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7597490 |
Camera and a portable apparatus having a flat body
A camera including a camera body having a substantially flat shape, a photographing optical system configured to perform a photographing operation and accommodated in the camera body, the...
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7452144 |
Camera
A camera has a shutter release button, held in an initial position, that is movable from the initial position to a full-pressed position via a half-pressed position. The camera has three detectors...
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7430366 |
Image capture device
An image capture device is disclosed which is equipped with an imaging unit, a first motion detector adapted to detect the rotational component of motion, a second motion detector adapted to detect...
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6961519 |
Self-timered device for activating a camera shutter release mechanism
A timer mechanism including a base piece, a top piece, a rod, and a spiral spring. The base piece includes an inner hub forming a threaded surface and a central passage. The top piece includes an...
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6954586 |
Camera frame assembly having shutter actuator with telescoping striker and method
A camera frame assembly has a frame and a driver mounted to the frame. The driver is rapidly movable relative to the frame from a charged position to a discharged position. A first striker member...
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6952528 |
Variable force camera control
A camera is adjustable such that the force required to actuate one or more of the camera's controls can be adjusted by a camera user. In a preferred embodiment, the force required to depress the...
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6880989 |
Push button switch
A push button switch includes a push button positioned on a switch base; a biasing member positioned between the push button and the switch base; a switching element having a press portion, the...
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6847783 |
Instant camera and recording apparatus
A camera body of an instant camera is provided with four light sources LED 1 to LED 4 for a display. The four light sources LED 1 to LED 4 flash on and off in mutually different display modes...
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6837630 |
Camera and a portable apparatus having a flat body
A camera including a camera body having a substantially flat shape, a photographing optical system configured to perform a photographing operation and accommodated in the camera body, the...
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6816675 |
Self-timing device for activating a camera shutter release mechanism
A timer mechanism including a base piece, a top piece, a rod, and a spiral spring. The base piece includes an inner hub forming a threaded surface and a central passage. The top piece includes an...
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6816672 |
Lens-fitted photo film unit
An operation member is moved from a first position to a third position via a second position. When the operation member is rotated from the second position to the third position, a plate portion...
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6811332 |
Apparatus having push-operatable operation member, and camera
An operation button is provided with a shaft portion and a pair of arm portions and projections, and a rear cover is provided with a shaft hole, and a pair of insertion holes and pulling-out...
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6798983 |
Shutter device of lens-fitted photo film unit
A shutter device has a shutter drive lever striking a shutter blade to expose an exposure opening, a mooring lever, a cam, and a speed governor. The speed governor includes an escapement wheel with...
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6786657 |
Camera frame assembly having independently back-pivoting drive hub for impact shutter
A camera frame assembly has a base member and a drive hub connected to the base member. A shutter is joined to the drive hub. A shutter driver is mounted to the base member. The shutter driver...
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6738568 |
Camera frame assembly having shutter that slides forward and back with zoom lens
A camera frame assembly has a frame that defines an optical axis. A shutter driver is mounted to the frame. The shutter driver selectively deflects from a charged state to a discharged state. A...
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6738088 |
Method and device for simultaneous enhancing safety of driving and security of drivers
The method and device help avoid traffic accidents and violations through significant enhancing safety and convenience of driving by providing a far better rear and side observation including in...
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6687457 |
Camera frame assembly having four-bar linkage shutter actuator
A camera fame assembly has a frame and a pair of tie bars extending outward from the frame. The tie bars each have opposed first and second ends. The first ends are spaced apart. The first ends are...
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6669381 |
Actuator and selector mechanism for compact camera
Disclosed herein is a camera having a shutter mechanism; actuating means for actuating the shutter mechanism; and, an aperture selecting assembly that is movable from an initial mode position to at...
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6636695 |
Dual action shutter release with thumbwheel brake and methods
A shutter release-thumbwheel brake for a camera has a thumbwheel, a shutter release, and a sprag. The shutter release is pivotable reative to the thumbwheel between a ready position and a first...
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6628901 |
Camera
A power source is turned on by pivoting of an operation protrusion of a power source dial which protrudes further than a cylindrical outer edge of a grip section, and a shutter button is provided...
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6554501 |
Actuator control method and control device
A control device for control an actuator comprises a ‘shape-memory alloy that recovers to prescribed memory dimensions’ and ‘a force application means that applies an external force to the...
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6549729 |
Camera that operates in accordance with the speed requirements of the photographer
A camera senses the speed with which the photographer actuates the shutter release. This speed is interpreted as a measure of the urgency of the photograph. The camera modifies its operation in...
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6493509 |
Camera with self-timer for delayed action shutter release
A camera has a shutter release button that is depressible to initiate picture-taking, and a self-timer for automatically initiating picture-taking after a predetermined interval of time has...
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6434338 |
Camera with dual-function battery/manual operating button unit
A camera comprising a power source battery, and an exteriorly accessible operating button that is manually moveable to initiate at least one operation in the camera, is characterized in that the...
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6374052 |
Camera
To provide a camera configured to be supported by the hands of a photographer on the bottom surface of the body thereof whose operability is improved by allowing various settings to be easily made...
