Photography inventions 03/07

20070071423 - Underwater adaptive camera housing: An adaptive underwater camera housing and control interface for use with a broad range of camera brands and models. The camera housing is preferably formed of front and rear housing sections that are molded of clear transparent plastic and arranged to be moved between an open position for mounting a... Agent: Francis J. Caufield

20070071424 - Method and apparatus for limiting motion blur in a digital image: A method, apparatus and image capture device for limiting motion blur during capture of an image predetermines a relationship between movement of the image capture device, time and blur extent. A rate of movement of the image capture device is obtained and used in conjunction with the determined relationship and... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070071425 - Sensing apparatus, program execution apparatus and image-taking system: A sensing apparatus for detecting a predetermined type of physical information which changes in accordance with an external factor, such as an operation force from the outside or the like, includes a camera, an attachment which includes a subject which changes a state thereof in accordance with the external factor,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070071427 - Anti-shake apparatus: An anti-shake apparatus for a photographic device includes an angular velocity detector, a position signal generator, a shake corrector, and an exposure time setter. The angular velocity detector detects the angular velocity of the photographic device. The position signal generator generates position signals representing a position of the photographic device... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070071426 - Shooting device, electronic image stabilization method, and electronic image stabilization program: A shooting device includes a image sensor for capturing an image of a subject, a detection unit detecting stabilization information from the image, a stabilization information recording unit associating a shooting condition during shooting with the detected stabilization information and recording the shooting condition and the stabilization information, and an... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070071428 - Compact zoomable camera device for portable digital electronic devices: A compact zoomable camera device (10) for a portable digital electronic device is provided. The compact zoomable camera device includes: an optical system (100) for capturing images, an image sensor device (200) having an image sensor (220) positioned at a focal plane of the lens system for receiving the images... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070071429 - Digital camera with tiltable image sensor: The invention relates to a camera for generating digital images with an image sensor that is configured to convert an image formed by a lens into electronic signals. The digital camera is characterized by that the image sensor is attached to a movement element with a controllable drive, the movement... Agent: Kokka & Hsu, PC

