| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 348333090 | With optical viewfinder (e.g., correction for parallax, etc.) | 30 |
| 20100171862 | Parallax Camera and Display Screen - In the beginning, display screens were monochrome, and a video artist was limited to specifying the brightness of a pixel. With the advent of color display screens, the artist could specify the color and brightness of a pixel. With this invention, the artist can now additionally specify the direction from which that color and brightness can be seen. I anticipate a single pixel being capable of displaying different colors in different directions at the same time. This invention also describes a camera capable of capturing this directional information. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100182480 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE MATCHING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - When a feature point extractor sets feature points on one of the images acquired by a first and second image acquirer, a template setting unit sets a base template containing a feature point onto an edge-extracted image of the acquired image. If the image within the base template is segmented by an edge, the template setting unit sets a transformed template, wherein a segmented sub-region that does not contain the feature point is deleted from the base template, and a region equal in area to the deleted region is added to the sub-region that does contain the feature point. A distance computing unit conducts template matching with respect to the one or more other images using either the base template or the transformed template, and computes the shooting distance to the matching feature point. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100271532 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera of the present invention includes a microcomputer | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110128433 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD AND IMAGING PROGRAM - An imaging device produces images on the basis of signals, transmitted from an imaging element. The device includes a display controller which selectively carries out either a first or a second display process, based on a user's selection. The first display process includes obtaining a first portion of the signals from a first area of the imaging element at a first frame rate, and displaying a first through-the-lens image on the display unit on the basis of the first portion of the signals. The second display process includes obtaining the first portion of the signals from the first area of the imaging element at a second, lower frame rate; obtaining a second portion of the signals from a second area of the imaging element at the lower frame rate; and displaying a second through-the-lens image on the display unit on the basis of both portions of the signals. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110199528 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CAMERA - A display device includes a liquid crystal layer, which is formed of a polymer dispersed liquid crystal held between a transparent first substrate and a transparent second substrate, a transparent first segment electrode, which is formed on the first substrate so that a predetermined area becomes a positive pattern with respect to a predetermined display information, a transparent second segment electrode, which is formed on the first substrate so that a predetermined area becomes a negative pattern with respect to the predetermined display information, and the transparent second segment electrode is formed as the same first layer as the first segment electrode, a transparent common electrode, which is formed on the second substrate to face the first and second segment electrodes, and a transparent auxiliary electrode, which is formed on the first substrate along a gap between the first and second segment electrodes. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110242397 | EYEPIECE LENS FOR VIEWFINDER - An eyepiece lens includes, in order from an image display surface side to an observer side, a positive first lens, a negative second lens, and a positive third lens. A surface on the image display surface side of the positive first lens has a refractive power stronger than a refractive power of an opposite surface thereof. The negative second lens has a meniscus shape, and a surface on the image display surface side of the negative second lens has a convex shape. Both surfaces of the positive third lens have a convex shape. In the eyepiece lens, during diopter adjustment, the first through the third lenses move along an optical axis. A focal length (f) of the entire eyepiece lens and a diagonal length (H) of the image display surface satisfy the following conditions: | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120287327 | CAPTURING IMAGES USING A SWITCHABLE IMAGING APPARATUS - A method for capturing an image, comprising: providing a switchable imaging apparatus including a display screen having a first display state and a second transparent state, an optical beam deflector switchable between a first non-deflecting state and a second deflecting state, a camera positioned in a location peripheral to the display screen, and a controller; setting the switchable imaging apparatus to the image capture mode by using the controller to set the display screen to the second transparent state and the optical beam deflector to the second deflecting state; using the camera to capture an image of the scene; setting the switchable imaging apparatus to the image display mode by using the controller to set the display screen to the first display state and the optical beam deflector to the first non-deflecting state; and displaying an image on the display screen. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120293702 | REMOTE DISPLAY GLASSES CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system including a digital camera and remote display glasses. The remote display glasses include a frame, at least one display, and a first and a second temple configured to support the display proximate to at least one of the user's eyes when the remote display glasses are worn on the user's head. The digital camera includes a lens configured to capture light, an electronic viewfinder; a video processor configured to generate an image, and a camera switch configured to selectively transmit the image from the video processor to the electronic viewfinder or the display of the remote display glasses. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130188086 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device of the present invention includes: an imaging optical system; an imaging element that forms a subject image through the imaging optical system; a display unit that displays the subject image imaged by the imaging element, as a live view image; an optical viewfinder; a synthesis unit that synthesizes an optical image visually checked by the optical viewfinder and the live view image displayed by the display unit; a defocus amount calculation unit that calculates a defocus amount from a focusing state of the subject image; and a display control unit that displaces the live view image displayed on the display unit, with respect to the optical image, according to the defocus amount calculated by the defocus amount calculation unit, and that displays the subject image on the display unit so that the optical image fits the live view image when the defocus amount becomes zero. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130201379 | DIGITAL CAMERA AND FINDER DEVICE THEREOF - Provided are a polarization beam splitter | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130222669 | OPTICAL VIEWFINDER AND OPTICAL APPARATUS USING SAME - An optical viewfinder to observe an object image focused as a primary image by an objective lens includes a first display unit of self-luminous type and a second display unit of non-self-luminous type. The first display unit is arranged at a position closer to a primary image plane of the objective lens than the second display unit in a direction of an optical axis. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20140002709 | PHOTOGRAPHY DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140028889 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera of the present invention includes a receiving portion | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028890 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera of the present invention includes a receiving portion | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140160338 | FINDER OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A finder optical system includes, in the order from a display device side to an eye point side, a first lens group to increase a light beam height of a light beam bundle incident from a display device side and to emit the light beam bundle to the eye point side, and a second lens group having an image formation action. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140198242 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image capturing apparatus and an image processing method are disclosed. The image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing module, a micro processor, and a display module. The image capturing module continuously captures images corresponding to different focus distances. The display module displays an initial display image of the images. The micro processor divides the initial display image into a plurality of lattice areas and uses one of the plurality of lattice areas as a specific lattice area. The micro processor compare sharpness values of areas corresponding to the specific lattice area in the plurality of images corresponding to the different focus distances to generate a comparison result and selects a first image from the plurality of images according to the comparison result. The display module displays the first image to replace the initial display image previously displayed. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140204261 | FINDER OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - A finder optical system | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204262 | IMAGING DEVICE, FINDER, AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREFOR - A display method for a finder includes, when at least one of a blown-out-highlight region and a blocked-up-shadow region is detected in an image signal indicating a subject image, setting a region corresponding to the detected region of a shutter unit placed in an optical path of an optical view finder in a non-light-shielding state, and setting regions other than the detected region in a light-shielding state; and superposing a subject image passing through the shutter unit and a subject image displayed on a display unit based on the image signal each other so that superposed subject images are made visible. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140211068 | IMAGING APPARATUS | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211069 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD, AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging device comprising: a camera mount; an imaging element; an optical finder capable of observing an optical image of an object which goes through an optical system different from the interchangeable lens; an electronic viewfinder capable of superimposing and displaying a taken image based on the image signal and the optical image; a lens information acquiring unit for communicating with the interchangeable lens mounted on the camera mount and acquiring information concerning the interchangeable lens; a communication determination unit configured to determine whether or not the interchangeable lens is communicable with the lens information acquiring unit; and a first display control unit for causing the electronic viewfinder to superimpose and display the taken image and the optical image if the communication determination unit determines that the interchangeable lens is not communicable with the lens information acquiring unit. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211070 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging method includes imaging light from an object passed through an imaging optical system to acquire a taken image, changing an imaging magnification of the imaging optical system, and switching a finder magnification of a finder optical system different from the imaging optical system from a first finder magnification to a second finder magnification when the imaging magnification increases and switching the finder magnification from the second finder magnification to the first finder magnification when the imaging magnification decreases. