| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
|---|
| 396439000 |
CAMERA DETAIL
| 555 |
| 396089000 |
WITH EXPOSURE OBJECTIVE FOCUSING MEANS, FOCUSING AID, OR RANGEFINDING MEANS
| 369 |
| 396419000 |
CAMERA SUPPORT
| 362 |
| 396052000 |
CAMERA SHAKE SENSING
| 255 |
| 396155000 |
WITH OBJECT ILLUMINATION FOR EXPOSURE
| 180 |
| 396072000 |
HAVING VARIABLE FOCAL LENGTH OF CAMERA OBJECTIVE
| 108 |
| 396213000 |
EXPOSURE CONTROL CIRCUIT
| 77 |
| 396322000 |
PLURAL IMAGE RECORDING
| 66 |
| 396025000 |
UNDERWATER, WATERPROOF, OR WATER-RESISTANT CAMERA
| 48 |
| 396001000 |
STUDIO STRUCTURE
| 47 |
| 396056000 |
HAVING WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL CIRCUIT
| 40 |
| 396544000 |
CAMERA ATTACHMENT
| 38 |
| 396354000 |
SINGLE LENS REFLEX CAMERA
| 37 |
| 396373000 |
WITH VIEWFINDER
| 36 |
| 396429000 |
CAMERA COMBINED WITH OR CONVERTIBLE TO DIVERSE ART DEVICE
| 31 |
| 396564000 |
FLUID-TREATING APPARATUS
| 29 |
| 396310000 |
WITH DATA RECORDING
| 28 |
| 396050000 |
ATTITUDE SENSING
| 17 |
| 396263000 |
CAMERA RELEASE CONTROL CIRCUIT
| 17 |
| 396281000 |
HAVING CAMERA INDICATOR
| 14 |
| 396014000 |
BODY EXAMINATION PHOTOGRAPHY
| 13 |
| 396071000 |
HAVING LENS CONVERTER OR EXTENSION TUBE
| 11 |
| 396007000 |
AERIAL CAMERA
| 10 |
| 396153000 |
OBJECT MOTION DETECTION
| 10 |
| 396301000 |
WITH POWER SUPPLY DETAIL
| 10 |
| 396061000 |
FLASH SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO FOCAL LENGTH OR DISTANCE
| 9 |
| 396048000 |
CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR SEQUENCING AT LEAST THREE FUNCTIONS
| 7 |
| 396348000 |
FOLDING OR COLLAPSIBLE CAMERA
| 6 |
| 396063000 |
EXPOSURE CONTROL SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO FOCAL LENGTH
| 6 |
| 396049000 |
SELF-ORGANIZING SYSTEM
| 6 |
| 396661000 |
MISCELLANEOUS | 5 |
| 20100074613 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A photographing apparatus includes the following elements. A photographing unit photographs an object. A position detecting unit detects the position of the photographing apparatus. A direction detecting unit detects the direction of the photographing apparatus when the object is photographed. An angle-of-view detecting unit detects the angle of view of the photographed image. A recommended-composition information obtaining unit obtains recommended-composition information including a recommended angle of view of the image photographed at the detected position and a recommended direction. An angle-of-view comparing unit compares the detected angle of view with the recommended angle of view. An angle-of-view adjusting unit adjusts the angle of view in accordance with the result of the comparison. A direction comparing unit compares the detected direction with the recommended direction. A presenting unit presents, in accordance with the result of the comparison, direction-change instruction information for instructing the direction of the photographing apparatus to be changed. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100202771 | LENS DEVICE | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100322617 | Multimedia multifunctional photo kiosk combination device - The present invention provides a multimedia multifunctional photo kiosk combination device, wherein a multimedia device is structured from a display interface and an access device. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110229121 | CAMERA LENS HOLDER - A camera lens holder configured to hold a camera lens when the lens is not attached to a camera body. The camera lens holder includes a back plate and an adapter plate associated with the back plate. The back plate and adapter plate may be movably connected with a hinge. The lens holder also includes a lens mount configured to engage with a camera lens associated with the adapter plate. The camera lens holder may include a lens release mechanism to selectively prohibit or allow the removal of a camera lens which has been engaged with the lens mount. Also disclosed is a lens holding system and a method of holding a spare camera lens. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20130315578 | METHOD OF CREATING A TIME-LAPSE LENTICULAR PRINT - The present invention provides a method for creating lenticular prints, generally for use as postcards, in which an historical photograph is interlaced with a contemporary photograph. In order to provide a more accurate illusion of morphing between photographs, the photographer determines the approximate position and orientation of the original camera lens, the approximate equivalent focal length and f-stop (i.e., lens aperture) of the original lens. He may also attempt to duplicate other parameters of the original photograph, such as the time of day and time of year, as well as other physical conditions such as cloud cover and snowfall. No matter how hard a photographer may try, some historical photographs will be impossible to simulate, as certain conditions may be impossible to replicate. Natural processes or man-made changes, such as new buildings or the destruction of old buildings may either preclude or hamper complete simulation of the original photograph. | 11-28-2013 |
| 396268000 |
HAVING PHOTOCELL AT SPECIFIC POSITION WITHIN CAMERA | 5 |
| 20110305447 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIANCE CAPTURE BY MULTIPLEXING IN THE FREQUENCY DOMAIN - An external mask-based radiance camera may be based on an external, non-refractive mask located in front of the main camera lens. The mask modulates, but does not refract, light. The camera multiplexes radiance in the frequency domain by optically mixing different spatial and angular frequency components of light. The mask may, for example, be a mesh of opaque linear elements, which collectively form a grid, an opaque medium with transparent openings, such as circles, or a pinhole mask. Other types of masks may be used. Light may be modulated by the mask and received at the main lens of a camera. The main lens may be focused on a plane between the mask and the main lens. The received light is refracted by the main lens onto a photosensor of the camera. The photosensor may capture the received light to generate a radiance image of the scene. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20090190912 | LENS ASSEMBLY - A lens assembly for an imaging device may include a lens member for focusing external radiation towards an image sensor of the imaging device, and a screen member adjacent the lens member. A transparent portion may be positioned between the lens member and the external radiation and may have first and second surfaces. A first mask member may be positioned at the first surface of the transparent portion and may have an inlet therein. A second mask member may be positioned at the second surface of the transparent portion and may have an outlet therein. The outlet may be smaller than the inlet. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090041448 | Method and Apparatus for Radiance Capture by Multiplexing in the Frequency Domain - An external mask-based radiance camera may be based on an external, non-refractive mask located in front of the main camera lens. The mask modulates, but does not refract, light. The camera multiplexes radiance in the frequency domain by optically mixing different spatial and angular frequency components of light. The mask may, for example, be a mesh of opaque linear elements, which collectively form a grid, an opaque medium with transparent openings, such as circles, or a pinhole mask. Other types of masks may be used. Light may be modulated by the mask and received at the main lens of a camera. The main lens may be focused on a plane between the mask and the main lens. The received light is refracted by the main lens onto a photosensor of the camera. The photosensor may capture the received light to generate a radiance image of the scene. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090297136 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH REPLACEABLE CAMERA MODULE - A portable electronic device includes a camera module and a main body. The camera module includes a housing, a lens received in the housing, an image sensor received in the housing for capturing an image of an object, a first ferromagnetic or magnetic element fixed to the housing, a plurality of metallic connecting pins electrically connected to the image sensor and exposed at an opposite side of the image sensor to the lens. The main body includes a printed circuit board, and a second ferromagnetic or magnetic element. The camera module is detachably coupled to the main body in a manner that the first ferromagnetic or magnetic element is magnetically attached to the second ferromagnetic or magnetic element, and the metallic connecting pins are electrically coupled to the printed circuit board. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100260494 | Curvilinear sensor system - Methods and apparatus for a Curvilinear Sensor System are disclosed. The present invention includes a wide variety of generally curved, aspheric or non-planar arrangement of sensors and their equivalents. The curvilinear surfaces, edges or boundaries that define the geometry of the present invention may be continuous, or may be collections or aggregations of many small linear, planar or other segments which are able to approximate a curved line or surface. | 10-14-2010 |
| 396341000 |
BELLOWS OBJECTIVE CAMERA | 3 |
