Photography inventions 08/07

20070201844 - Portable flag and net kit: A durable, portable for the lighting or imaging professional includes at least a first collapsible frame adapted to support a light modifying flag or a light modifying net. The collapsible frame includes first and second rigid frame components 22, 24 carrying fixed hinge pins 38 that connect to first and... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20070201845 - Camera incorporating a releasable print roll unit: A camera includes a housing. An image sensor is fixed with respect to the housing and is configured to capture images. A print roll unit is releasably mounted within the housing. The print roll unit includes an elongate core, in turn, including a plurality of ink supply containers. Each container... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070201846 - Camera unit incorporating a lidded printhead unit: A camera unit includes a chassis. An image sensor is mounted to the chassis and is configured to sense an image. A display is mounted to the chassis and is configured to display the sensed image. A printhead unit is mounted to the chassis and is configured to print the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070201847 - Fully automatic, head mounted, hand and eye free camera system and photography: A Fully Automatic, Head Mounted, Hand and Eye Free Camera System and Photography are disclosed. The Fully Automatic, Head Mounted, Hand and Eye Free Camera System consist of three components: A) a Head Mounted Camera Header, B) a Portable Personal Computer, and C) a Hand Hold Controller. The component A... Agent: Tianmo Lei

20070201848 - Vibration detection device, optical device, and method of operation of vibration detection device: A vibration detection device provided with a vibration detection sensor 51A (51B) that outputs a detection signal corresponding to a detected vibration, a wave filter 52A (52B) that filters a detection signal in accordance with a cut-off frequency, and a controller (64) for changing the cut-off frequency of the wave... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070201849 - Camera control system, camera server, client, control method, and recording medium: In a camera control system composed of: a camera server 1 that controls a camera whose angle can be freely controlled; and a plurality of clients 3a, 3b, and 3c that control the camera and display images transmitted from the camera server 1 on a display screen, the camera server... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070201850 - Focusing lens with electrowetting based macro switch: The present invention provides a discretely adjustable lens (300) that is controllable by means of electrostatic or electrowetting forces. The lens provides two accurately reproducible and freely designable lens states that are defined by interfaces between one out of two fluids (120,121) and at least one lens face (155). Changing... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

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20070201852 - Electronic focusing device and method for camera: Disclosed is an electronic focusing device and method for a camera. A stick handle made of a radial magnetization magnet is provided for focus adjustment. One or two current-induced magnetization bodies are provided and one of which receives a current signal to provide a magnetic force. Through the magnetic force,... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP Tri-valley Office

20070201853 - Adaptive processing for images captured with flash: An adaptive fill-flash technique for digital photography that employs flash and no-flash image pairs. A flash image, captured using a flash of known characteristics and ambient light, and an ambient light image, which is taken with only ambient light, of the same image subject matter are acquired. A flash only... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20070201854 - Imaging device with automatic control function of light for shooting: When an auxiliary emission auto focus has been set by operation and through image display is started, a CPU 9 starts an operation of acquiring a single frame among those sequentially picked up at a predetermined interval. Next, the CPU 9 calculates an EV value, judges whether a LED 16... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070201855 - Apparatus and method for strobe charging: An apparatus and method for strobe charging is disclosed. The apparatus and method can dynamically adjust a charging current according to current power level of a battery, thereby stabilizing the operating voltage of the battery and thus using the battery power to the full. The apparatus and method employs a... Agent: Raymond Sun

20070201856 - Light emission control circuit of flash device: An optical sensor receives light of a light emitting tube. A photoelectric current output from the optical sensor is integrated by a capacitor. A stop signal output part compares the generated voltage of the capacitor with a comparison voltage and outputs a light emission stop signal when the generated voltage... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070201857 - Method of setting photographing conditions and photography apparatus using the method: Automatic photographing condition setting is achieved with accuracy. For example, when a shutter button is half-pressed, preliminary photographing is carried out under different photographing conditions to acquire preview images. Then, each of the preview images is subjected to a face detection process. Photographing conditions for photographing a person are automatically... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070201858 - Digital camera, file output method, file output program, image data structure, and image quality display: A digital camera, a file output method, a file output program, and an image data structure for shortening the time required for displaying the frequency distribution of gray scale levels of a subject image are provided. A digital camera characterized by an image capturing unit converting a subject image into... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070201859 - Method and system for use of 3d sensors in an image capture device: The present invention is a system and method for the use of a 3D sensor in an image capture device. In one embodiment, a single 3D sensor is used, and the depth information is interspersed within the information for the other two dimensions so as to not compromise the resolution... Agent: The Law Office Of Deepti Panchawagh-jain C/o Portfolioip

