Patents Examined by Daniel P. Malloy
  • Patent number: 5657159
    Abstract: A video display apparatus has a dot matrix of LEDs mounted on an LED matrix board, and a unitary reflecting member made of metal such as aluminum or the like mounted on the LED matrix board. The reflecting member has slanted reflecting surfaces disposed vertically one on each side of each of the LEDs for reflecting light emitted from the LEDs with narrow vertical directivity. The video display apparatus can provide a wide angle of view in the horizontal direction, and a narrow angle of view in the vertical direction for preventing light from being scattered in the vertical direction to maintain a desired level of luminosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takehisa Natori
  • Patent number: 5561494
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining exposure amount in a copying apparatus includes: a photometric measuring device for effecting photometry by dividing an image recorded on a recording material into a multiplicity of segments and by separating each segment into a multiplicity of colors consisting of four or more predetermined colors; a storage device for storing photometric data on the multiplicity of colors obtained from photometry by the photometric measuring device; an image-density calculating device for calculating an image density equivalent to an image density obtained by photometrically measuring the image with the photometric measuring device exhibiting a spectral sensitivity distribution equivalent to that of a copying material, on the basis of the photometric data on the multiplicity of colors and the spectral sensitivity distribution of the copying material; a correction-amount determining device for determining a correction amount with respect to the image density on the basis of the photometric data o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takaaki Terashita
  • Patent number: 5394218
    Abstract: A device for assisting a person in focusing a camera on a surface is provided. A mirror at an angle of 45.degree. to the horizontal, and an incandescent filament, are mounted on a device that may rest on the surface to be photographed. The distance from the filament to a point on the mirror equals the distance from that point to the surface. By focusing the camera on the image of the filament that appears in the mirror, the camera will be correctly focused on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Inventors: Gladys Rabinow, Jacob Rabinow