Patent · US Expired

Camera with built-in electronic flash

US6029015A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 24, 1997
Grant dateFeb 22, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 24, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2215/0503
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An ever-flash exposure control system for a built-in flash camera controls a shutter to open and close so as to provide a standard exposure for scene brightness which are higher than standard scene brightness for which the shutter provides a full aperture to complete the standard exposure and triggers an electronic flash to provide illumination light at a time at which the shutter reaches an aperture according to a subject distance during exposure.

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