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Rotation of the Image Sensor With Display Unit - Sony Patent

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Sony new patent surfaced over the web, The patent image show a NEX mirrorless camera body with a rotating sensor and display unit. Do you like this feature of NEX camera? OR it will add more complexity and may arise unwanted problem?

Take a look at the translated details below

Description and self-interpretation of the patent literature

  • Patent Publication No. 2013-150044
    • Publication date 2013.8.1
    • Filing date 2012.1.17
  • Sony patents
    • Rotatable display
      • Tilt direction
      • The with respect to the optical axis, rotatable 90 degrees
    • In a direction opposite to the rotation of the display, image sensor I rotate the
      • The image of the imaging plane because it is inverted

       

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Patent News - Organic Sensor by Sony

Sony organic sensor patent is surfaced over the web today, take a look at the details below

Description and self-interpretation of the patent literature (translated by google)

  • Patent Publication No. 2013-118335
    • Publication date 2013.6.13
    • Filing date 2011.12.5
    • Applicant Sony
  • Comprising:
    • Hydrogen bonded to carbon 6 of the # 4 or thioindigo is substituted with a functional group, an organic photoelectric conversion material.
  • [0065]
    • It may be red component is removed by absorption by the color filter 44C cyan, green component is removed by absorption by the organic photoelectric conversion layer 42, is taken out at the blue blue component remaining. It is possible blue component is removed by absorption by the color filter 44Y of the yellow, green component is removed by absorption by the organic photoelectric conversion layer 42, is taken out at the red red component remaining. With the above configuration, in the solid-state imaging device 30 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to output the color signal separated green, blue, and red.

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Sony Full Frame Mirrorless Lens Patent

Sony new patent surfaced over the web – Zoom Lens for Full-Frame Mirrorless camera, See the details below

Patent Publication No. 2013-37105
2013.2.21 Release Date
2011.8.5 filing date
Example 1
Focal length f = 1.00 – 3.62mm (57.1-207.2mm equivalent APS-C, 87.0-314.8mm equivalent full-size)
Fno 4.64 -. 6.49
Half angle of view ω = 13.95 – 3.92 °
BF 0.320 – 0.929mm (18.3-53.1mm equivalent APS-C, 27.8-80.8mm equivalent full-size)
13 pictures in 9 groups lens configuration
Two four-sided aspherical
3 ED glass sheets

More Full Frame Mirrorless Patent from Sony – Just few days ago japanese patent hunting website – Egami spotted the first Sony patent 35mm f/1.8 E-mount lens for the future Full Frame system.

Patent Details
Focal length f = 35.81
Fno. = 1.85
Half angle of view ω = 30.78 °
Image height Y = 21.6mm
Mod β = -0.25
Eight lens elements in 7 groups configuration
Two three-sided aspherical
1 ED glass sheet

Sony organic sensor patent

Sony hybrid organic & inorganic sensor patent, the patent describes the sensor is made up of both organic and inorganic materials, the major details below

Translated by google

Sony patents pending on the imaging element of the hybrid formula that combines the benefits of both organic and inorganic materials. Also excellent resolution, there is no false colors since it does not require further OLPF In addition, the high sensitivity superior to be done by the organic photoelectric conversion layer. The organic layer is not suitable as high-speed readout, inorganic layer is done in the movement of the charge, seems to have and also allows high-speed readout. It might have appeared to great imaging element in the future.

