Photography inventions 04/06

20060088303 - Light source apparatus for electronic endoscope and electronic endoscope having the light source apparatus: A light source apparatus for an electronic endoscope includes a light source; a rotary shutter including a pair of coaxial aperture controlling rotary plates, which are selectively rotatable relative to and together with each other and each includes light interception portions and opening portions, wherein a combined opening angle of...

20060088304 - Driving device, optical apparatus, and image pickup apparatus: A driving device which is capable of increasing a driving speed at which an object to be driven is driven, enhancing quietness in driving the object to be driven, and positioning the object to be driven with high accuracy. A hollow cylindrical magnet (1) extends along an optical axis, and...

20060088305 - Auto focus system: According to an aspect of the present invention, movement of the AF area by the AF area operation device can be made ineffective by the switching device, and thereby, even if the operator moves the manual operation member by mistake, the AF area does not move, and the AF area...

20060088306 - Synchronizing shutter and flash in camera: A camera with a built-in electronic flash has a spring-driven high energy lever that is pivoted for initiating shutter opening and for translating a switch closing member to close a normally open shutter-flash synchronization switch. When the switch reopens, it translates the switch closing member in reverse. Then, during film...

20060088307 - Electronic card connector: This invention provides an electronic card connector which can connect by smoothly inserting, to one connector, electronic cards of different sizes. An electronic card connector provides a guide case forming a universal slot which has an opening to which two or more different sized electronic cards can be inserted and...

20060088308 - Camera support mechanism: In some embodiments, a camera support mechanism may be used as a mount to couple a camera to a display. The camera support mechanism may include a front lip and rear leg to hold the camera in place. The front lip may align with a front edge of a display....

20060088309 - Device crane, especially camera crane: The invention relates to a camera crane which comprises a crane jib (2) at the end of which a camera receiving platform (30) is pivotably mounted with dampening elements (34) interposed between. In this manner, the oscillations that are caused by a traction and control rope (9) expanding under the...

20060088310 - Camera rotating apparatus of portable terminal: A camera rotating apparatus of a portable terminal includes a main body of the portable terminal, a head portion including a camera module, the head portion being capable of rotating in front, rear, left and right directions with respect to the main body, and a hinge portion rotatably connecting the...

20060088311 - Image-capturing apparatus with a lens cover: An image-capturing apparatus includes a main body comprising a first hole, and a lens assembly installed inside the main body for projecting from the first hole of the main body in a rotatable manner. The lens assembly includes a gear installed on the outer surface of the lens assembly. The...

20060088312 - Image-capturing device, light adjustment mechanism, and light control blade: An image-capturing device includes a lens barrel having therein an optical image-capturing system; a light control blade which opens and closes an optical path of the optical image-capturing system so as to control the amount of light entering the system; and a base body having a transmission hole through which...

20060088313 - Driver for opening and closing dual-blade shutter adapted to be reset without re-opening shutter: In a camera, a dual-blade shutter has a pair of shutter blades supported for opening and closing movement to uncover and re-cover an exposure aperture, and a shutter driver that projects into respective overlapping slots in the shutter blades and is supported for shutter opening and closing movement. A high...

20060088314 - Camera system: A camera system includes a lens unit and a camera body to which the lens unit is detachably attached. The lens unit has a photographing lens, an imaging device which receives light transmitted through the photographing lens, and a lens-side connecting terminal for electric connection. The camera body has a...

20060088315 - Camera housing and method of forming camera housing: A camera housing that includes a substantially planar front surface having a top edge and a bottom edge. The front surface includes an arcuate recess for accommodating a portion of a user's finger during photography, the arcuate recess extending from a location to the bottom edge and having a depth...

20060088316 - Protective device for camera view finder: This utility model belongs to the assistant devices field of camera, especially is acceptable for one kind of protective device to protect the camera view finder and one kind of LCD protective device, which consists of frame and light screen installed on the frame. The said frame adopts separate structure....

20060083500 - Photographic method and photographic apparatus: The photographic method and apparatus take, at the same shooting position, a background image without a subject, a first principal image for outputting, and a second principal image whose shooting conditions differ from those of the first principal image with a camera for photoelectrically picking up an image, a changing...

20060083501 - Method and apparatus for creating aerial panoramic photography: An aerial photography apparatus that comprises a remote controlled piloted aircraft, a platform, a camera, and a remote wireless transmitter for operating and controlling the apparatus. The remote controlled piloted aircraft is attached to the top side of the platform. The camera is attached to the bottom side of the...

20060083503 - Collapsible-type lens barrel and image sensing apparatus: A collapsible-type lens barrel includes an image blurring correction unit that drives a first lens in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis so as to cancel shaking of an image sensing apparatus, and a second lens placed adjacent the image blurring correction unit. When the collapsible-type lens barrel is...

20060083502 - Image stabilizer: The present invention provides an image shake correcting apparatus including a shake signal output device, an image displacing device, and an image shake correcting device, comprising: a pan/tilt detecting device which detects panning or tilting of said optical system; an image shake correction stopping device which stops image shake correction...

20060083504 - Zoom optical system, imaging lens device, and digital apparatus: A zoom optical system has lens groups, and performs zooming by varying distances between the respective lens groups in an optical axis direction thereof. The zoom optical system has two or more lens groups having a negative optical power and a positive optical power in this order from an object...

20060083505 - Optical apparatus: An optical apparatus includes a zoom optical system including a focusing lens unit, a first cam member that rotates around the optical axis and moves along the optical axis in a magnification-changing operation, the first cam member including a focus cam portion for driving the focusing lens unit, and a...

20060083506 - Auto focus system: There is provided an auto focus system capable of, when manual operation is performed for moving the position of an AF area, which is an area to be targeted by auto focus (AF), while the AF area is automatically tracking a predetermined object, instantaneously changing the object to be targeted...

