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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1981
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1980
Seijiro Tokutomi, Tokyo, JP;
Masao Jyojiki, Tsurugashima, JP;
Harumi Aoki, Kiyose, JP;
Kazuo Nakamura, Shiki, JP;
Koichiro Watanabe, Funabashi, JP;
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera including an automatic focalizing device with which the camera will automatically focus only upon objects within a predetermined range set by the photographer. The wiper of a potentiometer is coupled to the lens so that its operative position is determined by the position of the lens. The wiper is also electrically coupled to respective positive and negative comparison inputs of first and second comparators to the other inputs of which are applied voltages from a second potentiometer which are determinative of the selected range at which focalization may be achieved. The combined outputs of the comparators are coupled to the control input of an analog switch device coupled between the output of a focus detector and the control circuit of a lens positioning motor.