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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8055126 | Zoom lens, image capture apparatus, and method for controlling zoom lens A zoom lens formed of a plurality of lens groups and performing zooming by changing separations between predetermined lens groups. A lens group closest to an object side is fixed in both optical axis directions during zooming, and has a reflecting member for folding... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050548 | Control apparatus, imaging apparatus, and control method for the imaging apparatus In a mode in which a lens barrel need not be extended, if it is determined that a vibration is larger than a reference value, the lens barrel is driven so as to be retracted to a predetermined position. ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7991275 | Imaging apparatus Digital camera is provided with face detection section that detects faces of a plurality of photographing objects, microcomputer performs continuous shooting in optimum photographing conditions in accordance with the number of faces of the photographing objects for ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983543 | Imaging apparatus and imaging method An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to convert an object image into an image signal, a vibration detection unit configured to detect a vibration and output information about the vibration, a correction unit moving in a plane orthogonal to an opt... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978966 | Image capturing device An image capturing device includes an imaging element that captures an image of a photographic subject, an optical member that is disposed over an imaging surface of the imaging element, a vibration application member that applies vibration to the optical member, an... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7945148 | Method and apparatus for correcting hand-shake in digital image processing apparatus Provided is a digital image processing apparatus that supports a hand-shake correcting function. The digital image processing apparatus includes: a shutter button operating in two stages that comprises a half-shutter state and a full-shutter state; a first filter fi... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7917021 | Portable apparatus A portable apparatus, comprising a first detector, a second detector, and a controller, is provided. The portable apparatus has a photographing function. The first detector detects a movement in a first direction. The second detector detects a second direction. The ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7877004 | Imaging apparatus and imaging method An imaging apparatus is disclosed which analyzes image data of a subject acquired by an image pickup device to select an appropriate combination of exposure time, aperture, and exposure sensitivity upon shooting in order to perform exposure control. As an example of... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7856172 | Jiggle measuring system and jiggle measuring method A camera shake measurement system includes a display unit for sequentially displaying a plurality of distinguishable test patterns, a first storage unit for storing as a template each of the plurality of test patterns to be displayed, a second storage unit for stori... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7856171 | Method and apparatus for expressing amount of camera motion A method and apparatus for preventing image blur due to camera motion, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for sensing a camera motion, calculating an amount of the camera motion based on the sensed camera motion, and expressing the calculated amount of... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7848626 | Shake detection apparatus and shake detection method A shake detection technique which does not mistakenly detect a swing-back component at the end of panning as a shake is provided. A shake detection apparatus includes: a sensor which detects velocity or angular velocity; a high-pass filter which removes a low-freque... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7822328 | Method for controlling digital photographing apparatus and digital photographing apparatus adopting the method A method for controlling a digital photographing apparatus and an apparatus adopting the method, which include obtaining first information of a subject at a time t1 at a first sensitivity, obtaining second information of the subject at a time t2 | 10/26/2010 |
| 7801427 | Adjustment of shooting parameters in dependence of motion in a scene According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera system including a motion estimator estimating a motion of an image taken by the camera system, and; a controller controlling, based on the estimation, an update frequency of a predetermine... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7747148 | Shake detecting apparatus, shake correcting apparatus and image pickup apparatus A shake detecting apparatus includes a shake detecting sensor for outputting signals resulting from shake given to the shake detecting apparatus. In the case of application, for example, to an image pickup apparatus, the shake detecting sensor detects camera shake g... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742690 | Imaging apparatus and method for processing imaging results An imaging apparatus for recording an imaging result on a recording medium includes an imaging device operable to obtain an imaging result; an optical system operable to form an optical image on an imaging plane of the imaging device; a first motion detector operabl... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7684684 | Image sensing apparatus having autofocus function, and method of controlling same An image sensing apparatus performs focus control based upon image data of a region corresponding to a focus control region, the image data being a part of one screen of image data. The apparatus includes a camera-shake detector for detecting camera shake, and a foc... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7639932 | Imaging apparatus An optical apparatus detects the moving velocity of a main object on an imaging plane and computes the moving velocity of the main object on the basis of the difference between the detected moving velocity on the imaging plane and the velocity of a panning shot capt... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7623775 | Camera, aperture controlling method and apparatus, lens controlling method and apparatus, and edging amount controlling method and apparatus Maximum and minimum aperture sizes are regulated with regard to a diaphragm in order to secure predetermined optical capability in an optical unit which includes a taking lens and the diaphragm. In a normal taking, the diaphragm is used within a normal taking range ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7620304 | Method and apparatus for reducing shutter lag in a digital imaging device A digital imaging device, such as a digital camera, minimizes shutter lag by determining some capture parameters, such as focus and exposure settings, before a user of the device has indicated that a photograph is to be taken. The parameters are updated when the dev... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7596307 | Blur correction camera system A blur correction camera system includes a blur correction lens driven based upon the vibration detection signal detected by an angular velocity sensor, that corrects an image blur, a point-image function computing unit that computes a point spread function, and an ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7565068 | Image-taking apparatus An image-taking apparatus includes an imaging device and a shooting lens of variable foal length, and generates image signals by forming a subject image entering through the shooting lens on the imaging device. The apparatus includes an angular-velocity sensor that ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7546026 | Camera exposure optimization techniques that take camera and scene motion into account Quantities of motion between images of an electronic camera are calculated and used to adjust the exposure time and one or more other exposure parameters used to capture an image in order to improve the quality of the image. Motion blur caused by movement of the cam... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7539403 | Image-taking apparatus An image-taking apparatus includes a LED emission section that irradiates a subject with light by causing a LED to emit the light and a xenon-tube emission section that irradiates a subject with light by causing a xenon tube to emit the light. The light from the xen... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7536090 | Hand shake blur correcting apparatus A hand shake blur signal reduction means for reducing the hand shake blur signal using given reduction ratio in the horizontal direction and reduction ratio in the vertical direction; an image restoration filter generating means for generating the image restoration ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7529474 | Hand shake blur detecting apparatus A hand shake blur detecting apparatus for detecting hand shake blur of an imaging device based on an output signal of a hand shake blur sensor for detecting the hand shake blur of the imaging device is provided, the hand shake blur detecting apparatus including a hi... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7512328 | Image-taking apparatus and focusing method An image-taking apparatus is disclosed which is capable of performing accurate focusing even when a shake occurs. The image-taking apparatus comprises an image-pickup element which photoelectrically converts an optical image formed by an image-taking optical system;... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512327 | Image capturing device having blurring correction function and blurring correction method An image capturing device and a blurring correction method in which an imaging unit or a blurring correction optical system is driven to correct blurring in response to an output of a vibration detecting sensor. In such blurring correction, when a driving mechanism ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7509038 | Determining maximum exposure time to limit motion blur during image capture A method, apparatus and image capture device for limiting motion blur during capture of an image predetermines a relationship between movement of the image capture device, time and blur extent. A rate of movement of the image capture device is obtained and used in c... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7489861 | Camera system, camera and interchangeable lens A camera system (1) is provided which includes an interchangeable lens (40) including a group of lenses (L1, L2, L3, L4) for imaging an object, and a camera (10) to which the interchangeable lens (40) is to be ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7474843 | Digital camera A digital camera, having a function for optically compensating for camera shake, comprises: a movement detector that detects a movement of the digital camera; a movement prediction unit that employs the movement detected by the movement detector to predict a movemen... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7471886 | Camera with shake correction mechanism A camera casing 100 accommodates therein a shake correction unit 2 for oscillatingly supporting an image sensor 20, a control circuit board 6 loaded with electronic components such as ASIC 61 and a driving control circuit 62... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7460774 | Method to control image stabilizer A stepper motor is controlled by a driver having a constant and maximum frequency input in order to correct for camera shake. The need for variable frequency devices is eliminated, thereby reducing the cost and complexity of the system. ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460773 | Avoiding image artifacts caused by camera vibration Methods and apparatus are disclosed for avoiding image artifacts caused by camera vibration. The taking of one or more photographic exposures is timed in relation to the vibration, so as to avoid motion blur, video jitter, or both. The vibration may be characterized... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460772 | Optical apparatus An optical apparatus is provided which uses image shake information generated by a shake correction unit to improve an image by reducing the amount of image shake. ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7440028 | Vibration-proof lens device An anti-vibration controller having an ON/OFF switch for the anti-vibration is arranged on the outer circumference of a fixed lens barrel where extender lenses are positioned. When to manipulate the ON/OFF switch, a cameraperson manually operates a focusing ring wit... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7430367 | Image pickup apparatus, camera main body thereof and interchangeable lens The present invention provides a camera system which is provided with signal processing control means for changing the filter characteristic of parallel vibration signal processing means in conformity with the output signal of rotation vibration signal processing me... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428375 | Correlated auto-focus stabilization method and digital camera Auto-focus in a digital camera is improved by stabilizing successive images. Each auto-focus image is correlated to previous images so that scene movement or motion can be tracked. The area in the scene where focus figure-of-merit is computed is adjusted according t... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426340 | Stage apparatus and camera shake correction apparatus using the stage apparatus A stage apparatus in which a movable stage is guided in first and second directions orthogonal to each other on a stationary member, includes a pair of first elongated holes formed on one of the movable stage and the stationary member and are elongated in the first ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7400824 | Anti-shake apparatus An anti-shake apparatus includes a movable unit supported by a fixed unit and movable in first and second directions as well as rotated on a movable plane. A first and second driving unit supply driving forces to the movable unit in a first direction. A third and fo... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7379091 | Method and apparatus for computing an image stability measure A camera computes an image stability measure by measuring the variability of an edge-detect figure of merit evaluated from several immediate past photographs. ... | 05/27/2008 |
