Camera with visual axis detecting device
US5486892A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 28, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B2213/025
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A camera includes a finder for inspecting an object, a illuminator for illuminating an operator's eye by which the operator looks in at the finder means, a condensing optical system for condensing a reflected light from the operator's eye, a photoelectric converter for receiving the condensed reflected light, calculator for calculating a direction of a visual axis of the operator's eye on the basis of an output of the photoelectric converter, and a condition setter operable in response to the result of the calculation of the calculator for setting photographing conditions of the camera.
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