Patents Assigned to Fuji Film Axia Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 7292282Abstract: A main frame of a camera body has a CMOS image sensor and an eyepiece of an optical finder, and the lens unit popped up from the camera body has a taking lens and an objective lens of the optical finder. Light shielding walls are formed on the main frame, and light shielding walls are formed on the lens unit. When the lens unit is popped up, the light shielding walls and the light shielding walls slightly overlap each other, thus preventing a light from the optical finder from entering the CMOS image sensor. Thus, the digital camera has a lens unit popped up from a camera body and prevents unnecessary lights other than a subject light from entering an image pickup device.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2003Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignees: IDT Data System Limited, Fuji Film Axia Co., Ltd., Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Raymond Chan, Nobuaki Higashi, Mikihiko Kato
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Patent number: 7020392Abstract: An objective that is a concave lens and an ocular that is a convex lens are arranged in a finder housing with a predetermined space between them. The finder housing is molded of a black plastic material. A diaphragm portion is integrally formed inside an inner peripheral portion of the finder housing and between the objective and the ocular. The diaphragm portion is formed to be as large as a lens portion of the ocular. The diaphragm portion serves to block unwanted reflected light.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2004Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignees: IDT Data System Limited, Fuji Film Axia Co., Ltd, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Raymond Chan, Yiu Hung Li, Nobuaki Higashi, Mikihiko Kato
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Patent number: 6965734Abstract: Pawls are formed on an outer peripheral portion of an operation dial at intervals equal to step rotating angles of the operation dial so that a user's finger nail can be placed on one of the pawls to rotate the dial. When the finger nail is placed on one of the pawls to rotate the operation dial, the finger nail placed on that pawl abuts against a stopper provided on a camera main body. Thus, rotation of the operation dial is stopped at each step rotating angle.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2004Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignees: IDT Data System Limited, Fuji Film Axia Co., Ltd., Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Raymond Chan, Yiu Hung Li, Nobuaki Higashi, Mikihiko Kato
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Patent number: 6943963Abstract: When a wheel is rotated, first inclined portions of end surface cams provided on the wheel push corresponding cam followers formed on a movable cylinder. Accordingly, the movable cylinder holding a photographing lens is extended. Then, when each of the cam followers reaches a first flat portion of the corresponding end surface cam, the movable cylinder is placed in a photographing position. In the photographing position, when the wheel is further rotated, the cam follower is pushed by a second inclined portion of the end surface cam. The movable cylinder is thus extended. Then, when the cam follower reaches a second flat portion of the corresponding end surface cam, the movable cylinder is placed in a macro photographing position.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2004Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignees: IDT Data System Limited, Fuji Film Axia Co., Ltd., Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Raymond Chan, Yiu Hung Li, Nobuaki Higashi, Mikihiko Kato
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Publication number: 20040001157Abstract: A main frame of a camera body has a CMOS image sensor and an eyepiece of an optical finder, and the lens unit popped up from the camera body has a taking lens and an objective lens of the optical finder. Light shielding walls are formed on the main frame, and light shielding walls are formed on the lens unit. When the lens unit is popped up, the light shielding walls and the light shielding walls slightly overlap each other, thus preventing a light from the optical finder from entering the CMOS image sensor. Thus, the digital camera has a lens unit popped up from a camera body and prevents unnecessary lights other than a subject light from entering an image pickup device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2003Publication date: January 1, 2004Applicants: IDT DATA SYSTEM LIMITED, FUJI FILM AXIA CO.,LTD., FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.Inventors: Raymond Chan, Nobuaki Higashi, Mikihiko Kato