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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5570149 | Camera having a collapsible mount type photographic optical system A camera having a photographic optical system contained in a lens barrel including a zoom cam tube and a collapsible mount cam tube. The zoom cam tube is movable in a focal length adjustment region between a Tele position and a Wide position, while the co... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5568214 | Take-up spool clutch with delayed engagement In a camera, a take-up spool clutch assembly (34) is provided with delayed engagement by disposing a clutch spring (32) between a take-up spool (10) and a drive gear (30). The clutch spring (32) engages a lug (46) on a hub portion (40) of the take-up spoo... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5565941 | Hot shoe system for camera A pop-up internal strobe unit of a camera is enabled when a hot shoe cover is inserted into a hot shoe, or if the hot shoe is empty, and is disabled when an external strobe is mounted in the hot shoe. The enabling and disabling of the pop-up internal stro... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5563673 | Camera A camera is provided with a cartridge chamber for loading a film cartridge, a cartridge chamber lid for closing or opening said cartridge chamber, and switching means for switching a state of an operation portion formed on a surface of said film cartridge... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5563668 | Motion picture film composition method A motion picture film composition method can be provided in which when a first motion picture film on which a first picture is imaged and a second motion picture on which a second picture is imaged are combined, the first motion picture film is converted ... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5555055 | Camera with manual film drive control and self resetting rewind latch A photographic camera has a manual film drive which interconnects drivers for driving internal wind and rewind film spools in the same direction. A direction slide engages a toothed wheel in the film drive to prevent reverse rewind rotation when in a film... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5555051 | Back-focus adjusting device for a video camera To set a distance between a lens mounting surface of a lens mount and a image pickup element for a back-focus of a interchangeable lens, the video camera comprises two guide pins fixed inside a front panel of a camera body parallel to an optical axis of a... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5555049 | Driving force transmission mechanism for use in a camera A driving force transmission mechanism for a camera has a motor capable of rotational driving and axial driving. One of a plurality of driven gears is selected by axial movement of an output shaft of the motor, and a driving force is transmitted to the se... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5555062 | Recyclable single-use camera with replaceable front lens element A recyclable single-use camera in which a front casing portion is separable from a main body portion to replace a taking lens during recycling of said camera, is characterized in that the taking lens has a front lens element and a rear lens element. The r... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5555061 | Camera with improved positioning of vibration detecting sensors therein A camera having vibration detecting sensors and a vibration correction function, with improved positioning of the vibration detecting sensors to reduce noise resulting from vibration components in the roll direction of the camera. The camera includes a re... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5555057 | Differential gear for motor driven photographic system A differential gear mechanism for loading, advancing, rewinding and unloading photographic film, and in particular, film in a thrust film cartridge, for a photographic system. The differential gear includes a sun gear, which is rotatable, a planetary gear... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5552846 | Camera The present invention relates to a camera having a spool drive mechanism for pushing film loaded in a film cassette out of the cassette by rotating a spool. Herein, after a film cassette is mounted, when film is to be pushed out of the film cassette, a dr... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5552843 | Camera capable of reading film information The present invention is applicable to a camera capable of reading in film specific information recorded by means of a bar code. This film specific information is inscribed upon a display portion which rotates together with the forwarding of a film stored... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5550608 | Apparatus and method for closing a film cassette and unloading the closed cassette from a camera A camera comprising a cassette-receiving chamber for holding a film cassette provided with a light lock which is pivoted closed before removing the cassette from the chamber, is characterized in that an exterior opening to the chamber is positioned to lon... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5550610 | System for creating special effect images in the out-of-focus highlights of photographs A camera system creates special effect images in the out-of-focus highlights of a photographic image by inserting a transparent image cell between the objective lens and focal plane of the camera. The image cell can be a transparency bearing the desired s... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548365 | View finder of camera A view finder of a camera, in which images of indication marks are observed through an eyepiece lens in a peripheral light intercepting portion of a field frame of a finder optical system. The view finder includes indicating members provided outside the f... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5541686 | Camera adapter An optical adapter having at least one optical element which is attachable to a camera having a taking lens. The adapter is movable to selectively move the optical element(s) over or away from the taking lens after the adapter has been attached to the cam... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5541687 | Electronic flash assemblage with reflector to circuit board connection An electronic flash assemblage comprising a circuit board having an exposed electrically conductive patch, and an electrically conductive flash reflector adapted to be attached to the circuit board, is characterized in that the flash reflector has a resil... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5539488 | Rotary shutter A rotary shutter for controlling an optical path and including a rotating disk having an opening. A sensor monitor is representative of disk rotation, while a blocking element is selectively positioned within and without the optical path dependent upon th... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5539485 | Illumination device for providing continuous diffuse light on and off an observing axis An illumination device for illuminating an object to be observed, by a machine vision camera of the like for example, with a continuous diffuse wide angle light which is supplied both along the viewing axis of the machine vision camera and off axis. The d... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5539487 | Method and apparatus for recording stereoscopic images and lenticular recording material used therefor The improved method and apparatus for recording a stereoscopic image read a plurality of original images photoelectrically, split each original image into linear images of a desired pitch, perform any necessary image processing operations such as arrangin... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5534963 | Posing station A posing station for a portrait studio which allows for great flexibility in the taking of subjects' portraits. The posing station can be converted between a seating area with an aisle behind it for group photographs and an expansive surface for baby and ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5530506 | Film take-up device in camera In a camera, a snag-and-drag web has one end portion secured to a take-up spool and an opposite free end portion provided with an integral hook. The web's free end portion initially protrudes into a cartridge-receiving chamber to be bent when a film cartr... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5530502 | Camera autowind gear mechanism An autowind gear mechanism in a camera housing includes a harmonic gear reducer having a ring gear that walks a planet gear around a stationary sun gear to thereby move a film spool coupled to the planet gear and move a photographic film roll attached to ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5530504 | Film cartridge ejector for photographic system An ejector mechanism is provided for use in any system which uses photographic film, such as cameras, film development equipment and any other systems designed for film cartridges. One embodiment of the ejector mechanism includes an ejector slide, an ejec... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5530507 | Method of assembling one-time-use camera A method of assembling a one-time-use camera comprising the steps of placing one of a longitudinal series of edge perforations in a film leader of a filmstrip to be exposed in the camera onto one of an annular series of peripheral teeth of a metering spro... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5528327 | Camera viewfinder with leveling indicator A camera comprises a see-through viewfinder for viewing a subject to be photographed, and a leveling indicator visible in the viewfinder for indicating whether or not the camera is oriented level relative to the subject. The leveling indicator is an optic... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526081 | Film take-up device in camera In a camera, a snag-and-drag web has one end portion secured to a take-up spool and an opposite free end portion provided with an integral hook. The web's free end portion initially protrudes into a nest adjacent a cartridge-receiving chamber, to make the... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5523812 | Cassette for enclosing a plurality of positive film units A cassette holds sheets of film which form a positive image on one side thereof. The cassette is especially configured to minimize accidental discharge of the film sheets due to jars or impacts. A pick is used to penetrate a pick slot in the forward wall ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5521669 | Frame positioning and shutter cocking mechanism A mechanism for cocking a shutter actuating lever during the one-frame advance of a photographic film having one or two perforations per frame. A cocking lever pushes the shutter actuating lever toward a cocked position when a claw lever mounted on a dist... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5521664 | Camera with flash-prevention mode override A camera having an automatic flash prevention mode includes an override mechanism allowing a photographer to override the automatic flash prevention mode. The number of flashes and timing of the flashes can be set arbitrarily by the photographer while the... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5521670 | Camera utilizing horizontal and vertical board connectors A carefully designed arrangement of an electrical board and an FPC board connected by electrical connectors in a camera. The reliability of electrical connections is improved, and of a higher quality. An FPC board or the like, is positioned along top side... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5517269 | Method of assembling one-time-use camera A method of assembling a one-time-use camera comprising the steps of placing one of a longitudinal series of edge perforations in a film leader of a filmstrip to be exposed in the camera onto one of an annular series of peripheral teeth of a metering spro... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5510866 | Method and apparatus for preventing film creep by delaying deactivation of film metering member by shutter driver member To prevent photographs from being blurred by film creep, a camera having a spring-loaded shutter driver member that is movable from a cocked position to an uncooked position to operate the camera shutter and then to deactivate a film metering mechanism, i... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5510868 | Zoom lens camera having aperture size changing mechanism A camera having a zoom lens barrel that includes an aperture size changing mechanism including a pair of light intercepting members which are inserted into a retracted from a rectangular-shaped photographing aperture of the camera for changing the photogr... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5508771 | Apparatus and method for stopping film advance An apparatus for stopping photographic film advance upon encountering an end-of-roll perforation at the end of a roll of film. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a camera body defining a film track for slidably receiving film, a camming member mova... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5508770 | Film transport mechanism for camera A film transport mechanism for a camera comprises drive means for advancing a filmstrip beginning with a leading end portion from a film cartridge, and a perforation sensor for detecting a turn-around perforation in a trailing end portion of the filmstrip... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5506649 | Method of forming a film end in a reverse curl to facilitate its extraction from a film cartridge A method of forming a reverse curl or similar crimp in a leading film end of a filmstrip to facilitate extraction of the leading film end from a film cartridge, comprises several steps. First, the leading film end is secured to a film take-up spool in a r... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5502526 | Camera A camera is proposed with which, without a light blocking member on the rear of a film exposure portion needing to be dismounted from the camera body, testing and adjustment can be performed by opening up the rear of the film exposure portion, so that the... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500702 | Device for identifying a perimeter of a scene to be recorded by an image recording apparatus A device for identifying a perimeter of a scene to be recorded by an image recording apparatus, such as a camera, includes one or more laser diodes for emitting visible radiation which can be formed into a plurality of beams. The beams are arranged to imp... | 03/19/1996 |
