Konica Corporation

Tsuyoshi Kakita

Yasushi Hoshino

Makoto Yoshida

Minoru Yamada

Masataka Sawamura

Kenji Miyama

Hiroyuki Horiuchi

Takeshi Aizawa

Masazi Yoshimura

Masaji Yoshimura

Yasushi Hishino

Hirokazu Higuchi

Keiko Nishihaba

A camera includes: a distance measuring device for measuring an object distance; a photometry device for measuring an object brightness; a mode setting device for setting a self portrait photographic mode to set a photographic condition appropriate for photographing a photographer oneself holding the camera; and a controller for controlling to perform photographing without conducting at least one of the measurement by the distance measuring device and the measurement by the photometry device when the self portrait photographic mode is set by the mode setting device.

Camera

A camera for taking a photograph by automatically releasing a shutter, comprising; a detector for detecting a sound pressure level, and a pre-programed CPU for determining a first period of time that the detected sound pressure level exceeds a predetermined sound pressure level in which the camera releases the shutter when the first period of time exceeds a second period of time, and the CPU varies the second period of time according to an increase rate of the sound pressure.

Automatic release camera

A camera includes a sound pressure section, a release determining section, and a shutter driving section. The sound pressure detecting section detects the sound pressure level of an input sound. The release determining section outputs a release signal when the sound pressure level detected by the sound pressure detecting section is a reference value or more for a predetermined period of time. The shutter driving section performs a release operation in response to the release signal from the release determining section.

A swinging camera includes a distance measuring section, an automatic release section, a rotating section, an angle detecting section, a determining section, a storage section, and a control section. The rotating section rotates the camera within one plane. The angle detecting section detects a rotational angle of the camera set by the rotating section and outputs rotational angle data. The determining section operates the distance measuring section in unit of a predetermined angle while the camera is rotated by at least one revolution by operating the rotating section prior to photography, and determines on the basis of output distance data and/or rotational angle data whether objects to be photographed are people. The storage section stores only rotational angle data of objects determined to be people, of rotational angle data output from the angle detecting section. The control section rotates the camera to each angular position based on the rotational angle data stored in the storage section when the automatic release section is operated, and stops the camera at each angular position.

Swinging type camera

A camera for photographing a panoramic photography which is composed of plural separated picture frames. The camera has a detector to detect an angle of photographing view of the camera, a determiner to determine a rotation angle of the camera according to the angle of photographing view, and a movement to rotate the camera in the rotation angle when each of the separated picture frames is photographed. The camera is rotated as to stay the camera on the same plane when the panoramic photography is taken.

Camera for taking panoramic photography

A camera for taking photographs by voice recognition operations. The camera comprises a microphone through which voiced command words of an operator are registered in a computer as a form of digital data. The computer identifies the same voiced command words in accordance with the registered data and operates the intended functions of the camera. The camera indicates the functioning of the computer for the registration and the recognition of the voiced command words with a display device so that the operator can confirm his operations on the camera.

Voice-recognition camera

A camera for taking photographs by voice recognition operations. The camera comprises a microphone through which voiced command words of an operator are registered in a computer as a form of digital data. Voice registration can be done by using the actual camera operating switches. The computer identifies the same voiced command words in accordance with the registered data and operates the intended functions of the camera. The camera indicates the functioning of the computer for the registration and the recognition of the voiced command words with a display device so that the operator can confirm his operations on the camera.

An automatic patrone loading camera includes a patrone chamber, a rotating shaft, a detector, and a control section. The patrone chamber houses a patrone. A film is inserted in the patrone in the winding shaft direction while the film is wound around the outer surface of the patrone. When the patrone is housed in the patrone chamber, the rotating shaft is engaged with a winding shaft of the patrone so as to rotate the winding shaft. The detector detects an extracted state of a leader portion of the film. The control section controls a rotating direction of the rotating shaft on the basis of a detection value from the detector.

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Hachioji, Japan

Tsuyoshi Kakita