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Photography October categorized by USPTO classification 10/11

20110262121 - Optical unit with shake correction function, optical apparatus, and method of manufacturing optical unit with shake correction function: An optical unit with shake correcting function may include a movable module on which an optical element is mounted, a fixed body which supports the movable module, a shake detection sensor which detects a shake of the movable module, a shake correction magnetic drive mechanism which swings the movable module... Agent: Nidec Sankyo Corporation

20110262122 - Photographic optical device: An imaging optical device may include a movable module having a lens drive device on which a lens and an imaging element are mounted; a support body for supporting the movable module; a rocking drive mechanism for rocking the movable module; and a plate spring for rockably supporting the movable... Agent: Nidec Sankyo Corporation

20110262123 - Focus detection apparatus: A focus detection apparatus includes an image pickup element 106 that takes an object image, an object recognition circuit 109 that compares an obtained image with a previously stored image to detect a position of a main object, an AF sensor 101 that detects an in-focus state of a plurality... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20110262124 - Camera body and imaging apparatus: A camera body includes an imaging unit for generating image data from an optical signal incident via the interchangeable lens, a detector for detecting a light quantity of the optical signal, a controller for setting an aperture value of a diaphragm of the interchangeable lens and an exposure condition which... Agent: Panasonic Corporation

20110262125 - Camera: A camera is provided. The camera includes a lens body, a first covering portion, a second covering portion and a rotating member. The first covering portion covers the lens body in a movable manner, and the second covering portion covers the lens body in a movable manner. The rotating member... Agent: Facevsion Technology Inc.

20110262126 - Vibrating device and image equipment having the same: A dust-screening member is shaped like a plate as a whole, and has at least one side that is symmetric with respect to a virtual axis on a surface of the member. A vibrating member is adjacent to one side of the dust-screening member, arranged on the surface along the... Agent: Olympus Imaging Corp.

20110262127 - Vibrating device and image equipment having the same: A dust-screening member is shaped like a plate as a whole. A vibrating member is adjacent to one side of the dust-screening member, arranged on the surface along the one side, and configured to produce, at the surface, vibration having a vibrational amplitude perpendicular to the surface. A drive unit... Agent: Olympus Imaging Corp.

20110255849 - 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: Nikon Corporation

20110255850 - Electronic subassemblies for electronic devices: Electronic devices may be provided that include mechanical and electronic components. Connectors may be used to interconnect printed circuits and devices mounted to printed circuits. Printed circuits may include rigid printed circuit boards and flexible printed circuit boards. Heat sinks and other thermally conductive structures may be used to remove... Agent:

20110255851 - Collapsible softbox for photography lighting: A collapsible softbox for use with a photographic flash. The softbox includes a collapsible body made of connected, moveable first and second side panels. The body includes a distal opening and a proximal opening. The softbox also includes a front panel which is detachably engageable to the distal end of... Agent:

20110255852 - Aperture control device and camera: An aperture control device includes: an aperture first driving member that controls an aperture of a diaphragm through which light flux passes; an aperture second driving member that drives the aperture first driving member; a motor that drives the aperture second driving member; a detection device that detects start of... Agent: Nikon Corporation

20110255853 - Stereopicture shooting bracket: A stereopicture shooting bracket, includes: a bracket (10), a base (9) mounted on the base (10), a curved rail mounted on the base (9), a sliding block (2) moving along the curved rail (1), a camera (3) capable of continuous shooting mounted on a top of the sliding block (2),... Agent:

20110255855 - Camera holder: A camera holder includes a supporting frame, a sliding block, and an adjustable assembly. The supporting frame includes a receiving cavity. The sliding block is received in the receiving cavity and slidably attached to the supporting frame. The sliding block and the supporting frame cooperatively support a camera. The adjustable... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20110255854 - Telescoping camera crane: A camera crane includes an arm having a back section, a middle section telescopically extendible into and out of the back section, and a front section telescopically extendible into and out of the middle section. A camera platform is pivotally attached at or near the front end of the front... Agent:

20110255856 - Wafer level optics: Providing for a wafer level optical system employing composite lenses is disclosed herein. Conventional focus lens assemblies require three or more lenses. By way of example, two composite lenses can be used to reduce the cost of a wafer-level camera. In some aspects, the composite lenses can be aspheric and... Agent: Tessera North America, Inc.

20110255857 - Camera: In a camera, the first cam is rotated to assume a rotational phase at which drive of the first shutter blade set with the first drive force is not hindered and the second drive force charge cam face in contact with the second charge member charges the second drive force... Agent: Nikon Corporation

20110249961 - Dynamic exposure metering based on face detection: A system, computer readable medium, and method for dynamically setting a camera's exposure parameters based on face detection are disclosed. When taking a picture or video of a person in front of a bright background, standard exposure algorithms tend to overexpose the background. In one embodiment disclosed herein, a face... Agent: Apple Inc.

