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Camera equipped with a device for focus adjustment during times of camera vibration and the like

US5826114A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 18, 1997
Grant dateOct 20, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 18, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2217/005
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A camera includes, but is not limited to, a focus adjustment optical system such as a zoom or a non-zoom type optical system, for example, an actuator generating a drive force which moves the focus adjustment optical system, a transmission mechanism transmitting the drive force from the actuator to the focus adjustment optical system, a drive amount detection mechanism detecting an amount of drive of the focus adjustment optical system caused by the actuator; and wherein the actuator, the transmission mechanism and the drive amount detection mechanism are disposed in the camera in a position which is on the outer circumference of the aforementioned focus adjustment optical system and which is on a long side of an aperture that forms light fluxes into a rectangular shape to become incident on a film surface. Also provided is a camera that includes, but is not limited to, a variable power device conducting focus distance variable power operations based on multiple photographic lens groups by moving the multiple photographic lens groups in a direction of their optical axes, a vibration detection device to detect a vibration and to generate vibration signals in relation thereto, a vibr…

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