Photography inventions 07/08

20080181591 - Camera posture estimation device, vehicle, and camera posture estimation method: A camera posture estimation device includes: a generator configured to generate overhead view image data by transforming a viewpoint of captured image data obtained by the camera, on the basis of a posture parameter indicative of the posture of the camera; a calculator configured to calculate parallelism between lines in... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20080181592 - Gyro-sensor mounting structure in a camera having an image-stabilizing function: A gyro-sensor mounting structure in a camera having an image-stabilizing function, the camera including a first gyro sensor and a second gyro sensor for detecting rotations about two axes, respectively, which are mutually orthogonal to each other and orthogonal to an optical axis of a photographic lens, the gyro-sensor mounting... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080181593 - Imaging apparatus and imaging method: An imaging apparatus according to the present invention aims to make a transit of a blur correction section from/to an electronically retained state to/from a mechanically retained state without causing image shifts on a display section. For this purpose, the imaging apparatus includes an image sensor, an LCD monitor, a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080181594 - Optical image stabilizer and optical apparatus: An optical image stabilizer includes a lens-holding member, first and second actuators driving the lens-holding member in first and second directions, a first guide member fixed to a base member, a second guide member placed between the first guide member and the lens-holding member, and a first ball placed between... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080181595 - Method and apparatus for calculating a focus metric: A method comprises receiving a focusing image and shifting the focusing image to obtain a shifted focusing image. In the method, a focus metric of the focusing image is calculated from the focusing image and the shifted focusing image, where the focus metric is configured for use as a factor... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080181596 - Handheld electronic device and camera providing flash compensation of images, and associated method: An improved handheld electronic device and camera apparatus upon which can be executed an improved method enable a modular camera to be used in conjunction with a flash. In one implementation, compensation parameters that are intended for use in a non-flash situation are overwritten with compensation parameters that are configured... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20080181597 - Photographing apparatus, method for controlling photographing apparatus and computer-readable recording medium containing program: A photographing apparatus includes: a photographing unit for obtaining an image representing a subject through photographing; a face detecting unit for detecting a face from the image obtained by the photographing unit; and a reflectance calculating unit for calculating a reflectance of the face. The reflectance calculating unit obtains a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080181598 - Device for redirecting and reflecting light from camera flash and methods for using same: Devices and methods are provided for redirecting or reflecting light from a camera's built-in flash unit. An exemplary device has a reflector member having a substantially planar surface, at least a portion of which is a reflective surface. A connecting member is provided that has a distal end portion and... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20080181599 - Camera device and method and program for starting the camera device: A camera device comprises a movable optical system, a driving unit which drives the optical system, and a control unit which controls the driving unit to move the optical system to a predetermined state by an initialization processing based on a startup program which does not comprise an operating system... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080181600 - Photographing device in particular for video surveillance and working methods of same: The invention concerns a device (D) for managing and starting at least one photographing means (100), characterized in that it consists of a housing (200) which, forming a protective chamber around at least one photographing means (100), is mounted mobile in rotation along a first axis (X) relative to at... Agent: Jerome D. Jackson (jackson Patent Law Office)

20080181602 - Cylindrical molded article, lens barrel, camera, and injection mold: A drive frame 34 serving as a cylindrical molded article includes a drive frame main body 34a, three first cam grooves 34c, three second cam grooves 34d, three first gate portions 84b, and three high-density regions H. The first gate portions are formed at the end of the cylindrical portion,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080181601 - Optical part, lens barrel, and camera: An imaging optical system O supported by a lens barrel 3 includes a second lens group G2. The second lens group G2 includes a fourth lens 54 and a black light shielding portion 54d formed by printing. The light shielding portion 54d is a film-shaped portion formed on the surface... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080175574 - Blue correction camera system: A blur correction camera system includes a blur correction lens driven based upon the vibration detection signal detected by an angular velocity sensor, that corrects an image blur, a point-image function computing unit that computes a point spread function, and an image restoration computing unit that corrects an image blur... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080175573 - Lens barrel and digital camera: A lens barrel includes: a vibration reduction mechanism comprising a vibration reduction lens and a drive device that drives the vibration reduction lens, so as to compensate for image vibration; and a shutter unit for exposure control. The drive device and the shutter unit are arranged so as at least... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080175575 - Multiple frame photography: A device may determine whether a user input for capturing a view is triggered and automatically frame a plurality of images of the view when the user input is determined to be triggered by repeatedly determining a zoom value for an image, optically zooming the view based on the zoom... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.l.p.

