Minolta Company, Ltd.

Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha

Micrometrics Technologies Pte. Ltd.

Hiroshi Ishibe

Katsuyuki Nanba

Manabu Inoue

Hirokazu Yagura

Hirokazu Naruto

Nobuyuki Taniguchi

Dai Shintani

Takehiro Katoh

Masahiko Matsuura

Yoshihiro Tanaka

Sadafusa Tsuji

Naoki Masazumi

Yasuhiro Morimoto

Katsuhiko Asai

Makiko Mandai

Kazuaki Okumura

Mikihiro Komatsu

Kuniteru Sakakibara

Takeo Hoda

Yoshito Tanaka

Hirokazu Yamada

Tsutomu Honda

Tetsuro Kanbara

Kenji Nakamura

Mitsuru Saito

Tetsuyuki Tanimoto

Tetsuo Yamada

Kyoko Kakudo

To provide a fingerprint authentication sensor module having a simple configuration, high resolution, and a high authentication rate. A fingerprint authentication device includes a cover glass on which a finger is to be placed and a fingerprint authentication sensor module placed under the cover glass. The fingerprint authentication sensor module includes an image forming unit, a first glass portion placed under the image forming unit, and an image sensor placed under the first glass portion. The image forming unit includes an array of a plurality of microlenses and light-shielding portions that surround each of the plurality of microlenses and that limit light entering the array of the plurality of microlenses.

Fingerprint authentication sensor module and fingerprint authentication device

An electronic device includes a display having a memory function and a communications capability. Display functions are controlled based on a state of the operation of the device and/or based on a state of received data. Also disclosed is a method of selectively displaying advertising information based on a state of the device where the advertising can be maintained on the display without requiring any power consumption.

Electronic apparatus

A compact film player has a picture reproducing unit and an information reading unit capable of reading a photographing information on each frame of the film. When a developed film is fed in an inlet of the picture reproducing unit in a prescribed direction, a scan mirror scans a picture provided on the film perpendicularly to the feed direction, so that a line sensor takes the picture every line. The line sensor and the scan mirror read two-dimensional pictures provided on the film. When the picture of the frame previously read is on display, the scan of the next frame is effected.

Still image reproducing apparatus saving time for still image reproduction

A camera able to record and reproduce a photographed image includes a storage medium for storing a photographed image, and a reproduction device for reproducing the photographed image. The reproduction device has a reproducing head movable between a contraction position and a withdrawal position. Another camera has a first mode where photography is executed and a photographed image is recorded to a second mode where the recorded image is printed. Another camera has a printer device for printing a photographed image recorded on a recording medium on external reproduction paper, the printer device including an opening portion facing the external reproduction paper, and a presser member positionable above the opening portion for pressing the external reproduction paper.

Camera capable of recording and reproducing a photographed image

Still image reproducing apparatus saving time for still image

In still frame images from a film, the first frame of an image block is produced in a fade-in manner for gradually outputting a picture. If the end of a beginning part of a theme block is detected from information for a next frame, the process is advanced to a step to select a production method including relevantly large movement on the assumption that the scene is moved to an intermediate part of the theme block. If the intermediate part is ended, a different production method including relevantly small movement is selected on the assumption that the scene is moved to an end part.

Apparatus for reproducing still images of a plurality of frames

A film player includes an A-D conversion part for receiving a music signal from an external audio unit, a RAM write part for writing A-D converted music data in an integrated RAM, a RAM contained in a music card or a RAM contained in a film cartridge, and a RAM play part for playing music recorded in each RAM. The user externally inputs desired music and records the same in the RAM by an external switch through a control part, to play the music with reproduction of a picture.

Apparatus for reproducing still images with music

A photographic system includes a photographing device for photographing subjects to generate respective image data of the subjects, the photographing device having an image information production device for producing image information concerning the photography for each of the subjects, and a storage device for storing the produced image information, and a reproduction device for reproducing the image data, the reproduction device having a retrieval condition input device for inputting a retrieval condition, a retrieval device responsive to the retrieval condition input device for retrieving image data having a connection with the input retrieval condition by inference, and a reproducing device for reproducing the retrieved image data.

Photographic system capable of storing information on photographed image

A camera is disclosed which has means for receiving an electric wave which is transmitted from an external device in a wireless manner (e.g., equipment for radio navigation systems, satellites and radio stations). When an image of an object is recorded at every shot on a recording medium loaded in said camera, a data corresponding to every shot is recorded in accordance with the electric wave received by said receiving means. Preferably said camera further has means for detecting a place where the photo-taking operation is carried out and in accordance with the detection of said detecting means, the data corresponding to every shot is recorded. Thus, records of the object image together with data relating to place can be obtained without any manual operation prior to every photo-taking operation.

Camera having a data recording function

A still video adapter device is detachably mounted to a back portion of a camera body, in place of a rear cover. The light passing through an objective lens of the camera body is relayed by a relay optical system and split into two groups, one being directed to an image sensor for the still video photography, the other to a light measuring element for the exposure control. The output of the light measuring element is integrated and compared with a given value, thereby generating a signal for interrupting the flash light emission when the integrated value reaches the given value.

Still video adapter device detachable to a camera body

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Kyoto, Japan

Hiroshi Ishibe