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New Version Rioch Theta Coming with 4K [Rumor]

Rioch-Theta-image

The Theta was announced on 5 September 2013, the camera allows you to capture unique 360° spherical imagery and video with just a single click. Dual lens design, sleek form factor and eye-catching white finish. From both the lenses the camera full spherical image in every click. You also get plenty of manual modes that includes exposure, and Auto, Shutter-Priority, and ISO Priority exposure modes.

The Upcoming THETA camera is rumored to feature 4K video, the announcement date is not know yet but the camera is expected to arrive soon.

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source- pentaxrumor.com

Patent News: Ricoh 75mm Lens For 1 inch Sensor

75mm F2.8 Lens image

Ricoh filled a patent of a 75mm Lens with F2.8 aperture for a 1″ sensor based camera, currently Ricoh doesn’t make any compact or mirror less camera with 1″ sensor and that clearly means Ricoh is can enter in 1″ sensor based compact products.

Do contribute a better translation if you can

Description, self-interpretation of the patent literature

  • Patent Publication No. 2016-61902
    • Published 2016.4.25
    • Filing date 2014.9.17
  • Example 1
    • f = 75.0mm
    • F = 2.83
    • 2ω = 12.2 degrees
  • Ricoh patents
    • [0002] been widely put into practical use a so-called “industrial cameras”, for example, are being developed such as an image input device for machine vision.
    • [0003] an imaging lens used in an image input device of machine vision, much variation in lens performance due to focusing, it is important that stable.
    • Feeding the front lens

See more patents by Ricoh

BTW : Do you know  Ricoh GR II is an excellent APS-C sensor based camera and available at $599 on B&H and Amazon.com

Ricoh / Pentax Patent 200mm F2.8 Lens

Ricoh filed a patent for a 200mm F2.8 lens for fullframe sensor camera. As we all know that Pentax K-1 is now available in stores and Rioch / Pentax making positive effort to add more lenses to attract more fullframe users.

200mm lens image

Ricoh / Pentax Patent 200mm F2.8 Lens details

  • Patent Publication No. 2016-51100
    • Published 2016.4.11
    • Filing date 2014.9.1
  • Example 1
    • Focal length 200.000
    • F-number 2.80
    • Half angle of 6.3 °
    • Image height 22.000
    • BF 66.870
    • Overall length of the lens 184.874

See more Pentax patent, also see Pentax K-1 DSLR User Manual, PDF Guide

source – egami

Ricoh / Pentax Working on Hybrid Sensor

Ricoh hybrid patent

Ricoh is working on Hybrid phase detect sensor, that will do Phase AF too by the help of active phase AF pixels. The new innovation will sure help Pentax / Ricoh to enable high speed AF during vidoe and live view-mode.

Description, self-interpretation of the patent literature

  • Patent Publication No. 2015-230355
    • Published 2015.12.21
    • Filing date 2014.6.4
  • Ricoh patents
    • The image plane phase difference AF
    • 3 or more subpixels per pixel
    • Three or more of the spectral sensitivity element in one pixel
    • With respect to adjacent pixels, it will maintain the symmetry
    • Since generating three colors from one pixel can be reduce false color

Stay with for more Pentax patents and news

Ricoh Patent AF Tracking for Celestial Bodies

Ricoh patent

Ricoh filed patent tracking out celestial bodies, this patent will track Celestial bodies to capture tech sharp images of the stars, patent details below.

  • Patent Publication No. 2015-184614
    • Published 2015.10.22
    • Filing date 2014.3.26
  • Ricoh patents
    • Celestial body to detect the size of the image
    • Celestial I and focus position the minimum value of the image size
    • Celestial body to detect the center brightness of the image
    • Celestial I and focus position the maximum value of the center luminance of the image

Canon also filed a patent that will track Celestial Bodies by sensor-shift technology. You can look at the patent details here.

See more Ricoh Patent

source – egami

Ricoh Patent - IR Sensor For Accurate Auto Focus

Ricoh-Patent-sensor-imagePentax / Ricoh filed a patent to correct focus shift caused by infrared light. In the patent we can clearly see that Rioch is working on 2nd IR (infrared)  AF (Auto Focus) Sensor for correcting the Focus shift when the Phase AF sensor fails to do the correct Job in absence of visible light (In a situation when only IF is present).

Description, self-interpretation of the patent literature

  • Patent Publication No. 2015-172640
    • Published 2015.10.1
    • Filing date 2014.3.1
  • Ricoh patents
    • AF sensor has a spectral sensitivity in the visible light to infrared light
    • AE sensor has a spectral sensitivity in the visible light
    • IR sensor has a spectral sensitivity characteristics to infrared light
    • Based on the signal ratio of the AE sensor and the IR sensor, to correct the focal shift due to chromatic aberration of infrared light

See more Ricoh Patent

source – egami

Pentax-Rioch Patent - Camera Sync with Smartphone

Ricoh-camera-patent-imageA latest patent information surfaced over the web that shows Ricoh new camera that easily placed behind the smartphone rear side. It will gradually sync by the camera and will allow new users to operate the entire camera by smartphone camera interface.

Description, self-interpretation of the patent literature

  • Patent Publication No. 2015-184302
    • Published 2015.10.22
    • Filing date 2014.3.20
  • Ricoh patents
    • It provides a holding member on the back of the camera
    • Hold the smartphone on the back of the camera

source – bit.ly/1GYaoeP