Olympus Corporation

Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Citizen Watch Company, Ltd.

Olympus Imaging Corporation

Citizen Holdings Company, Ltd.

Naoki Fujii

Kensei Ito

Yasuo Asakura

Osamu Nonaka

Kazuhiro Sato

Yukinori Takahashi

Masato Miyata

Kyoichi Numajiri

Tatsuya Suzuki

Satoshi Miyazaki

Koji Kato

Shigeo Hayashi

Keiji Kunishige

Atsushi Maruyama

Kunio Yamamiya

Daisuke Tainaka

Tsutomu Uzawa

Masayuki Iwasaki

Toshiaki Wada

Kazuhiko Osa

Atsujiro Ishii

Seiichi Ohsawa

Tatsuji Higuchi

Tatsuyuki Uemura

Koji Mizobuchi

Keiji Okada

Izumi Yamamoto

Sachie Yamamoto

Tomomi Kaminaga

Toshikazu Hatsuse

Masaaki Daigaku

Junichi Nakaoka

Tohru Yanagisawa

Mariko Ushio

Satoru Yasutomi

Shigehiro Fuwa

Shuji Naka

Takeshi Kawawa

Tomomi Nakajima

Tatsuo Kitazawa

Manabu Yoshii

Masaru Ito

Kanako Inoue

Yoshiharu Takane

A display control apparatus includes a display control unit that controls a display of a condition setting screen for setting a condition for a device on a screen, wherein the display control unit displays a list screen in which setting items for conditions for a device are grouped and displays, according to an instruction, an item plate overlapping the list screen, in which one or more setting items in the list screen are displayed.

Display control apparatus and methods for generating and displaying a related-item plate which includes setting items whose functions are related to a designated setting item

A work assistance apparatus includes: a display panel configured to form a virtual display area within a field of view of a user; a camera configured to pick up an image in front of the user and output a picked-up image; and a processor configured to move at least one display component for operation within a display image in the virtual display area when a finger of the user alternately moves in a frontward direction and a backward direction of the user within the picked-up image.

Work assistance apparatus, work assistance method, and computer-readable, non-transitory recording medium recording work assistance program executed by computer

A display device comprises a display, a display control circuit for causing operation screens, for selection of setting items to be used from among a plurality of provided setting items, to be displayed on the display, and causing switching from the operation screen to another operation screen to be displayed, and an operation member for operating in order to switch from the operation screen to another operation screen, wherein the display control circuit causes display of change in display appearance of the setting items, when there is a switch from the operation screen to another operation screen.

Display device and display method

A display control apparatus includes a display control unit that displays, on a screen, a setting item list for setting a condition of an appliance, and further displays, for a designated item designated in the setting item list, an option row for selecting a specific condition in the designated item, and a selection operation guide for selecting an option from options arranged in the option row. The display control unit separates the option row and the selection operation guide, displays the option row and the selection operation guide by superposing them on the setting item list, and further displays an option selected in accordance with a touch operation performed on the selection operation guide so as to be identifiable in the option row.

Display control apparatus

A display control unitthat displays an image adjustment window in which saturation of a specified hue is set by a two-dimensional coordinate in which a hue is made to correspond to an angular direction and levels of saturation of respective hues are made to correspond to distances in a radial direction and a CPUthat specifies the hue through first manipulation input, and sets saturation of the specified hue through second manipulation input are included, and the display control unit displays a polygon representing a relative relationship between levels of saturation of respective hues set by the CPU in the image adjustment window.

Image adjusting apparatus

An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit, an image processing unit, a database, a display unit, a coordinate acquisition unit, a shooting parameter decision unit and a control unit. The image capturing unit acquires image data. The image processing unit performs image processing. The database includes a relationship between a sensitivity word pair and a change in a control parameter. The display unit displays an operation position together with the sensitivity word pair. The coordinate acquisition unit decides a value corresponding to the sensitivity word pair as a selected value. The shooting parameter decision unit decides a value of a shooting parameter based on the selected value. The control unit controls the image capturing unit or the image processing unit based on the value of the shooting parameter.

Image capturing apparatus and control method of image capturing apparatus

An electronic device includes: a display unit capable of displaying a rotational pathway which rotates on a screen and with which an operation of the electronic device is associated according to a position on the rotational pathway; a touch screen that detects a touch from an outside and receives an input of a positional signal according to a position of the touch; a display controller that converts the position of the touch corresponding to the positional signal received by the touch screen into a position on the rotational pathway and causes a mark to be displayed at the position converted; and an operation controller that controls an operation of the electronic device according to a display position of the mark on the rotational pathway.

Electronic device, driving method of the same, and computer readable recording medium

Provided is a lens barrel having, in order from an object side to an image side, a first to a third group lens, the lens barrel including: a fixed frame; a cam frame supported by the fixed frame so as to be rotationally movable in a optical axis direction between a forward and a backward movement ends; and a shutter frame which moves in the optical axis direction in a rotation restricted state, through the rotation of the cam frame, in which: a third group frame is fixed to the shutter frame so that the object side of the third group lens is arranged on an inner peripheral side of the shutter frame; and the second frame is configured so that the image side of the frame is stored on the inner peripheral side of the shutter frame when the cam frame is positioned at the backward movement end.

Lens barrel and image pickup device

An image pickup apparatus includes a zoom lens having a first positive lens unit, and a first negative lens unit disposed on an object side of the first positive lens unit. A distance between the first positive lens unit and the first negative lens unit is narrowed at the time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end. The zoom lens includes an aperture stop disposed between a lens nearest to an image side in the first negative lens unit and a lens nearest to the image side in the first positive lens unit, and a light-amount reducing filter made of a resin material which is disposed on the image side of the lens nearest to the image side in the first positive lens unit, and which can be inserted in an optical path and withdrawn from the optical path. The zoom lens satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.

Image pickup apparatus using zoom lens

In an optical disk drive mounting a drive unithaving a control use circuit, and a pickuphaving an aberration correction liquid crystal elementand a drive use circuitwhich drives the aberration correction liquid crystal element, wherein the drive use circuitstores astigmatic data for correcting a static astigmatism peculiarly provided in an optical system in the pickupin an astigmatic data storage, and drives the aberration correction liquid crystal elementbased on the astigmatic data. By storing the static astigmatic data peculiar to the pickup, inside the pickup, it is possible to transfer the stored astigmatic data to the optical disk drive side easily, and to correct the astigmatism by driving the aberration correction liquid crystal element based on the astigmatic data.

Optical disk drive and optical pickup having aberration correction means

The present invention is directed to the provision of an optical pickup apparatus in which a liquid crystal optical element constructed by combining an aberration correcting liquid crystal panel and a &#x3bb;/4 liquid crystal panel in an integral fashion is mounted in a tilted position. More particularly, the invention provides a liquid crystal optical element comprising a first liquid crystal layer for correcting aberration, a second liquid crystal layer functioning as an n&#x3bb;/4 plate and combined in an integral fashion with the first liquid crystal layer, a transparent electrode for generating a potential difference on the second liquid crystal layer in order to control an amount of phase difference for the light beam passing through the second liquid crystal layer, and a driver for driving the transparent electrode so as to generate a potential difference that is the lowest among a plurality of potential differences that cause the second liquid crystal layer to function as an n&#x3bb;/4 plate. The invention also provides an optical pickup apparatus incorporating such a liquid crystal optical element.

Optical pickup apparatus and liquid crystal optical element

A lens unit consists of a plurality of lens frames, a stepping motor, and a driving control unit. The plurality of lens frames for holding an imaging optical system lies in a lens barrel and moves over a stowage interval and a zoom interval. The stowage interval is an interval between a position of stowage at which the lens frames are stowed and a ready-to-image position at which imaging is enabled. The zoom interval is an interval over which the ready-to-image position exists and a power varying action is executed. The stepping motor moves the plurality of lens frames. During execution of a thrusting action or storing action, the driving control unit drives and controls the stepping motor in a first driving mode. The thrusting action is executed for moving the plurality of lens frames from the position of stowage to the ready-to-image position. The stowing action is executed for moving the lens frames from any position within the zoom interval to the position of stowage. During execution of a zooming action for moving the lens frames over the zoom interval, the driving control means unit drives and controls the stepping motor in a second driving mode in which a lower current is used than in the first driving mode.

Lens device for a camera with a stepping motor drive optimized for speed and power saving

A cover apparatus according to the present invention protects a protected portion including at least an opening portion of a recording medium storage chamber and a connector portion. The cover apparatus includes first and second covers. The first cover is movable between an open position where it closes the protected portion and an open position where it opens the protected portion. The second cover is located inward of the first cover, and is movable between a closed position where it closes the opening portion of the recording medium storage chamber and an open position where it opens the opening portion of the recording medium storage chamber. Also, in accordance with opening of the first cover, the second cover moves to the open position where it opens the opening portion of the recording medium storage chamber.

Cover apparatus and digital camera

A focusing apparatus includes a filter unit for performing frequency filtering processing on an image pickup signal, and a focus position detecting unit for detecting a focus position based on the contrast value of the image pickup signal having undergone the frequency filtering processing by the filter unit. The filter unit has a first filter for normal position detection, and a second filter for infinity position detection having a frequency characteristic different from that of the first filter, and selects the first filter or the second filter.

Focusing apparatus, camera and focus position detecting method

An electronic imaging device is provided which includes a first lens group which takes in a luminous flux from a subject along a first optical axis, an optical axis conversion member which bends the luminous flux along a second optical axis which intersects with the first optical axis, a second lens which images the bent luminous flux to an imaging element, and an optical amount adjustment unit provided between the second lens group and the optical axis conversion member. An AF motor, a driving unit which drives the optical amount adjustment unit, and a zoom motor are each selectively arranged at one of four spaces formed by a first plane defined by the optical amount adjustment unit and a second plane defined by the first and second optical axes. The AF motor, the driving unit, and the zoom motor may all be arranged at one side of the second plane.

Electronic imaging device

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Hachioji, Japan

Naoki Fujii