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Camera device and method and program for starting the camera device

US7397498B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 25, 2004
Grant dateJul 8, 2008
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2101/00
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A camera device comprises a movable optical system, a driving unit which drives the optical system, and a control unit which controls the driving unit to move the optical system to a predetermined state by an initialization processing based on a startup program which does not comprise an operating system and then controls the driving unit based on the control program comprising the operating system.

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