Photography inventions 12/08

20080317451 - A traveling camera apparatus for surfing: The Traveling Camera Apparatus for Surfing is embodied to film and photograph a surfer in motion on a breaking wave. The Traveling Camera Apparatus for Surfing is intended to have a full range of motion with functionality in 6 degrees of freedom and with the ability to operate in and... Agent: Justin Enjo

20080317452 - Auto focus apparatus and method for camera: An auto focus (AF) apparatus and method for a camera that improves the AF action by reducing the number of time and steps required of a conventional apparatus and method. An encoder initial value is detected by measuring an initial position of a lens unit by means of an encoder;... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080317453 - Camera apparatus having auto focus function: A camera apparatus comprises an auto focus controller configured to control a focus lens to move to a focal position, a moving distance acquiring unit configured to acquire a moving distance of a main body of the camera apparatus after the focus lens is moved to the focal position by... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080317454 - Image capturing apparatus and control method therefor: An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor, composition unit, coupling unit, and arithmetic unit. The image sensor has a plurality of pupil-divided focus detection portions each formed from a first focus detection pixel and second focus detection pixel. The composition unit composites signals output from the first focus detection... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080317455 - Image photographing apparatus, image photographing method, and computer program: An image photographing apparatus for capturing a subject image in accordance with smile detection of a subject includes an optical unit; an image capturing unit configured to capture the subject image; an optical mechanism driving control unit configured to control driving of mechanisms of the optical unit; an image signal... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080317456 - System and method for inputting position information in captured image: A system and method for connecting a global positioning system (GPS) device with a digital image processing device and inputting position information into an image file captured by the digital image processing device. A system and method for inputting position information into a captured image employ a digital image processing... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080317457 - Nose pad for camera: A nose pad for camera includes a base plate, at least one projecting portion mounted to the base plate, and a sheet portion mounted to an edge of the base plate at an edge of the sheet portion and extending obliquely upwardly over the base plate and the sheet portion.... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080317458 - Camera system and digital camera: A camera system includes: a digital camera; and a key device configured as a unit separate from the digital camera. The digital camera includes a control device that sets a lock mode for encrypting image data and recording the encrypted image data into a recording medium and clears the lock... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080317459 - Electrical aperture and shutter device having a transparence switching element: An electrical aperture and shutter device having a transparence switching element includes an operating element, a transparence switching element, and a controller. The operating element is configured for producing a signal. The transparence switching element is configured for controlling a transparence and a light-passing time of the transparence switching element... Agent: Hdsl

20080317460 - Camera shutter with whip action and method for producing same: A shutter assembly has an actuator for applying a whip action on a shutter wing for blocking or exposing an aperture. The shutter wing has a first blade fixedly connected to the actuator and a second blade movably connected to the first blade. When the shutter wing is in the... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080310829 - Photobooth: A portable photobooth system includes a frame, fabric, a movable curtain, and a digital camera. The frame includes a plurality of tubular members configured to be connected together and capable of disassembly for storage and transport. The plurality of tubular members of the frame includes a substantially vertically-extending first bar... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20080310830 - Image taking apparatus and image taking method: The power consumption is reduced by efficiently using C-AF (continuous autofocus). An angular velocity detection circuit calculates angular velocity based on output from a yaw direction angular velocity sensor and a pitch direction angular velocity sensor. Based on the angular velocity, a shake width detection circuit 45 continuously detects the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080310831 - Auto-focusing camera: An auto-focusing camera includes a pair of drive units (100, 200) arranged back-to-back. Each one of the drive units includes a lens unit (11), a permanent magnet (12) mounted around the lens unit, upper and lower coil seats (15a, 15b) arranged at upper and lower sides of the permanent magnet,... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080310832 - Image capturing apparatus with pop-up flash structure: An image capturing apparatus includes a pop-up flash. Pop-up flash includes a flash housing configured for receiving a flash therein, a drive lever and a locking lever. Flash housing is pivoted on image capturing apparatus, and moves between a first position and a second position relative to image capturing apparatus.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080310833 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes: (a) an imaging device subunit having an imaging device for creating an image signal associated with a subject and a light-transmitting member mounted ahead of a photosensitive surface of the imaging device; (b) a first driver circuit for driving a first actuator... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080310834 - Camera holding device: A holding device for a handheld photographic camera including a support member and coupling component that attaches to the camera enabling the user to securely hold the camera in one hand while using the other hand to control the functions of the camera. The support member also includes a camera... Agent: Cahn & Samuels LLP

20080304816 - Camera shaking correcting device, and image pickup device: Output of a gyro sensor is read at intervals of control time ts, time integration is carried out, an integrated value is computed, and an amount of change in an integrated value is determined from a difference between the calculated integrated value and an integrated value of a previous time.... Agent: Taiyo Corporation

20080304817 - Photographic flash power control unit: A photographic flash power control unit has two controls for adjusting the light output in F stops. One control increments the output in whole F stops and the other increments the output in tenths of F stops.... Agent: Bourque & Associates Intellectual Property Attorneys, P.A.

