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Viewfinder optical system

US5978145A · kind A · utility

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31Claims
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Filing dateApr 16, 1997
Grant dateNov 2, 1999
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Expiry dateApr 16, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B13/06
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A viewfinder optical system has a relay lens system and an eyepiece optical system. The relay lens system refocuses a primary image as a secondary image. The relay lens system consists of a single lens element which has a surface having optical power of diffraction. The eyepiece optical system magnifies the secondary image and has a surface having optical power of diffraction.

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