Patent
1992-11-09
1994-08-09
Gray, David M.
G03B 1503
Patent
active
053371046
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for redirecting beams of light emanating from the flash of a camera so as to avoid the creation of "red-eye" in a photograph. The apparatus redirects the beams of lights so as to be distanced even further from the central axis of the camera lens. To provide the full effect of the flash, the apparatus redirects the beams of light in a direction parallel to the original direction the light beams travel off from the flash and to the central axis of the lens. The apparatus includes a main body which forms an enclosure with an inlet and outlet opening and is attached to the camera such that the inlet opening is aligned with and covers the camera's flash. The main body includes at least two reflective surfaces for redirecting the flash beam from a first direction to a second direction and then from the second direction to a third direction exiting the main body. The device can be releasably mounted to existing flash cameras (including pop-out flash members). It can also be built into new compact cameras and act as a sliding lens cover and power switch. With the built-in design, the flash of the camera can be directed either vertically or to one side of the camera and a built-in light shifter with single reflective surface is provided to redirect the light parallel and far removed from the central axis of the lens.
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Smith Neil D.
Yate Martin
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