Photography inventions 02/07

20070041720 - Electronic endoscope: An electronic endoscope according to the present invention has a video-scope that has a first image sensor and a second image sensor, and a light supplier that selectively irradiates white light and excitation-light on an observed portion. The electronic endoscope further has a first color filter that has spectral transmitting... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070041721 - Optical device having blur correction function: An optical device includes a lens holding member that holds a lens and that is movable in a direction along a plane that is orthogonal to an optical axis of the lens, and an actuator that moves the lens holding member in the direction along the plane. In the optical... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070041722 - Light diffuser: A photographic light diffusing system includes a camera having both a lens unit and a flash unit, and a light diffuser having a semi-transparent panel with an aperture mounted on the lens unit of a camera. The semi-transparent panel of the light diffuser obscures the flash unit when viewed from... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070041723 - Elongated camera system for cellular telephones: A compact camera for a cellular telephone is disclosed. A reflector is used to bend a light path of the camera, so as facilitate the use of a longer optical path in thin cellular telephones, while allowing pictures to be taken from the front of the camera. The camera comprises... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070041725 - Camera arrangement for a motor vehicle: A camera arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a camera aimed onto a glass pane of a vehicle. The camera arrangement further includes a light-transmitting body having a solid and optically transparent material. The light-transmitting body is arranged between the camera and the glass pane and connects the camera to... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070041724 - Camera device: According to one embodiment, a camera device includes a camera body including an optical system, a rotational shaft having both ends extending on both sides from the camera body, and a pair of holders which rotatably support both ends of the rotational shaft, respectively and permit the camera body to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070041727 - Security camera: A security camera includes a camera unit, and a top plate rotatably supporting the camera unit. A movable circuit board is disposed above the top plate. A fixed circuit board is rotatably disposed to be spaced from the movable circuit board by a predetermined gap. An electric wire electrically connects... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070041726 - Security camera: The disclosed security camera includes a case body mounted on a fixed wall. A top plate is rotatably installed at one side of the case body. A movable circuit board is installed at one side of the top plate. A fixed circuit board is fixed in the case body. A... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070036529 - System for duplicating radiographic film images: A film copy system includes a camera supported by a cradle which is removably attached to a cradle mount. A light shaft carried by the cradle is provided for releasably engaging a film holder and spacing the film holder a predetermined distance from the camera.... Agent: Olson & Hierl, Ltd.

20070036530 - Method and apparatus for image blur correction: An image-capturing apparatus includes a first image pickup element which picks up an actual image of a subject, a second image pickup element which detects a displacement and has sensitivity that is higher than that of the first image pickup element, an image pickup unit for picking up an image... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070036531 - Image capture apparatus and control method thereof: An image capture apparatus comprises a photometry unit, which performs photometry of luminance in each of the photometry areas in an image sensing screen, a photometry mode judgment unit, which judges a photometry mode, a filter operation unit, which performs an operation on a luminance value of a photometry area... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070036532 - Actuator: An actuator comprises: an electro-mechanical conversion element; a driving frictional member that is mounted onto one side in an extension/contraction direction of the electro-mechanical conversion element; a driven member that is frictionally engaged with the driving frictional member; a fixed frame; an elastic supporting member that is mounted onto the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070036533 - Actuator: An actuator comprises: an electromechanical conversion element; a driving frictional member mounted onto one side in an extension/contraction direction of the electromechanical conversion element; a driven member frictionally engaged with the driving frictional member; an urging section that urges the driven member to frictionally engage the driven member with the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070036534 - Actuator: An actuator comprises: an electro-mechanical conversion element; a driving frictional member mounted onto one side in an extension/contraction direction of the electro-mechanical conversion element; a driven member engaged with the driving frictional member; and a sliding member that is supported on the driven member and slides along the driving frictional... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070036535 - Motion detection automatic camera: A motion detection camera device includes a housing, a camera, at least two motion detectors, and a controller. The camera is located within the housing. The motion detectors on the housing are used to detect motions a distance away from the housing, whereby a core zone includes partial detecting zones... Agent: Chun-ming Shih

20070036536 - Electronic apparatus with adjustable charge couple device: An electronic apparatus for taking an image of an object comprises a lens for receiving the image of the object in the form of optical signals, and a converter for converting the optical signals from the lens into electrical signals the converter being adjustable in orientation with respect to the... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070036537 - Thinner mobile camera optical lens system and image forming method using the same: The present invention provides a mobile camera optical lens system which assures a wide view angle by dividing a view angle into two or more view angles, and simultaneously achieves the thinness of the mobile camera optical lens system by providing separate off-axis lens systems respectively corresponding to the split... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070036538 - Lens retracting structure: A lens retracting structure includes a housing, an image-forming lens set moveably supported on two parallel guide rods inside the housing, and a driving mechanism for moving the image-forming lens set along the parallel guide rods between a first position and a second position by means of the engagement of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070036539 - Spring loaded attachment mechanism for camera and base: Embodiments of the present invention provide a spring loaded attachment mechanism for attaching a camera to a camera support or base. In one embodiment, a camera attachment apparatus comprises an attachment socket connected to a camera, the attachment socket including an aperture extending in a longitudinal direction and a pair... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070036540 - Positioner with slip clutch: A positioner system is provided with one or more slip clutch assemblies. A slip clutch may include a torque adjustment mechanism for adjusting a slip torque parameter. A sensor system may be included to re-establish reference positions due to clutch slippage, or monitor absolute and/or incremental position of the head.... Agent: Law Offices Of Larry K. Roberts, Inc.

