Photography inventions 12/06

20060291840 - Information processing device and method, photographing device, and program: Disclosed herein is an information processing device including an associating section for recognizing action of a person having a device including a sensor that outputs sensor data obtained in same timing as photographing timing of an image string on a basis of the sensor data, and associating information indicating the... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060291841 - Image stabilizing device: An image stabilizing device has an image restoration processor configured to perform image restoration process for stabilizing hand movement included in an input image by using an image restoration filter created based on hand movement information, and an edge emphasizing processor configured to perform edge emphasizing process for emphasizing an... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20060291842 - Camera system, lens unit and accessory device: A lens unit has a photographing lens, and is secured removably to a camera main body. An accessory conversion lens device is settable on the lens unit. The lens unit includes a reception unit for receiving accessory device data from the conversion lens device. A determiner checks propriety of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060291843 - Reduction optical system: A reduction optical system for forming, without re-imaging, a reduced image of a subject image formed by a main lens system has on the most object side a meniscus single-lens element convex to the object side. The meniscus single-lens element fulfills the conditional formula: −0.2<(R1-R2)/(R1+R2)<0.3, where R1 represents the radius... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20060291844 - Adaptive optical plane formation with rolling shutter: A scene is imaged by moving an optical lens relative to an image sensing surface (such as film or a pixel array) synchronously with exposing different portions of the image sensing surface. The synchronous actions are preferably adaptable to the scene being imaged, so objects at different object distances are... Agent: Harrington & Smith, LLP

20060291845 - Apparatus and method for deciding in-focus position of imaging lens: A subject is imaged while an imaging lens is moved along the direction of the optic axis in increments of a prescribed distance, and a graph of overall focus evaluation values representing degree of focus of the image of the subject is obtained. Processing for detecting a face is executed... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060291846 - Imaging device: There is provided an imaging apparatus which includes image acquiring means for acquiring an image of an object; storing means for temporarily storing an image acquired by the image acquiring means; and control means for detecting a portion having changed upon comparison of a first image and a second image... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20060291847 - Digital camera: The present invention discloses a digital camera having a live view mode for continuously capturing and displaying a series of subject images, in which when the live view mode is selected, a computation part initializes an aperture mechanism based on photographing lens-specific information. Since the aperture mechanism is controlled based... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20060291848 - Battery check device: A battery check device for a portable electronic apparatus, such as a digital camera, for example, can selectively use a plurality of types of batteries. The battery check device comprises a battery determining processor that determines a type of battery, when the battery is mounted in the portable electronic apparatus.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060291849 - Versatile camera for various visibility conditions: A versatile camera that operates in various visibility conditions, such as daylight and poor visibility conditions, the camera including at least two sensors that capture images in a scene and provide a digital representation of the captured images, each sensor having a particular operational wavelength, and an optical and routing... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20060291850 - Mode-setting device for photographing device: A mode dial mechanism for a photographing device comprising a photographing lens, according to the present invention, includes a lens mover, a mode dial, and a mode judge. The lens mover moves the photographing lens. The mode dial is for selecting a mode from a plurality of modes, including a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060291851 - Digital camera with projector and digital camera system: A digital camera equipped with a projector, includes a photographing device; a projector device that projects an optical image; a mode switching operation member that outputs a switching operation signal indicating a changeover to one of a photographing operation mode in which image data photographed by the photographing device are... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060291852 - Image taking lens: An image taking lens forming an optical image on an solid-state image pickup element according to the present invention, is provided with, in order from an object side thereof: a first lens with a positive power; a second lens with a negative power; and a third lens with a negative... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20060291853 - Electronic device and image capture module thereof: An image capture module includes a housing, a camera unit, and a shielding element. In this case, the housing has a first opening. The camera unit is accommodated in the housing and is adjacent to the first opening. The first opening exposes at lest one portion of the camera unit.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060291854 - 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 resist cover film processing block, a resist cover film removal block, a cleaning/drying processing block and an interface block. These blocks are arranged in the substrate processing... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20060291855 - Substrate processing apparatus: A substrate processing apparatus comprises an indexer block, an edge-cleaning processing block, an anti-reflection film processing block, a resist film processing block, a development processing block, a resist cover film processing block, a resist cover film removal block, a cleaning/drying processing block and an interface block. An exposure device is... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20060285836 - Inflatable photographic structure: The present invention is directed toward a photographic system (100) wherein a subject (240) is photographed from within a translucent bubble (110) lit by light (120) from outside the bubble. The bubble is adapted to provide a uniform background which can be digitally replaced after photographing.... Agent: Robert D. Fish Rutan & Tucker LLP

20060285838 - Barrel unit, image pickup apparatus installed with the same, and method for correcting shake of barrel: A barrel unit includes a barrel having an image sensing device and a photographing optical system built therein, a supporting member for pivotally supporting the barrel, a steel ball functioning as a pivot bearing portion provided between the barrel and the supporting member, and first and second actuators for giving... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20060285840 - Image stabilizer, lens barrel and imager apparatus: An image stabilizer that stabilizes images by moving a correcting lens for stabilizing images formed by a lens system in a first direction and a second direction which are perpendicular to an optical axis of said lens system and which are perpendicular to each other, includes a driver which is... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060285839 - Optical apparatus having image-blur correction/reduction system: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an image-blur correction/reduction system miniaturized by arranging support guiding devices of a movable member and a rotation restricting device configured for restricting the rotation of the movable member about the optical axis so as to overlap each other viewed from the optical... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20060285837 - Rotating device, barrel unit, image sensing apparatus installed with the same: A rotating device 9 is for rotating a vertically long drivable element 90 about specified two axes (rotation axis A, rotation axis B) and is provided with a first and a second actuators 91A, 91B for giving torques to the drivable element 90, a pivot bearing portion 92 as a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20060285841 - Variable-magnification optical system and image-taking apparatus therewith: A variable-magnification optical system has, from the object side to the image side, at least a first lens group having a positive optical power, a second lens group having a negative optical power, and a third lens group having a positive optical power. The first lens group includes an optical... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20060285842 - Camera having focusing device: In a camera having a focusing device, the direction of moving a focus lens included in a photographing lens is varied depending on the defocus state with reference to a specific position (e.g., reverse point) of the focus lens. For example, a camera having a defocus-amount detection part for detecting... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20060285843 - Image capturing device and activation method therefor: An image capturing device includes a first controller operable to control image capturing; an operation section including a switch; a detector operable to detect a change to an image capturing mode and to send a signal representing the change; a second controller operable to monitor and process the sent signal,... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20060285844 - Support for a camcorder: A support for a camcorder includes a platform connectable to a camcorder and a gripping handle attached via a multi-directional joint to the platform. The handle includes a head portion close to the multidirectional joint and is segmented along its major axis so as to define at least three pivotably... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20060285845 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus includes an imaging optical system, an image sensor, an image signal processing section and a light-amount characteristic giving section. The imaging optical system has a distortion in such a way as to form an image whose center part is stretched, and whose peripheral part is squeezed.... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20060280489 - Ophthalmic photographic apparatus: A timer function hold mode in which the timer continues the timing function is set in a mydriatic fluorescence mode by operating a timer switch for at least a fixed time, or by simultaneously operating a fluorescence filter switch and the timer switch. If the timer function hold mode is... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq.

20060280490 - Digital camera: A digital camera, having a function for optically compensating for camera shake, comprises: a movement detector that detects a movement of the digital camera; a movement prediction unit that employs the movement detected by the movement detector to predict a movement of the digital camera after a predetermined period of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060280491 - Autofocus lens apparatus and camera system with the same: An autofocus lens apparatus is disclosed which is capable of changing a focus target area in position and size without degrading the operability of manual focusing when taking images with an autofocus function. The autofocus lens apparatus comprises an operating member which is placed outside a lens barrel and movable... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20060280493 - Apparatus for driving lens in camera: An apparatus for driving lens in a camera is disclosed, by which an auto-focusing and/or zooming function is supported using a piezoelectric element and by which an auto-focusing and/or zooming function can be supported with advantageous price, power consumption and device volume. The present invention includes a lens drive unit... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060280492 - Auto-focusing device for lens: An auto-focusing device for lens comprises a lens holder, a sensor holder, a permanent magnet set, a yoke and a base. The lens holder holds a lens barrel and is wound around with at least two coils wound in opposite directions. The sensor holder holds an image sensor. The permanent... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20060280494 - Electronic device, photographing control method, and photographing control program: The present invention relates to an electronic device such as mobile terminal devices with a photographing function, and in the case where a photographing target is a person, enhances its function for protecting the photographing target from being photographed without consent by such as spy shots. This can be realized... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20060280495 - Finder device and camera: The present invention discloses a finder device capable of adjusting the amount of light emitted from a light-emitting display section arranged in the device according to the light-receiving level of an image pickup device. The amount of light emitted is adjusted, for example, so that the light-receiving level of the... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20060280497 - Image display apparatus and sorting method: An image display apparatus comprising: a first storage device which stores an image file including an image and the photographing date and time information of the image; an operation device which performs a predetermined operation; a timing determination device which makes a determination whether or not it is the timing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060280496 - Image pickup apparatus, image recording apparatus and image recording method: An imaging apparatus selectively recording an image taken by itself or at least one other apparatus is disclosed. A digital video camera selects between an image taken by a camera block (10) thereof, and an image taken by each of at least one other camera and received by a wireless... Agent: William S Frommer Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20060280498 - Image-taking lens unit: An image-taking lens unit has an image-taking lens system that forms an optical image of an object and an image sensor that receives the optical image in a rectangular image-sensing region and converts the optical image into an electrical signal. The image-taking lens system includes a reflective optical element that... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20060280499 - Camera module: A camera module includes a housing, and the housing has an opening. The housing having a magnetic material or the magnetic component disposed in the housing can be used to absorb both the particles surrounding the camera module and the particles entering the housing through the opening.... Agent: Andrx Corporation

