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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8150254 | Image pickup system having ranging function The image pickup system includes a ranging part measuring object distances in plural ranging areas in an image pickup region in a state where the image pickup system and a moving object are in movement with respect to a still object, a first setting part setting, am... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8121469 | Autofocus system An autofocus system includes an image pickup unit that takes a subject image formed by an optical system; an autofocus unit that performs focus adjustment on the optical system so as to bring into focus a subject within a predetermined AF area in a photographing ima... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8107806 | Focus adjustment apparatus and focus adjustment method A focus adjustment apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to capture an object image input via a focus lens to output image data, a focus adjustment unit configured to perform focus adjustment by controlling a position of the focus lens based on the image dat... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8000591 | Automatic focusing apparatus An automatic focusing apparatus includes: a focus detector photoelectrically converting at least a part of a photographing beam; a defocus computer calculating a defocus amount based on an output of the focus detector; a driver driving a focus lens based on the defo... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995909 | Auto-focusing method An auto-focusing method includes: setting a central point of area of interest according to a user's input to select a moving object to perform auto tracking of the moving object within an image; setting an auto focusing area encompassing the central point of area of... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7962029 | Auto focus system having AF frame auto-tracking function Disclosed is an auto focus system having an auto focus (AF) frame auto-tracking function that detects the image of an object to be tracked as an AF target using a pattern matching process and moves an AF frame indicating an AF target range to the position of the obj... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7869704 | Focus adjusting device, image pickup apparatus, and focus adjustment method A focus adjusting device in which, when a detecting unit that detects an object image to be focused from a picked up image is capable of detecting the object image to be focused, a setting unit that sets a focus detection area when a focused state of an image pickup... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7860385 | Autofocus system When it is detected that a tracking target disappears in an image range in the course of tracking the tracking target, which is a registration pattern selected as a target to be tracked from among registration patterns, an autofocus is disabled. Thereafter, the auto... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7826735 | Auto focus unit and digital camera An auto focus unit, comprising a pursuit block, a lens driver, a detection block, and a controller, is provided. The pursuit block pursues the movements of an optical image of the target-object. The auto focus unit brings an optical image of the target-object into f... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7796875 | Focusing system and method for enhancing resolution of an optical system An exemplary focusing method for enhancing resolution of an optical system is provided. The method includes: focusing on an object and obtaining an image of the object by a lens assembly of the optical system, using a designated point within a motion range of an aut... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7773872 | Camera having a function of predicting a future image plane position from a change in a plurality of past image plane positions and of time detection, a photographic lens to be mounted on the same, and a camera system A camera is provided which is configured to receive a photographic lens having a diaphragm. The camera includes a defocus amount detection unit configured to detect first information corresponding to a defocus amount, from light passing through the photographic lens... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7634185 | Focusing device, image pickup apparatus, and control method A focusing device includes a driving unit that drives a focus lens, a control unit, and a storing unit. The control unit controls the driving unit to move the focus lens through a predetermined range, determines a state of focus based on a signal from an image picku... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7362369 | Image-taking control apparatus for controlling a plurality of drivable parts of said apparatus such that each drivable part finishes its operation at substantially the same time An image-taking control apparatus lets the operations of a plurality of drivable parts, including a first drivable part whose driving speed can be switched only in steps, finish substantially simultaneously. A speed selector selects an operation speed for each of th... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7277237 | AF control apparatus for zoom lens system An AF control apparatus for a zoom lens system includes a movable lens group serving as a zooming lens group and a focusing lens group in the zoom lens system; a focusing table which stores focusing data for the movable lens group; a zooming table which stores zoomi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7260270 | Image creating device and image creating method An image-capturing unit generates an image signal corresponding to an image of a subject formed by a photographing optical system. A point spread function generating unit generates varying point spread functions corresponding to various distances based upon two-dime... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7218341 | Apparatus capable of shake estimation A camera is provided with: a detector for detecting a shake amount of the apparatus with respect to an object at an interval; a calculator for calculating a shake speed and a shake acceleration rate based on detected shake amounts, and calculates an estimative shake... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7119968 | AF control apparatus An AF control apparatus includes a plurality of movable lens groups, each of which is movable along an optical axis for performing focusing independently, and a driving system for moving each of the movable lens groups. A moving path of each of the movable lens grou... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116502 | Optical apparatus An optical apparatus is disclosed which can control a position of a driven member with precision using a simple control algorithm. The optical apparatus includes an actuator, a driven member, a transmission mechanism for transmitting a driving force from the actuato... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7039250 | Electronic camera and image processing program The invention provides a technique for compression processing according to JPEG 2000 or the like in an electronic camera that evaluates the quality of each of image data groups taken sequentially by an imaging section and records high-rank image data selectively, an... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7027087 | Electronic camera The present invention relates to an electronic camera which images an object image and records image data. Particularly, the present invention relates to technology to record image data in a good shooting state, such as with little blurring due to hand shaking. The ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7023499 | Television receiver with motion sensor A flat screen television set which is equipped with electronic sensors which activate a servo-motor or the like to move the screen in response to the presence and movement of a viewer. The television screen is mounted for swivel movement and is capable of movement t... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6972797 | Automatic focusing device and the electronic image pickup apparatus using the same An auto-focusing device and an electronic image pickup apparatus facilitates realizing a high focusing accuracy and a quick focusing operation simultaneously using an inexpensive plastic lens mount. The auto-focusing device according includes a means for correcting ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6938004 | Method of providing photofinishing credit A management system and method of assigning credit for unprintable images provided by a customer. When unprintable frames are submitted for processing, such as scanning, printing or storage, the method allows the photofinisher to keep track of the number of image su... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6311019 | Automatic focus adjusting system capable of adjusting focus of moving subject An automatic focus adjusting apparatus includes an image move-amount detecting section, an image position predicting section and a control section. The image move-amount detecting section detects, for each of a pair of images of a subject divided in a pre... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6308015 | Camera having automatic focusing device There is provided a camera with an automatic focusing device having hybrid AF unit capable of always performing a reliable automatic focusing operation on a moving object to provide a more preferable photographic result. The camera includes first distance... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6275069 | Self-resetting logic circuits and method of operation thereof A self-resetting circuit includes a logic circuit operative to transition an output signal from a first logic state to a second logic state responsive to a first logic state transition of an input signal, along with a bistable reset circuit coupled to the... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6061526 | Image recording apparatus adjustment method A method of adjusting an image recording apparatus includes a step of adjusting at least one of a focus point position of an exposure means, a degree of parallelization of the exposure means and a position of the exposure means, and a step of correcting a... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5937216 | Focal adjustment apparatus for a camera A focus adjustment apparatus is provided that tracks the direction of movement of an object from a plurality of focus detection areas disposed within the photographic screen of a camera in an efficient order. The focus adjustment apparatus includes a focu... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5930532 | Automatic focusing device of camera having highly reliable movement prediction feature An automatic focusing device of camera is adapted to control the lens to focus on an object moving along the optical axis of the lens. The focus detecting section of the device outputs a plurality of focus detection signals according to the focused state ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5913082 | Image signal processing apparatus An image signal processing apparatus for detecting a focusing state or a distance state by performing a correlation calculation of two images received by a light receiving section that includes a plurality of two dimensionally arranged photoelectric conve... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5896174 | Control system for inhibiting a calculating system in an automatic focusing device An automatic focusing device has a rangefinder CCD sensor unit that measures a defocus amount with respect to the image of an object which is focused by an optical system. A focusing lens group of the optical system is driven into a focusing position base... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5878289 | Camera having automatic focusing system A camera having an automatic focusing system includes a focus detector in a camera body to which a photographing lens can be detachably mounted for detecting a focus state for an object image formed by the photographing lens mounted to the camera body. A ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5873006 | Focusing device A focus adjustment apparatus which automatically focuses a camera or other optical equipment. The focus adjustment apparatus predicts complex fluctuations in the image plane position easily and accurately. The apparatus includes a focus detection device w... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5862415 | Auto-focusing camera with panning state detection function A camera includes (i) a detection circuit for detecting a relative moving state or a vibrating state between the camera and an object and (ii) a focusing adjustment apparatus for focusing on the object. The focusing adjustment apparatus is capable of perf... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5862417 | Automatic focus adjustment apparatus An automatic focus adjustment apparatus more ideally accomplishes a tracking servo process, which drives a shooting lens so that a focusing state is maintained by predicting movements of an image plane of a moving object. A lens driving system 6 determine... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5860032 | Autofocus device of a camera and method An autofocus device and method for a camera that can process statistically the tracking and focusing of an object in high velocity motion. The device and method corrects the acceleration of the motion and computes a lens forwarding amount and an absolute ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5835797 | Optical apparatus with visual axis detecting An optical apparatus with the visual axis detecting function is comprised of an imaging optical system, visual axis detecting means for detecting to which of a plurality of areas in the field of view of the optical system a visual axis is directed, and fo... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5799214 | Autofocusing device An automatic focusing device according to the present invention includes a lens drive section that drives and automatically focuses a photographing lens, a defocus amount detecting section that detects a defocus amount of the photographing lens, a locus s... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5797048 | Automatic focusing device which inhibits tracking drive control with a zoom lens having focus shift An automatic focusing device for a camera capable of accommodating an interchangeable zoom lens which prevents inadvertently performing a moving subject tracking lens drive control when the zoom lens causes focus shift as a result of a zooming operation. ... | 08/18/1998 |