20070071430 - Distance-measuring apparatus: A driving mechanism drives a phase difference sensor including a pair of photodetectors arranged in line in a direction (sensor arrangement direction) perpendicular to the direction of arrangement of the photodetectors. The distance to a target object is measured in the sensor arrangement direction while the phase difference sensor is... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070071431 - Distance-measuring apparatus, distance-measuring method, and recording medium: A phase difference sensor is arranged toward a target object such that the sensor can rotate at least 180° on its sensor optical axis. As the phase difference sensor rotates, the angle of a sensor viewing field is changed, and the distance to the target object is correctly computed using... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070071432 - Electronic camera having improved focus performance: An image is divided into areas in accordance with degrees of focusing. As the divided areas, there are a focus area and a non-focus area. With respect to the non-focus area, the image thereof is processed so as to emphasize its blur. In contrast, with respect to the focus area,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070071433 - Camera with autofocus system: A camera has a contrast detector that successively detects contrast data of an object image that is formed on a light-receiving surface of an image sensor, and a focus detector that successively calculates a difference value between currently detected contrast data and previously detected contrast data, and that detects a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070071434 - Camera with autofocus system: A camera has a contrast detector that successively detects contrast data of an object image that is formed on a light-receiving surface of an image sensor, and a focus detector that detects a focused situation on the basis of the contrast data. The camera has, further, a focus adjuster that... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070071435 - Lens control system: According to the lens control system of the present invention, a temporary target position is obtained such that the turning operation is not limited to a value within the movable range of the movable lens in correspondence with the rotational position of the operating member; a normal target position limited... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070071436 - Camera and control method therefor, and camera cradle system: A camera that has an acquisition unit which acquires an identifier via a cradle apparatus connected to the camera, a comparison unit which compares the identifier acquired by the acquisition unit with an identifier stored in a memory, and a camera controller which controls access of the apparatus connected via... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070071437 - Camera module: A camera module (100) includes a lens unit (20), an image sensor (80), an optical group (406a, 406b), and at least a first light directing unit and a second light unit directing each having two reflective surfaces. The optical group includes a first reflective surface facing the lens unit and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070071438 - Handheld electronic device including a rotatable camera unit: A handheld electronic device includes a casing, a camera unit, and a sealing unit. The casing confines an accommodating space, and is formed with a recess that is defined by a recess-defining wall. The recess-defining wall is formed with a hole that is in spatial communication with the recess and... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20070071439 - Substrate processing apparatus: The transporting process from cleaning and drying processing of a substrate in a cleaning/drying processing unit in a cleaning/drying processing group to post-exposure bake (PEB) of the substrate in a thermal processing group for post-exposure bake in a cleaning/drying processing block is described below. First, after the substrate after exposure... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070071440 - Person image correction apparatus, method, and program: A person image correcting apparatus, a person image correcting method, and a person image correcting program that allow reproducing face colors of a plurality of images on which persons are photographed, with appropriate colors and densities, and performing appropriate correction for the entirety of the images, regardless of whether the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070065126 - Hand shake blur detecting apparatus: A hand shake blur detecting apparatus for detecting hand shake blur of an imaging device based on an output signal of a hand shake blur sensor for detecting the hand shake blur of the imaging device is provided, the hand shake blur detecting apparatus including a high pass filter calculating... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070065127 - Image-taking apparatus and focusing method: An image-taking apparatus is disclosed which is capable of performing accurate focusing even when a shake occurs. The image-taking apparatus comprises an image-pickup element which photoelectrically converts an optical image formed by an image-taking optical system; a controller which performs a first focusing control based on a phase difference of... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070065129 - Camera system equipped with camera shake correction function: In order to provide a camera system enabling a user to make a desired camera shake correction function operated for the camera system having a camera shake correction function at least in either of a photo lens and a camera body, the camera system comprises a lens stabilization switch for... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070065130 - Hand shake blur correcting apparatus: A hand shake blur signal reduction means for reducing the hand shake blur signal using given reduction ratio in the horizontal direction and reduction ratio in the vertical direction; an image restoration filter generating means for generating the image restoration filter based on the hand shake blur signal reduced by... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070065128 - Image sensing module: An image sensing module. A movable frame is disposed in and moves with respect to a fixed base. A support base is disposed in the movable frame and moves with respect to the fixed base. An image sensing unit is fixed to the support base. A first guiding mechanism combines... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070065131 - Auto-focusing and zooming systems and method of operating same: Auto-focusing systems are formed by mounting a lens on a flexible membrane on top of an image sensor. A permanent magnet provides a dominantly perpendicular first magnetic field near the center of the membrane. A coil is also formed on the membrane so that a second magnetic field is produced... Agent: Jun Shen

20070065132 - Focus state display apparatus and focus state display method: A focus state display apparatus comprising focus area extraction means for extracting the image signals of a predetermined area from photographed image signals, edge enhancement processing means for enhancing the edge of the extracted image signals, time integration value calculation means for calculating an integration value of the edge-enhanced image... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070065133 - Camera system: A camera system, comprising: an imaging optical system including a focus lens, a driving device which drives the focus lens, a moving speed command value input device which inputs a moving speed command value of the focus lens, a wobble amount calculating device which calculates a wobble amount for wobbling... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070065134 - Target-image position detecting apparatus, method and program for controlling said apparatus: A face-image area is decided with comparatively good accuracy. An (N−1)th frame of a subject image α1 and an Nth frame of a subject image α2 are obtained by sensing the image of a subject successively. Face-image detection processing is applied to the frames of the subject images α1 and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070065135 - Image pickup apparatus: A light quantity control device includes a diaphragm for controlling an incident light quantity and an ND filter insertable into and retractable from an effective ray in a plane approximately perpendicular to an optical axis, and inserts the ND filter into the effective ray before small-aperture diffraction occurs, and also... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070065136 - Camera composition guide: A camera and camera insert having an improved crop area either on a crop guide or otherwise provided on a display. The composition guide can be molded into the insert, such as a camera screen, or alternatively printed or painted thereon. The crop area can be horizontal and/or vertically oriented... Agent: Douglas T. Johnson Miller & Martin

20070065137 - Photographic device, method of processing information, and program: A photographic device includes: selection means for selecting a given number of shooting modes matched with shooting conditions from a plurality of shooting modes previously prepared; display control means for juxtapositionally displaying images indicating the shooting modes selected by the selection means; and shooting control means for taking photos in... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070065138 - Removable power supply for a motorized shutter assembly: A removable power supply is provided for use with a motor of a shutter assembly. The removable power supply may include a base housing a battery, a shaft, and a flexible conductor coupled between the base and the shaft. The end of the shaft opposite of the flexible conductor has... Agent: Ice Miller LLP

20070065139 - Image pickup device and image recording apparatus: An image pickup device and an image recording apparatus are provided, each of which includes: a first selecting unit that selects an operational mode based on at least one of an image size and a frame rate; and a second selecting unit that selects, in accordance with the operational mode,... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070065143 - Chroma-key event photography messaging: The invention comprises an entertaining digital chroma-key video photography event (“photo event”) wherein at least one photo subject is placed in front of a green screen background. The participant is photographed while moving or speaking in response to verbal prompts or from viewing action in a simultaneously shown interactive composite... Agent: Law Office Of David Mcewing

20070065141 - Liquid-cooled combustion camera: A liquid-cooled camera assembly that includes a camera for viewing the combustion process in an industrial gas turbine that further includes a tri-concentric tube assembly, and a window cap positioned at a first end of the tri-concentric tube assembly. The camera may be positioned adjacent to and behind the window... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070065140 - Method and arrangement for taking a camera into use in a mobile device: The invention relates to a method for using a mobile device camera, and particularly to implementing the camera rapidly and easily. The method according to the invention for triggering a mobile device camera (322) includes a predetermined key sequence for triggering the camera (322), so that as a response to... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070065142 - Pc camera direction positioning structure concealed in filling toy: A PC camera direction positioning structure concealed in filling toy, which is to put plastic sectional parts together in order, of which one end is ball-shaped body and another end is ball groove, ball-shaped body is embedded into ball groove, and to rabbet three-way or four-way joints at turning point... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070065145 - Development apparatus and development method: A development apparatus has a holder which horizontally holds a substrate, a nozzle which supplies a developer to a resist film on the substrate held by the holder, a liquid flow suppressing member whose size in a two-dimensional plane viewing field is equal to or larger than that of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070065144 - Substrate transport apparatus with automated alignment: A substrate processing apparatus is provided with a substrate transport apparatus. The transport apparatus is used for automating alignment of the processing apparatus. In one aspect, a through-beam sensor on the transport apparatus is used to level parts of the processing apparatus. In another aspect, a through-beam sensor on the... Agent: Perman & Green

20070058958 - Anti-shake system: An anti-shake system includes a movable portion to which an optical element is mounted; a support member which holds the movable portion in a manner to allow the movable portion to move freely in directions orthogonal to an optical axis; and a drive system which drives the movable portion in... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070058957 - Imaging apparatus, data extraction method, and data extraction program: When a camera shake correction function is set to “on”, a control unit exposes a CCD. Simultaneously during the exposure, the control unit generates a CCD drive signal for changing relative positions of the CCD and a lens in accordance with a shake detection signal received from a pose sensor.... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070058959 - Wireless communication activation system and method: A system and method for removable connection of an antenna element to a first PC connector of a camera body having wireless communication capability therein. An electrical event may be produced when the antenna element is connected to the firs PC connector, the electrical event providing an indication to the... Agent: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

20070058960 - Automatic focusing apparatus and optical instrument including automatic focusing apparatus: An optical instrument including an AF circuit 12 for obtaining focus detection information, focus position detecting means 14 for detecting a position of a focus lens, an extender optical system 9, position detecting means 16 for detecting a position of the extender optical system 9, and a lens control portion... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070058961 - Image-capturing device having multiple optical systems: In an image-capturing device having multiple optical systems, power consumption is reduced and operativity by the user is improved. The image-capturing device has an optical system having a relatively wide angle of view, and an optical system having a relatively narrow angle of view. An image processing system displays an... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070058962 - Lens apparatus: A lens apparatus comprising an image pickup optical system having a focus lens, a focus state detection unit which detects focus state of the image pickup optical system, a distance detection unit which determines the distance to the subject, an actuator which drives the focus lens, a controller which controls... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070058963 - Lens apparatus: A lens apparatus includes an imaging optical system including a focus lens unit, a branching optical unit disposed at the image side of the focus lens unit, a focus-state detecting unit including a focus detecting element having a focus detection area that receives light beams from the branching optical unit,... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070058964 - External adjustment mechanism for a camera lens and electronic imager: A novel digital camera module includes an image capture device, a lens unit, a housing for receiving the lens unit and positioning the lens unit with respect to the image capture device, and a focus mechanism disposed on the outside of the housing and operative to move the lens unit... Agent: Henneman & Associates, PLC

