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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:
May. 24, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kanehiro Sorimachi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250201 ; 354408 ; 356-4 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a method for measuring the distance to an object, using an apparatus having two optical systems which have optical axes parallel with each other, and detecting means on which images are respectively formed by the two optical systems, comprising the steps of: