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Document | Title | Date |
20080278616 | Bi-Directional Image Recording and Reproduction System - According to the invention, rotating cylinders ( | 11-13-2008 |
20090219431 | Image Capture Device - An image capture device comprises a camera body held by a user for capturing an image, a display for displaying an image while captured, and a virtual image optical system for producing a virtual image of the image displayed on the display. The display is openably/closably supported by the camera body and positioned in opened/closed positions to expose or unexpose an image display surface. The optical system is contained in the camera body to produce a virtual image of the image on the display to allow the user to observe the virtual image through a viewing opening of the camera body. The user, even if presbyopic, can clearly observe an image, while captured, through the viewing opening. This device has reduced cost and improved design, and allows a user, even if presbyopic, to clearly observe an image while captured, and can prevent degradation in the quality of the observed image. | 09-03-2009 |
20090303374 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera of the present invention includes a microcomputer | 12-10-2009 |
20100085464 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGE GENERATING METHOD - In an image pickup apparatus of the present invention, a CCD | 04-08-2010 |
20100208122 | CAMERA BODY AND IMAGING DEVICE - A camera body ( | 08-19-2010 |
20100302430 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - An image capturing apparatus includes a setting unit for enabling a user to set control values, a display unit for displaying the control values, an obtaining unit for obtaining an aperture value of a lens unit based on luminous information of an object image and the control values set by the user, and a calculation unit for calculating a signal for controlling an aperture of the lens unit according to the aperture value, wherein when the aperture value of the lens unit is a first aperture value, a value based on the first aperture value is displayed and a signal corresponding to the first aperture value is calculated, and when the aperture value of the lens unit is a second aperture value, a value based on the second aperture value is displayed and a signal corresponding to a third aperture value which is different from the second aperture value is calculated. | 12-02-2010 |
20100321553 | Glare blocking camcorder/camera stabilizing eye level viewfinder device and method - A glare blocking viewfinder device includes a shadow box with a lens at a first end and an attachment mechanism at a second end adapted to detachably mount the device on a monitor screen of a camera. This enables a user to observe an image-bearing surface of the screen by looking at the image-bearing surface through the lens. The lens has a predetermined focal length and the depth dimension of the shadow box is substantially equal to this focal length. The attachment mechanism upon mounting the device to the monitor screen provides a substantially rigid structure. The user presses his or her eye against the lens to view the monitor screen through the lens and shadow box and points the camera at a subject, keeping the camera on the subject by using the device as a viewfinder. The user holds the camera with one hand and the attached device with the other hand. The device is collapsible and conveniently fits into a pocket of the user when not being used. | 12-23-2010 |
20100328515 | ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERA WITH CAPABILITY TO PERFORM OPTIMAL FOCUS DETECTION ACCORDING TO SELECTED MODE - An electronic still camera includes a finder optical system for viewing a subject image. An imaging section obtains the subject image. A display section displays the subject image based on image data associated with the subject image obtained by the imaging section. A mode selecting section selects either a first mode in which the electronic still camera performs imaging operation using the imaging section while a user views the subject image through the finder optical system or a second mode in which the electronic still camera performs imaging operation using the imaging section while the user views the subject image on the display section. A first focus detection circuit performs a first focus detecting operation when the first mode is selected by the mode selecting section. A second focus detection circuit performs a second focus detecting operation when the second mode is selected by the mode selecting section. | 12-30-2010 |
20110149139 | LCD APPARATUS WITH CAMERA MODULE, AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - An exemplary liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display device and a cameral module. The liquid crystal display device includes a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate parallel to the first glass substrate, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first glass substrate and the second substrate; and the cameral module includes a lens, and an image sensor, wherein the image sensor is located between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate, and is separated from the liquid crystal layer, and the lens is located on an opposite side of the first glass substrate to the image sensor, and an optical axis of the lens is aligned with a central normal of the image sensor. | 06-23-2011 |
20110242396 | IMAGING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AREA CHANGE - An imaging device includes an imaging unit that receives light coming from a subject and thus generates electronic image data; a display unit that displays an image corresponding to the image data; an angle-of-view setting unit that an angle of view to be changed for the image displayed by the display unit according to a first signal input from the outside; and a control unit that starts control of change to a predetermined angle of view set by the angle-of-view setting unit according to a second signal different from the first signal. | 10-06-2011 |
