Category Archives: Nikon Patents

The Nikon Coolpix P300 replacement may have a 24-100mm f/1.8-2.6 lens

By [NR] admin | Published: November 25, 2011

Nikon filed patent 2011232502 in Japan for a 24-100mm f/1.8-2.6 lens which will probably be used in the Coolpix P300 replacement: The current P300 model has a 24-100mm f/1.8-4.9 equivalent lens.

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The latest Nikon patents

By [NR] admin | Published: November 15, 2011

Time for another update on the latest patent application filed by Nikon: Patent application 20110273577 is for artificial blur enhancement – in other words simulating bokeh without using a fast lens: The blur detecting section detects degree of blur of an image of the second region of the image of the photographic image data. The blur enhancement section performs […]

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Nikon is being sued for alledgedly infringing four patents related to digital camera technology

By [NR] admin | Published: October 28, 2011

Bloomberg reports that Intellectual Ventures LLC has sued Nikon for patent infringement on four different digital camera technology patents: “IV said it initially approached Nikon in 2008 about taking a license to the patents. Nikon declined to meet with the technology-licensing company at that time, according to court papers. In 2011, IV said it made […]

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Nikon’s patent for a 800mm f/5.6 lens

By [NR] admin | Published: October 9, 2011

Nikon filed a patent 2011197413 in Japan for a 800mm f/5.6 lens: Patent publication: 2011-197413 Patent release date: October 6th, 2011 Patent filing date: March 19, 2010 Focal length: 800.00mm Aperture: 5.61 Image height: 21.60mm Lens design: 16 elements in 14 groups Internal focus Image stabilization The longest telephoto in the current Nikon arsenal is the […]

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The latest Nikon patents

By [NR] admin | Published: September 27, 2011

Sometimes patents provide valuable information about upcoming products. For example the first Nikon mirrorless patent was reported back in August of 2009 (incl. also a patent for the Nikkor 24mm f/1.4). Here are the most interesting Nikon patents filed since the last recap: Nikon filed a patent application (#20110228407) for a 70-200mm f/4 VR II lens: Nikon 18-300mm […]

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Nikon 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 mirrorless lens patent shows up in Japan

By [NR] admin | Published: September 11, 2011

A patent for the 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 mirrorless lens showed also up in Japan (see US filing): Patent publication: 2011-175098 Published on September 8, 2011 Filed on February 24, 2010 Focal length: 10.3-97.0mm Aperture: 4.6-5.9 Image height: 8mm Lens length: 128.784mm 9.42x zoom ratio One aspherical element Internal zoom Inner focus VR

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The latest Nikon patents

By [NR] admin | Published: August 30, 2011

Photogrpahybay found this US patent application 20110205636 from Nikon for a 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 VR lens (27-270mm equivalent) which is probably the super zoom that will be announced with the new mirrorless camera: Patent 2011-085674 filed by Nikon in Japan is for GPS enabled battery grip (there were some rumors several months ago that the D700 replacement may have such GPS […]

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The latest Nikon patents

By [NR] admin | Published: August 12, 2011

Nikon patent 2011-138044 is for a biological detection system that will sense photographer’s biorhythms (temperature, sweating, blood pressure, heart rate, blood flow) through a sensor on the zoom ring and change the camera setting or even trigger the shutter in certain situations:  

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