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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:
Jul. 12, 1988
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masaaki Tsukamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Nippon Kogaku K. K., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354400 ; 3541951 ; 35419513 ; 354199 ;
Abstract
A camera is provided with an automatic focusing apparatus in which an imaging lens moved for focusing is locked by an identical locking member in both the automatic and manual focusing operation. The focusing apparatus has a single locking member for locking movement of an imaging lens. The locking member is displaced at a predetermined position in accordance with a signal corresponding to a distance to an object in an automatic focusing mode, and is displaced at a position corresponding to a distance set by a manual distance setting member when the focusing mode is switched to the manual mode.