Self-interpretation and summary, Patent Document

  • Patent Publication No. 2012-49289
    • 2012.3.8 Release Date
    • 2010.8.26 filing date
  • Known art
    • Silicon photodiode based on the (hereinafter, PD)
      • A typical imaging device of this type
      • (Causing a false color) low-pass filter must have a color filter or
      • Electron transfer rate is faster
      • Drive can be stable at high speed
      • Light absorption rate is poor
      • Also need 3μm thickness of the PD
      • A certain amount of light loss due to a color filter or low-pass filter
    • Organic layer
      • Using the organic film with a sensitivity to each wavelength
      • Low-pass filter and a color filter (false color does not occur) unnecessary
      • For light absorption coefficient is greater than the silicon, thin film can be
      • You can create a variety of shapes
      • Mobility of electrons is small
      • Non-high-speed operation
      • With current technology, adhesion, durability, there is a difficulty in mass production
  • Sony’s patent
    • Organic layer
      • Photoelectric conversion is performed
      • The shape of the cylinder
      • RGB three types of organic material are stacked in the depth direction
    • Inorganic layer (semiconductor layer)
      • Charge transfer is carried out
      • Leads to a charge storage section
    • Back-illuminated (BSI)

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Canon, Nikon and Sony Patent News

Canon New Lenses Patent Details
(Translated by google from Japanese)Canon applied for a patent of 50mm F2.8, 90mm F2.8 and 35mm F2.8 lenses for full frame format. The 50mm F2.8 is macro lens, and maximum reproduction ratio is 1:1. The 90mm F2.8 is Tilt-shift Lens, maximum reproduction ratio is 1:2. The 35mm F2.8 Lens is semi-macro, maximum reproduction ratio is 1:2.

Patent Publication No. 2011-107313

  • 2011.6.2 Published
  • 2009.11.16 filing date



Nikon New Lenses Patent Details

(Translated by google from Japanese)Nikon applied for Full frame and mirrorless lenses, we can expect a new mirrorless camera from Nikon very soon.

Nikon 10-30mm 7-13mm lens for mirror-less patent , Nikon 10-30mm (28-80mm equivalent) 7 and-13mm (18-34mm equivalent) of the mirror lenses for less patent is being filed by Nikon for mirrorless system.
Patent Publication No. 2011-107267

  • 2011.6.2 Published
  • 2009.11.13 filing date

New Nikon 50mm F1.2 patent for FX (Full-fame )camera and 50mm f/2.0 for DX format camera
Nikon 50mm f/1.2  and 50mm f/2.0  patent is being filed by Nikon. The new patent have more improved design and optical coatings, flares resistant and ghost resistant compared to older Nikon Lenses.

Patent Publication No. 2011-113052

  • Published 2011.6.9
  • Filled 2009.11.30

(Translated by google from Japanese)Sony 50mm F1.2 50mm F1.4 and the patent is being filed. 50mm, not a lot of configuration to be adopted Daburugausutaipu lens configuration by the sum of the telephoto lens in Daburugausutaipu Wide Converter, improved performance of the lens at close range. α mount products like it is going to be good at convincing users.

Patent Publication No. 2011-107450

  • 2011.6.2 Published
  • 2009.11.18 filing date

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Sony compact translucent camera

official patent description:
In recent single-lens reflex digital cameras, a display such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is disposed on the back of a camera body such that an image inputted to an image pickup device can be viewed using the display. For example, there has been proposed a single-lens reflex digital camera, having no optical viewfinder, that allows a user to take photographs while the user checks an image using a display disposed on the back of a camera body. In such a structure, an autofocus detecting device is disposed at an upper position in the camera body and light reflected by a light-beam splitting mirror can be guided to the autofocus detecting device. However, when light-beam splitting mirrors disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 4 are used, the light quantity of transmitted light guided to an image sensor is increased compared with that of reflected light to improve the quality of photographed images. As a result, the light quantity of photographing light guided to an autofocus detecting device becomes insufficient.“….”The present invention can provide a light-weight small-size digital camera.”

And there is one more interesting news. Depending on the light wavelength the mirror reflects more or less light: “A sufficient quantity of subject light can be guided to an autofocus detecting device by adjusting the reflectivity to light with a wavelength to which the autofocus detecting device has high sensitivity to 25% or more and 35% or less, which can solve a problem in that light quantity becomes insufficient for autofocus detecting“…”When autofocus auxiliary light is used to perform photographing on a subject having a low contrast or in a dark place, the returned light out of the autofocus auxiliary light can be reflected at a reflectivity higher than that of light having a different wavelength and guided to the autofocus detecting device.

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