West Electric Co., Ltd.

Eastman-Kodak Company

Hirohiko Ina

Toshihiko Taniguchi

Tsunemi Yoshino

Shinji Hirata

David L Funston

Toshitsugu Kashihara

Hisanori Hoshikawa

In a motion verifying photography method, a latent image is captured during a film exposure time interval. The film exposure time interval has an initial portion, a middle portion, and a final portion. A first digital image is captured during the initial portion of the film exposure time interval. A second digital image is captured during the final portion of the film exposure time interval. A representation of both electronic images is visualized. A motion verifying camera has an exposure frame, an electronic array imager spaced from the exposure frame, an optical system directing light along a first path to the exposure frame and along a second path to the imager. Shutters are disposed on both paths. A shutter release connects to an actuator and responsive to the actuator, momentarily opens the film shutter for a film exposure time interval having an initial portion, a middle portion, and a final portion. The actuator momentarily opens the imager shutter during the initial portion and momentarily opens the imager shutter during the final portion.

Motion verifying camera and motion verifying photography method

Electric zoom camera wherein zooming speed is not influenced even by drop of power source voltage, by driving its zooming electric motor by an electric pulse current such that the period (T.sub.0, T.sub.1, T.sub.2, - - -) is defined by present period of a lens position signal 'b' from a lens position detector (2) which consists of a photo-interrupter and a photo-coupler, and each of the period length is divided into a first portion (Po) (off-portion) wherein motor current is off and a second portion (Pd) (duty portion) wherein the motor current is on, the length of the first portion (Po) being adjusted responding to the present zooming speed obtained from the lens position signal outputted from the lens position detector (2).

Electric zoom camera

In a method of distance measuring and an optical distance measuring apparatus, a pulse-modulated infrared light beam is irradiated to an object to produce a reflected light beam, which is then received by a resonance circuit, and intensity of output of the resonance circuit is measured, wherein the modulation of frequency is sweepingly varied within a predetermined narrow frequency range; thereby, even when the circuit constants of the resonance circuit varies due to temperature change and so on, the distance measurement result is not affected, and stable measurement of a long distance is possible.

Method for measuring distance and optical distance meter

In an electronic flash device of the type in which depending upon the exposure conditions an electronic flash lamp converts into light the energy stored on a main flash capacitor or the energies stored not only on the main flash capacitor but also on an auxiliary flash capacitor, a switching element which is turned on or off so as to permit or interrupt the discharge of the auxiliary flash capacitor is controlled by a simplified control circuit comprising a switching element control circuit which delivers a low voltage supplied from a low-voltage power source to the switching element as a turn-on signal and a detection circuit which controls the switching element control circuit in response to the exposure conditions such as a distance to a subject or a selected aperture. Therefore, an inversion circuit which is used in the prior art electronic flash devices can be eliminated.

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Nishinomiya, Japan

Hirohiko Ina