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Method and device for detecting the opening angle of the shutter of an adjustable rotating shutter in a film camera

US7276686B2 · kind B2 · utility

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33Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 11, 2003
Grant dateOct 2, 2007
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Expiry dateNov 24, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B9/12
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a device for detecting the opening angle of the shutter (light or dark sector) of an adjustable rotating shutter (1) arranged in a film camera. Said shutter comprises a circular-segment-shaped or circular-sector shaped shutter wing (2) which is driven by a shutter motor via a shutter shaft (20), and also comprises an adjustable shutter adjustment wing (3) arranged in a coaxial manner in relation to the shutter wing (2) and which can be displaced in relation to said shutter wing by means of a shutter adjustment wing motor (33). According to the invention, the position of the shutter wing (2) and the position of the shutter adjustment wing (3) are detected during a rotation of the rotating shutter (1) and the difference between the two positions forms a value for the shutter opening angle or the light or dark sector of the rotating shutter (1).

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