20110249168 | Electronic Mirror - An Electronic Mirror is described that can capture and display, using a digital/video camera or cameras, the image of a subject as they look when viewing themselves in a mirror. The captured image is displayed on a video monitor or TV set. A widescreen flat panel monitor is utilized, having the ability to physically rotate 90°. In portrait mode the monitor functions as an Electronic Mirror, and in landscape mode is capable of functioning as a conventional TV set or video monitor. Rotation is either manual or motorized. Captured images of a subject may be split such that a portion reflecting one type of outfit may be combined with a portion reflecting a different outfit, thus electronically creating a combination of clothing that may never have been actually worn. Video capture may also be supported enabling a subject to capture and replay a 360 degree view as they turn around. | 10-13-2011 |
20110273607 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND PHOTOGRAPHING CONTROL METHOD - When an interchangeable lens in which a memory that records image data is provided is mounted to a camera main body including a display section that displays an image, a signal processing and control section of the camera main body reads in a sample image that is previously stored in the memory. The sample image serves as a model with respect to an image that can be photographed by the interchangeable lens. The sample image is displayed by the display section for a predetermined time. Thereafter, the signal processing and control section performs display control that switches the display of the display section so as to display an image in which a subject is picked up by the interchangeable lens and the image pickup section. | 11-10-2011 |
20120262620 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CAMERA ADJUSTMENT METHOD - An electronic device includes an acceleration sensor, an electronic compass, a comparing unit, and a display. The comparing unit compares first displacement information and second displacement information of the electronic device with an initial displacement information of the electronic device, and determines a difference between the first displacement information, the second displacement information and the initial displacement information. Angle of the lens of a camera is adjusted according to the difference. The display is used to display an image captured by the lens of the camera. | 10-18-2012 |
20120281130 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - The image pickup device includes display control means that controls display means that is capable of displaying a live view, and control means that drives and controls a focus lens in the correction mode on the basis of the second focusing information or corrected first focusing information, which is first focusing information that has been corrected with a correction value for the first focusing information, the correction value being calculated so as to correspond to a difference between the first focusing information and the second focusing information, the control means restarting displaying of the live view on the display means, the displaying of the live view having been interrupted in the correction mode. | 11-08-2012 |
20120287326 | SWITCHABLE IMAGING APPARATUS FOR VIEWING AND CAPTURE - A switchable imaging apparatus having a transparent viewing mode and an image capture mode, comprising: a transparent plate having a front surface, wherein a scene is viewable through the transparent plate when the imaging apparatus is in the transparent viewing mode; an optical beam deflector positioned within the transparent plate, wherein the optical beam deflector is switchable between a first non-deflecting state and a second deflecting state, such that when the optical beam deflector is in the second deflecting state imaging light from the scene is deflected into a camera positioned in a location peripheral to the transparent plate; and a controller which synchronously switches the optical beam deflector between the first non-deflecting state and the second deflecting state, thereby providing the transparent viewing mode and the image capture mode. | 11-15-2012 |
20130002925 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS WITH VARIABLE TRANSLUCENCY MIRROR - An image capture apparatus includes a variable translucency mirror, a viewfinder unit configured to receive light reflected by the variable translucency mirror, an imaging sensor configured to receive light transmitted through the variable translucency mirror, an image display unit configured to display an image based on the light received by the imaging sensor, and a controller configured to set a translucency of the variable translucency mirror. In a viewfinder mode, the controller sets the variable translucency mirror to be at least partially reflective such that light incident on the variable translucency mirror is reflected thereby and received by the viewfinder unit. In a display view mode, the controller sets the variable translucency mirror to be at least partially transparent, such that light incident on the variable translucency mirror is transmitted therethrough and received by the imaging sensor. | 01-03-2013 |
20130002926 | Portable Video Viewing Device - A viewfinder employing 3-LCD technology is described which employs a dichroic prism and provides full high definition resolution with a near-to-eye display. Video from digital cinema or digital broadcast cameras, as well as, playback of recorded high definition video is supported with a viewfinder no larger than 8 inches by 4 inches by 4 inches or even smaller. A telecentric lens system may be arranged so that monochrome optical modulators or LCDs to modulate red, green and blue video, respectively, are arranged at a focal point of this lens system. | 01-03-2013 |
20130002927 | PORTABLE VIDEO VIEWFINDERS WITH MULTIPLE MODULATED LIGHT SOURCES - A viewfinder apparatus includes a plurality of solid state light emitters, a plurality of electro-optic modulators corresponding to ones of the plurality of solid state light emitters, and a plurality of light diffusion layers. Each light diffusion layer is disposed between one of the plurality of the electro-optic modulators and a respective one of the plurality of solid state light emitters. A light combiner, such as a dichroic prism, is configured to form color images by combining modulated luminous flux from the electro-optic modulators. At least one optical element is positioned relative to the light combiner such that the electro-optic modulators become the focal point of an eye of a user of the viewfinder apparatus. As such, the eye of a user is focused on the color images formed by the light combiner. | 01-03-2013 |
