Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
348369000 | Changing viewing angle via optics | 35 |
20090115889 | Multi-angle mirror - Multi-angle mirror methods and related systems. | 05-07-2009 |
20090128686 | IMAGING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an imaging apparatus capable of enlarging a portion of an image captured by an imaging device of a fisheye camera and displaying the enlarged image on a display screen with little distortion. The imaging apparatus enlarges a section, which is a portion of an image captured by a fisheye camera, and displays the section on a display screen such that the enlargement ratios of points in the section are different from each other. An image processing method uses a change function that changes the enlargement ratio of a field angle depending on the place is used, and converts a portion of the captured image into a central projection image to generate a display image. The use of the change function makes it possible to generate a display image having high visibility. | 05-21-2009 |
20090161004 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes a housing including an opening defined in a peripheral side surface thereof, a camera module mounted in the housing, and a light-reflecting member rotatably mounted at the opening. The camera module is aligned with and faces toward the opening. The light-reflecting member mounted at the opening and is configured for reflecting light into the camera module. The portable electronic device is capable of employing high resolution camera module while retaining thin thickness. | 06-25-2009 |
20090167933 | IMAGE ROTATION ADAPTOR - An image rotation adapter that is configured to be detachably mounted between an image capturing lens and a camera main body in a camera in which the image capturing lens is detachably provided to the camera main body and in which an object image passed through the image capturing lens is formed on a light receiving surface of an image pickup device via a prism incorporated in the camera main body, and that is configured to rotate the object image formed on the light receiving surface of the image pickup device, the image rotation adapter comprising:
| 07-02-2009 |
20100045853 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus including a half mirror, a phase difference detecting AF sensor, an image pickup device, and a display is provided. The half mirror is provided so as to be movable between a first position on an optical path of the subject image light from the photographing optical system and a second position to which the half mirror is evacuated from the optical path of the subject image light. When the half mirror is in the second position, the image pickup device generates an actual photographing image on the basis of the subject image light reaching the image pickup device from the photographing optical system without passing through the half mirror. | 02-25-2010 |
20100103311 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An object plane is set, and appropriate image processing is performed according to the setting of the object plane. An image processing apparatus has a controller ( | 04-29-2010 |
20100171874 | Apparatus and method for photographing image in portable terminal - A portable terminal includes an apparatus for photographing an image. The portable terminal can receive an image via a camera and recognize the received image through an image recognition process. The portable terminal can determine a photographing composition corresponding to the recognition result, and adjust an angle of the camera depending on the determined photographing composition. | 07-08-2010 |
20110007205 | Rear to forward facing camera adapter - The invention takes a rear facing camera, such as those found on a mobile phone, and turns it into a forward facing camera, enabling self portrait pictures and video to be taken and viewed simultaneously. Currently, simultaneous audio and video conversations (such as mobile to mobile video conferencing) are only possible with devices that have a forward facing camera (because the user must both be able to see and be seen by the person on the other line). The invention makes a device with only a rear facing camera into a usable video phone by turning the image from rear facing to forward facing. | 01-13-2011 |
20110019072 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - An image capturing device includes a housing defining an aperture, a first lens module arranged inside the housing, a second lens module arranged inside the housing, and a light reflection assembly aligned with the aperture. The first lens module and the second lens module are positioned at opposite sides of the aperture. The light reflection assembly includes a reflecting mirror. The light reflection assembly is rotatable between a first position where the reflecting mirror reflects light from the aperture towards the first lens module and a second position where the reflecting mirror reflects light from the aperture towards the second lens module. | 01-27-2011 |
20120038819 | TIR Prism to Separate Incident Light and Modulated Light in Compressive Imaging Device - A compressive imaging system including a light modulator, a light sensing device and a TIR prism. The TIR prism is configured to receive an incident light beam, to provide the incident light beam to the light modulator, to receive a modulated light beam MLB from the light modulator, and to direct the modulated light beam onto a sensing path. The light sensing device receives the modulated light beam (or at least a portion of the modulated light beam) and generates an electrical signal that represents intensity of the modulated light beam (or the “at least a portion” of the modulated light beam). The TIR prism may reduce a distance required to separate the incident light beam from the modulated light beam. | 02-16-2012 |
20120200766 | DIGITAL CAMERA WITH ADJUSTABLE SENSOR - The present invention relates to digital cameras and in particular to positioning of image sensors in digital cameras. By providing a digital camera comprising a lens system, at least one image sensor which is attached to a sensor disc and an axle to which the sensor disc is attached and wherein the axle is configured to allow manipulation thereof for adjusting the tilt of the at least one image sensor, a simple solution is provided, enabling adjustment of the image sensor position in the digital camera. | 08-09-2012 |
20120218464 | Method and system for structured light 3D camera - An apparatus and system for projecting coded light and for imaging thereof, featuring a micro-mirror for pivoting and for causing each of a plurality of masks to be illuminated sequentially, each mask having a different pattern. | 08-30-2012 |
20120287333 | DOUBLE DIRECTION CAMERA AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A double direction camera is provided, which includes a light sensor, a light path conversion member, a first lens assembly and a second lens assembly. The light path conversion member is used for converting a direction of a light beam to the light sensor. The first lens assembly is disposed at a first side of the double direction camera and used for receiving the light beam and projecting the light beam to the light path conversion member. The second lens assembly is disposed at a second side of the double direction camera and used for receiving the light beam and projecting the light beam to the light path conversion member. | 11-15-2012 |
20130088638 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a housing to and from which an accessory can be attached and detached, a mirror that is placed inside the housing and reflects light entering the housing, a device unit that is placed inside the housing and has an imaging device, the imaging device photoelectrically converting light reflected by the mirror, and a light blocking plate that blocks a part of light going toward the device unit. The light blocking plate can be moved between a light blocking position that blocks a part of light going toward the device unit, and a retracted position in which the light blocking plate is retracted when a predetermined operation is performed on the device unit. | 04-11-2013 |
20130100339 | Methods and apparatus for ultra-fast camera - In exemplary implementations of this invention, a set of two scanning mirrors scans the one dimensional field of view of a streak camera across a scene. The mirrors are continuously moving while the camera takes streak images. Alternately, the mirrors may only between image captures. An illumination source or other captured event is synchronized with the camera so that for every streak image the scene looks different. The scanning assures that different parts of the scene are captured. | 04-25-2013 |
20130169859 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus ( | 07-04-2013 |
20130208179 | Image-Acquisition Device and Method of Fabricating the Same - Provided is an image-acquisition device including an image acquisition element; a prism that is secured to the image-acquisition element and that has an entrance surface through which light enters from a direction that intersects an optical axis of the image-acquisition element, an exit surface that is substantially parallel to an image-acquisition surface of the image-acquisition element, and a reflection surface that deflects the light that has entered through the entrance surface toward a direction that is parallel to the optical axis of the image-acquisition element; and a cover member that is secured at a position that covers the reflection surface of the prism and that has an outer surface that is substantially parallel to the image-acquisition surface, wherein an end surface of the cover member closer to the entrance surface is disposed at a position protruding beyond the entrance surface. | 08-15-2013 |
20140002721 | Dedicated Power Meter to Measure Background Light Level in Compressive Imaging System | 01-02-2014 |
20140036142 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An imaging optical system includes a first optical unit having positive refractive power making an image at an image plane at an enlargement-side of the imaging optical system and an intermediate image at an intermediate image position in the imaging optical system conjugate to each other, and a second optical unit having positive refractive power making the intermediate image and an image at an image plane at a reduction-side of the imaging optical system conjugate to each other, wherein, when a focal length of the first optical unit is denoted by fF and a focal length of the second optical unit is denoted by fR, the following condition is satisfied: | 02-06-2014 |
20140036143 | IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM - An image acquisition apparatus includes an imaging optical system configured to image an object, a reimaging optical system configured to reimage the object imaged by the imaging optical system, a reflecting member disposed in an optical path between the imaging optical system and the reimaging optical system, an image sensor configured to capture an image of the object reimaged by the reimaging optical system, and to output the image, a first driving unit configured to change a tilt of the reflecting member relative to an optical axis of the imaging optical system, and a correction unit configured to correct a positional deviation of the image in a rotational direction, wherein the positional deviation of the image is generated according to a change in the tilt of the reflecting member. | 02-06-2014 |
