Photography – With viewfinder – Selective or adjustable viewfinder field
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-06
2008-09-09
Perkey, W. B. (Department: 2862)
Photography
With viewfinder
Selective or adjustable viewfinder field
C396S378000, C352S171000, C348S368000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07424219
ABSTRACT:
A viewfinder system for a digital camera comprises a main optical path for projecting an outside scene image onto a light sensitive area facility, which facility determines a user field, and an optical extraction path for through mirror-operation extracting a fraction of the outside scene image onto a viewer optical path. The viewer optical path comprises a first mask for inserting a negative delineating outline into a viewer field and a second mask for inserting a positive delineating outline into the viewer field, both said first and second masks corresponding to the user field.In particular, at least one of the first and second masks is realized by an electronic device that has its mask size variably controlled by an electronic facility on the basis of pixel-wise driving.Advantageously, the electronic device is controlled by a sensor facility that is adapted for with respect to the other of the masks that has a fixed size sensing the latter size.
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DALSA Corporation
Fisher Technology Law PLLC
Perkey W. B.
Williams Andrew
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