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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:
Mar. 11, 1986
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Norman L Stauffer, Englewood, CO (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358227 ; 354404 ; 250201 ;
Abstract
Focus detecting apparatus wherein an image of a remote object is focused by lens means on a detector array, and the exit pupil is oscillated to produce a dither signal in the output of the detectors having a magnitude indicative of the amount of out of focus and a sense indicative of the direction the lens means should be moved to achieve proper focus.