Photography inventions 07/06

20060165395 - Image pickup processing method and image pickup apparatus: A roll correction section (21) performs correction to an image captured by a camera (11). A region limiting section (15) limits image data of an image in an upper region of the image and outputs the image data and a roll amount detection section (13) detects, from the limited and...

20060165397 - Image blur compensation apparatus: An image blur compensation apparatus includes first and second driving units (17a, 17b, 16a, 16b) having functionally equivalent members each other. A resultant force which acts on a holding unit (12) when in-phase driving signals of the same amount are applied to the first and second driving units differs in...

20060165396 - Image pickup apparatus and image pickup method therefor as well as image pickup program implementing the method and storage medium storing the program: An image pickup apparatus which is capable of changing panning control according to the shutter speed to thereby provide a shake prevention effect suitable for shooting conditions. A shutter control section of a microcomputer sets the shutter speed during shooting by the image pickup apparatus. An angular velocity sensor detects...

20060165398 - Image pickup apparatus, camera main body thereof and interchangeable lens: The present invention provides a camera system which is provided with signal processing control means for changing the filter characteristic of parallel vibration signal processing means in conformity with the output signal of rotation vibration signal processing means and thereby can photograph an image suffering little from blur even during...

20060165399 - Method for automatically coordinating flash intensity and camera system as the same: A camera system with function of automatically coordinating flash intensity includes a lens, an image sensor, a focus system, a focus sensor and a control unit. The lens is capable of controlling light amount that entrance into camera. The focusing system is capable of driving the lens to focus thereby...

20060165401 - Interchangeable lens type camera system and intermediate accessory: An interchangeable lens type camera system in which an intermediate accessory is removably attached between a camera body and a lens barrel includes a first CPU provided in the camera body, a second CPU provided in the intermediate accessory, and a third CPU provided in the lens barrel. The first...

20060165400 - Mounting device for a camera with automatic exposure mode to an optical system: A mounting device for a camera with automatic exposure mode to an optical system is disclosed. An adapter tube has a first and a second end, wherein the first end is attached to the camera and the second end is attached to the optical system. A mounting element, provided at...

20060165403 - Camera, control method therefor, program, and storage medium: This invention can increase the focusing speed and quickly focus a camera to an object regardless of the position of the object within the field of the viewfinder. When the position of a main object falls within a range in which phase difference AF is impossible, the lens scan range...

20060165402 - Imaging apparatus, imaging method, imaging program, and storing medium: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an imaging apparatus including: a detecting device; a selecting device; a determining device; and a instructing device configured to instruct the determining device to display on an imaging screen at least one AF frame determined to be within a focusing range, where...

20060165404 - Photoreceptive layer including heterogeneous dyes and solar cell employing the same: A photoreceptive layer including heterogeneous dyes is provided. The dye fill density is enhanced and light absorption is achieved at a broad wavelength range, which enables the beneficial utilization of the photoreceptive layer in a dye-sensitized solar cell....

20060165405 - Image pick-up system: The invention easily photographs a subject from plural directions collectively. When a picture photographing instruction and a moving picture photographing instruction are inputted in a master digital still camera 3 set as a master of photographing for a subject 2, the invention transmits picture photographing instruction data D13 and moving...

20060165406 - Optical unit and imaging device comprising optical unit: The present invention relates to an optical unit including a collapsible lens and an image-pickup apparatus including the optical unit, in which particularly the collapsible lens may become further thinner and an optical filter may forcibly be made to escape from a position on its optical axis to a position...

20060165407 - Imaging device: Disclosed herein is an imaging device including a battery compartment having an opening for insertion and ejection of a battery, a battery release lever for allowing the insertion of the battery into the battery compartment through the opening and the ejection of the battery from the battery compartment through the...

20060165408 - Coating and developing apparatus and coating and developing method: A coating and developing apparatus comprises a process block which forms a resist film on a wafer, then transfers the wafer to an exposure apparatus, and performs a developing process on the wafer after exposure, and an interface transfer mechanism provided between the process block and the exposure apparatus. The...

20060165409 - Coating and developing system and coating and developing method: A coating and developing system includes a resist film forming unit block and antireflection film forming unit blocks stacked up in layers to form a resist film and an antireflection film underlying the resist film and an antireflection film overlying the resist film in a small space. The coating and...

20060159438 - Imaging device: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a driving unit which has a through-hole that guides a flexible printed board. A position of the flexible printed board with respect to the driving unit changes in an optic-axial direction in accordance with rotation of the driving unit, reducing the occurrence...

20060159439 - Presentation device: The presentation device 100 comprises a shuttle operation member 170 rotatable in the forward and reverse directions. The shuttle operation member 170 comprises a momentary mechanism, returning automatically to the neutral position when the user releases the hand. When a sub-microprocessor 360 inputs from the shuttle operation member 170 signals...

