Photography inventions 11/07

20070274698 - Image taking apparatus: An aspect of the present invention provides an image taking apparatus comprising a flash emission device, a flash control device which adjusts a flash emission amount at the time of image taking using flash, an automatic focusing device which automatically performs focusing of an image taking lens, a determination device... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070274699 - Lens module: A lens module including a guide set, a lens set, a magnet and an electromagnetic winding set is provided. The lens set is movably disposed on the guide set, and the magnet is disposed on the lens set. The electromagnetic winding set is disposed at the side of the lens... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20070274700 - Handheld electronic device: A handheld electronic device 10 comprising first and second parts 11, 12 at least partially retractable with respect to one another along an extension axis 14 of the device to define retracted and extended configurations of the device, the device comprising a camera assembly 13 and a camera illumination assembly... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070274701 - Transparent display and camera: A transparent display comprising first and second transparent substrates first and second transparent electrodes, a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer, and first and second light sources, is provided. The first and second transparent electrodes are mounted on the inside surfaces of the first and second transparent substrates. The inside surfaces... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070274702 - Electronic camera: An electronic camera includes: an imaging device that captures a subject image through a photographic lens; a luminance detection device that detects subject luminance; a first arithmetic operation circuit that executes exposure calculation by using at least exposure sensitivity set at the imaging device and the subject luminance detected by... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070274703 - Photographing apparatus and photographing method: According to the present invention, a self photographing is effected upon a detection of a face, which prevents a photographing of a failed image which does not include a face of a person in intending photographing a person. In particular, in generating a self portrait photograph where the photographer himself/herself... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070274704 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program: An information processing apparatus connected to a display apparatus and an input apparatus includes an image recording part for recording image data, an input part for receiving a mark to be displayed under a condition of overlapping the image from the input apparatus, a mark recording part for recording data... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070274705 - Image capturing system, image capturing device, and image capturing method: To enable satisfactory simultaneous and widely varied pictures to be obtained, for example, by allowing a common user to obtain an overall picture while the common user performing desired image capturing, or the like. A first image capturing device image-captures a subject to record this image, and also transmits a... Agent: William S Frommer Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070274706 - Image adjusting assembly for a monitoring camera: An image adjusting assembly for a monitoring camera has a connecting frame, a rotating bracket and a fastener. The connecting frame is mounted around the camera bracket and is attached slidably to the positioning arms and has an upper connecting frame and a lower connecting frame. The upper connecting frame... Agent: Cooper & Dunham LLP

20070274707 - Device with an elastic shifting mechanism: The present invention discloses a device with an elastic shifting mechanism, which comprises: a body and a movable element, wherein the body has a first snap-fit element, and the movable element has a second snap-fit element, and the movable element is installed to the body; the body/the movable element has... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070274708 - Buffer structure: A buffer structure for reducing external forces to be transmitted from a PCB to a lens module via a support element is disclosed. The buffer structure comprises a plurality of first and second buffer units. In addition, the lens module is fixed on a first one side of the support... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070274710 - Camera protection cover: A hand-portable electronic device 10 comprising: a first body part 11; a second body part 12 rotatably connected to the first body part, the second body part comprising a camera assembly 14 having an imaging axis 15 and an imaging window 16; and a slidable cover 13, the first and... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070274709 - Lens cap module: A lens cap module is provided and positioned at a holding stand. The lens cap module includes a plurality of leaf pieces, a switch and a gear transmission. The leaf pieces are slidably positioned at the holding stand, and the leaf pieces can come into contact with or separated from... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070274711 - Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method: A cleaning substrate for use in the cleaning operation for a substrate stage in an exposure unit compatible with immersion exposure and a dummy substrate for use during the adjustment of an exposure position of a pattern image in the exposure unit are held in a cleaning substrate housing part... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070269195 - Anti-shake apparatus: An anti-shake apparatus of a photographing apparatus comprises a photometric switch for a photometric operation, a release switch for a photographing operation, and a controller. The controller performs the photographing operation without an anti-shake operation when the release switch is set to the ON state and when it is determined... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070269194 - Equipment cover and method of use: An insulated equipment cover combined with a glove-like extension for use with various types of equipment enables use in cold temperatures and adverse weather elements. The equipment cover generally conforms to the shape of the equipment and is made of flexible insulated material. The equipment cover provides sufficient room for... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070269196 - System for and method of taking image: An image taking method includes the steps of taking an image of an object to be taken, thereby generating image data. A predetermined objective body is detected from the image data. Exposure and/or focusing position are determined for each of the detected objective bodies. The image taking means is caused... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070269197 - Digital camera and camera system: There is disclosed a digital camera which detects a focus of a lens unit by a method selected from a plurality of focus detection methods based on information on the lens unit taken from the lens unit attached to the digital camera. As an example of a focus detection method,... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070269199 - Driving device, optical scanning device, and object information detecting device: A driving device includes: a movable frame; a frame shaped supporting body arranged on an outer side of the movable frame; and bending drive elements arranged on a surface of the movable frame. The supporting body and the movable frame each have two sets of opposing sides. Supporting parts arranged... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070269198 - Method for taking a panoramic photo: Methods for taking a panoramic photo are disclosed. One method includes the steps of measuring photographing parameters for an object to be photographed and determining if a focal distance of the measured photographing parameters belongs to a preset reference distance. If the focal distance belongs to the preset reference distance,... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070269200 - Multiple exposure regions in a single frame using a rolling shutter: A method for obtaining an image having a plurality of exposure regions is described. The method includes exposing first and second regions of an image sensor, reading out first image data from the first region, pausing a clock signal to the image sensor after the reading out of the first... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070269201 - Retractable lens assembly with variable-volume lens and retracting method thereof: A retractable lens assembly with a variable-volume lens is provided. The retractable lens assembly includes an optical lens, a variable-volume lens, a fluid pump, a communication tube, and a storage tank. The variable-volume lens includes a lens film, an accommodation space wrapped by the lens film, and a transparent fluid... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070269202 - Camera lens cover and reflector for mobile station: A mobile station (100) having an integrated camera (105). The mobile station (100) can include a camera lens (115) disposed in the mobile station (100) and a lens cover (125) having a reflective outer surface (130). The lens cover (125) can be coupled to the mobile station (100) such that... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20070269203 - Image-taking system and image-taking apparatus: A digital camera includes a light-emitting section provided with LEDs that emit fill light. The digital camera also includes a visible-light transmission section that transmits data representing a live view or data representing shooting information, after superimposing the data on light emitted from the LEDs by modulating the light. The... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070269204 - Light shielding structure in optical apparatus: A light shielding structure in an optical apparatus includes first and second relatively-movable members, each having an engaging portion engaged with each other and relatively movable to each other so as to change an amount of mutually overlapping area therebetween; and a light shielding member provided between the engaging portions.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070269205 - Camera module and manufacturing method thereof: The present invention relates to a camera module and a manufacturing method thereof, in which both front and rear directions can be provided by improving the disadvantage of the existing camera module providing only one direction photographing. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the camera module includes first... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070269206 - Automatic development method of photosensitive lithographic printing plate and automatic development device thereof: A developer replenishing method of an automatic development device of photosensitive lithographic printing plate including developing a plurality of exposed photosensitive lithographic printing plates with a developer containing an electrolyte and keeping the developer activity constant, which includes measuring an electric conductivity of the developer in every predetermined fixed period;... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070269207 - Processing solution supply system, processing solution supply method and recording medium for storing processing solution supply control program: A processing solution pressurized at a constant pressure is supplied to improve processing accuracy. A processing solution tank can be changed and the processing solution can be continuously supplied to continue a process without interrupting the process even if the processing solution contained in the processing solution tank is depleted.... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070263995 - Apparatus and method for taking panoramic photograph: An apparatus and a method for taking a panoramic photograph are provided. While a lens of the apparatus is rotated, an angular velocity sensor such as a gyroscope outputs an angular velocity and calculates therefrom a rotation angle of the lens. Accordingly, a user can capture sequential image segments for... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070263996 - Actuator, and lens unit and camera with the same: The present invention is directed to an actuator capable of retaining an image-shake correcting lens in a position(s) at which a calibration of lens optics can be affected, without additional locking means. The actuator (10) is capable of translating an image-shake correcting lens (16) so as to prevent an image... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070263997 - Focus adjustment method, focus adjustment apparatus, and control method thereof: An apparatus comprises a face position detection section for detecting at least a position at which is present a person's face inside a frame using an image signal obtained from an image sensor for photoelectrically converting an object image captured by a photographing optical system, a focus control section for... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070263998 - Flexible printed circuit board and liquid crystal display with the flexible printed circuit board: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display module including housing, a flexible printed circuit board and a plurality of electric devices. The housing has at least a receiving notch. The flexible printed circuit board has a flexible substrate and at least an extension substrate projected from the flexible substrate... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070263999 - Dynamic illumination: In one embodiment, a level of direct illumination for an imaging system is dynamically adjusted based on a level of at least one of ambient illumination or displayed illumination. A level of the at least one of ambient illumination or displayed illumination may be detected. The level of direct illumination... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070264000 - Image extraction apparatus and flash control method for same: An image extraction apparatus and flash control method for the same are provided. The method comprises taking a reference image, generates a first flash, and takes a first image. The first image is determined to be is overexposed or not. If the first image is not overexposed, a first flash... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070264001 - Electric dust-proof device: An electric dust-proof device includes a driving mechanism disposed on a base seat unit, and a dust-proof plate driven by the drive mechanism. The driving mechanism includes a power unit, a drive unit driven by the power unit, a driving seat driven by the drive unit, and a driven seat... Agent: Gallagher & Lathrop, A Professional Corporation

20070264002 - Camera module and mobile terminal having the same: Disclosed are a camera module and a mobile terminal having the same, capable of simplifying the manufacturing process while reducing the fault rate and improving reliability of products. The camera module can include a camera housing having a support protrusion with an aperture formed at a center thereof and a... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070264003 - Post capture image quality assessment: An image capture device includes an image capture medium configured to record image data representative of a scene, a lens, positioned to focus an image of the scene onto the image capture medium, an input configured to receive a user-command to capture the image, an output configured to alert a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070264004 - Multiple image mosaic photograph camera mount and method: A camera mount and method of using such a mount are provided herein. The camera mount allows a camera to be rotated about a first and second axis such that a complete panoramic picture may be taken of an object. Moreover, the camera mount is equipped with calibrations for controlled... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070264005 - Method for controlling an imaging beam path which is tapped off from a film recording beam path of a movie camera: A method for controlling an imaging beam path which is tapped off from a film recording beam path of a movie camera and is interrupted periodically as a function of the image recording frequency of the movie camera is provided. The imaging beam path is interrupted at a constant or... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070264006 - Filter driving apparatus: A filter driving apparatus for a camera is described. The filter driving apparatus comprises a casing, a sliding portion, a magnetic body, and a coil portion. A viewing hole is formed on the central top area of the casing. A sliding channel is formed on the top and bottom area... Agent: Law Offices Of Lai And Associates, P.C.

