Photography inventions 10/06

20060239670 - Explicit raytracing for gimbal-based gazepoint trackers: One embodiment of the present invention is a method for computing a first gaze axis of an eye in a first coordinate system. A camera is focused on the eye and moved to maintain the focus on the eye as the eye moves in the first coordinate system. A first...

20060239671 - Camera module: A camera module is provided wherein an image pickup device, a camera optical system and a driver, for aligning and focusing the camera optical system, are mounted on a board; wherein a connection terminal, to be electrically connected to the driver, is formed on a mounting face of the board;...

20060239672 - Correlated auto-focus stabilization method and digital camera: Auto-focus in a digital camera is improved by stabilizing successive images. Each auto-focus image is correlated to previous images so that scene movement or motion can be tracked. The area in the scene where focus figure-of-merit is computed is adjusted according to the amount of scene movement. Also, two separate...

20060239673 - Camera illumination system: Methods and apparatus are provided for forming an image (68) of a scene (18) comprising a source of emitted or reflected light. The scene is illuminated (54) and a first image corresponding to the illuminated scene is recorded. Illumination is ceased, and a second image of the emitted or reflected...

20060239674 - System and method for analyzing a digital image: Methods of improving an image captured by a digital camera are disclosed herein. One embodiment of the method comprises providing information regarding changing at least one camera setting if the following conditions are met: the image is out of focus; the image was captured using an ISO above a preselected...

20060239675 - Information reception device, information transmission system, and information reception method: An information reception device comprising an imaging portion; a light reception portion for light reception of optional information subjected to optical modulation; a specification portion for specifying an optical modulation region contained in a capture angle of the imaging portion; a decoding portion for controlling the light reception portion in...

20060239676 - Method for rating images to facilitate image retrieval: A method for rating images to facitilate image retrival that includes, storing a plurality of digital image files in a digital memory; displaying the plurality of stored digital image files; permitting a user to select ratings for each of the plurality of displayed images, wherein the rating indicates how much...

20060239677 - Camera holder for stand: A camera holder (1) for a stand with a mounting screw (25) provided in a carrier plate (22/60) screwable into the mounting thread (32) of a camera (33), wherein the carrier plate (22/60) is mounted directly or indirectly on a rotation plate (6), wherein it is adjustable in a plane...

20060239678 - Stable platform for image capturing: A ball and race universal joint has an equipment mounting plate attached to and positioned above the race. The ball has a horizontal shaft extending there through with ends protruding from opposite sides of the ball. One or more elastic cords are connected to the protruding ends of the shaft....

20060239679 - Camera riser with universal centering ring: A camera riser has a centering ring that engages an inner surface or diameter of the raised ring on a camera head. As a result, camera riser can automatically and securely center most camera heads. This saves time in setting up the camera. Even if the castle ring holding the...

20060239680 - Device for introducing an objective onto a camera: There is provided a device for introducing an objective onto a camera. The device includes a base element and a bridge element, where the objective can be moved back and forth in a direction of the camera by the bridge element on the base element, and where a support element...

20060239681 - Quick-change shutter assembly: A shutter assembly for an optical system includes a shutter housing that maintains optical alignments with adjoining parts of the optical system and a shutter mechanism that can be removed and replaced within the shutter housing without disturbing the optical alignments between the shutter housing and the adjoining parts of...

20060233539 - Photographing system: A photographing system includes a lens apparatus having an image blur correcting device configured to correct and/or reduce image blur caused by vibration, a vibration sensor for detecting vibration applied to the lens apparatus, a position detecting device configured to detect a position change of the lens apparatus, and a...

20060233540 - Optical finder: An optical finder having a variable field of view that changes in synchronization with zooming of an imaging lens includes a tubular finder housing having opening portions on an objective side thereof and an opening portion on an eyepiece side thereof and a field of view limiting member for limiting...

20060233541 - Control apparatus, control method, and computer program: A control apparatus for controlling a driver driving an optical element of an image pickup device to adjust a focus position of the image pickup device in the capturing of an image of a subject, includes a focus position control process startup unit for managing a startup of a focus...

20060233542 - Digital data presenting apparatus: A digital data presenting apparatus having a lighting system and a camera system is provided. The lighting system is used to emitting a light and further includes a lens assembly for controlling the light to the projection area of an object. The camera system further includes an image-sensing component, a...

20060233543 - Lens barrel and camera incorporating the same lens barrel: A lens barrel including an image capturing optical system, to be extended for image capturing and to be retracted for carrying, including: a first lens unit for capturing an image of a subject; a light-amount control member to control an amount of light which comes from the subject and passes...

20060233544 - Bipod platform system for a camera: A platform system in which the camera is mounted on a platform is provided. The platform allows for a camera to be mounted thereon and whereby the camera may be raised or lowered along two substantially parallel legs. By providing a system in which the camera is positioned between the...

20060233545 - Camera system for attaching lens unit to electronics device: A camera system is composed of a lens unit and a camera body. The lens unit has a built-in CCD. A magnet is embedded in a protrusion of the lens unit. A case of the camera body is made of a magnetic material. In virtue of this, it is possible...

20060228097 - Image blurring correcting apparatus: To provide an image blurring correcting apparatus capable of reducing a correction amount by adequate time change from an intended point in time by changing a value used in a formula for calculating the correction amount in the case of stopping image blurring correction and resetting the correction amount (actual...

20060228098 - Focus detection apparatus and signal processing method for focus detection: A focus detection apparatus includes an image sensor that applies photoelectric conversion to incident light and accumulates charge, a first output unit that outputs electric signals based on the charge accumulated in the image sensor through multiple channels, and a focus detection unit that detects a phase difference on the...

20060228099 - Digital camera with electromagnetic focusing module: A digital camera (100) includes a lens barrel (10), an image sensor (14), a focus driving system (16), and a holder (18). The lens barrel is slidably disposed in the holder. The image sensor is secured on the holder. The focus driving system includes a first driving element and a...

20060228100 - Method and apparatus for capturing and analyzing thermo-graphic images of a moving object: One aspect of the disclosure provides a method of correcting a distorted image including, capturing an image of a moving object, thereby obtaining a plurality of pixels that comprise the image; obtaining a speed of the moving object; obtaining a correction factor dependant on the speed of the object; and...

20060228101 - Three-dimensional motion capture: In one general aspect, a method is described. The method includes generating a positional relationship between one or more support structures having at least one motion capture mark and at least one virtual structure corresponding to geometry of an object to be tracked and positioning the support structures on the...

20060228102 - Photographing apparatus and method for compensating brightness of an image: A photographing apparatus includes an image sensor for capturing first and second images sequentially, the first image including a reference image part; a calculation module for calculating average brightness degree of the reference image part for serving as a reference brightness value, wherein a brightness difference between the reference image...

20060228103 - Nonadjustable focusing type camera module: The invention relates to a nonadjustable focusing type camera module. The camera module includes a lens assembly including at least one lens, a lens accommodating part mounted on an upper surface of a substrate, and including a barrel having an inner space in which the lens assembly is arrange along...

20060228104 - Photographing apparatus and method for taking a picture: A photographing apparatus includes a storage device for storing a silhouette image; an image sensor for capturing a first image of an object, the first image including a first object image and a first background image; a comparison module for comparing the first object image with respect to the silhouette...

20060228105 - Balancing system for a camera crane: A camera crane includes an improved balancing system having a weight bar attached to the crane arm, and balance weights moveable along the weight bar. Substantially each balance weight can have upper rollers resting on the upper surface of the weight bar, to support the balance weight on the weight...

20060228106 - Security apparatus and autonomous cleaner: A security device provided with a human body detecting unit for detecting a man to monitor an intruder from the outside, includes: a direction specifying unit for specifying the direction in which the man detected by the human body detecting unit accesses; a direction determining unit for determining whether or...

20060228107 - Slide photograph data creation system, and slide photograph data: A slide photograph data creation system includes a digital camera for making high-magnification photographs of samples, a sample transporter for holding and transporting samples, a controller for controlling the camera and the sample transporter so as to provide overlapping photographs, a pasting information generator for recognizing the margin by which...

20060228108 - Optical shutter: The invention relates to a shutter for an optical imaging system. An amount of opaque fluid is moved in a planar capillary space to open and close the shutter. Depending on the position of the opaque fluid with respect to an optical path passing through the capillary space, the fluid...

20060228109 - Bi-stable mechanical photographic shutter: An electromagnetically operable rotary shutter is rendered bi-stable by the use of two linear electric motors, one to open the shutter and a second to close the shutter together with a latch that holds the shutter in either an open or a closed position in the absence of power to...

20060228110 - Camera system: The present invention provides a camera system including a camera head and a camera body provided with a disengagement operation detecting section and a recording control section. The disengagement operation detecting section detects operation of disengaging the camera head from the camera body in the state where image information can...

20060222352 - Information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image forming system, information processing method, and image forming method: An information processing apparatus determines whether an authentication portion on an image forming apparatus side can authenticate user authentication information input on the information processing apparatus side. If it is determined that the authentication portion on the image forming apparatus side can authenticate the user authentication information input on the...

20060222353 - Image stabilizer: The present invention provides an image blur correction apparatus, comprising: a blur detection device which detects a vibration applied to an optical system and outputs a blur signal in accordance with the detected vibration; an image blur correcting device which performs image blur correction to cancel out an image blur...

20060222354 - Method and apparatus for controlling imaging direction and magnification of camera: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an imaging processing method where a plurality of images are picked up while an imaging direction of a camera is being changed. The images are combined into a composite image. A target region is specified within the composite image. An imaging direction...

20060222355 - Auto-focusing camera: An auto-focusing camera has a base, a focusing element, a lens, a motor and a transmission assembly. The focusing element is mounted movably on the base. The lens is mounted on the focusing element. The motor is mounted and lies flatly on the base and has a shaft mounted rotatably...

20060222356 - Optical unit and imaging apparatus: Provided is a compact thin type optical unit provided also with a housing 2 having an mounting surface 31 for mounting an imaging device 18 on, an optical system driving device 5 for driving the optical system 3, a light quantity control member 16 for controlling a light quantity projecting...

20060222357 - Image-taking apparatus equipped with sound processing function: An image-taking apparatus is disclosed, which has an effective arrangement of sound input or output portion. The image-taking apparatus comprises a main body, a lens barrel provided on a front face side of the main body, an illumination unit which illuminates an object and is provided on the top face...

20060222358 - Electronic device having a barrel for collecting sound: An electronic device having a barrel for collecting sound includes a housing, a speaker located inside the housing for generating sound, a plurality of holes formed on the housing for outputting the sound made by the speaker, and a barrel placed outside the housing corresponding to the region of the...

20060222359 - Method and an apparatus for the taking of an image, in particular by a ccd sensor: A camera comprises a line sensor or an areal sensor (1) and an optical imaging system (2) for the projection of an image onto the sensor (1). To increase the resolution, a displacement device (6) is provided for the displacement of the image relative to the sensor (1) (FIG. 2)....