Photography inventions 08/08

20080205866 - Image taking apparatus and image taking method: An aspect of the present invention provides an image taking apparatus comprising an imaging device which takes an image of a subject, an imaging instruction device for inputting an imaging instruction to take the image of the subject, a face detection device which detects a face image of the subject... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080205867 - Rotary part: The present invention relates to a rotary part, in particular a spreader roller for a web-processing machine. The rotary part has a supporting core with a longitudinal axis, said supporting core being mounted at its two longitudinal ends, and having an elastically flexible outer sleeve which surrounds the supporting core... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.c.

20080205868 - Driving apparatus, image capturing unit, and image capturing apparatus: An object of the preset invention is to provide a technique capable of preventing occurrence of an assembly error. A driving apparatus for driving an object includes: a driving part having a stationary part and a moving part; and a displacement transmitting part for transmitting a displacement to the object... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080205869 - Image taking apparatus: According to an aspect of the present invention, once the mode setting device sets the person photographing mode, and the face zooming instruction device instructs zooming to the face of the person, the detection device detects the size of the face of the person captured by the image pickup device.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080205871 - Focus detection device for image forming optical system, imaging apparatus, and focus detection method for image forming optical system: A focus detection device for an image forming optical system comprises a micro-lens array constituted with a plurality of two-dimensionally arrayed micro-lenses, a light-receiving element array that includes a plurality of light-receiving elements receiving a light flux from the image forming optical system via the micro-lenses, the plurality of light-receiving... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.c.

20080205870 - Photographing apparatus and focusing control method: A photographing apparatus comprises: a photographing device which takes an image of a subject; a focusing control device which controls the focusing status of the photographing device in response to an input of a focusing instruction; a focusing judgment device which, upon an input of the photographing instruction after the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080205872 - Focus detection device: Both of a high speed AF using contrast control and a high precision AF using a color temperature sensor are achieved. A focus detection device has: a first sensor which outputs a signal for a focus detection by detecting a phase difference; and a second sensor having a plurality of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080205873 - Reflecting unit for a portable electronic device: A reflector for a mobile terminal includes a plate having a front and rear side, such that the plate is configured to be located on a mobile terminal. The reflector further includes a recess formed in the rear side of the plate, such that the recess is shaped to form... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080205874 - Wide coverage image capturing and standable web phone: A wide coverage image capturing and standable web phone comprises a body having an approximately cubic shape; the body having a seat which is pivotally installed at a lower side of a back of the body; wherein the seat can be pulled out from an upper side thereof so as... Agent: Landy Chen

20080205875 - Telescopic viewing device: A viewing device comprising: a handheld telescopic rod; a camera attached at a first end of the rod; and an output device mounted on a bottom half of the rod when fully extended, at an end opposite to the first end, the output device displaying images transmitted by the camera.... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080205876 - Aparatus for mounting motion picture camera equipment: A positioning device for motion picture camera equipment. The positioning device includes a plurality of modular longitudinal rails, a camera mounting plate, means for slidably positioning said plate along said rails, means for joining said rails to form a suitable platform for positioning said plate.... Agent: Skyler M. Tegland

20080205877 - Modular pan and tilt system: A modular pan and tilt system includes a combination of inline and/or right angle rotational platforms. The platforms each include a housing having a cross-section of uniform dimensions extending from a first end toward a second end and a drive motor mounted within the housing having an output shaft parallel... Agent: Belasco, Jacobs & Townsley LLP Howard Hughes Center

