Olympus filed a patent in Japan (2011-259166) for a vari-angle LCD screen that can be flipped to pretty much any camera side/angle: In addition to the US patent for an organic sensor, Fujifilm filed a similar patent in Japan (2011-253861). Here are some more details from the Japanese patent application (Google translation):
Canon filed patent 2011-253050 in Japan for the following prime lenses: 50mm f/1.4 lens 85mm f/1.2 lens 85mm f/1.8 lens
Olympus filed patent 2011-250022 in Japan for a hot shoe mounted miniature camera that will be used to capture stereo/3D images. It seems that Olympus has chosen a different 3D solution than Panasonic’s Micro Four Thirds 12.5mm f/12 3D lens.
Patent 2011242520 from Olympus describes several different wide angle lenses: 8mm f/3.5 fisheye, 12mm f/1.8, 12mm f/2.8, 10mm f/2.8 and 12mm f/2.0:
Fuji was granted a patent 8053661 for an organic sensor. Some readers speculated yesterday that this sensor may be used in the upcoming Fuji LX mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. From the patent’s summary: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic photoelectric conversion layer exhibiting high photoelectric conversion efficiency, low dark current and high-speed responsivity, […]
Olympus filed a patent 2011209377 for 10mm f/2.8, 12mm f/2.8 and 12mm f/2.0 lenses:
Canon 180mm f/3.5 Macro lens patent (2011191743): Canon 65mm f/2.8 Macro lens patent (2011191743):
Canon patent for lens with aperture ring: Canon 100-400mm f/4-5.6 lens patent:
Olympus patent for contrast AF mount adapter: Canon patent for wireless TTL flash and multi camera sync:
Panasonic patent for RGB color separation Panasonic patent for extending zoom range by cropping (digital zoom) Panasonic patent for reflective mirror AF to improve speed Panasonic patent for bouncing flash unit Olympus patent for global shutter Olympus patent to achieve a very fast flash sync speed Pentax patent for a sensor that reduces ghosting Canon […]