20130016270 | Radial Readout Approach to EO ImagersAANM Antesberger; A. WayneAACI WoodbridgeAAST VAAACO USAAGP Antesberger; A. Wayne Woodbridge VA US - A radial based approach to electro-optic imagers, rather than the conventional rectilinear approach, would have basic overall system design advantages. Those system design advantages would apply to the components and the entire system implementation and include approaches to objective optical design, focal plane array FPA with fill factor, FPA layout and associated read-out integrated circuit ROIC, support electronics architecture and associated memory requirements, image processing IP algorithms, display layout and format, and eyepiece optics. A radial based approach to EO imagers would yield a device/system with attributes requiring less complicated optical components, with potentially fewer elements, for both the objective and eyepiece lenses. In addition, alternative objective optics could be more easily employed, such as holographic or wave front coded, due to reduced complexity of implementing correction algorithms as a result of referencing the system around its optical axis. The radial readout EO system would have pixel ‘one’ at the center and be ‘read out and displayed’ like the rings of a tree rather than words on a page. | 01-17-2013 |
20130113977 | CAMERA BODY AND IMAGING DEVICE - A camera body ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130148002 | CAMERA WITH MULTI-FUNCTION DISPLAY - A camera is provided that includes a first panel including a plurality of lens units to capture an image, the lens units being disposed at one side of the first panel; a second panel that is rotatably connected to one edge of the first panel so that the first panel and the second panel rotate relative to each other between a first position contacting the one side of the first panel and a second position contacting the other side of the second panel; and an electronic mirror display unit to display an image if a signal is applied to the electronic mirror display unit and to reflect light if a signal is not applied to the electronic mirror display unit, the electronic mirror display unit being disposed at one side of the second panel corresponding to the one side of the first panel at the first position. | 06-13-2013 |
20130162879 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a shooting lens having a focus lens for adjusting a degree of focus on an imaging plane; an image sensor converting an optical image of a photographic subject to an electric image signal and outputting it; a confirmation image creator creating a focus state confirmation image in which a part, or a whole of an image expressed by the image signal is enlarged; a display displaying the focus state confirmation image; and a focus evaluation value calculator calculating a focus evaluation value based on the image signal; wherein when a state of an inclination of change in a focus evaluation value calculated at a plurality of positions of the focus lens while moving the focus lens is different from a state of an inclination of change in a focus evaluation value calculated immediately before, the focus state confirmation image is displayed on the display. | 06-27-2013 |
20130176473 | IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING AUTOFOCUS FUNCTION, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE IMAGING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes an imaging unit, a focus detection unit configured to detect a focusing state of a focus lens, a designation unit configured to receive a designation of an in-screen position of an object displayed on a display screen, and a control unit configured to control a movable range of the focus lens when the focusing state is detected by the focus detection unit such that if the designation unit does not designate the in-screen position of the object, the movable range is set to be a first range and, if the designation unit designates the in-screen position of the object, the movable range is set to a second range that is wider than the first range. | 07-11-2013 |
20130188085 | IMAGE SENSORS HAVING REDUCED DARK CURRENT AND IMAGING DEVICES HAVING THE SAME - An image sensor includes a photo detector for accumulating charges in response to an incident light, a floating diffusion node, a first reset unit connected between a supply voltage node and the floating diffusion node, a transmission unit for transmitting accumulated charges from the photo detector to the floating diffusion node, a source follower output unit for converting charges stored in the floating diffusion node into an output voltage, a first selection unit for outputting the output voltage selectively, and a second selection unit connected between the floating diffusion node and the source follower output unit. Dark current may be reduced or prevented from flowing from the source follower output unit into the floating diffusion node. | 07-25-2013 |
20130194479 | DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FINDER DEVICE - There are provided: a half mirror provided in a finder device and transmitting an incident light image from a subject side and projecting the incident light image onto a photographer side finder view window side; a display panel provided in a position facing the half mirror in the finder device and displaying a taken image of the subject taken by an imaging device with given brightness so that the displayed taken image (EVF image) is reflected by the half mirror so as to be projected onto the photographer side finder view window side; and a display control portion changing brightness of the display image (EVF image) displayed on the display panel so that the brightness of the display image (EVF image) increases gradually to given brightness or the brightness of the display image (EVF image) further increases gradually from the given brightness. | 08-01-2013 |
20130201378 | ELECTRONIC VIEWFINDER - An electronic viewfinder is configured to magnify an image and provide adjustable diopter for different observers. The electronic viewfinder includes an aperture stop, a lens group totally with positive power, and a display. The components in the electronic viewfinder are arranged sequentially between the observer and the image. The lens group is utilized to enlarge the image, and the lens group includes a first lens with positive power and a second lens with negative power. The display is for showing the image. A first planar lens is disposed between the aperture stop and the lens group. A second planar lens may be disposed between the lens group and the display. A polarizer may be arranged between the second planar lens and the lens group. | 08-08-2013 |
