Patent · US Expired

Variable focus camera

US4789875A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 10, 1987
Grant dateDec 6, 1988
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Expiry dateJun 10, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B3/10
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Variable focus camera includes primary and secondary lens systems, in which only the primary lens system is used for wide angle shots while the combination of the primary with the secondary lens system is used for telephoto shots. The variable focus camera can exactly and positively control the focus change region, the automatic focusing region and other regions.

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