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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7609957 | Photographing lens driving control device A photographing lens driving control device includes a plurality of lens groups (1A-1C) having a magnification function, a plurality of lens driving devices (4A-4C), which drives the plurality of lens groups, and a control device (5 | 10/27/2009 |
| 7603030 | Optical apparatus for correcting the movement of a focusing lens in accordance with a change in focal length An optical apparatus includes a zoom optical system including a focusing lens unit, a first cam member that rotates around the optical axis and moves along the optical axis in a magnification-changing operation, the first cam member including a focus cam portion for... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7489862 | Presentation device The presentation device 100 comprises a shuttle operation member 170 rotatable in the forward and reverse directions. The shuttle operation member 170 comprises a momentary mechanism, returning automatically to the neutral position when the user... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7394978 | Imaging device Usability of device is improved for an imaging device that images a target object mounted on a table. In order to hold a camera head 120 and an illumination unit 130 with respect to a table 110 on which a target object is mounted, an imaging dev... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7233449 | Lens moving mechanism and imaging apparatus A lens moving mechanism which includes a moving lens for zooming or focusing; a lens holder holding the moving lens in a lens-barrel, and being supported freely movably into an optical axis direction of the moving lens; a guide shaft guiding the lens holder into the... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7158179 | Optical device, optical device driving unit, and camera system Disclosed is an optical device including an optical member, a memory unit for storing preset driving information about driving of the optical member, a driving unit for driving the optical member, an operation unit having an operation member, and a control unit for ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7113351 | Systems and methods for actuating lens assemblies Systems and methods for actuating lens assemblies (e.g., for purposes of zoom and/or focus lens operations) that may be implemented, for example, in any camera lens or other lens application that employs one or more actuatable lenses. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7102685 | Digital camera with changeable operation sequence A battery property judging circuit measures a voltage of battery before and while a zoom motor is operated respectively. A type of the battery is determined by a voltage change of the battery. A CPU selects either one of a normal operation sequence or a power-saving... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7079182 | Optical apparatus, optical apparatus driving unit and camera system The invention provides an optical apparatus comprising an optical member, a memory unit for memorizing preset speed information, and preset position information or preset direction information a memory instructing operation unit to be operated for causing the memory... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6963366 | Image pickup apparatus A lens exchangeable image pickup apparatus capable of changing the relationship between the rotation direction of a zoom ring and the motion direction of a zoom lens and changing the response characteristics of the zoom lens relative to the rotation of the zoom ring... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6956609 | Lens moving mechanism for an imaging device and method thereof A lens moving mechanism for controlling and monitoring movement of an imaging lens, which includes a detection part, a state indication part having arranged in order thereof first, second and third areas, the first area for indicating a first state to the detection ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954589 | Lens control apparatus, lens control method and camera A lens control apparatus with which a lens can be moved accurately to a target position is disclosed. The lens control apparatus comprises a position sensor that outputs a detection signal that changes periodically in accordance with a movement of the lens; a first ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6865036 | Lens drive device and lens device capable of setting an optimum braking characteristic A unit for inputting a set value of a braking characteristic near the end of a zooming operation area, and a storage unit for storing an initial set value are provided for a servo module (lens drive device), and the servo module can change the settings of the brakin... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6831793 | Optical apparatus and image-pickup apparatus An optical apparatus capable of reducing processing burden on the controller and achieving high-speed driving and improvement of the resolution of stop positions of an optical element. The optical apparatus includes a drive unit that drives the optical element, an o... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6822686 | Lens control apparatus A lens control apparatus for controlling the position of a focusing lens includes a rotary operation member, a detector, having a rotary encoder coupled with the rotary operation member, which detects the amount of rotation per unit time of the rotary operation memb... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6704503 | Optical device, optical device driving unit, information write device, preset information setting system, and camera system Disclosed is an optical device including an optical member, a driving member for driving the optical member, a storage member for storing preset information about driving of the optical member, an information write device for writing the preset informatio... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6701073 | Optical driving unit, optical apparatus and camera system An optical driving unit is disclosed, which is equipped with a function for moving an optical adjustment member by servo-driving to a stored position, wherein the optical adjustment member is not moved against the operator's intent after manual driving wh... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6633729 | Optical apparatus, optical apparatus driving unit and camera system The invention provides an optical apparatus comprising an optical member constituting the optical apparatus, memory means for memorizing preset information, control means for selectively executing preset drive controls of plural kinds utilizing the preset... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6614997 | Camera having an optical zoom system A technique that allows the shared use of a zoom lens barrel in a camera having plural zoom specifications with low cost, the camera having an optical zoom system with a variable focal length from the wide-angle end to telephoto end by moving the zoom len... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6526232 | Lens control unit A lens control unit is provided in which a position of an operating member for operating a zoom position or a focus position of a lens unit is moved by following the actual zoom position or the focus position of the lens unit in the case where a shot func... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6522838 | Optical apparatus, optical element driving unit, and photographing system An optical apparatus has an operation member for permitting a first operation and a second operation; a position detector for detecting a position of an optical element; a target position setting device for permitting arbitrary setting of a target positio... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6512542 | TV lens drive unit having a mechanism for designating a constant zoom rate When a constant rate switch is pressed during the operation of a seesaw switch, an output voltage of a potentiometer in the seesaw switch is stored in a condenser and a command from the seesaw switch is invalidated. The output voltage of the potentiometer... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6370332 | Zoom lens apparatus The present invention relates to a zoom lens having a controller which controls driving of a zoom portion, based on input of zoom control information, and which controls driving of the zoom portion while calculating a target drive state (zoom position) of... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6285154 | Lens controlling apparatus A lens controlling apparatus includes a lens-driving stepping motor, a driving current forming circuit for forming a driving current waveform to be supplied to the stepping motor, an inputting circuit for inputting a stop instruction to stop the lens-driv... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6070016 | Lens control device A lens control device which uses a zoom lens in which the state of marginal light quantity varies according to each focal length is arranged to compensate for a variation in marginal light quantity during zooming by detecting the focal length and controll... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6035137 | Taking lens drive unit If a seesaw switch and a quick zoom switch means are operated concurrently, the seesaw switch takes priority. If the quick zoom switch is operated by mistake while the seesaw switch is operated, the operation of the quick zoom switch is invalidated. The s... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6011657 | Optical apparatus for changing focus and focal length Apparatus having an optical system including two lens groups movable along an optical axis includes a zooming motor and a linkage interconnecting zooming motor and the two lens groups such that axial displacement of one of said lens groups effects axial d... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5893651 | Camera system and camera lens control unit In order to connect a stepping motor driven type camera unit to a camera control unit intended for a DC motor driven type camera apparatus, a camera system includes a lens block provided with a stepping motor for adjusting lens operation, an A/D conversio... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5887201 | Camera driving stop apparatus In a camera driving stop apparatus, a motor serves as a driving source upon reception of a current. A driven unit performs a predetermined operation associated with driving of a camera by using the motor as the driving source. A pulse generator outputs a ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5887202 | Lens controlling device and method for lens system with variable focal length A position controlling device in a lens system with a variable focal length with high-precision focusing having a small amount of required recorded information, even when there are large number of divisions of the object distance and of the focal length i... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5884107 | Lens controller A signal determining circuit determines the voltage of a control signal which is output according to a rotational angle of a thumb ring. When the determined voltage of the control signal is lower than a predetermined cutoff voltage, an armature of a switc... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5832318 | Movable optical member control device in optical apparatus having a control means and a conversion means A driving device includes a movable object, a driving part for moving the object, a manual operation member, a pulse generator for generating a plurality of pulses successively according to an operation of the operation member with pulse intervals varying... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5771410 | Driving device having multiple driving means selectively operated based on the movement of a manually operated member A driving device utilizes first and second driving units which drive an object when the operating speed of a manual operation member detected by a pulse signal are less than and not less than, respectively, a predetermined speed. The first driving unit dr... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5765051 | Focus detection device and method A focus detection device and method permits the shooting lens to follow the movement of the photographic object without a focussing delay due to the calculation time and the movement of the object. The system includes a camera, a shooting lens, a focus de... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5754895 | Photographic camera using frequency divided pulses for rapid adjustment of movable features A photographic camera has a movable part to be driven by an electric motor. A rotary encoder generates a pulse for every predetermined angle rotation of the motor and the motor is feedback-controlled on the basis of a pulse signal consisting of a pluralit... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5717961 | Automatic focus adjustment device capable of accurately driving a photographic lens to an end point of movement An automatic focus adjustment device which accurately performs end point detection of the range of movement of a photographic lens to smoothly drive the photographic lens completely to a focus position. The automatic focus adjustment device includes a def... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5715408 | Interconnect termination for high speed circuits A termination synthesis technique that automatically derives an optimum termination scheme for interconnects in electronic circuits. The termination synthesis technique uses an adaptive partitioning approach to divide a large circuit into separate cluster... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5678074 | Power focus device for a camera A power focus device for a camera provides a user-friendly lever interface allowing efficient camera operation. A lever, located outside a camera cover, is movable in two opposing directions but is biased to remain at a neutral position between two extrem... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5648836 | Optical apparatus with control device for controlling movable optical member An optical apparatus comprising a movable optical member, a driving part for causing the optical member to move, a manual operation member capable of being operated to be moved, a first detecting part for detecting at least an operating speed of the manua... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5640616 | Drive control apparatus of lens housing for camera A drive control apparatus of lens housing for camera, comprises a camera body, a lens housing, a drive unit, signal generating means and a control unit. The position detection of the lens housing is carried out only at a single reference position, and in ... | 06/17/1997 |
