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Motorized drive device for camera

US4697899A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 29, 1986
Grant dateOct 6, 1987
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B17/425
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A motorized drive device for a camera having a motor and a transmission system. The deceleration control of the motor is started when an object being driven arrives at a short distance from a prescribed stop position. The detection of a fall of the speed of the object to an abnormal low value is carried out during the deceleration control period and its preceding motor drive period by respective different processes from each other.

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