Patent · US Expired

Digital exposure meter

US3990799A · kind A · utility

14Cited by
5References
15Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 13, 1975
Grant dateNov 9, 1976
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 13, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M1/56
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In an exposure meter having a row of lighting elements, such as lamps or light-emitting diodes, which correspond to respective exposure values, an improvement is made in that by utilizing a capacitor-charging integrating circuit, a constant current circuit and a ring-counter, an exposure value between two neighboring steps of the above-mentioned exposure values can be indicated by lighting said two lighting elements, and in that ranges of exposure indication can be switched by shifting a dial plate, which is facing the lighting elements, in interlocking relation with a range-shifting switch for switching its circuit for range selection, thus enabling a doubling of the steps of exposure values to be indicated with a limited number of lighting elements.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.