20080205878 - Digital camera: A digital camera includes: a camera body provided with an inlet port and an outlet port for a spray gas, the camera body defining a space in a photographic light path; a first passage formed in the camera body to communicate the inlet port and the outlet port, the first... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080205879 - Opening and closing apparatus for small image photographing devices: Disclosed is a shutter apparatus for small cameras. According to the first embodiment of the invention, a shutter housing is mounted in an exposure aperture formed in a main body. The shutter housing has a through-hole communicated with the exposure aperture. A shutter panel is pivotably mounted inside the shutter... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20080205880 - Diaphragm blade, method of manufacturing the same, and light quantity controller having the same: A diaphragm blade includes a light-shielding, thin-plate blade base made of laser absorptive resin to regulate an aperture, and a first shaft portion made of laser transmissive resin and provided on one surface of the blade base. The first shaft portion includes a cylindrical member which is welded to the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080205881 - Lens adapter and imaging apparatus: A lens adapter is disclosed. The lens adapter includes: an adapter ring having a flexible fitting portion and an installation portion in which an optical component is mounted, the fitting portions being fitted over a fitting engagement portion of a lens ring mounted around a lens portion facing a front... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080199165 - Safe eye detection: An eye detection system for safe detection of the eye positions of a subject estimates the distance from the eye detection system to the subject and reduces the power level of at least one primary light source of the eye detection system if the subject is too close to the... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080199166 - Image blur correcting mechanism and image-capture apparatus: A image blur correcting mechanism for effecting image blur correction by moving a lens group in directions orthogonal to an optical axis of the lens group, includes a first guide shaft extending in a first direction which is a predetermined direction orthogonal to an optical axis direction of the lens... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080199167 - Methods and systems for display viewer motion compensation: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for compensating for motion of a viewer relative to a display device.... Agent: Krieger Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080199168 - Image sensing apparatus, control method, and user interface display apparatus: An image sensing apparatus on which a plurality of lens units are interchangeably mountable includes a system controller configured to acquired information specific to a mounted lens unit from the mounted lens unit, a detection unit configured to detect a focus shift amount of the mounted lens unit, a display... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080199169 - Camera and photographic lens: A camera is provided which is configured to receive a photographic lens having a diaphragm. The camera includes a defocus amount detection unit configured to detect first information corresponding to a defocus amount, from light passing through the photographic lens mounted on the camera; an acquisition unit configured to acquire... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080199170 - Camera system: In a camera system according to the present invention, a lens controller obtains an exposure synchronizing signal that is generated by a camera controller from a camera body, causes a configuration formed of a first encoder, a second encoder and a counter to detect the position of a focus lens... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20080199171 - Imaging device: In order to appropriately measure light during preliminary light emission, regardless of an imaging sensitivity during imaging in an imaging device which measures light during preliminary light emission based on an image signal which is output from an imaging unit based on reflected light from an object, and calculates an... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20080199172 - Pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus, for controlling actual flash amount at the time of exposure based on an amount of reflected light from a predetermined metering region of a screen, comprises a first screen dividing section for dividing the screen into a first region, constituting a candidate for the metering region,... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080199173 - Camera, accessory, and camera system: A camera includes a camera control unit configured to acquire information on an accessory mounted on the camera by performing communication with an accessory control unit included in the accessory and to control a photographing operation based on the information on the accessory. When the camera control unit acquires, from... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080199174 - Camera and photographic lens: A camera is provided which is adapted to receive a photographic lens having a diaphragm. The camera includes a detection unit configured to execute electric charge accumulation for detecting a defocus amount when the diaphragm is in a state having a first aperture value, and a controller configured to, when... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080199175 - Camera device: A camera device comprises a first main body, a pivoting component, a second main body, and a camera unit. A first connection member is disposed on the side end of the first main body. One end of the pivoting component is pivotally connected with the first main body. The second... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080199176 - Diaphragm driving device of a digital camera system using an interchangeable lens: A diaphragm driving device is provided in a camera body of a digital camera to which an interchangeable lens is detachably attached, the interchangeable lens including a diaphragm mechanism having a diaphragm control bar for changing an aperture size by a rotation of the diaphragm control bar about an optical... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080199177 - Iris diaphragm mechanism: A fixed aperture and a fixed shaft are formed in a fixed member. A drive shaft is formed in a driving member. A fixed shaft hole and a drive shaft hole are formed in a plurality of diaphragm blades, and the plurality of blades is connected to the fixed shaft... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080193113 - Water proof case for digital camera: The present invention relates to a water proof case for a digital camera. The water proof case for a digital camera according to the present invention comprises a housing having an inner space to accommodate the digital camera, an upper and a lower transparent films formed, respectively, on an upper... Agent: Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP

20080193114 - Wireless communication system and method for photographic flash synchronization: A system and method for controlling one or more remote photographic flash devices from a camera body. Wireless functionality within a camera body provides wireless communication of a signal from within the camera body to one or more remote devices. In one example, a flash synchronization signal of the camera... Agent: Downs Rachlin Martin Pllc

20080193115 - Focus adjusting device, image pickup apparatus, and focus adjustment method: A focus adjusting device in which, when a detecting unit that detects an object image to be focused from a picked up image is capable of detecting the object image to be focused, a setting unit that sets a focus detection area when a focused state of an image pickup... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080193116 - Focusing device and image-capturing device provided with the same: A focusing device capable of setting (S402) a focusing area according to a detection result of a target subject, wherein even if the target subject is no longer detected, when the target subject is assumed to be present, the velocity of the movement of the focusing lens (104) is made... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.c. John J Torrente

20080193117 - Motion-detecting device for reducing assembly tolerance: A motion-detecting device for reducing assembly tolerance includes a connection unit, a light-emitting unit, an image-sensing unit and a positioning unit. The connection unit has a first fixing portion formed on one side thereof and a second fixing portion formed on another side thereof. The second fixing portion has a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080193118 - Device for accurately capturing face image within camera's field of view: Disclosed is a face image capturing device for guiding users to put their faces within a camera's field-of-view even at a relatively long distance from the camera and thereby capturing face images accurately. The device includes a light emitting device for emitting a light beam to enhance a field-of-view of... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080193119 - Image sensing apparatus and image sensing method: An image sensing method and image sensing apparatus, including a subject detection unit and a flash unit, are provided. The method includes a first detection step of detecting a subject from image data obtained during preparation for main image sensing, a second detection step of detecting a subject based on... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080193120 - Digital camera: A digital camera includes: a light guide section that defines a space in which a light flux from a photographic lens to an imaging unit is guided; a mirror unit arranged inside the light guide section, that is adapted to rotate between a viewing position in which the mirror unit... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080193121 - Imaging apparatus: An operation member cover is attached to a rear surface of a digital camera through a pair of grooves, and an upper end (up button portion) and a lower end (down button portion) of a cross key are exposed from openings of the operation member cover. Inside the groove, an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080193122 - Focal plane shutter for cameras: A shutter base plate is made of synthetic resin and is configured with one overhang section on the blade-chamber-side surface at one end of an arcuate slot and the other overhang section on the blade-chamber-outside surface. A shock absorbing member made from elastic material is configured with concave portions on... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080193123 - Method for calibration in transference of motion pictures to a photosensitive material: A method for calibration and/or compensation in transference of digital and/or analogue motion pictures to a photosensitive material comprises exposing a section of a photosensitive material by modulating light from a light source and imaging the modulated light onto the photosensitive material, develop the section of the photosensitive material, measure... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080187301 - Image blur correction apparatus, lens barrel, and image capture apparatus: An image blur correction apparatus includes a correction lens for correcting image blurs in a lens system, a moving frame for holding the correction lens, a support frame for movably supporting the moving frame through a move guide on a plane orthogonal to an optical axis of the correction lens,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080187302 - Imaging device: A lens control device, for controlling driving of a second lens unit for correcting image movement regarding movement of a variating first lens unit, comprises: a storage unit for storing data indicating the position of the second lens unit corresponding to the position of the first lens unit created for... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080187303 - Electronic device, electronic camera, light source device, illumination device, and projector device: An electronic device includes a heat generating member arranged in a body, and a heat transmission member of a shape of a three-dimensional body having at least a first surface that is joined to the heat generating member and a second surface that is joined to an inner surface of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080187304 - Camera system and lens apparatus: A camera system for driving a diaphragm by a stepping motor including first and second coils and capable of 2-phase driving, includes a display unit configured to display an image signal, a live view control unit configured to display image signals sequentially read from an image sensor in the display... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080187305 - 4d light field cameras: A camera acquires a 4D light field of a scene. The camera includes a lens and sensor. A mask is arranged in a straight optical path between the lens and the sensor. The mask including an attenuation pattern to spatially modulate the 4D light field acquired of the scene by... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20080187306 - Photographic lens drive control apparatus, drive control method for same, and imaging apparatus including same: A photographic lens drive control apparatus according to the present invention includes a cap detection section which determines that a lens cap is attached to a lens barrel when a lens barrel movement detection section does not detect movement amount of the lens barrel while a lens barrel drive section... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080187307 - Observation device and camera: The observation device includes: an optical unit on which an intermediate image of an object to be observed is formed; a display unit that displays an image of a subject to be photographed; and a display unit moving unit that causes the display unit to be inserted in and removed... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080187308 - Hand held self video device: Prior to this invention there has been no hand held device using a lightweight camera to mimic the services of a photographer for the purpose of an individual to video oneself and one's surroundings. The Hand Held Self Video Device is hand-held and therefore follows the user, keeping the user... Agent: Gerald Hannan

20080187309 - Visual presenter: A visual presenter includes a base, an upright portion standing from the base and having a distal end, a support column including a horizontal portion formed by bending the distal end of the upright portion so that the horizontal portion protrudes forward away from the base, the horizontal portion having... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP Koda/androlia