Photography inventions 04/08

20080095523 - Lens array assisted focus detection: A focus detection device includes an image sensor and a plurality of lenslets. Each of the plurality of lenslets has a distinct conjugate length and is associated with a distinct portion of the image sensor.... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080095524 - Auto-focusing camera: An auto-focusing camera includes a lens mount (10), a lens unit (50) received in the lens mount, and a motor for driving the lens unit. The lens mount has a pair of connecting pins (22, 21) extending therethrough for electrically connecting to a printed circuit board arranged under the lens... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080095525 - Adjustable auxiliary camera power pack: Included is an adjustable, auxiliary battery pack suitable for digital cameras. The pack includes a rotary wheel having finger grips that protrude through slots in a rotary wheel guide. The finger grips, in conjunction with the large diameter of the rotary wheel, allow a user to couple a threaded screw... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080095527 - Picture image providing method and picture-taking device using the method: A picture image providing method and a picture-taking device using the method are provided. The picture-taking device includes: a picture-taking module generating a picture image by taking a picture of a photography object via a camera; a transmission location management module managing a target image for identifying the photography object... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080095526 - Structure of photographic apparatus: The present invention relates to an improved structure of photographic apparatus, which includes a photographic body including a front side, a backside, and a topside, and a photographic apparatus, which is adapted on the photographic body and includes a base body and a plurality of camera lenses. The base body... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080095528 - Portable electronic device having optimized aperture: A portable electronic device (200) includes a housing (20) and a digital camera module (30). The housing is configured for containing electronic components, and has an aperture (21) defined therethrough for allowing light to be transmitted therethrough. The aperture has a diameter which grows smaller from an outer side of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080095530 - Camera: A camera has an outer case member and a lens barrel unit having a movable lens movable along a straight line. The relation between the shape of the outer case member and the layout of the lens barrel unit is such that when the camera falls in the same direction... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20080095529 - Digital camera module package: A digital camera module package (200) includes a base (20), an image sensor chip package (21) and a lens module (22). The image sensor chip package is mounted on the base. The lens module includes a cavity (257). The cavity fittingly receives the image sensor chip package, and presses against... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080089677 - Portable composite apparatus and method of controlling photographing modes: A portable composite apparatus and a method of controlling photographing modes. The portable composite apparatus includes a decision unit to decide whether current time information is included in a time range corresponding to a current photographing mode by referring to a prestored time information table, and an operation control unit... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080089678 - Image-capture apparatus: An image-capture apparatus includes: an outer casing inside of which predetermined sections are arranged; an imaging device arranged inside of the outer casing; and a circuit board arranged inside of the outer casing, on which electronic components are mounted, the electronic components being heat generating elements. A heat-releasing air duct... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080089679 - Iris for photographing apparatus: Provided is an iris for a photographing apparatus. The iris includes a plate, a plurality of iris wings, a motor, and a filter unit. The plate includes a transmission hole therein. The plurality of iris wings are movably provided on one side of the plate. The motor provides power used... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080089680 - Interchangeable-lens camera: Even when the state of an auxiliary device mounted to a dummy mounting unit cannot be visually identified, the state thereof can be immediately identified. The invention provides an interchangeable-lens camera including a camera body and a lens unit configured to be removably mounted to the camera body. The camera... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080085107 - Print roll cartridge with an ink supply core for a camera system: This invention provides for a print roll cartridge for a camera system. The cartridge includes a cylindrical internal core portion having a former dividing said core into a plurality of longitudinal ink supply reservoirs. The former also locates a paper supply roll thereon. The cartridge includes a covering unit which... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080085108 - Image blur correcting unit, image blur correcting device, image pickup apparatus and portable equipment: In the image blur correcting unit, one end of a flexible board is connected to a sensor board included in a holding module, and the portion of the flexible board that extends at least first from the sensor board extends outwardly from the holding module in a direction oblique to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080085110 - Auto-focus optical lens module: An auto-focus optical lens module is proposed, including a base body having a receiving space formed therein, a lens sleeve rotatably disposed in the receiving space, a lens screwed with the lens sleeve, and a piezoelectric element fixed in the base body for contacting and driving the lens sleeve to... Agent: Wpat, Pc Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080085109 - Motor structure with built-in lens: A motor structure with a built-in lens includes a motor (30), and a lens unit (50) received in the motor and driven by the motor to telescopically move along an axial thereof. An internal thread (344) is formed on an inner surface of the motor. The lens unit includes an... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080085111 - Illumination apparatus: An illumination apparatus has a first adaptor, an illumination apparatus body, and a light emitter housing. The first adaptor can be removably attached to a viewing device. The illumination apparatus body is removably coupled to the first adaptor and defines a viewing aperture. The light emitter housing is coupled to... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080085112 - Photographic device with retractable lens: A photographic device that includes a main body, a lens barrel and a barrel-positioning mechanism, which is operably coupled to the lens barrel and the main body. The barrel positioning mechanism is capable of moving the lens barrel between a retracted position, in which the lens barrel is within the... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20080085113 - Shutter and imaging system employing same: An exemplary shutter includes an upper plate, a lower plate facing the upper plate, a side plate, a magnetic fluid, and a magnetic field generator. The side plate is connected between the upper plate and the lower plate. The upper plate, the lower plate, and the side plate cooperatively define... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080080845 - Offset correction methods and arrangement for positioning and inspecting substrates: A bevel inspection module for capturing images of a substrate is provided. The module includes a rotational motor, which is attached to a substrate chuck and is configured to rotate the substrate chuck thereby allowing the substrate to revolve. The module further includes a camera and an optic enclosure, which... Agent: Ipsg, P.C.