20060280500 - Camera socket and method for making the same: A camera socket (100) includes a base (10) and a film (12). The base defines a receiving cavity (14) for receiving a camera module therein. The base has a transparent section (106) aligned with lenses of the camera module. The film is formed on a surface of the base. A... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20060280501 - Developing process and apparatus: The invention discloses a developing apparatus and a developing process. Wherein the developing process comprises following steps. First, a developing apparatus and a substrate are provided, wherein the developing apparatus comprises a conveyer and a nozzle. Then, the substrate is conveyed along a first direction by the conveyer, and the... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20060275024 - Radio remote control for photographic equipment: A radio sync system for photographic equipment including a transmitter unit and a receiver unit. The transmitter unit utilizes a power-management scheme for keeping the transmitter unit in a low-power stand-by state except when an RF signal needs to be transmitted, and returning the transmitter unit back into the low-power... Agent: Rozsa Law Group Lc

20060275025 - Digital camera using multiple lenses and image sensors to provide an extended zoom range: A digital camera includes a first image sensor, a first wide angle lens for forming a first image of a scene on the first image sensor; a second image sensor, a zoom lens for forming a second image of the same scene on the second image sensor, a control element... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker, Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20060275026 - Image-taking apparatus and control method thereof: An image-taking apparatus is disclosed which comprises an image-pickup device, an image processing unit, a display unit, a focus detection unit which detects a focus state of the image-taking lens, and an optical path splitting unit which is switchable between a first state in which it is disposed in an... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20060275027 - Device for treating bulbous or tuberous plants: Device for treating bulbous or tuberous plants, particularly onions, provided with a green end and a root end and a bulb axis extending therethrough, comprising means for holding the bulbs, means for cutting the green end and the root end off from the bulbs, means for by means of image... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20060275028 - System, apparatus and method for generating panorama image: A system, apparatus and method for generating a panorama image are provided. The panorama image generating system includes an image obtaining device that inputs a plurality of images, and a panorama image generating device that comprises a user interface for providing preview images for the plurality of images received from... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060275029 - Viewfinder for single lens reflex camera: In a viewfinder for a single lens reflex camera, in which a focused image of an object formed on a ground glass by a photographing lens is transmitted to an ocular optical system through a pentagonal prism or a pentagonal mirror and an information image displayed on an indication surface... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060275030 - Multi-environment object movement system and method: One or more embodiments of the invention enable the movement of an object through multiple environments such as liquid and gas for example using rope or cable. Various objects can be moved using one or more embodiments of the invention such as a human or camera for example. Displacing a... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20060275031 - Revolving lens module for mobile communication devices: A revolving lens module mounted to a case of a mobile communication device includes a revolving lens. The revolving lens has a rotating axis pivotally mounted to a hole of the case and an image-capturing unit for capturing images. By providing the pivotal pair of the hole and the rotating... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060275032 - Actuator for mobile terminal: An actuator for a mobile terminal using suspension wires is disclosed. By using an actuator for a mobile terminal comprising a holder, magnets mounted inside the holder, a coil mounted inside the holder and positioned on the inside of the magnets, a bobbin joined with the coil and having a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060275033 - Print media and printing fluid cartridge of digital photofinishing system: A print media and printing fluid cartridge is provided which is removably mounted to a support structure of a digital photofinishing system in juxtaposition with a printer mounted to the support structure together with a digital processor and print media drive mechanism for the printer. The cartridge has a roll... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd