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Exposure control system

US4420237A · kind A · utility

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25Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 17, 1982
Grant dateDec 13, 1983
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B7/093
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A camera having an electromagnetically driven shutter provided with a counter capable upon counting a present number producing a signal. Each time the shutter is closed, the counted value is changed, while the period of actuation of the shutter is controlled to effect a predetermined fraction of an exposure, so that a continuous sequence of shots equal in number to that preset in the counter are taken automatically.

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