Abstract: Provided is a connector that includes an optical component and a movable member. The optical component emits light. Light from the optical component is incident upon the movable member and the movable member is movable between a first state taken during non-fitting to a counterpart connector and a second state taken during fitting to the counterpart connector. Incident light incident upon the movable member from the optical component is, in the first state, attenuated and emitted to an outside such that power of the light is lower than power of the light when the movable member is held in the second state.

Abstract: A method for providing image processing for a plurality of vehicular driving assist systems includes mounting a camera module at a portion of an in-cabin side of a windshield of a vehicle. The camera module houses a camera, a circuit board, at least one electrical connector and an image processor. The camera is electrically connected to circuitry of the circuit board via a flexible electrical connection. With the camera module mounted at the vehicle windshield, electrical power is provided to the camera via the flexible electrical connection, the camera is controlled via the circuitry, the camera is operated to capture image data, which is provided to the circuitry via the flexible electrical connection and is received at the circuitry. The image processor processes the image data received at the circuitry of the circuit board for the plurality of driving assist systems of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera module having a camera, a circuit board, at least one electrical connector and an image processor. With the camera module mounted at a vehicle windshield, the camera has a field of view forward of the vehicle and through the vehicle windshield. The camera includes an imager and a lens, with the lens accommodated in a lens barrel. The camera captures image data when operated. The camera is electrically connected to circuitry established at the circuit board via a flexible electrical connection. Circuitry of the circuit board, via the flexible electrical connection, (i) provides electrical power to the camera, (ii) controls the camera and (iii) receives image data from the camera. With the camera module mounted at the windshield, the circuit board is tilted at an acute angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the lens barrel of the camera.

Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera module having a camera and a circuit board. With the camera module mounted at a vehicle windshield, the camera has a field of view forward of the vehicle and through the vehicle windshield. The camera includes an imager and a lens, with the lens accommodated in a lens barrel. The camera captures image data when operated. The camera is electrically connected to circuitry established at the circuit board via a flexible electrical connection. Circuitry of the circuit board (i) provides electrical power to the camera via the flexible electrical connection, (ii) controls the camera via the flexible electrical connection and (iii) receives image data from the camera via the flexible electrical connection. With the camera module mounted at the windshield, the circuit board is tilted at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the lens barrel of the camera.

Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera module that includes a camera and a circuit board. With the camera module mounted at a vehicle windshield, the camera has a field of view forward of the vehicle and through the vehicle windshield. The camera includes an imager and a lens, with the lens having a principal lens axis. The camera captures image data. The camera is electrically connected to circuitry established at the circuit board via a flexible electrical connector. Circuity of the circuit board (i) provides electrical power to the camera via the flexible electrical connector, (ii) controls the camera via the flexible electrical connector and (iii) receives image data from the camera via the flexible electrical connector. With the camera module mounted at the windshield, the circuit board is tilted at an angle relative to the principal lens axis of the lens of the camera.

Abstract: An in-vehicle camera including: a camera component that records out of the vehicle through a window glass; a cover that covers the camera component from the vehicle interior side, with a gap existing between the cover and the window glass; and a blocker that is secured to a vehicle interior-side surface of the window glass inside the cover and is configured to allow passage of air between the inside and the outside of the cover via the gap while blocking light passing through the gap and reflected into the camera component.

Abstract: A vision system for a vehicle includes a camera having a field of view exterior of the vehicle and being operable to capture image data. An angular filter is disposed at least partially in the field of view of the camera. The angular filter limits reflection of light through an angular range that corresponds to stray light that would otherwise impinge the lens of the camera. A control includes an image processor operable to process image data captured by the camera. Responsive at least in part to processing at the image processor of image data captured by the camera, the control controls a driver assistance system of the vehicle.

Abstract: A spherical content capture system captures spherical video and audio content. In one embodiment, captured metadata or video/audio processing is used to identify content relevant to a particular user based on time and location information. The platform can then generate an output video from one or more shared spherical content files relevant to the user. The output video may include a non-spherical reduced field of view such as those commonly associated with conventional camera systems. Particularly, relevant sub-frames having a reduced field of view may be extracted from each frame of spherical video to generate an output video that tracks a particular individual or object of interest. For each sub-frame, a corresponding portion of an audio track is generated that includes a directional audio signal having a directionality based on the selected sub-frame.

Abstract: A vision system for a vehicle includes a camera module having a camera and a circuit board. With the camera module disposed at the windshield, the camera has a field of view forward of the vehicle and through the vehicle windshield. The camera includes (i) an imager and (ii) a lens. The camera is electrically connected to circuitry established at the circuit board via a flexible electrical connection. The circuitry, via the flexible electrical connection, provides power to the camera and receives image data from the camera, and may control the camera. With the camera module disposed at the windshield, the circuit board is angled relative to a principal axis of the field of view of the camera.