20140078380 | IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE-PICKUP SYSTEM HAVING LIGHT EMITTING MEMBER - An image-pickup apparatus is operable in a first mirror driving mode where a motor rotates a mirror cam member in a first direction so as to move a mirror at a first speed and is operable in a second mirror driving mode where the motor rotates the mirror cam member in as second direction so as to move the mirror at a second speed slower than the first speed. When start of taking an image is instructed, a light emitting member starts a pre-flush operation before the mirror cam member starts to rotate in a case where the image-pickup apparatus operates in the first mirror driving mode, and the light emitting member starts the pre-flash operation after the mirror cam member starts to rotate in a case where the image-pickup apparatus operates in the second mirror driving mode. | 03-20-2014 |
20140085533 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS WITH MANAGEMENT AND CORRECTION OF INCLINATIONS - An image capturing apparatus includes a body that can be freely inclined relative to a predetermined reference axis through the effect of a rotation about a certain axis of rotation, an optical sensor device capable of capturing luminous radiation incident thereon and of converting it so that it can be stored into a physical medium in the form of a captured image, wherein the optical sensor device is mechanically coupled to the body of the apparatus in a manner such that it can be made capable of controllably rotating about the axis of rotation, an inclination sensor adapted to detect the angular offset of the optical sensor device with respect to the predetermined reference axis, a motor adapted to rotate the optical sensor device about the axis of rotation when it is made capable of controllably rotating about the axis of rotation by the motor, a processor and controller associated with the inclination sensor and with the motor and adapted to change the inclination of the optical sensor device through the motor depending on the angular offset detected by the inclination sensor with respect to the predetermined reference axis. | 03-27-2014 |
20140184895 | Photographic Lens Optical System - First, second, third, and fourth lenses (in order from an object side) are arranged between the object and an image sensor where an image of the object is formed. The first lens may have a positive refractive power and both surfaces thereof may be convex. The second lens may have a negative refractive power and both surfaces thereof may be concave. The third lens may have a positive refractive power and have a meniscus shape that is convex toward the image sensor. The fourth lens may have a negative refractive power and at least one of an incident surface and an exit surface thereof may be an aspherical surface. A sagittal depth SAG | 07-03-2014 |
20140232930 | OPTICAL REDIRECTION ADAPTER - An optical redirection adapter for an electronic device having a camera includes a housing and an optical element. The optical element is attached to the housing and positioned such that, when the adapter is attached the electronic device, the optical element is positioned in the camera's field of view. The optical element reflects light in the camera's field of view from a redirection angle that is offset from the camera's field of view. The optical redirection adapter facilitates ergonomically sound use of the camera. | 08-21-2014 |
20140327815 | SMARTPHONE SCANNER ADAPTER - A smartphone adapter for redirecting light to a camera mounted on a smartphone includes a housing, which includes (i) an aperture for receiving light reflected from a scannable symbol and (ii) a reflective surface for redirecting light received through the aperture to the smartphone camera, and a member for mechanically affixing the smartphone adapter to the smartphone. | 11-06-2014 |
20150062416 | DEPLOYABLE STORABLE MIRROR - Disclosed are devices, systems, and methods for a view-changing mirror for use with an imaging or image-recording device, including a mirror assembly having a mirror configured to move between a stored position and a deployed position, wherein in the stored position the mirror is proximate the imaging or image-recording device and in the deployed position the direction of view is not oriented in the same direction as a subject being viewed in the imaging or image-recording device. | 03-05-2015 |
20150077623 | CAMERA ANGLE ADJUSTABLE DEVICE AND THE METHOD OF HANDLING THE ARTICLE - The instant disclosure relates to a camera angle adjustable device. The camera angle adjustable device includes a base, a camera module, a reflective mirror structure and a driver. The base has a first surface, a second surface, a front side and a back side. The camera module is disposed on one side perpendicular to the front side and the back side of the first surface. The reflective mirror structure includes a frame and a mirror body, wherein the frame is pivotally connected to the first surface, the mirror body is mounted on the frame, and the mirror body selectively corresponds to one of the front side and the back side. The driver is mounted on the second surface and connected to the reflective mirror structure in order to drive the reflective mirror structure. A method for adjustable the camera angle is also provided. | 03-19-2015 |