20060083507 - Image-taking apparatus: The present invention provides an image-taking apparatus which includes: a first light-emitting section having a xenon tube and a main capacitor; and a second light-emitting section having an LED. When an image is to be taken with an auxiliary light emission immediately after power-on and immediately after previous image taking...

20060083508 - Illumination apparatus and photographing apparatus having the same: An image forming apparatus preventing the fluctuation of image density to thereby improve the accuracy of density control and stably obtain a final image of a high quality by providing an image bearing member, an exposing part forming an electrostatic latent image on the member, a developing part to develop...

20060083509 - Image-taking optical system: An image-taking optical system for forming an optical image of an object on the light-receiving surface of an image sensor includes at least one optical prism in which light from the object side enters through an entrance surface, is then reflected by at least three reflection surfaces each formed with...

20060078320 - Variable background for photographic pictures: The invention refers to a variable background for photographic pictures which comprises a flexible basic body, which supports the object which has to be photographed, and at least one adjustment device for modifying the shape of the basic body....

20060078321 - Picture display device: A picture display device comprises a device main body, a covering body, a link mechanism, an operating protrusion, an opening and closing detecting switch and an control unit. The device main body restores and outputs a picture signal. The covering body has a picture display unit for displaying the picture...

20060078322 - Photographing lens: A lens barrel includes a housing having a ring portion surrounding an optical axis; a first optical element and a second optical element which are positioned inside the ring portion and which are movable along the optical axis relative to the housing; a support frame which supports the second optical...

20060078323 - Focus detection method and focus detection apparatus: A focus detection method, for detecting a focus state of an object image in accordance with a contrast of the object image which is formed in a focus detection area, includes capturing the object images while moving a focusing lens group of a photographing lens stepwise within a predetermined range...

20060078324 - Digital camera: A digital camera has an operation portion including at least one main operation member and provided on the back surface of a camera body, and a slide portion including a main display device and provided on the back surface of the camera body. The slide portion is sidable between a...

20060078326 - Image-taking apparatus: An image-taking apparatus capable of mounting an accessory, which is small-sized yet capable of securing a sufficient inner volume is disclosed. The image-taking apparatus includes a first member having a female screw hole portion into which a male screw portion provided in the accessory is inserted, a main chassis to...

20060078325 - Observation device for side regions of a motor vehicle: For observing lateral areas of a motor vehicle, a camera is inserted into an existing cavity of a mirror base. The camera is clampingly held between a holding cage and a covering cap. An opening for a camera lens is provided in the covering cap. Through the camera lens opening,...

20060078327 - Simple apparatus for quick support and stabilization of a camera or similar instrument, the camera stock: A simple apparatus for quick stabilization and support of a camera or similar instruments is disclosed having a compact design that is inexpensive to manufacture. The ergonomic shape of the apparatus also makes it ambidextrous and can be used from multiple positions. A camera, or any instrument designed to attach...

20060078329 - Image distribution apparatus, image receiving apparatus, management method for image distribution apparatus, and setting method for image receiving apparatus: An image receiving apparatus is assigned with a field-of-view range setting right which is a right of setting a field-of-view of an image to be distributed. A field-of-view range setting request is received from the image receiving apparatus having the field-of-view range setting right and then reflected upon a cut-out...

20060078328 - Vehicle comprising a catadioptric camera: The invention relates to a vehicle (1) comprising at least one catadioptric camera (2), which is mounted on the vehicle and which has an optical axis (5) and at least one first mirror (6) that is arranged on the optical axis. The optical axis (5) of the camera (2) is...

20060078330 - Image capture apparatus: In an image capture apparatus, the surface of an optical element and a shutter are made to have conductivity, and they are grounded so as to have the same potential, so that adhesion of foreign matter onto the surface of the optical element can be prevented....

20060078331 - Light control apparatus and optical apparatus: There is provided a light control apparatus that maintains the overall apparatus size small, increases the number of stop stages, and is suitable for both the shutter and stop actions. A light control apparatus includes a first actuator, a second actuator, a first light shielding member driven by the first...

20060072913 - Actuator, and lens unit and camera with the same: An actuator (10) comprises a fixed member (12), a movable member (14), a movable member supporting means supporting the movable member so as to permit the movable member to move to an arbitrary position in a plane in parallel with the fixed member, at least three actuating coils (20) attached...

20060072912 - Camera system, camera and interchangeable lens: A camera system (1) is provided which includes an interchangeable lens (40) including a group of lenses (L1, L2, L3, L4) for imaging an object, and a camera (10) to which the interchangeable lens (40) is to be installed. The camera (10) includes a correction angle information calculating means (20)...

20060072914 - Object recognition apparatus: The object recognition apparatus has an active range finder having a floodlight unit which floodlights a light onto a target object, and determines a distance up to a target object on the basis of a reflected light therefrom, a stereo camera to determine a distance up to the target object...

20060072915 - Camera with an auto-focus function: A first area of a predetermined size is set as a focus area from which AF evaluation values are picked up in AF control when a focus mode is a normal one. When the focus mode changes to a macro mode, a second area narrower than the first area is...

20060072916 - Pop-up flash unit for camera: A pop-up flash unit (2) for a camera includes a mounting seat (30) disposed in the camera body, a flash member (20) rotatably mounted on the mounting seat between a projected position for operating and a retracted position for storage, a driving device (40) substantially disposed in the camera body...

20060072917 - Structure for attaching stereoscopic camera in vehicle: A structure for attaching a stereoscopic camera to a vehicle, by which a plurality of cameras are attached to a body frame of the vehicle in order to stereoscopically capture images surrounding the vehicle; and the same structure includes a lateral stay for coupling the plurality of cameras with each...