| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 396544000 | CAMERA ATTACHMENT | 38 |
| 20080298798 | Camera flash brackets - The invention relates to a camera flash brackets that is provided on the outside of a camera lens, comprising a ring portion and an assembling portion provided on the surface of the ring portion for being assembled with a photoflash; the ring portion has more than one steel balls mounted thereon, thereby the rotation of the steel balls and the positioning holes enable the photoflash to be adjusted and positioned. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090041453 | Camera accessory mount using shoulder stap loop - This invention discloses a system to attach various photographic accessories to a camera by using an apparatus that attaches to the existing shoulder strap loop of a camera. The apparatus has a body, a strong hook to attach to the shoulder strap loop, and a thumbscrew that tightens the apparatus to the camera. The apparatus also incorporates an additional shoulder strap loop to replace the one covered when this system is used. Various mounting plates then attach to the body of the apparatus to which the various accessories are mounted. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090169199 | ACCESSORY DEVICE - An accessory device of the present invention is configured to be mounted on an accessory shoe of an image pickup apparatus. The accessory device includes an insertion member configured to be inserted in an engagement space between a first engagement part and a second engagement part of the accessory shoe, an operating member configured to perform an operation for fixing the accessory device on the accessory shoe, and a moving member configured to move in a second direction intersecting with a first direction in which the insertion member is inserted in the engagement space. The moving member is provided with a protrusion part which is in contact with at least one of the first engagement part and the second engagement part so that the insertion member is not removed from the engagement space by a movement of the moving member in the second direction. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090297139 | Photographic and videographic camera accessory and method of use thereof - A photographic and/or videographic camera accessory that effectively attracts, captivates and directs the attention or line-of-sight of an infant substantially toward the camera lens. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100111519 | FILTER FRAME AND CAMERA FILTER UNIT - In a camera filter unit having a small longitudinal width, the camera filter unit ( | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100166418 | CAMERA ACCESSORY COUPLING APPARATUS - A camera accessory coupling apparatus capable of easily and quickly coupling a camera body to a camera accessory is provided. The camera accessory coupling apparatus includes a holder selectively detachable from the camera body; a locking pin, disposed in the holder, a portion of which may enter the holder or exit from the holder; an elastic member contacting the locking pin and applying an elastic force to the locking pin; and a locking lever coupled with the holder and selectively contactable with the elastic member to control the entering and exiting of the locking pin with respect to the holder. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100232780 | POSITIONING DEVICE FOR A REFERENCE SURFACE - The invention resides in a positioning device for a reference surface within a lens port having a longitudinal axis. A reference surface element able to be extended substantially transversely across the port and withdrawn from the extended position are provided. A transverse movement element to effect such extension and withdrawal of the reference surface are provided and the transverse movement element is operable from a position external of the lens port. The invention also includes a camera or camera housing with a reference element of this type associated therewith. The invention finds particular use in the field of underwater photography. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100266273 | Matte Box Assembly - A matte box assembly is arranged for use with a camera rig including a camera body supported on a pair of parallel and spaced apart mounting rails extending in a longitudinal direction. The matte box assembly includes a matte frame surrounding a lens opening for alignment with the camera lens and a filter mount to support a lens filter spanning the lens opening. A support frame is arranged to be mounted on the mounting rails of the camera rig onto which the matter frame is supported for pivotal movement about a vertical axis between an in-use position aligned with the camera lens and an out-of-use position offset to one side of the camera lens. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110008038 | LENS ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING LENS ELEMENTS IN A LENS MOUNTING - A lens assembly includes a lens mount, an image sensor, and an optical filter. An optical filter holder is secured to the lens mount and has an upper contact surface which abuts the optical filter and a lower contact surface which abuts the image sensor to thereby align the optical filter and the image sensor with an optical axis. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110170854 | CAMERA LENS ACCESSORY HOLDER - A camera lens accessory holder includes an attachment ring configured to couple to a camera lens accessory such as a lens cap or filter, a base coupled to the attachment ring and a holder mount coupled to the base opposite the attachment ring for removably attaching the holder to an external support structure. The base optionally includes a logo surface facing the attachment ring and optionally includes one or more visual elements such as a logo, text, photograph, or symbol. Some embodiments of a camera lens accessory holder include more than one attachment ring. Other embodiments are provided with means for attaching two holders to each other, one each on opposite sides of a flexible strap or belt. Some embodiments include a clip for attachment of a camera lens accessory holder to a belt, strap, or thin sheet of material. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110243551 | CAMERA-STEADYING DEVICE - A portable camera steady device for use with a camera, having a retractable tensile member whose distal end can be stepped on by a user or hooked to her body or clothing. The device has a swivel mounting member providing two independent and generally perpendicular axes of rotation such that the tensile member extends tangentially from the reel and housing whether the camera is used in the landscape or portrait orientation. A switch is provided to control extension and retraction of the tensile member from a biased reel. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110311215 | CAMERA-STEADYING DEVICE - A portable camera steady device for use with a camera, having a retractable tensile member whose distal end can be stepped on by a user or hooked to her body or clothing. The device has a swivel mounting member providing two independent and generally perpendicular axes of rotation such that the tensile member extends tangentially from the reel and housing whether the camera is used in the landscape or portrait orientation. A switch is provided to control extension and retraction of the tensile member from a biased reel. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120033962 | FILTER ADAPTER - A filter adapter includes a stationary tube detachably mountable on a camera body in a state that it is externally fitted on a zoom lens barrel, a movable tube movably arranged in an optical axis direction with respect to the stationary tube and including a lens barrel pressing portion extending inwardly in a radial direction at a top end portion of the movable tube, to which an optical filter is detachably attached at an end portion of an object side of the lens barrel pressing portion, and an urging member configured to urge the movable tube toward the camera body. When the lens barrel extends to the object side, the lens barrel pressing portion is pressed against an urging force of the urging member by the top end portion of the lens barrel, the movable tube moves in an optical axis direction in conjunction with the lens barrel. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120106946 | QUICK-RELEASE APPARATUS - An assembly for selectively lockable attachment between photographic accessories. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120121248 | PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE AND LENS DEVICE - A photographing device is provided, in which an exchangeable lens unit including an image-forming optical system for capturing an image of an object on a photographing element, an end lens interposed between the image-forming optical system and the photographing element, an end lens support for supporting the end lens, and a first mounting unit, and a main body including a second mounting unit to which the first mounting unit is mounted, the photographing element disposed inside the second mounting unit, and an opening unit installed at a side of the photographing element in the second mounting unit, for receiving the end lens therein. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120134662 | VIEWFINDER - A viewfinder including a base member for removably mounting on an electronic device suitable for taking digital photographs, attachment means connected to said base member for coupling the base member to an electronic device, an open-ended housing disposed on the base member, and a sighting grid disposed adjacent an open end of the open-ended housing and method for using same is provided. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120189297 | Viewfinder - A viewfinder including a base member for removably mounting on an electronic device suitable for taking digital photographs, and an open-ended housing disposed substantially perpendicular to, and offset from the base member is disclosed. The housing includes a sighting grid disposed adjacent an open end of the open-ended housing. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120281977 | CAMERA LENS CAP HOLDER - A lens cap holder securely fastens a camera lens cap to the camera's neck strap, a general strap, or other desired article. The camera lens cap holder can be threaded onto the camera neck strap, other general strap, or the like, through openings in the body of the lens cap holder. Alternatively, a lanyard may be attached to the lens cap holder and securely affixed to an article of choice, including the camera body. The body of the lens cap holder includes a recess approximately the size of a lens cap. The lens cap can mount in the recess by means of a friction fit, similar to the lens cap retaining arrangement of the camera lens. The lens cap holder does not require any alteration of the lens cap or camera. Being of single piece construction, the lens cap holder is relatively low cost as compared to current solutions. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20130011131 | CAMERA LENS ACCESSORY HOLDER - A camera lens accessory holder includes an attachment ring configured to couple to a camera lens accessory such as a lens cap or filter, a base coupled to the attachment ring and a holder mount coupled to the base opposite the attachment ring for removably attaching the holder to an external support structure. The base optionally includes a logo surface facing the attachment ring and optionally includes one or more visual elements such as a logo, text, photograph, or symbol. Some embodiments of a camera lens accessory holder include more than one attachment ring. Other embodiments are provided with means for attaching two holders to each other, one each on opposite sides of a flexible strap or belt. Some embodiments include a clip for attachment of a camera lens accessory holder to a belt, strap, or thin sheet of material. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130028591 | ACCESSORY FOR PORTABLE IMAGING DEVICE - An apparatus for attachment to a portable image capture and storage device. The apparatus includes an auxiliary lens and an elastic band coupled thereto. The auxiliary lens is shaped for image alteration of an image obtained by the portable image capture and storage device. The auxiliary lens characterized by an optical axis extending from a base of the lens to a crown of the lens. The elastic band extends, at least in part, in a lateral direction, substantially orthogonal to the optical axis, from the auxiliary lens. The elastic band in combination with the auxiliary lens forms a closed loop whereby the apparatus is removably attachable to a peripheral portion of the image capture and storage device to alter the appearance of the image obtained by the portable image capture and storage device. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130058641 | CAMERA MIRROR - A Posing Mirror for Cameras that attaches directly to the lens adaptor portion of the lens housing of a camera providing a sturdy fitting and being round is free to turn as the lens adaptor portion of the camera turns during focusing. The mirror being round and of little weight allows it to turn quickly with no affect which is especially useful with EOS type lenses which turn quickly and automatically during autofocus. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130071103 | DUAL POLARIZING HOOD - A polarizing hood including a first polarized filter with the center of the filter removed. Placed forward and in front of the first polarized filter is a second linear polarized filter substantially the size of the hole in the first polarized filter and is held in place by a clear lens. The polarization may be adjusted. In response to light collocated with an objective lens shined through the first polarizing filter, the light become polarized. The reflected polarized light returns through the second polarized filter, and full polarization is accomplished with respect to the viewing camera. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130077958 | MULTI-FILTER ARRAY FOR A MULTI-RESOLUTION, MULTI-SPECTRAL CAMERA - What is disclosed is a filter array for a multi-resolution multi-spectral camera system which not only captures 2D images at multiple wavelength bands simultaneously but also at a spatial resolution that meets the demand for spatial feature extraction. The present system optimizes filter bands that provide high image contrast at the highest possible resolution to enable spatial feature extraction and other wavelength bands at lower resolution to achieve maximum number of wavelength bands (e.g. spectral resolution) for multi-spectral analysis. After determining the required spatial resolution and number of wavelength bands for spectral analysis, multiple filters are arranged in a geometric pattern with each filter being designed to have specified wavelength and spatial resolution. Physical sizes of filters differ within each filter group. This maximizes the detector usage while optimizing the trade-off between spatial resolution and spectral resolution. Filter gaps are fixed or tuned to wavelengths of interest. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130089315 | FILTER MODULE AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A filter module for connecting to a lens barrel of an image capturing module is disclosed. The filter module includes a filter, a frame and magnetic unit. The filter is for passing through a light beam with a specific wavelength. The frame is arranged around the filter. The magnetic unit is arranged on the frame for magnetic connecting the frame to the lens barrel. In addition, the present invention also disclosed a photographing apparatus having the above-mentioned filter module. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130094849 | VIEWER ACCESSORY FOR CAMERA - A camera viewfinder viewer accessory includes an elongated body portion having first and second ends and a longitudinal axis. A connector for mounting the body portion to a camera viewfinder is located on a side of the body portion and adjacent to the first end. The body portion longitudinal axis is generally parallel to the camera viewfinder in a mounted disposition. An end assembly is connected to the body portion second end and is rotatable about the body portion longitudinal axis. A viewer assembly is connected to a side of the end assembly and has a longitudinal axis generally perpendicular to the body portion longitudinal axis. The viewer assembly extends away from the end assembly and terminates at an eyepiece. The viewer accessory directs an image from the camera viewfinder into the viewer assembly, to be viewed through the eyepiece in any rotatable disposition of the end assembly. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130101282 | SENSOR-MOUNTING BRACKET FOR CAMERA INSTALLATION PROCEDURE - A sensor-mounting bracket for supporting a positioning sensor with respect to a camera so that the compass heading and tilt angle of the camera can be determined. To determine the compass heading and tilt angle of the camera, the sensor-mounting bracket is configured to align the positioning sensor with the sight line of the camera. In particular, the bracket is adapted to align the compass heading and the tilt axis of the positioning sensor so that they are parallel with the sight line of the camera. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130148955 | Snap-on camera filter mount - The present invention generally relates to devices for attaching light transmissive elements, such as a filter or an additional lens, to a camera lens. The present invention provides a quick release camera mount. The camera mount includes a filter mount that holds a light transmissive element fixed in place over a camera lens. It further includes: a sidewall; a first flexion plate attached to a release tab extending outwards from the sidewall, where the release tab provides for quick attachment or release from a camera lens; a second flexion plate attached to at least two locking teeth extending inwards from the sidewall. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130170824 | ACCESSORY FOR PORTABLE IMAGING DEVICE - An apparatus for attachment to a portable image capture and storage device. The apparatus includes an auxiliary lens and an elastic band coupled thereto. The auxiliary lens is shaped for image alteration of an image obtained by the portable image capture and storage device. The auxiliary lens characterized by an optical axis extending from a base of the lens to a crown of the lens. The elastic band extends, at least in part, in a lateral direction, substantially orthogonal to the optical axis, from the auxiliary lens. The elastic band in combination with the auxiliary lens forms a closed loop whereby the apparatus is removably attachable to a peripheral portion of the image capture and storage device to alter the appearance of the image obtained by the portable image capture and storage device. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130272692 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING TYPE OF EXTERNAL DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, AND THE EXTERNAL DEVICE - A photographing apparatus is provided that includes: a connector including a first terminal that is electrically connected to an external device; a first resistor that is electrically connected to the first terminal via a first node; and an external device recognizing unit that recognizes a type of the external device according to a voltage level of the first node, wherein a voltage level of the first node is determined according to a voltage distribution of the first resistor and a second resistor included in the external device. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130294761 | ROTATABLE FLASH TRIGGER - A rotatable flash trigger is disclosed. The rotatable flash trigger may include a hot shoe connector, a trigger body, and a rotation mechanism positioned between the trigger body and the hot shoe connector. The trigger body may be configured to rotate with respect to one axis or multiple axes. Additionally, a surface of the trigger body may include a hot shoe receptor. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130330069 | Detachable Viewfinder - A viewfinder for attaching to a device having image-capturing capability has a structure for supporting an eyepiece, an engagement interface implemented on the structure to engage a complementary portion of a device having image-capture capability in a specific direction, and at least one eyepiece attached to the structure, such that the eyepiece has an axis proceeding in the specific direction with the viewfinder engaged to the device having image-capture capability. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140099095 | A ROTATABLE FLASH TRIGGER - A rotatable flash trigger is disclosed. The rotatable flash trigger may include a hot shoe connector, a trigger body, and a rotation mechanism positioned between the trigger body and the hot shoe connector. The trigger body may be configured to rotate with respect to one axis or multiple axes. Additionally, a surface of the trigger body may include a hot shoe receptor. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140099096 | CAMERA LENS ADJUSTMENT RING CONTROL - A device and a method for facilitating the rotation of an adjustment ring from a plurality of adjustment rings of a camera lens. The device comprises a tightening ring having an adjustable diameter and a control lever protruding from the tightening ring allowing a user to rotate the adjustment ring of the camera lens along the lens' longitudinal axis. The method comprises enlarging a tightening ring to an extended diameter larger than the diameter of the adjustment ring and positioning the lever ring device onto the adjustment ring of the camera for frictionally engaging the tightening ring onto the adjustment ring. Applying lateral pressure along the camera lens' longitudinal axis onto a control lever protruding from the tightening ring causes the adjustment ring to rotate. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140105591 | Grip And Trigger For Devices - A grip and trigger apparatus including a handle housing, a device holder, a trigger member, and an actuation assembly is provided. The handle housing includes detachably attached casing members that define an enclosed space and openings. The device holder is positioned on the handle housing for securely accommodating the electronic device. The trigger member is operably connected to the actuation assembly within the enclosed space for triggering movement of the actuating assembly in an upward and downward direction. The actuation assembly includes an elongate member extending out of an opening defined by the handle housing, and an actuation head member rigidly connected to an upper end of the elongate member. The actuation head member comprises a protruding element that applies a downward pressure on a button of the electronic device for actuating the electronic device, when the trigger member triggers the movement of the actuation assembly in a downward direction. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140140688 | Magnetic Lens Filters and Adapter Assemblies for a Camera - Provided herein are devices and system to magnetically, rotably secure a lens filter to a camera. Generally the devices and systems comprise a magnet assembly and a lens filter assembly threadably engageable. Also provided are magnetic lens filter systems comprising the engaged magnet and lens filter assemblies and an attachment assembly securable around a camera lens and magnetically attachable to the magnet comprising the magnetic lens filter, magnetic adapter assembly or magnetic adapter. Further provided are camera systems comprising the magnetic lens filter systems rotatably affixed thereto. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140301732 | ACCESSORY FOR PORTABLE IMAGING DEVICE - An apparatus for attachment to a portable image capture and storage device. The apparatus includes an auxiliary lens and an elastic band coupled thereto. The auxiliary lens is shaped for image alteration of an image obtained by the portable image capture and storage device. The auxiliary lens characterized by an optical axis extending from a base of the lens to a crown of the lens. The elastic band extends, at least in part, in a lateral direction, substantially orthogonal to the optical axis, from the auxiliary lens. The elastic band in combination with the auxiliary lens forms a closed loop whereby the apparatus is removably attachable to a peripheral portion of the image capture and storage device to alter the appearance of the image obtained by the portable image capture and storage device. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20150293430 | AUXILIARY OPTICAL DEVICES - Disclosed in some examples are auxiliary optical systems for removably attaching to mobile devices, including mobile telephones with onboard cameras, to provide enhanced optical features. Some auxiliary optical systems can be configured to attach to multiple different types and sizes of mobile devices. Some auxiliary optical systems can be configured to attach to a mobile device that includes a protruding onboard camera. For example, in some embodiments, a retainer portion of an auxiliary optical system can comprise a region for receiving the protruding onboard camera in a clearance or friction fit. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20160026067 | Adjustable Optical Axis Control - A device for aligning the optical axis of a camera is disclosed. The optical alignment device comprises a bracket attaching the device to a frame, the frame incorporating a camera system therein, the camera system having an optical axis projecting substantially horizontally from the camera system, a housing comprising a first part fixed to a first side of the bracket; and a second part comprising a prism refracting the optical axis of the camera system based on a power of the prism and a rotation of the prism with respect to the optical axis and a hinge between the first part and the second part, the hinge rotating the second part with respect to the first part. | 01-28-2016 |
