Patent · US Expired

Camera having a plurality of built-in lenses

US4451129A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 26, 1982
Grant dateMay 29, 1984
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Expiry dateFeb 26, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B19/07
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A camera having two built-in lenses with selective control of the focal length, wherein a first focal length is obtained by the first lens optical system and, after the first lens optical system has been moved along a lens axis without causing movement of a device for receiving light from an object to be photographed, the second lens optical system is moved to a composite position with the first lens optical system so that a second focal length is obtained by the first and second lens optical systems.

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