20110249962 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes a present date and time information obtaining device to obtain present date-time information at a time performing a present photographing operation, a last date-time information recording device to record last date-time information at a time performing a last photographing operation, an image number counting device to... Agent:

20110249963 - Mount device for stereoscopic recording rigs and stereoscopic recording device: The mount device for a stereoscopic recording rig comprising two cameras (3a, 3b), each having one lens (4a, 4b) includes a mount element (2) which can be tilted at a bearing means (11a) about a horizontal tilt axis (11). Furthermore, a beam splitter (7, 8) attached at the mount element... Agent: Screen Plane Gmbh

20110249964 - Handheld camera balancing support system: A balancing support system is provided for a handheld electronic device enabled with a camera. The support system is balanced on a central apex of a handle member. Laterally spaced apart clamping members allow various camera devices to be clamped onto the support system. Counterbalancing stabilizer arms are also able... Agent:

20110249965 - Lens guard: A lens guard for protecting a camera includes a lens-guard housing, a pressurized gas system, and a gas supply. The housing defines an opening and has a transparent protective lens disposed in the opening and having an outer surface exposed to the environment, an upper portion, and a portion defining... Agent:

20110249966 - Camera lens assembly and adaptation set: l

20110243538 - Image pickup apparatus and method of controlling the same: An image pickup apparatus detects a subject based on an image signal output from an image sensing unit and acquires a size of the detected subject. The image pickup apparatus performs an automatic zooming operation such that a zoom lens is driven so as to increase or decrease the size... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20110243539 - Autofocusing zoom lens: In an autofocusing zoom lens, a depth of focus ε is obtained based on an aperture value Fno of a variable diaphragm and a diameter of a permissible circle of confusion δ. A focal position variation amount Δsk for a predetermined positional displacement amount ΔFp0 of a focusing lens unit... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20110243540 - Focus adjusting apparatus: A focus adjusting apparatus comprises a focus operating unit for generating a focus command signal for driving a focus lens according to an operating amount of the focus operating unit; a focus driving unit for driving the focus lens in response to the focus command signal from the focus operating... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20110243541 - Defocus calibration module for light-sensing system and method thereof: A defocus calibration module is applied in a light-sensing system utilized for sensing a measured object for generating a sensed image. The light-sensing system comprises a light-emitting component, a focusing component, and an image sensor. The light-emitting component emits a detecting light to the measured object so that the measured... Agent:

20110243543 - 3d camera with foreground object distance sensing: There is disclosed a stereographic camera system and a method of operating a stereographic camera system. The stereoscopic camera system may include a left camera and a right camera having respective left and right lenses and an IOD mechanism to set an interocular distance between the left and right cameras.... Agent:

20110243542 - Stereo camera with preset modes: There is disclosed a stereographic camera system and method. A stereographic camera may include a left camera and a right camera including respective lenses and an interface for receiving a selection of a selected mode from a plurality of preset operating modes. One or more preset stereo parameters associated with... Agent:

20110243544 - Camera carrying device with locking mechanism: A device for rotatably mounting a camera on a person comprises first and second connecting means. The first connecting means has a U-shaped slot which is defined by a pocket and a pair of opposed channels which extend from the pocket. The second connecting means has a plate and a... Agent:

20110243545 - Security camera assembly: A security camera assembly has a bracket, a housing, and a camera. The bracket includes a top plate having a front end and a back end, a front leg extending from the front end of the top plate in a first direction generally perpendicular to the top plate, and a... Agent: Alarmforce Industries Inc.

20110243549 - Driving force transmitting device and camera platform device using the same: A driving force transmitting device for driving a driven unit includes a first driving unit, a second driving unit, a driving force-transmitted portion which is attached to the driven unit and to which driving forces of the first and second driving units are transmitted, and a controlling unit for separately... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20110243547 - Image capturing device with lens cover and folding support: An image capturing device includes a camera housing configured to house a set of electronic modules for generating a video stream from captured light. The camera housing includes a camera opening configured to let light enter the camera housing to be captured by the set of electronic modules. The webcam... Agent: Logitech Europe S.a.

20110243548 - Image capturing device with lens cover and folding support: An image capturing device includes a camera housing configured to house a set of electronic modules for generating a video stream from captured light. The camera housing includes a camera opening configured to let light enter the camera housing to be captured by the set of electronic modules. The webcam... Agent: Logitech Europe S.a.

20110243546 - Single seat-kill camera system: There is disclosed a single seat-kill camera system and method. The single seat-kill camera may include a camera head and an elevator configured to position the camera head in one of a down position and an up position. An obstruction detector may determine whether or not a field of view... Agent:

20110243550 - System and method for high-speed shuttering: A shutter system may be used as part of an imaging device, such as a CMOS imaging device. The shutter system comprises a support structure, and first and second shutter members are rotatably mounted to the support structure so as to have respective first and second axes of rotation. The... Agent:

20110243551 - Camera-steadying device: A portable camera steady device for use with a camera, having a retractable tensile member whose distal end can be stepped on by a user or hooked to her body or clothing. The device has a swivel mounting member providing two independent and generally perpendicular axes of rotation such that... Agent: