Patents Assigned to Olympus Imaging Corp.
  • Imaging device, display device, control method, and method for controlling area change
    Patent number: 8643749
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit that receives light coming from a subject and thus generates electronic image data; a display unit that displays an image corresponding to the image data; an angle-of-view setting unit that an angle of view to be changed for the image displayed by the display unit according to a first signal input from the outside; and a control unit that starts control of change to a predetermined angle of view set by the angle-of-view setting unit according to a second signal different from the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Matsuzawa, Tsuyoshi Yaji, Osamu Nonaka
  • Image pickup apparatus using zoom lens
    Patent number: 8643764
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a zoom lens having a first positive lens unit, and a first negative lens unit disposed on an object side of the first positive lens unit. A distance between the first positive lens unit and the first negative lens unit is narrowed at the time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end. The zoom lens includes an aperture stop disposed between a lens nearest to an image side in the first negative lens unit and a lens nearest to the image side in the first positive lens unit, and a light-amount reducing filter made of a resin material which is disposed on the image side of the lens nearest to the image side in the first positive lens unit, and which can be inserted in an optical path and withdrawn from the optical path. The zoom lens satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Masato Miyata, Naoki Fujii
  • Image pickup apparatus, image pickup system, and image pickup method
    Patent number: 8638374
    Abstract: This invention provides an image pickup apparatus that performs an image pickup operation that alternately repeats a long exposure LE and a short exposure SE. The image pickup apparatus drives an image pickup device in a first driving mode that makes a first time interval between an exposure end time of a pixel in an SE and an exposure start time of the pixel in an LE immediately thereafter and a second time interval between the exposure end time of the pixel in the LE and the exposure start time of the pixel in the SE immediately thereafter equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Haneda, Makoto Ikeda
  • Shooting apparatus and shooting control method
    Patent number: 8638357
    Abstract: A shooting apparatus has an image pickup section, a display section which displays an image picked up by the image pickup section, an operation section for performing operations including a shooting command, a communication section which performs communication with a further shooting apparatus, a determination section which determines a left-right placement relationship between the shooting apparatus and the further shooting apparatus from a predetermined position held by the user with a right hand or a left hand or from a predetermined operation, and a control section which, by transmitting a signal to the further shooting apparatus through the communication section, performs control for causing at least a portion of an image picked up by the further shooting apparatus to be transmitted from the further shooting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Masaomi Tomizawa, Osamu Nonaka
  • ZOOM LENS, AND IMAGING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140022647
    Abstract: The invention provides a zoom lens, characterized by comprising, a zoom lens, which comprises, in order from an object side thereof: a first lens group of negative refracting power, a second lens group of positive refracting power, a third lens group of negative refracting power, and a fourth lens group of positive refracting power, wherein: upon zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of the zoom lens, a separation between the respective lens groups changes, upon focusing from a focusing-on-infinity state to a close-range focusing state, the third lens group moves in an optical axis direction, and the conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied at the wide-angle end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
    Inventors: Yasuji OGATA, Yasuharu YAMADA, Toshio TAKAHASHI, Toyoki KON
  • Panoramic camera unit and camera system with arrayed optical elements
    Patent number: 8629896
    Abstract: A camera unit capable of taking good visibility images covering a wide field of view, and having a thinner profile includes an imaging optical unit having free-curved surface prisms for forming subject images, a single imaging device for photoelectrically-converting the subject images from a plurality of directions formed by the imaging optical unit, a signal processing unit, a communication unit, and a control unit for controlling operation of the imaging device and the signal processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Koichi Takahashi, Toshiya Sodeyama, Fumito Orii, Izuru Kiyokawa
  • VIBRATING DEVICE AND IMAGE EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140009661
    Abstract: A vibrating device includes a dust-screening member and a vibrating member. The dust-screening member is disposed in front of an image surface of an image forming element having the image surface in which an optical image is generated. The dust-screening member has a box shape with about the same small plate thickness as a whole, and includes, in a bottom surface portion of the box shape, a transparent part which spreads from the center of the bottom surface portion. The vibrating member is disposed outside the transparent part of the dust-screening member. The vibrating member is configured to generate, in the bottom surface portion of the dust-screening member, vibration having a vibrational amplitude which is vertical to the bottom surface portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Sumio Kawai
  • LENS BARREL AND CAMERA SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140009847
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes a fixed portion with an optical system including a focusing lens. An operation member is placed so as to be movable to first and second positions along an optical axis of the fixed portion, and turnable around the optical axis at the first and second positions. A turning member turns along with the operation member when moved to the second position, and does not operate with the operation member when moved from the second position to the first position. Positioning means position the operation member at the first or second position through a plurality of balls. When the operation member is at the first position it is urged to the first position by the plurality of balls. When the operation member is at the second position, it is urged to the second position by the plurality of balls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Toyama, Tamotsu Koiwai, Takeshi Ito
  • IMAGING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130335589
    Abstract: An imaging device comprises a lens barrel including an optical system that collects light from a predetermined viewing area and that defines an optical axis; an imaging unit that receives the light collected by the optical system and generates image data, the image data defining a main image that includes a determined sub area; a ring-shaped operation ring that is provided on an outer circumference of the lens barrel and that is manually rotatable about the optical axis of the optical system; and an area change unit that changes at least one of (A) a size of the determined sub area, or (B) a position of the determined sub area, responsive to a manual operation of the operation ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
    Inventor: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
  • Imaging device and control method for imaging device
    Patent number: 8610819
    Abstract: An imaging device comprises an imaging section for outputting image data every set time, in association with commencement of a bulb exposure; an adding processing section for, every time new image data is output from the imaging section, generating an added image by adding images that were output after commencement of the bulb exposure; an image display section for displaying each generated added image; and a sound generating section for performing sound generation in response to update of the image display section when a display update interval of the image display section is at least a specified time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Yoji Watanabe
  • Imaging device and method for controlling power of imaging device
    Patent number: 8610821
    Abstract: An imaging device according to the present invention comprises: an imaging section photoelectrically converting an object image and outputting image data; a display section displaying the object image based on the image data; an acceleration sensor section detecting vibration in at least one direction among a plurality of directions of a camera; a determination section continuously determining an output equal to or greater than a gravity force by means of the acceleration sensor section; and a power supply control section supplying power to the imaging section upon detection of an output equal to or greater than the gravity force by the determination section and also upon detection of an attitude change in a vertical direction or the like or a predetermined acceleration when a photographer sets the camera while viewing the display section of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Kawaguchi, Koichi Shintani, Haruyuki Ishihara, Osamu Nonaka
  • Digital camera capable of continuous shooting
    Patent number: 8610796
    Abstract: A digital camera of the present invention comprises: an imaging section, a read out section for reading out first image data for still picture storage from the imaging section, a storage section subjecting the first image data to image processing and storing the resultant data, an image data generating section for generating second image data that has fewer pixel data than the first image data, from the first image data, and a detection section for detecting at least one evaluation value based on the second image data, wherein a detection operation of the evaluation value by the detection section is executed in parallel to a still picture storage operation by the storage section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Takeshi Kindaichi
  • Digital camera
    Patent number: D695805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Koji Sakai
  • Digital camera body of lens replacing type
    Patent number: D695807
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Daisuke Tainaka
  • Digital camera body of lens replacing type
    Patent number: D695808
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Noriaki Takahashi
  • Digital camera
    Patent number: D695811
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Takeshi Nohara
  • Camera strobe with movie light
    Patent number: D695815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Noriaki Takahashi
  • Voice recording/reproducing device
    Patent number: D696225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Reisuke Osada
  • Camera strobe with movie light
    Patent number: D696711
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Noriaki Takahashi
  • Digital camera body of lens replacing type
    Patent number: D698838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Daisuke Tainaka