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7522832 Apparatus and method for strobe charging  
An apparatus and method for strobe charging is disclosed. The apparatus and method can dynamically adjust a charging current according to current power level of a battery, thereby stabilizing the...
7522831 Charging device for camera flash  
A charging device ( 1 ) for a camera flash includes a digital signal processor ( 10 ) providing a pulse width modulation signal and receiving a feedback signal, a voltage boosting circuit ( 20 )...
7359632 Flash apparatus, image capture apparatus having a flash apparatus, and method of controlling a flash apparatus  
A flash apparatus or an image capture apparatus includes a charging unit, configured to boost a voltage of an electric source and a control unit, configured to calculate the sum of the light...
7218205 Variable candela strobe with constant trigger voltage  
A variable candela strobe unit couples a substantially constant trigger voltage to a trigger electrode of a gas discharge tube irrespective of the voltage provided across the tube which is...
7043156 Strobe light emitting apparatus and camera  
A strobe apparatus includes a xenon tube, which is a discharge tube, having a discharge light emitting portion and a light emitting portion terminal. Light is emitted from the xenon tube and is...
6957017 Capacitor strobe charging device utilizing current detection to determine malfunction, and strobe and camera using same  
A strobe device including a light-emitting tube, a main capacitor which accumulates energy and which supplies the energy to the light-emitting tube, a transformer circuit which includes primary and...
6941070 Flash device and lens-fitted photo film unit with built-in flash device  
A charging circuit includes an oscillation transformer and an oscillation transistor. The oscillation transistor oscillates at a secondary current returned from a secondary coil in the charging...
6871016 Recyclable camera and method for assembling same  
In one aspect of the present invention, camera electrical system is provided for use in a family of recyclable cameras each camera having a set of desired electronic functions. The camera...
6856241 Variable candela strobe  
A selectable candela strobe alarm unit includes an energy storage circuit to reliably discharge a gas filled output device. The circuit includes a primary energy storage capacitor and a secondary...
6839510 Lens-fitted photo film unit, flash device, and lens-fitted photo film system  
A flash device for a lens-fitted photo film unit pre-loaded with unexposed photo film is provided. A main capacitor stores charge. A flash emitter emits flash light. A flash circuit board charges...
6828803 Strobe charge apparatus  
This invention relates to a strobe charge apparatus for charging a capacitor using a flyback transformer. This invention provides a strobe charge apparatus which has a switching element that...
6826365 Battery saving flash charger control  
A flash circuit for use in a camera, the flash charging circuit comprising a flash light discharge circuit having a light emitting element electrically connected to a flash capacitor; a flash...
6813443 Square wave modulated charging-control circuit for a flash unit of a camera  
A flash unit charging-control circuit for a camera includes a voltage converter connected to a flash unit capacitor, a square-wave oscillator for causing current supplied by the voltage converter...
6785470 Capacitor charging device utilizing current detection to determine malfunction, and strobe and camera using same  
A strobe charging device includes a light-emitting tube; a main capacitor for accumulating energy and for supplying the energy to the light-emitting tube; a transformer circuit which includes...
6735386 Flash control circuit  
A strobe control apparatus comprises a strobe control circuit of a separately excited oscillating type, where the strobe control circuit includes a main capacitor that stores a charge for exciting...
6724989 Camera strobe recharging integrated circuit  
A camera strobe recharging IC includes a one-shot unit, an R-S latch block unit, a PWM control unit, and a ready control unit. The one-shot unit provides square wave signals. The R-S latch block...
6714735 Capacitor charging device for a flash  
A capacitor charging device for a flash, finishes charging the flash capacitor in a gradual manner. It has a flash capacitor, a voltage transforming circuit, a voltage mode pulse width modulation...
6701077 Exposure control system and camera having same  
In a first aspect of the present invention, a camera exposure control system is provided. The camera exposure control system has a shutter movable during an exposure period through a path of travel...
6696799 Diagnostic system for a strobe lamp and its operating circuit  
In order to diagnose a strobe lamp system in a manner to isolate failure (burn out) of the strobe lamp from failures in its operating circuits, particularly the DC-DC converter which provides...
6636700 Flash device, lens-fitted photo film unit, camera, light measuring device, and method of producing lens-fitted photo film unit  
A lens-fitted photo film unit is pre-loaded with photo film, and is a flash built-in type. A booster circuit boosts power source voltage to obtain high voltage. A main capacitor stores charge at...
6633728 Flash device, lens-fitted photo film unit, camera, and producing method for the same  
In a lens-fitted photo film unit, a flash device has a booster circuit including primary and secondary windings, the secondary winding generating high voltage when power source voltage is applied...
6584286 Electronic flash device  
The present invention provides an electronic flash device, and in particular, an electronic flash device including forward and flyback type booster circuits. The two booster circuits are...
6574430 Camera electronic system and method of assembling same  
In one aspect of the present invention, camera electrical system is provided for use in a family of recyclable cameras each camera having a set of desired electronic functions. The camera...
6564015 Electronic flash device  
In an electronic flash device, a driving circuit ( 12 ) drives a piezoelectric transformer ( 13 ) in response to an oscillation signal of a predetermined frequency, which is output from an...
