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Camera having a line-of-sight sensor operating in parallel with another photographic processing operation

US5467161A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 9, 1994
Grant dateNov 14, 1995
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2213/025
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A camera includes a line-of-sight sensing circuit for sensing a position of a photographer's line-of-sight, and a processing circuit for controlling each of (i) the line-of-sight sensing operation and (ii) at least one other photographic processing operation. The processing circuit controls the line-of-sight sensing circuit to sense the photographer's line-of-sight in parallel with the at least one other photographic processing operation.

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