20070201860 - Camera system for a motor vehicle: A camera system for a vehicle may comprise at least one camera unit that is detachably connectable to the vehicle. The camera unit may be used for at least one camera-based driver-supporting function of the vehicle. The camera system may further comprise a plurality of coupling stations secured to the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070201861 - Imaging device: Example embodiments of an imaging device are illustrated and described.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070201862 - Observation device: An observation device includes a housing and an optical lens having a field of view. The housing includes an outer dome having at least one transparent portion and an inner dome. The optical lens is accommodated within the housing. The outer dome is transparent in the field of view of... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070201863 - Compact interactive tabletop with projection-vision: The subject application relates to a system(s) and/or methodology that facilitate vision-based projection of any image (still or moving) onto any surface. In particular, a front-projected computer vision-based interactive surface system is provided which uses a new commercially available projection technology to obtain a compact, self-contained form factor. The subject... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070201865 - Imaging-device cleaning apparatus: An imaging-device cleaning apparatus is attached to a camera by engaging with a lens mount of the camera typically used for attaching a camera lens. The imaging-device cleaning apparatus includes a nozzle for removing dust and dirt in the vicinity of an imaging section of the camera, and a motor... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070201864 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program: An information processing apparatus that receives photographing information, which is information on photographing recorded in a recording apparatus, from the recording apparatus as photographing information on a sample image used as a sample at the time of photographing includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire the photographing information on the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070201866 - Blade driving apparatus for cameras: A blade driving apparatus for cameras includes a base plate having an aperture section for a photographing optical path; a partition plate having an aperture section for the photographing optical path so that a blade chamber is interposed between the base plate and the partition plate; a cover frame having... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070196083 - Imaging device controller and digital camera: An imaging device controller that controls an imaging device, comprising a detector and a driver, is provided. The imaging device is mounted in an image capturing apparatus. The image capturing apparatus has plural functions. The detector detects that the first function among the functions is carried out. The driver orders... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070196085 - Anti-shake apparatus: An anti-shake apparatus of a photographing apparatus comprises a hand-shake quantity detector and a controller. The hand-shake quantity detector has a first detector having an angular velocity sensor and has a second detector having an angular displacement sensor. The controller performs an anti-shake operation based on a first angular signal... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070196084 - Image capturing apparatus: An image capturing apparatus includes a calculation unit which converts shaking detected by a sensor unit into a shaking cancel amount, a correction/driving unit which drives a correction unit using the shaking cancel amount in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis, and corrects blurring of an image formed on... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070196087 - Image capturing device: An image capturing device, including an rectangular image capturing element having long sides and short sides; an image capturing optical system forming an image of a subject on the rectangular image capturing element; a first driving device which moves the rectangular image capturing element in a first direction slanted by... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070196086 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus which is capable of enhancing the accuracy of shake correction. A shake-detecting sensor detects a shake of an apparatus body. A microcomputer computes a shake amount based on an output from the shake-detecting sensor. A camera signal processing circuit corrects motion of an image due to... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070196089 - Auto focus unit and camera: An auto focus unit, comprising a pursuit block, a scanning area setting block, a change area setting block, a permission block, and a lens driver, is provided. The pursuit block pursues the movements of a target object. The scanning area setting block designates a part of an object-area as a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070196090 - Adapter lens: An adapter lens has a front plate, an optical member, a side plate, an upper plate and a rear plate. The adapter lens can be detachably attached to an upper left-hand corner of a body included in a camera. The adapter lens is mounted on the camera with the front... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070196091 - Auto focus unit and digital camera: An auto focus unit, comprising a pursuit block, a lens driver, a detection block, and a controller, is provided. The pursuit block pursues the movements of an optical image of the target-object. The auto focus unit brings an optical image of the target-object into focus on a light-receiving surface. The... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070196088 - Electronic device capable of preventing an electromagnetic signal radiated by an antenna thereof from being attenuated thereby: An electronic device includes a casing, an antenna, a signal attenuating member, and a signal reflecting member. The antenna is disposed in the casing for radiating an electromagnetic signal. The signal attenuating member is mounted on the casing. The signal reflecting member is disposed between the antenna and the signal... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070196092 - Imaging lens position control device: An imaging lens position control device includes a video signal acquisition unit, a contrast information acquisition unit, and a first imaging focus lens position decision unit. The first imaging focus lens position decision unit decides the imaging focus lens position according to the focus position information having a focus position... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070196093 - Lens apparatus: A lens apparatus which can remove a backlash positively is provided. In the lens apparatus, a drive source is controlled so as to performing: moving a focus lens from a reference position toward one end of an optical lens stroke, and moving the focus lens toward the other end of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070196094 - Lens module with focusing mechanism: An exemplary lens module (30) includes a lens barrel (31), a focusing mechanism (40), a resilient member (70), and a bottom seat (50). The lens barrel is mounted with at least one lens (36) therein and is fixed to one end of the focusing mechanism. One end of the resilient... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070196096 - Image capture apparatus and biometric authentication apparatus: A biometric authentication apparatus includes an illumination section, an imaging section, a photographic subject placing section, and an authentication section. The illumination section irradiates at least near infrared light onto a biological portion placed in contact with a housing surface. The imaging section images a near infrared light image of... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070196095 - Color balanced camera with a flash light unit: The imaging device comprises a flash light unit, an imaging unit, a memory comprising predetermined color balance parameters specific to the individual flash light unit, and an image processor to correct the image colors based on the parameters. The predetermined parameters are determined by imaging a white test target and... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070196098 - Brightness correction apparatus for moving images, and method and program for controlling same: In order to perform a brightness correction that is suited to a face image in a moving image, a still-image brightness correction parameter for performing a brightness correction suited to a subject image is calculated from a face image in the subject image and the overall subject image. A moving-image... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070196097 - Image sensing apparatus and method of controlling same: It is so arranged that the portion of the image of a subject that is a face takes on an appropriate brightness. The image of the subject is obtained by imaging the subject. The subject image is subjected to face detection processing and an area construed as being the face-image... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070196099 - Mobile device and wireless communication apparatus: A mobile device is equipped with a transmitting function to transmit data. When a power switch is turned off during data transmission, a transition is made to a transmission-during-power-off mode that continues data transmission. The transition to the transmission-during-power-off mode is performed when an inquiry is made on a screen... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070196100 - Lens unit and digital camera: A digital still camera includes a camera main unit and a lens unit or lens assembly. The camera main unit has an image processor for image processing of an image being formed by image pickup. A frame memory stores the image during image processing. The lens unit is secured to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070196101 - Imaging apparatus control unit and digital camera: An imaging apparatus control unit, comprising a calculation block, a first control block, an output block, and a second control block, is provided. The calculation block calculates the number of possible photographs. The number of possible photographs is set as the sequential-photographing number. The first control block carries out imaging... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070196102 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus is disclosed in which the movement of a barrier blade in a direction toward the lens surface caused by external force can be limited without increasing the strength of the barrier blade. The apparatus comprises a barrier blade which is movable between a closing position at... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070196103 - Compact camera module and the substrate thereof: A compact camera module (CCM) substantially includes a substrate, a sensor chip and a lens module. The substrate has a surface defining a chip-attached area for attaching the sensor chip and a module-secured area for mounting the lens module. A check point is defined in the chip attached area. The... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070189744 - Camera module: A camera module comprises a main body, a cone disposed in the main body to accommodate a lens, a base joined to the cone, a frame movably disposed on the base, an image detection unit fixed to the frame and moving on the base via the frame, a first circuit... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070189745 - Camera system with image stabilizing function, camera body thereof, and interchangeable lens thereof: A camera system used for shooting an image, determines whether or not a predetermined shake component due to a mechanical shutter is added to a shake component detected by a shake sensor in dependence upon the type of a shutter (a mechanical shutter or an electronic shutter), and selects the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070189748 - Image blurring: A method of blurring an image includes acquiring two images of nominally a same scene taken at a different light exposure levels. At least one region of one of the images includes pixels having saturated intensity values. For at least one of the saturated pixels, values are extrapolated from the... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20070189742 - Method and apparatus for detecting sight line vector: A sight line vector detecting method includes: emitting LED light beams from LED light sources arranged on both sides of a camera to an eye; photographing the eye by the camera; acquiring a plane which includes one light source position of the LED light sources, a lens center position of... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070189743 - Image detection module: An image detection module comprises a base, a seat movably disposed on the base, an image detection unit on the seat, a first guide member by which the seat is joined to the base, moving relative to the base, a first coil on either the base or the seat, a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070189746 - Camera-equipped portable terminal and photograph transmission method using the same: A camera-equipped portable terminal facilitating convenient transmission of taken photographs and method therefor are provided. The portable terminal has a display unit for displaying at least one input address, a camera module for taking one or more photographs of target objects, a wireless communication module for transmitting the photographs taken... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070189747 - Camera system, camera control apparatus, panorama image making method and computer program product: A camera system includes a camera apparatus for shooting an object to output an image signal and a camera control apparatus for controlling the camera apparatus such that the camera apparatus shoots a plurality of images constructing a panorama image in a predetermined order while changing zoom magnifications based on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070189749 - Object detecting system: An object detecting system, which is installed in a vehicle, uses a camera comprising an optical lens, a distance measuring image chip, and an illumination device to detect information about an object occupying a vehicle seat. The illumination device is sectioned into a plurality of illuminants, such as a first... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070189750 - Method of and apparatus for simultaneously capturing and generating multiple blurred images: A method to simultaneously generate and capture a plurality of blurred images utilizing a camera lens and a plurality of imaging sensors is described. A signal passes through a lens and is then split into a plurality of signal paths of different lengths using a signal splitting device. Since the... Agent: Jonathan O. Owens Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070189751 - Method for measuring distance using a camera module: Provided is a method and apparatus for measuring a distance between an object and a user using a camera module. According to the method, when the camera module is driven, a zooming function is performed to examine whether an image is formed on an image device. When the zooming function... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070189752 - Photography apparatus, photography method, and photography program: In order to prevent white compression from occurring in an image obtained by photography with a photography apparatus such as a digital camera, preliminary photography is carried out by photography means and actual photography is carried out while a flash control unit reduces an amount of light from a flash... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070189753 - Digital camera: A digital camera is provided with a special successive shooting mode wherein an imaging device makes a series of successive shots upon each shutter release operation, including at least a non-flash shot and at least a flash shot. When a shutter button is pressed halfway in the successive shooting mode,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070189755 - Slit lamp microscopes: A bulb assembly for a slit lamp microscope comprises a flash generator able to produce a flash of light, a synchroniser able to detect light from a camera flash, and a controller. The bulb assembly is arranged so that, in use, when the controller receives a signal from the synchroniser... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070189754 - Camera system: The present invention relates to a camera system that illuminates a subject being photographed and its object is to provide the camera system capable of photographing at a shutter speed exceeding a synchronous speed or continuous shooting. An electronic camera according to the present invention controls a xenon tube (81)... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070189757 - Digital image acquisition device with built in dust and sensor mapping capability: A digital image acquisition device has an image acquisition sensor, a shutter, an aperture and optical elements for focusing an image on the sensor. The device includes a light source located in the body of the device. The light source is periodically activated with one of the aperture or shutter... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20070189756 - Grey card for controlling exposure and white balance of a digital camera: A target (10, 20) is disclosed suitable for setting the exposure and white balance of a photographic digital camera. The target (10, 20) comprises a target surface (12) that has a reflectance of 18% for all wavelengths of visible light. The target surface (12) is provided with a feature (16)... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070189758 - Camera and method of imaging: A camera includes a photometry section, an exposure calculating section, and a correction calculating section. The photometry section obtains photometry values at a plurality of positions of a subject. The exposure calculating section obtains an exposure value when photographing based on the photometry values. The correction calculating section obtains a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070189759 - Imaging apparatus, and method and program for controlling an imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus may include an infrared cutoff filter capable of being inserted into and extracted from an incident light path to an image sensing device, and may further include a first detecting unit configured to, when the infrared cutoff filter is off the incident light path to the image... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070189760 - Display device for storing various sets of configuration data and method for controlling the same: A display device for storing various sets of configuration data and a method for controlling the same are provided. The device includes an input unit and first and second controllers. Upon receiving a command to record specific image data through the input unit, the first controller determines a set of... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070189761 - Implementing ic mounted sensor with high attenutation backing: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an ultrasound transducer probe (80) includes an attenuation backing substrate (94), an integrated circuit (88), and an array of piezoelectric elements (84). The integrated circuit (88) couples to the attenuation backing substrate (94), the integrated circuit (88) being translucent to acoustic waves.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070189762 - Unit for positioning a sheet of film to cover the tops of product groups: A unit for positioning a sheet (1) of film (2) to cover the tops of product groups (3) comprises: a second roll (12) of film (2); a first carriage (13) that is slidably mounted on guide rails (14) running along an upper horizontal plane and is driven in both directions... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070189763 - Multi-direction image capture apparatus: A multi-direction image capture apparatus is useful for capturing images through either a primary aperture (125) or a secondary aperture (300) using only a single image sensor (205). The apparatus includes a housing (105) that includes the primary aperture (125) and the secondary aperture (300). An image sensor (205) is... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070189764 - Camera mount: Various embodiments and methods relating to a camera mount are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070189765 - Camera array and method for adjusting a lens with respect to the image sensor: Camera arrangement, in particular for use in a motor vehicle, including a printed circuit board with an image sensor and an objective lens carrier, and an objective lens for projecting an image onto the image sensor, the objective lens being connected by connecting means to the objective lens carrier, the... Agent: Husch & Eppenberger, LLC

20070189766 - Lens barrel and image pickup apparatus: A lens barrel and an image pickup apparatus equipped with the lens barrel of the present invention include a movement frame unit movable in an optical axis direction of a lens with respect to a base unit, and a flexible printed circuit including a stationary portion fixed to the movement... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20070183760 - Imaging system: An imaging system is provided that is capable of controlling a photographic operation to provide favorable images of a fundus of an eye to be examined. When a normal photographic mode is selected, a single operation of a shutter button causes a single trigger signal to be generated. On the... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq.