20060159440 - Method and apparatus for disrupting an autofocusing mechanism: An automatic anti-focusing mechanism which generates and emits one or more distortion signals includes one or more sound or light generators which generate the distortion signals in various portions of their respective spectrums. The emitted distortion signals are received by an active automatic focusing camera and inhibit the ability of...

20060159441 - Charging device for camera flash: A charging device (1) for a camera flash includes a digital signal processor (10) providing a pulse width modulation signal and receiving a feedback signal, a voltage boosting circuit (20) electrically connected with the digital signal processor for outputting an induced current under the control of the pulse width modulation...

20060159442 - Method, medium, and apparatus with category-based clustering using photographic region templates: A clustering method, medium, and apparatus using region division templates. According to the method, medium, and apparatus, in order to more reliably extract semantic concepts included in a photo, multiple content-based feature values can be extracted from region images divided by using region division templates, and the confidence degree of...

20060159443 - Mobile communication terminal device: A mobile communication terminal device, capable of implementing large screen and displaying stereoscopic images, includes: a first case and a second case; a first and a second display part mounted on the first case and the second case, respectively; lens modules mounted in front of the first and second display...

20060159444 - Electronic device: An electronic appliance is provided, which can be produced at a low cost, and in which there is a degree of freedom in a setting value and any one of a number of setting values can be set as an operating condition with a simple operation. A digital camera 1...

20060159445 - Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, reproducing apparatus, reproducing method and program: An image capturing apparatus or reproducing apparatus which allows a user to easily obtain a desirable sound and image is provided. The image capturing apparatus or reproducing apparatus includes: an image capturing section for capturing an image of a subject; a recording section for recording a sound surrounding the image...

20060159446 - Sector drive apparatus for use in optical apparatus: A sector drive apparatus for use in an optical apparatus, the sector drive apparatus includes a sector having a first engagement opening engaged with an operation member that reciprocates in a given range and a second engagement opening engaged with a spindle fixed to a shutter substrate, the sector opening...

20060159447 - Camera system: The present invention provides a camera system including: an imaging unit which has an image-taking optical system and an image pickup device; and a main unit which receives image signals from the imaging unit and performs signal processing. The imaging unit includes an identification section for identifying the main unit....

20060159448 - Electronic apparatus having switch contacts: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an electronic apparatus includes a switch contact and a control unit. The switch contact is constituted of a fixed contact and a movable contact. The fixed contact includes a plurality of detection contacts and a common contact. The movable contact can be...

20060159449 - Substrate processing apparatus: A substrate processing apparatus comprises an indexer block, an anti-reflection film processing block, a resist film processing block, a development processing block, a drying processing block, and an interface block. An exposure device is arranged adjacent to the interface block. The drying processing block comprises a drying processing group. The...

20060153552 - Image capturing device having blurring correction function and blurring correction method: There are disclosed an image capturing device and a blurring correction method in which an imaging unit or a blurring correction optical system is driven to correct blurring in response to an output of a vibration detecting sensor. In such blurring correction, when a driving mechanism has a frictionally connected...

20060153554 - Image-taking device: An image-taking device is capable of effectively utilizing a shake correcting section and thereby shooting an image with little blur. The image-taking device includes: an angular rate sensor which detects a shake; a shift lens which travels within a predetermined moving range to correct the shake; a shift lens driving...

20060153553 - 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...

20060153555 - Optical unit and imaging device: The present invention relates to a collapsible type optical unit capable of moving its optical system between a working position and a retracted position as well as an image-pickup apparatus including the optical unit. Particularly, the present invention relates to the optical unit and the image-pickup apparatus capable of acquiring...

20060153556 - Focal length adjustment apparatus with improved vibration and impact-resistance properties: Disclosed herein is a focal length adjustment apparatus in which a magnetic fluid that serves as attenuation means is injected between a magnet and a coil to achieve an improvement in a magnetic flux density and damping effect. The apparatus comprises a moving unit including a lens barrel that contains...

20060153557 - Viewfinder: A viewfinder includes a focusing screen, an optical system having a ridge which is formed by cementing a pair of reflecting surfaces to each other; and an eyepiece, wherein an object image which is formed on the focusing screen is viewed through the eyepiece via the optical system. The ridge...

20060153558 - Method and apparatus for capturing images using a color laser projection display: A method and apparatus are provided to capture images using a laser projection display (LPD). In a full color LPD camera, three lasers (red, blue, and green) are deployed to scan an image and receive reflected laser light therefrom. The reflected laser light may be analyzed and assembled into a...

20060153559 - Strobe device for camera: Provided is a strobe pop-up device that can conveniently move a strobe assembly to pop-up, bounce, and closed positions, and a camera having the strobe pop-up device. The strobe pop-up device includes: a strobe assembly having a strobe, and a strobe connecting link, a bottom end of which is rotatably...

