Konica Corporation

Konica Minolta Photo Imaging, Inc.

Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.

Yoshito Katagiri

Yuichi Atarashi

Kazusei Takahashi

Haruki Nakayama

Hiroyuki Horiuchi

Koichiro Murakami

Hiroyuki Ishii

Taku Wagatsuma

Akihiro Suzuki

Mitsuo Kano

Nobuhiro Yamauchi

Takeshi Uesaka

Tohru Tominami

An imaging device including: an imaging element which comprises a plurality of pixels capable of switching between a linear conversion operation for linearly converting incident light into an electric signal and a logarithmic conversion operation for logarithmically converting the incident light into an electric signal, according to an incident light quantity; a monitor to display an image obtained by the imaging element; an operation section which is operated for specifying an arbitrary area of the image displayed on the monitor; and an inflection point changing section which evaluates an output signal of the imaging element in the specified area, and changes the inflection point which is a boundary between a linear region and a logarithmic region in the output signal of the imaging element, based on an evaluation result of the output signal.

Imaging device having a linear/logarithmic imaging sensor

A communication apparatus has: a communication unit for performing a wireless communication with an external device; a device for performing a predetermined operation; a drive unit for driving the device; and a control unit for putting restrictions on one of the wireless communication with the external device by the communication unit and the predetermined operation of the device driven by the drive unit, while the other is being performed.

Simultaneous operation of a photographing device equipped communication apparatus

Presented is an auxiliary lighting device that is incorporated in a camera and is disposed at a position apart from an optical axis of a photographic lens for capturing a subject. The device includes a light emitting member with a cylindrical shape to emit light for irradiating a subject, a circumferential wall reflector disposed behind the light emitting member to reflect the light emitted from the light emitting member toward the subject, a first sidewall reflector with a surface that intersects a longitudinal axis of the light emitting member, and which is disposed at a first position near to the optical axis of the photographic lens, and a second sidewall reflector with a surface that intersects the longitudinal axis of the light emitting member, and which is disposed at a second position far from the optical axis of the photographic lens.

Auxiliary lighting device of camera

A lens unit in which at least one of a subject side lens group and an image side lens group is moved toward an image side to be retracted along an optical axial direction, including a subject side lens group supporting frame to support the subject side lens group, an image side lens group supporting frame to support the image side lens group, a guide member to guide the image side lens group supporting frame from a predetermined position on the subject side to the image side by a predetermined length in parallel to an optical axis, and a moving and displacing device to move the image side lens group supporting frame from the predetermined position on the subject side to the image side by length longer than the predetermined length in parallel to the optical axis, and displace the image side lens group supporting frame from an optical path.

Lens unit and a camera incorporating the same lens unit

An electronic equipment provided with plural function performing elements for performing various functions, a first control unit, and a second control unit; wherein the first control unit, in order to perform a function specified by an operator, issues an instruction to the second control unit to perform a control operation of at least one of the plurality of function performing elements, and the second control unit performs the control operation in response to the instruction. When the electronic equipment is placed in a specific condition, the second control unit is capable of performing a control operation of a specific function performing element of the plurality of function performing elements, without an instruction from the first control unit.

Electronic equipment, camera and control method thereof

The present invention relates to an image capturing apparatus incorporating a zoom lens system which performs variable power operations and focus adjustment by means of a driving action of a driving member. There is described an image capturing apparatus which employs the step zooming method with many steps in a unique configuration and which has advantages such as high image quality, small-size, light weight, low power consumption and low price. The image capturing apparatus includes a first lens, a second lens, a photo-electric converting element to receive a light coming from a subject image through the first lens and the second lens and to convert the light into image signals, a driving member to move the first lens and the second lens in an optical path, and a guiding member for guiding the second lens moved by the driving member so that a distance between the photo-electric converting element and the second lens changes stepwise.

Camera including multiple lenses, a ranging means, and multiple image processors

A photographing device having an operation member to be operated by an external operation, a memory device for memorizing a plurality of control sequences to be conducted according to an operation of the operation member, a setting device for setting a requested control sequence among the plurality of control sequences by correlating the requested control sequence with the control sequence to be controlled by the operation of the operation member, and a control sequence execution device for executing the requested control sequence set by the setting means, according to the operation of the operation member.

Photographing device, recording medium, program, camera and camera production method

In a camera equipped with a zoom lens for forming an image of an object onto a film surface, the camera is equipped with a front lens group composed of a first lens group, adjustable aperture blades, a second lens group, and a second lens group-holding member; a back lens group provided; and an actuator to drive the adjustable aperture blade. The actuator is provided on the object-side from a space between the second lens group and the back lens group.

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Hachioji, Japan

Yoshito Katagiri