Photography inventions 05/08

20080124063 - Method of performing automatic focus and a related digital image capturing device: A method of performing an automatic focusing procedure is disclosed. The method is used to a digital image capturing device. The method includes the steps of: executing an image capturing procedure; activating a pre-control signal by a processor; activating a control signal by a timing generator; executing an automatic focusing... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20080124064 - Image alignment system: In an imaging device including an image recording arrangement, a tilt-sensor, and a display, a method may include detecting a tilt-angle for the image recording arrangement using the tilt-sensor; and presenting at least one marker-arrangement via the display indicative of the tilt-angle.... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20080124065 - Automatic picture and text alerting camera, with inbuilt smoke and motion detectors: This invention is more particular to a camera that is fully equipped with an inbuilt motion and smoke detector. The camera is specially design to be set by the user to capture any emergency condition detected by any of the said inbuilt detectors, it and automatically send picture or pictures... Agent: Chukwu Ahamefula

20080124066 - Lens barrel: A lens barrel for holding a lens group therein has a body with a peripheral on which an external thread is formed. The external thread has a plurality of turns which are partially interrupted by at least one threadless segment such that the external thread has at least one of... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080124067 - Assist light illuminance control: A system receives an input with a light sensor of a device, determines a luminance of a subject based on the received input, and adjusts an output of an assist light of the device based on the determined luminance.... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20080124068 - Mobile terminal and auto-focusing method using a lens position error compensation: A mobile terminal and auto-focusing method for the same are disclosed. The auto-focusing method uses a lens position error compensation and includes: detecting a target object during a photograph mode; determining a lens position at which a focus value gradient related to the detected target object changes sign while moving... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080124069 - Imagine apparatus with rotatable lens barrel: An imaging apparatus with a rotatable lens barrel includes the following elements. An optical block includes a lens. An imaging block includes an imaging device. The lens barrel receives the respective blocks and includes a rotating truncated ball larger than a hemisphere of a virtual sphere formed by extending the... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080124070 - Camera using programmable aperture: A camera using a programmable aperture is disclosed in which a programmable lens is disposed between a lens assembly and a sensor to properly transmit or block light rays reflected by a photographed object and incident to the lens assembly and then received by the sensor so as to obtain... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080124071 - Camera and portable electronic device using the same: A camera and/or a portable electronic device using the same include a hood that prevents/reduces flared images yet does not increase the footprint of the camera or portable device. A barrel has a groove that is formed in the circumferential direction at one end of the barrel, the one end... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080124072 - Electric shutter with electrochromic layer and camera having same: An exemplary electric shutter comprising a first transparent electrode, an electrochromic layer and a second transparent electrode, wherein said electrochromic layer is disposed between said first transparent electrode and said second transparent electrode, and said second transparent electrode has an opposite polarity to said first transparent electrode. An exemplary camera... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080118237 - Auto-zoom mark-up display system and method: A system and method for allowing a user to selectively view an automatically zoomed region of a displayed initial viewable area. Typically, the automatically zoomed region is deployed by the user when placing mark-ups in the viewable area.. The automatically zoomed region may be displayed by itself, or it may... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: Box Ip Dept.

20080118238 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device receiving light from an object through an imaging lens at a predetermined imaging plane and performing photoelectric conversion of an object image to generate a captured image; a phase-difference detector for receiving the light from the object and generating a phase-difference detection signal... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080118239 - Auto-focusing camera: An auto focusing camera includes a lens unit (2) including a barrel (20) and a lens (22) received in the barrel, a permanent magnet (3) being fixedly mounted around the barrel of the lens unit and moving with the lens unit when the lens unit undergoes telescopic movement during operation,... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080118240 - Two-step auto-focusing camera: A two-step auto-focusing camera includes a lens unit (12); a permanent magnet (124) being fixedly mounted around the lens unit to move with the lens unit; first and second coil seats (14, 15) with first and second coils (145, 155) wound thereon being mounted around the lens unit at two... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080118241 - Control of stray light in camera systems employing an optics stack and associated methods: A camera system may include an optics stack including two substrates secured together in a vertical direction and an optical system on the two substrates, the two substrates having exposed sides, a detector on a detector substrate, and a stray light blocker directly on at least some sides of the... Agent: Digital Optics Corporation

20080118242 - Shutter device and image pickup apparatus: A shutter device includes a blade member and a detecting unit. The blade member includes a first blade, a second blade, a detection portion, and a limiting portion. The blade member controls a time of exposure, performed on a recording medium, on the basis of a magnitude of a width... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080112698 - Camera for a weapon and methods for doing the same: A camera system for use with a weapon includes a camera, a lens assembly separate from the camera, and a mount attached to the lens assembly for mounting the lens assembly to a weapon. The camera includes a body, a wireless receiver disposed along the body, and a storage medium... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP One Daytoncentre

20080112699 - Method and system for automatically estimating the spatial positions of cameras in a camera network: A method for automatically estimating the spatial positions between cameras in a camera network utilizes unique identifying signals, such as RFID signals, transmitting between nearby cameras to estimate the relative distances or positions between cameras from received signal strength (RSS), time of arrival (TOA), or time difference of arrival (TDOA)... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick Honeywell International Inc.