20130222668 | Smartphone User Interface Viewfinder System - A system for enhanced operation of a camera that utilizes an adjustable focusing eyepiece assembly that removeably attaches to a small section of the touch sensitive display face of a mobile device such s a smartphone, or mp3 player so as to eliminate all outside light. The small area encapsulated by the eyepiece assembly surrounds a miniaturized camera viewfinder image and the associated control icons that indicate the operation status of the camera as controlled by the operator's finger manipulation on the touch screen through the specialized, associated mobile device software application. The mobile device's camera may be operated much more accurately with this system. | 08-29-2013 |
20130271636 | Lithographic Method and Apparatus - A method and apparatus are provided for determining apodization properties of a projection system in a lithographic apparatus. The method comprises allowing light from a given point in an illumination field to pass through the projection system along at least three different optical paths, and then determining the difference in the intensity of light received in a projection field from the two different optical paths, and calculating apodization properties of the projection system from the intensity difference. It is not necessary to know the intensity distribution in the illumination field. To provide the different optical paths a pinhole reticle provided with wedges of different orientations is used. | 10-17-2013 |
20130329112 | Prompting System - This invention teaches a new generation of prompting system which allows an ordinary user to conveniently couple a LCD based prompting box to a video camera or a camcorder using a universal mounting and adjustment assembly by few steps which are as simple as loosening and fastening few fasteners. | 12-12-2013 |
20140022435 | Systems and Methods for Determining Focal Lengths of Photographs - A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for determining focal lengths of photographs. Image content is displayed in a graphical user interface. The image content is derived from a photograph taken with a lens having a focal length. The focal length is unknown when the image content is initially displayed. A user interface control is displayed in the graphical user interface. The user interface control is displayed on or proximate to the image content. User input comprising a change in position of the user interface control is received. The focal length is determined based on the change in position of the user interface control. | 01-23-2014 |
20140152883 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN FOR ADJUSTING CAMERA SETTINGS - Several methods for operating a built-in digital camera of a portable, handheld electronic device are described. In one embodiment, the device receives a user selection (e.g., tap, tap and hold, gesture) of a region displayed on the display screen (e.g., touch sensitive screen). A touch to focus mode may then be initiated in response to the user selection and exposure and focus parameters determined and adjusted. Then, an automatic scene detection mechanism can determine whether a scene has changed. If the scene has changed, then the touch to focus mode ends and a default automatic focus mode initiates. This mode sets a new exposure metering area and focus area prior to determining and adjusting exposure and focus parameters, respectively. | 06-05-2014 |
20140240578 | LIGHT-FIELD BASED AUTOFOCUS - In various embodiments, the present invention relates to methods, systems, architectures, algorithms, designs, and user interfaces for light-field based autofocus. In response to receiving a focusing request at a camera, a light-field autofocus system captures a light-field image. An image crop that contains a region of interest and a specified border is determined. A series of refocused images are generated for the image crop at different scene depths. A focus metric is calculated for each refocused image. The scene depth of the refocused image with the best focus metric is identified as the appropriate focus. The focus motor position for the appropriate focus is selected and the focus motor is automatically driven to the selected focus motor position. | 08-28-2014 |
20140267872 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera includes an image sensor, a display device which displays a live-view display of an object image, an autofocus adjuster which detects a focal state and brings a specified object image into an in-focus state by moving a focal-adjusting lens group of a photographing lens, a focus lock-on device which prohibits the focal-adjusting lens group from moving and enters a focus locked-on state when the autofocus adjuster brings the specified object image into an in-focus state, a focus lock-on detector, and a distinguishing-display controller. When the focus lock-on detector detects a focus locked-on sate, the distinguishing-display controller performs image processing on part or the entirety of the specified object image, and a peaking display of the specified object image is displayed on the display device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140300792 | FOCUSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The defocus amount of an imaging optical system is detected based on a pair of image signals that are obtained from an image sensor and are used for phase-difference detection automatic focusing. In a first mode, the drive of a focusing lens is controlled so that the focusing lens is driven at a first speed if the reliability of the pair of image signal is at a first level, and at a second speed lower than the first speed if the reliability of the pair of image signals is at a second level higher than the first level. | 10-09-2014 |
