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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:
Dec. 10, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nobuhiko Shinoda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354400 ; 354402 ;
Abstract
This specification discloses an auto focus apparatus for a camera, and particularly an auto focus apparatus in which an auto focus operation is allowed only within a predetermined range relative to a preset central distance and the focusing operation by a photo-taking lens is prevented from greatly deviating from the preset central distance.