photographing apparatus comprising a photographing optical axis which is inclined with respect to a photographing film plane. The apparatus is provided with a finder system having an optical axis divided out from the photographing optical axis and includi... | 12/04/1979 |
