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Mode selecting and displaying control apparatus for camera

US5298936A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 23, 1992
Grant dateMar 29, 1994
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B17/18
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A mode selecting and displaying control apparatus for a camera according to the invention sets a plurality of marks representing set modes in a display state on an LCD panel and sets marks representing other modes in a non-display state while a first switch for setting modes of the camera, e.g., operation modes and flash modes, in a changeable state, is in a non-operated state. By operating a second switch for changing the modes one by one while the first switch is in an operated state, the plurality of marks in a display state are sequentially caused to flicker in accordance with a mode to be set, while marks representing other modes are set in a display state, thereby performing a mode changing operation.

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