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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7609951 | 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... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7542666 | Method and apparatus for image blur correction An image-capturing apparatus includes a first image pickup element which picks up an actual image of a subject, a second image pickup element which detects a displacement and has sensitivity that is higher than that of the first image pickup element, an image pickup... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7509039 | Image sensing apparatus with camera shake correction function In an image sensing apparatus which has a camera shake correction function of performing a camera shake correction on a plurality of images sensed by an image sensing unit by extracting a partial image from each of the sensed images on the basis of correlation betwe... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7496287 | Image processor and image processing program Feature points are extracted from an image of a plurality of frames. A blurring direction component of a previous frame image is judged from motion vectors of the next frame image acquired with reference to feature points of the extracted previous frame image. Image... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7432953 | Image-taking apparatus detecting vibration and correcting image blurring An image-taking apparatus which improves accuracy of taken images by correcting image blurring is disclosed. The image-taking apparatus comprises an image pickup element which photoelectrically converts an object image formed by an image-taking optical system; a det... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7424213 | Camera system, image capturing apparatus, and a method of an image capturing apparatus A camera system includes a plurality of interchangeable lenses, each of which has an optical image stabilization unit for correcting image blurring, and a camera body. The camera body provides a shooting mode in which a set exposure time period is divided into a plu... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7362419 | Range image sensor A range image sensor comprising a light source, a light detecting element, a sensor control stage and an image construction stage. The image construction stage calculates a distance value for each image element in a range image based on each electric charge picked u... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355647 | Image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus including a first photoelectric conversion circuit that has a photoelectric conversion area and is used for performing focus adjustment; a second photoelectric conversion circuit that has a photoelectric conversion area and is used for perf... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349625 | Intermediate adapter There is provided an intermediate adapter having a camera shake correction function, in which an exchange head provided with an image taking optical system and an imaging device is applicable to a camera system, and a camera system having the intermediate adapter. T... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7305179 | Anti-shake apparatus An anti-shake apparatus of a photographing apparatus comprises a movable unit, and a control apparatus. The movable unit has an imaging device, and can be moved in first and second directions. The control apparatus moves the movable unit to first, second, third, and... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7292000 | Angular velocity measuring device and leg-moving robot An angular velocity measuring device (1) includes a first sensor (2) (vibration gyro) and a second sensor (3) (gas rate gyro). The detection output of the first sensor (2) is inputted to a high pass filter (4). Output of the filter... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7255449 | Stabilizer for optical devices An apparatus, system and method for stabilizing components is provided. In some embodiments, an apparatus for positioning an optical component relative to a frame is provided including a stabilizer. The stabilizer may be configured to be coupled to the optical compo... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7239342 | Image processing apparatus and method An object of the present invention is to generate an image which is prevented from being influenced by a movement while suppressing increase in noise components. When a movement is detected during exposure of an image capturing device to light, an image capturing ap... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7221400 | Sensor device for automatic exposure and automatic focus An image pickup apparatus including a first photoelectric conversion circuit that has a photoelectric conversion area and is used for performing focus adjustment; a second photoelectric conversion circuit that has a photoelectric conversion area and is used for perf... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7190395 | Apparatus, method, program and recording medium for image restoration An image of which restoration degree is determined based on the difference between each pixel and a neighboring pixel of the pixel in a light receiving element array 101 is divided into a plurality of areas based on the determined restoration degree, and the ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7142780 | Camera system and lens barrel A camera system comprises a camera body; a lens barrel having a photographing optical system, which can be mounted at the camera body; a shutter release switch disposed at the camera body and operated to start a shutter release operation; and a first operating switc... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139107 | Automatic static image capturing device and method A method and a device for automatic capturing of a static image. The automatic static image-capturing device is a scanner. The method includes the following steps. Any changes on a scanning platform are monitored. If a change in the static image on the scanning plat... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136581 | Image taking apparatus and program product AF is started in response to the depression of a shutter button 61 by the user, and a plurality of images are obtained in succession with a time interval while a first image and a second image are obtained in this order with a time interval by a CCD 11... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133608 | Camera A camera divides a light beam having passed through a taking lens unit into two light beams. One light beam forms an image on a silver salt film. Another light beam forms an image on a CCD. A light path for said another light beam is provided with an aperture diaphr... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7106363 | Lens apparatus, camera system, and camera The following lens apparatus is disclosed. That is, a lens apparatus, which forms an optical image by means of an image taking optical system, is detachably mountable to a camera comprising an image pickup device for photoelectric conversion of the optical im... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099518 | Measurement of blurring in video sequences A method for determine blurring in a test video sequence due to video processing includes detecting blocks within each frame of the test video sequence that have valid image edges. An edge point within each valid image edge block is selected and a series of points d... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7061674 | Electronic binoculars Electronic binoculars comprise an imaging unit, an image-signal processing unit, and first and second ocular units. First and second optical images, obtained by the optical system, are converted to first and second electric signals, due to imaging operations of the ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057645 | Camera system that compensates low luminance by composing multiple object images In a digital camera using an image pickup device such as CCD, a high resolution and properly exposed image is obtained by composition a plurality of image data of the same object taken by a plurality of image pickup operation when a luminance of the object is lower.... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7057644 | Camera system, camera, and lens apparatus with variable length vibration correction data A camera control circuit of a camera system sends vibration correction data with two different data lengths during image-taking and during image-taking preparation, respectively. The latter data length is shorter. A lens control circuit controls a vibration correcti... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6987529 | Camera having shake correction device mounted thereon A camera of this invention is a camera containing a shake correction device for correcting the shake by reading out application voltage data corresponding to a detected shake amount by use of parameters stored in an EEPROM indicating the relation between a voltage a... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6968058 | Digital evidential camera system for generating alteration detection data using built-in encryption key A digital evidential camera system is for detecting the alteration of image data obtained by photographing an object. The system comprises the camera and an alteration detection unit. The camera includes an image pickup unit for picking up an image of the object and... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6963074 | Omni-directional optical code reader using scheimpflug optics An optical code reader for reading optical codes in any orientation with a preferred depth of field (DOF), the optical code reader including imaging sensor arrays arranged at angles to one another and tilted in accordance with the Scheimpflug principle to allow for ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6957016 | Camera apparatus and method including blur detection feature Camera having a sensor for outputting subject image data to perform distance measuring or focusing of the camera, wherein in the event that a comparison is made between subject image data output from the sensor at predetermined intervals, and detection of blurring i... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6930708 | Apparatus and system for correction based upon detecting a camera shaking A detecting system for detecting a deviation of a camera from shaking has at least two shaking detectors and one correcting device. The first shaking detector detects a camera shaking corresponding to one axis of a camera coordinate system. The second shaking detect... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6810207 | Camera A camera according to the present invention comprises a sensor array wherein multiple pixels are arrayed in the base-length direction, a focusing unit for performing focusing of the camera based on the image output from the sensor array, a first detection unit for d... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6754445 | Blur detection apparatus and blur detection method Positional shifts of subject images in plural areas of a light receiving surface are respectively detected in a blur detection apparatus for a camera for detecting blur based on chronological positional shifts of subject images on a light receiving surface. This all... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6738571 | Lens device and vibration-proof adapter The lens device and the vibration-proof adapter include a lock mechanism with operational ease because a lock mechanism of a vibration-proof lens has a switch on a joint with a camera main body or a joint with the lens device. The lens device is connected by placing... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6630951 | Apparatus for detecting hand movement of an optical device A hand movement detecting apparatus for a body having imaging elements and an optical unit therein. The hand moment detecting apparatus includes a mechanical movement detecting device for detecting a mechanical moving amount of the body and generating a m... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6615112 | Method and device for calibrating robot measuring stations, manipulators and associated optical measuring devices A method and device is provided for multistage calibration of multiple-axis measuring robots (6) and associated optical measuring devices (10), especially 3D sensors, in a measuring station (1) for workpieces (2), preferably the bodyshells of motor vehicl... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6370330 | Image shake detecting device An image shake detecting device for detecting a shake of an image on an image sensing plane on the basis of a video signal output from an image sensor includes detection circuits arranged to detect image displacement in a plurality of areas set on the ima... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6320613 | Image blur prevention apparatus including device for varying sampling period for sampling an operating signal for image blur prevention device An image blur prevention apparatus includes a device that varies the sampling period of a signal used in image blur prevention. In an exposure operation, the sampling period is shortened to achieve image blur prevention with high precision (in the exposur... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6308010 | Wiring structure of an image stabilizer A wiring structure of an image stabilizer includes a movable member which supports an image-stabilizing optical system, a cylindrical base which supports the movable member, a first drive device which drives the movable member in a first direction, a seco... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6298198 | Motion verifying camera and motion verifying photography method In a motion verifying photography method, a latent image is captured during a film exposure time interval. The film exposure time interval has an initial portion, a middle portion, and a final portion. A first digital image is captured during the initial ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6226459 | Apparatus having a driven member and a drive controller therefor An apparatus has a member to be driven, an actuator for driving the member, a position detector and a controller. The actuator drives the member to move by an amount proportional to a given number of pulses. The position detector detects a position of the... | 05/01/2001 |