| 20100150541 | MOVABLE LENS SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - The present invention generally relates to photography, including both still photography and moving picture photography. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a lens system that includes a movable or flexible lens body carrying a lens. The lens body and lens can be moved to multiple user selected positions. The system further includes a retention device that is configured to retain the flexible lens body in the various user selected positions. In selected embodiments, the system includes an actuator for tilting the lens relative to a camera and/or for focusing the camera lens system. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20120070141 | Tilt shift lens adapter - A tilt shift lens adapter having an adapter body with first and second body portions configured to provide precision tilting and shifting functions is disclosed. Opposite sides of the adapter body are configured to respectively engage a camera and a lens. Tilting and shifting are precisely controlled using precision tilting and shifting mechanisms. The tilting mechanism includes a neutral setting for ensuring precise parallelism between the lens and camera flanges when required. The adapter includes a mount to provide good balance and holding strength when heavy lenses are attached. An optional aperture adjustment mechanism manually adjusts lenses having no aperture ring. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20110002683 | Camera Bellows of Rotating-Mirror Framing Camera Without Principle Error - A new camera bellows of a rotating-mirror framing camera, without principle errors such as defocusing error of imaging points, non-uniform photographic frequency and each axial chief ray of exit-pupil and the corresponding relay lens being different with a corresponding reflective optical axis, is provided. This kind of camera bellows is carried out through centers of the exit-pupil diaphragms being disposed on a cylindrical surface aligned with a first Pascal spiral line, and principal points of the relay lenses of the relay lens array and the image recording surface being disposed on cylindrical surfaces aligned with second and third Pascal spiral lines respectively. The bellows is mainly composed of a box, and an aperture diaphragm, a field lens, a rotating mirror, a relay lens array, an exit-pupil diaphragm array and a record image surface. | 01-06-2011 |
| 396297000 |
HAVING OPERATOR CONTROLLED DATA ENTRY INTO CAMERA | 3 |
| 20100329661 | Scouting Camera User Interface - A game scouting camera including a processing system having an operating system and a memory device and a user interface operably connected to the processing system that has (a) a visual display, (b) at least one operation key for inputting user commands, and (c) a multiple-stage manual switch movable to multiple alignment positions to control multiple camera functions during a camera setup procedure. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20120155848 | Method and System for Providing Viewfinder Operation in Mobile Device - In one embodiment, a mobile device system capable of viewfinder operation includes a memory device, a photosensitive device capable of receiving light providing an image of an external object, a video screen, and a processing device coupled at least indirectly to each of the memory and photosensitive devices and the screen, where the processing device provides signal(s) to the screen configured to cause the screen to operate as a viewfinder that displays a further image based upon the external object image. The mobile device further includes at least one sensing device either distinct from or associated with the screen, and configured to detect input commands indicated by movement or positioning of at least one object. The processing device causes the screen to display a plurality of options and subsequently to modify the further image displayed by the viewfinder in accordance with the detected commands. Related operational methods are also described. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20110076003 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the operation of the mobile terminal are provided. The method includes operating a camera provided in a main body of the mobile terminal in a first camera mode, and displaying a screen corresponding to an operation selected during the first camera mode on a display module; and if a 360-degree rotation of the main body about a predetermined axial direction is detected, operating the camera in a second camera mode and displaying a screen corresponding to an operation selected during the second camera mode on the display module. Therefore, it is possible to easily switch the mobile terminal from one camera mode to another camera mode in accordance with the movement of the main body of the mobile terminal. | 03-31-2011 |
| 396020000 |
SCANNING CAMERA | 3 |
