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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:
Dec. 12, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ryuichi Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G03B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354400 ; 354410 ; 354266 ;
Abstract
A camera with an auto-focus device and having a first mode for causing the auto-focus device to perform focusing upon operation of a second operating member independently of a release operation member and a second mode for causing the auto-focus device to perform focusing upon operation of the release operation member and interrupting focusing of the auto-focus device upon operation of the second operation member.