Photography inventions 05/07

20070122130 - Controller, photographing equipment, control method of photographing equipment, and control program: A controller is provided which includes a photographing control unit controlling an image pickup unit to take a photograph and a shake detecting unit detecting an amount of shake even time the image pickup unit takes a photograph. Here, the photographing control unit allows the image pickup unit to consecutively... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070122129 - Image pickup device, method of controlling image pickup device, and recording medium: An image pickup device is provided which includes: an auto focus control unit sampling contrast values as a function of a relative distance from an object by detecting a contrast of an image of the object while driving a lens in an optical axis direction, calculating a focused focal position... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070122131 - Recording and playback apparatus and recording and playback method, recording apparatus and recording method, playback apparatus and playback method, and program: A recording and playback apparatus includes a first obtaining unit configured to obtain one or more moving parameters regarding motion from a first image; a converter configured to convert the first image into a second image composed of a lesser amount of data than the first image; a recording controller... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070122132 - Camera shake compensation unit, image taking apparatus, image taking system, and method of compensating for image formation position: A camera shake compensation unit includes (1) a mobile optical device which changes the direction of the light running through the mobile optical device by moving on a two-dimensional plane which intersects with the direction along the light; (2) a camera shake detection section; (3) a polymer actuator; and (4)... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070122133 - Camera system having image shake correction function: In a camera system where a taking lens and a camera body respectively comprise a image shake correction unit for correcting a shake, which occurs on an image on an image capturing surface due to a jiggle of the camera system at the time of shooting, the taking lens and... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070122134 - Imaging device: The present invention provides an imaging device having a shake correction device which corrects image shake by moving a portion of a photographic lens or by moving an imaging element, which is capable of displaying images obtained from the imaging element as a live view on a monitor prior to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070122135 - Kit for remote control of the shutter release of photographic equipment and the like and orientatable head designed for mounting said kit: A kit for remote control of the shutter release of photographic equipment and the like including a remote control device preferably of the electrical or electronic type having a release switch and a mount for the device to support the same on a photographic head or other equipment. A seat... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070122136 - Position detecting device and lens tube: A lens tube includes a lens guiding frame, a main unit, and a position detecting device. The lens guiding frame holds a zoom lens. The main unit holds the lens guiding frame to be movable in a direction of an optical axis with the zoom lens. The position detecting device... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070122137 - Focus adjustment device, focus adjustment method and camera: A focus adjustment device includes: a first focus detection unit that detects a focus adjustment state for a subject image in a first focusing area; a second focus detection unit that detects a focus adjustment state in a second focusing area through a method different from a method adopted by... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070122138 - Lighting system for shooting: A lighting system of the present invention includes a master flash device, a remote flash device, a support part, and a light guiding member. The master flash device emits light in accordance with a light emission control of a camera. The remote flash device has a light-receiving part that receives... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070122139 - Controller, photographing equipment, control method of photographing equipment, and control program: A controller includes a photographing control unit controlling an image pickup unit taking a photograph of an object to perform a short-time photographing operation in which an exposure time is set shorter than a normal exposure time and an image correcting unit acquiring correction information for correcting image data taken... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070122140 - Camera having power-saving mode: A video camera having a power-saving mode in which it takes a short period of time until start of recording has the problem that, because the power-saving mode is assumed even when recording in a recording medium is not possible, a user may misunderstand that recording is possible. The present... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070122141 - Stand for a camera device: A stand for a camera device, the stand comprising an attachment element which is detachably fastened to the camera device and at least one support element which is displaceably connected to the attachment element. The support element is displaceable between at least two positions, a “storage” position where the at... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070122142 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program: An information processing apparatus that acquires, from a photographing apparatus that photographs a subject and records image data obtained as a result of the photographing, state information indicating a present state of the photographing apparatus includes: a state acquiring unit that acquires the state information from the photographing apparatus on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070122143 - Intermittent photo-taking device: Providing an intermittent photo-taking device capable of correcting a focus drift in the optical axis direction by moving a stage to focus on a plurality focus position of a sample. The intermittent recording device 9 receives setting of a photo-taking timing for the intermittent recording, sets to a driving system... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070122144 - Camera including lens protection cap: A camera including a lens protection cap is provided. The camera includes a case, a lens, a power switch, and the lens protection cap. The lens is located inside the case and exposed toward a front side. The power switch is provided on the outer surface of the case, for... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070122146 - Camera module package: A camera module package using a flip-chip type image sensor module is provided. The camera module package includes: a lens barrel in which a plurality of lenses are stacked and mounted; a housing having an upper opening into which the lens barrel is inserted and mounted; and an image sensor... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070122145 - Portable electronic device with camera module: An exemplary portable electronic device with camera module includes a main body, a camera module received in the main body, and an attachable lens module. The camera module and the attachable lens module each include a magnetic element, the camera module and the attachable lens module are connected by the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070122147 - Dustproof structure adapted to an image-capturing device: A dustproof structure adapted to an image-capturing device, includes a dustproof cover body, two movable dustproof vanes, a rotating element, and a bottom seat. The dustproof cover body has a first through hole. Two corresponding movable dustproof vanes movably pivot in the dustproof cover body. The rotating element movably disposes... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070116445 - Lens drive device and manufacturing method: A lens drive device is provide which includes a movable lens body having a lens, a drive element for moving the movable lens body in an optical axis direction of the lens, and a fixing body which movably supports the movable lens body in the optical axis direction. The movable... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070116446 - Auto-focusing zoom lens mechanism: An auto-focusing zoom lens mechanism includes a base unit forming a space; an auto-focusing (AF) lens unit located in the base unit and having a trajectory bar engaged therewith; a zoom lens unit located in the base unit and mounted on the AF lens unit and having a trajectory bar... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070116447 - Imaging optical system for multi-focus camera: Imaging optical systems of imaging units of a multi-focus camera are set to form respective focal planes in a shooting space at different distances from the multi-focus camera. Front depths of field of the imaging optical systems are set to be so deep that they reach the adjacent focal planes... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070116448 - Focusing method for an image device: A focusing method is disclosed for moving a lens to a focal position when shooting a target object. According to the focusing method, the target object is photographed respectively with the lens at a plurality of initial testing positions to determine an initial sampling position and a sampling direction. And... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070116449 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus including a first photoelectric conversion circuit that has a photoelectric conversion area and is used for performing focus adjustment; a second photoelectric conversion circuit that has a photoelectric conversion area and is used for performing exposure amount adjustment; and a control circuit for controlling a power... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070116450 - Digital camera and exposure condition determining method: To provide a digital camera capable of causing a focus sensor to detect a focus while outputting to an image sensor image data for providing appropriate exposure after having adjusted an aperture ratio of an aperture in an image capture optical system such that appropriate exposure is achieved. A digital... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070116451 - Imaging apparatus and lens movement control method: A camera has an infinity end stopper that stops a lens holder to a position which sets a best focal length at infinity, and a macro-side stopper that stops the lens holder to a position at which the best focal length becomes a predetermined length. In normal mode, the camera... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070116452 - Camera module not allowing foreign matter to enter its optical system: A camera module includes a lens barrel holding a lens, and a main body holding the lens barrel, the lens barrel being capable of moving relative to the main body in the direction of the optical axis of the lens. The lens barrel has a protuberance on the underside thereof... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070116453 - Optical apparatus: An optical apparatus includes a mechanical shutter in addition to a mechanical diaphragm. The optical apparatus obtains a shutter shifting amount based on acceleration data of the shutter, obtains a total light exposure in a period of time required for the shutter to completely close an aperture of the diaphragm... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070116454 - Camera module and electronic device incorporating the same: A camera module includes a body having a front face and a back face opposite to the front face, a display screen disposed on the front face of the body, a camera lens provided on the back face of the body, a through window defined in the body, and a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070116455 - Electronic camera, information device and portable information apparatus: An electronic camera comprising an LCD panel for image reproduction and an imaging device is disclosed, in which private information attaching a predetermined attribute to a designated photographed image can be input, and in accordance with the private information, the image reproduction on the LCD panel is prohibited by a... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070116456 - Advanced voice annotation on digital cameras: An apparatus for generating a digital image which includes a processor, a light sensor coupled to the processor which senses light and generates a digital image corresponding to the light, a memory coupled to the processor, an annotation module stored on the memory which enables annotation information to be associated... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20070116457 - Method for obtaining enhanced photography and device therefor: A method and device are provided for obtaining enhanced photography, and particularly three-dimensional and panorama photography, by combining a number of exposures taken at different positions and linking the exposures in dependence of movement of the device. An internal location reference is used. Automatic movement sensors and a processor are... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070116458 - Methods and systems for operating a pan tilt zoom camera: Methods and systems for a video surveillance system are provided. The system includes a video camera assembly including a base, a first pan/tilt mechanism, and a second pan/tilt mechanism. The first pan/tilt mechanism is removably coupled to the base. The second pan/tilt mechanism is configured to be coupled to the... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22697) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070116459 - Rinsing method, developing method, developing system and computer-read storage medium: The present invention provides a rinsing method capable of satisfactorily rinsing the surface of a resist film regardless of the condition of the surface of the resist film so that development defects caused by residuals produced by development may be reduced. A rinsing method of rinsing a substrate processed by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070110416 - Imaging apparatus, imaging method, and waterproof housing: A photographing apparatus that performs photographing with a camera main body accommodated in a waterproof housing includes a touch panel disposed in overlapping relationship with a display unit of the camera main body. The camera main body is operated by the touch panel, and, when photographing is performed with the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070110417 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: This invention provides an image processing apparatus that corrects an image blur by using a plurality of images acquired by image capturing means. The apparatus comprises: blur detection means that detects a blur amount between the plurality of images; image composition means that performs the composition of the plurality of... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070110419 - Camera: A camera according to the present invention comprises a sensor array wherein multiple pixels are arrayed in the base-length direction, a focusing unit for performing focusing of the camera based on the image output from the sensor array, a first detection unit for detecting the movement of the image signals... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070110418 - Imaging apparatus: An optical apparatus detects the moving velocity of a main object on an imaging plane and computes the moving velocity of the main object on the basis of the difference between the detected moving velocity on the imaging plane and the velocity of a panning shot captured by a user.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070110420 - Image capture system having an adjustable focal length and related method: An image capture system and method for adjusting a focal length of a lens based on an amount of available light. The image capture system may include a lens assembly having a focal length, an image capture media capable of receiving light from the lens assembly, and a controller configured... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070110421 - Motor structure with built-in lens: A motor structure with a built-in lens includes a lens mount (10), a motor (30) received in the lens mount, and a lens unit (50) received in the lens mount and driven by the motor to telescopically move along an axial thereof. The motor includes a stator (32) and a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070110422 - Object determining device and imaging apparatus: Face detection is executed only on an image imaged based on an arbitrary (predetermined) focal point information defined in advance. In face detection, the face of a person is detected based on a relative value of statistics in a plurality of characteristic regions produced by contour or parts of the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070110423 - System and method of lens placement: A lens-placement system in accordance with the invention includes an imaging system having an imaging camera to capture an image of at least a portion of an image sensor module that is located in a fixed-focus camera. The captured image is used for placement of a lens in the fixed-focus... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070110425 - Auto focus method for digital camera: An auto focus method of a digital camera for moving a lens of the digital camera to the maximum focus value position is provided. According to certain criteria, the lens movement states are categorized into four states, i.e. an initial state, a coarse state, a mid state and a fine... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070110424 - Camera module: The present invention provides a camera module including: a lens portion (10) including at least one lens (11); an imaging element (4) having a light-receiving surface that is substantially perpendicular to an optical axis direction of the lens (11); a fixed portion (30) provided on an outer peripheral side of... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20070110426 - Image-taking apparatus: An image-taking apparatus includes: an A/D conversion circuit having an amplifier that is capable of amplifying image signals per shooting frame; and a gain changer that changes the gain of the amplifier. The apparatus causes the gain changer to increase the gain of the amplifier up to a level that... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070110427 - Method of exposure compensation: A method of exposure compensation comprises capturing a first image without a flash, capturing a second image with the flash, generating a F-number, a shutter speed value, and a flash value according to brightness distribution of the first and second images, and capturing a third image according to the F-number,... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070110428 - Camera accessory and camera: A side face of an external flash device is provided with an illumination operation button, and side and lower faces thereof are provided with illumination light emitters. Each of the illumination light emitters has a built-in LED and turns on by pressing the illumination operation button. When an image is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070110429 - Portable electronic device: A portable electronic device adopts a modular design structure and includes a display screen, a picture taking module and a control module that can be swiveled relative to one another at various angles to provide different operation modes. When in use, due to the swiveling relationship between the display screen,... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070110430 - Electronic apparatus with orientation adjustable camera: An electronic apparatus includes a support body, a camera, and a shell pivotably attached to the support body around a first axis. The camera is pivotably received in the shell around a second axis which is perpendicular to the first axis. The camera includes a lens exposable from the shell.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070110431 - Device for non-invasive cleaning of the light sensor of digital single lens reflex cameras:

20070110432 - Non-contact shutter activation system and method: A shutter operating system is provided that depends on electromagnetic energy to operate shutter blades. A permanent magnet and solenoid system operate the shutter blades. Movement of the magnet causes the shutter blades to move between an open and a closed position over a lens. The permanent magnet can be... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20070110433 - Shutter driving apparatus for camera module: A shutter driving apparatus for a camera module has a shutter driving section constructed to slidingly move shutter blades provided to a camera lens module in both sideward directions to thereby open and close a lens opening. The shutter driving apparatus comprises a lens housing; a pair of shutter blades... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070104473 - Liquid zoom lens: Disclosed herein is a liquid zoom lens. The liquid zoom lens comprises a cylindrical body including glass lenses respectively coupled at upper and lower openings to the body, an auto-focus lens part including a first liquid insulating layer and a first electrolyte layer stacked at a lower portion of the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070104472 - Skin color prioritized automatic focus control via sensor-dependent skin color detection: The disclosure is directed to techniques for automatic focus control. The automatic focus control techniques prioritize focus of a camera based on skin tone using a skin color detection approach which is intrinsically image sensor-dependent. Sensor-dependent skin color detection to support automatic skin tone prioritized focus control in a camera... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070104474 - Image pickup apparatus and image pickup system: A camera apparatus and a camera system of the present invention are configured so that a lens unit is attachable/detachable. The lens unit contains at least a lens and an iris, and contains a memory storing setting information required for operating the lens and the iris. When a camera microcomputer... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20070104475 - Backlight compensation using threshold detection: A method and circuit for excluding regions from an exposure calculation is described. The method includes obtaining pre-image data representing an image of a scene and dividing the image into a plurality of regions. Regions that contain a predetermined number of bright pixels are identified, bright pixels being pixels that... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070104476 - Camera system and controller: A camera system to photograph a subject as a preview photography and as a regular photography, and to display image of the preview photography and image of the regular photography, including: a communication section; a photographing section to photograph the subject; a control section to control the photographing section through... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070104477 - Camera: A camera, comprising: a first assembly; a photographic lens equipped on the first assembly; a display section equipped on the first assembly; operation members equipped on the first assembly, and a second assembly movably provided on the first assembly, and being configured to be movable between a first position at... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070104478 - Monitor camera: A monitor camera (1) has a front glass (13) and a glass hold-down plate for holding the front glass (13). The glass hold-down plate has an outer surface in a region continues to the front glass (13), and the outer surface is flush with or stepped back from an outer... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070104479 - Correcting photographs obtained by a handheld device: A method that enables correction of photographs obtained by a handheld device without equipping the handheld device with bulky and expensive motion compensation mechanisms or expensive processing resources for supporting correction algorithms. A method for correcting a photograph according to the present teachings includes transferring the photograph from the handheld... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070104480 - Single-lens reflex camera: The single-lens reflex camera of present invention features its shutter device. The shutter device includes a support plate having an opening through which an imaging medium is exposed to a light beam from a subject, a shutter blade for opening and closing the opening, and a shutter control part for... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070104481 - Camera to which plurality of types of photographing lenses or accessories can be detachably attached, and control method of the camera: In a main body of a camera, a recording unit is disposed which is capable of recording specific information of a photographing lens or an accessory. When the specific information of the presently attached photographing lens or accessory has been already registered in the recording unit, the main body of... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070104482 - Recording medium drying apparatus: Disclosed is a recording medium drying apparatus for removing liquid droplets on a recording medium surface by air blown from a blowing unit provided upstream in a conveying direction of a mesh belt for holding and conveying the recording medium. The recording medium drying apparatus may comprise a conveying belt... Agent: Taiyo Corporation

20070098378 - Device for taking photographs: The invention relates to a device for taking photographs (1), characterized in comprising a combination of a) an articulated arm (2), with a first end (2-1), for fixing to a stable support (3) and a second free end (2-2), said second end (2-2) being extendable into a photograph-taking position and... Agent: Omori & Yaguchi Usa, LLC

20070098379 - In vivo autonomous camera with on-board data storage or digital wireless transmission in regulatory approved band: A capsule camera apparatus includes a swallowable housing, a light source within the housing, a camera within the housing for capturing a first digital image and a second digital image of a view of the camera illuminated by the light source, a a motion detector that detects a motion of... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070098380 - Systems and methods for improved autofocus in digital imaging systems: Systems and methods to improve autofocus in digital imaging systems, such as digital cameras, are disclosed. Embodiments may include, in response to locking of lens focus on a subject image, determining an initial subject focus distance and an initial attitude, and in response to a request for an exposure, determining... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20070098381 - Information generating apparatus, image pickup apparatus and image pickup method: The image pickup apparatus of the present invention is for taking a static image during a predetermined exposure period. The image pickup apparatus includes: a shaking motion detecting section for detecting an amount of shaking motion between a plurality of frames representing the static image; a shaking motion correcting section... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (matsushita)

20070098382 - Exposure boundary selection for motion blur compensation: A method and apparatus are disclosed for selecting a starting time, and ending time, or both for a photographic exposure such that camera motion that occurs during the exposure is amenable to compensation by digital image processing. In one example embodiment, a camera includes logic configured to monitor motion of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070098383 - Motion blur reduction and compensation: A method and apparatus are disclosed for reducing motion blur in photographs. In one example embodiment, a camera includes logic configured to monitor motion of the camera. The logic selects, based on the camera motion, a starting time, and ending time, or both for a photographic exposure such that extreme... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070098384 - Camera and exchangeable lens barrel with wireless communication function: A camera capable of conducting a wireless communication includes a wireless communication circuit and a wireless communication antenna. The wireless communication antenna, which is disposed at a non-metal movable member that can advance and retreat relative to a camera body, moves relative to the camera body.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070098385 - Digital camera: A digital camera is composed of a camera body and a lens unit removebly attached to the camera body. When the lens unit is attached to the camera body, the lens unit and camera body send and receive control signals by antennas and wireless I/Fs each disposed on the lens... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070098386 - Imaging method and imaging apparatus: An imaging method includes a step of setting, when a digital zoom operation mode for enlarging an image imaged by a imaging part of an X-Y address type is selected, a zoom magnification and enlarging the image at the zoom magnification set. The imaging method includes the steps of: setting... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070098387 - Systems and methods of generating z-buffers in cameras: Systems and methods for implementing Z-buffer generation in a camera are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment the method may comprise actuating a light sensor after various delays to receive a plurality of modulated light signals reflected from different regions of a scene adjacent a camera. The method may also include... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070098388 - Systems and methods of generating z-buffers for an image capture device of a camera: Systems and methods for implementing Z-buffer generation in a camera are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment the method may comprise exposing a plurality of pixels on an image capture device to a modulated light signal reflected from different regions of a scene adjacent a camera after different delays. The method... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070098389 - Solid-state image pickup device for auto-focus and auto-focus camera using the same: The invention provides a solid-state image pickup device for an auto-focus and a camera for an auto-focus in which focusing precision is improved. The device has first and second linear sensor pairs (for example, 2-1, 2-2) each having a linear sensor for a base portion with a plurality of pixels... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070098390 - Lens system: A lens system according to an aspect of the present invention includes a focus operation member for manual operation of a focus of a taking lens, a focusing direction detecting device which detects a moving direction of the focus for setting a focused state with respect to a present position... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070098391 - Flashcam - a flashlight camera method and apparatus for a multipurpose flashlight: An improved method and apparatus for hand-held portable illumination, sensing and evidence collection is described. A uniquely configured multi-functional device selectively provides multi-purpose lighting and sensing in a hand-held portable device which is usable as a flashlight, camera and as an integrated device for evidence collection.... Agent: John G. Costa

20070098392 - Slave strobe: A strobe body including a photodetector, a flash tube, and a flash controller is built with the photodetector configured to detect a flash of light. The flash controller is electrically coupled with the photodetector and the flash tube and is configured to measure the length of the flash of light.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070098393 - Image taking apparatus: The image taking apparatus of the invention includes a light quantity control device that is arranged on the optical axis of subject light and controls transmitted volume of the subject light. The light quantity control device includes a light quantity control layer and a pair of light-transmissive electrodes. The light... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070098395 - Digital camera user interface: An exemplary user interface for a digital camera has a non linear configuration to provide a more ergonomic control function for a user of the camera. The interface may take the form of a touchpad and, in one exemplary embodiment, may be used to control camera zoom.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070098394 - Image capture device output settings module: An image capture device comprises an output settings module configured to receive a selection of at least one output setting for at least one of a plurality of objects to be concurrently imaged by the image capture device, the at least one output setting automatically applied to a scanned image... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070098396 - Electronic camera: An electronic camera detects a person's face image from an object image obtained by photographing an object, executes an enlarging process on the detected face image so as to obtain a face image whose face size is suitable, and displays the face image which is enlarged into the suitable size... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070098397 - Network camera: A camera capable of transmitting image data to devices on a network is disclosed.... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070098398 - Image taking apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes a light quantity control mechanism that diaphragms object light quantity entering into an image taking optical system to transmit to an imaging area of an imaging device. The light quantity control mechanism includes a base plate that has an aperture on an optical axis of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070098399 - Optical diaphragm apparatus: An ion conducting high-polymer member is formed by an ion containing polymer, and has a circular arc shape. An chord length of the ion conducting high-polymer member is changed. Due to the change in the chord length of the ion conducting high-polymer member, there is change in a relative position... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070098400 - Lens module and digital camera module using the same: An exemplary lens module includes a lens barrel, a lens unit and an aperture stop. The lens barrel includes a receiving part defining a passage therein. The lens unit is made of glass. The aperture stop is made from an iron-nickel based alloy having a thermal expansion coefficient matching with... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070098401 - Substrate processing method and apparatus thereof: A substrate processing method for performing development on an exposed resist on a processing target substrate, and an apparatus thereof. A developing solution is supplied to the processing target substrate to fill the solution on the processing target substrate to cause development of the exposed resist on the processing target... Agent: Kanesaka Berner & Partners Suite 310