Patent · US Expired

Camera

US5903788A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Filing dateAug 26, 1996
Grant dateMay 11, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 26, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B19/12
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A subject image is formed on a focusing screen by a taking lens in a camera. The focusing screen is constituted by a liquid crystal whose light diffusion characteristic is variable. The light diffusion characteristic is varied according to an open aperture value of the taking lens which is attached to the camera.

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