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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1981
Tsunemi Yoshino, Ibaraki, JP;
Toshitsugu Kashihara, Nara, JP;
Hiroshi Iwata, Nara, JP;
Akitoshi Morioka, Osaka, JP;
West Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Image focusing device especially adapted for use in single-lens reflex cameras. A light-beam emission or projection means is incorporated in each interchangeable photographic lens in such a way that the direction of the light beam emitted or projected therefrom can be varied in response to the axial displacement of a lens group for focusing an object. The light rays which are reflected from the object and pass through the photographic lens along and in the vicinity of its optical axis are intercepted by a photodetection means disposed within a camera body, whereby whether or not the photographic lens is sharply focused at the object can be detected.