Abstract: A head mounted display device that displays three dimensional images from a mobile device, which includes a strap that secures the head mounted display to the head of a viewer, a viewing assembly connected to the strap, that includes a housing, a mobile device holder, connected to the housing, a reflecting surface, connected to the housing, that reflects images displayed by the mobile device; and an eyepiece onto which the reflecting surface reflects the images.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image capture device comprising: a single imaging optical system; an imaging element that forms pupil-divided object images; a diaphragm that restricts a light flux that enters into the imaging element; and a diaphragm control device, wherein, when focal lengths before and after adjusting the focal length of the imaging optical system are assumed to be f1 and f2 and the F value of the diaphragm before adjusting the focal length of the imaging optical system is assumed to be FNo1, the diaphragm control device performs control such that an F value of FNo2 after adjusting the focal length of the imaging optical system becomes an F value that can be set according to a following equation: FNo ? ? 2 = FNo ? ? 1 * ( f ? ? 2 f ? ? 1 ) 2 .

Abstract: Disclosed is a system configured to operate with a hand-held camera. The hand-held camera is configured to operate with a film cartridge. The film cartridge defines an opening to enable entry of a driven film-feeding member into engagement with film edge perforations, the film-feeding member being driven by the camera for movement in a rectilinear path whereby successive film edge perforations are engaged so as to intermittently move the film past the exposure aperture. The system comprises a housing configured to be moveably engageable with the camera, in place of the film cartridge; a detector configured to generate a first signal in response to detecting a movement of the film-feeding member; and circuitry configured to write signals from an image sensor into the memory, according to an addressing mechanism that is responsive to the first signal.

Abstract: Abstract: A large format communication display system designed and constructed for viewing from extended distances. In accordance with the present invention, using opto-electronic devices, full motion digital video images are projected from within a partially or totally enclosed conveyance on to wall mounted display screens designed for viewing outside a conveyance, while the conveyance is in motion or parked. The general idea of this invention is to remove the barrier of no video or no motion images from mobile or transit displays. The self-contained or modular aspect of this invention allows complete portability and viewing while in transit or on site.

Abstract: The invention proposes a camera 1 furnished with a flat screen viewfinder 4 which comprises a specific fixing system. The fixing system essentially comprises a boom 5 for connecting the viewfinder 4 and the camera body 2. The boom 5 is connected on the one hand to the camera body 2 and on the other hand to the viewfinder 4 by fixing means 6 and 7 allowing fine-tuning and positional retention. According to one embodiment, the boom 5 extends towards the rear of the camera 1 so that a possible position of the viewfinder 4 lies in the extension of the lens 3.

Abstract: A laser source is installed inside a housing for generating a laser beam. A first lens group is installed inside the housing for diverging the laser beam from the laser source. A reflecting object is installed inside the housing in a rotatable manner for reflecting the laser beam from the first lens group. A second lens group is installed inside the housing for diverging the laser beam from the reflecting object. A framing mask masks the laser beam and displays a laser-framing viewfinder. A third lens group is installed on the housing for focusing the laser beam. A camera lens is installed on the housing for capturing an image framed in the laser-framing viewfinder. When the reflecting object rotates to a first location a laser-framing viewfinder is generated. When the reflecting object rotates to a second location a laser pointer is generated.

Abstract: The camera, which is put on a user, shoots and processes image into image data and records the same. The camera has two or more operation modes and is provided with a detector for detecting either the motion state or the physiological state of the user or both of them and a controller for selecting one mode from among the operation modes on the basis of the detection results by the detector.

Abstract: A web movie system is formed through a web site, and is designed according to the characteristics of Internet. Thereby, the multimedia interaction, the user can understand all information of a movie and select the movie clips according to the time of the user connected to the network. A layer and non-linear video editing concepts are used in the web movie system, so that the movie frame is edited into a plurality of scene layers (such as a front scenery, a middle scenery, and a background) according to the captured depths of the scenery so that the editing time is reduced greatly.

Abstract: A film image input system is disclosed which can use a film cartridge constructed in such a manner that it requires a small space for storing a developed still photo film and also can protect the film against dust and damage, and also which allows the film cartridge to be mounted into a cartridge mounting part very simply and positively. The film image input system 1 is arranged such that it reproduces the image of the developed still photo film 2 on a video monitor 18. The system uses a film cartridge 6 which comprises a cartridge main body having an outlet opening 7 for sending out the film 2 in the longitudinal direction thereof, a single spool which fixes one end of the film 2 in the longitudinal direction thereof and round which the whole length of the film 2 can be wound, and support means for supporting the spool in such a manner that it can be rotated in both direction.

