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7626613 Image sensing apparatus and control method therefor  
Auto focus control processing for still image recording is performed while continuously performing movie recording when an initiation instruction for a still image recording preparation process is...
7623775 Camera, aperture controlling method and apparatus, lens controlling method and apparatus, and edging amount controlling method and apparatus  
Maximum and minimum aperture sizes are regulated with regard to a diaphragm in order to secure predetermined optical capability in an optical unit which includes a taking lens and the diaphragm. In...
7612801 Calibration methods and apparatus for digital cameras  
Digital cameras are calibrated so that detailed highlights and shadows in scenes being photographed are reproduced in digital images of those scenes by calibrating holographic data obtained from...
7589766 Selectable threshold multimode gain control apparatus and method for setting mutually continuous analog, digital, and shutter gain levels  
A selectable threshold multimode gain control apparatus and method for a charge coupled device (CCD) or CMOS imaging system includes an automatic gain control (AGC) circuit which continuously...
7580067 Method for managing digital slow shutter mode in monitor camera  
Disclosed is a method for managing a DSS (Digital Slow Shutter) mode in a monitoring camera. When an iris of the monitoring camera is maximally opened and a shutter speed is minimum, the DSS mode...
7557839 Electronic imaging device and mobile terminal including the electronic imaging device  
An electronic imaging device includes a zoom lens that includes a plurality of lens groups and an imaging element that converts an optical image formed by the zoom lens into an electric signal. The...
7554601 Digital video camera with automatic white balance and a method thereof  
Disclosed is a digital video camera performing white balance adjustment according to a photographing condition. The digital video camera with automatic exposure comprises an iris state detector for...
7545435 Automatic backlight compensation and exposure control  
In some embodiments, images for the video conference may be white balanced and/or exposure controlled. White balancing may include dividing an image's pixels into multiple ranges according to their...
7538817 Digital camera for portable equipment  
A digital camera for portable equipment includes a light emitting device; an electrically-driven light quantity controller for controlling a quantity of light emitted from the light emitting...
7538816 Image-taking apparatus and control method of image-taking apparatus  
The present invention provides an image-taking apparatus having an image-pickup device which accumulates charge in accordance with an amount of light received thereon, a light-shielding device...
7518643 Camera device and shooting method  
A camera device and method for performing a shooting operation by converting image light into an electrical signal. The location of a dark distribution is determined, and a dark distribution...
7505076 Digital camera having red-eye reduction bracket photographing mode  
In a digital camera having a red-eye reduction bracket photographing mode, a plurality of bracket photographing operations are carried out at a predetermined second interval, in which a strobe unit...
7479985 Variable magnification lens having image stabilizing function  
An image stabilizer for stabilizing an image against unexpected vibrations or shaking of a zoom lens includes a diaphragm arranged to vary its full-open-aperture diameter according to a...
7477314 Exposure control method and apparatus for an image pickup apparatus  
The invention concerns with an exposure control mechanism for use in an image pickup apparatus in which a diaphragm aperture formed by a plurality of diaphragm blades moving straightforward in...
7477313 Light-quantity adjusting apparatus, optical apparatus, and camera  
A light-quantity adjusting apparatus which can temporarily suppress an MTF (contrast) from being deteriorated by small-aperture diffraction is disclosed. The light-quantity adjusting apparatus...
7471331 Lens apparatus including image pick-up optical unit and controller for controlling change of aperture diameter  
This invention discloses an optical apparatus including an image pickup optical unit, a light quantity adjustment unit inserted in the optical axis of the image pickup optical unit, the light...
7468746 Digital camera  
A digital camera is provided with: a diaphragm for controlling an amount of incident light; a solid-state imaging element for receiving the incident light passing through the diaphragm, in which a...
7460171 Lens apparatus having stop blade, optical filter and shutter blade  
A lens apparatus capable of efficiently arranging a stop blade, an optical filter and a shutter blade to reduce the size of the apparatus is disclosed. The lens apparatus comprising a lens, a lens...
7450159 Image pick-up apparatus and endoscope apparatus  
An image pick-up apparatus includes an image pick-up device which picks-up an image of a subject and outputs an image signal, a first-amplitude changing portion which varies an amplitude of the...
7436451 Image sensing apparatus and its control method  
An image sensing apparatus in which time required before the apparatus becomes in an image-sensing possible status is reduced. The image sensing apparatus has a constituent element comprising a...
7436449 Electronic imaging system  
The invention relates to an electronic imaging system such a video camera or digital camera, whose thickness or size is reduced while performance degradation is reduced as much as possible. The...
7420611 Electronic image pickup system  
The invention makes a suitable selection from zoom modes and lens elements so thin that the thickness of each lens group can reduced, thereby slimming down a zoom lens with great thoroughness and,...
7414665 Imaging system  
The invention relates to an imaging system in which, while high image quality is maintained with the influence of diffraction minimized, the quantity of light is controlled, and which enables the...
7394498 Liquid-crystal light-amount adjusting device, method of driving liquid-crystal light-amount adjusting device, and camera including the liquid-crystal light-amount adjusting device  
A liquid-crystal light-amount adjusting device in which the effective power of driving pulses for acceleration is optimized to improve response characteristics of optical transmittance, a method of...
7394493 CCD camera utilizing an IRIS and method for controlling the same  
A Charge Coupled Device (CCD) camera and a method for controlling the same. When a photographing command is input from the input unit by operation of user, the controller controls the iris drive...
7372498 Image pickup apparatus having a shutter clutch  
In an image pickup apparatus having an openable and closable shutter mechanism to protect an image pickup lens portion of a ultra-small and light-weight video camera, the shutter mechanism is...
7365791 Image pickup apparatus having iris member and filter units  
An image pickup apparatus capable of preventing a decline of resolution of a still image while keeping a dynamic range of exposure control. The image pickup apparatus capable of photographing with...
7338174 Shutter device and projection type video display  
Each shading plate comprises a rotating shaft and a driving shaft arranged vertically. First divided shading plate is loosely fitted to and supported by (not adhere to) the rotating shaft and...
7304683 Method of automatically adjusting exposure in a shutterless digital camera  
In accordance with the present invention a shutterless single lens digital still camera includes an internal processor and auto exposure algorithm that automatically adjusts the exposure of the...
7292280 Camera, aperture controlling method and apparatus, lens controlling method and apparatus, and edging amount controlling method and apparatus  
Maximum and minimum aperture sizes are regulated with regard to a diaphragm in order to secure predetermined optical capability in an optical unit which includes a taking lens and the diaphragm. In...
7280150 Video camera with aperture blade  
A video camera ( 10 ) includes a photographing device ( 16 ). The photographing device ( 16 ) generates an image signal corresponding to an optical image irradiated on a light-receiving surface,...
7245325 Photographing device with light quantity adjustment  
The photographing device includes an optical lens, a photographing unit for taking an image of a subject imaged through the optical lens and a light quantity adjustment unit for partially adjusting...
7233354 Digital camera that adjusts resolution for low light conditions  
A digital camera including a photosensor with a plurality of picture elements that define an image resolution that is adjustable.
7190393 Camera with improved illuminator  
An illumination and imaging system is provided with a co-axial illuminator that does not include a beamsplitter. The co-axial illuminator achieves efficiencies substantially in excess of those...
7110020 Film digitizer  
A method for producing electronic signals representative of images on a source film includes the following steps: illuminating the film with a light source to obtain an illuminated frame; providing...
7098955 Optical apparatus operable in static and dynamic image taking modes  
An optical apparatus includes a photographic optical unit including a movable optical component for varying a focal length, a light amount adjusting unit disposed in an optical path of the...
7079186 Diaphragm device of a television camera lens for a CCTV surveillance camera  
A diaphragm device of a lens for a CCTV camera includes a lens barrel, a diaphragm, a base plate which supports the diaphragm, a diaphragm driver for driving the diaphragm to adjust a size of an...
7057647 Dual-mode camera system for day/night or variable zoom operation  
A dual camera system uses a single lens and no moving parts in the optical path. A single lens directs a desired scene to a partially reflective beamsplitting mirror, thence to a pair of image...
7023484 Exposure control apparatus and method thereof  
The exposure control apparatus comprises screen divider which divides the screen into a many areas, and high luminance decider which decides, for each area of the screen, whether a main subject...
7019917 Lens barrel  
A lens barrel includes an optical system including a short focal length for a wide angle of view; and an ND filter in the shape of a disc which is provided on an optical axis of the optical system....
7009653 Photographing apparatus having function of preventing blur of still image  
The present invention discloses a photographing apparatus having the function of preventing blur of a still image. A diaphragm unit controls the amount of light incident on a photoelectric...
6999125 Image pickup apparatus  
An image pickup apparatus comprising: right and left optical systems; shutters disposed in correspondence with each of the right and left optical systems, for time-divisionally switching between...
6992720 Optical apparatus including image pick-up device and interchangeable lens with controller for controlling change of aperture  
This invention discloses an optical apparatus including an image pickup optical unit, a light quantity adjustment unit inserted in the optical axis of the image pickup optical unit, the light...
6980251 Image sensing apparatus which carries out optimum exposure control of subject  
The state of exposure of a video zone corresponding to position information from a two-dimensional position selecting circuit that allows a photographer to select a desired video zone is detected,...
6963437 Devices incorporating electrochromic elements and optical sensors  
The device of the present invention includes an electrochromic element having a transmittance that varies in response to an electrical signal, a base substrate disposed in spaced relation to the...
6958778 Iris control method and apparatus for television camera for controlling iris of lens according to video signal, and television camera using the same  
An image frame of a long-time exposure video signal from a solid stage imaging device outputting the long-time exposure video signal and a short-time exposure video signal on a time division basis...
6952291 Imaging device  
An imaging device according to the present invention has: a photometric circuit that detects a brightness of a photographic subject based on a light flux from the photographic subject that passes...
6952234 Image pickup apparatus and method for broadening apparent dynamic range of video signal  
An image pickup method and an image pickup apparatus are provided which can pick up an image with a broad substantial dynamic range even with a video camera or the like which is likely to be...
6933980 Shutter for digital still camera  
A rotor is constituted by a two-pole permanent magnet, and enabled to rotate by a predetermined angle in a direction corresponding to the direction electric current supplied to a stator coil. Two...
6927798 Light amount adjusting apparatus and optical apparatus having the same  
A light amount adjusting apparatus is constructed by a driving source, a plurality of light shielding members each having a notched portion adapted to form a light passing port, in which the light...
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