20080304818 - Method and apparatus for identifying interchangeable lenses: A description is given of a method for identifying interchangeable lenses (1) that can be connected with the aid of a locking apparatus (2) in a prescribed position to a support surface (9) on a camera of a camera system, wherein after the locking operation is performed a defined optical... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080304819 - Thin active camera cover for an electronic device: An electronic device includes camera circuitry for carrying out a camera related operation, the camera circuitry including a camera lens that is at least partially covered by a visual indicator element. The visual indicator element is substantially opaque when the camera circuitry is in a first state (e.g., an “off”... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080304820 - Image sensing apparatus and control method therefor: An image sensing apparatus comprises an image sensing unit which receives an object image via a lens and accumulate the received image as an electric charge, a mechanical shutter unit which travels so as to shield an image sensing region of the image sensing unit against light, a scanning unit... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080304821 - Camera module package and method of manufacturing the same: The present invention relates to a camera module package having flexibility and a method of manufacturing the same. Provided is the camera module package according to the invention including a silicon wafer mounted with the image sensor in the center of a top surface thereof and provided with pads both... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080298789 - Control method, control apparatus and control program for photographing apparatus: The present invention relates to a control method of a photographing apparatus, the photographing apparatus and a control program, which are capable of automatically determining a photographing mode capable of generating a sharper image. If a first exposure time is equal to or shorter than a first threshold value, a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080298790 - Anti-shake apparatus: An anti-shake apparatus (an image-stabilization apparatus) of a photographing device comprises a movable unit and a controller. The movable unit has an imaging device and is movable and rotatable for an anti-shake operation. The controller controls the movable unit for the anti-shake operation. The controller calculates a hand-shake angle caused... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080298791 - Image pickup apparatus and lens apparatus: An image pickup apparatus having removably attached thereto a lens apparatus including a blur correction unit includes a selection unit configured to select a first mode in which a mechanical shutter is used to start exposure or a second mode in which an electronic shutter is used to start exposure;... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080298792 - Power management system and method for photographic wireless communication: A system and method for setting the power operating condition of a photographic wireless communication device. An information representing a shutter speed of a camera body is detected from the camera body. A shutter speed of the camera body is determined from the information representing a shutter speed. The power... Agent: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

20080298793 - System and method for maintaining hot shoe communications between a camera and a wireless device: A system and method for serially communicating actual flash data related to a remote lighting device to a camera body via a hot shoe connector. In one example, a wireless communication device connected to the hot shoe connector of the camera body receives a request for a flash data from... Agent: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

20080298794 - Methods and apparatuses for image exposure correction: Methods and apparatuses for image exposure include capturing a first image under a first illumination condition, determining a luminance of the first image at a plurality of sectors, capturing a second image under a second illumination condition employing an artificial light source, determining a luminance of the second image at... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080298796 - Camera configurable for autonomous operation: The present disclosure relates to an image capture device and a technique for capturing an image. The technique includes selecting at least one subject displayed on an image capture device as an image trigger condition and entering a threshold level corresponding to the at least one image trigger condition. The... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20080298795 - Camera configurable for autonomous self-learning operation: The present disclosure relates to an image capture device and a technique for capturing an image. The technique includes configuring an image capture device in a learning mode for sensing at least one variable in the device's surroundings and defining a normal state of the at least one variable. Further,... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20080298797 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes: a viewfinder optical system configured to observe a subject image input from a photography optical system; a transmissive member upon which is provided a line image indicating detection positions of photography supporting information relating to photography conditions, within a photography region; an imaging device configured to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080298798 - Camera flash brackets: The invention relates to a camera flash brackets that is provided on the outside of a camera lens, comprising a ring portion and an assembling portion provided on the surface of the ring portion for being assembled with a photoflash; the ring portion has more than one steel balls mounted... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch