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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1988
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An automatic focus adjusting apparatus for adjusting automatically a focus condition of an objective lens includes a CCD array for receiving light from an object and producing a accumulated charge signal representing the accumulated charge. Using the accumulated charge signal it is detected whether or not the brightness of the object is above a predetermined level, and at the same time, the focusing condition of the objective lens is calculated. Using the calculated result, the focusing condition of the objective lens is adjusted in a controlled manner such that: when the brightness of the object is above the predetermined level, the objective lens moves even during the CCD array is operated to carry out the charge accumulation; but when the brightness of the object is below the predetermined level, the CCD array is operated only during when the objective lens is making no movement.