Patent · US Expired

Camera having an acoustic indicator for generating sounds to indicate the status of certain operating conditions

US4272176A · kind A · utility

15Cited by
7References
5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 12, 1978
Grant dateJun 9, 1981
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Expiry dateOct 12, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B7/089
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A camera includes a circuit which determines the level of a supply voltage and a self-timer delay circuit associated with an electrical shutter. The camera also includes an acoustic indicator which includes a pulse oscillator and a small size acoustic alarm unit and which operates to produce a sound substantially continuously to indicate the level of the supply voltage and to produce a sound intermittently in order to indicate that the self-timer is in operation.

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