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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1986
Filed:
May. 04, 1984
Kiziro Suzuki, Hamura, JP;
Takashi Tsutsumi, Tokyo, JP;
Shotaro Yokoyama, Yokosuka, JP;
Takashi Nishibe, Yokosuka, JP;
Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd., all of, JP;
Fuji Electric Company Ltd., all of, JP;
Fuji Electric Corporate Research and Development Ltd., all of, JP;
Abstract
A range finder wherein a photocurrent in a predetermined number of light receiving elements corresponding to images formed by a first and a second optical devices for receiving light reflected by an object through different light paths on a focal plane, arranged in first and second light receiving element trains is quantized with reference to the maximum photocurrent in the light receiving elements by a first and a second quantizing devices, and wherein the corelation between the first and second quantizing devices are used for determining the distance to be measured.