| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
|---|
| 396439000 |
CAMERA DETAIL
| 417 |
| 396089000 |
WITH EXPOSURE OBJECTIVE FOCUSING MEANS, FOCUSING AID, OR RANGEFINDING MEANS
| 329 |
| 396419000 |
CAMERA SUPPORT
| 223 |
| 396052000 |
CAMERA SHAKE SENSING
| 200 |
| 396155000 |
WITH OBJECT ILLUMINATION FOR EXPOSURE
| 145 |
| 396072000 |
HAVING VARIABLE FOCAL LENGTH OF CAMERA OBJECTIVE
| 92 |
| 396213000 |
EXPOSURE CONTROL CIRCUIT
| 69 |
| 396322000 |
PLURAL IMAGE RECORDING
| 55 |
| 396056000 |
HAVING WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL CIRCUIT
| 32 |
| 396001000 |
STUDIO STRUCTURE
| 31 |
| 396025000 |
UNDERWATER, WATERPROOF, OR WATER-RESISTANT CAMERA
| 29 |
| 396373000 |
WITH VIEWFINDER
| 27 |
| 396429000 |
CAMERA COMBINED WITH OR CONVERTIBLE TO DIVERSE ART DEVICE
| 27 |
| 396564000 |
FLUID-TREATING APPARATUS
| 27 |
| 396310000 |
WITH DATA RECORDING
| 26 |
| 396544000 |
CAMERA ATTACHMENT
| 26 |
| 396354000 |
SINGLE LENS REFLEX CAMERA
| 26 |
| 396263000 |
CAMERA RELEASE CONTROL CIRCUIT
| 15 |
| 396050000 |
ATTITUDE SENSING
| 15 |
| 396281000 |
HAVING CAMERA INDICATOR
| 13 |
| 396014000 |
BODY EXAMINATION PHOTOGRAPHY
| 12 |
| 396071000 |
HAVING LENS CONVERTER OR EXTENSION TUBE
| 11 |
| 396061000 |
FLASH SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO FOCAL LENGTH OR DISTANCE
| 9 |
| 396153000 |
OBJECT MOTION DETECTION
| 9 |
| 396301000 |
WITH POWER SUPPLY DETAIL
| 7 |
| 396048000 |
CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR SEQUENCING AT LEAST THREE FUNCTIONS
| 6 |
| 396049000 |
SELF-ORGANIZING SYSTEM
| 6 |
| 396007000 |
AERIAL CAMERA | 5 |
| 20100040354 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING AERIAL IMAGES AND DATA FROM A LIGHT TRANSPORTABLE MANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - A method and device for collecting aerial images and data. There is: an aircraft device, configured to fly through the air, including: a retractable mounting member, configured to extend and retract; and a pan tilt mounting member, configured to pan in a horizontal axis and tilt in a vertical axis, coupled to the retractable mounting member opposite the aircraft device. There is also: a data collecting device housing, coupled to the pan tilt mounting member opposite the retractable mounting member, configured to house a data collecting device; and a data collecting device, configured to collect images and data, disposed within the data collecting device housing. The data collecting device includes a remote control system in wireless communication with the data collecting device. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20090103909 | Aerial camera support structure - An aerial support structure for capturing images of objects in an observed area includes first and second anchors and at least one transport cable mounted to at least one of the first and second anchor. A balloon is mounted to the at least one transport cable and is movable relative to the first and second anchors. A camera is suspended from the balloon. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20100310242 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An optical imaging system is provided for an airborne platform or the like, including an image acquisition unit having an optical axis and configured for providing images in a direction along said axis, the image acquisition unit being mounted to a pointing mechanism configured for selectively pointing said optical axis in a desired direction. The system also has an optical shield configured for shielding said image acquisition unit from receiving undesired electromagnetic radiation from at least one direction different from said desired direction. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20120263445 | DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING A CAMERA IN A HELICOPTER - A device for supporting a camera to facilitate capturing stable images from a moving and vibrating platform, such as a helicopter includes a base plate and a vertical post attached to the base plate and extending upwardly from the base plate. A swing arm is fixed to the top of the vertical post in a manner that allows the swing arm to pivot around a vertical axis of the vertical post. A handle is attached to the swing arm and extends upwardly from the swing arm Suspended from the handle below the swing arm is a fixture for supporting the camera. The fixture supporting the camera includes that reduce the transmission of vibrations and shocks to the camera. The device for supporting a camera can be secured in place inside a helicopter without altering the structural integrity of the helicopter. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120082441 | AERIAL DIGITAL CAMERA AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An aerial digital camera comprises a housing | 04-05-2012 |
