Camera Or Body Therefor Patents (Class D16/200)
  • Patent number: 7034884
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus, such as a digital camera, having a movable lens barrier or cover which can easily be opened and closed to operate the image capturing apparatus in various predetermined modes depending on the position of the lens barrier. In one preferred embodiment, the image capturing apparatus has a body having a front face, a back face and a side face, which is between the front face and back face. A lens section is provided on the body and is operable to form an image. A lens barrier is operable to cover the front face, back face and side face of the body and to pivotally move around an axis which is substantially parallel to an optical axis of the lens section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi Misawa
  • Publication number: 20030035052
    Abstract: An image capturing device includes a body including a lens barrel and a two-axis user selection device affixed to the lens barrel. The user selection device includes a contact surface and a center positional detent. An included horizontal displacement sensor is capable of generating an electronic signal related to a horizontal displacement of the user selection device and an included vertical displacement sensor is capable of generating an electronic signal related to a vertical displacement. An included depression sensor is capable of generating a select signal when the user selection device is depressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventor: John M. Baron
  • Patent number: D502199
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masazumi Imai
  • Patent number: D502200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toru Abe
  • Patent number: D503417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Kawase
  • Patent number: D506767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masazumi Imai
  • Patent number: D508064
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Inventor: Anthony Ramirez
  • Patent number: D510376
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fumihiro Yamakami
  • Patent number: D510745
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Sakai
  • Patent number: D511182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Kato
  • Patent number: D515124
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: SciMeasure Analytical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Bleau, Mark P. McJunkin, Dean Q. Nguyen
  • Patent number: D515610
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fumihiro Yamakami
  • Patent number: D516106
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Sakai
  • Patent number: D517584
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: AME Optimedia Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Henry Chen
  • Patent number: D517587
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Valtteri Eroma, John-Rhys Newman
  • Patent number: D518842
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas W. Hilborn, Jose Rafael Venegas
  • Patent number: D519140
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: PENTAX Corporation
    Inventor: Miyoshi Nasu
  • Patent number: D521038
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Noriaki Takagi
  • Patent number: D524834
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Dozier Financial Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Wayne Dozier, Thomas Mitchell, Richard Moffitt
  • Patent number: D524835
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Shmuel Barman, Jacob Gabay, Yonatan D. Kemelman, Eli Margalit, Gad Noor, Ariel Rotman, Timothy J. Sweeney
  • Patent number: D457543
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: LightSurf Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robin Goran Petravic, Kurt Dammermann
  • Patent number: D529528
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Trophy Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Ross, Jr., Robert D. Haler
  • Patent number: D532906
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Sota Precision Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Kim, Richard C. Fisk, Page Beerman
  • Patent number: D464069
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita-Kotobuki Electronics Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew Serbinski, Mirzat Koc, Masakazu Mori
  • Patent number: D466538
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Inventor: John Layton
  • Patent number: D537094
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eun Kyung Lee
  • Patent number: D537465
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Tainaka
  • Patent number: D538324
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Masamitsu, Hirohisa Tanaka
  • Patent number: D467954
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Suzuki, Michio Nagai, Hirohisa Miyazaki
  • Patent number: D539319
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Masamitsu, Hirohisa Tanaka
  • Patent number: D540364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Ishii
  • Patent number: D470521
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Friedricks, Mitchel Kampf, Rico Luitpold Zorkendorfer, Christopher Leroy Frank
  • Patent number: D544009
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Axis, AB
    Inventors: Carl-Axel Alm, Oscar Strand, Morten Bergstrom
  • Patent number: D544010
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Sharper Image Corporation
    Inventor: Mark G. Martin
  • Patent number: D546359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Gina Clark, Kevin Tregear, George Basmadjian, Tom Markworth, Mark Martinez, Jean-Michel Chardon, Gregg Smith, Kevin Hlas, Jason Riggs, Jeff Anderson, Soren Juelsgaard, Michael Howes, Tom Carlson
  • Patent number: D547781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Eduardo Martres, Shanshan Li, Terry Zielke
  • Patent number: D550742
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Ishii
  • Patent number: D550743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung Kyun Bai
  • Patent number: D552141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Pure Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Kaplan, Ariel Braunstein, Simon Flemingwood, John Furlan, Robert Evans
  • Patent number: D552145
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Videotec S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alesssio Grotto
  • Patent number: D552646
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung Kyun Bai
  • Patent number: D552647
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung Kyun Bai
  • Patent number: D552649
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Andy Logan, Mark Martinez, Martin Wang, Carol Wu, Kenneth Ling
  • Patent number: D479548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: E. D. Bullard Company
    Inventor: Eric Bielefeld
  • Patent number: D483048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development, L.P.
    Inventors: James Dow, Frank Carau, Barry Mauerman
  • Patent number: D486169
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Hartmut Heinrich Esslinger, Nico Michler, Jon Christopher Lake
  • Patent number: D489388
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Saito, Yukihiro Furusawa, Kazuhiro Yaegashi
  • Patent number: D494989
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Futoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: D496062
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Yamakami, Kazuhiro Yaegashi, Masahiro Saito
  • Patent number: D496382
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Yamakami, Tomohiko Ohsaka, Masahiro Saito