OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. based in Tokyo, JP has been assigned the rights to these inventions. The list includes both Pending Applications and Patent Grants:

#1 | 2016-02-11 ✅ Patent 9,551,881 granted on 2017-01-24

US20160042853A1

Electricity

Retention mechanism, driving apparatus, and blur correction apparatus

#2 | 2016-02-11 ✅ Patent 9,488,850 granted on 2016-11-08

US20160041403A1

Physics

Retention mechanism, driving apparatus, and blur correction apparatus

#3 | 2015-09-24 ✅ Patent 9,609,227 granted on 2017-03-28

US20150271415A1

Electricity

Photographing apparatus, image pickup and observation apparatus, image comparison and display method, image comparison and display system, and recording medium

#4 | 2015-08-27 ✅ Patent 9,584,708 granted on 2017-02-28

US20150244907A1

Electricity

Optical system and lens control system having focus adjustment used for imaging apparatus

#5 | 2015-08-06 ✅ Patent 9,894,267 granted on 2018-02-13

US20150220801A1

Physics

Imaging apparatus

#6 | 2015-07-30 ✅ Patent 9,451,139 granted on 2016-09-20

US20150215506A1

Electricity

Portable optical instrument and image pickup apparatus

#7 | 2015-07-23 ✅ Patent 9,420,169 granted on 2016-08-16

US20150207985A1

Electricity

Imaging device, imaging method, and program

#8 | 2015-06-18 ✅ Patent 9,521,329 granted on 2016-12-13

US20150172553A1

Electricity

Display device, display method, and computer-readable recording medium

#9 | 2015-06-04 ✅ Patent 9,148,570 granted on 2015-09-29

US20150156417A1

Electricity

Image pickup apparatus that allows for short-distance photographing

#10 | 2015-05-28 ✅ Patent 9,277,127 granted on 2016-03-01

US20150145984A1

Electricity

Waterproof camera having a semi-underwater photographing mode

#11 | 2015-05-21 ✅ Patent 9,143,763 granted on 2015-09-22

US20150138321A1

Electricity

Imaging apparatus, imaging method, and computer-readable recording medium

#12 | 2015-03-05 ✅ Patent 9,338,335 granted on 2016-05-10

US20150062408A1

Physics

Lens drive apparatus, lens barrel to which the lens drive apparatus is applied, and image pickup apparatus

#13 | 2015-02-12 ✅ Patent 10,102,880 granted on 2018-10-16

US20150043884A1

Physics

Information processing device, shooting apparatus and information processing method

#14 | 2015-01-29 ✅ Patent 9,392,161 granted on 2016-07-12

US20150029387A1

Electricity

Imaging apparatus

#15 | 2015-01-22 ✅ Patent 10,063,773 granted on 2018-08-28

US20150022627A1

Electricity

Photographing apparatus, photographing method and computer-readable storage medium storing photographing program of photographing apparatus

#16 | 2015-01-15 ✅ Patent 9,151,939 granted on 2015-10-06

US20150015745A1

Physics

Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus equipped with same

#17 | 2014-12-18 ✅ Patent 10,095,713 granted on 2018-10-09

US20140372390A1

Physics

Information device, server, recording medium with image file recorded thereon, image file generating method, image file management method, and computer readable recording medium

#18 | 2014-12-04 ✅ Patent 9,285,604 granted on 2016-03-15

US20140354860A1

Electricity

Blur correction apparatus

#19 | 2014-12-04 ✅ Patent 9,465,204 granted on 2016-10-11

US20140354858A1

Physics

Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus using the same

#20 | 2014-11-13 ✅ Patent 9,286,946 granted on 2016-03-15

US20140337014A1

Physics

Voice recording and playback device, and control method for voice recording and playback device

#21 | 2014-10-30 ✅ Patent 9,241,112 granted on 2016-01-19

US20140320701A1

Electricity

Imaging apparatus, imaging method and computer-readable recording medium

#22 | 2014-10-30 ✅ Patent 9,402,037 granted on 2016-07-26

US20140320692A1

Electricity

Imaging apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image processing method for generating random special effects

