Abstract: A battery monitoring circuit for a portable device driven by a secondary battery that supplies an electric current via a wiring pattern formed on a substrate. The battery monitoring circuit includes: a current measuring circuit that measures a current value of a current that flows in the wiring pattern by monitoring an amount of voltage drop that occurs in a specific section of the wiring pattern; a converter that converts the current value into a digital measured current value; a first storage part that stores data for compensating a variation in a resistance value of the wiring pattern depending on an individual particularity of the substrate; and a calculating part configured to correct the digital measured current value by using the data to calculate a corrected current value and to calculate a remaining capacity or to monitor a state of the secondary battery based on the corrected current value.

Abstract: A motor driving circuit includes a wiring pattern formed in a circuit board, which is configured such that electrical current flowing into a motor flows through the wiring pattern; and a current measurement circuit configured to measure an amount of electrical current flowing through the wiring pattern, based on an amount of voltage drop occurring in response to flowing of the electrical current. The motor driving circuit includes a drive unit configured to adjust a current measurement value measured by the current measurement circuit, based on first adjustment data that compensates for variation in resistance of the wiring pattern caused by an individual difference in the circuit board, and to drive the motor based on an adjusted current value which is the adjusted current measurement value.

Abstract: A battery monitoring circuit for a portable device driven by a secondary battery that supplies an electric current via a wiring pattern formed on a substrate. The battery monitoring circuit includes: a current measuring circuit that measures a current value of a current that flows in the wiring pattern by monitoring an amount of voltage drop that occurs in a specific section of the wiring pattern; a converter that converts the current value into a digital measured current value; a first storage part that stores data for compensating a variation in a resistance value of the wiring pattern depending on an individual particularity of the substrate; and a calculating part configured to correct the digital measured current value by using the data to calculate a corrected current value and to calculate a remaining capacity or to monitor a state of the secondary battery based on the corrected current value.

Abstract: An inner focus lens, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit having negative optical power; and a third lens unit having positive optical power, wherein the second lens unit is moved along an optical axis so that focusing from an infinite-distance object side to a short-distance object side is achieved, the first lens unit includes a bi-convex air lens, and the following conditions: 0.65<|f2/f|<5.00 and 0.5<f23/f1<9.0 (f2: a focal length of the second lens unit, f and f23: a focal length of the entire system and a composite focal length of the second and third lens units in an infinity in-focus condition, f1: a focal length of the first lens unit) are satisfied; an interchangeable lens apparatus; and a camera system are provided.

Abstract: An inner focus lens, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit having negative optical power; and a third lens unit having positive optical power, wherein the second lens unit is moved along an optical axis so that focusing from an infinite-distance object side to a short-distance object side is achieved, the first lens unit includes a bi-convex air lens, and the following conditions: 0.65<|f2/f|<5.00 and 0.5<f23/f1<9.0 (f2: a focal length of the second lens unit, f and f23: a focal length of the entire system and a composite focal length of the second and third lens units in an infinity in-focus condition, f1: a focal length of the first lens unit) are satisfied; an interchangeable lens apparatus; and a camera system are provided.

Abstract: An inner focus lens, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit having negative optical power; and a third lens unit having positive optical power, wherein the second lens unit is moved along an optical axis so that focusing from an infinite-distance object side to a short-distance object side is achieved, the first lens unit includes a bi-convex air lens, and the following conditions: 0.65<|f2/f|<5.00 and 0.5<f23/f1<9.0 (f2: a focal length of the second lens unit, f and f23: a focal length of the entire system and a composite focal length of the second and third lens units in an infinity in-focus condition, f1: a focal length of the first lens unit) are satisfied; an interchangeable lens apparatus; and a camera system are provided.

Abstract: A battery state measuring method includes a voltage detecting step of detecting a transient open-circuit voltage of a secondary battery at an end of a fixed-length period starting at a termination of charging or discharging of the secondary battery, a parameter detecting step of detecting one or more parameters indicative of one or more battery states of the secondary battery at or prior to the end of the fixed-length period, and a prediction step of utilizing a relationship between the transient open-circuit voltage, the one or more parameters indicative of one or more battery states, and a stabilized open-circuit voltage of the secondary battery as observed after the end of the fixed-length period to obtain the stabilized open-circuit voltage that corresponds to the transient open-circuit voltage detected by the voltage detecting step and the one or more parameters detected by the parameter detecting step.

Abstract: An inner focus lens, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit having negative optical power; and a third lens unit having positive optical power, wherein the second lens unit is moved along an optical axis so that focusing from an infinite-distance object side to a short-distance object side is achieved, the first lens unit includes a bi-convex air lens, and the following conditions: 0.65<|f2/f|<5.00 and 0.5<f23/f1<9.0 (f2: a focal length of the second lens unit, f and f23: a focal length of the entire system and a composite focal length of the second and third lens units in an infinity in-focus condition, f1: a focal length of the first lens unit) are satisfied; an interchangeable lens apparatus; and a camera system are provided.

Abstract: A battery monitoring device includes a detecting unit which detects a voltage value, a current value and a temperature of a secondary battery, a charging time computing unit which computes a charging time of the battery by using the voltage value, the current value and the temperature detected by the detecting unit, and a determining unit which determines a charging state of the battery. The charging time computing unit is configured to compute a fully charged time of the battery based on a first charging ratio, a constant-current charging ratio, and a second charging ratio.

Abstract: An imaging device has a zoom lens system having a plurality of lens units and forming an optical image of an object so as to continuously optically zoom by varying distances between the lens unit; and an image sensor converting the optical image formed by the zoom lens system to an electric signal. The zoom lens system has from an object side: a first lens unit being overall negative and including a reflecting surface that bends a luminous flux substantially 90 degrees; and a second lens unit disposed with a variable air distance from the first lens unit, and having a negative optical power.

Abstract: A zoom lens system for directing an optical image on an electric image sensor that includes a first lens unit disposed on a most object side and having a negative optical power, a second lens unit having a positive optical power, and a third lens unit including a most image side lens unit having at least a positive lens element and a negative lens element, wherein the following condition is satisfied: 3<|fl/fw| where fl is a focal length of the most image side lens unit, and fw is a focal length of the zoom lens system in a shortest focal length condition.

Abstract: A zoom lens device has a zoom lens system having a plurality of lens units; and an image sensor converting an optical image formed by the zoom lens system, into electric image data. Lens surfaces constituting the zoom lens system are all refracting surfaces. Zooming is performed by varying the distances between the lens units. The following conditions are satisfied: 3.1?ft/fw?5.5 where fw is the focal length of the zoom lens system in the shortest focal length condition, and ft is the focal length of the zoom lens system in the longest focal length condition.

Abstract: A see-through type image display apparatus and a method for displaying image are provided. This is an image display apparatus mounted on the head or face of a user wherein the user can see through the apparatus to observe the external world, and includes: a see-through type display section for displaying an image; an audio input section for inputting the sound generated from the sound source of the external world and generating an audio signal; a sound source detection section for detecting the relative direction with reference to the image display apparatus of the sound source, based on the audio signal generated by the audio input section; and an image generation section for generating an image representing the direction of the aforementioned sound source based on the direction of the sound source detected by the sound source detection section and for outputting it to the display section.

Abstract: A zoom lens device has a zoom lens system having a plurality of lens units; and an image sensor converting an optical image formed by the zoom lens system, into electric image data. The zoom lens system has, from the object side, a first lens unit disposed on the most object side and consisting of one negative lens element; and a second lens unit being overall positive power and including a positive lens element and a negative lens element independent of each other. Lens surfaces constituting the zoom lens system are all refracting surfaces. Zooming is performed by varying the distances between the lens units. The predetermined conditions are satisfied by the zoom lens system.

Abstract: An image-sensing apparatus has a zoom lens system for forming an optical image of an object with variable magnification, which zoom lens system includes a plurality of lens units and achieves zooming by varying distances between the lens units, and an image sensor for converting the optical image formed by the zoom lens system into an electrical signal. The zoom lens system has, from the object side, a first lens unit that has a positive optical power, includes a reflective member for turning the optical path, and is kept stationary relative to the image sensor during zooming, a second lens unit that is disposed on the image side of the first lens unit and has a negative optical power, an aperture stop that is disposed on the image side of the second lens unit and is kept stationary relative to the image sensor during zooming, and at least one lens unit that is disposed on the image side of the aperture stop and is moved relative to the image sensor during zooming.

Abstract: The digital camera has an LCD and a print button and can set image capturing modes such as a single frame shooting mode and a continuous shooting mode. In the case where the print button is depressed in a state where the digital camera is set in the single frame shooting mode, after making an error check, the digital camera immediately shifts to a state where a print mode is set. In the print mode, a print setting screen in which settings of a print order can be made on an image recorded on a memory card is displayed on the LCD. As a result, settings of the print order can be made promptly.

Abstract: The present invention provides a digital camera capable of optimizing a timing of switching a display screen to a print setting screen including an image on which print settings are to be made. In a process of protecting or formatting a captured image in a playback mode, a process of recording a captured image in an image capturing mode, and the like, a request of a file access (writing) to a memory card is generated. In response to the request or the like, a state where a file in the memory card is protected from other accesses is set, and writing of the file starts. After that, writing of the file is completed, and various accesses to the file in the memory card are permitted. That is, during a file access (writing), in response to depression of a print button, an operation of reading an image file in the memory card and switching to a print mode is inhibited.

Abstract: An imaging lens device has an imaging lens system that forms an optical image and an image sensing device that converts the optical image formed by the imaging lens system into an electronic signal. The imaging lens system includes two lens elements each made of a homogeneous material and having a positive optical power, and fulfills the following condition: 1.25<L/f<2.00, where L is the distance from the most object side lens surface to the image plane, and f is the overall focal length of the lens system.

Abstract: A zoom lens device has a zoom lens system having a plurality of lens units; and an image sensor converting an optical image formed by the zoom lens system, into electric image data. The zoom lens system has a first lens unit disposed on the most object side and consisting of a single negative lens element, a second lens unit having a positive optical power; and a diaphragm disposed on the object or the image side of the second lens unit, or in the second lens unit. Zooming is performed by varying the distances between the lens units. Focus adjustment by varying the object distance is performed by moving along the optical axis a positive lens unit or a single lens element disposed in a position on the image side of the diaphragm and not included in the most image side lens unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a digital camera capable of excellently recording a print order file on a recording medium and normally performing a print setting operation even in the case where a recording medium is replaced during the print setting operation. In a digital camera for recording a captured image on a removable recording medium, each time a print setting is made on an image recorded in a memory card by an operation for an operating member, a print order file to be recorded on the memory card is updated. At the time of displaying the total number of prints and a charge for printing on an LCD, the print order file recorded on the memory card is read and, on the basis of the information recorded in the print order file, the total number of prints and the charge for printing are displayed.