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6356713 |
Blurring correction apparatus and image taking apparatus having the same
A blurring correction controlling section determines a correction direction (deflection direction) from the blurring detected by a blurring detecting/calculating section and corrects the blurring...
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6351605 |
Remote control, auto-focus camera system
A remote control auto-focus camera system includes a camera body; a transmitter provided separately from the camera body, wherein the transmitter transmits a remote control signal; a focusing...
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6349180 |
Camera with flexible shell
A camera includes a flexible shell having at least one opening therein and a rigid camera body inside the shell, the camera body having an imaging opening aligned with the at least one opening in...
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6276847 |
Shutter mechanism including self-timer with shaped memory alloy control for camera
A shutter mechanism comprising a shutter that is operated to allow the passage of light, and a self-timer with a shaped memory alloy control that can be deformed and that when subjected to...
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6198880 |
Lens-fitted film unit having a touch sensor
A lens-fitted film unit which includes a photographing film, pre-loaded in the lens-fitted film unit; a photographing lens; a shutter; an electronic flash emission portion; and an electronic flash...
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6173126 |
Cameras
An improved camera comprising a strobe circuit, a strobe, a shutter mechanism and an actuating mechanism are disclosed. A finger engageable portion of the shutter mechanism operates the shutter. A...
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6132112 |
Camera with blocking device to prevent accidental shutter opening due to mechanical shock such as when camera jarred or dropped
A camera comprising an aperture through which ambient light is passed to cause a film exposure, a shutter blade movable open to uncover the aperture and movable closed to re-cover the aperture and...
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6102585 |
Camera having operating buttons which, while arranged in close proximity, are designed to prevent inadvertent operation thereof
A camera including a hole drilled in the top surface of the outer housing member of the camera, a shaft extending across and fixed within the hole, a release button mounted within the hole in a...
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6099172 |
Simplified camera mechanisms
A simplified camera mechanism and method for allowing an operator to select distinct ones of several apertures by actuation of a finger engageable aperture selector as well as insure return of the...
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RE36726 |
Release switch apparatus
A release switch apparatus having a release button which is supported in a camera body so as to move between an initial position and a specific operational position in which the release button is...
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6041188 |
Multi-position flash with shutter actuator operable in each position on compact camera
A camera including a housing, a dual position flash pivotable between a folded position against the housing and an unfolded position extending from the housing, a taking lens, a shutter blade...
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6036379 |
Camera with hand-pressure activated illuminator
A camera comprising a manually actuatable operating button, an activatable light source located at the operating button to illuminate the operating button when the light source is activated, and a...
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5946514 |
Camera with self-timer
A camera comprises a shutter release that is manually depressible to initiate picture-taking, and a delayed action device for automatically depressing the shutter release to initiate picture-taking...
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5918079 |
Movable flash with built-in actuator for shutter release button in compact camera
A compact camera including a housing, a manually depressible shutter release button, and a movable flash supported for movement between a folded position against the housing and covering the...
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5897224 |
Sealing arrangement for shutter release and film transport control in a photographic camera
The invention relates to a sealing arrangement for a shutter release and film transport control element of a photographic camera, having an outer watertight body which has an opening for receiving...
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5881319 |
Shutter release button with integral cantilevered support for braking rotatable film sprocket to prevent film movement during exposure
A camera mechanism comprising a manually depressible shutter release button, a resilient cantilevered support for the shutter release button which is moved when the shutter release button is...
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5878283 |
Single-use camera with motion sensor
The invention relates to single use cameras. In particular it relates to a single use camera that incorporates a motion sensor. The motion sensor enables automatic activation of various camera...
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5864722 |
Vibration preventing camera
A vibration preventing camera includes a vibration amount detecting unit for detecting the amount of vibration, a vibration correcting unit for correcting vibration, a light measuring unit for...
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5822636 |
Camera-cap combination
A camera-cap with a light manual camera operated by remote control, the camera being attached on the head cover portion of the cap with its lens looking forwardly, and a multipurpose cap which...
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5724622 |
Film metering mechanism
A camera includes a body portion having a cartridge chamber for a film cartridge and a film chamber for a filmstrip, a high energy lever returnable to a cocked position, and a film metering pawl...
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5717970 |
Flash-emission generated heat triggers shutter opening in camera
A photographic apparatus, such as a camera, comprises a shutter and a heat sensitive element, for example a bimetallic beam or a fuse, for triggering opening of the shutter in response to being...
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5701536 |
Camera with film metering responsive shutter release
A camera includes a depressible shutter relase button; and a film metering mechanism for metering a filmstrip in the camera. The shutter release button is positioned on one side of a pivotable...
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5694630 |
Compact shutter release/film drive
A camera includes a depressible shutter release, and a film drive gear in which the shutter release and the film moving element have respective coaxial mechanisms for coaxially engaging one another...
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5678107 |
Switching device for a camera
A release switch is directly activated by a self-timer button, and a shutter release button first activates a photometric switch, then the release switch. The self-timer operation is carried out in...
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5664233 |
Remote control apparatus of camera
A remote control apparatus of a camera is provided which includes a signal emitter for emitting a remote release signal light, a camera body having a view finder, and an electromagnetic shutter. A...
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