#23 | 2014-10-23 ✅ Patent 9,247,433 granted on 2016-01-26

US20140317764A1

Physics

Information communication apparatus

#24 | 2014-10-23 ✅ Patent 9,596,390 granted on 2017-03-14

US20140313390A1

Electricity

Imaging apparatus, imaging method, and computer-readable recording medium

#25 | 2014-10-02 ✅ Patent 9,086,541 granted on 2015-07-21

US20140293440A1

Physics

Optical instrument and imaging device

#26 | 2014-10-02 ✅ Patent 9,113,073 granted on 2015-08-18

US20140293086A1

Electricity

Imaging apparatus and imaging method of the same, and storage medium to store computer-processible tracking program

#27 | 2014-09-18 ✅ Patent 9,188,770 granted on 2015-11-17

US20140268365A1

Physics

Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus equipped with same

#28 | 2014-09-18 ✅ Patent 9,304,298 granted on 2016-04-05

US20140267877A1

Physics

Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus using the same

#29 | 2014-09-18 ✅ Patent 9,215,367 granted on 2015-12-15

US20140267873A1

Electricity

Image pickup apparatus, image pickup system and image pickup method

#30 | 2014-09-18 ✅ Patent 9,888,182 granted on 2018-02-06

US20140267869A1

Electricity

Display apparatus

#31 | 2014-09-18 ✅ Patent 9,215,375 granted on 2015-12-15

US20140267803A1

Electricity

Photographing apparatus, image display apparatus, and display control method of image display apparatus

#32 | 2014-09-11 ✅ Patent 10,070,039 granted on 2018-09-04

US20140253736A1

Electricity

Image processing device and image processing method

#33 | 2014-09-04 ✅ Patent 8,953,090 granted on 2015-02-10

US20140247384A1

Electricity

Camera device, interchangeable lens device, camera main body, and focus control method

#34 | 2014-09-04 ✅ Patent 9,007,464 granted on 2015-04-14

US20140247371A1

Electricity

Photographing apparatus, photographing system, photographing method, and program stored in non-transitory medium in photographing apparatus

#35 | 2014-08-28 ✅ Patent 9,197,814 granted on 2015-11-24

US20140241648A1

Physics

Photographing device, photographing method, and playback method

#36 | 2014-08-28 ✅ Patent 9,204,051 granted on 2015-12-01

US20140240577A1

Electricity

Image pickup apparatus, image pickup method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium

#37 | 2014-08-28 ✅ Patent 9,049,317 granted on 2015-06-02

US20140240572A1

Electricity

Communication system, communication terminal, and method of controlling a communication system

#38 | 2014-08-28 ✅ Patent 9,467,621 granted on 2016-10-11

US20140240530A1

Electricity

Photographing device, photographing method, and playback method

#39 | 2014-08-14 ✅ Patent 9,742,990 granted on 2017-08-22

US20140226029A1

Electricity

Image file communication system with tag information in a communication network

#40 | 2014-08-07 ✅ Patent 9,261,682 granted on 2016-02-16

US20140218808A1

Physics

Zoom lens

#41 | 2014-08-07

US20140218600A1

Electricity

IMAGE DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD

#42 | 2014-08-07 ✅ Patent 9,215,372 granted on 2015-12-15

US20140218599A1

Electricity

Image device and imaging method

#43 | 2014-07-31 ✅ Patent 9,158,099 granted on 2015-10-13

US20140211074A1

Physics

Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus using the same

#44 | 2014-07-31 ✅ Patent 9,516,209 granted on 2016-12-06

US20140210985A1

Electricity

Imaging apparatus

#45 | 2014-07-31 ✅ Patent 9,690,378 granted on 2017-06-27

US20140210601A1

Physics

Operation apparatus

#46 | 2014-07-24 ✅ Patent 9,160,919 granted on 2015-10-13

US20140204266A1

Electricity

Focus adjustment unit and camera system

#47 | 2014-07-24 ✅ Patent 9,426,379 granted on 2016-08-23

US20140204234A1

Electricity

Photographing unit, cooperative photographing method, and recording medium having recorded program

#48 | 2014-07-24

US20140204093A1

Physics

MAP DISPLAY SYSTEM AND MAP DISPLAY METHOD

#49 | 2014-07-17 ✅ Patent 9,094,602 granted on 2015-07-28

US20140198245A1

Electricity

Imaging device and focus detection method

#50 | 2014-07-10 ✅ Patent 9,282,257 granted on 2016-03-08

US20140192239A1

Electricity

Image apparatus and imaging method

#51 | 2014-07-03 ✅ Patent 9,203,986 granted on 2015-12-01

US20140189072A1

Electricity

Imaging device, imaging system, image management server, image communication system, imaging method, and image management method

