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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1983
Masahiro Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for detecting a focus condition of an imaging lens of a still camera by detecting a lateral shift of two images formed on a light receiving element array by means of light fluxes transmitted through different sections of the exit pupil of the imaging lens divided by a stripe mask is disclosed. The variation of outputs from light receiving elements of the array due to an image height is corrected electrically by means of a correction circuit including first and second triangular wave generating circuits for generating first and second triangular waves having negative and positive inclinations, a clock pulse generator for producing clock pulses, a signal selection circuit for selecting alternately the first and second triangular waves in synchronism with the clock pulses to produce a correction signal, and a multiplying circuit for multiplying the outputs from the light receiving elements with the correction signal to provide a corrected signal from which the lateral shift can be detected accurately.