Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7336307 | Camera having accumulation operation in the period between the time of fully opening a leading shutter and the time of starting of a trailing shutter Disclosed is a camera including: an image-taking device; a shutter unit having a first shutter member that travels from a position where a shutter opening is closed to a position which is retreated from the opening, and a second shutter member that travels from the ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7009653 | Photographing apparatus having function of preventing blur of still image The present invention discloses a photographing apparatus having the function of preventing blur of a still image. A diaphragm unit controls the amount of light incident on a photoelectric transduction unit from a lens. A diaphragm driving unit controls an open/clos... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6561704 | Camera with self-timer and timer for use in camera According to the invention there is provided a camera having at least one image capture system. A timer latch is biased for movement between a lock position preventing image capture system from capturing an image and a release position that allows the ima... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6512886 | Camera with self-timer for delayed action shutter release A camera comprising a shutter release button that is manually depressible to initiate picture-taking, and a self-timer for automatically initiating picture-taking after a predetermined interval of time has elapsed, is characterized in that a restrainer is... | 01/28/2003 |
| 5946514 | Camera with self-timer A camera comprises a shutter release that is manually depressible to initiate picture-taking, and a delayed action device for automatically depressing the shutter release to initiate picture-taking after a predetermined interval of time has elapsed. The s... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5673099 | Lens shutter camera including zoom lens A lens shutter type of camera is disclosed in which a zoom lens is positioned in a lens block (1) which has a sector gear (15) rotatably associated with the lens block and with a rotatable cam ring (14). The cam ring and sector gear are rotatable in a sub... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5640612 | Variable time lag camera A variable time lag camera includes a release signal generation mechanism that generates a release signal, for example, after a user presses a release button, a shutter mechanism for limiting the time of exposure of a recording medium, and a time lag adju... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5430518 | Remote control camera A remote control camera has a remote controller that emits a remote control signal. A remote control signal receiving device is provided in a camera body to receive the remote control signal emitted from the remote controller. The camera also includes a d... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5317353 | Shutter release device A shutter release device for a camera including a shutter release mechanism which is mechanically released. The shutter release device is provided with a release rod which is pushed down to operated a shutter of the camera, a delay member moved by a prede... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5079573 | Camera A camera which can execute data communication with an attached accessory that can perform a data printing operation wherein data received from the camera is printed on a film surface comprises a release device for generating a release signal for starting ... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4534633 | Delay mechanism for single reflex camera A delay mechanism for a single lens reflex camera including a release member for releasing the holding member of a leading shutter curtain and a speed lowering mechanism for lowering the speed of the operation of the release member, whereby when the relea... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4490029 | Camera with a framing mirror A framing mirror provided on the front part of a camera for enabling observation of the range of the scene to be photographed from the front of the camera is used for various displays by a liquid crystal display device. Various operation modes are set by ... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4372661 | Tensioning and releasing assembly for a camera shutter An assembly including a single activation element for tensioning and releng the tension on a camera shutter is provided. The activating element is an elongated slide displaceable transverse to the axis of the lens having activating surfaces for tensionin... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4313662 | Self-timer device A self-timer device for a camera in which the set lever of an electronic self-timer device may be automatically restored and in which, even if the self-timer device has been set, it can be reset so that it is possible to perform an ordinary photographing ... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4217051 | Exposure time setting device for shutter of camera A camera shutter has a control member movable when the shutter is released for successively actuating an opening member and a closing member to effect the taking of an exposure. A delay mechanism coacts with the control member to effect the selective sett... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4211480 | Electromagnetic shutter controlling device for camera An electromagnetic shutter controlling device releases the shutter to start exposure when the device is energized and completes exposure when the device is deenergized. The electromagnetic shutter controlling device is constituted of a shutter blade for o... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4171897 | Electromagnetically operated shutter mechanism An electromagnetically operated shutter mechanism comprising first and second shutter members supported for movement in the opposite directions to each other for selectively closing and opening an exposure aperture. Permanent magnets are respectively moun... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4085413 | Apparatus for retarding camera shutter release An electro-mechanical shutter release delay apparatus includes a front curtain lock lever 4 sharing a common pivot axis 6 with a release lever 5 and joined to the latter by a spring 7. The depression of a shutter release rod 8 initially rotates the releas... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4051498 | Camera electric shutter with mechanical delay device An electric shutter in which an electrical circuit normally controls the automatic closing of the shutter lens aperture. A mechanical device in the shutter coactive with the electrical circuit closes the shutter lens aperture mechanically, automatically w... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4021825 | Adapter for operatively coupling an automated camera to an optical instrument An adapter for operatively coupling a reflex camera having a preprogrammed automatic cycle of operation to an optical instrument such as a microscope or telescope. The adapter includes mechanisms which permit the operator to selectively modify the preprog... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4005459 | Interlocked manual stop-down and mirror-up mechanism for single lens reflex camera A manual stop button or depth of field button is coaxially mounted in a shaft portion of a self-timer charging lever, and a lens stopping-down operation is carried out by pushing the stop button into a predetermined depressed position when the self-timer ... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3984848 | Shutter speed control means for focal plane shutter The start of the leading curtain or the trailing curtain of a focal plane shutter is controlled to obtain an accurate exposure time. A delay means is provided in the mechanism for releasing the leading curtain or in the mechanism for releasing the trailin... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3955209 | Device for controlling an electric focal plane shutter A device for controlling an electric focal plane shutter in a camera is described, in which an electromagnet which controls the timing of a trailing curtain of the shutter is excited in response to the depression of a shutter release member and demagnetiz... | 05/04/1976 |