20060153560 - Shutter apparatus and optical apparatus having the same: A shutter apparatus includes a shutter substrate having a shutter opening, two shutter blades that are pivotally provided in the shutter substrate and that have cam openings, and an operation member that is engaged with the cam openings and that drives to turn the two shutter blades. The two shutter...

20060153561 - Electro-mechanical system and method for mixing replenishment for plate precursor developers: The present invention provides a system and method for replenishing a lithographic printing plate developer. The system includes a developer unit containing a seasoned developer and adapted to deliver the seasoned developer into a mixing unit, a replenisher unit containing a replenisher and adapted to deliver the replenisher into the...

20060147188 - Three-dimensional photographic shelf: The present invention provides a three-dimensional photographic shelf, which is highly controllable, adjustable and portable. A loading turntable of the shelf for loading a photographic subject has the functions of horizontal rotation for different angles and vertical angles' switches while cooperating with a hand rod screwing a digital camera. Thus,...

20060147189 - Ophthalmic camera, ophthalmic camera adaptor and methods for determining a haemoglobin and glucose level of a patient: Provided is an ophthalmic camera comprising: a camera having a camera lens; at least one illumination means; and an ophthalmic lens. The centres of the ophthalmic lens and camera lens are aligned to form an alignment axis. The at least one illumination means is capable of linear movement along a...

20060147190 - Camera lens suspension: A camera comprises: a support structure 100; a lens holder 120 holding at least one lens 121; a suspension 130 for mounting said lens holder 120 on the support structure 100 to allow relative movement of the lens holder 120 and the support structure; and an actuator for moving said...

20060147191 - Camera lens assembly for mobile phone: Provided is a camera lens assembly including an optical filter employing a plurality of color light emitting diodes. The camera lens assembly includes a lens module having a printed circuit board, an image sensor positioned on the printed circuit board, an IR filter, and a camera lens, the camera lens...

20060147192 - Best shooting moment selectable digital camera apparatus: The present invention relates to a best shooting moment selectable digital camera apparatus. This digital camera apparatus could decide the instantaneous best shooting moment to take photos. The technical scheme is: including camera head, memory circuit and signal processor, the signal processor includes the co-series face detecting module, eye &...

20060147193 - Image pickup terminal: An image pickup terminal includes an image pickup section, a data storage section which stores shutter sound setup data that sets a shutter sound generating when the image pickup section performs an imaging, a shutter sound generating section which generates a shutter sound based on the shutter sound setup data...

20060147194 - Connect/disconnect mechanism for a surveillance camera head: A surveillance camera assembly includes a mounting apparatus that is attachable to a mounting surface. A camera head assembly is secured to the mounting apparatus by moving the camera head assembly toward the mounting apparatus in a direction along an axis, and rotating the camera head assembly about the axis....

20060147195 - Mobile system with cameras, camera suspension, method for measuring camera location information, and camera mounting apparatus: A mobile system with cameras, a camera suspension, a method for measuring camera location information, and a camera mounting apparatus are provided. The mobile system with cameras comprising a camera mounting apparatus, the camera mounting apparatus includes a camera mounting unit which cameras join, a main body mounting unit attached...

20060147196 - Equipment crane, particularly camera crane: The invention relates to a camera crane comprising a support (1) and a jib (2). A traction rope (9) of a control system is movable on a pivot bearing of the crane jib in order to establish a parallelogram system or displace said parallelogram system. The rope is also movable...

20060147197 - Method for improving vision of a low-vision person and viewing aid: A method for improving vision of a low-vision person and a viewing aid therefore are disclosed. An image is recorded by means of an image recording device, the image being intermediately stored within an image memory and modified and presented to the eyes of the person by means of an...

20060147198 - Shutter device for camera lens assembly: Disclosed is a shutter device for use with a camera lens assembly. The shutter device includes a shutter base, a shutter blade is rotatably mounted on the shutter base, a magnet movably coupled to the shutter base so as to enable rotation of the shutter blade, and a yoke extending...

20060147199 - Shutter and optical apparatus having the same: A shutter for an optical apparatus has multiple sectors and an operation member. Each of the multiple sectors has a cam opening for engagement and is pivotally provided to open and close a shutter opening, the operation member moves each of said multiple sectors in engagement with the cam opening,...

20060147200 - Digital single-lens reflex camera: A digital single-lens reflex camera includes a lens unit and a camera body. The lens unit has a photographing lens and an identification data memory for storing identification data to identify the photographing lens. The camera body, to which the lens unit is detachably attached, has an imaging device which...

20060147201 - Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method: An interface transport mechanism employs an upper hand during the transport of a substrate to an exposure device, and employs a lower hand during the transport of the substrate that has been carried out of the exposure device. A fifth central robot employs a lower hand during the transport of...

20060147202 - Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method: A substrate processing apparatus comprises an indexer block, an anti-reflection film processing block, a resist film processing block, a washing/development processing block, and an interface block. An exposure device is arranged adjacent to the interface block. A resist film is formed on a substrate by the resist film processing block....