Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha

Daikin Industries, Ltd.

Kouji Yamamoto

Shinji Tominaga

Akira Yamanaka

Nobuyuki Taniguchi

Hiroshi Ueda

Michihiro Iwata

Ikushi Nakamura

Hiroshi Ootsuka

Makoto Ikemiya

Noritaka Kamei

Kazuhide Mizutani

Noguyuki Taniguchi

A guide member extends from an opening of a casing toward an internal space. The guide member guides the temperature sensor to the internal space. The detector and the lead wire of the temperature sensor are held by the guide member.

Refrigeration apparatus for shipping, and shipping container

In an inside air control system, a first pump supplies treatment target air to an adsorption vessel, and a second pump sucks gas from the adsorption vessel. In an adjustment operation of adjusting the composition of air in a storage, the inside air control system alternately performs a first action and a second action. When a stop condition for stopping the adjustment operation is satisfied, a controller performs stop control. In the stop control, the controller controls the second pump to suck the gas from the adsorption vessel to which the first pump supplies the treatment target air when the stop condition is satisfied, and controls the second pump to stop after the second pump has operated for a first time T

Inside air control system, refrigeration apparatus, and transport container

Disclosed herein is a CA system which allows first and second adsorption columns to alternately perform an adsorption operation and a desorption operation so that nitrogen-enriched air having a higher nitrogen concentration and a lower oxygen concentration than the air is produced and supplied into the container. The CA system executes a second operation mode in which the nitrogen-enriched air produced for a predetermined time since the desorption operation was started is discharged to the outside of the container, and the nitrogen-enriched air produced until the end of the desorption operation since the predetermined time passed is supplied into the container.

Indoor air conditioning device and container freezer device comprising same

A camera system is capable of operating in a number of different photographic modes and includes a display system which provides information relevant to each of the modes. The camera system also includes an automatic film rewinding mechanism that has two modes of operation. In a first, automatic, mode, the tensioning of the film during winding is detected to indicate the end of the roll of film. Upon such detection, the film is automatically and fully rewound into the film cartridge. In a second, user selectable, mode a signal is manually provided by the user to initiate film rewinding. Rewinding of the film is stopped just prior to the time the end of the film enters the cartridge, so that a portion of the film leader remains extended outside of the cartridge.

Film rewinding mechanism that fully retracts the film or leaves it

An electronic circuitry for a photographic camera including functioning circuits for carrying out various functions of the camera, an electronic flash circuit having at least a voltage boosting circuit and a capacitor which charges the output of the voltage boosting circuit for flash, a control circuit for outputting control signals to the functioning circuits and to the electronic flash circuit and a battery for supplying power to the functioning circuits, the electronic flash circuit and the control circuit. In order to prevent erroneous functions of the functioning circuits caused by noise, the control circuit inhibits the output of the control signals to the functioning circuits while the capacitor for the flashing included in the electronic flash circuit is being charged.

Electronic circuit for a camera having means for suspending operation of

A camera including a lens cover and provided with a plurality of picture taking modes. The camera has the capability for outputting a signal representing that the lens cover is open or closed, for selecting one of the plurality of picture taking modes and for sending a photographic film. The camera has a first display portion for displaying the picture taking mode selected and a second display portion for displaying information of the photographic film loaded in the camera. The operation of the camera is controlled according to the picture taking mode selected and such control of the operation of the camera is inhibited while a signal is output representing that the lens cover is closed. While a signal is output representing that the lens cover is open, the first display portion displays the picture taking mode selected; and while a signal is output representing that the lens cover is closed the first display portion is inhibited from displaying the picture taking mode selected. The displaying of information of the photographic film and the sending of the photographic film can be accomplished independent of the signal representing that the lens cover is open or closed.

Camera including a lens cover

Electronic circuitry for photographic camera

Camera system

A mode selecting device for use in a camera provided with the various picture taking modes including standard picture taking mode, self-timer picture taking mode, flash light picture taking mode, close picture taking mode, fill in flash mode, nonflash mode and consecutive picture taking mode. A mode setting button is operable to select the mode and a memory is provided to store data corresponding to the selected mode. Also disclosed is a brightness measuring circuit and an automatic exposure control circuit. A flash is enabled or disabled in accordance with the mode selected and the measured brightness value. The camera is automatically reset to the most frequently used mode for emitting the flash light automatically under low light condition after a exposure has been completed, or a given time after the exposure has been completed. Additionally, a warning indicator is actuated when it is detected that the rear lid has been opened and film is mounted in the camera, and a display is provided to indicate the presence of film in the camera when a warning signal has been stored.

A mode selecting device for use in a camera provided with various picture taking modes including a normal picture taking mode, having a mode selecting device which is able to return to the normal picture taking mode from various kinds of camera modes automatically. The device further including a component for selecting a first mode in which the camera operates to take picture consecutively and a second mode in which the camera operates to take only one picture at a time, a mechanism for preliminary winding up of a film by a predetermined length in response to the closure of the back lid of the camera, the film lying in the normal frame position when the preliminary winding is terminated and components for forcibly selecting the second mode before the preliminary winding is terminated.

Control device for use in a camera having a consecutive picture taking

A film winding-up system for a photographic camera including a film detection switch, a one-frame film winding-up device, a detection switch for detecting completion of an operation of the one-frame film winding-up device, a film advance detection switch for detecting whether a film is properly wound-up or not, a display device having a film frame counter and a control device connected to the film detection switch, the one-frame film winding-up device, the one-frame film winding-up completion detection switch, the film advance detection switch and to the film frame counter. The control device controls the film frame counter to count up the value on the film frame counter when the film is not loaded and at the same time the one-frame film winding-up operation is completed and the control device also controls the film frame counter to count up the value on the film frame counter when the film is loaded and at the same time the one-frame film winding-up operation is completed and further the film advance is properly detected and the control device inhibits the counting-up operation of the film frame counter when the film is loaded and at the same time the one-frame film winding-up operation is completed and further the proper film advance is not detected.

Film winding-up system for photographic camera

The motor drive device according to the present invention drives a motor until a hold signal disappears and the motor is braked when the holding signal disappears. After a predetermined period from the time when the holding signal disappears, it is detected whether or not a completion position signal representing that the load has reached the normal complete position is output. If the completion position signal is not output, the motor is started again. The load is driven until the load reaches the position where the completion position signal is output, and then the motor is braked. Thus the load can be stopped at the correct position. Also, with the motor drive device according to the present invention, the motor may be braked after the load is driven by a predetermined amount. After a predetermined period has passed therefrom, it is detected whether or not a signal representing that the load is normally driven is output, and if the signal is not ouput, the motor is started again. The load is driven until the signal is output and then the motor is braked. Thus, the load can be correctly driven.

Moving driving device of camera

A mode selecting device for use in a camera having at least two modes, namely, a consecutive picture taking mode and a single picture taking mode. In the consecutive picture taking mode, the camera operates to take pictures consecutively so long as the exposure release button is depressed. In the single picture taking mode, the camera operates to take a single picture no matter how long the release button is continuously depressed. The selected mode is displayed on a display. The camera returns to the single picture taking mode when the back lid is opened, when the back lid is closed, when the film is rewound, or when the film undergoes preliminary winding so that the camera is not inadvertently left in the consecutive picture taking mode.

Camera system with mode selecting device

An electronic appliance having a microcomputer, peripheral devices controlled by the microcomputer, a main battery acting as power source, and a backup battery for outputting signals indicating the presence and absence of the main battery. Checking is made of whether the main battery is loaded in the appliance or not and whether the output voltage of the main battery is above a predetermined voltage or not. When the main battery is not loaded or when its output voltage is below the predetermined voltage, the backup battery is made available for preserving information in the memory inside or outside the microcomputer in good order, with operations of the peripheral devices being restricted at such times. Further, the disclosed electronic appliance provides for limiting malfunctioning of the microcomputer and the peripheral devices when a new main battery has been loaded in the appliance as replacement for an exhausted main battery.

Power supply system for memory unit of camera

A camera with a flash device that includes a manually operable member. The camera has a capability for controlling exposure, for detecting a completion of charge of the flash device, and for counting a lapse of time from the operation of the manually operable member. The camera also has the capability to allow the control of exposure when the completion of charge is detected, and for forbidding the control of exposure when a predetermined time is counted without the detecting of the completion of charge.

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Sakai, Japan

Kouji Yamamoto