20070058965 - Camera system: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera system including a motion estimator estimating a motion of an image taken by the camera system, and; a controller controlling, based on the estimation, an update frequency of a predetermined parameter and/or an amount of adjustment of... Agent: Harrington & Smith, LLP

20070058966 - Image pickup device and image pickup method: An image pickup device and image pickup method are disclosed, wherein an image is picked up by changing the shutter speed in accordance with the illuminance of an object in the case where the rate at which the object moves in the whole image is smaller than a predetermined value,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070058967 - Mirror attachment for self portrait photography without parallax: An after-market product for attachment to a camera, lateral to a lens of the camera to enable photographing a self portrait while avoiding parallax error includes a mirror having a convex front surface and a plane rear surface; an adhesive layer engaged with the rear surface; a peelable cover sheet... Agent: Patent Law & Venture Group

20070058968 - Telescoping camera crane: A telescoping camera crane has mechanical drive and camera platform leveling systems, allowing for water resistant or submerged operation. Telescoping sections of the crane arm are driven by a hydraulic system, for smooth and near silent extension and retraction movement. The telescoping sections of the crane arm have a slight... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070058969 - Image processor with integrated printing: An apparatus for recording and generating images includes a printing unit. The printing unit includes a carrier that is dimensioned to approximate a PCMCIA memory card. A media supply is receivable in the carrier. A page width print head assembly is mounted in the carrier to print images on the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070058970 - Vision-assisted hand tools: A hand tool has two digital video cameras mounted thereon adjacent to a working end of the tool for viewing a work site, which video cameras are connected to a pair of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) mounted on the tool proximate a control end of the tool. The hand tool... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070058971 - Image-capturing apparatus, lens apparatus, image-capturing system, method for controlling image-capturing apparatus, and method for controlling lens apparatus: An image-capturing apparatus adapted to receive a detachable lens apparatus having a mechanical shutter includes an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject, a communication unit configured to enable communication with the lens apparatus, and a control unit configured to perform an image generating operation using a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070058972 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus, comprising: a lens unit, a grip unit which can be attached and detached to/from the lens unit and forms all or a part of a grip when photographing, a guiding member which, being set on the lens unit, guides the grip unit in a direction approximately... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070053671 - Systems and methods for reducing rain effects in images: Systems and methods for reducing the visibility of rain in acquired images are provided. One or more inputs relating the scene desired to be acquired by the user are used to retrieve camera settings that will reduce the visibility of rain in acquired images. Additionally, features relating to the scene... Agent: Wilmerhale/columbia University

20070053672 - Auto-focus and zoom module: An optical module includes a first optics group, a second optics group, and an image sensor, wherein the first optics group and second optics group are configured to provide an image having a focus and a magnification to the image sensor. In some embodiments of the present invention, a first... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070053673 - Automatic focusing by mirror translation: Automatic focusing system is provided which comprises a mirror or a plurality of mirrors with a translation device. Automatic focusing can be made by the translation of mirror because focal plane can be changed by the translation of mirror. The translation device makes its motion by the electrostatic, electromagnetic and/or... Agent: Stereo Display Inc.

20070053674 - Soft-focus photographing device: In a soft-focus photography mode, a zone plate section is inserted into a photographing optical path to be set between a front lens and a rear lens. The zone plate section is formed with a central transparent part that functions as a pinhole and a plurality of ring-shaped transparent parts... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070053675 - Image data processing method and apparatus: A method of processing image data generated using an image capture device comprising a lens, the method comprising, generating metric data for a plurality of regions of an image, the data representing a plurality of focus measures for each region generated at a plurality of lens positions, processing the metric... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070053676 - Image data processing method and apparatus: A method for automatic focus for an image capture device comprising a lens, the method comprising, for a first lens position, processing image data generated at a plurality of local focus positions of the lens in order to generate first metric data representing a focus measure for the first lens... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070053677 - Strobe system: A camera has a strobe output. When the camera acquires a sequence of images, a strobe pattern control determines for each image whether or not to apply a strobe signal to the strobe output according to a predetermined pattern. The predetermined pattern and the length of the sequence can be... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20070053678 - Alarm systems for cameras: An alarm system for a camera changeable between a normal mode in which exposure is made in response to operation of a shutter release button and a premonitory mode in which exposure is made with a delay of time comprises an acoustic or a visible alarm device which raises an... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070053679 - 360-° image photographing apparatus: A computer includes a photographing unit for photographing every time a turn table is rotated and acquiring images of the photographing target from a plurality of photographing devices; a coordinate-system setting unit for setting a coordinate system; position of an extracted feature point of the photographing target being defined as... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070053680 - Apparatus for supporting a camera and method for using the apparatus: A camera support assembly including an elongated support, such as a extensible support, which support extends between a base assembly and a handgrip, whereby a user of the camera may secure a camera to the base assembly and, while holding the handgrip, position the camera a distance away, which may... Agent: John C. Thompson

20070053681 - Camera support and mounting assembly: The present invention is a camera mounting structure that is made using a minimal number of parts that are attached together without the use of hardware or fasteners. One or more motors are each mounted to a support bracket using locking tabs, boss registers, clips and/or tension members. Pins or... Agent: Mark D Miller Kimble, Macmichael & Upton

20070053682 - Portable electronic device with attachable camera module: A portable electronic device is described that includes a main body 1, an attachable camera module 2 and a connecting mechanism 12. The attachable camera module 2 comprises a sleeve barrel 20, a lens module 22, a focusing mechanism 24, an image sensor module 26, and a signal linker 212... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070053683 - Single-lens reflex camera: In a single-lens reflex camera, the rotation center of a lever used for driving a shutter device is arranged rearward of a shutter device with respect to an optical axis, and the lever end (point of action) is arranged in front of the shutter device with respect to the optical... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.c.

20070053684 - Optical apparatus including diaphragm device: A lens apparatus includes a lens barrel, an image-capturing optical system, and a diaphragm device disposed in an optical path of the image-capturing optical system. The diaphragm device includes a plurality of diaphragm blades and an electroactive polymer actuator configured to move the plurality of diaphragm blades from a diaphragm-open... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070053685 - Camera module: A camera module is composed from a lens unit including at least one lens, a barrel provided with the lens and having a barrel opening, and a lens holder for holding the barrel; and an image pickup device portion provided under the lens unit and having an image pickup device... Agent: Patents+tms, P.c.

20070053686 - Image-forming device having an exposing/processing platen: The present invention relates to an image-forming device that comprises a platen device that can support media to be developed during at least the exposure of the media and the development of the media. The media is microencapsulated media and the image-forming device comprises a plurality of rotatable processing members... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070047936 - Image sensing apparatus: An image sensing apparatus e.g. a digital camera includes an optical path splitter for splitting a flux of light from an object guided through a photographing optical system into optical paths; an image sensor for photoelectrically converting the light passing along a first optical path of the optical paths; a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070047934 - Image taking device: A first holder is disposed to move in a direction of a first optical axis of a refractive optical system in which object light incident from a front thereof along the first optical axis is reflected by a prism in a direction along a second optical axis extending vertically to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070047935 - Image-taking apparatus: An image-taking apparatus includes: a CCD having an imaging surface; and an image-taking optical system having an objective lens. The apparatus further includes: a shake detector that detects a shake of the image-taking apparatus; and a correction lens disposed between the objective lens and the CCD and moving in parallel... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070047937 - Retractable lens and swingable lens retracting device thereof: A retractable lens (1) and a swingable lens retracting device (2) thereof are provided. The retractable lens has first, second and third lens groups (L1, L2, L3) constituting a photographing optical system. The swingable lens retracting device consists of a second lens group moving frame (21) and a second lens... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070047938 - Image taking apparatus and assembling method thereof: The present invention provides the image taking apparatus which, in order to provide the image taking apparatus, while the focusing operation can be carried out, having more compact structure, has the image taking lens having a plurality of lenses, the solid-state image sensor, the substrate in which the solid-state image... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070047939 - Focus detecting device and camera system using the same device: Although an area type focus detecting device for performing phase difference detection type multi point autofocus is used for high speed high precision autofocus of multi points in a wide region, there is a problem of cost increase due to the increase of the chip area. In accordance with the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070047940 - Image input device and calibration method: Provided is an image input device which includes a laser range finder and a camera, and is capable of automatically calibrating the laser range finder and the camera at an appropriate timing without using special equipment. The image input device includes the laser range finder which measures distance information of... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070047941 - Autofocus apparatus: An autofocus apparatus includes an imaging device that captures a subject image through a photographic lens; an AF area determining device that determines a range of image signals to be used for autofocus adjustment based upon image signals provided by the imaging device; a focus adjustment device that adjusts a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070047942 - Auto-focusing device with voice coil motor for position feedback and method for using same: An auto-focusing device with voice coil motor for position feedback 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... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070047943 - Image processing method and apparatus and information storage medium storing image information: An image processing method and apparatus for automatically rotating an image and a display unit, and an information storage medium storing image information. The apparatus including a photographing unit which generates image data and a rotation sensing unit which generates rotational information of a rotation state of the photographing unit.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070047944 - Flash apparatus and imaging apparatus: A flash apparatus is provided. The flash apparatus includes: an attachment portion capable of being attached in a freely detachable manner to an attachment target portion provided on an imaging apparatus; a main body supported in a turnable manner in an anteroposterior direction with respect to the attachment portion by... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070047945 - Imaging device equipped with flash unit: Upon depression of a release button, pre-shooting is performed before regular shooting. In the pre-shooting, flash of a predetermined amount is emitted and exposure of an image sensor is performed. A shooting frame is divided into small areas. As to each of the small areas, subject brightness of pre-emission and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070047946 - Imaging device and method for producing a flash of light with pulsing: An imaging device and method for producing a flash of light utilizes pulsing of one or more color lights, e.g., red, green and blue lights, emitted from light sources to produce the flash of light. The light sources may include light emitting diode dies configured to generate different color lights.... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070047947 - Close-up photograph device: A photograph device is provided. The photograph device includes a body, a lens device mounted on the body, and an illuminating device mounted on the body and surrounding the lens device.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070047948 - Camera module for combining distant image and close image into single image: A camera module is advantageously used in a vision system mounted on an automotive vehicle. The camera module includes a first optical system focused on distant objects such as a preceding vehicle and scenery in front of a vehicle and a second optical system focused on close objects such as... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070047949 - Imaging system and method: There are described herein systems and methods for producing and distributing personalized photographic souvenirs for spectators of an event. Equipment well-known in the art is used to take photographs of performers at the event, and to scan images or take photos of items representative of the event, for example a... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070047950 - Digital camera and image-sharing method: Image data captured by digital cameras are shared among the digital cameras. Image data captured by digital cameras constituting members of an image-sharing group are shared, by way of a network, within the image-sharing group. Every time captured image data are output, the digital camera generates for each of the... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070047951 - Lens barrel and camera having the same: A lens barrel comprises a first frame including an inward flange having an opening as a light path for a photographic optical system, a barrier-driving member disposed in the vicinity of the opening, a second frame disposed inside the first frame and movable along an optical axis relative to the... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070047952 - Image sensor module, method of manufacturing the same, and camera module using the same: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an image sensor module including attaching an image sensor on one side of a double-sided flexible printing circuit board (FPCB) provided with a window such that the image sensor module covers the window; and mounting at least one electric part on... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070047953 - Digital camera system and intermediate adapter: In a digital camera system, a lens barrel adapted to a first camera body can be attached to a second camera body having a flange focal length which is shorter than that of the first camera body via an intermediate adapter, and the intermediate adapter is interposed to thereby set... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo