| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 396373000 | WITH VIEWFINDER | 36 |
| 20080219656 | Camera System With Auxiliary Viewfinder - Camera systems and methods for implementing an auxiliary viewfinder are disclosed. An exemplary method may comprise providing a connection on a body of an electronic device for optionally attaching an auxiliary viewfinder. The method may also comprise positioning the auxiliary viewfinder when the auxiliary viewfinder is connected to the body of the electronic device so that a field-of-view for the auxiliary viewfinder is substantially the same as a field-of-view for an onboard lens. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080298797 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes: a viewfinder optical system configured to observe a subject image input from a photography optical system; a transmissive member upon which is provided a line image indicating detection positions of photography supporting information relating to photography conditions, within a photography region; an imaging device configured to acquire a photographed image relating to the subject image upon which the line image has been superimposed; and a line image correcting unit for correcting a part of the line image extracted from the line image shown in the photographed image, the part of the line image having been extracted corresponding to the photography conditions that have been set. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20120301128 | Viewfinder - According to an aspect of the invention, a case or slide-on unit suitable for containing an electronic device is disclosed. The case or slide-on unit incorporates a viewfinder housing assembly that allows a user to view an image when taking a picture with the electronic device. The housing assembly includes a sighting grid that allows a user to orient an image within a field of view in order to properly capture the image | 11-29-2012 |
| 20190146308 | ADAPTER FOR AN ELECTRONIC VIEW FINDER, CAMERA, AND ELECTRONIC VIEW FINDER | 05-16-2019 |
| 396374000 | Electronic | 12 |
| 20080240703 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus has a grip portion, a camera portion, and a monitor portion for displaying an image captured by the camera portion. The camera portion has an imaging optical system and an imaging device for capturing the image of a subject guided by the imaging optical system. The grip portion has a grip casing resembling a flat plate. The casing has a width greater than its thickness and a length greater than the width. The camera portion is connected to a longitudinal end of the grip casing rotatably about a first axis extending along the width. The monitor portion is connected to the camera portion so as to be rotatable together with the camera portion about the first axis and is connected rotatably about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The imaging optical system of the camera portion has an optical axis located on the first axis. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080267607 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An image pickup apparatus includes an eyepiece portion and a touch panel, and controls execution of a predetermined action in a condition where a photographer contacts the touch panel and its contact position is in a predetermined area. The predetermined area is changed in accordance with a condition of whether or not an object is near the eyepiece portion. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080267608 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor, a diaphragm control unit configured to control an aperture value of a diaphragm, and an electronic shutter control unit configured to control an operation of an electronic shutter for adjusting a charge accumulation time of the image sensor by adjusting a driving timing of the image sensor, wherein, if driving of the diaphragm overlaps a charge accumulation time when the aperture value is changed from a first aperture value to a second aperture value, the electronic shutter control unit controls a time of charge accumulation corresponding to the second aperture value in the charge accumulation time such that a brightness of an image signal output from the imaging unit when the first aperture value is set and a brightness of an image signal output from the imaging unit when the second aperture value is set become approximately equal to each other. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20100003025 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor configured to capture an image of a subject, a finder optical system configured to enable a photographer to optically observe the subject, and an image display unit disposed in the finder optical system and configured to display an image of the subject captured by the image sensor and to enable the photographer to observe an electronic image of the subject when the photographer looks in the finder optical system. The image display unit is configured to display an image having been subjected to image processing performed on the electronic image considering a distortion caused by the finder optical system. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100104272 | EYEPIECE LENS SYSTEM, FINDER OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC VIEWFINDER OF IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An eyepiece lens system for an electronic viewfinder, usable to be disposed on an optical axis between a reflective LCD of the viewfinder and a last optical surface of the viewfinder, the eyepiece lens system comprising: a first lens having a positive refractive index; a second lens having a negative refractive index; and a third lens having a positive refractive index, wherein the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are disposed in this order from a side of the LCD to a side of the last optical surface, satisfying the conditions: 18 mm| 04-29-2010 | |
| 20100104273 | CAMERA - A camera includes a display device capable of displaying on a single screen a plurality of images, each of which can be observed from one of a plurality of directions; a selection device that selects any one of a plurality of operating modes; and a display control device that displays at the display device the plurality of images each correlated to the operating mode selected via the selection device. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100195999 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image sensing apparatus to which a detachable lens unit ( | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110026911 | Optical finder unit and imaging apparatus - An optical finder unit includes: light guide means for guiding an optical image of a subject to a finder window through an internal space formed in the optical finder unit; and a display unit capable of displaying information on the finder window through the internal space when the display unit is in a set state in which the display unit is set in a predetermined position, wherein the display unit in the set state blocks an opening communicating with the internal space, and the display unit can transit from the set state to a non-set state in which the display unit is not set in the predetermined position but unblocks the internal space. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20120014685 | IMAGING APPARATUS WITH DISPLAY AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A digital camera is provided with a vertically long camera body having an approximately rectangular solid shape. An LCD panel provided in a rear surface of the camera body is arranged such that longitudinal directions of the display screen and the camera body correspond to each other. The digital camera is operated through a touch panel provided in a lower portion of the display screen. In a taking mode, an image is displayed in a small size on an upper portion of the display screen. In reproducing, the camera body is rotated sideways by 90 degree. Ina reproducing mode, displayposture of the image is also rotated by 90 degree, and the image is displayed in a large size on the entire display screen. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120045196 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - First and second magnets are provided in a movable unit that is coupled with a body, the movable unit being rotatable with respect to the body around a first axis and a second axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis. First and second magnetic-field sensors are provided in the body. Based on output signals of the first and second magnetic-field sensors, control is performed in accordance with a state of the movable unit with respect to the body. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120195584 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An imaging apparatus includes a diaphragm configured to control an amount of incident light, a variable transmittance and reflectance element configured to reflect a part of the incident light to an optical viewfinder and transmit the remainder of the incident light as imaging light, and a controller configured to increase reflectance of the variable transmittance and reflectance element as a setting value of the diaphragm increases. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20130266302 | VIEW FINDER AND CAMERA - The view finder includes an observation optical system for enlarged observation of information displayed on a display section. The observation optical system includes an optical path bending member for bending the optical path. The view finder is configured such that an angle formed between a principal ray of a maximum angle of view and the display section is in the range of 90±5 degrees. | 10-10-2013 |
| 396376000 | Pose reflector | 1 |
| 20140105587 | MIRROR ATTACHMENT FOR SELF PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY WITHOUT PARALLAX - An after-market product for attachment to a camera, lateral to a lens of the camera to enable photographing a self portrait while avoiding parallax error includes a mirror having a convex front surface and a plane rear surface; an adhesive layer engaged with the rear surface; a peelable cover sheet engaged with the adhesive layer; and a clear film layer having framing marks, the film layer adhesively engaged with and re-engagable with the front surface for repositioning the framing marks so as to avoid parallax error. | 04-17-2014 |
| 396378000 | Selective or adjustable viewfinder field | 6 |
| 20130045001 | FINDER UNIT, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is a finder unit including: a transmission-type display section that displays information as overlaid on a subject image; and a display controller that, when an illuminating section illuminates the display section, changes a first display state to a second display state, where in the first display state, a first region which is at least a part of an outer region of an effective image capturing range is displayed so that a transmission ratio of the subject image in the first region is lowered, and in the second display state, a second region which is a part of the outer region and is smaller in area than the first region is displayed so that a transmission ratio of the subject image in the second region is lowered. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130243414 | ILLUMINATION ARRANGEMENT FOR AN IMAGE FIELD DELIMITATION FRAME OF A MIXED-IMAGE VIEWFINDER CAMERA - In an illumination arrangement ( | 09-19-2013 |
