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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190020 | Interchangeable lens and lens-data communication method An interchangeable lens which can communicate with an associated camera body when the interchangeable lens is detachably attached to the camera body to exchange data of the interchangeable lens, the interchangeable lens includes a logic IC via which the interchangea... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8175452 | Method and system for imaging high density biochemical arrays with sub-pixel alignment A system and associated method for imaging high density biochemical arrays comprises one or more imaging channels that share a common objective lens and a corresponding one or more time delay integration-type imaging cameras with optical alignment mechanisms that pe... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7941045 | Camera body, interchangeable lens unit, and imaging apparatus A camera body that includes a lens attaching unit to which an interchangeable lens unit including a lens-side contact is mountable and that communicates information with the interchangeable lens unit when the interchangeable lens unit is attached to the lens attachi... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7822339 | Interchangeable lens An interchangeable lens which can communicate with a camera body to which the interchangeable lens is detachably attached to exchange data of the interchangeable lens, includes a logic IC serving as an interface via which the interchangeable lens communicates with t... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7599617 | Camera lens mount apparatus A camera comprises a lens unit and a camera body to which the lens unit is attached by a rotational operation. The camera body is provided with terminals including a specific terminal. Arrangement of the specific terminal is different from that of the other terminal... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7583893 | Digital camera system with interchangeable lens assembly A camera system includes a camera lens assembly with an imaging optical system through which a subject light image passes, an imaging device that obtains image data representative of the subject light image formed through the imaging optical system, an information t... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7519291 | Digital camera, lens unit, and camera system having the same A digital still camera includes a lens unit and a camera body. The lens unit has a photographing lens, and a CCD for image pickup by detecting object light from the photographing lens. The camera body has a lens mount portion adapted to loading of the lens unit, and... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7463827 | Camera system A camera system is capable of exactly catching the subject at the time of release operation by the imaging device of the camera head in accordance with the release button operation at the side of the camera main frame, even if the camera head and the camera main fra... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7444073 | Digital camera module with auto-focusing function A digital camera module (100) with an auto-focusing function is adapted for use in a foldable electronic device. The digital camera module includes a lens mount (10), a lens barrel (20), a voice coil actuator (40), and an image pick-up mo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7362353 | Autofocus lens apparatus and image pickup system A lens apparatus, with which compatibility, regarding AF operations, to cameras of a variety of manufacturers can be established more easily, is disclosed. The lens apparatus includes a focus driver which drives a focus lens, a terminal which is a member for communi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7193594 | Display device An object of the present invention is to provide a display device which enables multi-gray scale display without complicating the structure of D/A converter circuit. The measure taken to achieve the object is to use n bit of information among m bit digital vi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7151570 | Imaging apparatus with interchangeable lens apparatus, the lens apparatus having a memory for storing optical performance data of the lens apparatus An optical apparatus including an imaging apparatus and a lens apparatus each having a communicating portion performing communications is disclosed. The optical apparatus is provided with: an imaging optical unit; a memory in which information of an optical performa... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7145536 | Liquid crystal display device An object of the present invention is to provide a small-sized active matrix type liquid crystal display device that may achieve large-sized display, high precision, high resolution and multi-gray scales. According to the present invention, gray scale display... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7131773 | Lens barrels A lens barrel with a shutter unit. While the lens barrel is retracted to obtain a collapsed state or advanced to obtain a photographing state, the flexible printed circuit board of the shutter unit is bendable so as to provide a variable length for the rotation of t... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7103273 | AF driving mechanism of camera A worm gear is provided on a rotating shaft of an AF motor. A first supporting cylinder includes a gear portion and a receiving portion. A wheel gear, which is in engagement with the worm gear, is formed on an outer surface of the gear portion. A slit is formed at t... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7004672 | Bayonet coupling for axially mounting one of two relatively rotatable ring-shaped members on the other A bayonet coupling including an annular groove and bayonet lugs on an inner ring-shaped member and an outer ring-shaped member; and insertion openings formed on either the inner ring-shaped member or the outer ring-shaped member which includes the annular groove. Th... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6979138 | Mount lock apparatus for camera A mount lock apparatus for a camera includes a projecting exterior portion provided substantially at a central portion of a front surface of a camera body; a circular annular mount plate, which is fitted to the projecting exterior portion, and to which a photographi... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6909456 | Electronic still camera with printer There is disclosed an electronic still camera that has a printer section in addition to a camera section. The printer section prints an image on a self-developing type instant photo film unit in accordance with digital image data picked up and memorized through the ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6795649 | Camera, lens apparatus, and camera system There is disclosed a camera system capable of reducing a time after a lens drive command is output until a lens is driven. A camera system according to the present invention comprises a lens apparatus having a booster circuit for boosting a supply voltage and an act... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6766111 | Camera system having a communication system between a camera body and a photographing lens A camera system having a camera body and a photographing lens, which can be mounted to and dismounted from the camera body, includes a determining device which determines a type of the photographing lens in accordance with data received from the photographing lens; ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6741808 | Camera system having a communication system between a camera body and a photographing lens A camera system includes a photographing lens having a lens memory and/or a lens controller, and a camera body including a body controller which can communicate with the lens memory and/or the lens controller; a first power and a second power which can be supplied t... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6734895 | Digital camera and recording medium A digital camera has a mounting part to mount a shooting lens or other optical equipment, and includes a mode switch that changes between a mode that shoots using the shooting lens and a mode that shoots using the other equipment. The camera includes an information ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6734912 | TV lens system In a TV lens system including a TV lens apparatus and a control unit, CPUs of the TV lens apparatus and the control unit monitor intervals between received data in serial communication in a digital control mode. If the data transmission stops for a predetermined tim... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6490419 | Data recording device and camera system The camera system comprises a camera and a data-recording device. The camera has a mount for attaching the photo-taking lens and this mount can also be used for attaching the data-recording device by way of the data-recording device's mounting member. The... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6352378 | Accessory, apparatus to which the accessory is connected, accessory system, and lens adapter system composed of optical apparatus and a plurality of lens adapters An apparatus to which an accessory is connected includes a plurality of connection terminals at which the accessory is connected. With the accessory connected to the apparatus, the apparatus first detects states of the plurality of connection terminals by... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6345154 | Interchangeable lens A lens to be interchangeably attached to a camera body includes a first actuator which is appropriately used for a first camera body to which the lens is to be attached, and a second actuator which is appropriately used for a second camera body to which s... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6341902 | Photographic lens recognition system for a camera body A camera body includes a plurality of body contact members which can contact and electrically connect to a plurality of lens contact members of a photographic lens when the photographic lens is attached to the camera body. The camera body also includes a ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6269222 | Lens for a camera A camera, in particular a system camera, with a camera housing and an interchangeable lens, which can be interchangeably fitted by a connection device, in particular a bayonet attachment, in a connect device of the camera housing, in particular a bayonet ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6268899 | Identification of lenticular material characteristics in lenticular printers A lenticular imaging product comprising: a lenticular lens element having an array of lenticules; and means for encoding characteristics of the lenticular lens element for use in processing the lenticular lens element.... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6183145 | Camera system A camera system includes a camera body and a lens in which a motor circuit and an electric circuit are arranged and are supplied with electric power from a power source in the camera body. Ground contact terminals for the motor circuit and the electric ci... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6167208 | Camera having data processor enabling external processing of image data A data transfer device comprises a camera body provided with a lens mount, to which an interchangeable lens can be attached, and a printer having a connector. The lens mount is attached to the connector, so that the camera body is connected to the printer... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6106457 | Compact imaging instrument system An imaging instrument includes a compact hand-held housing having an electronic imaging element supported within a housing, and a plurality of interchangeable instrument heads separably attachable to the housing. Each of the instrument heads includes an o... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6029017 | Lens-exchangeable camera First, a lens is supplied with a power supply LVDD. Then the state of a chip select signal CSL is input, and the processing waits until chip select signal CSL changes from HIGH.fwdarw.LOW.fwdarw.HIGH, that is, until communication preparation on the lens s... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5911086 | Lens-exchangeable camera First, a lens is supplied with a power supply LVDD. Then the state of a chip select signal CSL is input, and the processing waits until chip select signal CSL changes from HIGH.fwdarw.LOW.fwdarw.HIGH, that is, until communication preparation on the lens s... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5897229 | Camera having lens mount A camera has a lens mount for mounting an interchangeable lens unit. The camera further includes a casing, a chassis provided in the interior of the casing, a button provided to the casing, a lock mechanism (actuated in response to the button) which locks... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5889555 | Video camera system and optical accessory A video camera system includes a camera body having a camera electrical connecting terminal which performs at least a communication, a camera mount, a color separation prism, and a plurality of imaging elements, and an optical accessory having an accessor... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5848306 | Automatic strobe photographing system Disclosed is an automatic strobe photographing system in which a camera body having an at least a Q contact, a lens provided with a lens shutter mechanism, and an X contact, a strobe device having an X terminal and Q terminal are provided. The strobe devi... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5822632 | Lens-exchangeable camera When a communication header transmit from the lens side to the body side is input, a reset and start detection signal is checked and if the lens is found to have been reset and started, a body/lens identify signal is communicated to exchange identificatio... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5809354 | Lens-exchangeable camera First, a lens is supplied with a power supply LVDD. Then the state of a chip select signal CSL is input, and the processing waits until chip select signal CSL changes from HIGH.fwdarw.LOW.fwdarw.HIGH, that is, until communication preparation on the lens s... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5778271 | Bayonet mount and photo-taking lens barrel for interchangeable lens camera system An improved bayonet mount for removably attaching the photo-taking lens barrel to a camera body in an interchangeable lens camera system, which bayonet mount includes a body-side mount surface and a lens-side mount surface which have a plurality of stop m... | 07/07/1998 |