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140253778 | METHOD OF PROVIDING OSD IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING Q-CAMERA - A method of providing an on screen display (OSD) in a mobile communication terminal using a Q-camera includes: entering into a viewfinder mode, and receiving image data inputted from a camera sensor as image data of the viewfinder mode when an operation mode of the mobile communication terminal switches into a camera mode; if an OSD menu is set, merging an OSD image corresponding to a setting value of the OSD menu with the image data of the viewfinder mode, and then updating a display screen of the mobile communication terminal with the merged data; and encoding the image data of the viewfinder mode to perform the photographing if there is a request for photographing. The actually changed OSD image is selectively employed to merge with the image data of the viewfinder mode to update the display screen, and thereby a partial OSD function can be realized. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140293111 | OPTICAL VIEWFINDER - An optical viewfinder is configured to be attached to a camera body with an interchangeable lens. The optical viewfinder includes: a Keplerian viewfinder optical system | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293112 | AUTOMATIC FOCUSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SAME - Disclosed are an automatic focusing method which can automatically set a focus according to a change in an eyeball of a user and an apparatus for the same. The automatic focusing method includes generating distance data by calculating a distance from an eyeball of a user to a focus corresponding to a position at which the eyeball of the user looks; and determining, based on the distance data, a plane of focus including the focus. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140333819 | IMAGING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an imaging apparatus configured such that it is possible to check a long exposure subject image through a finder eye piece before actual imaging of long exposure imaging so as to recognize a subtle change in the tilt of the imaging apparatus caused when the apparatus gradually tilts over a long time period. In the imaging apparatus of the present invention, exposure control means | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140347544 | IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an imaging apparatus that is convenient for use with a combination of an optical finder and an electronic finder and is capable of minimizing manufacturing costs while preventing visibility in the finder from being lowered. In the EVF mode, a control unit | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140375864 | IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ELECTRONIC VIEWFINDER - An imaging device comprising: a first optical system formed by combining an optical system from an imaging lens to an image pickup element where a subject image is formed and an optical system from a display device where an electronic image of a subject representing an image formed at the image pickup element is displayed to an ocular unit of a finder; a second optical system which guides an optical image of the subject to the ocular unit; and a correcting device which performs, based on distortion aberration information about the first optical system and distortion aberration about the second optical system, distortion aberration correction so that distortion aberration equal to distortion aberration of the second optical system occurs in an electronic image of the subject and causes the electronic image to be displayed on the display device. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150022706 | IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGING METHOD - According to the preset invention, an optical viewfinder state in which an optical image of a photographic subject can be observed at an eyepiece part of a finder and an electronic viewfinder state in which a captured image of the photographic subject can be observed at the eyepiece part of the finder are switched when a first operation is carried out with a finger by an operation device, and a magnification (optical magnification) of a first finder optical system of the finder is changed when a second operation is carried out with a finger by the operation device in the optical viewfinder state. Thus, a user can perform photographing while freely observing the photographic subject by an operation of switching the finder (first operation) and an operation of changing the optical magnification of the finder (second operation) while looking through the finder. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150049236 | VIEW FINDER DEVICE AND CAMERA INCLUDING THE SAME - A view finder device includes a main body including a via hole, through which light of a subject transmits; and a transparent display formed of a transparent material that transmits the light, and disposed on an optical path of the light that has been transmitted through the via hole in order to transmit the light or to display images that overlap with the light transmitting the via hole when a signal is applied to the transparent display. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150130983 | POLARIZER, OPTICAL APPARATUS, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A polarizer includes a first medium disposed at an emission side, a second medium disposed at an incident side, and a plurality of laminated structures provided at a predetermined grating period in a grating period direction, the laminated structure includes, in order from the first medium to the second medium, a first dielectric layer, a metallic layer, and a second dielectric layer between the first medium and the second medium, the polarizer is configured to reflect polarized light oscillating in a direction orthogonal to the grating period direction in a particular wavelength band and to transmit light other than the polarized light, and predetermined expressions are satisfied. | 05-14-2015 |