| 20160041451 | ORIENTATION SYSTEM FOR IMAGE RECORDING DEVICES - An image recording device having a projected viewfinder is described that projects individual, or multiple sets of synchronized framing beams onto a target image that are coaxially aligned with the field of view of the camera. The set of framing beams is projected onto the target image beyond the scope of the field of view being recorded by the image recording device but still within the field of vision of the operator of the device. In this way, the operator of the image recording device will be able to clearly see the framing beams identifying the limits of the recorded areas, while not having any portion of the field of view of the image recording device obscured by the framing beams themselves. | 02-11-2016 |
| 396379000 | Zoom | 2 |
| 20140112651 | REAL-IMAGE ZOOM VIEWFINDER AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom viewfinder substantially consists of, in order from the object side: a variable-magnification objective lens system substantially consisting of a first lens group that includes a negative first-group first lens and a reflective member arranged in this order from the object side, a positive second lens group that is moved during magnification change, and a positive third lens group that is moved during magnification change; an erect optical system having a reflective surface for converting an inverted image into an erect image; and a positive eyepiece lens system, wherein conditional expressions (1), (2A) and (3) below are satisfied: | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140270746 | VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION FINDER AND IMAGING APPARATUS - The magnification of the variable magnification finder is switchable, and the finder includes a positive lens group, a negative lens group, and an eyepiece lens group in this order from an object side in a high magnification state. The positive lens group is retracted from an optical path of the variable magnification finder to the outside of the optical path and the negative lens group moves toward the object side when magnification is changed from the high magnification state to a low magnification state. The following conditional formula is satisfied when the focal length of the negative lens group is fN: | 09-18-2014 |
| 396380000 | Variable size of mask opening | 1 |
| 20110097068 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera in which a recording portion made up of a microcomputer | 04-28-2011 |
| 396382000 | Lens detail | 5 |
| 20080267609 | Finder optical system for a single-lens reflex camera - An eyepiece includes, in order from the object side, a first lens with positive power, a second lens with positive power, and a third lens with negative power. The first lens is a positive meniscus lens with a convex surface facing the object side, and the eyepiece fails to have a fourth lens. The eyepiece satisfies the following conditions: | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080292302 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL APPARATUS - A single lens reflex camera has a finder optical system that observes an image formed on a reticle by an objective lens, and a photometric device that measures light transmitted through the reticle via at least a part of the finder optical system, at a position shifted from an optical axis of the finder optical system. The finder optical system comprises a Fresnel lens surface which transmits light from the objective lens, and the Fresnel lens surface is positioned so that the center of the Fresnel lens surface is shifted in a direction to cross the optical axis of the finder optical system according to a position of the photometric device. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090290863 | Viewfinder and imaging apparatus using the same - The present invention provides a viewfinder, characterized by comprising a reflection type display device on which an object image is displayed, an eyepiece optical system having a front group and a rear group, an illumination optical system for illuminating the reflection type display device and an optical device for putting an optical path taken by the illumination optical system over an optical path from said reflection type display device to the eyepiece optical system at a position of the widest of lens-to-lens spaces in the eyepiece optical system. The eyepiece optical system is located between the reflection type display device and an eye point, and satisfies the following condition (1): | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090290864 | Viewing optical system and imaging apparatus using the same - The invention provides a viewing optical system positioned between a viewing plane as a virtual plane and an eye point. The viewing optical system comprises, in order from the viewing plane side, a cemented lens in which at least one negative lens and at least one positive lens are cemented together and one positive lens, and satisfies the following condition (1). | 11-26-2009 |
