Patent · US Expired

Zoom lens control system and method for zooming control

US4735494A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Filing dateMay 19, 1986
Grant dateApr 5, 1988
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B7/282
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention user plural driving speeds of the focusing lens component of a zoom lens which responds to plural separate control regions of focal length and object position. In each control region, the focusing lens component is driven in predetermined suitable constant speed. By this operation the object is nearly focused on the focal plane. The slight discrepancy between the image position of the object and the ideal plane is regarded as zero.

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