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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1986
Ryuichiro Kuga, Katano, JP;
Yoshiaki Hirao, Habikino, JP;
Hiroyuki Asakura, Osaka, JP;
Yoshitomi Nagaoka, Neyagawa, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
In an automatic focus adjustment apparatus with a light-emitting device comprising a condenser lens and a light-emitting element which radiates light onto an object and adjusts the focal point according to a light reflected back from the object, undesired flare is eliminated by placing a diaphragm sufficiently close to the light-emitting element so that only the effective light from the element passes to the condenser lens by using a cap, an opaque paint or a spatial filter, and/or by applying a low reflectance paint to the inner wall of an outer casing of the light-emitting device.