20150098013 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE SUPER-RESOLUTION USING INTEGRAL SHIFTING OPTICS - An image capture device includes an electro-optics arrangement having an arrangement of polarizers, polarization sensitive optical elements, and polarization modulating elements. First and second polarization sensitive optical elements are provided having an edge displaced relative to a plane normal to an optical axis of the electro-optics arrangement. A control system coupled to the electro-optics arrangement controls the application of voltages to the polarization modulating elements to control the polarization rotation of the light input to the polarization sensitive optical elements, such that the optical path length of the polarization sensitive optical elements is changed to provide for capture of the object images at each of the different focal planes. The first and second polarization sensitive optical elements generate lateral image shifts between respective object images captured at the different focal planes responsive to the polarization rotation of the light input thereto. | 04-09-2015 |
20150109524 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AND/OR USING A CAMERA DEVICE - Methods and apparatus for implementing a camera having a depth which is less than the maximum length of the outer lens of at least one optical chain of the camera are described. In some embodiments a light redirection device, e.g., a mirror, is used to allow a relatively long optical chain with a relatively large non-circular outer lens. In some embodiments the light redirection device has a depth, e.g., front of camera to back of camera dimension, which is less than the maximum length of the aperture of the outer lens in the aperture's direction of maximum extent. Multiple optical chains with non-circular outer lenses arranged in different directions may and in some embodiments are used to capture images with the captured images being combined to generate a composite image. | 04-23-2015 |
20150293328 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING ZOOM OPERATIONS - Methods and apparatus for performing a zoom operation are described using multiple optical chains in a camera device. At least one optical chain in the camera device includes a moveable light redirection device, said light redirection device being one of a substantially plane mirror or a prism. The moveable light redirection device is moved to a position in accordance with a zoom setting, and a portion of a scene area of interest in captured. Different discrete zoom setting values correspond to different positions of the moveable light redirection device resulting in different capture areas. In some embodiments, multiple optical chains with moveable light redirection devices are used to capture different portions of a scene of interest. A composite image is generated from a plurality of captured images corresponding to different optical chains. A higher zoom setting corresponds to more overlap between captured images of different optical chains. | 10-15-2015 |
20160080622 | TWO-WAY PHOTOGRAPHING SYSTEM OF MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed are a two-way photographing system of a mobile terminal and a control method. The system includes a rotating mirror, a lens and an approach sensing apparatus. The rotating mirror is rotatable around the axis to a front reflection state or a rear reflection state for reflecting the incident light to the lens. The rotating minor has a first end close to the front light entrance and a second end close to the rear light entrance. The approach sensing apparatus is located adjacent to the first end when the rotating minor is in the front reflection state or adjacent to the second end when the rotating mirror is in the rear reflection state, and configured to generate a first detecting signal when the rotating mirror is in the front reflection state and to generate a second detecting signal when the rotating mirror is in the rear reflection state. | 03-17-2016 |
20160080658 | POSITION CONTROL DEVICE AND POSITION CONTROL METHOD, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A position control device includes a position detector that detects a position of an object to be controlled; a target generator that outputs a target velocity and a target position of the object to be controlled; a first calculator that calculates a control amount for causing the object to be controlled to track the target position; a second calculator that calculates a control amount for controlling the velocity of the object to be controlled, to be at the target velocity; a control signal output unit that outputs a control signal according to a total control amount obtained by the first and the second calculators; and a storage unit that stores an attitudinal change correction amount. The second calculator acquires the attitudinal change correction amount stored in the storage unit, adds the attitudinal change correction amount to the control amount to correct the control amount, and outputs the corrected control amount. | 03-17-2016 |
20160165109 | CASE FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A case attachable to a mobile communications device such as a smart phone operatively equipped with a camera can accommodate an optical refractor. The optical refractor can be adapted to change the direction of light rays passing through it. The case can align a first optical surface of the optical refractor with the camera lens and can maintain a second optical surface in a non-parallel arrangement with the first optical surface. The optical refractor can redirect light rays form an unaligned object to the camera lens. In an aspect, the object may be a bar code label. | 06-09-2016 |
20160205326 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AND/OR USING A CAMERA DEVICE | 07-14-2016 |
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