Photography inventions 10/08

20080260365 - Image capturing apparatus: An image capturing apparatus includes a main body, a cover having a through hole, an image sensor and a first lens received in the main body, a second lens received in the through hole, and a light source embedded in the main body. The first lens has a bottom surface... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080260366 - Image stabilization with adaptive shutter control: An apparatus to facilitate image stabilization with adaptive shutter control is described. An embodiment of the apparatus includes an image sensor, a movement detector, and a shutter controller. The movement detector is coupled to the image sensor. The shutter controller is coupled to the movement detector. The image sensor is... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080260367 - Auto stabilization method and photographing apparatus using the same: An auto stabilization method and a photographing apparatus using the same are provided. The photographing apparatus having the auto stabilization function includes a voice coil motor actuator (VCMA) to move a photographing element. In the generation of hand tremor, the photographing apparatus controls compensating of the hand tremor. Because one... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080260369 - Camera having an image blur reducing function and rotation means: A camera is provided with an image blur reducing function and rotation means. The image blur reducing function is turned off during rotation in a constant-speed drive pattern in which the rotation means rotates the camera at a constant speed from a start to an end of the rotation operation.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080260368 - Image stabilization apparatus for stabilizing an image sensor: An image stabilization apparatus for stabilizing an image sensor is disclosed. The image stabilization apparatus includes a transmission component whereon a slot is formed. The image stabilization apparatus further includes a rotary motor including an annular rotor connected to the transmission component, and an annular stator disposed on a side... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080260370 - Optical system: Optical system (40) for observing multiple objects (61, 63) positioned distal from one another, having a camera unit (42) comprising a first prism unit (43) positioned on the optical axis (41) and/or in the beam path (47) of the camera unit for producing two partial beam paths (48, 49) as... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080260371 - Patent application for an apparatus and method of positioning a flash on a camera: This invention allow a photographer to quickly and easily flip their on camera flash to a vertical position when taking a vertical photograph using a hinge that allows it to tilt to the left and right with wiring to transfer information between the flash and camera. The invention can be... Agent: Jerry Hughes

20080260372 - Flash apparatus and portable terminal having the same: Provided are a flash apparatus and a portable terminal having the same. The flash apparatus includes a main body, a light emitting diode, a lens, a lens housing, and a lens transfer part. The main body has an opening part, and the light emitting diode is disposed in the opening... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080260373 - Determining a final exposure setting automatically for a solid state camera without a separate light metering circuit: An embodiment of the invention is a method of generating a final exposure setting, including, (a) selecting one of a number of predetermined exposure settings as a current exposure setting for a solid state camera having a camera imager, (b) generating a captured scene by the camera imager using the... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080260374 - Imaging apparatus and method for controlling the same: An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor configured to capture an image of an object, a mechanical shutter including a second curtain and a second-curtain holding mechanism configured to electromagnetically hold the second curtain at an initial position prior to a travel, a first temperature sensor disposed within a predetermined... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080260375 - Imaging apparatus and imaging method: An imaging apparatus and an imaging method capable of reducing image quality degradation due to camera shake or object shake and photographing images in good image quality in a simple manner. Digital camera 1 is provided with face detection section 120 that detects faces of a plurality of photographing objects,... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080260376 - Aperture mechanism, optical apparatus and manufacturing method thereof: To provide an aperture mechanism and an optical apparatus which are reduced in size. The aperture mechanism comprising: a driving member to be driven in accordance with an aperture operation; an aperture member having an aperture to be driven by the driving member; a first engagement section connected to one... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080260377 - Shooting system and interface box: A shooting system includes a main body, a recording/reproducing unit, and an interface box. The main body includes a first housing having a plurality of outer surfaces of different orientations. Two different outer surfaces of the first housing provide first and second attachment parts, each attachment part having main-body-side connectors.... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080260365 - Image capturing apparatus: An image capturing apparatus includes a main body, a cover having a through hole, an image sensor and a first lens received in the main body, a second lens received in the through hole, and a light source embedded in the main body. The first lens has a bottom surface... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080260366 - Image stabilization with adaptive shutter control: An apparatus to facilitate image stabilization with adaptive shutter control is described. An embodiment of the apparatus includes an image sensor, a movement detector, and a shutter controller. The movement detector is coupled to the image sensor. The shutter controller is coupled to the movement detector. The image sensor is... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080260367 - Auto stabilization method and photographing apparatus using the same: An auto stabilization method and a photographing apparatus using the same are provided. The photographing apparatus having the auto stabilization function includes a voice coil motor actuator (VCMA) to move a photographing element. In the generation of hand tremor, the photographing apparatus controls compensating of the hand tremor. Because one... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080260369 - Camera having an image blur reducing function and rotation means: A camera is provided with an image blur reducing function and rotation means. The image blur reducing function is turned off during rotation in a constant-speed drive pattern in which the rotation means rotates the camera at a constant speed from a start to an end of the rotation operation.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080260368 - Image stabilization apparatus for stabilizing an image sensor: An image stabilization apparatus for stabilizing an image sensor is disclosed. The image stabilization apparatus includes a transmission component whereon a slot is formed. The image stabilization apparatus further includes a rotary motor including an annular rotor connected to the transmission component, and an annular stator disposed on a side... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080260370 - Optical system: Optical system (40) for observing multiple objects (61, 63) positioned distal from one another, having a camera unit (42) comprising a first prism unit (43) positioned on the optical axis (41) and/or in the beam path (47) of the camera unit for producing two partial beam paths (48, 49) as... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080260371 - Patent application for an apparatus and method of positioning a flash on a camera: This invention allow a photographer to quickly and easily flip their on camera flash to a vertical position when taking a vertical photograph using a hinge that allows it to tilt to the left and right with wiring to transfer information between the flash and camera. The invention can be... Agent: Jerry Hughes

