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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7918616 | Image sensing apparatus with settable minimum exposure time and control method thereof An image sensing apparatus comprises an image sensing unit which receives an object image via a lens and accumulate the received image as an electric charge, a mechanical shutter unit which travels so as to shield an image sensing region of the image sensing unit ag... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7053514 | Image apparatus and drive motor A drive motor is proposed, which serves as a drive source for a movement mechanism constituting an iris for an optical path of an imaging system. The drive motor has a shaft serving as a center of rotation, a magnet, two-pole magnetized and rotated around the shaft,... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6956612 | User selectable focus regions in an image capturing device An image capturing device includes a focusable lens apparatus, an image sensor comprising a plurality of pixel elements, and an electronically actuatable shutter device including a plurality of individually addressable and actuatable shutter elements. A shutter elem... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6850351 | Method and apparatus for ultra-fast aperture exposure An apparatus and method for extremely fast opening and closing of an exposure path or optical axis. Two disk-shaped shutters are coaxially rotated in opposite directions at an initial synchronous speed so as to dynamically align openings in the discs at an angular p... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6792204 | Electronic shutter for camera and method for controlling the same An electronic shutter for a camera includes a first driving force generating mechanism for generating driving force for moving a lens barrel in a direction of an optical axis, a lens barrel moving mechanism for moving the lens barrel by use of driving force from the... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6677999 | Non-polarizing LCD shutter An electronic shutter apparatus and light shuttering method for a still image capturing device are provided according to the invention. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a beam splitter positioned in an incoming light beam path and splitting the i... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6157100 | Electromagnetic drive for a focal-plane shutter An electromagnetic drive for a focal-plane shutter of a camera having two light-excluding shutter curtains, each of the two shutter curtains being having its own electric drive motor, which is a linear motor constructed from permanent magnets and electrom... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6106165 | Focal plane shutter device having shutter blades positioned with respect to an autofocus device to improve shutter speed A focal plane shutter blade device has a front blind, rotated by a front driving arm and a front trailing arm, that covers an aperture of a camera prior to an exposure operation. The front blind includes a front slit forming blade. The front slit forming ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5978608 | Lens-fitted film unit having a shutter mechanism adapted for data recording A lens-fitted film unit has a date recording module which is disposed between an exposure unit and a front cover to project a calendar date onto the front emulsion layer of a film. The front cover is formed with an elevated platform which spatially encirc... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5969444 | Stepping motor and taking lens barrel for camera incorporating said stepping motor A stepping motor is equipped with a rotor, a supporting member that rotatably support the rotor, and stators that have multiple stator teeth and that face each other across the diameter of the rotor, wherein said multiple stator teeth are positioned such ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5852753 | Dual-lens camera with shutters for taking dual or single images A dual-lens camera which can be used to take single-frame images for 2D photography or dual-frame images for 3D photography. The camera has two taking lenses and two independently operable shutters. The unique feature of this dual-lens camera is that the ... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5444508 | Lens-fitted photographic film unit for taking plural simultaneous exposures A lens-fitted photographic film unit is pre-loaded with photographic film. First and second stationary openings are formed respectively in front of first and second exposure chambers. A wide-angle taking lens is disposed in front of the first stationary o... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5361108 | Lens-fitted photographic film unit with plural taking lenses A lens-fitted photographic film unit has telephotographic and wide angle lenses to perform telephotography and wide-angle photography simultaneously, and a viewfinder to observe the taking field at least for telephotography. A telephotographic lens is arr... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5313239 | Shutter apparatus for stereoscopic cameras A shutter apparatus for stereoscopic cameras for simultaneously taking a pair of stereoscopic photographs. A coupled shutter leaf is produced by integrally connecting two shutter leaves respectively disposed on two photographing lens portions provided wit... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5164766 | Shutter device A shutter for an objective lens particularly for a photoprinter or the like in which the objective lens must be frequently opened and shut. The shutter includes an arm swingably driven by an actuater and provided at a forward end with a pair of shutter bl... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5043753 | Camera shutter blade device The camera shutter device has four blades disposed in overlapping relation to each other and comprised of a pair of dominant blades effective to cover a dominant part of an aperture and another pair of supplementary blades effective to cover the remaining... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4959680 | Camera system A camera system of the type having a lens shutter, a focal-plane shutter, an aperture defined by the lens shutter, and a camera lens, includes a selector circuit which sets an operation mode to either a lens shutter mode in which the lens shutter is opera... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4589748 | Exposure control device for camera An exposure control device for use with a camera provided with two objective lenses having different focal length which are selectively used includes two exposure control elements which are disposed in front of and facing to the two objective lenses, resp... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4426147 | Means for controlling an interchangeable lens type camera A camera is provided with a series of interchangeable lenses each provided with a source of information preferably in the form of a variable resistor, which is indicative of the type of lens. The camera body is provided with a source of power and an infor... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4354753 | Reflex camera having a focal plane shutter and an interchangeable variable shutter objective Reflex camera having a focal plane shutter in the camera body and a time adjuster associated with the focal plane shutter, and an interchangeable variable central shutter objective and a time adjuster associated with the central shutter, the focal plane s... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4294532 | Shutter blade device for focal plane shutter In a focal plane shutter for a single lens reflex camera having, on the side of the shutter aperture, two blade groups each consisting of a plurality of separate blades adapted to operate sequentially in exposure operation, a shutter blade device includes... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4253754 | Mirror-shutter device in single-lens reflex camera The mirror of a single-lens reflex camera is supported on a swinging leading shutter swung upward by a rotary solenoid, the mirror thus being moved upward from its viewfinding position to its picture taking position, an aperture for passing stroboscopic l... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4200385 | Lens shutter use and non-use switching device of an interchangeable lens having a lens shutter for use with a focal plane single lens reflex camera In the present invention, stopping-down, sector preliminary closure and lens shutter release are effected in association with an interlocking member of the lens. The difference between the amount of operation of the interlocking member effected when a cam... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4166685 | Bladed shutter for camera with focal plane shutter A bladed shutter is assembled into an interchangeable lens of a camera with a focal plane shutter, and comprises a plurality of shutter blades for opening and closing a taking light path, a pair of shutter opening and shutter closing rings for respectivel... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4157870 | Exposure station A microfiche duplicator exposure station where a copy sheet lies facewise over a master while an elongated lamp shines light through the master to expose the copy sheet. A shutter that controls exposure, includes two plates lying over the lamp and a solen... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4033693 | Light interrupter An optical apparatus in which a beam of light is caused to travel along a predetermined direction is provided with a light interrupter for interrupting the beam. The light interrupter includes a light-interrupting component, such as a shutter blade or col... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4026651 | Camera structure The present invention provides an apparatus for photographically reproducing a positive image such as a previous photograph wherein both the focal length and the length from the positive image to the lens of the apparatus may be adjusted. The apparatus al... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4016584 | Shutter charge device for lens shutter in a camera having a focal plane shutter and permitting lens interchange A shutter charge device for lens shutter is mountable and dismountable to a camera which has a focal plane shutter and permits lens interchangeability. The device has a camera side connector member provided on a film advance shaft, the camera having mount... | 04/05/1977 |
