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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.:

US 9547218 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2013

Lens module and portable photography device

Applicant:

Hitachi Maxell, Ltd., Ibaraki-shi, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Takehiro Takahashi, Ibaraki, JP;

Akito Sakemoto, Ibaraki, JP;

Hiroyasu Otsubo, Ibaraki, JP;

Assignee:

HITACHI MAXELL, LTD., Osaka, JP;

Attorney:

Oliff PLC

Primary Examiner:

Timothy J Henn

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 15/05 (2006.01); G02B 13/24 (2006.01); F21V 23/04 (2006.01); F21L 4/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G03B 17/14 (2006.01); G03B 17/56 (2006.01); H04N 5/238 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); F21Y 101/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 15/05 (2013.01); A61B 5/00 (2013.01); F21L 4/02 (2013.01); F21V 23/0414 (2013.01); F21V 23/0457 (2013.01); G02B 13/24 (2013.01); G03B 17/14 (2013.01); G03B 17/565 (2013.01); H04N 5/225 (2013.01); H04N 5/2251 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01); H04N 5/238 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); A61B 5/0075 (2013.01); A61B 5/441 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0443 (2013.01); F21Y 2101/00 (2013.01); G03B 2215/0567 (2013.01); G03B 2215/0589 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is portable photography device capable of appropriately control an on/off state of a light source during photography, and reliably carrying out photography by a camera of a portable terminal when the light source is on. The portable photography device includes a smartphone with a camera, and a lens module including LEDs, having different wavelengths, a conversion lens, and light source control unit. The smartphone includes light on/off detection unit that detects the on/off state of each of the LEDs, photography control unit that controls photography by the camera, and display control unit that associates a photographed image taken by the camera with the LEDs, for display on the screen of the smartphone. As a result, it is possible to appropriately control the on/off state of the LEDs, during carrying out photography and reliably photographing skin with the camera of the smartphone.

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