Konica Corporation

Seiko Epson Corporation

Kosei Miyauchi

Yasushi Hoshino

Toshiki Fujisawa

Satoshi Harada

Kohichi Yamaguchi

Seiji Tanaka

Haruki Nakayama

Jun Ikuyama

A light emission device having therein a light emission tube which is almost straight in shape and emits light in a radial manner and a reflection shade that reflects light emitted from the light emission tube toward an object, wherein the reflection shade has a reflection surface in which light emitted from the light emission tube in the direction opposite to the direction from the center of the light emission tube to an object and reflected on the reflection shade does not interfere with the light emission tube.

Light emission device and camera equipped therewith

A device for displaying photographic images by reading image data recorded on a film and displaying them on a display means, wherein the kind of the film is discriminated, at least either one of the number of frames displayed on a screen of the display means or the reading resolution of the image reader means is variably determined depending upon the kind of the film that is discriminated, and the images are displayed on the screen of the display means depending upon the determination by the determination means. The images of frames of a number determined depending upon the kind of the film are efficiently displayed on the screen of the display means and/or the images are displayed maintaining a proper resolution depending upon the kind of the film by varying the reading resolution of the image reader means.

Scanner for scanning photographic images

A photographic film scanner which includes: a carrier receiver section for receiving one of: (a) the first film carrier having an accommodation section, for accommodating a cartridge in which a rolled film is enclosed, and a conveying mechanism, for conveying the rolled film; and (b) the second film carrier for holding a film. The photographic film scanner further includes a scanner for reading image information from one of the rolled film, accommodated in the cartridge, and the film, held by the second film carrier; a detector for detecting a load of the first film carrier and the second film carrier into the carrier receiver; a contact point for electrically connecting the carrier receiver section and the first film carrier; and a discrimination circuit for automatically discriminating between the first film carrier and the second film carrier by sending electric signals through the contact point when the detector detects the load of one of the first film carrier and the second film carrier.

Photographic image processing apparatus

A film scanner includes: a film carrier having, an aperture for image reading, a film conveyor for conveying a film on which image information in each frame has been recorded, to the aperture one frame by one frame of the film, and a communication device for receiving a control signal to control the film conveyor; an image reader for optically reading the recorded image information on the film; a controller for generating the control signal; and a first outputting device connected with the communication device for outputting the control signal to the film carrier.

A camera includes: a switching circuit for switching the camera between a suspending status and a photographable status; a remote control unit which includes an operation member for conducting a photographing operation and a transmitter for outputting a photographing signal when the operation member is operated; a receiver for receiving the photographing signal; and a control circuit for controlling the camera so that a photographing operation is always conducted in accordance with a receipt of the photographing signal with the receiver when the switching circuit is switched to the photographable status. In order to conserve battery voltage, the control circuit sends a signal to the receiver to turn the receiver off after a set period of time has lapsed and no photographing signal has been received from the control unit.

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Hachioji, Japan

Kosei Miyauchi