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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2006
Applicants:
Yukio Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Toyoda, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/00 (2006.01); G03B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pair of rotation platesare provided on an upper surface and a lower surface of a camera body. The rotation platesare rotatable with respect to the camera body. During panorama imaging, a user holds the pair of rotation plateswith their fingers to hold a camera. An actual rotation angle of the camera bodywith respect to the rotation plateis detected by an encoder provided inside the camera. When the actual rotation angle reaches a target rotation angle, an image capturing process of an element image is automatically executed.