Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Etsurou Suzuki

Kenji Kawano

Yoshifumi Hattori

Hideo Saikawa

Koichi Tanno

Masashi Kitani

Kenji Aono

Masami Kojima

Hiromitsu Hirabayashi

Yoshio Uchikata

Tadashi Hanabusa

Tetsuyo Ohashi

Toshihiko Bekki

Toshihide Wada

Yoji Ara

Masaharu Ikado

A printer-built-in image-sensing apparatus including a camera which performs image sensing with film exposure, and a printer which prints an image sensed by the camera. After a shutter button has been pressed and image sensing with strobe light emission has been performed, if printing is instructed by pressing of a print button, then electric charging a capacitor of a strobe circuit is made after the completion of the print operation. Otherwise, the charging of the capacitor is started immediately after the image sensing. In this case, even if printing is instructed during the electric charge, printing is started after completion of the electric charge. Thus, electric consumption upon print operation can be reduced and fluctuation of voltage can be suppressed.

Printer-built-in image-sensing apparatus and electric-consumption control method thereof

A printer-built-in image-sensing apparatus comprising a camera which performs image sensing with film exposure, and a printer which prints an image sensed by the camera. After a shutter button has been pressed and image sensing with strobe light emission has been performed, if printing is instructed by pressing of a print button, electric charge of a capacitor of a strobe circuit is made after the completion of print operation. Otherwise, the charging of the capacitor is started immediately after the image sensing. In this case, even if printing is instructed during the electric charge, printing is started after completion of the electric charge. Thus, electric consumption upon print operation can be reduced and fluctuation of voltage can be suppressed.

Printer-built-in image-sensing apparatus using strobe-light means and electric-consumption control method thereof

In a video camera integrated with a still camera in which the still camera and the video camera are integrated into one camera body, while photography is not being performed by the video camera, an image immediately preceding an image to be recorded by the still camera and an image immediately following the image recorded by the still camera can be displayed on a monitor of the video camera. While photography is being performed by the video camera, the display of images before and after the execution of photography by the still camera is inhibited. When the camera is equipped with a flash device and still camera recording is accompanied by a flash emission, control is effected such that image information is stored for one field which is recorded by the video camera and which does not include image information for one field which does not contain an emission of the flash device is displayed. Alternatively, during flashing, an exposure value of the video camera may be made approximately equal to a correct exposure value that allows the still camera to achieve a correct exposure during flashing and display is made of a stored field which contains the emission of the flash device.

Video camera integrated with still camera

An ink jet recording apparatus comprises an ink tank containing ink; a recording head for performing recording by selectively ejecting ink; a mounting portion for mounting the ink tank and the recording head; a liquid passage coupling portion provided on either or both of the ink tank and the recording head for separating or connecting the ink passages in the ink tank and the recording head; a holding portion provided on either or both of the ink tank and recording head for guiding the ink tank to the recording head in order to hold them separably; and an electrically or mechanically connecting portion provided on either or both of the recording head and mounting portion for electrically or mechanically connecting the recording head to or separating it from the mounting portion.

Ink jet recording apparatus and a method for installing ink jet

Printer-built-in image-sensing apparatus and using strobe-light means

A stereo image forming adapter mounted forwardly of the zoom lens of a camera is provided with a plurality of deflecting members disposed at spacing intervals for deflecting light from an object, and a reflecting member for reflecting light flux from each of the deflecting members toward the zoom lens, the spacing interval between deflecting members is varied in operative association with expansion and contraction of the focal length resulting from zooming of the zoom lens.

Stereo image forming adapter

In a camera capable of performing moving-picture recording and still-picture recording, if a still-picture recording operation is performed within a predetermined time period after an operation to stop moving-picture recording has been erroneously performed instead of a still-picture recording operation during moving-picture recording, the operation to stop moving-picture recording is cancelled.

Programmed control of video trigger and shutter release in composite

Replaceable ink tank

Ink jet recording apparatus and method for releasably mounting ink jet

An ink jet cartridge has a recording head portion and an ink containing portion which are detachably mountable relative to each other. The recording head portion ejects ink to effect recording with the ink. The cartridge includes a first ink container, provided in the recording head portion, for containing the ink; a second ink container, provided in the ink containing portion, for containing the ink; and an ink communication tube for establishing ink communication between the first ink container and the second ink container, wherein the ink communication tube is not externally exposed. An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head for ejecting ink, an ink container detachably mountable to the recording head for containing the ink to be supplied to the recording head, a detecting device for detecting mounting of the ink container to the ink jet recording apparatus and a control device for controlling a recording operation of the ink jet recording apparatus in accordance with an output of the detecting device.

Ink jet recording apparatus and detachably mountable ink jet cartridge

A liquid storing container storing liquid, therein and having a supply port for supplying the liquid to the outside has flow rate control means having a slit adapted to be closed in a steady state and to be opened for predetermined differential pressure or greater and controlling the flow rate of the liquid supplied from the supply port to the outside, and pressure regulating means disposed more adjacent to the supply port than to the flow rate control means for regulating the pressure of the liquid more adjacent to the supply port than to the flow rate control means.

Liquid storing container, an ink jet head cartridge and an ink jet

An ink tank for storing ink to be supplied to a recording unit comprises a bag-like member arranged in an inner space of the ink tank and communicating with the atmosphere, which bag-like member has a volume variable from substantially zero to a volume substantially equal to that of the inner space of the ink tank. Ink is stored in a space defined between the ink tank and the bag-like member and a liquid path is formed in an inner wall surface of the ink tank.

Liquid container with bladder-like member and liquid path along an

An ink jet cartridge is composed integrally of a recording head and an ink tank, which are constructed in mutually separable manner, in order to enable repeated use of the recording head by replacement of the ink tank. In an ink supply part in the ink tank, an elastic partition wall is provided with a slit which is normally closed but is opened under a predetermined pressure difference. The slit is so designed as to generate an appropriate negative pressure on the recording head, thereby preventing ink leakage. Also a slit shielding valve member is provided to shield the slit at the abrupt inhaling action of the ink tank at the detaching of the ink tank, in order to prevent air intrusion into the ink tank.

Ink supply device with elastic valve for liquid supplying slit

An ink container for containing ink includes an outer casing; an inner casing, in the outer casing, for containing the ink therein; filler material disposed between the outer casing and the inner casing to isolate the ink from ambient condition change.

Sealed insulated ink container

A liquid container includes a liquid outlet for supplying liquid, a pressure control device disposed in the container and adjacent to the outlet The pressure control device has a value function for permitting liquid supply through the outlet within a predetermined pressure range.

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Yokohama, Japan

Etsurou Suzuki