Class 396/8 - Having shutter or film feed speed and air or spin speed synchronizing

Subclass of Class 396 - Photography
Definition: Subject matter wherein the camera is intended to be mounted
No. of patents: 22
Last issue date: 07/04/2006

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Number	Title	Issue Date
7071947	Automatic adjustment of floating point output images A system adjusts floating-point-valued images prior to conversion to a display signal so that the dynamic range of the display device is effectively used. Images are adjusted using transfer functions to create an adjusted image within the dynamic range of the displa...	07/04/2006
6999005	Image compensation apparatus In an image compensation apparatus for controlling an attitude of an image pickup section capable of rotating around mutually orthogonal three axes, the apparatus comprises a sight line direction information detection section for detecting information about a sight ...	02/14/2006
6992720	Optical apparatus including image pick-up device and interchangeable lens with controller for controlling change of aperture This invention discloses an optical apparatus including an image pickup optical unit, a light quantity adjustment unit inserted in the optical axis of the image pickup optical unit, the light quantity adjustment unit changing the aperture diameter to change the ligh...	01/31/2006
6992843	Precision optical wedge light beam scanner An apparatus for steering a light beam having a first lens element, a second lens element, a spacer element and a lubricative optical fluid. The first lens element has a convex lens surface. The second lens element has a concave lens surface. The concave lens surfac...	01/31/2006
6922030	Adjustable iris-diaphragm controller An adjustable iri-diaphragm controller includes a brushless direct current (DC) motor, an iris defining an aperture that corresponds to an angular position of the DC motor, and a control module including a differential circuit, an integrator, and a current-limiting ...	07/26/2005
6826358	Dual band hyperspectral framing reconnaissance camera A dual band hyperspectral framing aerial reconnaissance camera includes an objective optical subassembly for receiving incident radiation from a scene external of the vehicle, and a dividing element receiving radiation from the objective optical subassembly. The div...	11/30/2004
6694094	Dual band framing reconnaissance camera A reconnaissance camera is described which has a Cassegrain optical system forming an objective lens that directs radiation to a spectrum-dividing prism. The prism directs radiation in a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g., visible) into a first...	02/17/2004
6658207	Method of framing reconnaissance with motion roll compensation An electro-optical roll-framing camera is described in which successive overlapping frames of scene imagery are generated by an electro-optical imaging array. Image motion compensation is performed electronically to stop or freeze image motion caused by t...	12/02/2003
6510282	Long-life focal plane shutter for reconnaissance cameras A shutter for reconnaissance cameras includes a digital signal processor (DSP) system which provides for control of motors moving two curtains. The curtains each define an edge, the gap between the edges of the curtains defines an exposure slit. The shutt...	01/21/2003
6477326	Dual band framing reconnaissance camera A framing aerial reconnaissance camera is described which has a Cassegrain optical system forming an objective lens that directs radiation to a spectrum-dividing prism. The prism directs radiation in the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum int...	11/05/2002
6366734	Method of forward motion compensation in an aerial reconnaissance camera Forward motion compensation techniques are described for an aerial reconnaissance camera having a Cassegrain objective optical subassembly consisting of a primary mirror, a secondary mirror and a flat azimuth mirror located between the secondary mirror an...	04/02/2002
4861157	Apparatus for continuously photographing road surface This invention relates to an apparatus for continuously photographing a road surface. The apparatus has a motion picture camera attached to an outside upper part of a vehicle body, a road surfacial light projector for projecting a beam of light onto a roa...	08/29/1989
4758850	Identification of ground targets in airborne surveillance radar returns A method and apparatus are described for use during testing of air-borne ground surveillance radar installations to provide positive identification of targets and other ground features in the recorded or displayed radar returns. The apparatus includes a f...	07/19/1988
4734724	Method and arrangement for the automatic control of aerial photographic cameras A method and an arrangement for the automatic control of aerial photography cameras, in which a lens portrays the terrain overflown on a projected area, at least two photodetector rows being disposed on the projected area perpendicularly to the direction ...	03/29/1988
4616911	Method for a non-retarded shutter release of rotary shutters in photogrammetric aerial cameras The invention relates to a method for a non-retarded shutter release of a rotary sector shutter, particularly for use in photogrammetrical aerial cameras comprising a computer means which via a control means for rotating the rotary sectors of the shutter ...	10/14/1986
4600283	Apparatus and method for the automatic control of an aerial photographic camera Method and apparatus for automatically controlling aerial photographic cameras. An exact and reliable control device of low electronic and optical cost, which unburdens the operator, is realized by means of two photoreceiver lines positioned parallel to e...	07/15/1986
4505559	Method and means for compensating for image motion in an aerial camera The invention contemplates image-motion compensation in an aerial camera in which the slot of a focal-plane shutter (11) moves in a direction transverse to the direction of film (6) transport, and in which film transport is parallel to the direction of fl...	03/19/1985
4490028	Exposure-control device on an aerial camera A system for controlling a diaphragm aperture and shutter speed of an aerial camera involves computing maximum permissible exposure time as a function of permissible image motion, and flying speed and height. The shutter time is adjusted within a normal w...	12/25/1984
4344088	Variable-velocity film exposing and developing apparatus A photographic film recorder includes film-exposing apparatus having a laser light source for exposing the film, and a photographic film-developing apparatus. A film transport means transports the film at the same velocity through both the exposing appara...	08/10/1982
4157218	Wide angle scan camera A wide angle strip camera system which, in combination, includes a wide angle lens, having a curved conjugate focal surface, an image-receiving surface, a curved exposure slit disposed adjacent the image-receiving surface; the lens, image-receiving surfac...	06/05/1979
4147419	Scan cameras A wide angle strip camera system which, in combination, includes a wide angle lens, having a curved conjugate focal surface, a first image-receiving surface, a first curved exposure slit disposed adjacent the first image-receiving surface; the lens, first...	04/03/1979
3997795	Arrangement for control of aerial cameras In an arrangement for control of aerial cameras an objective for imaging a surveyed area onto a projection plane is employed. The image frequency and the drift are determined from the speed and the direction of the image motion on the projection plane, wh...	12/14/1976

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Class 396/8 - Having shutter or film feed speed and air or spin speed synchronizing