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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji, JP;
Inventor:
Yasunori Kudo, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 5/04 (2021.01); H02P 8/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 5/04 (2013.01); H02P 8/14 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0084 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lens control device, comprising a first stepping motor that drives a zoom lens contained in the photographing lens, a second stepping motor that drives a focus lens contained in the photographing lens, and a processor that controls the first stepping motor and the second stepping motor, whereby, within a given section in which the zoom lens and the focus lens are driven, there is a period in which at least one of the first stepping motor and the second stepping motor is driven at a constant rate, and the processor makes a time, required to move the specified section with a specified number of pulses, a specified time.