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Method and apparatus for controlling exposure by selective use of blocking visible filter

US4358186A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Filing dateDec 31, 1979
Grant dateNov 9, 1982
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Expiry dateDec 31, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B7/16
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Method and apparatus for automatically controlling exposure of a photographic film by evaluating selected spectral scene light frequencies during certain ambient light portions of an exposure interval and evaluating scene light frequencies exclusive of visible frequencies during other portions of the interval.

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