http://www.freshpatents.com/Photography-dtnewntc396.php USPTO Class 396 - Photography en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:53 -0700 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/Accessory-device-for-image-pickup-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170843.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:53 -0700 An accessory device mountable to an accessory shoe of an image-pickup apparatus includes a contact member electrically connecting with the accessory shoe, a lock mechanism allowing a lock operation for fixing the accessory device to the accessory shoe and an unlock operation for releasing the fix of the accessory device,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Camera-wiper-dt20080717ptan20080170844.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:53 -0700 A waterproof casing for enclosing a camera body with a lens, the waterproof casing having a housing defining a cavity for containing the camera body with the lens, the housing having a lens region positioned in front of the lens of the camera body, the lens region being transparent to... http://www.freshpatents.com/Camera-system-and-interchangeable-lens-dt20080717ptan20080170845.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:53 -0700 A camera system includes a camera body having an in-body motor; an interchangeable lens having an in-lens motor, the interchangeable lens being detachable from the camera body; a focusing mechanism for moving a focusing lens group provided in the interchangeable lens in an optical axis direction thereof; a rotational force... http://www.freshpatents.com/Lighting-control-for-in-vivo-capsule-camera-dt20080717ptan20080170846.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:53 -0700 A method for controlling a lighting source in a capsule camera improves image quality by avoiding over-exposure or under-exposure in all regions of an image, while concurrently reducing significantly power dissipation in the capsule camera. A capsule camera using the method includes: (1) one or more sensor arrays each having... http://www.freshpatents.com/Depth-of-field-bracketing-dt20080717ptan20080170847.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:53 -0700 Methods and Systems are provided to enable automatically taking a series of depth of field bracket photos by varying the f-stop and shutter speed for a particular scene to keep the exposure constant. The method may be practiced on a digital camera which has been equipped with software in accordance... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-device-for-creating-pictures-dt20080717ptan20080170848.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:53 -0700 The invention relates to a method and a device for creating an enhanced picture by means of several consecutive exposures. The method comprises the steps of: exposing a light sensitive sensor to a series of exposures, wherein the whole light sensitive sensor in each exposure is exposed simultaneously, and all... http://www.freshpatents.com/Light-emitting-unit-and-superimposing-device-dt20080717ptan20080170849.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:53 -0700 A light-emitting unit for superimposement is provided. The light-emitting unit is applied to one of a pentagonal roof-mirror or a pentagonal Dach-prism of a viewfinder optical system of a camera. The unit comprises a light source, a light-emitting lens, and a second mirror. The light source emits superimposing light. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-capturing-apparatus-control-method-thereof-program-and-storage-medium-dt20080717ptan20080170850.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:53 -0700 An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor which photo-electrically converts an object image formed by an objective lens, a shutter which is arranged between the objective lens and the image sensor, opens to set the image sensor in an exposure enable state, and closes to set the image sensor... http://www.freshpatents.com/Light-amount-adjusting-device-and-image-capture-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170851.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:53 -0700 A light amount adjusting device includes: a cover plate having a light-passing hole; a first separator being sheet-shaped and having a hole; a second separator being elastically deformable and sheet-shaped, positioned on a side opposite to the cover plate with the first separator therebetween, and having a hole; a first...