Patent · US Expired

Camera having computer

US5053804A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateJul 24, 1990
Grant dateOct 1, 1991
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Expiry dateJul 24, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B7/26
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A camera of the kind operating under the control of a computer is arranged to shift an operating state of the computer from a normal mode to a hold mode for saving electric energy by detecting a drop in the voltage level of power supply during a load driving process or when an operation member is operated; and to prevent a faulty operation by varying, according to the kind of a load to be driven, a voltage-level-drop detecting level which is set for shifting the computer to the hold mode.

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