20140307145 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus according to the present invention is an imaging apparatus performing live-view display by generating image data using an exposure parameter calculated from a brightness value in a photometric area for the live-view display which is different from a photometric area for focus adjustment when not performing the focus adjustment, and performing the live-view display also when performing the focus adjustment, and includes: a focus adjustment brightness value calculation section comparing a first brightness value in the photometric area for the live-view display with a second brightness value in the photometric area for the focus adjustment, correcting the first brightness value according to a comparison result, and calculating a brightness value for obtaining the image data for the focus adjustment; an imaging section obtaining the image data by performing exposure using the brightness value calculated by the focus adjustment brightness value calculation section; a focus adjustment section performing the focus adjustment using the image data obtained by the imaging section, and a display section performing the live-view display using the image data obtained by the imaging section. | 10-16-2014 |
20140340558 | OCULAR OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICK-UP APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE SAME - An ocular optical system used to view an image displayed on an image display surface, which includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens of meniscus shape having negative refractive power with its concave surface facing the image display surface side, and a third lens having positive refractive power arranged in this order from the image display surface side to a viewer side. A focal length of the first lens, a focal length of the second lens and a focal length of the entire system need to be determined suitably. | 11-20-2014 |
20140347543 | CAMERA SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING DISPLAYED IMAGE ACCORDING TO AN APERTURE VALUE - A camera system includes an imaging optical system, an imaging unit, a reflecting mirror that is in a first state of being positioned in an optical path extending from the imaging optical system to the imaging unit or in a second state of being retracted from the optical path, an aperture adjustment unit, an image adjustment unit, a release button, and a control unit. The imaging unit performs focusing by detecting contrast in an image of the subject, and while the reflecting mirror is kept in the second state, the image adjustment unit increases the brightness of the image on a display when the aperture adjustment unit changes the aperture value of the imaging optical system to a larger aperture value, and by operation of the release button, the imaging unit performs the focusing, and then the photographing of the subject is started. | 11-27-2014 |
20150130982 | CAMERA AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - An image of subject formed optically is obtained by the finder unit. The subject is imaged electronically by an image sensing device, and a video signal, which represents an image within an autofocus target area inside the image of the subject of the subject obtained, is read out of the image sensing device. The image represented by the video signal is displayed on the display screen of a liquid crystal device which constitutes an electronic viewfinder. Looking through the finder unit, a user sees an image obtained by superimposing the image, which is displayed on the display screen, upon the optical image of the subject. If correct focusing is achieved, the optical image of the subject and the image coincide. Since a video representing a portion of the image of the subject is read out of the image sensing device, the image is displayed without delay. | 05-14-2015 |
20150146072 | IMAGE FOCUSING - A device is provided, wherein a focus plane may be selected via a user input ( | 05-28-2015 |
20150373242 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image pickup apparatus includes a light emission unit configured to be able to move to light emission and non-light emission positions, an operation unit operable by a user, and a display control unit configured to display a setting screen related to the light emission unit, in which the first light emission unit is configured to move from the non-light emission position to the light emission position upon operation of the operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the non-light emission position and configured not to move from the light emission position to the non-light emission position upon operation of the operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the light emission position, and the display control unit is configured to display the first setting screen upon operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the light emission position. | 12-24-2015 |
20150381883 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided are an image processing device, an imaging device, and an image processing method which can perform focusing control using an intuitive operation. First and second images based on image signals that are output from an imaging element including first and second pixel groups on which an object image that passes through first and second regions of an imaging lens and is pupil-divided is formed are combined and displayed on a display unit having a touch panel. It is detected whether an operation of selecting the first or the second image on the display image is performed. It is detected whether a moving operation in a direction intersecting a division direction is performed. When the selection operation and the moving operation are sequentially detected, control is performed such that a focus lens is moved in an optical axis direction of the focus lens in response to the moving operation. | 12-31-2015 |
20160037075 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM - In a smartphone, the imaging mode of an imager or the display mode of a display is changed from a normal mode when an image of an optical communication region is captured. More specifically, a process of lowering the contrast of the entire image (frame), a process of superimposing an icon image on the candidate region, a masking process for lowering the contrast of the candidate region, a process of reducing the count of display frames by image averaging or thinning, or a zoom limiting process of limiting the upper limit of the zoom ratio of the imager or the upper limit of the enlarged display magnification on the display is performed. | 02-04-2016 |