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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mitsuhiro Tokuhara, Chigasaki, JP;
Tetsuo Sueda, Chofu, JP;
Kazuo Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Ryusho Hirose, Yokosuka, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358107 ; 358108 ; 358183 ;
Abstract
A TV camera which can detect any object distance. The image pick-up surface of the TV camera is divided into an object image forming surface and a range finding image forming surface. The object distance can be detected by reading the range finding image.