20070264007 - Developing method and method for fabricating semiconductor device using the developing method: In a developing method, a developer is supplied onto a resist film provided on a substrate, made of a resist and having an upper surface on which design patterns having different mask opening ratios are exposed and a development reaction is caused to proceed on the resist film with the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070258705 - Rapidly changeable photographic and stage backdrop lifting device: This invention relates to the use of suspended materials as a backdrop for photography or stage productions. The suspended materials may be stored on a spool device. Such spool devices may include tubes or spindles constructed of metal, of cardboard, of plastic or other lightweight and inexpensive materials. The spool... Agent: Barzee Law Office

20070258707 - Method and apparatus for deblurring images: A method and system deblurs images acquired of a scene by a camera. A light field acquired of a scene is modulated temporally according to a sequence of ons and offs. The modulated light field is integrated by a sensor of a camera during an exposure time to generate an... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20070258706 - Method for deblurring images using optimized temporal coding patterns: A method and system deblurs images acquired of a scene by a camera. A light field acquired of a scene is modulated temporally according to a sequence of ons and offs. An optimal coding pattern is selected. The modulated light field is integrated by a sensor of a camera during... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20070258708 - Changeable-lens camera, camera system, and focus detection device: A camera system according to this invention comprises an interchangeable lens unit, an intermediate adapter, and a camera body unit. An AF sensor detects the defocus amount of the interchangeable lens unit. The interchangeable lens unit incorporates a data storage section. The data storage section stores first AF correction data... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070258709 - Laser range sensor system optics adapter and method: An adapter and method for through the lens (TTL) laser range sensor probes enables use of a TTL probe of a given exit pupil size to be used with a shared objective lens requiring a entrance pupil size, as entered from the laser range sensor, that is different from the... Agent: Shlesinger & Fitzsimmons

20070258710 - Focus detection apparatus and optical apparatus: A focus detection apparatus capable of accurate focus detection is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first image-forming lens unit including a first pair of lens portions forming a first pair of images on a first pair of light-receiving element arrays with luminous fluxes from an image-pickup optical system after the... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070258711 - Image pickup apparatus having image pickup optical system: An image pickup apparatus comprising a first lens unit which comprises at least a negative lens element and at least a positive lens element and has negative refractive power, a second lens unit which has positive refractive power, and an optical path bending reflecting optical element which has a variable... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Eric S. Cherry - Docketing Supervisor

20070258712 - Method and apparatus for the vaporous development of photoresist: An apparatus and method for the development of photoresist utilizing vaporized developer. The substrate may be cooled such that the vaporized developer condenses on the substrate and in the features developing in the substrate. An ultrasonic vibrator may be used to vibrate the substrate to dispel the condensed vapors in... Agent: Michael A. Guth

20070253692 - Camera capable of displaying live view: A camera capable of displaying a live view is disclosed, which has a movable reflecting mirror movable between a viewing position for reflecting a light beam from a photographing lens to guide the light beam to a finder optical system, and a position retracted from an area through which the... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070253691 - Method for evaluating effective sampling steps of auto focus: A method of evaluating effective sampling steps of auto focus is provided. By utilizing the depth-of-field feature, many sampling steps are ignored and some representative steps in the depth-of-field range are used as the effective sampling steps. Since the sampling steps are minimized, the search time is largely reduced without... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070253688 - Devices to facilitate alignment and focussing of a fundus camera: A fundus camera is provided with a focus aid mark projection system (5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13) that includes a focus aid mark focussing lens (10) and other optical components such that the focus aid mark focussing lens (10) is attached to the focussing lens (6) of the imaging... Agent: Joseph Mayo Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20070253689 - Movable lens control device: A lens system having at least one front movable lens group and a rear movable lens group which are movable in an optical axis direction. The lens system includes a position detector for determining whether the rear movable lens group is positioned in a predetermined normal moving range thereof; and... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070253690 - Lens barrel and imaging device: A lens barrel 11 is mounted to a collapsible imaging device 1 having a zooming function and includes a cam frame 19, a first lens frame 39, a second lens frame 45, and a third lens frame 55. First, second, and third lens frame cam grooves 25, 27, 29, respectively... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070253693 - Exposure compensation method for digital image: An exposure compensation method automatically generates an accurate exposure value to clearly show the profiles of objects in front of a black background or a white background. First, initial edge energy is derived from luminance values for pixels in a digital image having an initial exposure value. Maximum edge energy... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070253694 - Imaging apparatus: An image of appropriate exposure is obtained in a short period of time. A controller and timing generator performs photometric measurement by use of an image signal acquired from a CCD, and determines appropriate light exposure. The CCD is divided into a plurality of regions: for example, an odd-number line... