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20100060760 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND DUST REDUCTION APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device operable to convert light to an electrical signal, a vibrating unit including an optical member arranged on a light-receiving surface side of the imaging device, a vibration applying unit arranged to contact the vibrating unit and vibrates upon application of a voltage, the vibration applying unit vibrating integrally with the vibrating unit to vibrate the vibrating unit, and a member operable to sandwich the vibrating unit and the vibration applying unit. A zero-amplitude reference plane of resonance produced by the integral vibration of the vibrating unit and the vibration applying unit is located on the vibrating unit. | 03-11-2010 |
20110228163 | IMAGING APPARATUS, CAMERA BODY AND INTERCHANGEABLE LENS - An imaging apparatus includes an optical system configured to collect subject light, an imaging device having an electronic front curtain function, configured to receive the subject light to generate an image signal, a data storage unit configured to store an exit pupil distance of the optical system and a correction amount of the exit pupil distance, a mechanical shutter capable of cutting off the subject light passing through the optical system to the imaging device, and a correction unit configured to obtain the exit pupil distance of the optical system and the correction amount of the exit pupil distance from the data storage unit, obtain a corrected exit pupil distance using the obtained exit pupil distance of the optical system and a correction amount of the exit pupil distance, and correct brightness unevenness of the image signal based on the corrected exit pupil distance. | 09-22-2011 |
20130076867 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a first imaging unit configured to generate a first image, a second imaging unit configured to generate a second image, a detector configured to detect trigger information for start of shooting based on one of the first image and the second image, and a processor configured to perform a capturing process on both the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit when the detector detects the trigger information. | 03-28-2013 |
20130195434 | PANNING DETERMINATION DEVICE, SHAKE CORRECTING DEVICE HAVING PANNING DETERMINATION DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING SHAKE CORRECTING DEVICE OR PANNING DETERMINATION DEVICE - A shake correcting device can correct a shake occurring on a target device. The shake correcting device includes an angular velocity detector, a DC component detector, a controller, a panning detector, and a storage unit. When the panning detector changes from a state in which the panning is detected to a state in which the panning is not detected, the controller controls the DC component detector to output the value of a DC component of angular velocity of the target device stored in the storage unit when the panning detector does not detect panning, and then controls the DC component detector to output a DC component based on angular velocity of the target device detected by the angular velocity detector. | 08-01-2013 |
20150256756 | IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an imaging apparatus which corrects uneven exposure caused when a sensor-shift image stabilization and an electronic front curtain reset are used concurrently. The imaging apparatus includes: a camera shake detector configured to detect a camera shake; an imaging device configured to capture a subject image; an image stabilizer configured to move the imaging device in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis; an electronic front curtain configured to reset electric charges accumulated in the imaging device; a mechanical shutter configured to switch between blocking and passing of a subject image to be collected onto the imaging device; and an image stabilization controller configured to produce an image stabilization signal from the camera shake detected by the camera shake detector and configured to control the image stabilizer. The image stabilization controller controls the imaging device to move to a specified position and then controls the electronic front curtain to operate in response to the shooting instruction. | 09-10-2015 |
20150271410 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a camera body and an interchangeable lens. The camera body includes: an image sensor; an image sensor driver configured to drive the image sensor in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis; a sensor configured to measure a position of the plane; a shake detector configured to detect a camera body shake; and a first image stabilizer configured to correct the detected shake by driving the image sensor driver. The interchangeable lens includes: an image stabilization lens configured to adjust an optical path to correct a shake; an image stabilization lens driver configured to drive the image stabilization lens in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis; and a second image stabilizer configured to correct a shake, based on a position measured by the sensor of the camera body, by driving the image stabilization lens driver. | 09-24-2015 |
20150281581 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus has one of the interchangeable lens and the camera body acting as a master and the other acting as a slave. The master has a shake detection unit configured to detect a shake of the camera body and/or the interchangeable lens; and a shake correction processing unit configured to calculate an amount of shake correction for the correction lens and the imaging device based on an output from the shake detection unit. The shake correction processing unit performs arithmetic processing for calculating a shake correction signal and separates the shake correction signal into a low frequency domain and a high frequency domain. One of the lens driving unit and the device driving unit performs the image blur correction based on the shake correction signal of the high frequency domain, and the other performs the image blur correction based on the shake correction signal of the low frequency domain. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281582 | IMAGING APPARATUS - The interchangeable lens includes: a shake correction processing unit configured to calculate an amount of shake correction for the correction lens and an imaging device; and a lens driving unit configured to perform image blur correction by moving the correction lens in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis based on an output from the shake correction processing unit. The camera body includes a device driving unit configured to perform image blur correction by moving the imaging device in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis. The lens driving unit moves the correction lens to a predetermined center position and the device driving unit shifts the imaging device by an amount corresponding to an amount of the movement of the correction lens to the center position at a beginning of exposure. The lens driving unit drives the correction lens during a period of the exposure. | 10-01-2015 |
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20090013488 | TOOTHBRUSH - A toothbrush which comprises a brush main body made of a synthetic resin and having a bristle base and bristles made of a thermoplastic resin which have been fusion-bonded to the bristle base to constitute a bristled part, wherein the bristles constituting the bristled part at least partly comprise: tapered bristles which are bristles having split free ends, the split free ends having been tapered beforehand; tapered bristles which have a sectional shape having a core-sheath structure or islands in a sea structure; or tapered bristles in each of which a core bristle comprising a core or island part has been formed beforehand so as to be exposed at the free end. The toothbrush has excellent suitability for bristle insertion into narrow parts. It is highly effective in removing dental plaque and cleaning the teeth. It is highly easy to use in the oral cavity. It further has a highly attractive appearance. | 01-15-2009 |
20090064435 | TOOTHBRUSH - A tooth brush which is excellent in durability and can give a high massaging effect to a person even with weak gum with a low stimulus and without damaging the gum in various tooth brushing methods, especially in a Bass method. The toothbrush comprises bristles ( | 03-12-2009 |
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20110173766 | INTERDENTAL BRUSH - Provided is an interdental brush having a wire and filaments arranged therein by folding the wire and disposing the filaments between the wire and then twisting the wire. The interdental brush has improved filament retention and improved cleaning effectivity and reachability to minute portions. Each of filaments | 07-21-2011 |
20120091784 | TOOTHBRUSH - A toothbrush including a brush main body of a synthetic resin and having a bristle base and bristles of a thermoplastic resin which have been fusion-bonded to the bristle base to constitute a bristled part, the bristles constituting the bristled part at least partly comprise: tapered bristles which are bristles having split free ends, the split free ends having been tapered beforehand; tapered bristles which have a sectional shape having a core-sheath structure or islands in a sea structure; or tapered bristles in each of which a core bristle comprising a core or island part has been formed beforehand so as to be exposed at the free end. The toothbrush has excellent suitability for bristle insertion into narrow parts. It is highly effective in removing dental plaque and cleaning the teeth. It is highly easy to use in the oral cavity. It further has a highly attractive appearance. | 04-19-2012 |
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20100002158 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - A liquid crystal panel ( | 01-07-2010 |
20110063558 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which is capable of achieving excellent wide-viewing-angle characteristics and rapid responsiveness, and is capable of displaying by a display mode which does not require operation for initial bend transition. The present invention relates to one embodiment of a liquid crystal display device including: two substrates at least one of which is transparent; and a p-type nematic liquid crystal disposed between the two substrates, the p-type nematic liquid crystal being aligned perpendicular to the surfaces of the two substrates when no voltage is applied, at least one of the two substrates having a comb-shaped electrode, and the comb-shaped electrode satisfying the relationship (S+1.7)/(S+L)≧0.7, wherein L represents an electrode width and S represents an electrode spacing. The present invention also relates to another embodiment of a liquid crystal display device wherein a pixel has a first region; and a second region which has a ratio S/L between the electrode width L and the electrode spacing S different from that of the first region. The present invention further relates to combination use of the aforementioned embodiments. | 03-17-2011 |
20110199570 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal panel ( | 08-18-2011 |
20110279762 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - An vertical alignment type liquid crystal display element ( | 11-17-2011 |
20110304528 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device in which viewing angle characteristics are improved without impairing transmittance. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention, comprises:
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20110304797 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that suppress moiré generated when a voltage is applied in a liquid crystal mode that drives a vertical alignment liquid crystal by using at least a pair of comb-shaped electrodes. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention comprises: a liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal layer and a pair of substrates sandwiching the liquid crystal layer; and a backlight unit disposed on a back side of the liquid crystal display panel, one of the pair of substrates including a pair of comb-shaped electrodes each having comb teeth, the comb teeth of one of the pair of comb-shaped electrodes and the comb teeth of the other of the pair of comb-shaped electrodes being disposed alternately and spaced apart from each other, the liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules with positive dielectric anisotropy, the liquid crystal molecules being aligned in a direction perpendicular to a surface of one of the pair of substrates when no voltage is applied, the backlight unit having an optical sheet with multiple folds parallel to one another on a surface, the pitch width of the pair of comb-shaped electrodes being different from an integral multiple of the pitch width of the folds of the optical sheet. | 12-15-2011 |
20110310337 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that can suppress a display defect due to collapse of liquid crystal alignment. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal display element including a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer hermetically interposed between the pair of substrates, wherein the liquid crystal layer includes a p-type liquid crystal material that is homeotropically aligned with respect to surfaces of the pair of substrates when no voltage is applied; one of the pair of substrates comprises a comb-shaped electrode and a first alignment layer configured to control alignment of the p-type liquid crystal material; | 12-22-2011 |
20120013594 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal panel ( | 01-19-2012 |
20120120363 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display element that can be driven at a low threshold voltage. A liquid crystal display element of the present invention includes: a pair of substrates; and a liquid crystal layer sealed between the pair of substrates, wherein the liquid crystal layer contains liquid crystal molecules that are aligned perpendicularly to at least one substrate face of the pair of substrates when a voltage is applied, the at least one of the pair of substrates comprises a pair of comb-shaped electrodes, the at least one of the pair of substrates comprises a polymer film on a face contacting the liquid crystal layer, and the polymer film is made of a polymer material having a CF | 05-17-2012 |