Abstract: A camera mount with three magnetic pads acting as a tripod. Each of the magnetic pads is flexibly mounted to a base allowing them to move to conform with a curved surface thus maximising magnetic attachment. The base includes a thread on which a camera can be mounted directly or via a ball mount.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus on which an accessory including a first mount is mountable includes a second mount. The second mount is configured to allow bayonet coupling to the first mount of the accessory. The second mount includes a plurality of terminals disposed in a circumferential direction, and a terminal holder configured to hold the plurality of terminals. Each of the plurality of terminals is electrically connectable to a terminal of the accessory. The terminal holder has a height level difference in a center-axis direction of the second mount. The plurality of terminals include a first terminal configured to be used to detect mounting of the accessory on the image capturing apparatus. The first terminal is disposed further in a mount direction of the accessory than the other terminals among the plurality of terminals on a first stage of the terminal holder.

Abstract: A method of performing magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) includes transmitting a multi-slice excitation pulse through tissue, the multi-slice excitation pulse configured to generate multi-slice MRSI signals. The method also includes performing density weighted concentric ring acquisition on the multi-slice MRSI signals. The method further includes receiving the generated multi-slice MRSI signals in a plurality of sensors disposed in various locations around the tissue. Imaging data is reconstructed based on the acquired imaging signals. A representation of the data is displayed.

Abstract: A magnet array is disclosed comprising a plurality of polyhedral magnets arranged in a Halbach cylinder configuration, the centers of individual ones of the plurality of polyhedral magnets being arranged substantially in a plane in a magnet rack, the plurality of the polyhedral magnets at least partly enclosing a testing volume, and comprising a first plurality of polyhedral magnets arranged in a Halbach cylinder configuration and a second plurality of polyhedral magnets arranged in a non-Halbach configuration. In another aspect, a magnet array is disclosed comprising a first subset and a second subset of polyhedral magnets having different coercivities. In yet another aspect, a magnet array is disclosed wherein a subset of the centers of the individual ones of the plurality of polyhedral magnets are laterally displaced from a nominal position in the magnet rack to counteract a magnetic field gradient of the magnet array.

Abstract: A quick release and assembly connecting member and a shooting device are provided. The quick release and assembly connecting member includes a connecting cover, a mounting seat, and a fixing mechanism. The connecting cover includes an inserting portion. The mounting seat includes a mounting and locking mechanism. The fixing mechanism is arranged on the connecting cover and/or the mounting seat, and configured for mounting and fixing the quick release and assembly connecting member with a device. The mounting and locking mechanism includes a clamping and locking sleeve and a locking member. The clamping and locking sleeve is configured to enclose a mounting space for mounting the inserting portion, and the locking member is capable of switching between a first position and a second position, so that when the inserting portion is mounted in the mounting space, the locking member is capable of locking or unlocking the inserting portion.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a main body having an imaging element; a rectangular display disposed along one surface of the main body; and a hinge unit that movably connects the display to the main body, the hinge unit includes a support portion connected to the main body so as to be rotationally movable about a first axis by a pair of first hinges on the first axis extending along one of two sides of the display which are at right angles to each other, the display is supported by the support portion so as to be rotationally movable about a second axis by a pair of second hinges on the second axis extending along other of the two sides of the display which are at right angles to each other, and one of the pair of first hinges is disposed between the pair of second hinges.

Abstract: An intelligent panorama photographic platform is provided, comprising a tabletop mechanism, a rotating mechanism, a folding arm mechanism and an auxiliary mechanism, wherein the rotating mechanism is disposed at an upper end of the tabletop mechanism, the folding arm mechanism is disposed at a left end of the rotating mechanism, the auxiliary mechanism is disposed at a right end of the rotating mechanism.

Abstract: An example system comprises a base with a bottom end and a top end opposite the bottom end, a motor within the base, the motor being coupled to a rotational component of the base and configured to turn the rotational component about an axis of rotation, the rotational component being at the top end of the base, the axis of rotation being perpendicular to the top end of the base, and an arm coupled to the rotational component, the arm configured to move a holding member above the top of the base, the holding member configurable to hold a digital device above the top end of the base, the arm being adjustable to position and tilt the holding member, the rotational component being capable of turning the arm and the holding member, the arm configured to tilt the holding member at a first angle relative to the arm.

Abstract: A liquid lens system includes a liquid lens and a heating device disposed in, on, or near the liquid lens. The liquid lens system can include a temperature sensor. The heating device can be responsive to a temperature signal generated by the temperature sensor. A camera module can include the liquid lens system. A method of operating a liquid lens includes detecting a temperature of the liquid lens and heating the liquid lens in response to the detected temperature. Various embodiments disclosed herein can reduce, impede, or prevent crosstalk between components of the liquid lens, or the effects thereof.

Abstract: In a control device for a motion picture camera that has a record button and a control circuit connected to the record button, the control circuit is configured to cause a start of a motion picture recording in response to a first actuation of the record button. In a normal recording mode, the control device causes a termination of the motion picture recording in response to a second actuation of the record button. In a tail slate mode, the control device, in contrast, only causes a termination of the motion picture recording when first a second actuation of the record button takes place and then a third actuation of the record button takes place.

