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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8147148 | Lens-interchangeable camera body and camera system capable of changing communication method with selected shooting mode The present invention relates to a camera system. The system includes a selector configured to select one of a still image shooting mode and a movie shooting mode, and a communication unit employing a plurality of communicat... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8118500 | Vibrating device and image equipment having the same A vibrating device includes first and second members, each shaped almost like a rectangle and composed of first and second parts, a connection member composed of a first circuit which inputs an electrical signal to the first part, a second circuit which outputs an e... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8100592 | Housing for variable lens The invention concerns A housing for a variable focus liquid lens (204) containing first and second immiscible liquids defining a liquid-liquid interface moveable by electrowetting by application of a voltage between first and second electrodes (206, 208 | 01/24/2012 |
| 8079764 | Light quantity adjusting device, lens barrel, image pickup device, and method of controlling the image pickup device A light quantity adjusting device includes a plate, an upper diaphragm blade, a lower diaphragm blade, and a diaphragm blade driving unit. The upper diaphragm blade has a semicircular upper main opening and a semicircular upper sub opening. The lower diaphragm blade... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075204 | Vibrating device and image equipment having the same A drive unit inputs an electrical signal to the first and second vibrating members to generate, in a light-transmitting region of a dust-screening member, vibration forming peak ridges defining a closed curve around a first virtual intersection of an virtual symmetr... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8066440 | Camera module A camera module is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the camera module includes a lens barrel, which supports a lens and in which the lens allows a ray of light to be incident at an imaging part, a driver, which moves the lens bar... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8016495 | Lens, lens module, and camera module having same A lens includes a light incident surface, a light emitting surface opposite to the light incident surface, and a side surface connected between the light incident surface and the light emitting surface. The side surface includes arc-shaped convex surfaces. Each arc-... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011837 | Vibrating device and image equipment having the same A vibrating device includes a dust-screening member shaped like a plate as a whole, a first vibrating member secured to the dust-screening member and configured to cause, when driven alone, the dust-screening member to undergo first standing-wave vibration, and a se... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7946773 | Imaging device and optical device An imaging device comprising a light transmissive member 18 having light transmissive character, a vibration member 20 causing bending vibration for the light transmissive member, a driving portion 56 for driving the vibration member 20, ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7918614 | Camera for electronic device A digital camera includes a support structure, a lens carried by the support structure and having an optical axis, a detector, carried by the support structure under the lens and including a number of adjacent pixel rows. Each pixel row includes a number of pixels, ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7871207 | Lens drive device A lens drive device may include a thrust direction stopper mechanism which includes a thrust movement preventing abutting part of the movable body and a thrust movement preventing abutted part of the fixed body for restricting a moving range toward an object side of... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7857528 | Lens barrel and imaging apparatus A lens barrel is configured so as to rotatably support lens barriers by a barrier drive member that rotates around an optical axis and the lens barriers rotate and revolve on an axis when the lens barriers are opened and closed. The lens barrel includes wall units p... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7841785 | Imaging lens, imaging device, portable terminal, and method for manufacturing imaging lens An imaging lens (LN) includes at least one lens block (BK), and an aperture stop (ape). The lens block (BK) includes parallel flat lens substrates (LS) formed of different materials, and a lens (L). In the imaging lens (LN), a first lens block (BK1) positione... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7815380 | Method and apparatus for creating new folder in built-in storage of image forming apparatus, and method and apparatus for storing data using the same A method and an apparatus for creating a new folder in an image forming apparatus having a built-in storage unit and a method and an apparatus for storing data using the same. The method of creating a folder in an image forming apparatus having a built-in storage un... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7811012 | Sliding mechanism for use in portable electronic device A sliding mechanism (100) used in a portable electronic device (200) is provided. The sliding mechanism includes a sliding member (12). The sliding member includes a cover portion (121) and two sliding rails (123). The cover portio... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7789575 | Optical device, optical device apparatus, camera module, and optical device manufacturing method An optical device includes an optical element, a transparent member arranged on the optical element, and a transparent resin adhesive for causing the transparent member to adhere and be fixed onto a circuit formation face of the optical element. The optical device i... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7785023 | Miniature camera lens system A lens system for a miniature camera includes an imager and four cylindrical lenses disposed concentrically on an optical axis of the lens system. The lenses include, in order from a front end of the lens system to a back end thereof, a first lens, a second lens, a ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7758259 | Optical device In an optical device including an optical system to form an optical image of an object to be photographed, an image capture unit to convert the optical image of the object to be photographed into an electrical signal, and an optical device arranged on the front surf... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7686524 | Image pick-up device unit having a dust-proofing member that is vibrated to remove dust, the dust-proofing member being pressed by a spring pressing member toward a sealing structure that seals an interval between the dust-proofing member and an image pick-up device A camera includes a dust-proofing member which has a transparent portion through which a visible light component is transmitted. The transparent portion is opposed to the front of an image pick-up device at a predetermined interval. A vibration member is arranged at... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7677817 | Device comprising camera elements A device comprising a housing; a first camera element located on a first side of the housing for forming image information on a view seen by the first camera element; a second camera element located on a second side of the housing for forming image information on a ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7674052 | Object detection apparatus An improved object detection apparatus using an interface with which user can set an object detection area intuitively with simple operation. Apparatus includes imaging module imaging and outputting an imaged picture, three-dimensional position detection module dete... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7621682 | Optical device, lens-barrel, image pickup apparatus and electronic apparatus An optical device includes a transparent substrate, and a multi-layer film including a dielectric film having a multi-layer structure formed on the transparent substrate, and a transparent conductive thin film having a predetermined thickness formed at a part of the... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7591598 | Camera having a dust-proofing member that is vibrated to remove dust, the dust-proofing member being pressed by a spring pressing member toward a sealing part that seals a space between the dust-proofing member and an image pickup-device A camera includes a dust-proofing member which has a transparent portion through which a visible light component is transmitted. The transparent portion is opposed to the front of an image pick-up device at a predetermined interval. A vibration member is arranged at... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7549809 | Image-taking lens system and digital apparatus using the same An aperture stop, a first lens having a positive power, a second lens having a negative power, a third lens having a positive power, and a fourth lens whose concave face is directed toward the image surface side and having a meniscus shape are disposed in order from... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7540671 | Variable-power optical system and electronic device using same The invention relates to a zoom optical system that makes it possible to offer a sensible tradeoff between cost savings and size reductions and an electronic system that incorporates it. The zoom optical system comprises a lens group having negative refracting power... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7458737 | Taking lens system A taking lens system for forming an image on a solid-state image sensor has, from the object side thereof: an aperture stop, a first lens element having a positive optical power and convex to the object side, a second lens element having a positive optical power and... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7407334 | Lens for photographing system and camera assembly utilizing the lens In a lens group which is disposed forward of a photographing device and which includes at least a ceramic lens that is combined with a glass lens, wherein a conjugate surface of the photographing device by a combined surface between the ceramic lens and the glass le... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7391965 | Lens apparatus and image-taking apparatus A lens apparatus is disclosed, which is capable of keeping the engagement of a protruding portion of a first member and a cam groove portion of a second member even if an external force acts on the apparatus. The lens apparatus comprises: a first member including fi... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387454 | Camera In the camera 10 having an ultraviolet light generating portion 16, the influence of the ultraviolet light upon an image to be taken is suppressed. A camera 10 for taking an image possesses an image-pickup portion 24 which takes an image ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7382978 | Digital camera A digital camera includes a CPU (34). The CPU (34) is a multitasking CPU for executing in parallel an imaging task, a file recording task, and a file transmitting task. When a shutter button (32) is operated, JPEG data corresponding to an object... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7329057 | Image pickup processing method and image pickup apparatus A roll correction section (21) performs correction to an image captured by a camera (11). A region limiting section (15) limits image data of an image in an upper region of the image and outputs the image data and a roll amount detection section... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7249898 | Function control method for camera In a camera which obtains a still image and/or a moving image, at least a part of functions of the camera are previously restricted. To lift the restrictions, an operation restriction code (key data) is used. An externally inputted code and the operation restriction... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7136104 | Mirror box and electronic still camera A mirror box comprises a quick return mirror and an optical low-pass filter. When observing a subject image, the quick return mirror is set to a reflecting position, in which the quick return to mirror is inclined to the optical axis of a photographing lens group by... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7110237 | Apparatus and method to reduce static charge on removable media An imaging device, including a reader adapted to receive a removable memory device, the reader having an opening through which to receive the removable memory device; and a static discharge device disposed proximate the opening such that the removable memory contact... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7086790 | Automatic focusing lens assembly in a camera A lens assembly in a camera includes a first meniscus lens (10) and a second meniscus lens (11) respectively having a first radius of curvature (A,A′) and a second radius of curvature (B,B′) larger than that of the first radius of curvature A,A′)... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7068928 | Method and apparatus for photographically recording an image A photographic imaging apparatus includes a housing defining an interior cavity, an opening at one end of the housing to allow light to enter the interior cavity, and a photographic imaging substrate located within the interior cavity opposite from the opening for r... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7057642 | Electronic camera with device for eliminating static electric charges from optical element An electronic camera is provided that prevents deterioration of quality of an object image obtained by an image-pickup device due to dust adhered on an optical element. The electronic camera includes an ion generator for taking off the electric charges from the opti... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7042510 | Setting operation device and electronic apparatus It is an object of this invention to provide a setting operation device which can effectively cope with the tendency toward multiple functions and allows a user to easily change and check functions. In order to achieve this object, the device includes a first rotati... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6963360 | Adaptive and learning setting selection process with selectable learning modes for imaging device A method of configuring settings in an imaging device includes configuring the settings with default values. If at least one value for the settings is externally adjusted, the settings in the imaging device are configured with the at least one value. If the user ind... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6961090 | Two zone automatic lens focusing system for digital still cameras A two zone lens auto-focusing system to be used in a digital still camera includes a picture taking lens, a solenoid to switch the lens focus point between near distance point and far distance point. The CPU or the electronically controlled distance measuring system... | 11/01/2005 |
