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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1982
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1978
Toru Matsui, Osaka, JP;
Motonobu Matsuda, Kawachinagano, JP;
Hiroshi Ueda, Nara, JP;
Yasuhiro Nanba, Osaka, JP;
Yoshio Kuramoto, Toyonaka, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Higashi, JP;
Abstract
A photographic camera having an automatic rangefinder system wherein a light emitter projects a beam of light through a convergent lens to illuminate a target object. This beam of light is detected through another convergent lens by one of a group of photoresponsive elements forming a light receiver. Depending upon which photoresponsive element of the light receiver detects the reflected beam of light, the range of the target object to be photographed from the photographic camera is indicated. The light emitter and the light receiver are supported by a single support member in laterally offset relation to each other and the lens elements for converging the projected beam of light and the reflected beam of light, respectively, are integrally formed of a synthetic resin. The rangefinder elements are assembled into a rangefinder module.