Abstract: The system for and a method of generating a scent and an image based upon a coded signal transmitted from a remote location, and the scent is generated from a dry scent carrying medium which contains a plurality of independent sources of scent causing agents. The coded signal is indicative of simultaneously activating the independent sources of scent causing agents so as to generated a complex mixture of the scents on the fly.

Abstract: Inertial sensors are incorporated into the structure of a motion picture or video camera, to detect its movement along three orthogonal axes, as well as angular rotation about the three axes. Linear and angular acceleration detected by the sensors is transmitted from their location on the camera to a remote site by means of wireless communication. A time code is coupled with the data from the sensors, so that the instantaneous position of the camera can be determined for any point in time during the recording of live action. At the remote site, the sensor data is processed to determine absolute camera position, and provided to an image generating system, to thereby facilitate real-time generation of images that are consistent with the scene being recorded.

Abstract: A controller uses image processing to detect any abnormalities in the shape and distance of the perforations of a motion picture film by means of image data obtained upon imaging the perforations of the running motion picture film by a video camera in a sensor unit arranged in the film running path. If any abnormalities are detected in the perforations in the motion picture film running in the film running path, an error output specifying such abnormalities is fed to a system controller that operates to stop the film drive system including stopping the intermittent film feed at the optical film gate and extinguishing the light source illuminating the film.

Abstract: A GPS navigation receiver with a data output port for communicating a position estimate frame-by-frame and time codes in SMPTE format. The conventional date and time sentence output of the GPS navigation receiver is combined with a highly-accurate one pulse-per-second (.+-.one microsecond) to form a time-keeping base for the time code output. A data-logger records the position estimates with their corresponding time in time code format frame-by-frame in a database. The recorded position estimates are then used in special-effects post-production to direct the special-effects animation, modeling kinetics, etc., in a composite, final film or video.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compact motion picture film recording camera with a video adapter (16), an insertable cassette and a pivotable view lens, wherein a compact structure is achieved in spite of several functions in that a partially permeable reflecting beam splitter disposed in the view finder beam path reflects a view finder beam component into a view finder outlet on the front end (2) of the camera housing (1), a rearward-reversed eyepiece opening (12) of the viewing lens can be pivoted around the center axis (8) of the view finder outlet (7) between the right and left sides of the camera by means of a hinged lens arm (10) and an eyepiece support hinged thereon, and the video beam path (13) passed by the beam splitter is supplied through a grip base (15) of a camera grip to a video adapter (16) disposed thereon.

Abstract: In a motion picture film/audio recording system where a camera produces a motion picture film, a corresponding video signal, and associates with both the motion picture film and video signal a first time code signal providing a correspondence standard between the motion picture film and the video signal, and a camera status signal representative of whether the camera is on or off, and a sound recorder which produces an audio signal, a second time code signal having a known relationship to the first time code signal, and a recorder status signal representative of whether the sound recorder is on or off, a viewing system for the motion picture film includes an interface module that receives the camera status signal and the recorder status signal, and generates a save signal whenever the camera status or the recorder status signals indicate that the camera or the recorder is on.

Abstract: A lighting system and method with variable light intensity for use in motion picture photography. In the lighting apparatus, light emitted from a source is passed through an aperture and then through a section of a movable, neutral density filter. The preferred filter is specially designed to have a variable density, continuously increasing from one side of the filter to the other. By changing the position of the filter, selectively placing higher or lower density sections in the light path, the intensity of the light emitted by the lighting apparatus may be varied. The neutral density filter is selected to be generally color neutral so that the color quality of the light passing therethrough remains unchanged. To ensure complete light blockage, a douser of opaque material is provided which is selectively interposed in the outgoing light path.

Abstract: A device for identifying a perimeter of a scene to be recorded by an image recording apparatus, such as a camera, includes one or more laser diodes for emitting visible radiation which can be formed into a plurality of beams. The beams are arranged to impinge on a scene substantially along a perimeter of the scene. The visible light impinging on the scene allows a camera operator to identify the scene which is within the camera's field of view without the camera operator having to look through the camera's viewfinder.

Abstract: Motion-picture camera with a taking optics for projecting frames onto a motion-picture film, moved by means of a film transport mechanism along a film path. In addition, in the vicinity of the film path a frame-projection device (16) is located to project an additional frame (32) onto motion-picture film (3) and/or to superimpose a partial frame (36, 37) on frame (31) exposed or to be exposed by taking optics (15).

