For Interchangeable Parts Of Television Camera (epo) Patents (Class 348/E5.044)
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Patent number: 11064105Abstract: In a lens apparatus, a CS terminal is disposed adjacent to a DGND terminal, and a DCA terminal is disposed on the other side of the CS terminal from the DGND terminal. The terminals on the accessory correspond to terminals on an imaging apparatus where a CS terminal is disposed adjacent to a DGND terminal, and a DCA terminal is disposed on the other side of the CS terminal from the DGND terminal.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoki Saito, Yasuyuki Watazawa, Naoto Fujihashi
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Patent number: 10928707Abstract: Provided are a camera system, an interchangeable lens, a camera, and a power supply method of a camera system capable of simplifying a configuration. In a camera system (1) comprising a camera (10) and an interchangeable lens (100), a plurality of pieces of lens-drive power (VL1 to VL3) having different voltages are supplied from the camera (10) to the interchangeable lens (100). The interchangeable lens (100) drives a plurality of optical member drive units such as a focus drive unit and a stop drive unit using the plurality of supplied pieces of lens-drive power (VL1 to VL3). Further, system power for operating a lens microcomputer (114) is generated using the lens-drive power (VL1) having the lowest voltage among the plurality of supplied pieces of lens-drive power (VL1 to VL3).Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Kenshi Imamura
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Patent number: 10884322Abstract: Provided is an imaging device including a lens mounting portion, which is a portion on which or from which an interchangeable lens is mountable or removable, an imaging element, and an optical system provided in a light path between the interchangeable lens and the imaging element in a state in which the interchangeable lens is mounted on the lens mounting portion. The optical system is disposed at a first position at which an image of a light flux from the optical system is formed on the imaging element at a position in the light path between the interchangeable lens and the imaging element, and is moved to a second position, which is different from the first position from the first position in association with an operation of removing the interchangeable lens from the lens mounting portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shigeshi Maekawa
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Patent number: 10771670Abstract: In a lens apparatus, a CS terminal is disposed adjacent to a DGND terminal, and a DCA terminal is disposed on the other side of the CS terminal from the DGND terminal. The terminals on the accessory correspond to terminals on an imaging apparatus where a CS terminal is disposed adjacent to a DGND terminal, and a DCA terminal is disposed on the other side of the CS terminal from the DGND terminal.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoki Saito, Yasuyuki Watazawa, Naoto Fujihashi
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Patent number: 10708491Abstract: A method of forming a visual representation of an object from a plurality of image frames acquired using a portable electronic device, the method comprising the steps of determining at least one parameter of motion of the portable electronic device; determining at least one capture condition for at least one first image frame of the plurality of image frames; computing, based on the at least one parameter of motion and the at least one capture condition, an indication of blur in the image frame; based on the indication of blur, conditionally taking a corrective action.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2015Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: ML Netherlands C.V.Inventors: Alexander Ilic, Manuel Werlberger
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Patent number: 10674064Abstract: The accessory apparatus includes an accessory communicator providing a notification channel (RTS), a first data communication channel (DCL) and a second data communication channel (DCL). The accessory controller transmits, in a transmission request receiving state of receiving a transmission request from an image-capturing apparatus through the notification channel, accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus through the first data communication channel, and receives camera data transmitted through the second data communication channel from the image-capturing apparatus in response to receiving the accessory data. The accessory controller stops, in the transmission request receiving state and during transmission of the accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus, in response to becoming a non-transmission request receiving state, transmitting the accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuhiro Wada, Kazuhiro Namiki, Nobuyuki Horie
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Patent number: 10623623Abstract: One or more lens control apparatuses, methods and storage mediums for use therewith are provided herein. In at least one lens control apparatus, a camera control unit determines that a subject is in focus if an amount of defocus is within a first range in a first mode where the camera control unit has not determined that the subject is a moving subject, and determines the focus state on a basis of the amount of defocus and a reversed state of a drive direction of a focus lens based on the amount of defocus in a second mode where the camera control unit has determined that the subject is a moving subject.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hideyasu Hongu
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Patent number: 10511727Abstract: A communication device includes a communication unit, a communication function allocation unit, a communication status determination unit, and a communication control unit. The communication unit performs communications with another communication device using a plurality of communication paths. The communication function allocation unit allocates communication functions to each of the communication paths in the communication unit. The communication status determination unit determines a communication status for each of the communication paths. The communication control unit controls communications for each of the communication paths in accordance with allocation by the communication function allocation unit and a determination result of the communication status determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Yoshihisa Ogata, Keito Fukushima, Kazuo Kanda, Osamu Nonaka
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Patent number: 10331018Abstract: To provide an interchangeable lens, a camera system, a communication method, and a program in which lens data can be caused to be efficiently stored in an interchangeable lens, necessity of storing the lens data in the accessory can be eliminated by storing lens data in a case where an accessory is not mounted on the interchangeable lens and lens data in a case where the accessory is mounted on the interchangeable lens, and it is unnecessary to have a particular function of transmitting appropriate lens data to the accessory. An interchangeable lens includes a specifying unit that specifies a mounted accessory by acquiring identification information from the accessory, a storage unit including a first storage area that stores first lens data and a second storage area that stores one or a plurality of pieces of second lens data, a third lens data generation unit, and a lens control unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yi Pan, Junji Hayashi, Kazufumi Sugawara
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Patent number: 10021307Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present technology, there is provided a processing apparatus or a program causing a computer to execute as a processing apparatus including a camera shake correction control unit configured to, based on a focus area in which pixel values of phase difference pixels is used in focus control among areas of an image output by an image sensor, control camera shake correction performed by changing a relative positional relationship in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis in an optical system between the image sensor that includes as some of pixels, phase difference pixels that are pixels for obtaining phase difference information to be used in focus control based on a phase difference method, and the optical system, which is for forming an image on the image sensor from light from an object.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2013Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Youichi Hasegawa
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Patent number: 9762806Abstract: In an imaging apparatus that includes a lens unit and a body unit, when a diaphragm value of a variable diaphragm is changed, the lens unit calculates an announcement value indicating the diaphragm value when a prescribed time period has passed since a detection time of a current diaphragm value of the variable diaphragm, and transmits the announcement value to the body unit, and the body unit controls exposure of an image sensor on the basis of the announcement value obtained from the lens unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventor: Koichi Nakata
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Patent number: 9467612Abstract: An image captured using a lens mounted via a mount adapter is corrected in simple fashion in accordance with the lens. An interchangeable lens is mounted on a camera body via the mount adapter. The mount adapter is provided with a slide switch capable of setting a lens type that corresponds to the interchangeable lens. The slide switch is positioned in accordance with the interchangeable lens. The switch setting state of the positioned slide switch is detected in the camera body. Correction parameters that conform to the detected switch setting state are read out of a memory within the camera body. The captured image is corrected using the correction parameters that have been read out.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2015Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Fuminori Irie
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Patent number: 9392157Abstract: An image pickup apparatus, which is mountable a lens apparatus thereon, obtains information of a mounted lens apparatus and if the lens apparatus is identified as the interchangeable lens which fails in firmware update based on the obtained information, controls to restrict an operation in which an interchangeable lens is used and to enable an operation which does not use the interchangeable lens.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naomi Mori, Takeshi Sakaguchi
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Patent number: 9241098Abstract: A camera body at which an interchangeable lens, holding a plurality of sets of optical characteristics data, each expressing specific optical characteristics in one of a plurality of representation formats, can be detachably mounted, includes: an identification information reception unit that receives lens-side identification information from the interchangeable lens, which indicates the plurality of representation formats; an identification information storage unit in which body-side identification information indicating each representation format that the camera body is capable of recognizing among the plurality of representation formats, is stored; a selection unit that selects a single representation format included in both the lens-side and the body-side identification information, among the plurality of representation formats; a request unit that issues a request to the interchangeable lens for the optical characteristics data corresponding to the selected representation format; and an optical characterType: GrantFiled: December 23, 2014Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventor: Taro Makigaki
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Patent number: RE41272Abstract: An imaging apparatus with divers resolution includes a light source, a reflection lens set, a major lens and an image-capture unit. The light source is used to illuminate a document for further generating a document image. The reflection lens set includes a plurality of reflection lenses for forwarding the document image consecutively to the major lens. The major lens is used to receive the document image transported by the reflection lens set and to form the document image at a focal point thereof. The image-capture unit includes a plurality of image-capture elements with various resolution for meeting divers usage requirements. While in usage, a suitable image-capture element with particular resolution can be shifted to the focal point of the major lens for performing the imaging.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2005Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Inventor: Tsang-Huai Chang