6539176 Photometry device for camera  
In a photometry device, a pair of transistors having the same properties. The first transistor is connected at its base to the CdS photo sensor, and at its collector to a resistor. The second...
6526233 Circuit for a photographic flash  
The circuit for a photographic flash having the usual components of a switching element, transformer, rectifier, flash capacitor, trigger device and flash tube presents very good value in respect...
6516153 Capacitor charging apparatus and electronic flash and apparatus containing same  
A capacitor charging apparatus includes a DC/DC converter for stepping up the voltage of a battery and charging the capacitor; a detection circuit that determines whether a primary current of the...
6509695 Flash apparatus and camera having the flash apparatus  
In a flash apparatus, when it is determined that the oscillation of a voltage boosting circuit is stopped before it is controlled so as to stop, it is possible to continuously charge a voltage to a...
6505000 Camera including electronic flash, camera shake detecting system, and power supply control function for same  
A camera in which an electronic flash emits light includes a capacitor for accumulating charge used to cause the electronic flash to emit light, a camera shake detector for detecting camera shake,...
6466744 Strobe circuit, lens-fitted film unit, camera and printed-circuit board for strobe  
There is described a strobe device to which another electronic circuit or electronic element is added, and a lens-fitted film unit and a camera, which incorporates the strobe device. The strobe...
6404990 Flash unit  
In a flash circuit of a flash device, a Zener diode ( 37 ) is connected to a tap point ( 23 f ) located at an intermediate position of a secondary coil of an oscillation transformer ( 23 ). The...
6404989 Flash device  
A flash device having a charging circuit which is arranged to be capable of changing between a flyback-type boosting action and a forward-type boosting action. The flyback-type boosting action is...
6381414 Oscillation circuit and strobe device employing the oscillation circuit  
A lens-fitted film unit incorporating a strobe device, comprises: a main body; a photographic film loaded in advance in said main body; a shutter; a photographic lens; and a strobe circuit included...
6360060 Camera  
The camera includes a printed wiring board on which electric parts are mounted, a strobe light emission part which emits and projects a lighting light toward an object to be photographed, and a...
6351611 Battery check system for use in cameras  
A battery check system for use in a camera has a monitor circuit and a control circuit. The monitor circuit detects the condition of a battery used in the camera. The control circuit controls the...
6345151 Lens-fitted film unit with IC memory and method of writing data in IC memory  
A lens-fitted film unit with an exposure mechanism which is equipped with a built-in flash and a pre-loaded film cartridge is provided with an IC memory in which exposure data is written, a write...
6317566 Electronic flash device for photographic camera  
An electronic flash device equipped with LED indicator for providing an indication of completion of charging a main capacitor and a circuit for lowering power consumption has a controlling...
6311021 Multi-candela alarm unit  
A strobe alarm unit having a plurality of selectable candela settings or intensity levels, for allowing an alarm installer to select a particular candela setting for the alarm unit in the field....
6289180 Photoflash charging circuit with current and voltage monitor  
A camera that includes a battery, a photoflash circuit, and a charging circuit to provide energy from the battery to the photoflash circuit is provided. The camera further includes a voltage...
6285833 Camera  
In a camera that has a pop-up strobe flash unit and that requires electrical power to operate functions additional to the pop-up strobe flash unit, there is provided a single mechanism that is...
6249648 Camera flash circuit with optical data recording circuit  
In a camera having a single battery cell power source, a flash apparatus is provided in combination with an optical data recording circuit in which energy to illuminate an LED illumination device...
6233402 Camera frame assembly having actuable battery contact  
A camera frame assembly or other apparatus has a flash unit having a self-oscillating charging circuit. The camera frame assembly is used with a filmstrip and a battery. The camera frame assembly...
6219493 Electronic flash device of a separate excitation oscillating type  
An electronic flash charger having an electronic flash charging circuit of a separate excitation oscillating. The charger includes: a flyback transformer, having at least a primary coil and a...
6091906 Flash device  
In a flash device, a three-terminal switch is provided for connecting or disconnecting between a secondary coil of an oscillating transformer and a base of an oscillating transistor, between the...
6066926 Electronic flash device and power supply circuit  
An electronic flash device in which a voltage of a power supply battery is boosted to be supplied to a load, includes a first oscillation portion of self-excited type, a second oscillation portion...
6064176 Electronic apparatus and flash device  
An electronic apparatus capable of selectively using a plurality of kinds of batteries includes a battery discriminating circuit for making a discrimination of the kind of the battery used, and a...
6061528 Flash device  
In a flash device of the kind preventing a main capacitor from being overcharged by inhibiting a charging action on the main capacitor when the voltage of the main capacitor reaches a predetermined...
6038408 Optical data recording circuit for a film camera  
An optical data recording circuit includes an optical recording device normally illuminated from a camera battery means in conjunction with initiation of flash illumination in the camera flash...
6029014 Light measuring apparatus and camera using the light measuring apparatus  
A light measuring apparatus comprises an oscillation circuit, a first delaying circuit for delaying an output waveform of the oscillation circuit in accordance with a peripheral brightness, a...
5990631 Stroboscope circuit controlling dimmer operation  
In a current cut-off type automated stroboscope circuit which controls a flashlight intensity by cutting off the current flowing through a flash lamp, a high-speed semiconductor switching device...
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