G03B 9/70
Exposure-making shutters: with flash-synchronising contacts
Official title: with flash-synchronising contacts
G03B9/70 (Exposure-making shutters: with flash-synchronising contacts) appears on 87 US grants and 31 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 31
- Assignees
- 45
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Image capturing apparatus capable of reducing exposure variation between upper and lower end areas of image, method of controlling image capturing apparatus, and storage medium17 Mar 2026US 12,578,623 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Control method, photographing apparatus, lens, movable platform, and computer readable medium31 Dec 2024US 12,184,985 B2Victor Hasselblad AB
- Photographic synchronization optimization system and method3 Nov 2020US 10,824,053 B2Lab Partners Associates, Inc.
- Method and system for selective imaging of objects in a scene to yield enhanced image18 Jul 2017US 9,712,754 B2Brightway Vision Ltd.
- Communication apparatus that sends signal for instructing image pickup apparatus to execute shooting operation and communication control method therefor21 Mar 2017US 9,602,712 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Liquid lens shutter synchronization for optical profilometry13 Nov 2025US 2025/0347978 A1Perceptron, Inc.
- Image capturing apparatus capable of reducing exposure variation between upper and lower end areas of image, method of controlling image capturing apparatus, and storage medium7 Mar 2024US 2024/0077783 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Control method, photographing apparatus, lens, movable platform, and computer readable medium6 Oct 2022US 2022/0321757 A1Victor Hasselblad AB
- Photographic Synchronization Optimization System and Method18 Feb 2021US 2021/0048732 A1Lab Partners Associates, Inc.
- Photographic Synchronization Optimization System and Method25 Jan 2018US 2018/0024418 A1Lab Partners Associates, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for selective imaging of objects in a scene to yield enhanced image61US 9,712,754 B2Brightway Vision Ltd. · 2017
- Middle curtain flash55US 5,452,048 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1995
- Radio remote control for photographic equipment48US 7,486,883 B2Tamrac, Inc. · 2009
- Wireless communication module40US 7,016,603 B2Lab Partners Associates, Inc. · 2006
- Control device for a camera capable of using a flash device37US 5,754,898 ANikon Corporation · 1998