Abstract: A camera assemble and a shooting device conveniently installed on a glass curtain wall are provided. The camera assemble includes a standard frame shooting component that is configured to record real pictures in a part of an unit time in a preset time period, a jump frame shooting component that is configured to extract a number of frames, and record real pictures at a frame rate of N frames/s for a rest of the unit time, and a frame connecting component configured to coincide a frame picture at an end of the unit of time in the preset time period with a frame picture at an initial moment of a next adjacent unit time. The present disclosure is aimed to save storage space and extend data storage duration by recording real pictures at different frame rates in different situations.

Abstract: A security camera and assembly include a camera lens assembly, a lens tilt locking mechanism, and a grab handle having LEDs mounted thereon. Embodiments include a lens tilt locking mechanism coupled to the camera lens assembly for setting a field of view (FOV) for a camera lens of the camera lens assembly. The grab handle is pivotally coupled to the camera lens assembly via a pivoting mechanism. The grab handle having LEDs mounted thereon pivots to provide independent control of illumination to the FOV without shifting the FOV. In a further embodiment, the grab handle may further include an antenna embedded therein.

Abstract: A pan-tilt-zoom camera for omni-directional 360-degree-detection is provided, which includes a top cover and a bottom cover, an upper end of the top cover is connected to a screw lamp cap, the bottom cover includes an inner bracket and an outer bracket, a camera assembly is provided inside the inner bracket and the outer bracket, a circuit board is electrically connected to the camera assembly; a slide connection apparatus is provided on the inner bracket, the circuit board is electrically connected to the camera assembly through the slide connection apparatus, and the camera assembly controls the slide connection apparatus to perform 360-degree rotation; one path is to electrically connect the camera assembly and the circuit board through rotating shafts of a motor as electric connection leads, and the other path is to electrically connect the circuit board and the camera assembly through a first connection line and a wiring terminal.

Abstract: A camera carrying system of the invention comprises a base attachment configured to be affixed to a bottom face of a camera, the base attachment including spatially-separated first and second bottom eyelets. A shoulder strap having first and second strap ends is connected to the first and second bottom eyelets and creates first and second tether points. The tether points define a rotation axis lying substantially parallel to the bottom face of the camera, substantially parallel to a rear face of the camera, and beneath a center-of-mass of the camera. A tripod adapter may be integrally formed in the base attachment so the camera can be readily mountable to a tripod once disconnected from the base attachment. A method is provided for stabilizing the carrying of a camera by a shoulder strap. The method comprises use of the camera carrying system.

Abstract: An attachment device that suppresses a decrease in the detection accuracy of a sensor. This attachment device is designed to attach a sensor to one surface side of a transmission plate such that the sensor can detect a transmitted wave transmitted from the other surface side.

Abstract: A conversion lens attachment structure includes a first magnetic body provided on a conversion lens device that includes a conversion lens, and a second magnetic body provided on a device main body that includes a master lens. The conversion lens device is attached to the device main body due to a first surface of the first magnetic body and a second surface of the second magnetic body being pulled toward each other, and the second magnetic body is provided such that a normal line of the second surface is not parallel to an optical axis of the master lens.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dental care unit (1) comprising a frame part (2), a support construction (5, 7) for supporting instruments related to dental care (6) and, on the other hand, an operating light (8) arranged to be used in connection with dental care, which operating light (8) is arranged to produce a desired light pattern at a desired distance from the operating light (8). A camera arrangement is arranged to this operating light (8) which comprises at a distance from each other two optical cameras (85), which are integrated as to be both structural and functional part of the operating light (8) of the dental care unit (1).

Abstract: A blade driving device in which a central axis is defined includes a plurality of blades, two coil groups and a magnet. The blades are arranged around the central axis. The two coil groups are arranged around the central axis, include at least two coils with the central axis direction as a winding axis and are separated in the central axis direction. The magnet is arranged between the two coil groups in such a manner that a magnetized surface faces the two coil groups. The coils and the magnet generate an electromagnetic force along a circumferential direction of a circle centered on the central axis to drive the blades.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for determining whether to extend scanning performed by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. According to some embodiments, there is provided a method for imaging a subject using an MRI system, comprising: obtaining data for generating at least one magnetic resonance image of the subject by operating the MRI system in accordance with a first pulse sequence; prior to completing the obtaining the data in accordance with the first pulse sequence, determining to collect additional data to augment and/or replace at least some of the obtained data; determining a second pulse sequence to use for obtaining the additional data; and after completing the obtaining the data in accordance with the first pulse sequence, obtaining the additional data by operating the MRI system in accordance with the second pulse sequence.

Abstract: A case includes a movable body to which an optical module having a first flexible wiring board is to be attached, a fixed body, and a second flexible wiring board with which the first flexible wiring board is to be connected. The movable body is swingably held by the fixed body, and the second flexible wiring board is structured to be resiliently bent easier than the first flexible wiring board.