Abstract: An image projection system and method of use at a venue, e.g., a sports or entertainment arena, having an area or field into which an image is to be projected by the system. The system includes laser devices and associated components, e.g., a computer-based controller, for generating and projecting the image into the field. The projection system additionally comprises an override subsystem, e.g., infrared transmitters and associated detectors, forming an enclosure surrounding the field for determining if a living being has entered the field and for providing an electrical signal indicative thereof. This signal may be used automatically or manually for effecting the termination of the display.

Abstract: A video camera for an automobile is mounted on the arm which carries a rear view mirror. The camera is directed forwardly to take pictures through the front windshield of an automobile and a boot is connected between the camera and the windshield to isolate the camera lens from moisture and dust. An air duct may be connected between the boot and the air conditioner to provide a flow of air through the boot.

Abstract: The element of the laser framefinder comprise a laser beam generator, a shutter for pulsing a beam of laser light, a laser beam scanner, coupling elements joining a laser beam generator with a laser beam scanner, elements for manipulating a scanning device to produce a laser light pattern, a camera including elements for coupling a scanning device to a camera body, projecting device for aligning a laser light pattern with an optical axis of a camera, a device for optically transmitting a laser light pattern from the scanner to one projecting device, elements creating optical transparency to laser light in a substantially planar ground glass element used as the focusing element of a reflex viewing system, a feedback network utilizing a sensing element to couple laser beam pulsation with a positioning of an optical element of a scanning device, a feedback network utilizing a sensing device to couple a laser beam pulsation with a positioning of a projecting apparatus.

Abstract: Cinematography under low visibility conditions is facilitated by providing a camera with a slide that has photoengraved markings in the ocular path for indicating the borders of the camera field, light emitting diodes for lighting an edge of the slide, and logic circuitry that energizes the light emitting diodes in synchronism with the rotation of the camera shutter so that the light emitting diodes are energized when the shutter is closed.

Abstract: A target image presentation system for displaying images of a target on the interior surface of a part-spherical dome to provide for an observer within the dome a visual representation of an aerial target flying a predetermined flight profile within an airspace surrounding the observer comprises a projector for projecting an image carrying beam carrying images of the target for projection on to the dome and an image beam deflection assembly for so deflecting the image carrying beam as to direct the target images carried thereby to positions on the dome corresponding to the positions of the aerial target flying the predetermined flight profile in the airspace represented by the dome.

Abstract: An optical scanner employed in a radioactive environment for reading indicia imprinted about a cylindrical surface of an article by means of an optical system including metallic reflective and mirror surfaces resistant to degradation and discoloration otherwise imparted to glass surfaces exposed to radiation.

Abstract: A mobile truck 10 furnished with power source and travel drive mechanism is set in a cargo oil pipe 48 to run inside to inspect and monitor the state of the inner surface of a pipe wall by means of its built-in magnetic flaw-detecting instrument 12 and video camera 14, so that the image signals taken by the video camera 14 may be reproduced and inspected on a television receiver 30 in the monitoring stations located aboard the vessel while the inspection data signals from the magnetic flaw-detecting instrument 12 may be recorded in a recorder 20 at the same time.

Abstract: A theodolite for target tracking and target measuring with a telescope composed of a mirror objective and a collimator. The real image produced by the mirror objective is projected to infinity by the collimator, so that there is formed an afocal beam of light. This beam of light is delivered by means of a partially permeable mirror surface to a television camera and at least one other image evaluation device (camera). The television camera is arranged at the telescope at an unlaterable position with respect to the telescope tube. The partially permeable mirror surface, branching-off part of the beam of light to the television camera, is arranged between the collimator and a further mirror surface serving for fading-in the image of a crosshair at the beam of light. The invention advantageously serves for constructng a theodolite having a control of the target tracking by the signals emanating from the television camera (TV-tracking).

Abstract: An adapter is provided by which an image formed by the eyepiece of an optical viewing device such as an endoscope can be simultaneously viewed and photographed with a motion picture camera of the type having a reflex viewing system which has an entrance pupil that occupies only a portion of the camera objective taking lens system and which is offset with respect to the optical axis of the camera objective taking lens system. The adapter operates to align the center of the viewing device exit pupil at a predetermined point along a line connecting the centers of the camera objective lens system and viewing system entrance pupils to preclude vignetting of the camera viewing system entrance pupil.

Abstract: A game simulating a sport such as football employs film sequences of plays of an actual game, using cassettes of film of equal length regularly disposed sequences. A sequence selecting apparatus and projector projects a given sequence determined by the selection of cassettes by one player and selection of sequence by another player. The apparatus employs a take-up reel upon which the film is wound before play to align the beginning of a sequence with an optical projection system, and spiral groove control device coupled to the reel for controlling the rotation of the reel to effect the projection of a single sequence. The optical system projects through apertures in the film cassette, and the shutter is operated by a sprocket coupled to the film.