20080175576 - Depth layer extraction and image synthesis from focus varied multiple images: A camera (210) for providing an adjusted image (214) of a scene (12) includes an apparatus frame (224), an optical assembly (222), a capturing system (226), and a control system (232). The optical assembly (222) is adjustable to alternatively be focused on a first focal area (356A) and a second... Agent: Roeder & Broder LLP

20080175577 - Image sensing apparatus, control method therefor, program, and storage medium: An image sensing apparatus includes a focus detection unit, determination unit, and selection unit. The focus detection unit includes a plurality of focus detection regions in a frame. The determination unit determines whether the focus detection unit has captured an object during servo autofocus in which the focus detection unit... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.c. John J Torrente

20080175578 - Method and structure for suppressing response time of lens focusing structure: A lens focusing structure includes a movable mechanism having at least one base, which has a camera lens centered therein and a winding externally wound therearound; an immovable mechanism having at least a frame with magnetic members mounted to four sides thereof, a front cover, and a rear cover, and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080175579 - Camera and strobe device: A camera which continuously performs shooting at predetermined time intervals in conjunction with one shutter release operation, comprises: a strobe light source which emits strobe light whose color temperature is adjustable; a light emission control device which controls the strobe light source to emit the strobe light in synchronization with... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080175580 - Imaging apparatus including strobe light emitting function: A digital camera 1 comprising a xenon strobe light device 15 and an LED strobe light device 16, wherein, when strobe light consecutive imaging is performed when the strobe light is set to “automatically-switched strobe light”, the digital camera 1 illuminates a xenon tube 27 by controlling the xenon strobe... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080175581 - Flash device: Disclosed is a flash device which includes a mounting portion removably mounting a flash device on a photographic apparatus, a first base having the mounting portion, a second base mounted on the first base such that the second base can turn around a shaft located approximately parallel with an optical... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080175582 - Digital camera: A digital camera has an image sensor, a photographing processor, a driving signal controller, and a timing adjuster. The image sensor driver drives an image sensor by outputting a driving signal corresponding to a moving image. The photographing processor carries out an exposure in accordance with the operation of a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080175583 - Image-pickup apparatus: An image-pickup apparatus includes a mirror moving into and out of an optical path, a shutter mechanism including shutter blades and a shutter-driving spring driving the shutter blades in an open direction, a charge-holding member holding the shutter mechanism with the shutter-driving spring charged, and a hold-releasing member releasing the... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.c. John J Torrente

20080175584 - Light amount adjustment apparatus and image pickup apparatus: Disclosed herein is a light amount adjustment apparatus, including: a shutter blade and a filter blade each configured to operate in a predetermined direction to adjust the amount of light transmitted through a lens group; a first magnet configured to drive the shutter blade; a first core and a first... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080175585 - Light amount adjustment apparatus and image pickup apparatus: Disclosed herein is a light amount adjustment apparatus, including: a light amount adjustment member; a rotatable magnet formed in a disk shape; a driving arm configured to be pivoted by rotation of the magnet to operate the light amount adjustment member; a core having a pair of confronting portions positioned... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080170843 - Accessory device for image-pickup apparatus: An accessory device mountable to an accessory shoe of an image-pickup apparatus includes a contact member electrically connecting with the accessory shoe, a lock mechanism allowing a lock operation for fixing the accessory device to the accessory shoe and an unlock operation for releasing the fix of the accessory device,... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080170844 - Camera wiper: A waterproof casing for enclosing a camera body with a lens, the waterproof casing having a housing defining a cavity for containing the camera body with the lens, the housing having a lens region positioned in front of the lens of the camera body, the lens region being transparent to... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20080170845 - Camera system and interchangeable lens: A camera system includes a camera body having an in-body motor; an interchangeable lens having an in-lens motor, the interchangeable lens being detachable from the camera body; a focusing mechanism for moving a focusing lens group provided in the interchangeable lens in an optical axis direction thereof; a rotational force... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080170846 - Lighting control for in vivo capsule camera: A method for controlling a lighting source in a capsule camera improves image quality by avoiding over-exposure or under-exposure in all regions of an image, while concurrently reducing significantly power dissipation in the capsule camera. A capsule camera using the method includes: (1) one or more sensor arrays each having... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080170847 - Depth of field bracketing: Methods and Systems are provided to enable automatically taking a series of depth of field bracket photos by varying the f-stop and shutter speed for a particular scene to keep the exposure constant. The method may be practiced on a digital camera which has been equipped with software in accordance... Agent: Gateway, Inc. Attn: Patent Attorney

20080170848 - Method and device for creating pictures: The invention relates to a method and a device for creating an enhanced picture by means of several consecutive exposures. The method comprises the steps of: exposing a light sensitive sensor to a series of exposures, wherein the whole light sensitive sensor in each exposure is exposed simultaneously, and all... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080170849 - Light-emitting unit and superimposing device: A light-emitting unit for superimposement is provided. The light-emitting unit is applied to one of a pentagonal roof-mirror or a pentagonal Dach-prism of a viewfinder optical system of a camera. The unit comprises a light source, a light-emitting lens, and a second mirror. The light source emits superimposing light. The... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080170850 - Image capturing apparatus, control method thereof, program, and storage medium: An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor which photo-electrically converts an object image formed by an objective lens, a shutter which is arranged between the objective lens and the image sensor, opens to set the image sensor in an exposure enable state, and closes to set the image sensor... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080170851 - Light amount adjusting device and image capture apparatus: A light amount adjusting device includes: a cover plate having a light-passing hole; a first separator being sheet-shaped and having a hole; a second separator being elastically deformable and sheet-shaped, positioned on a side opposite to the cover plate with the first separator therebetween, and having a hole; a first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080166111 - Back light screen for chroma-key photography: A chromo-key screen method and device having a first chroma-key screen component with a front surface and a back surface and screen enclosure wherein the screen enclosure is capable of reflecting light from a back enclosure screen to the back surface of the chroma-key screen and transmitted to the front... Agent: Law Office Of David Mcewing

