Photography inventions 02/09

20090052878 - Controlling an exposure time for digital cameras: Various methods, apparatuses, and systems in which a digital photography device includes a global shutter to control exposure time, a sensor array, and a flash illumination are described. The global shutter is in the optical path of light going to the sensor. The flash illumination generates a pulsed illumination. The... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090052879 - Digital camera with ink reservoir and ink reservoir information integrated circuit: a controller for controlling the communication of the distorted images to the printer. The print roll includes an ink reservoir section and the ink reservoir section includes a plurality of bladder type containers for storing respective types of ink. A cavity is provided in the ink reservoir section for receiving... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090052880 - Imaging system and digital camera: An imaging system, comprising a battery checker, an anti-shake controller, and an image processor, is provided. The imaging system is able to carry out mechanical and electronic anti-shake functions. The battery checker detects available charge of a battery. The anti-shake controller orders the mechanical anti-shake function to be carried out... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090052881 - Method for controlling direction controllable flash unit and imaging system using same: An exemplary method for controlling a direction controllable flash unit of an imaging system is disclosed. The method includes: focusing the imaging system on a primary object; capturing an image having a focal point centered on a portion corresponding to the focused primary object; obtaining a number of position values... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090052882 - Flash lamp device: A flash lamp device including at least a main control circuit having a microprocessor and an operation control circuit connected to the main control circuit. The main control circuit is coupled to an LCD control and display circuit and a software module controlling said LCD control and display circuit.... Agent: Bose Mckinney & Evans LLP

20090052883 - Photographing method and apparatus using infrared ray in portable terminal: Disclosed is a photographing apparatus using an infrared ray in a portable terminal, the apparatus includes: a camera module for photographing an image; a display unit for providing a preview for the image photographed by the camera module; and an infrared sensor unit for determining if light is obstructed by... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090052884 - Rotation supporting apparatus, assembling method thereof, and monitoring camera having the same: A rotation supporting apparatus capable of reducing shaking of a rotating body. The rotation supporting apparatus includes a rotation shaft to be connected with a rotating body and to rotate, two or more bearings to rotatably support the rotation shaft, and a frame comprising a bearing mount part to receive... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090052885 - Carriage having a running direction adjustment device for performing circular travels, in particular for film or video shots: A carriage, in particular a camera carriage, includes at least three running rollers (3a, 3b, 4) arranged at an angular distance about a vertical axis and each rotatable about a horizontal running roller axle (5a, 5b, 5c), wherein the running roller axles (5a, 5b) of at least two running rollers... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20090052886 - Imaging device and portable information terminal device: An imaging device and a portable information terminal device of the present invention include: a blade driving unit (20) made up of a base plate (21) having an opening portion (21a) serving as an optical path, an infrared light cut filter blade (23) movably supported by the base plate between... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090052887 - Objective holder for camera module: An exemplary objective holder engages with a PCB substrate having an image sensor and several passive components arranged thereon. The passive components surround the image sensor. The objective includes a lens barrel extending from a side of a base, and a plurality of walls extending from an opposite side of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090052888 - Key module and portable electronic device using the same: A key module (10) comprises a cover (12), a receiving socket (14), a camera trigger (17) and a focus trigger (18). The receiving socket has a receiving cavity (142) defined therein. The cover is configured for slidably received in the receiving cavity, and includes a first contact portion (124) and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090047009 - Driving device and image pickup apparatus: A driving device includes a fixed section, a holding member, a driving section disposed at the fixed section and having a driving shaft, a first movable body having a bearing section friction-coupled with the driving shaft, a second movable body formed as a body separate from the first movable body... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090047010 - Imaging device and imaging method: An imaging device includes an autofocusing section, which moves at least a part of an imaging lens as a focusing lens, and focuses the imaging device on a subject, a photographing distance range setting section, which sets a predetermined distance range including a subject distance to the subject obtained by... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090047011 - Mounting structure for plurality of lenses, camera module, and electronic equipment: A mounting structure for a plurality of lenses, wherein at least three lenses are arranged with their optical axes set to coincide with each other, the lenses located at both ends in the optical axis direction are provided with parts facing each other, and the mutually facing parts of the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090041444 - Image capture device with automatic focusing function: In an image capture device comprising an image capture unit which captures an object and outputs image data, and a shutter button which is half pressable, fully pressable, and pressable at one stroke, a first determining unit determines whether the shutter button is half pressed, and a second determining unit... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090041445 - Image capturing apparatus and control method therefor: Subjects are detected in a captured image and a main subject is selected from the detected subjects. Focusing areas are set up that correspond to the detected subjects and focus detection is performed in the focusing areas that have been set up. When providing in-focus indication representing focus detection results,... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090041446 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus is provided that can switch between an optical viewfinder mode for identifying an object using an optical viewfinder and a live view mode for identifying an image of an object using a monitor. The apparatus includes an auto-focus unit able to be configured in the optical... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090041447 - Focal plane shutter, photographing apparatus including the same, and photographing method for the photographing apparatus: Provided are a focal plane shutter, which can offer a live view function, and improve a control velocity of a shutter speed to reduce a time interval between shootings, a photographing apparatus including the focal plane shutter, and a photographing method for the photographing apparatus. The focal plane shutter includes:... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090041448 - Method and apparatus for radiance capture by multiplexing in the frequency domain: An external mask-based radiance camera may be based on an external, non-refractive mask located in front of the main camera lens. The mask modulates, but does not refract, light. The camera multiplexes radiance in the frequency domain by optically mixing different spatial and angular frequency components of light. The mask... Agent: Robert C. Kowert Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20090041449 - The testing matter photographing apparatus attached three dimensional image photographing device: The present invention relates to an apparatus for photographing an experimental object or animal. The apparatus comprises: a two-dimensional image photographing device which includes a light source, a first optical filter wheel, a first motor, a beam splitter, a second motor, a first window, a second window, an optical zoom... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090041450 - Slide copying device: A photographic transparency copying device wherein a camera is positioned to focus on a transparency mounted on the outer wall of an open-top laterally closed light diffuser chamber, the location of which is continuously adjustable in three dimensions. A halogen bulb directs light into the top of the diffuser chamber.... Agent: Robert W. Fritts

20090041451 - Lens barrel: A lens barrel includes: a photographic optical system capable of altering focal length; a movable lens group constituting part of the photographic optical system, that moves along an optical axis when altering the focal length; an image sensor disposed at an image forming plane of the photographic optical system to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090041452 - Camera cover: It is an object of the present invention to mount a focusing mechanism of a camera device on a vehicle without bringing the mechanism in contact with a worker's hands in an in-focus state of a lens system in the camera device having an eyelid part for preventing stray light... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090041453 - Camera accessory mount using shoulder stap loop: This invention discloses a system to attach various photographic accessories to a camera by using an apparatus that attaches to the existing shoulder strap loop of a camera. The apparatus has a body, a strong hook to attach to the shoulder strap loop, and a thumbscrew that tightens the apparatus... Agent: Russell Brent Lloyd

20090034950 - Image-blur compensating device and image pickup apparatus: Disclosed is an image-blur compensating device including an optical axis changing unit changing an optical axis, an actuator driving the optical axis changing unit, a displacement detector detecting a position of the optical axis changed by the optical axis changing unit, an angular velocity detector detecting an angular velocity applied... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090034951 - Remote photographing system: A remote photographing system of the invention includes a digital camera having: a communication portion for receiving various data from a PC and transmitting a picked-up image to the PC; an image pickup control portion and a control portion for adjusting a focus when acquiring an image; and an image... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090034952 - Wireless camera flash synchronizer system and method: A system and method of wirelessly communicating a camera synchronization from a camera body to a remote device with a wireless camera flash synchronizer that prior to detecting a synchronization signal loads transmit frequency information to a transceiver and automatically switches from a wireless receive mode to a wireless transmit... Agent: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

20090034953 - Object-oriented photographing control method, medium, and apparatus: An object-oriented photographing control method, medium, and apparatus. The object-oriented photographing control method includes detecting an interesting object registered in advance from an input image, estimating photographic information on the detected interesting object, and generating control information for capturing the input image by using the estimated photographing information, and capturing... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090034954 - Image capturing apparatus and method for controlling same: The present invention further improves operability related to setting the position and size of a focus detection region. An image capturing apparatus of the invention is provided with an image sensor that photo-electrically converts an object image formed by an optical lens, a focus detection unit that detects the focus... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090034955 - Imaging device, and control method for imaging device: An imaging device comprising an imaging unit for receiving subject light flux, incident via a photographing lens, on an imaging surface, and photoelectrically converting a subject image that has been formed on the imaging surface to output subject image data; a display unit for carrying out a live view display... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20090034956 - Control apparatus and imaging apparatus: A control apparatus configured to control a control target in response to an operation by a user includes a first operation member configured to control the control target at a speed corresponding to an operation amount given by a user per unit time, a second operation member that is disposed... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090034957 - Pop-up module for electronic device: A pop-up module for an electronic device. The pop-up module includes a pop-up member, a base where the pop-up member is rotatably installed, a first elastic member, a projection unit disposed in the pop-up member, a moving member, a second elastic member, a first rotating lever unit, a operating unit... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090034958 - Gaze attracting system for image capturing: An apparatus for attracting the gaze of a subject to be photographed is disclosed. The subject may, for example, be an infant, young child or pet. The apparatus may include a plurality of light sources disposed about a lens of the image-capturing device. Once activated, the device may cause one... Agent: Karl Allen Dierenbach

20090034959 - Flash-control circuit and image capturing module using the same: A flash-control circuit is designed for providing a high current to a load. The flash-control circuit includes an operational amplifier, a MOSFET, and a discharge power source. The operational amplifier is for receiving a pulse signal and outputting a high level voltage when the pulse signal is high. The MOSFET... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090034960 - Optical observation apparatus and image-pickup apparatus: The optical observation apparatus includes an optical element which reflects a first wavelength region light from an object to introduce the light to an eyepiece part, and a light source which emits a second wavelength region light. A wavelength-selective optical film which transmits the first wavelength region light and reflects... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090034961 - Camera handle and method for manufacturing thereof: A camera handle includes an underplate, a plastic layer and a protective film. The protective film enwraps the plastic layer and is fixed on the underplate. A method for manufacturing the camera handle includes the following steps: fixing a protective film on an underplate, the underplate defining a plurality of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090034962 - Camera module and electronic device: There is provided an inexpensive camera module 1 having shieldability. The camera module 1 has a housing 2 which is molded from resin so that layers of the resin are formed on both sides of a metal plate 5 and in which an inside space for accommodating a group of... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione