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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:
Sep. 18, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1988
Shinichi Matsuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A soft focus lens comprising a lens for softening arranged to axially move to selectively change the soft focus effect, a lens for focus adjustment arranged to axially move to adjust the focus, a driver for moving the lens for focus adjustment, a selector device for moving the lens for softening to select axial positions and a computing circuit for computing the amount of movement of the lens for focus adjustment to cancel the shift of the focal point resulting from the movement of the lens for softening and producing an output to the driver.
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