20080166112 - Light emission control of external flash for digital camera: A digital camera containing an internal flash also has an externally attached flash which is adapted to emit light by using as trigger a signal received from the internal flash. A control system for the flash includes circuits for starting and stopping preliminary and main emission of light from the... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080166113 - Camera: To provide a camera that can perform a removal operation for particles adherent to a surface upon which light is incident, of a pickup device and a transmitting member disposed on an optical path of the pickup device in such a condition that the particles are properly removed. According to... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080166114 - Image deblurring system: The invention provides a method and a portable imaging device for deblurring a blurred image recorded by said device comprising; an image recording arrangement for recording image representations of the environment surrounding the device, and a motion-indicator for sensing motions of the device. The method comprises the step of: recording... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20080166115 - Method and apparatus for producing a sharp image from a handheld device containing a gyroscope: Methods and apparatus for electronically stabilizing an image captured by a device including a motion detection unit are provided. In one implementation, the method includes capturing a first exposure of the image, and capturing a second exposure of the image including using the motion detection unit to ensure that the... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080166116 - Focus-controlling apparatus and photographing apparatus: A focus-controlling apparatus adjusts a focus in an optical system. The apparatus includes a focus detecting unit, a storage unit, a focus area switching unit, and a drive control unit. The focus detecting unit detects de-focusing amounts of the optical system with respect to a plurality of objects that lie... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080166117 - Dynamic auto-focus window selection that compensates for hand jitter: A method and device are provided for mitigating and/or minimizing effects of hand jitter or shaking during an auto-focusing process of an image-capturing device. In order to more accurately focus a lens for capturing a digital image, the lens is moved between a minimum and maximum position (along an axis)... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080166118 - Network camera holder: An improved construction of a network camera holder includes an L-shaped holder comprised of a vertical plate and a horizontal plate; a hollowed chamber disposed to the vertical plate extending to the horizontal plate through a transition area of the L-shaped holder; a network camera being pivoted to the transition... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080159727 - Photographing apparatus, photographing method and a computer readable medium of instructions for controlling the photographing apparatus: A photographing apparatus and method that can prevent a resolution of a peripheral portion of an image from being degraded with a simple structure. The photographing apparatus and method employ an in-focus state detector for detecting evaluation values for auto in-focus operation representing an in-focus state of a photographing image... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080159728 - System for backlight detection using brightness values of subareas in focus area and method therefor: A system for backlight detection using the brightness values of the subareas in a focus area and method therefor are provided, which are applicable to an image capture device. The focus area is divided into a plurality of subareas and the brightness values of each of the subareas are calculated.... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080159729 - Auto-focusing camera: An auto focusing camera includes a square-shaped circuit board (11), a motor (100) arranged on the circuit board, and a lens unit (20) received in the motor. The circuit board forms contacts (114) on corners thereof. The motor includes a cuboid-shaped housing (18), a stator (12) mounted in the housing,... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080159730 - Imaging apparatus: There is provided an imaging apparatus having a viewfinder optical system; a first image sensor; a photometric sensor; and optical path changing means. The viewfinder optical system has a first reflective surface that reflects a monitoring luminous flux, and the first reflective surface changes a reflection angle of the monitoring... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080159731 - Image photographing apparatus: An image photographing apparatus includes a main body, a first button manipulation unit placed on the main body to be used in a high angle photographing operation, and a second button manipulation unit placed on the main body to be used in a low angle photographing operation.... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080159732 - Positioning device: A positioning device, such as a pan & tilt device, includes a housing having a drivetrain and one or more removable mounts positioned on the housing. An accessory, such as a camera, may be positioned on or in the removable mount and a release joins the removable mount to the... Agent: Kevin D. Erickson Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20080159733 - Network camera holder: A network camera holder includes an L-shaped holder provided along its central line an L-shaped slot; the holder comprised of a longer arm and a shorter arm; the longer arm having a concaved surface and the longer arm having a flushed surface; a retainer and a flange being respectively disposed... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080159734 - Camera module with contamination reduction feature: A novel digital camera module includes an image capture device, a lens unit, a housing including an opening for receiving the lens unit and positioning the lens unit with respect to the image capture device, and a boot coupled the lens unit and the housing. In a particular embodiment, the... Agent: Henneman & Associates, Plc