20080260372 - Flash apparatus and portable terminal having the same: Provided are a flash apparatus and a portable terminal having the same. The flash apparatus includes a main body, a light emitting diode, a lens, a lens housing, and a lens transfer part. The main body has an opening part, and the light emitting diode is disposed in the opening... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080260373 - Determining a final exposure setting automatically for a solid state camera without a separate light metering circuit: An embodiment of the invention is a method of generating a final exposure setting, including, (a) selecting one of a number of predetermined exposure settings as a current exposure setting for a solid state camera having a camera imager, (b) generating a captured scene by the camera imager using the... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080260374 - Imaging apparatus and method for controlling the same: An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor configured to capture an image of an object, a mechanical shutter including a second curtain and a second-curtain holding mechanism configured to electromagnetically hold the second curtain at an initial position prior to a travel, a first temperature sensor disposed within a predetermined... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080260375 - Imaging apparatus and imaging method: An imaging apparatus and an imaging method capable of reducing image quality degradation due to camera shake or object shake and photographing images in good image quality in a simple manner. Digital camera 1 is provided with face detection section 120 that detects faces of a plurality of photographing objects,... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080260376 - Aperture mechanism, optical apparatus and manufacturing method thereof: To provide an aperture mechanism and an optical apparatus which are reduced in size. The aperture mechanism comprising: a driving member to be driven in accordance with an aperture operation; an aperture member having an aperture to be driven by the driving member; a first engagement section connected to one... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080260377 - Shooting system and interface box: A shooting system includes a main body, a recording/reproducing unit, and an interface box. The main body includes a first housing having a plurality of outer surfaces of different orientations. Two different outer surfaces of the first housing provide first and second attachment parts, each attachment part having main-body-side connectors.... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080253756 - Housing with glass window for optical instruments in high pressure underwater environments: A housing for underwater imaging comprising a first section for housing an optical instrument; a second section secured to the first section adapted to house a window; a window disposed within the second section; and a buffer ring disposed between the window and the first section. The buffer ring is... Agent: Benman, Brown & Williams

20080253757 - Automatic map zoom-level adaptation: A method is provided for dynamically determining a zoom-level to display to a user of a mapping application executing on a mobile device. The method comprises the following steps. The zoom-level is determined in accordance with at least one predefined parameter. The at least one predefined parameter is monitored for... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20080253758 - Image processing method: In a method for processing an image, a scene to be captured is divided into multiple zones and statistical values for a plurality of the multiple zones are obtained. In addition, a short-exposure time and a long-exposure time from the statistical values of the plurality of zones are determined. A... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080253759 - Imaging apparatus: A lens barrier is arranged on a front face of a photographic lens. The lens barrier can move into a lens barrier retraction space at an angle which is inclined with respect to the optical axis of the photographic lens. The lens barrier retraction space is provided under the photographic... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080253760 - Monitor camera: A monitor camera device (10) has a camera housing (12) and a dehumidification regulation body (14). The dehumidification regulation body (14) has a dehumidification element (42), an electrode, and an engaging portion engaging with an engaged portion of the camera housing (12). One end side of the electrode is constructed... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080247741 - Image-taking apparatus: An image-taking apparatus is disclosed which achieves focusing in a reduce time with higher accuracy of an in-focus position search in a TV-AF method to minimize occurrence of unnatural focus changes. The image-taking apparatus includes an image-taking element, a first detector which outputs a focus evaluation value signal based on... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080247742 - Optical apparatus: An optical apparatus includes a detector detecting information used for focus control in each of a plurality of detection areas set in an image-pickup area, a selecting member being operated to change a selected area selected from the plurality of the detection areas, and a controller performing the focus control... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080247743 - Zoom flash with liquid crystal lens: A camera apparatus (10) has a zoom lens (12) having a zoom focus setting that is adjustable over a range of focus values and control circuitry for generating a variable voltage potential according to the zoom focus setting. A flash illumination apparatus (20) has a light source (32) and a... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080247744 - Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, and program: An image capturing apparatus whose lens unit can be attached to and detached from a camera body section includes: an image-capturing signal processing section that generates an image signal by performing an image capturing process of subject light introduced via the lens unit; an attachment detecting section that generates a... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080247745 - Camera assembly with zoom imaging and method: A method of imaging a scene with a camera assembly includes imaging a first portion of the scene to generate a first image corresponding to a field of view of the camera assembly when a component of the camera assembly that is in an optical pathway of the camera assembly... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080247746 - Tripod mounting, stand, or support attachment, accessory, or mechanism for cameras and similar devices or objects: Most cameras have a tripod mounting hole in the bottom with a standard screw thread. All current tripods mount use a threaded fastener that screws into this hole and tightens the camera to a tripod or other auxiliary devices. Often, the tripod will mount a small intermediary part that can... Agent: Maxvalueip Consulting

20080247747 - Flexible circuit connection: An apparatus, with moving parts, having a flexible circuit configured such that its fatigue life is enhanced. The apparatus includes a first component, a second component, and a positioning mechanism between the first component and the second component. The positioning mechanism enables movement of the first component and the second... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20080247748 - Position controller, driving mechanism and image pickup system: In a position controller, a driving mechanism and an image pickup system according to the present invention, an operation of controlling a position of a movable member is performed by using, as a reference value, a first resistance value giving a first change point at which a resistance change rate... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080247749 - Camera wrap cover: Currently, there are many compact cameras from multiple vendors. These come in all shapes and sizes. The majority of the cases (e.g. for protection, security, and safety) on the market are generic loose-fitting cut-and-sew products. The camera is stowed in the case and then brought out to take a picture.... Agent: Maxvalueip Consulting

20080247750 - Skin cover for cameras: As an example, we are introducing an elastomeric molded skin, that covers the camera and provides rigorous protection against drop, dirt, and general wear-and-tear on the camera. The skin covers most, many, or all possible surfaces and replicates the existing camera buttons with elastomeric/rubber buttons, which the user can press... Agent: Maxvalueip Consulting

20080247751 - Printed circuit board assembly: A printed circuit board comprises at least one printed circuit board with at least one electrical contact and one circuit board connector. The circuit board connector includes a printed circuit board provided with one or several open tracks on at least one side for connection with electrical contact(s) of the... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.A.

20080240693 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device, and an optical system configured to image light from an imaging subject on the imaging device. The optical system includes a group of lenses and an aperture diaphragm. When NP point is defined as a point where an extended linear component in an... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080240694 - Electronic device: An electronic device includes an operation member which is arranged within a range where a particular finger of right hand gripping the electronic device in a vertical orientation reaches and in which assigned functions can be customized, a storage unit adapted to store information on a first function and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080240695 - Motion compensation device and photographic device: A motion compensation device comprising, a detector to detect a vibration of an imaging device which takes an image, a controller to control a compensation amount of an influence of said vibration based on an output of said detector, said controller increasing said compensation amount according to lapse of shooting... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080240696 - Mesh communication wireless camera system and method: A system includes a camera and a monitoring system that are capable of wireless communication. The camera is operable to send a message to the monitoring system via a plurality of wireless communication paths. The message includes information relating to an operational status of the camera. The camera may generate... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080240697 - Remote view and controller for a camera: A device operable with a camera is disclosed which includes a display screen, remote from the camera, and a processor for receiving an image signal of the field of view of the camera and for displaying an image of the field of view of the camera on the display screen.... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20080240698 - Zoom control: A device may establish a distance of a device from a reference object. The device may also determine a difference or change in the distance, obtain a zoom value based on the difference or change, and zoom in or out on a view based on the zoom value.... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20080240699 - Focus state detection apparatus and optical instrument: This invention includes accumulation units (102a, 102b) which accumulate signals obtained by sensing units (111a, 111b), an area determination unit (103, 100) which sets the size of an area of a sensing unit to be segmented into a plurality of areas on the basis of the information of a lens... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080240700 - Imaging apparatus and focusing method: Unless a release button is pressed halfway to input a command to prepare for capturing a still image, a focus lens is moved at predetermined intervals to focus roughly on a subject. When the release button is pressed halfway, the present position of the focus lens is detected. If the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080240701 - Focus detection device, focusing state detection method and imaging apparatus: A focus detection device comprises: focus detection elements including light-receiving elements that generate a pair of signals corresponding to a pair of light fluxes each passing through an imaging optical system that includes a lens and an aperture stop; and a focus detector including a processor that determines a focus... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080240702 - Mobile device with integrated photograph management system: A mobile device comprises a network communication system such as a wide area network mobile telephony system, a camera for capturing a digital photograph, and a photograph management application. The photograph management application receives the digital photograph, obtains an information record comprising information related to the digital photograph; and associates... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080240703 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus has a grip portion, a camera portion, and a monitor portion for displaying an image captured by the camera portion. The camera portion has an imaging optical system and an imaging device for capturing the image of a subject guided by the imaging optical system. The grip... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080240704 - Driving mechanism: A driving mechanism includes a driven member partially having a spherical surface, piezoelectric units that support the driven member between them and drive the driven member, and a base that holds the piezoelectric units. Each of the piezoelectric units includes a driving portion having a flat surface in contact with... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080240705 - Camera bracket: A camera bracket is disclosed which facilitates movement of a camera and its field from the horizontal to the vertical position and maintains the center of the camera lens in exactly the same in relationship to all objects, such as the sun, as long as the photographer does not change... Agent: Gallo & Darmanian LLP

20080240706 - Actuator: An actuator includes a rotor, a stator containing the rotor, and a bearing to support the rotor to be rotatable with respect to the stator about the central axis of the rotor and an axis perpendicular to the central axis. The rotor includes rotor central magnetic poles, a rotor upper... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080240707 - Actuator, shutter driving device for camera and method of manufacturing actuator: An actuator includes: a coil for excitation; a stator excited with different magnetic poles by energization of the coil; a rotor magnetized with different magnetic poles in a circumferential direction, and rotated by magnetic force generating between the rotor and the stator; and an outputting member rotated in conjunction with... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080240708 - Focal-plane shutter: A focal-plane shutter has a first plate having a first opening, a second plate having a second opening, a shutter blade disposed between the first plate and the second plate, for opening and closing the first opening and the second opening, and a thin plate disposed at a side of... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080240709 - Interchangeable lens and image pickup apparatus: An interchangeable lens mountable/detachable on/from a camera body is provided with a receiving unit that receives information on photography surroundings and a transmission unit that transmits data for correction of aberration based on the information received by the receiving unit, to the camera body.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto