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7616883 User-rotatable camera for enhancing panoramic image capture  
A pair of rotation plates 10 are provided on an upper surface and a lower surface of a camera body 30 . The rotation plates 10 are rotatable with respect to the camera body 30 . During...
7511838 Method and apparatus for reviewing captured images  
A portable image capture apparatus comprises an image capture device for capturing still and/or moving images, and a transmitter for transmitting image data representative of captured images...
7415335 Mobile data collection and processing system and methods  
The mobile data collection system includes a positioning system, such as a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver and/or an Inertial Navigation System (INS), to generate position and time data. A...
7286301 Camera zoom device and method for a mobile communication terminal  
A camera zoom device and method for a mobile communication terminal. The camera zoom device includes a zoom dial rotating about a rotation axis; a zoom dial rotation sensing unit for sensing a...
7129971 Rotating scan self-cleaning camera  
A scanning camera with a rotating drum has one or more sensors characterized by a non-radial optical axis. With two sensors on opposite sides of the drum and facing in substantially the same...
6885817 Method and device for orienting a digital panoramic image  
A method for orienting a digital panoramic image obtained using at least one initial wide-angle image the image points of which are transferred into a three-dimensional coordinate system includes...
6628897 Camera system  
A camera system is provided for acquiring an image of a scene with a wide angle such as an omni-directional scene with a high resolution and for acquiring an image of a dynamic object. The camera...
6556783 Method and apparatus for three dimensional modeling of an object  
A topological panorama camera has a track or other system upon which a linescan camera can move in one, two or three dimensions while recording the image of an object. The path, speed,...
6278480 Compound eye camera system  
A compound eye camera provided integrally with plural image pickup elements and a display unit adapted to display an image, divided into stripes in every scanning line or in every plural scanning...
6192196 Panoramic camera  
A panoramic camera has a camera housing rotatable about an axis of rotation that defines a viewpoint which points along a radial optical path that object rays traverse as the camera is rotated...
6023588 Method and apparatus for capturing panoramic images with range data  
A technique of capturing a stereoscopic panoramic photographic image of a scene, includes capturing a first 360° panoramic image of a scene from a first point on a vertical axis; and capturing a...
5937212 Image pickup apparatus  
A compound eye image pickup apparatus with reduced parallax having two optical image pickup systems wherein the cross points between entrance pupils and optical axes of the two optical image pickup...
5903782 Method and apparatus for producing a three-hundred and sixty degree spherical visual data set  
The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for producing a three-hundred and sixty degree spherical visual data set using at least one lens. The lens encompasses a field of view...
5870642 Panoramic support for camera permits horizontal-format and vertical-format image recordings  
A panoramic support for a camera having a rotatable indexing head used to rotate the camera the same angle between successive image recordings in order to obtain a series of recorded images that...
5663762 Electronic viewer automatically adjusting magnification of a film image in accordance with position of the film image  
A cam cylinder is extended from a base member of a holder and is inserted into a guide cylinder secured to a main body. A lens mount including an optical system and a CCD is inserted into the cam...
5606393 Illumination measuring device for panoramic photography  
An illumination measuring device for panoramic picture taking has a first photoelectric illumination intensity receiver which diffusely determines light falling in a first measuring region and...
5448411 Zoom type of finder optical arrangement  
The invention is directed to a zoom type of finder optical arrangement which, even when the magnification of finder is increased by changing the focal length of the eyepiece system, is less likely...
5412443 Camera having a variable photographing aperture and retractable optical system  
A camera is capable of photographing with a plurality of photographing aperture sizes, the largest one of the plurality of photographing aperture sizes being defined. At least one movable plate...
5410381 Camera  
A camera having a finder, capable of photographing a first size and a second size, comprises a field frame for the first size, which is provided in front of an eye piece of said finder, and a field...
5394209 Surveillance device with eyeball assembly and pivotably mountable carriage assembly  
A surveillance assembly in which a camera and lens assembly is surrounded by a shroud to form an eyeball assembly which is rotatable about first and second axes and which is enclosed within a...
5386259 Coordinating mechanism for picture image area and field frame size adjusting apparatus of camera  
An apparatus for adjusting the size of a picture image area and field frame of a view finder in an associated manner. The apparatus includes a picture image area restricting member which is...
5363160 Camera in which a light blocking shield is automatically moved towards a normal position as a movable lens mount is retracted to a storage position  
An improvement is provided in a camera having a movable lens mount for supporting a taking lens. The improvement includes at least one light blocking shield which is movable between (1) a panoramic...
5359386 Panoramic enlarging printer with negative shuttle  
An apparatus for enlarging and printing panoramic photographs includes a light source and a negative shuttle having upper and lower parallel plates for securing and enclosing entirely a negative...
5315331 Optical apparatus capable of performing a panoramic photographing  
An optical apparatus capable of a panoramic photographing includes a photographing lens, an auxiliary lens having positive refraction to convert its focal length synthesized with the photographing...
5259584 Camera mount for taking panoramic pictures having an electronic protractor  
A camera mount for taking panoramic pictures. A camera mounting plate is rotatably attached to a tripod mounting plate in a manner permitting the camera mounting plate to sweep an arc of rotation...
5258790 Variable format camera with a retractable lens  
A variable format compact camera with a retractable lens is variable between a standard format in which an image area having standard size is defined on a standard format film, and a panoramic...
5223871 Camera unit  
A camera unit is disclosed. The camera unit is packed in the form of a product comprising a camera and a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material loaded beforehand in the camera....
5192648 Photographic film and cartridge  
A photographic film comprises an elongated light-sensitive strip having a longitudinal series of similar size rectangular exposure areas whose proportion of the width to the height is less than...
5159368 Automatic and manual panoramic camera mount  
A motor driven panoramic mounting for cameras which provides an automatic pan range and the ability to pan over 360 degrees. Mechanical actuators on a fixed base act upon a turnstile on a shaft on...
5138460 Apparatus for forming composite images  
A panorama photographing device such as a camera has a display device for displaying an image to be photographed such as a portion of an object, a memory device for storing data concerning an image...
5045872 Camera for taking panoramic photography  
A camera for photographing a panoramic photography which is composed of plural separated picture frames. The camera has a detector to detect an angle of photographing view of the camera, a...
5023725 Method and apparatus for dodecahedral imaging system  
A dodecahedral environmental photography and projection system based on a pentagonal format is disclosed, designed for a modular compound camera and projector system aligned according to the...
4949108 Image shooting method for recording visual spheres and device for implementing such method  
The device includes a U-shaped fixing support on which is secured an optical recording device. The support is also fixed by means of two axes aligned with each other and at right angles with the...
4905030 Manually operated handle for panoramic cameras  
A manually operated handle for panoramic cameras. The handle has a shaft which extends upwardly for contact with a panoramic camera. The shaft is caused to rotate by the moving of a rack along the...
4431289 Panoramic camera  
A panoramic camera utilizes a rotating drum to mount the lens and front and rear vertical slits defined by the drum pass a narrow band of light through the lens and onto a cylindrically formed film...
D263716 Panoramic camera  
4197004 Scrolling microfiche and method of producing the same  
In contrast to standard microfiche devices in which discrete areas of information storage are provided in an x-y array, a scrolling microfiche includes a plurality of parallel rows of information...
4185898 Device for projecting a film picture  
A projector for projecting images of an image bearing film which has marginal edges and a central image bearing portion, comprises a film guide which includes vertically spaced, substantially...
4157218 Wide angle scan camera  
A wide angle strip camera system which, in combination, includes a wide angle lens, having a curved conjugate focal surface, an image-receiving surface, a curved exposure slit disposed adjacent the...
4147419 Scan cameras  
A wide angle strip camera system which, in combination, includes a wide angle lens, having a curved conjugate focal surface, a first image-receiving surface, a first curved exposure slit disposed...
4078860 Cycloramic image projection system  
A cycloramic image projection system in which an image as viewed from a central point, is projected in a complete circle about the viewer's position onto a drum-type screen. Included is a conical...
3894798 PROJECTOR AND METHOD FOR PROJECTING 360° PICTURES  
A projector and method are disclosed for projecting 360° pictures or scenes wherein a wedge or substantially line image portion is taken substantially normally from an annular picture or projected...
3784277 CORRECTED OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR SHALLOW CAMERA OR THE LIKE, COMPONENTS THEREOF  
A corrected optical system is provided for a shallow camera that is characterized by an extremely short dimension between the forward position of the first refracting surface and the rearward...
3655284 LONGITUDINALLY INSENSITIVE LENS STRIP IMAGING DEVICE  
Apparatus for projecting light images from an object towards an image surface. The apparatus includes a plurality of lens strips positioned to project the image at a l:l magnification. The first...
3613538 CAMERA PATH GENERATOR  
A path generator for scanning devices, such as surveillance cameras. When the scanning devices are inclined and sweep through an arc the projection of the line of sight of the camera on a vertical...
3594067 VARIABLE FOCAL LENGTH OBJECTIVE FOR ROTARY CAMERAS  
A lens for a rotary or panoramic camera. The lens includes a pair of optical systems at least one of which is movable along their common optical axis with respect to the other, so as to provide a...
3590704 METHOD FOR MEASURING A POSITION OF A SHIP AT SEA  
A method for measuring a position of a ship at sea by taking picture of observed markings with a wide angle camera provided with a pivoting lens mounted in a bodytube formed with a slit at its...
3568583 SURVEILLANCE CAMERA DEVICE AND CONTROLS THEREFOR  
Antitheft surveillance camera arrangement for reciprocatingly scanning a given area. The camera is able to automatically expose film therein. The antitheft surveillance camera arrangement includes...
3541936 APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING FOR CROSS-AXIS IMAGE MOTION IN TILTED PANORAMIC CAMERAS  
3535995 BALL SHUTTER  
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