#52 | 2014-07-03 ✅ Patent 9,097,884 granted on 2015-08-04

US20140185148A1

Physics

Zoom lens

#53 | 2014-07-03 ✅ Patent 9,429,749 granted on 2016-08-30

US20140185140A1

Physics

Vibration apparatus and imaging appliance

#54 | 2014-06-26 ✅ Patent 9,426,372 granted on 2016-08-23

US20140176775A1

Electricity

Imaging device and imaging method

#55 | 2014-06-26 ✅ Patent 9,118,835 granted on 2015-08-25

US20140176773A1

Electricity

Imaging device having a display section, and imaging method therefor

#56 | 2014-06-26 ✅ Patent 9,389,768 granted on 2016-07-12

US20140176431A1

Physics

Reproducer, digital camera, slide show reproduction method, program, image display apparatus, image display method, image reproduction method, and image display program

#57 | 2014-06-19 ✅ Patent 9,088,710 granted on 2015-07-21

US20140168480A1

Electricity

Image processing apparatus, and method, and recording medium recording image processing program for processing output pixels utilized as phase difference detecting elements

#58 | 2014-06-19 ✅ Patent 9,137,448 granted on 2015-09-15

US20140168476A1

Electricity

Multi-recording image capturing apparatus and control method for multi-recording image capturing apparatus for enabling the capture of two image areas having two different angles of view

#59 | 2014-06-19 ✅ Patent 9,894,277 granted on 2018-02-13

US20140168448A1

Electricity

Imaging device, announcing method, and recording medium for indicating whether or not a main subject is only within a first area of an image

#60 | 2014-06-19 ✅ Patent 9,412,204 granted on 2016-08-09

US20140168416A1

Physics

Virtual image generating apparatus, virtual image generating method, and recording medium storing virtual image generating program

#61 | 2014-06-05 ✅ Patent 8,982,222 granted on 2015-03-17

US20140152860A1

Electricity

Image stabilization apparatus

#62 | 2014-05-29 ✅ Patent 9,013,803 granted on 2015-04-21

US20140146217A1

Physics

Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus equipped with same

#63 | 2014-05-29 ✅ Patent 9,154,727 granted on 2015-10-06

US20140146203A1

Electricity

Imaging device and imaging device control method

#64 | 2014-05-22 ✅ Patent 8,988,783 granted on 2015-03-24

US20140139720A1

Physics

Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus equipped with same

#65 | 2014-05-22 ✅ Patent 8,982,264 granted on 2015-03-17

US20140139700A1

Electricity

Imaging apparatus and image communication method

#66 | 2014-05-22 ✅ Patent 9,160,925 granted on 2015-10-13

US20140139695A1

Electricity

Driving device and image instrument comprising this driving device

#67 | 2014-05-15 ✅ Patent 8,994,842 granted on 2015-03-31

US20140132790A1

Physics

Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus equipped with same

#68 | 2014-05-08 ✅ Patent 9,210,334 granted on 2015-12-08

US20140125863A1

Electricity

Imaging apparatus and imaging method for flare portrait scene imaging

#69 | 2014-05-08 ✅ Patent 9,088,724 granted on 2015-07-21

US20140125827A1

Physics

Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus using the same

#70 | 2014-05-08 ✅ Patent 9,258,478 granted on 2016-02-09

US20140125814A1

Electricity

Imaging apparatus, imaging method thereof, and computer readable recording medium

#71 | 2014-05-01 ✅ Patent 9,052,496 granted on 2015-06-09

US20140118605A1

Physics

Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus using the same

#72 | 2014-04-24 ✅ Patent 9,277,116 granted on 2016-03-01

US20140111679A1

Electricity

Imaging device, display device, control method, and method for controlling area change

#73 | 2014-04-24 ✅ Patent 9,118,854 granted on 2015-08-25

US20140111674A1

Electricity

Methods and apparatus for providing optical black compensation of added images

#74 | 2014-04-24 ✅ Patent 8,917,318 granted on 2014-12-23

US20140111624A1

Electricity

Shooting apparatus and shooting control method

#75 | 2014-04-17 ✅ Patent 8,977,053 granted on 2015-03-10

US20140105460A1

Physics

Image processing device and image processing method

#76 | 2014-04-17 ✅ Patent 9,317,748 granted on 2016-04-19

US20140105454A1

Physics

Tracking apparatus

#77 | 2014-04-17 ✅ Patent 9,210,318 granted on 2015-12-08

US20140104483A1

Electricity

Imaging device and imaging method

#78 | 2014-04-10 ✅ Patent 9,232,136 granted on 2016-01-05

US20140098275A1

Electricity

Imaging device and method for controlling power of imaging device

#79 | 2014-04-10 ✅ Patent 9,172,866 granted on 2015-10-27

US20140098273A1

Electricity

Electronic device, driving method of the same, and computer readable recording medium

#80 | 2014-04-03 ✅ Patent 8,804,010 granted on 2014-08-12

US20140092308A1

Electricity

Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, image processing method and storage medium storing image processing program

#81 | 2014-03-27 ✅ Patent 9,147,234 granted on 2015-09-29

US20140086506A1

Physics

Image editing device and image editing method

#82 | 2014-03-27 ✅ Patent 9,560,261 granted on 2017-01-31

US20140085525A1

Electricity

Display control for a camera

#83 | 2014-03-27 ✅ Patent 9,232,147 granted on 2016-01-05

US20140085512A1

Electricity

Image pickup apparatus and image pickup method

#84 | 2014-03-27

US20140085511A1

Electricity

IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

#85 | 2014-03-27 ✅ Patent 9,013,593 granted on 2015-04-21

US20140085510A1

Physics

Image editing device and image editing method

#86 | 2014-03-27 ✅ Patent 9,055,219 granted on 2015-06-09

US20140085509A1

Electricity

Image editing device and image editing method

#87 | 2014-03-27 ✅ Patent 9,171,358 granted on 2015-10-27

US20140085508A1

Physics

Image editing device and image editing method

#88 | 2014-03-27 ✅ Patent 9,049,368 granted on 2015-06-02

US20140085490A1

Electricity

Imaging device and imaging method including predictive composition

#89 | 2014-03-20 ✅ Patent 8,909,036 granted on 2014-12-09

US20140079380A1

Physics

Optical device

#90 | 2014-03-13

US20140071307A1

Electricity

IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE GENERATION PROGRAM

#91 | 2014-03-13 ✅ Patent 9,172,874 granted on 2015-10-27

US20140071306A1

Electricity

Imaging apparatus and image generation method for generating one piece of image including a moving image and still image

#92 | 2014-03-06 ✅ Patent 8,982,484 granted on 2015-03-17

US20140063624A1

Physics

Imaging optical system, and imaging apparatus incorporating the same

#93 | 2014-03-06 ✅ Patent 9,282,231 granted on 2016-03-08

US20140063277A1

Electricity

Photographing appartatus

#94 | 2014-02-20 ✅ Patent 9,363,439 granted on 2016-06-07

US20140049677A1

Electricity

Photographing apparatus and operation control method for the same

#95 | 2014-02-13 ✅ Patent 8,810,917 granted on 2014-08-19

US20140043521A1

Physics

Zoom lens having optical path bending member and image pickup apparatus equipped with same

#96 | 2014-02-13 ✅ Patent 9,088,722 granted on 2015-07-21

US20140043504A1

Electricity

Image processing method, computer-readable recording medium, and image processing apparatus

#97 | 2014-02-13 ✅ Patent 8,896,726 granted on 2014-11-25

US20140043503A1

Electricity

Imaging apparatus and imaging method for generating electronic image data and performing special effect operations

#98 | 2014-02-06 ✅ Patent 9,438,806 granted on 2016-09-06

US20140036129A1

Electricity

Photographing apparatus and photographing method for displaying combined avatar and map information related to a subject

#99 | 2014-02-06 ✅ Patent 9,143,671 granted on 2015-09-22

US20140036104A1

Electricity

Photographing apparatus, and method for photographing moving object with the same

#100 | 2014-01-30 ✅ Patent 8,958,010 granted on 2015-02-17

US20140028862A1

Electricity

Holding mechanism for holding movable body, and imaging device comprising this holding mechanism

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