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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:
Jan. 19, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1987
Hirokazu Yokoo, Tokyo, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An automatic range finding method and apparatus for a camera of the type which projects a line of light toward a scene including a subject to be photographed. Light reflected from the subject is received by a light sensor having a plurality of photoelectric conversion pixels arranged in a matrix. The photoelectric conversion pixels receiving the reflected light are detected, and the subject distance is determined according to a pixel line which contains one of the detected photoelectric conversion pixels nearest to the first pixel line.
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