20070031133 - Transportable photographic booth: Portable equipment for taking identification photographs, capable of being mounted on a wall or on the container used for carrying it, comprises a base, provided with a bracket for connection to a support frame and having a guide on which a sliding block can slide upwards and downwards, a motor... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070031134 - Imaging lens device and imaging apparatus: The invention aims to achieve slim design by employing a light path folding optical system, add a hand-shake correction capability, and lower power consumption. An imaging lens device includes a light path folding optical system having a reflector that folds the optical axis incident perpendicular to the gravitational direction toward... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070031135 - Autofocus system: An autofocus system which can be applied even to small apparatuses is provided, and an improvement in accuracy of measurement of the positions of lenses when a piezo actuator is used to control the positions of the lenses is achieved. An autofocus system comprises a camera lens support, a piezo... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20070031136 - Deeper depth of field for video: A digital camera apparatus has a sensing surface that captures images at a first resolution. A derivative of the captured image is displayed at a viewfinder or stored in a memory, after encoding, with a second, generally lower resolution. The resolutions are related by a downscale ratio. A method for... Agent: Harrington & Smith, LLP

20070031137 - Optical module comprising a spacer element between the housing of a semiconductor element and a lens unit: An optical module has a circuit carrier, a housed semiconductor element disposed on the circuit carrier, and a lens unit for projecting electromagnetic radiation along an optical axis towards the semiconductor element. The housed semiconductor element and the lens unit are embodied as two components. At least one spacer element... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070031138 - Mobile equipment and mobile phone with shooting function: Mobile equipment includes LEDs supplied with a current to emit red light, green light and blue light, FETs and a booster circuit for controlling the current supplied. The current supplied is controlled to supply all of the LED with a current of a low level to illuminate an object in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070031139 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes a photographing mode selector allowing a user to select an interval photographing mode from among a plurality of predetermined photographing modes, a determining unit determining a range of selectable time intervals for interval photographing in accordance with the interval photographing mode selected by the photographing mode... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070031140 - Article having a birefringent surface and microstructured features having a variable pitch or angles for use as a blur filter: An optical low pass filter or blur filter, and method of making the filters, using an article having a birefringent surface for refracting incoming light when used with an image sensor. The birefringent surface of the article, such as a film, is structured or tilted such that, when the blur... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070031141 - Image processing method and image processing apparatus: An image processing method comprising a first step of displaying a moving image being captured on a display and a second step of displaying a still image captured in response to a still image capture instruction on the display simultaneously with the moving image being captured when receiving the still... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070031142 - Gun and bow camera mount: A gun and bow camera mount providing an apparatus capable of mounting a conventional hand-held camera to any of various hunting weapons. The gun and bow camera mount includes a camera support having a camera mount resiliently biased against a carriage. The camera support includes typical mounting apparatus defining a... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20070031143 - Overhead camera support apparatus: An overhead camera support apparatus includes a lower horizontal member having a first end and a second end; at least two vertical legs, each leg having an upper end and a lower end, the lower end of each leg being connected to the first end and the second end of... Agent: Mr. Gregory Riccardi

20070031144 - Iris diaphragm actuator, magnetic position sensing structure and arrangement method thereof: An iris diaphragm actuator includes a magnetic position sensing structure, at least one driving element and a light intercepting element. The magnetic position sensing structure includes a magnetic element and a magnetic sensor relatively disposed. The driving element connects and drives the magnetic element or the magnetic sensor to perform... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070031145 - Developing treatment apparatus and developing treatment method: In the present invention, a substrate transfer unit into/from which a substrate is transferred from/to the outside of a treatment container and a developing treatment unit in which development of the substrate is performed are arranged side by side in the treatment container, and a carrier mechanism is provided which... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070025709 - Systems and methods for controlling strobe illumination: Various exemplary embodiments may provide systems and methods for strobe illumination of a workpiece. The systems may include an illumination source, an image acquisition device and a control system. The illumination source may emit visible, UV, or near-IR light as a transient flash to the workpiece, the transient flash occurring... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070025710 - Optical image stabilizer for camera lens assembly: An optical image stabilizer for use in a camera lens assembly includes: a main frame including a main circuit board; a driving frame installed so as to move on the main frame in at least one direction; a camera device including a sub-circuit board, the camera device being mounted on... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070025712 - Apparatus and method for remote viewing system: An energy conserving remote power efficient viewing system comprising an instantaneous analog video transmission camera, an analog video receiver that receives and transmits a video image to a video monitor and a remote transmitter that activates the analog video transmission camera. The remote camera device is normally off, sleep mode... Agent: Mark Manley

20070025711 - Remote view and controller for a camera: A device operable with a camera is disclosed which includes a display screen, remote from the camera, and a processor for receiving an image signal of the field of view of the camera and for displaying an image of the field of view of the camera on the display screen.... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20070025714 - Image capturing apparatus: In a digital camera, control operations, such as an AF (automatic focusing) operation which is performed immediately after zooming or panning of the camera, can be performed quickly in an appropriate manner. When a zoom lens 3 is driven to zoom “up”(“in”), a control processor and timing generator 40 uses,... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070025713 - Image-capturing device having multiple optical systems: A digital camera comprises a first image-capturing optical system having a fixed focal length lens 2 and an image sensor 12, and a second image-capturing optical system having a zoom lens 3 and an image sensor 14. The first image-capturing optical system has a first electronic zoom range, and the... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070025715 - Camera module with a position detecting mechanism: A camera module includes a lens holder (10), a lens module (20), a position detecting mechanism (30), and an image pick-up module (50). The lens holder has a recessed portion axially defined in an inner periphery thereof adjacent one end thereof. The lens module is axially movably received in the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070025716 - Focus detection apparatus and image taking apparatus: A focus detection apparatus having a first focus detection unit and a second focus detection unit of a scheme differing from that of the first focus detection unit, and for detecting the shift amount of a focal position by the first and second focus detection units has an instruction unit... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070025718 - Digital camera, image capture method, and image capture control program: The present invention provides a digital camera that is capable of capturing a picture in which the brightness between a main subject and a nighttime background are well balanced. When an image capture instruction is received while a night scene portrait mode is set, in a pixel addition output mode,... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070025717 - Method and apparatus for acquiring hdr flash images: A method generates a high dynamic range image by first acquiring a set of images of a scene illuminated by different lighting conditions. The set of images are then combined to generate a high dynamic range image.... Agent: Patent Department Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20070025719 - Flash light reducing plate and lens-fitted photo film unit: A flash emitter includes a flash discharge tube, a reflector and a transparent protector. A light reducing plate is set in front of the flash emitter. The light reducing plate is provided with a slit located in front of a center of the long flash discharge tube, and the slit... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070025721 - Image capture apparatus and image capture method: In an image capture apparatus which captures an image, with respect to one or a plurality of types of parameters to be set at a photo opportunity, a desired set value of the parameter is registered beforehand, and it is possible to easily change to a setting for the photo... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070025720 - Method for estimating camera settings adaptively: A camera is configured to adaptively determine camera settings. The camera includes a plurality of sensors elements configured to acquire a current image of a scene according to a current set of camera settings. A number of sensor elements having a set of desirable properties is measured. Then, a next... Agent: Patent Department Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20070025722 - Image capturing apparatus and image capturing method: In an image capturing apparatus, a video input unit (2) captures the image of an object and sequentially acquires image data associated with the image capturing, a model data memory (6) stores model data associated with the first feature quantity calculated from a feature point of the object in a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070025724 - Camera viewer device: A camera viewer device, includes an assembling sheet member to be developed and changed in shape between a first configuration: box-shaped angle finder and a second configuration: direct viewing finder. The sheet member includes first and second mirror wall portions with first and second inner mirrors, an attachment wall portion... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070025723 - Real-time preview for panoramic images: A “Panoramic Viewfinder” provides an intuitive interactive viewfinder display which operates on a digital camera display screen. This interactive viewfinder provides real-time assistance in capturing images for constructing panoramic image mosaics. The Panoramic Viewfinder “brushes” a panorama from images captured in any order, while providing visual feedback to the user... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20070025725 - Lens cover apparatus for camera: A lens cover apparatus for camera includes a housing, a cover, and a slider. The cover is rotatably mounted to the housing to open/close a lens window for selectively exposing/shielding a lens of the camera. The slider is manually movable with respect to the housing to induce a horizontal movement... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070025726 - Portable terminal with camera cover: Disclosed is a portable terminal with a camera lens provided on the housing of the terminal. The portable terminal includes a first guide member installed on the housing of the terminal at a position adjacent to the camera lens; a cover member having one or more guide rods, which are... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070025727 - Fast switching camera aperture: A camera aperture includes a first polarizer and a second polarizer with a polarization 90° with respect to the first polarizer. The second polarizer has a through hole at a center. A polarizing rotator is disposed between the first polarizer and the second polarizer. A size of the aperture is... Agent: Patent Department Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.