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070253695 - Imaging apparatus: An image of appropriate exposure is obtained in a short period of time. A controller and timing generator performs photometric measurement by use of an image signal acquired from a CCD, and determines appropriate imaging exposure. The CCD is divided into a plurality of regions: for example, an odd-number line... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20070253696 - Camera: A pair of rotation plates 10 are provided on an upper surface and a lower surface of a camera body 30. The rotation plates 10 are rotatable with respect to the camera body 30. During panorama imaging, a user holds the pair of rotation plates 10 with their fingers to... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070253697 - Camera module package: A camera module package. A housing is provided with a lens barrel having at least one lens contained therein. At least one IR filter is also provided in the housing. A board, which is assembled to the housing, has at least one reinforcement material stacked thereon and at least one... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070253698 - Method of photographing panoramic image: Disclosed is a method of photographing a panoramic image, the method including the steps of: checking if a configuration of each scene constituting the panoramic image is arbitrarily set whenever each scene is photographed; outputting a photographic guide screen on a preview screen, the photographic guide screen overlappingly displaying a... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070253699 - Using camera metadata to classify images into scene type classes: In one aspect, a metadata-based classification result is obtained based on metadata associated with an image. A histogram-based classification result is determined based on a histogram of intensity values derived from the image. The image is classified into a scene type class based on the metadata-based classification result and the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070253700 - Single-lens reflex camera capable of displaying live view: There is disclosed a single-lens reflex camera which does not drive a movable reflecting mirror when it enters a shooting operation while a live view is being displayed. For example, the rotation direction of a motor controlling the driving of shutter charge and a movable reflecting mirror can differ between... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070253701 - Operation assist tool for photographic device: An operation assist tool for a photographic device having an operation member, according to the present invention, includes an operation command member and a fastening tool. The operation command member commands the operation member to carry out an operation of the photographic device. The fastening tool has a body to... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070253702 - Security surveillance system and method of operating same: A security surveillance system having a support, a surveillance device mounted on the support, and a cover assembly. The cover assembly is movable selectively relative to the support between an access state and an operative state. In the access state, at least a first operating state of the surveillance device... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070253703 - Built-in webcam: A webcam built in an electronic device includes a housing, a video camera, and a latching mechanism. The video camera is movable between a first location in the housing and a second location outside the housing. The latching mechanism maintains the video camera at the first location and the second... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070253704 - Methods for creating spherical imagery: High Dynamic Range (HDR) spherical images can be obtained without a requirement for special purpose cameras having linear optical sensors. Various examples of the present invention can use a standard single lens reflex (SLR) camera with a fisheye lens to obtain spherical images. The camera is positioned to obtain a... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070253706 - Lens cap device: A lens cap device having a cap protecting device, an actuating device, and a lens cap. The cap protecting device has a protecting cap with a lens exposure hole. The actuating device has a push element and an actuating element. The push element is slidably disposed on the cap protecting... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20070253705 - Magnetic sliding door structure: A magnetic sliding door structure comprises a first and a second magnetic elements attracting each other and disposed on a shell body of a camera and a sliding door, a linkage member disposed below the sliding door, and a third magnetic element disposed at two ends of the linkage member.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070253707 - Focal plane shutter for digital cameras: A focal plane shutter for digital cameras includes a first driving member for a first blade and a second driving member for the first blade, mounted to the same shank; arms for the first blade on which a set spring is hooked; and a set member for restraining the first... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070253708 - Small-sized camera module in which adhesive does not flow in side electrode: A small-sized camera module in which an adhesive does not flow in side electrodes is provided. In the camera module according to the embodiment of the invention, the adhesive does not flow in concave portions thanks to a protection wall for covering top portions of the concave portions formed on... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070253709 - Developing apparatus, developing processing method, developing processing program, and computer readable recording medium recording the program: A developing apparatus, a developing processing method, a developing processing program, and a computer readable recording medium recording the program, which can reduce the consumption amount of the developing solution and the developing processing time irrespective of the type of resist materials or the shape of resist patterns, are provided.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070253710 - Method of processing substrate, substrate processing system and substrate processing apparatus: In an exposure unit compatible with immersion exposure, a dummy substrate to be used for an alignment process for adjustment of an exposure position for a pattern image is transferred to a substrate processing apparatus for performing a resist coating process before exposure and a development process after exposure. In... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen