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Apparatus for controlling a motor in a camera

US4818921A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 28, 1987
Grant dateApr 4, 1989
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Expiry dateAug 28, 2007

Classification

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

Abstract

An apparatus for controlling a motor in a camera including, a motor drive unit for driving the motor in a prescribed sequence, a braking device for applying the brakes on the motor in accordance with the prescribed sequence, and a speed detecting unit for monitoring the speed of the motor and permitting initiation of the next action only after the speed of the motor, in consequence of application of the brakes by the braking device, is brought to a level incapable of obstructing the next action.

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