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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155513 | Off center motor, ground glass on center post with ball bearing(S), X-Y image position adjustment and on-the-fly back focus adjustment with lock down on 35mm spinning ground glass adapters A video camera, having a body which supports a Depth of Field adapter and contains an image recording device comprises imaging optics having a disk shaped ground glass for rendering visible a real image; a rotatable post having a first end coupled to the ground glas... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8009973 | Portable electronic device A portable electronic device includes a main body defining a receiving cavity therein, a camera module received in the receiving cavity, and a movable moveable lens. The camera module includes a casing and a wide-angle lens unit received in the casing. The movable l... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7853137 | Fixing structure for an auxiliary lens of cameras A means for fixing an auxiliary lens to the outside of the original lens of a camera body includes an annular base, an annular lens mount and an annular abutting base. The inner edge of the base protrudes upwardly to form a wall. The wall protrudes outwards to form ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7813632 | Optical adapter system and method System and method for modifying an optical assembly with another image modifying device by using an adapter assembly to connect or couple three image modifying devices together. The adapter assembly includes two adapters that have collars to hold a night vision mono... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7783182 | Camera system, lens unit and accessory device A lens unit has a photographing lens, and is secured removably to a camera main body. An accessory conversion lens device is settable on the lens unit. The lens unit includes a reception unit for receiving accessory device data from the conversion lens device. A det... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7720368 | System, method and apparatus for enhancing a projected image The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for enhancing a projected image to reduce the optical depth of field, and create a more desirable film-like image. The present invention provides a multi-function imaging element for enhancing a projected... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7715702 | Lens adapter and imaging apparatus A lens adapter is disclosed. The lens adapter includes: an adapter ring having a flexible fitting portion and an installation portion in which an optical component is mounted, the fitting portions being fitted over a fitting engagement portion of a lens ring mounted... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7609953 | Camera system, lens unit and accessory device A lens unit has a photographing lens, and is secured removably to a camera main body. An accessory conversion lens device is settable on the lens unit. The lens unit includes a reception unit for receiving accessory device data from the conversion lens device. A det... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7574124 | Adapter lens An adapter lens has a front plate, an optical member, a side plate, an upper plate and a rear plate. The adapter lens can be detachably attached to an upper left-hand corner of a body included in a camera. The adapter lens is mounted on the camera with the front pla... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7522828 | Interchangeable lens type camera system and intermediate accessory An interchangeable lens type camera system in which an intermediate accessory is removably attached between a camera body and a lens barrel includes a first CPU provided in the camera body, a second CPU provided in the intermediate accessory, and a third CPU provide... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7460777 | Covert wide-angle camera adapter A reflective tube centered on a lens of a camera is used in covert wide-angle photography in which and at least one reflected annular image is rotated by 180° to register it with the open-hole (zero-order) image to obtain a wide-angle corrected image. Any exposure ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7352387 | Camera with positioning device used to capture magnified and demagnified images To provide a camera that is suited to shoot both a demagnified image and a magnified image. The camera includes a housing body 11 containing a CCD 15, and a lens barrel 12. An abutted member 20 having an objective lens 40 th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339623 | Camera and image pickup device unit which reduce influence of dust image quality A camera is provided which includes a dust-proofing member having a substantially circular or polygonal plate-shape and a transparent portion at an area having at least a predetermined length in a radial direction from a center of the dust-proofing member. The trans... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330213 | Camera for shooting demagnified and magnified images A camera for shooting both a demagnified image and a magnifed image. In an embodiment, the camera includes a housing body containing a CCD, and a lens barrel. An abutted member having an objective lens therein is engaged with the lens barrel and a rotatable manually... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324156 | Attachable carrier having an optical accessory for a portable electronic device A portability enhancement device (100) for enhancing portability and optical capability of a portable electronic device (102) equipped with a camera (108) and camera lens (110) is provided. The portability enhancement device (100) ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324148 | Camera and image pickup device unit used therefor having a sealing structure between a dust proofing member and an image pick up device A camera is provided that includes a dust-proofing member that has a substantially circular or polygonal plate-shape and that includes a transparent portion at an area having at least a predetermined length in a radial direction from the center thereof, and that is ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7295387 | Lens optical system A lens optical system is provided with a cemented lens element formed by cementing two constituent lens elements made of different optical materials together, with a diffractive optical surface formed at the cementing interface between the two constituent lens eleme... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7260322 | Changeable-lens camera, camera system, and focus detection device A camera system according to this invention comprises an interchangeable lens unit, an intermediate adapter, and a camera body unit. An AF sensor detects the defocus amount of the interchangeable lens unit. The interchangeable lens unit incorporates a data storage s... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7221453 | Optical apparatus Various optical apparatus provide a source of parallel light (7, 75). The parallel light (7, 75) is generally achieved by directing an incident beam at the apex of a prism (1, 22, 24, 26, 28). The prism may have varying configurations. One confi... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7193651 | Camera system, lens apparatus and camera A camera system has a camera with a photosensitive member that records optical images; and a lens apparatus removably mounted on the camera and forming an optical image with an image taking optical system including a focus lens. Focus control of the focus lens is ch... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7118295 | Interchangeable lens, interchangeable lens system and camera system An interchangeable lens is disclosed which prevents the camera body and interchangeable lens from being damaged even if an attempt is made to erroneously mount therebetween. The interchangeable lens is a second interchangeable lens whose flange back is the same as t... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7085485 | Intermediate adapter and camera system The present invention provides an intermediate adapter capable of being mounted on a first camera on which a first interchangeable lens is mounted and a second camera on which the first interchangeable lens and a second interchangeable lens are mounted. The second i... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7016123 | Lens apparatus and image taking apparatus A lens apparatus which enables to reduce size is disclosed. The lens apparatus has a first member which is movable in the optical axis direction and holds a first lens unit; a second member which holds a second lens unit and the first member; a first motor which is ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7006141 | Method and objective lens for spectrally modifying light for an electronic camera A method for modifying the spectrum of light rays passing through an objective lens to an electronic camera that includes providing an interference type filter within the objective lens. The interference type filter may be a coating on a separate optical element add... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6980368 | Optical adapter and lens-fitted photo film unit An optical adapter comprises an adapter body and a lens member. The lens member is a cylindrical lens having one or more curved surfaces, and has a function to extend an optical image in a horizontal direction. A taking lens and a viewfinder are arranged vertically,... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6972798 | Focusing device and method An automatic focus adjustment device has an image sensing element for converting an object optical image into an electrical signal, and outputting an image signal, a filter for extracting high-frequency components of the image signal obtained by the image sensing el... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6970201 | Method and lens system for modifying the modulation transfer function of light for a camera A method and lens system for modifying the modulation transfer function of the light passing through the lens system to a camera or other imaging system that includes providing a spatial frequency response modifying (SFRM) filter within the lens system. The SFRM fil... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6947092 | Optical device This invention provides a lens device to be mounted on a television camera and capable of executing appropriate process even when it is used in combination with the cameras of different characteristics. The lens device has an interface circuit of which characteristi... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6940556 | Electronic still camera and information recording appartus An electronic still camera is provided with a photographic image capturing device that outputs image data by capturing a subject image passing through a taking lens, an analytic image capturing device provided at a position adjacent to the position that is conjugate... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6937819 | Optical viewing system and adaptor therefor An optical viewing system includes first, second and third image modifying devices together with an adaptor assembly for connecting the image modifying devices together. The adaptor assembly has first and second clamping portions. The first clamping portion is conne... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6930719 | Lens unit structure for SLR digital camera A lens unit structure for an SLR digital camera is provided with a photographing lens block and a finder block. The photographing lens block includes a lens barrel having a pair of guide shafts extending in parallel with an optical axis. Ends of the guide shafts are... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6924842 | Focusing state determining adapter for taking lens The focusing state determining adapter is detachably mounted between an interchangeable taking lens and a camera body in a camera system. The focusing state determining adapter includes a focus-imaging element and a beam splitter, which divides the subject light ent... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922525 | Camera and modular lens system A control module between to a lens barrel and a camera body contains a focus driver and an iris and associated aperture control. The control module interacts electronically and mechanically with the camera body and the lens barrel to position lens systems within the... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6915072 | Finder, marker presentation member, and presentation method of positioning marker for calibration photography A finder apparatus which is used together with a photographing apparatus presents a marker for positioning for setting relative positions of the photographing apparatus and an object for calibration so as to be visually recognizable by an operator in a finder config... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6906700 | 3D controller with vibration A hand operated controller or converter structured for allowing hand inputs to be converted or translated into electrical outputs, the controller structured with a plate or platform moveable relative to a base or housing about two mutually perpendicular axes general... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6895180 | Camera support device The present invention relates to a camera support device including an attachment device for a camera fitted or capable of being fitted with a first lens, and a mechanism for rotating around an axis. The attachment device also includes a device for attaching an adapt... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6816673 | Lens-fitted photo film unit with optical adapter A lens-fitted photo film unit includes a main body pre-loaded with photo film. A taking lens is incorporated in the main body. A front cover covers a front of the main body, has a lens opening where the taking lens is disposed. An optical adapter is secured to the f... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6798586 | Corrector optic compensating spherical and coma aberrations generated by a prism A corrector optic is provided, for use in a camera system that includes a thick prism in front of the focal plane. The corrector optic includes preferably two lenses to be aligned on the optical axis of the camera system. When coupled within the camera system, the c... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6798985 | Camera system including a camera mounting apparatus for obtaining close-up photographs A sterile, disposable camera system which is always sterilized for use and avoids the need to sterilize the camera or camera mounting system for re-usage includes a sterile camera unit which is easily, removably mounted on a sterile mounting apparatus which is const... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6738570 | Lens apparatus having vapor-resistant ventilation and optical instrument using lens apparatus A lens apparatus or optical instrument having a lens apparatus including a holding member that holds and moves a lens or a lens group in an optical axis direction, the holding member having a vent providing ventilation between the interior and the exterior of the le... | 05/18/2004 |
