Electrooptical focusing apparatus for photographic cameras
US4200786A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 24, 1978 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B7/36
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for electrooptically focusing the objective in a single lens reflex camera provided with a focusing screen and a split image wedge rangefinder, where focus detectors are used in which an image segment is scanned in an image plane. The focusing window of the focusing screen provided with a split image wedge rangefinder (5) is followed by a pentaprism (8) having a first plane reflecting surface which is partly reflecting. The scanning grating (14) and the photoelectric detector system (17,18) are mounted in the direction of the light beam behind this plane surface of the pentaprism and along the optical axis deflected by one of the wedges (5a) and an optics (11) is present along the optical axis to image the plane of one of the wedges (5a) into that plane where the scanning takes place.
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