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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:
Sep. 07, 1982
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edwin K Shenk, Westford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354195 ; 354 25 ; 352140 ;
Abstract
A unidirectional focus control system for a variable focus lens moves said lens outside of its normal focusing range in order to establish a reliable reference point to which or from which said lens is moved for variable focus lens focusing. In addition, lens movement outside of its normal focusing range provides the means for actuating switch means whose actuation initiates or inhibits the initiation of an event or a series of events.