Tag Archives: Patents

The latest patents from Google, Panasonic, Tamron, Canon and Olympus

By PR admin | Published: April 16, 2014

→ Google patented a camera embedded in contact lenses. → Panasonic filed a patent for a high resolution light field camera. → Tamron filed a patent for a 15-50mm f/1.4 lens designed for 1/1.7″ sensor.

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Tamron patents a 10mm f/2.8 fisheye lens

By PR admin | Published: March 24, 2014

Tamron filed a patent in Japan for a 10mm f/2.8 fisheye lens: Focal length: 9.712mm Aperture: 2.85 Half angle of view: 90.00° Lens design: 10 elements in 8 groups, two four-sided aspherical elements, three LD glass elements Internal focus Vibration control Video support Here are few other lens designed filed in the patent:

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The latest patents from Sigma, Olympus, Samsung and Ricoh

By PR admin | Published: March 24, 2014

→ Sigma filed a patent application in Japan for a 28-85mm f/3.5-5.6 lens. → Olympus filed a patent for selective exposure in different areas of the frame. → Samsung files patent for camera with transparent display.

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The latest Canon lens patents: 16-35mm f/2.8, 17-40mm f/4, 200mm f/3.5 Macro and more

By PR admin | Published: March 12, 2014

Several new Canon patents were filed in Japan: → Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 lens

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The latest patents from Olympus, Canon and Ricoh

By PR admin | Published: February 21, 2014

Olympus filed a new patent for 12mm f/1.0 and 14mm f/1.0 Micro Four Thirds lenses. Canon filed a patent for a 24-85mm f/3.5-5.6 and EF24-70mm f/4L IS USM lenses. Ricoh’s latest patent is for a 24mm f/2 lens designed for APS-C mirrorless cameras (of 35mm equivalent).

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The latest patents from Ricoh, Canon and Sony

By PR admin | Published: February 5, 2014

Ricoh filed a patent for a removable wireless flash. Canon filed a patent in Japan for a ring strobe with a prism design. New Canon 70-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS lens patent.

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The latest Canon patents: 11-24mm f/4 full frame lens and curved aperture diaphragm

By PR admin | Published: January 27, 2014

Canon filed a patent in Japan for a new 11-24mm f/4 ultra wide-angle zoom lens designed for full frame cameras.

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The latest patents from Canon: pancake zoom lenses for EOS-M and full frame tele primes with IS

By PR admin | Published: January 22, 2014

Canon filed patents in Japan for for several new pancake zoom lenses for their EOS-M mirrorless system: 18-40mm f/3.5-5.6 (pancake), 18-55mm f/4-8 (pancake), 10-20mm f/4-5.6 and 9-18mm f/4-5.6. The second Canon patent is for 85mm f/1.8, 100mm f/2 and 135mm f/2.8 full frame lenses with IS (image stabilization)

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The latest patents from Fuji, Canon, Ricoh and Tamron

By PR admin | Published: January 16, 2014

Fuji filed a patent in Japan for a sensor with enlarged sized green pixels: “The human eye is sensitive to luminance noise than the color noise and it is possible to improve the high sensitivity performance and practical to increase the pixel size of the white and green pixels“. Canon filed a patent for automated AF […]

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The latest patents from Panasonic, Konica Minolta and Canon

By PR admin | Published: December 30, 2013

Panasonic filed design patents for a camera that could be the next M43 model in the GF product line.

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