20070183761 - Imaging apparatus and image processing apparatus: An imaging apparatus that photographs a subject to obtain digital image information includes: a photographing operation detection unit that detects angular rate data in a photographing operation over a predetermined sampling period; a polynomial coefficient calculation unit that approximates the angular rate data over each sampling period detected by the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070183762 - Image stabilizing apparatus and optical apparatus: An image stabilizing apparatus is disclosed which is capable of sufficiently correcting shift shakes even with a small and lightweight accelerometer. The apparatus includes an angular velocity detector which detects angular velocity generated by a shake, an angular velocity computing unit which processes an angular velocity signal, the unit processing... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070183766 - Image blur correction device and camera: An image blur correction device 400 includes a pitching movement frame 405, a yawing movement frame 408, and a third group frame 462. The pitching movement frame 405 supports a third lens group G3 included in an optical system for performing image blur correction. The yawing movement frame 408 supports... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070183767 - Setting of photographic parameter value: Provided is a photographing parameter setting system including: a photographing device which photographs an image; and a photographing information providing device which provides photographing information for specifying predetermined photographing parameter values to the photographing device, wherein the photographing information providing device includes: a photographing information storage unit which stores photographing... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070183759 - Image capture device object template: A template for an image capture device comprises a body having at least one support member for supporting at least one object, the at least one support member movable relative to the body to facilitate movement of the at least one object toward a platen of the image capture device... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070183765 - Imaging device with image blurring reduction function: In an imaging device including a mechanical image blurring correction and a sensitivity image blurring reduction, a subject-shake amount is calculated based on a motion vector size acquired during a through image process display. Usage percentages of the mechanical image blurring correction and a sensitivity image blurring reduction are sequentially... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070183764 - Lens barrel, camera and lens barrel adjustment device: A lens barrel comprises a fixed optical system though which a subject image enters into the lens barrel along with an optical axis, a retreatable blur correction optical system that corrects an image blur by moving within a plane ranging perpendicular to the optical axis in an operating position and... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070183763 - Method and system for tracking images: A method for image tracking includes receiving a plurality of images of a first object at points along a predetermined route at least two spaced apart cameras including a first camera and a second camera, calibrating the cameras based on the received images of the first object and the predetermined... Agent: Ibm Corp. (clg) C/o Cardinal Law Group

20070183768 - Methods and systems for networked camera control: Methods and systems for providing fluid real-time camera control of at least one camera to at least one network user via a network including the internet. A control pad or area can be provided to camera users via an application or applet that can be calibrated to provide fluid camera... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070183769 - Retractable photographic lens: A retractable photographic lens including a photographing optical system includes a plurality of optical elements including at least two radially-retractable optical elements; wherein the plurality of optical elements are aligned with an optical axis in an operating state of the retractable photographic lens. When the retractable photographic lens moves from... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070183770 - Camera terminal and imaging zone adjusting apparatus: The camera terminal is a single camera terminal composed of an imaging zone adjusting apparatus that adjusts an imaging zone using multiple camera terminals, comprising a camera (201) that images a hypothetical imaging zone obtained by changing the position of an imaging zone within a specific zone in a specific... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070183771 - Imaging apparatus and imaging unit: There is disclosed an imaging apparatus including an image pickup device, a dust proof member provided in front of the image pickup device, and a fluid pump having a piezoelectric element as a drive source to generate a flow of air toward the front surface of the dust proof member.... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070183772 - Heat pumped surveillance camera housing and method of manufacturing the same: An electronic device housing which may be cooled via a heat pump (e.g., heat exchange unit or thermo electric cooling mechanism) is provided. The housing may have a heat pump aperture sized and configured to receive the heat pump. The heat pump may comprise an internal heat sink positioned inside... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070183773 - Camera module: A camera module includes a mount for holding a lens directly or indirectly, a cover plate glass with transparency fixed to the mount. A solid-state imaging device is mounted on the cover plate glass. The cover plate contacts a plurality of ribs formed in the mount, and the mount and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070183774 - Method and storage medium for replacing process instrument in processing apparatus: Disclosed is a method for replacing a process instrument in a processing apparatus, in which an target object is loaded by transfer means into a processing unit and is subjected to a process by use of the process instrument. The method includes confirming that a process on the target object... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070183775 - Developing apparatus and developing method: A joint nozzle that delivers a developer, a rinsing liquid and nitrogen gas is disposed adjacent the spin center of a substrate in plan view. A controller operates electromagnetic switch valves to continue supply of the developer, while spinning the substrate, in a developing process, and to start supply of... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070177859 - Disk type image pickup apparatus: A disk type image pickup apparatus wherein a disk type recording medium is used as a recording medium on which a picked up image is to be recorded, including: a gyro sensor configured to detect impact or vibration to an apparatus body of the disk type image pickup apparatus to... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070177860 - Camera autofocus: A camera comprises an image sensor arranged to generate an image signal, and a lens arrangement, which focuses an image onto the image sensor, the focus being variable in accordance with a control signal applied thereto. In the case that a piezoelectric actuator experiencing hysteresis is used to drive movement... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070177862 - Focusing device, image pickup apparatus, and control method: A focusing device includes a driving unit that drives a focus lens, a control unit, and a storing unit. The control unit controls the driving unit to move the focus lens through a predetermined range, determines a state of focus based on a signal from an image pickup unit, the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070177861 - Image pickup apparatus and lens position adjustment method: Disclosed herein is an image pickup apparatus including, a lens driving control section configured to execute driving control of a lens, and a main control section configured to produce lens driving control information as setting information of a lens driving mode of the lens driving control section, the main control... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070177863 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus according to the present invention includes: an exterior case 21 with a lens device attached thereto, a flashlight device 33 supported to be capable of moving between a pop-up position and a storage position in the vicinity of an objective lens through a stroboscope frame 60, a... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070177864 - Camera: A camera includes a display device capable of displaying on a single screen a plurality of images, each of which can be observed from one of a plurality of directions; a selection device that selects any one of a plurality of operating modes; and a display control device that displays... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070177865 - Retractable photographic lens: A retractable photographic lens includes a moving ring; a holding frame which holds a retractable optical element and is movable between a photographing position and a displaced position displaced from the photographing position; and a driving device which moves the holding frame from the photographing position to the displaced position... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070177866 - Camera extension arm: A device for facilitating the taking of photographic self portraits. The device includes a handle sized to be held by a single hand of a user. The device further includes an extension arm appended at its proximal end to the handle and at its distal end to a camera holder.... Agent: Dergosits & Noah LLP

20070177867 - Camera: A camera is disclosed which comprises: a lens frame in which an optical system including a reflecting optical member is housed; a lens frame mounting part arranged on one side of the lens frame; a fixing member in which the lens frame is mounted through the lens frame mounting part... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070177868 - Digital camera and lens assembly: A digital still camera includes a lens assembly having a photographing lens and an image pickup device. A camera body supports the lens assembly. Bayonet lugs as lens mount mechanism couple the lens assembly with the camera body. A retaining mechanism supports the bayonet lugs on the camera body in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070177870 - Substrate processing apparatus: A substrate processing apparatus comprises an interface block. An exposure device is arranged adjacent to the interface block. The interface block includes a placement/bake unit. A substrate that has been subjected to exposure processing in the exposure device is subjected to cleaning and drying processing in a second cleaning/drying processing... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070177869 - Coater/developer and coating/developing method: Accurate coating and developing having high intrasurface uniformity is achieved by suppressing the influence of components of a resist that may be eluted while a substrate coated with the resist is processed by immersion exposure. A coating unit coats a surface of a substrate with a resist. then, a first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.