| 20080240693 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device, and an optical system configured to image light from an imaging subject on the imaging device. The optical system includes a group of lenses and an aperture diaphragm. When NP point is defined as a point where an extended linear component in an object space of a principal ray located in a Gauss region and selected from among principal rays passing through a center of the aperture diaphragm of the optical system crosses an optical axis of the optical system, D represents a diameter of a lens at the closest side to the imaging subject, and LN represents a distance from a lens surface of the lens at the closest side to the imaging subject to the NP point, a formula; 0≦LN≦D (1) is satisfied. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090116828 | High-speed massively parallel scanning - A new technique for recording a series of images of a high-speed event (such as, but not limited to: ballistics, explosives, laser induced changes in materials, etc.) is presented. Such technique(s) makes use of a lenslet array to take image picture elements (pixels) and concentrate light from each pixel into a spot that is much smaller than the pixel. This array of spots illuminates a detector region (e.g., film, as one embodiment) which is scanned transverse to the light, creating tracks of exposed regions. Each track is a time history of the light intensity for a single pixel. By appropriately configuring the array of concentrated spots with respect to the scanning direction of the detection material, different tracks fit between pixels and sufficient lengths are possible which can be of interest in several high-speed imaging applications. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20140348498 | DOME-SHAPE CAMERA - A dome-shaped camera comprising: a camera body including a focus adjustment ring for manually performing focus adjustment; a base part which supports the camera body and includes a tilt mechanism which changes an angle of a tilt direction for supporting the camera body; a dome cover which covers the camera body; a mount device which mounts the dome cover on the base part so that the dome cover is rotatable about a center axis of the dome cover; and a power transmitting device which transmits a rotating force in a direction about the center axis added to the dome cover as a rotating force of a focus adjustment ring of the camera supported at any angle in the tilt direction via a power transmission member placed on a tilt axis. | 11-27-2014 |
| 396351000 |
HAVING MEANS TO REFLECT IMAGE TO FILM | 3 |
| 20140321842 | SHOCK-ABSORBING MECHANISM FOR MOVABLE MIRROR OF CAMERA - A movable mirror shock-absorbing mechanism of a camera includes a movable mirror which is rotatable between a viewfinder light-guiding position and a retracted position, a pressing portion which moves with the rotation of the movable mirror, a first shock-absorbing member which is pressed and moved by the pressing portion to absorb shock of the movable mirror when the movable mirror rotates from the retracted position to the viewfinder light-guiding position, and a second shock-absorbing member which is pressed and moved by the pressing portion to absorb shock of the movable mirror when the movable mirror rotates from the viewfinder light-guiding position to the retracted position. The first and second shock-absorbing members are mutually identical in specifications. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20080232790 | Camera monitor - A camera monitor comprises a main body, a camera device, and a reflecting mirror, wherein the main body has a cover pervious to light and is provided with at least a light thereon for illumination. The camera device is disposed within the main body and covered by the cover. The reflecting mirror is disposed on the cover at the location that corresponds to the camera lens within the main body so that an image outside the main body can be reflected by the reflecting mirror to the camera lens. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20110150454 | LENS MODULE AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING SAME - A lens module includes a lens barrel and a number of lenses received in the lens barrel. The lens barrel defines a light incident opening in a side surface thereof for light passing therethrough. The lenses include a reflecting lens. The reflecting lens includes a light incident surface, a light output surface, and a total reflection surface. The light incident surface faces the light incident opening, and the light output surface faces an end of the lens barrel. The total reflection surface is configured for reflecting incident light from the light incident surface to the light output surface. | 06-23-2011 |
| 396006000 |
DISPOSABLE OR RECYCLABLE CAMERA | 2 |
| 20090052878 | CONTROLLING AN EXPOSURE TIME FOR DIGITAL CAMERAS - Various methods, apparatuses, and systems in which a digital photography device includes a global shutter to control exposure time, a sensor array, and a flash illumination are described. The global shutter is in the optical path of light going to the sensor. The flash illumination generates a pulsed illumination. The shutter speed of the global shutter during a pre-flash illumination substantially matches the shutter speed during the flash illumination during the taking of a picture using the flash illumination based on the global shutter receiving a trigger signal from a controller. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090196589 | CAMERA WITH DOUBLE CASSETTE FILM SYSTEM - Aspects of the invention are directed to a camera with double cassette system (DCS) film. The camera and DCS film are configured to allow only a specific type of DCS film to be used in the camera and to prevent reuse of the secondary cassette of the DCS film. To such end, the second chamber of the camera can include one or more protrusions therein. The protrusions can extend from the upper and lower end walls of the second chamber. In one embodiment, there is a first protrusion associated with the upper end wall and a second protrusion associated with the lower end wall. In order to properly set in the second chamber, a secondary cassette of a DCS film system includes recesses that can receive at least a portion of a respective protrusion. To prevent reuse of the secondary cassette, it constituent shells can be welded together. | 08-06-2009 |
| 396051000 |
EYE TRACKING | 2 |
| 20080199165 | SAFE EYE DETECTION - An eye detection system for safe detection of the eye positions of a subject estimates the distance from the eye detection system to the subject and reduces the power level of at least one primary light source of the eye detection system if the subject is too close to the eye detection system. If the subject is not too close to the eye detection system, the power level of the at least one primary light source of the eye detection system is increased, provided the power level is below a predetermined maximum power level. Primary light from the at least one primary light source reflected from the subject is sensed by an imager to obtain one or more images, from which the eye positions of the subject are estimated. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20100166399 | USER-FRIENDLIER INTERFACES FOR A CAMERA - A camera system, including voice recognition, one or multiple microphones, gaze tracking, touch sensitive inputs and others. The voice recognition unit is operable for, among other things, receiving multiple different voice commands, recognizing the vocal commands, associating the different voice commands to one camera command and controlling at least some aspect of the digital camera operation in response to these voice commands. The gaze tracking unit is operable for, among other things, determining the location on the viewfinder image that the user is gazing upon. One aspect of the touch sensitive inputs provides that the touch sensitive pad is mouse-like and is operable for, among other things, receiving user touch inputs to control at least some aspect of the camera operation. Another aspect of the disclosed invention provides for gesture recognition to be used to interface with and control the camera system. | 07-01-2010 |
| 396277000 |
BATTERY INSERTION/REMOVAL/DEPLETION RESPONSIVE | 2 |
| 20090074397 | Electronic apparatus, lighting apparatus and method of calculating electric quantity thereof - A fully charged battery or an unused battery is set in a battery box of a lighting apparatus. A user turns on an illumination electric source of the apparatus and selects the battery. A maximum number of lighting times Smax when the lighting apparatus causes manual full lighting M | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090279883 | Camera and electronic device - A camera includes: an electrical-power-supply-source detection unit that detects, among a plurality of batteries, from which battery supply of electrical power is being received; a battery capacity detection unit that detects a remaining amount in each of the plurality of batteries; and a display control unit that displays, upon a display device, a result of detection by the electrical-power-supply-source detection unit and a result of detection by the battery capacity detection unit. | 11-12-2009 |
| 396019000 |
HOLLOW CAVITY TYPE | 2 |
| 20120134656 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND INSPECTION DEVICE OF TIRE - Disclosed are an illumination device and an inspection device of a tire that can easily detect abnormality of the shape of the manufactured tire. A photographing portion | 05-31-2012 |
| 20130287380 | OPTICAL ELEMENT - The present invention relates to an optical element for use in a camera system for the inspection of passageways, a camera system for the inspection of passageways and a method of illuminating a passageway during inspection with a camera. An optical element for use in a camera system for the inspection of passageways comprises a first optical portion arranged to transmit light into a camera, a second optical portion arranged to transmit light emitted from a light source, the second optical portion located adjacent the first optical portion, and barrier means arranged to prevent light being transmitted from the second optical portion into the first optical portion. | 10-31-2013 |
| 396030000 |
SELF-DEVELOPING CAMERA | 2 |
| 20080205867 | ROTARY PART - The present invention relates to a rotary part, in particular a spreader roller for a web-processing machine. The rotary part has a supporting core with a longitudinal axis, said supporting core being mounted at its two longitudinal ends, and having an elastically flexible outer sleeve which surrounds the supporting core in its circumferential direction and extends, in at least some sections, between the two longitudinal ends of the supporting core. The outer sleeve on the supporting core is non-displaceably mounted on at least one bearing and that the outer sleeve is mounted on at least one displacing point at a distance from the bearing so as to be displaceable perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the supporting core in order for the curvature of the outer sleeve to be adjustable. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090052879 | DIGITAL CAMERA WITH INK RESERVOIR AND INK RESERVOIR INFORMATION INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A digital camera comprises an image sensor for sensing an image; a card reader configured to read a removable data card carrying distortion information; a printer configured to print a distorted image on print media, the printer including a replaceable print roll carrying both the print media and ink to be printed upon the print media; and | 02-26-2009 |
| 396305000 |
COLOR IMAGE USING MONOCHROME FILM | 1 |
| 20090067830 | COMPOUND EYE-CAMERA MODULE - A lens module ( | 03-12-2009 |
| 396435000 |
VARIABLE FRAME MASKING | 1 |
| 20150093102 | MONITORING APPARATUS, MONITORING SYSTEM, AND MONITORING METHOD - A monitoring apparatus is connected to a shutter which opens and closes to limit a capturing area of an image capturing device. The monitoring apparatus detects an event indicative of a closing event or an opening event, and controls the shutter to open and close based on a given time schedule and the detected event, where the time schedule determines each period for opening and closing the shutter. The monitoring apparatus controls the shutter based on the opening event in response to a detection of the opening event, and controls the shutter based on the time schedule in response to a detection of the closing event when the opening event is last detected before the detection of the closing event. | 04-02-2015 |
| 396548000 |
LINE GENERATION | 1 |
| 20090074401 | IMAGE RECORDING PROCESSING CIRCUIT, IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD USING IMAGE RECORDING PROCESSING CIRCUIT - Mirror sequential data supplied from an RIP are temporarily stored as divided data in memory banks of an intermediate memory. Thereafter, the stored mirror sequential data are read in blocks. Then, a transposition processor transposes a matrix of the mirror sequential data into frame sequential data, and supplies the frame sequential data to a DMD controller. | 03-19-2009 |
| 396360000 |
MAGAZINE CAMERA | 1 |
| 20140270745 | CONTINUOUS FILM AND CAMERA AND METHOD THEREOF - The dual camera allows continuous wireless transmission of image data through radio waves to outside picture processing devices and continuous capture of images on frames of camera film rolls. A radio wave transmission attachment transmits image data though radio waves to outside picture processing devices. Several housing compartments of the dual camera receive camera film rolls. When images are captured on all frames of one camera film roll, a detachable housing compartment door is operable so that the camera film roll may be removed. While the camera film roll is being removed, the dual camera may simultaneously capture images on a remaining camera film roll in a filming position and the radio wave transmission attachment may transmit image data to outside picture processing devices without exposing the camera film roll in the filming position. Alternatively, a cable transmits radio wave image data to outside picture processing devices. An image radio wave converter of the dual camera converts photograph image data into radio wave image data. | 09-18-2014 |
| 396065000 |
EXPOSURE CONTROL SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO DISTANCE | 1 |
| 20100080546 | AUTO-FOCUS SYSTEM AND AUTO-FOCUS METHOD THEREOF - An exemplary auto-focus method includes the following steps. An ambient brightness is measured before a pre-flash. Then, a pre-flash ambient brightness is also measured during the pre-flash is fired. A main flash ratio is subsequently calculated using the ambient brightness, the pre-flash ambient brightness, and a preset desired brightness. Next, an object distance is indexed using the calculated main flash ratio and a table. The table includes a collection of main flash ratios and a collection of object distances, where each flash ratio is associated with a corresponding object distance. Then an image distance corresponding to the indexed object distance is calculated using the imaging formula. The calculated image distance is converted into a number of focus steps of a focus lens. Finally, the focus lens is moved with a corresponding number of focus steps. | 04-01-2010 |
