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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:
Mar. 20, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yujiro Mima, Osaka, JP;
Akira Yamanaka, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354403 ; 3541951 ;
Abstract
A photographic camera in which a lens adjustable in two positions is focused automatically on subjects located within 'near' and 'far' distance range from the camera. The lens is normally positioned in one of the two positions and movable to the other of the two positions in response to a signal generated by an automatic focusing device upon the detection of the subject location in the focus range to which the other position corresponds, wherein it is characterized that the movement of the lens is automatically controlled by an electromagnetic device.