20080080846 - Selecting autofocus area in an image: A system and method are provided for obtaining a gazing direction of a user of an image-capturing device relative to an image of an object to be captured; identifying an area of the image based on the obtained gazing direction; and performing optical focusing for the identified area using an... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20080080847 - Lens module and camera module using the lens module: A lens module (10) includes a lens barrel (11), at least one fixed focus lens (12) fixed in the lens barrel, and at least two variable focus lenses (13) fixed in the lens barrel. Each variable focus lens includes two electrodes (151) and an electro-optical material (153) between the electrodes.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080080848 - Camera focusing system and method thereof: A camera focusing system and a method thereof are provided. The focus of the camera is moved to three equidistant reference positions Xi, Xj and Xk to get three image contrasts Yi, Yj and Yk respectively. Then, quadratic equation Y=aX2+bX+c is solved with (Xi, Yi), (Xj, Yj), and (Xk, Yk)... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080080849 - Auto-focus imaging system: An exemplary auto-focus imaging system includes a barrel holder, a barrel, at least one lens received in the barrel, an image sensor, and a number of driving arms. The barrel and the image sensor are all received in the holder. The lens has an optical axis. The driving arms are... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080080850 - Flash shutter mechanism and method of operating same: The invention concerns a flash shutter mechanism (105) and a method (200) of operating same. The mechanism can include a flash (114) that may illuminate when an image is captured and a lens (116) that can cover the flash, including when the flash is illuminated. The lens can have a... Agent: Motorola, Inc

20080080851 - Image-taking apparatus: In an image-taking apparatus, a main CPU reads a sensitivity level that has been set, thereby determining whether a subject distance measured in AF processing is longer as compared to a threshold. The threshold is variable such that the higher the sensitivity level is the longer the threshold is. When... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080080852 - Single lens auto focus system for stereo image generation and method thereof: The invention presents a single lens auto focus system of stereo image generation and a method thereof. The stereo three-dimensional (3D) image capturing method of a single lens auto focus camera, includes the steps of a) taking plural multi-focus images; b) estimating the plural multi-focus images to obtain a depth... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080080853 - Lens barrel, camera, portable information terminal device, and image input device: Provided is a lens barrel configured to avoid deviation of a retracting lens holder frame and a retracting lens holder frame driving member from regular position. Also provided are a camera, a portable information terminal device, and an image input device, all of which use this lens barrel. With the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP