Photography – With viewfinder – Selective or adjustable viewfinder field
Reexamination Certificate
2005-06-14
2005-06-14
Nguyen, Judy (Department: 2851)
Photography
With viewfinder
Selective or adjustable viewfinder field
C396S436000, C348S064000, C348S240100, C348S333090, C348S333120, C348S341000, C358S909100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06907194
ABSTRACT:
A camera and method provide image cropping. The camera has a body and a capture unit mounted in the body. The capture unit has an imager and storage media operatively connected to the imager. The capture unit selectively captures an electronic image of a scene. A viewfinder optical system is aligned with the capture unit. The viewfinder optical system defines a viewfinder light path. A cropper is disposed in the body. The cropper has a pair of vanes. The vanes are selectively movable, relative to each other, between first and second positions and through a continuous sequence of intermediate positions between the first and second positions. The vanes, in each of the positions, delimits a rectangular cross-sectioned window in the viewfinder light path. A control unit is operatively connected to the capture unit and cropper. The control unit crops the electronic image to match the window.
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Blackman Rochelle
Eastman Kodak Company
Nguyen Judy
Walker Robert L.
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