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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:
Aug. 08, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tetsuyuki Tanimoto, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358229 ; 358225 ; 358909 ; 354 75 ;
Abstract
A cover accessory for a still camera permits the replacement of the film with an electronic recording of the video image. An optical system is provided with the cover for re-forming an image of an object, an image having been formed by an objective lens in a predetermined film plane, and providing the image to a photo taking device for electronically recording image data. A relay viewfinder optical system is connected optically to the viewfinder of the camera, and indicates at least one viewfinder indication that is proper to the video accessory through the relay viewfinder.