| 396063000 |
EXPOSURE CONTROL SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO FOCAL LENGTH | 5 |
| 20110033177 | Imaging Device and Video Recording/Reproducing System - Disclosed herein is an imaging device that includes a photographing lens configured to focus light from a subject, a splitter configured to split the focused light to left and right in an area, in which light diffused from one point of the subject becomes parallel light, so as to respectively form different polarized lights, an imaging lens configured to respectively image the split different polarized lights, a transmission unit configured to receive the imaged different polarized lights on the same plane so as to transmit any one of the polarized lights in each area of the plane, an imaging element configured to convert the transmitted light on the plane into an image according to an electronic signal, and an image generating unit configured to extract and interpolate the converted image in each area so as to generate two different images. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20100322608 | RETRACTABLE ZOOM LENS HAVING VARIABLE APERTURE-STOP MECHANISM - A zoom lens includes a movable aperture-control lens group, and a variable aperture-stop mechanism provided in front or behind the aperture-control lens group. The variable aperture-stop mechanism includes an aperture blade opening/closing mechanism including at least one movable aperture blade and varies the size of an adjustable aperture. The variable aperture-stop mechanism includes a fixed circular aperture which is smaller than a large-sized adjustable aperture and greater than a small-sized adjustable aperture. The movable aperture blade and the fixed circular aperture are positioned in that order from the aperture-control lens group side. When the zoom lens retracts to the accommodated position thereof, the adjustable aperture enlarges in size while the variable aperture-stop mechanism moves to a close position to the aperture-control lens group, so that at least part of the aperture-control lens group enters the large-size adjustable aperture. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100310243 | RETRACTABLE ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes a zoom optical system including movable lens groups for zooming which are moved between a ready-to-photograph position and an accommodated position, a diaphragm mechanism, and a lens shutter. One of the movable lens groups serves as an aperture-control lens group. The diaphragm mechanism and the lens shutter are positioned in front of and behind the aperture-control lens group and are movable relative to the aperture-control lens group in the optical axis direction. The diaphragm and the lens shutter are moved to close positions to the aperture-control lens group when the movable lens groups are moved to the accommodated position. Both apertures of the diaphragm mechanism and of the lens shutter are widely opened to allow the aperture-control lens group to partly enter the apertures when the diaphragm mechanism and the lens shutter are moved to the close positions. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110026909 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FURNISHED WITH A DEVICE FOR INCREASING ITS DEPTH OF FIELD - To increase the depth of field of an optical system, an inversion of the chromatism is produced. This accommodates the fact that, in natural light, users prefer, for their photographs, taking long distance shots outdoors, where the illuminant is mostly composed of blue, and short-distance shots indoors, where the illuminant is mostly composed of red. While optical devices naturally focus the blue components at a shorter distance than the red components, which is unfavorable, with an inversion of the chromatism, a focus more in keeping with what is required is restored. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110002678 | PHOTOGRAPHING CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD, AS WELL AS PROGRAM - An image is obtained using a photographing unit including an optical system provided with an aperture and focus adjusting mechanism. Two or more types of subjects are detected from the image. When the two or more types of subjects are detected from the image, one priority subject is determined among the two or more types of subjects. The aperture and the optical system are adjusted so that the priority subject is focused and the subject other than the priority subject is within a depth of field of the photographing unit. | 01-06-2011 |
| 396348000 |
FOLDING OR COLLAPSIBLE CAMERA | 5 |