| 20140233933 | 45 DEGREE VIEWING ACCESSORY FOR CAMERA VIEWFINDER - A camera viewfinder viewer accessory mountable on a camera includes an elongated body portion having first and second ends and a longitudinal axis extending from the first end to the second end. A light-transmitting passageway extends through the body portion from the first end to the second end. A connector is disposed adjacent to the first end. The body portion second end includes an angled face disposed at a generally 45° angle relative to the longitudinal axis. An eyepiece is connected to the body portion second end adjacent the angled face. The eyepiece has a longitudinal axis generally disposed at an angle that is 45 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the body portion. A viewfinder image is directed from the camera viewfinder along the longitudinal axis of the body portion, the image is redirected along the longitudinal axis of the eyepiece, to be viewed through the eyepiece. | 08-21-2014 |
| 396383000 | Selective or adjustable viewing position | 1 |
| 20100098403 | Image Capture Device Having An Adjustable Front-Facing Viewfinder - An adjustable front-facing viewfinder for an image capture device is disclosed. The image capture device comprises: a lens; a front side, wherein the lens is positioned on the front side; and a viewfinder, wherein the viewfinder is disposed on the front side, wherein the viewfinder comprises of one or more tiles that indicates a field of vision of the image capture device, and wherein the viewfinder is adjustable. | 04-22-2010 |
| 396384000 | With prism | 5 |
| 20080232791 | RELAY FINDER OPTICAL SYSTEM OF AN SINGLE-LENS REFLEX CAMERA - A relay finder optical system, of a single-lens reflex camera, includes a condenser lens group, a prism, and a relay lens group, in this order from a primary imaging plane. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090010636 | FINDER OPTICAL SYSTEM AND SINGLE-LENS REFLEX CAMERA HAVING SAME - The finder optical system has a reflex mirror, a focal plane plate, a prism, an eyepiece, and a dust-proofing multilayer. The reflex mirror is disposed on an optical path of a photographing optical system. The focal plane plate is disposed at a position on which an image is formed by a light which passes through the photographing optical system and which is reflected by the reflex mirror. The light-input surface of the prism races a light-output surface of the focal plane plate. The eyepiece faces a light-output surface of the prism. The dust-proofing multilayer, which is provided on a surface of the focal plane plate, has a water-repellent or water- and oil-repellent layer and an anti-static layer. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20100027985 | In-finder display apparatus - An in-finder display apparatus comprises:
| 02-04-2010 |
| 20100142938 | REFLECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A reflector assembly for use with an electronic device includes a light guiding member forming a light-guiding passage having a light guide assembly in the form of a plurality of lens assembled therein, the light guiding member is assembled in an electronic device having a display window formed in the front surface and a camera module formed in the back surface. An end of the light guiding member aligns with the camera module, the other end of the light guiding member extends to the front surface of the electronic device, outside lights can enter into light-guiding passage and be reflected by the lenses and reach to the camera module. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20160116823 | CAMERA HAVING A DISPLAY MEMBER - A camera comprises a display member arranged in a finder optical system. The display member is provided in a finder of the camera and is provided with a reflective prism group including a plurality of reflective prisms and a frame line formed to surround the reflective prism group. A shape forming the frame line is constituted by a convex portion, and a ridge line of the convex portion is in a twisted position with respect to a direction of a ridge line of the reflective prism. | 04-28-2016 |
| 396385000 | With reflector | 2 |
| 20090034960 | OPTICAL OBSERVATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS - The optical observation apparatus includes an optical element which reflects a first wavelength region light from an object to introduce the light to an eyepiece part, and a light source which emits a second wavelength region light. A wavelength-selective optical film which transmits the first wavelength region light and reflects the second wavelength region light is disposed inside the optical element. The optical observation apparatus superimposes an image formed by the second wavelength region light reflected by the wavelength-selective optical film on an object image formed by the first wavelength region light transmitted through the wavelength-selective optical film to cause an observer to observe the object image with the superimposed image through the eyepiece part. The optical observation apparatus can superimpose an optional image on the object image to enable the observer to observe these images without a deterioration of viewfinder performance. | 02-05-2009 |
| 396386000 | Plural | 1 |
| 20090220224 | Optical system, finder optical system, relay type finder optical system, eyepiece optical system, and single-lens reflex camera - The invention concerns an optical system adapted to split an optical path from a taking optical system into a finder optical system, which has a camera-shake correction function best suited for the finder optical system, and so on. This optical system comprises a taking optical system and a finder optical system. The taking optical system comprises an optical path splitter means operable to split an optical path into the finder optical system, and the finder optical system includes a relay optical system RLS for re-forming a subject image once. Anti-shake is implemented by shifting an optical subsystem RL that forms a part of the finder optical system in a plane vertical to an optical axis. | 09-03-2009 |
