G03B 7/09971
In mirror-reflex cameras
Official title: {in mirror-reflex cameras (G03B7/09979 takes precedence)}
G03B7/09971 (In mirror-reflex cameras) appears on 217 US grants and 14 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 217
- Published applications
- 14
- Assignees
- 30
- Inventors
- 242
- Latest grant
- 22 Nov 2022
Filings by year
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| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G03B 7/09976The sensor being mounted in, before, or behind the porro-prism102
- G03B 7/09974Using the film or shutter as sensor light reflecting member69
- G03B 7/09972Using the mirror as sensor light reflecting or transmitting member65
- G03B 7/09973Using the mirror as sensor4
- G03B 7/09977With a movable light-measuring element2
- G03B 7/09978Protection against viewer backlight or integration of the viewer light into the2
Recent patents
- Display-covered camera22 Nov 2022US 11,508,033 B2Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Image pickup apparatus, method for controlling image pickup apparatus, and storage medium for controlling flash photography when a still image is imaged4 May 2021US 10,999,523 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Imaging apparatus capable of generating an image with a weight of a signal corresponding to each type of spectral sensitivity characteristics and method of controlling the apparatus20 Mar 2018US 9,921,454 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Focus detection sensor21 Jun 2016US 9,374,518 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Drive mechanism for movable mirror of camera17 May 2016US 9,341,926 B2Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.
- Display-covered camera8 Jul 2021US 2021/0209728 A1Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Image pickup apparatus, method for controlling image pickup apparatus, and storage medium8 Aug 2019US 2019/0246028 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Imaging apparatus and method of controlling the same13 Oct 2016US 2016/0299406 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Drive mechanism for movable mirror of camera8 Jan 2015US 2015/0010297 A1Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.
- Focus detection sensor27 Nov 2014US 2014/0347505 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Camera system with color temperature meter114US 5,710,948 ANikon Corporation · 1998
- Visual line detecting device and camera having the same93US 5,036,347 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1991
- Pseudo format camera with exposure control60US 4,639,111 AEastman Kodak Company · 1987
- Electronic image pick-up device for a single-lens reflex camera having an interchangeable finder52US 4,303,322 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1981
- Exposure controller for a camera45US 4,456,354 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1984