| 20110194852 | IMAGING APPARATUS - A lens barrel includes a plurality of lenses moved between a collapsed state where at least one lens is collapsed and a photographic state where at least one lens is disposed at an object side and all lenses are on a photographic axis, a plurality of lens retaining frames each configured to retain the plurality of lenses, a movable cylinder, a positioning member provided inside the movable cylinder, the retractable lens retaining frame retaining a retractable lens to be positioned to a photographic axis position by allowing the retractable lens retaining frame to abut on the positioning member in the photographic state and to be retracted out of the photographic axis in the collapsed state, a preliminary reception portion provided inside the movable cylinder and located on a path along which the retractable lens retaining frame moves from the collapsed state to the photographic state and a preliminary abutment portion provided on the retractable lens retaining frame and configured to abut on the preliminary reception portion before the retractable lens retaining frame abuts on the positioning member during transition from the collapsed state to the photographic state. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20120183286 | LENS BARREL AND CAMERA INCLUDING LENS BARREL - A lens barrel includes a lens tube configured to hold a lens, a barrier driving member configured to move between an opened state and a closed state by switching of the lens tube between a shooting-ready state and a retracted state, a pair of first barrier blades, each of which includes a blade portion, configured to open and close in conjunction with the barrier driving member, and a pair of second barrier blades, each of which includes a blade portion and a coupling portion, the coupling portion positioned outside the lens as viewed from an object side and located closer to the first barrier blade than the blade portion, the pair of second barrier blades being configured to be moved by contact between the coupling portion and the first barrier blade. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20110164869 | IMAGE STABILIZING APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING IMAGE STABILIZING APPARATUS - An apparatus included in a lens barrel, includes a base member, a first lens unit which is movable in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the first lens, a second lens unit, attached to the first lens unit, and movable in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the second lens, and a plurality of rolling members sandwiched between the base member and the first lens unit, wherein a gap between the first lens unit and the second lens unit is adjustable, and wherein the gap between the first lens unit and the second lens unit is smaller and a gap between the first lens unit and the base member is larger in the photographable state as compared to the retracted state, and the rolling members do not contact the base member or the first lens unit in the retracted state. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110158630 | ELECTRONIC PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - In order to provide an electronic photographing apparatus capable of reduction in size and cost and obtaining a stable photographic image, the invention includes a structure having an electric circuit board and an electronic photographing apparatus constituting unit (barrel unit, strobe unit, display device unit, battery case, recording medium case) attached to the electric circuit board and a box-shaped exterior body in which the structure is inserted and housed. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20120039594 | LENS BARREL ASSEMBLY AND CAMERA INCLUDING THE SAME - A lens barrel assembly, a camera including the lens barrel assembly, and a method of assembling a lens barrel are disclosed. The lens barrel assembly is provided that includes an optical lens, a unitary barrel having an outlet slit defined therethrough, and a flexible printed circuit board extending through the outlet slit to communicate signals between an area inside the barrel and an area outside the barrel. | 02-16-2012 |
| 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 |
| 396661000 |
MISCELLANEOUS | 4 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 20100202771 | LENS DEVICE | 08-12-2010 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 396006000 |
DISPOSABLE OR RECYCLABLE CAMERA | 2 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 396051000 |
EYE TRACKING | 2 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 396351000 |
HAVING MEANS TO REFLECT IMAGE TO FILM | 2 |
| 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 |
| 396020000 |
SCANNING CAMERA | 2 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 396019000 |
HOLLOW CAVITY TYPE | 1 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 396305000 |
COLOR IMAGE USING MONOCHROME FILM | 1 |
| 20090067830 | COMPOUND EYE-CAMERA MODULE - A lens module ( | 03-12-2009 |
