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Operation control device for a camera

US5721981A · kind A · utility

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2Claims
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Filing dateFeb 27, 1997
Grant dateFeb 24, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B7/32
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An automatic-focus camera has a focus lock system that stores focus adjusting information so that a photo-taking lens may be kept focused on an object during one or more exposures. The camera has a self timer, an automatic exposure system with different program modes, and has continuous as well as single-frame operating modes. The focus lock system, which has different focus lock modes, influences the manner in which various operations of the camera are performed.

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