Nikon filed a patent for tracking moving objects without looking at the viewfinder – the camera will lock on the moving object and provide feedback to the photographer with a vibrating shutter button.
Nikon filed a patent for changing the depth of each RGB pixel in order to optimize the spectral sensitivity characteristics.
Nikon patented a lens barrel that can pan and rotate in oder to take landscape, portrait and panorama pictures.
Nikon 200mm f/4 lens patent
Nikon 85mm f/2.8 lens patent
Nikon patented an OLPF (optical low pass filter) optimized for different shooting distances. Two different lenses were listed: 200mm f/4 and 85mm f/2.8.
Nikon patents a diffractive optical element that achieves better corrections to color flare.
