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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:
Aug. 18, 1981
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Iwata, Nara, JP;
Wataru Hasegawa, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
West Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354 25 ; 354195 ; 354234 ; 354266 ;
Abstract
An automatic focusing camera wherein after the distance to object has been measured automatically by an ultrasonic or optical distance measuring means, a photographic lens is automatically shifted from the minimum focusing distance position to the infinity position and a shutter is released automatically without stopping the lens when the lens is shifted to such a position where the image of an object is in sharp focus.