20080112700 - Imaging device with projected viewfinder: An imaging device includes a camera for at least one of taking a photograph or filming a video. The imaging device also includes a projection viewfinder assembly that projects a viewfinder to visually indicate a field of view of the camera.... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080112701 - Information presenting device and information presenting terminal: An information presenting device is constituted by a recognizing and identifying unit for recognizing and identifying each marker within a photographing range of a photographing unit from an image photographed by the photographing unit, an information designating unit for designating information in accordance with information on each marker identified by... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080112702 - Photographing apparatus and initialization method thereof: A photographing apparatus requiring a short initialization time, and a method thereof are provided. The photographing apparatus includes a camera part for converting an optical image converged through a lens into an electric signal, and processing the electric signal into an image signal, a first memory for temporarily storing the... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20080107411 - User defined autofocus area: A device allows a user to select an arbitrary portion of a scene being previewed for picture taking. In one implementation, the device includes a camera; a display to preview a scene associated with the camera; an interface configured to allow a user of the device to select a portion... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.l.p.

20080107412 - Portable camera support: A portable camera support, combining a mounting bracket or tray with a shaft or pole and a foot bar, may provide stable, portable support for cameras or other devices. The stability of the support may yield more reliable scouting results. The portability of the support may afford greater efficiency, possibly... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge Pc

20080107413 - Portable camera support: A portable camera support, combining a mounting bracket or tray with a shaft or pole and a foot bar, may provide stable, portable support for cameras or other devices. The stability of the support may yield more reliable scouting results. The portability of the support may afford greater efficiency, possibly... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge Pc

20080107414 - Image capture device mounting assembly for firearm: A mounting assembly for image capture device, such as camera, for supporting a camera, s from a firearm is provided. The image capture device mounting assembly for a firearm comprises a base member attached to a scope of the firearm above the top of the scope, the base member having... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080101782 - Camera and image stabilization thereof: An image stabilization method for a camera is provided. The image stabilization method controls the shutter of the camera. The image stabilization method, according to the present invention, first detects whether a trigger signal has been inputted, wherein the trigger signal is inputted by a user and starts an image... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080101783 - Imaging apparatus with a function of compensating for hand shake, method of compensating for hand shake, and computer program product: An imaging apparatus can appropriately compensate for hand shake with less power consumption. The imaging apparatus comprises an image pickup lens for shooting an object, an imaging element having an imaging area for picking up an object image focused on the imaging area through the image pickup lens to output... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080101784 - Method for calculating distance and actual size of shot object: A method for calculating distance and actual size of a shot object is provided, which is applicable to an image capture device, and includes the following steps. First, a table of the corresponding relationship of the focus pulse and an object distance (distance between the image capture device and the... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080101785 - Imaging device, imaging device controlling method, and computer program: An imaging device that controls strobe emission for red-eye prevention includes a face detector configured to detect whether a face region is included in an image captured by the imaging device; a luminance detector configured to detect a luminance representing a brightness of an imaging environment; and a red-eye preventing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080101786 - Control of artificial lighting of a scene to reduce effects of motion in the scene on an image being acquired: Motion of an image of a scene being captured by a digital image acquisition device is detected and used to control parameters of illumination of the scene by a flash lamp that is typically built into the device. Parameters that may be controlled include the intensity, duration and timing of... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

20080101787 - Multipurpose image pickup device: A multipurpose image pickup device is disclosed to include a housing having a built-in storage battery and a memory card slot for receiving a memory card for storing digital image files, a swivel bracket turnable in and out of a top recess of the housing, a movable rack turnable in... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC One Skyline Place

20080101788 - Image-taking apparatus: An image-taking apparatus is disclosed which has a mirror drive mechanism with a small number of constituent parts, easy assembly. The image-taking apparatus has a mirror movable to a first position in an optical path and to a second position outside the optical path, a first biasing member biasing the... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080101789 - Method and apparatus for setting camera viewpoint based on alarm event or condition: A security system comprises a first camera and at least one sensor being interconnected with the security system. The first camera acquires video data and is movable to at least first and second viewpoints having first and second field of views (FOVs) that are at least partially different from one... Agent: Gerald Bluhm Tyco Fire And Security

20080101790 - Camera: A camera includes: a photographic optical system that comprises a plurality of lenses; an image sensor that captures an image of a photographic subject formed through the photographic optical system; a projection lens unit that projects an image for projection via a projection lens unit, with at least one lens... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080101791 - Shutter and camera module with same: An exemplary shutter includes a chamber; a transparent, hydrophobic dielectric layer; a light-tight (i.e., non-transparent), insulating oily layer; a transparent conductive aqueous layer; and a pair of electrodes. The chamber has a pair of opposing transparent plates. The dielectric layer, the oily layer, and the aqueous layer are accommodated in... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang J

20080101792 - Spray development of photosensitive plates: Excellent development of photosensitive coatings on planographic printing plates is achieved by directing a dynamic flow of fresh alkaline developer solution that impinges on a target area of the coating extending the width of the plate and floods the target area with a turbulent flow. At sufficient volumetric flow rate,... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP